kerrilovesmath
@kerrilovesmath.bsky.social
Pittsburgher, calculus tutor, amateur tap dancer, dog momma, empty nester, former teacher, voracious reader
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Daaaamn.
“AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage."
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
“AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage."
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
www.thenerve.news
August 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Daaaamn.
“AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage."
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
“AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage."
www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Attended the #NoKings rally in Chambersburg, PA while visiting my mom. They estimated 800 out in the square! It was Gordie’s first protest but it won’t be his last! @maddow.bsky.social
March 28, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Attended the #NoKings rally in Chambersburg, PA while visiting my mom. They estimated 800 out in the square! It was Gordie’s first protest but it won’t be his last! @maddow.bsky.social
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the entire difference between kyle rittenhouse and alex pretti is that kyle rittenhouse was there to shoot people the cops wanted to shoot and alex pretti was there to protect people the cops wanted to shoot
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
the entire difference between kyle rittenhouse and alex pretti is that kyle rittenhouse was there to shoot people the cops wanted to shoot and alex pretti was there to protect people the cops wanted to shoot
Just the last few seconds of the crowd singing the theme from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood together. It was a beautiful experience!
#NoKingsPittsburgh
#NoKings
@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
#NoKingsPittsburgh
#NoKings
@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just the last few seconds of the crowd singing the theme from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood together. It was a beautiful experience!
#NoKingsPittsburgh
#NoKings
@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
#NoKingsPittsburgh
#NoKings
@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great turnout for the #NoKingsPittsburgh rally today! Fantastic speeches by @summerlee.bsky.social , @deluzio.house.gov , and @innamo.bsky.social among many others!
#NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social
#NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Great turnout for the #NoKingsPittsburgh rally today! Fantastic speeches by @summerlee.bsky.social , @deluzio.house.gov , and @innamo.bsky.social among many others!
#NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social
#NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As a Pittsburgher raised with a disdain for all things Philly-related I am intrigued by this theory. I catch myself saying “Go Birds” all the time now. I always thought it was IASIP but maybe it is just being too online!
I have a theory - much like how if you live in New York City for long enough you become culturally Jewish in a way, if you hang out online for too long you end up culturally Philadelphian
September 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As a Pittsburgher raised with a disdain for all things Philly-related I am intrigued by this theory. I catch myself saying “Go Birds” all the time now. I always thought it was IASIP but maybe it is just being too online!
Happy to report that Gordie has finally calmed down enough that he can coexist with his uncle Misha (my mom’s cat). It only took 6 years of sporadic visits!
@bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social
@darthbluesky.bsky.social
@bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social
@darthbluesky.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Happy to report that Gordie has finally calmed down enough that he can coexist with his uncle Misha (my mom’s cat). It only took 6 years of sporadic visits!
@bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social
@darthbluesky.bsky.social
@bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social
@darthbluesky.bsky.social
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CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH ARE ALL AMERICA NEEDS BUT IF YOU INSIST ON YOUNG YOU GET TARIFFED. UNLESS NEIL YOUNG BECOMES OUR CHERISHED 51ST STATE.
ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
May 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH ARE ALL AMERICA NEEDS BUT IF YOU INSIST ON YOUNG YOU GET TARIFFED. UNLESS NEIL YOUNG BECOMES OUR CHERISHED 51ST STATE.
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ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
It was Gordie’s 6th birthday today! No internet (bad storms yesterday) meant there was no way to work and all day we focused on this guy! Walked with his buddies Big Phil and Leonard, played with new toys, went to the park, and finally ice cream at Graeter’s.
#DogsofBlueSky
@darthbluesky.bsky.com
#DogsofBlueSky
@darthbluesky.bsky.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It was Gordie’s 6th birthday today! No internet (bad storms yesterday) meant there was no way to work and all day we focused on this guy! Walked with his buddies Big Phil and Leonard, played with new toys, went to the park, and finally ice cream at Graeter’s.
#DogsofBlueSky
@darthbluesky.bsky.com
#DogsofBlueSky
@darthbluesky.bsky.com
The people who claim they are being discriminated against because they are so very Christian are doing this
At least 140,000 children and 67,000
adults have died as a result of Musk, the orange, and Rubio terminating USAID support to healthcare and food aid. The lag effects of HIV/AIDs, TB and malnutrition will soon start increasing the toll more rapidly.
adults have died as a result of Musk, the orange, and Rubio terminating USAID support to healthcare and food aid. The lag effects of HIV/AIDs, TB and malnutrition will soon start increasing the toll more rapidly.
Never forget that the richest man in the world chose to take food from the mouths of the world’s poorest children.
