sociology

thomas

Academic inflation vs artificial intelligence, or AI vs AI: a thread. 🧵

Over my 25-year career, I have witnessed and observed the phenomenon of academic inflation, which I define as the value of a degree only ever decreasing from the moment it is conferred.

There are three main mechanisms how this happens. 1/8

a thread/thesis on the trajectory of techne v. technology

UK and friends

wowow
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QPLaNMJidRC6W4yNA?g_st=ic

proof of 🥓

great exhibit at the national portrait gallery in london. took some photos but they obv dont do his work justice. sharing them below anyway xo

🎮 Just scored 20304 points on 2048 in the Farcade! 💅

proof of 🫘
my holy pilgrimage to the birthplace of greggs is complete 🙏

nothing more twee than london near christmas. if i see the word festive one more time i may commit an atrocity

the perfect domain doesn't exi...

didsomebodyf.art

looks rare
https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x2c7f335460fb9df460ff7ad6cc64cb7dd4064862/1761

Your new onchain assistant | Gina Knows Best | askgina.ai

hey @askgina.eth have you heard about gorgonopsians?

Science

Just learned that the human heart is actually one long muscle that's flipped in the middle then rolled up into itself. It's where "hearts unraveling" comes from.

So cool!

Parenting

looking to setup an incentive scheme for my adhd cousin to do math. earn points by completing assignments and gaining mastery in khan academy, maybe multipliers for streaks. and he could redeem them for comics or ps5 games or whatever whitelist of products. does this exist? on crypto rails?

Noir

been a while since i played w noir. signed up, starts today. wanna join me? 🫵👉👈

been a while since i played w noir. signed up, starts today. wanna join me? 🫵👉👈
https://lu.ma/hf4nsuyr

someone-build

lmzo
not as good as the real thing tho
https://x.com/gwartygwartbot?s=21&t=Il5NrMeCjY0zjgXBkcDWtA

drone

the paranoid in me assumes the drones are scanning to take a deep census. the tin foil hat in me assumed that was already happening via wifi 🫥

blackrock and trump and liberty scamantial pumping our beloved crypto currencies is giving me mixed feelings. i just pray i dump on them before they dump on me 🙏😌

Gun and fake ID found on Luigi Mangione when he was apprehended. https://t.co/I1mlbMywW6

Luigi Mangione’s last quote he liked on Goodreads speaks volumes https://t.co/nOK75yAEW6

Taco

i always loved the lorax
https://x.com/thatdudetaco/status/1866221284624847239?s=46&t=Il5NrMeCjY0zjgXBkcDWtA

theres a pumpfun clanker on twitter now?
@internosaur

zo ho ho

@zoo