socialistscientist.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Cal Poly Pomona. I run simulations of the Universe's tiniest galaxies.
👤 Joined on 13 November 2024
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@socialistscientist.bsky.socialI’m at the park with my kids and there’s another little guy (maybe 3 or 4 years old) here wearing a bucket hat and his mom just said “OK, Jamiroquai, let’s go” and it was probably the funniest thing I’ll hear all weekend
Show PostI wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy. This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading: 3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...
Show PostThe Columbia settlement is a disaster for Columbia; will it be a contagion that consumes the rest of higher education in the US? If other major universities don’t have the courage to stand up to the administration, the answer is likely yes
Show PostOne aspect particularly shortsighted aspect of Columbia's leadership failure is their focus on eligibility for future grants. This admin wants to kill science funding agencies! You're bargaining away your integrity for a meaningless promise of the ability to compete for something that may not exist!
Show PostThe dream in some quarters is a university where faculty don’t exist and LLMs grade the papers that students use to LLMs write.
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