Burn in hell.
Burn in hell.
April 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The people who claim they are being discriminated against because they are so very Christian are doing this
Any fellow Pitt alumni, students, faculty etc. who would like to sign this open letter calling on Pitt to “Defend intellectual freedom, scientific discovery, and community safety at the University of Pittsburgh”?
#H2P
#Pitt
#PittBS
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
#H2P
#Pitt
#PittBS
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
Defend intellectual freedom, scientific discovery, and community safety at the University of Pittsburgh
An open letter from University of Pittsburgh faculty, students, and staff mobilizing in response to threats to intellectual freedom, research funding, and democracy, calling upon Pitt leadership to st...
actionnetwork.org
April 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Any fellow Pitt alumni, students, faculty etc. who would like to sign this open letter calling on Pitt to “Defend intellectual freedom, scientific discovery, and community safety at the University of Pittsburgh”?
#H2P
#Pitt
#PittBS
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
#H2P
#Pitt
#PittBS
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
On Saturdays in Pittsburgh, we stand up and fight back!
#standupforscience
#50501movement
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#50501movement
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On Saturdays in Pittsburgh, we stand up and fight back!
#standupforscience
#50501movement
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
#standupforscience
#50501movement
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social
If we had a functioning judicial system Trump and his lackeys would be going to prison. If we had a functioning congress, he would be impeached and removed. Unfortunately we have neither.
April 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If we had a functioning judicial system Trump and his lackeys would be going to prison. If we had a functioning congress, he would be impeached and removed. Unfortunately we have neither.
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Agreed and another overlap is that they all involve standing up to a big bully
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Agreed and another overlap is that they all involve standing up to a big bully
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Former Congressman Conor Lamb and State Rep. Lindsay Powell sat in for Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick after they declined to schedule a town hall. Participants voiced their concerns and continually noted Fetterman and McCormick's agenda and loyalty to President Trump...
Conor Lamb and Rep. Lindsay Powell hold town hall in Braddock
Over 150 community members gathered at Pittsburgh Mennonite Church in Braddock for an empty seat town hall. Former Congressman Conor Lamb and State Rep. Lindsay Powell sat in for Senators John Fetterm...
www.pghcitypaper.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Former Congressman Conor Lamb and State Rep. Lindsay Powell sat in for Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick after they declined to schedule a town hall. Participants voiced their concerns and continually noted Fetterman and McCormick's agenda and loyalty to President Trump...
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On the discounting of women's academic performance in college, see Natasha Quadlin's work:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring - Natasha Quadlin, 2018
Women earn better grades than men across levels of education—but to what end? This article assesses whether men and women receive equal returns to academic perf...
journals.sagepub.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On the discounting of women's academic performance in college, see Natasha Quadlin's work:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.
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“When you eliminate DEI, when you roll back trans care, when you tell people they’re only where they are because of programs, not their worth, that’s an attack on civil rights. And I won’t stand for it...It’s happening right here, in cities like Pittsburgh....it should be about resistance."
YES
YES
Like I told @advocate.com, the real fight against Trump’s authoritarian takeover isn’t happening in Washington. It’s happening in cities like Pittsburgh.
Our future depends on Mayors rising up and fighting back.
I’m leveraging every tool to protect against trauma and harm.
Our future depends on Mayors rising up and fighting back.
I’m leveraging every tool to protect against trauma and harm.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey ‘has a recipe’ for countering MAGA, trans hate, and billionaire bullies
The city’s mayor, who is up for reelection, says it’s important for leaders to "feel the pain" of those being affected by Trump’s agenda, including in the LGBTQ+ community.
advocate.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“When you eliminate DEI, when you roll back trans care, when you tell people they’re only where they are because of programs, not their worth, that’s an attack on civil rights. And I won’t stand for it...It’s happening right here, in cities like Pittsburgh....it should be about resistance."
YES
YES
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describing struggling people who need help as "playing video games all day"—all while giving $38 billion in gov contracts to elon musk to *literally* play video games all day—is vile on every possible level. failed state behavior
Mike Johnson on Medicaid: "What we've talked about is returning work requirements ... you return the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing video games all day. We have a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid."
April 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
describing struggling people who need help as "playing video games all day"—all while giving $38 billion in gov contracts to elon musk to *literally* play video games all day—is vile on every possible level. failed state behavior
Today I took about 10x as long saying goodbye to this guy (who I will miss for 3 days) than I did when my daughters each moved to Europe #dogsofbluesky
April 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today I took about 10x as long saying goodbye to this guy (who I will miss for 3 days) than I did when my daughters each moved to Europe #dogsofbluesky