Janis Stirna

Vegan Proletarianism was not what I expected when I opened the internet this morning. A good one!

A View To A Misdemeanour
#makeAFilmCheaper

And there is Malta and Malta, Latvia,

Es parasti taisu analoģijas ar azbestu. Lielisks situmizolācijas materiāls. To lietoja visur. Neviens īsti nemanīja kaitīgumu. Tas bija jāatklāj. Nodarīto ļaunumu nevarēja novērst vienkārši to neražojot vai uzliekot lielāku nodokli. Tas bija un ir jāplēš ārā. Tagad mums ir "digitālais azbests".

Point Blank Range is a metal band from Bratislava.

Or quit smoking 😂

This twitter is both educational and entertaining.

The Corrupt Incentives Behind Grade Inflation “We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”

“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”

A note to applicants to PhD student positions. Do not write it with ChatGPT. We still read the applications ourselves and it takes about 30s to figure out if it's by ChatGPT.

(S+) Meinung: Aufrüstung: Universitäten sollten die militärische Forschung verstärken - Meinung Wer den Frieden sichern will, muss ihn verteidigen können. Dazu braucht es die Wissenschaft. Forschung sollte stärker als bisher auch militärisch genutzt werden.

Many German universities have a so-called “civil clause” which forbids research benefiting the military. The author of the article arguing for an end of this practice is president of a Munich university.

www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

#wingFriday evenings are getting darker

The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering

This can’t be good

:) Read the definition then - "resource constraints" -> not enough chicken fillet. Chicken fillet is a resource; dangerously low in the fridge is a constraint. :)

Food insecurity is when I’m not sure whether the chicken fillet in the fridge that’s allocated to the cat will be enough for this evening’s and tomorrow morning’s serving or should I go to the shops right now. Because running out of it is not an option.

PURE GOLD! BIGLY!

It’s not good to use a general catch all term/word when a specific one is available. Even in a faculty lounge :)

Internal Combustion Six

You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it.
arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754

On #wingFriday we see Sollentuna Golf Club

#nolongersubscribed 😀

Can these pockets take a 13” laptop?

ÖB: ”Ryssland har kapacitet att attackera oss nu” Länderna i Europa kan inte tycka synd om sig själva.

Bra intervju med chefen. Något många missar är att Ryssarna är förvånansvärt tydliga - De säger ofta precis vad de tänker göra. Vi behöver ofta ingen kristallkula eller enigma-maskin utan bara förmågan att lyssna till det klarspråk som ofta används.
www.dn.se/sverige/ob-r...

This week's #wingFriday is a combination of AirBaltic wing with Air Austral A220 in the background. A new plane at RIX, probably here for engine maintenance. #avgeek

Taking the Pulse: Does Meeting the 5 Percent of GDP Target Enable Europe to Confront the Russian Threat? At the NATO summit, allies committed to increase their defense spending to the equivalent of 5 percent of their gross domestic product by 2035. Can this target translate into the capabilities and read...

The major problem with the pledge from #NATO countries to spend 5 percent of their GDP for defense spending is not that it is too ambitious.

Rather, the risk is that by 2035 it will be too late, I warn.

More takes:
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social

Coding is not enough. We need people who can build systems, that solve real life problems.

Very sharp.

This #WingFriday is quiet, we can do better :) #avgeeks Picture from last week going east from ARN, over Åkersberga

I just had to look up the difference between farce and idiot plot. Yes, idiot plot is more appropriate for 2025.

“… akademisk teori, vetenskaplig metod och uppsatsskrivande. Det är i grunden viktiga färdigheter men de är inte, och bör inte vara, utbildningens kärna.“ Viktig poäng i artikeln, gäller även för andra utbildningar.