xAI’s Grok vividly highlights the potential for generative AI to turbo charge disinformation and concentrate influence power. Just at the time we learn LLMs may be more persuasive than humans bsky.app/profile/cscl...
Why did Grok suddenly start talking about “white genocide in South Africa” even if asked about baseball or cute dogs?
Because someone at Musk’s xAi deliberately did this, and we only found out because they were clumsy.
My piece on the real dangers of AI.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
Because someone at Musk’s xAi deliberately did this, and we only found out because they were clumsy.
My piece on the real dangers of AI.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
May 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
xAI’s Grok vividly highlights the potential for generative AI to turbo charge disinformation and concentrate influence power. Just at the time we learn LLMs may be more persuasive than humans bsky.app/profile/cscl...
You bring something contaminated in. It's not tricky and my goodness does CsCl spread like crazy.
August 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You bring something contaminated in. It's not tricky and my goodness does CsCl spread like crazy.
It was so difficult that Vincent taught me how to CsCl band the low copy plasmid vector I was cloning into so I could make huge volumes of super pure concentrated vector because I had to optimize so many different parameters. Sisyphus except the rock is goddamn RV1A & the hill is cloning into pACYC.
December 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
It was so difficult that Vincent taught me how to CsCl band the low copy plasmid vector I was cloning into so I could make huge volumes of super pure concentrated vector because I had to optimize so many different parameters. Sisyphus except the rock is goddamn RV1A & the hill is cloning into pACYC.
Inbound:
#LPG #Tanker #Valley 9157478
Outbound:
#Marya 9158771
#Bulkcarrier Mac Hope #MacHope 9316191
+ 2pcs #CSCL #Containervessels
CSCL Indian Ocean #CSCLIndianOcean 9695157 and CSCL Arctic Ocean #CSCLArcticOcean 9695169
#LPG #Tanker #Valley 9157478
Outbound:
#Marya 9158771
#Bulkcarrier Mac Hope #MacHope 9316191
+ 2pcs #CSCL #Containervessels
CSCL Indian Ocean #CSCLIndianOcean 9695157 and CSCL Arctic Ocean #CSCLArcticOcean 9695169
March 30, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Inbound:
#LPG #Tanker #Valley 9157478
Outbound:
#Marya 9158771
#Bulkcarrier Mac Hope #MacHope 9316191
+ 2pcs #CSCL #Containervessels
CSCL Indian Ocean #CSCLIndianOcean 9695157 and CSCL Arctic Ocean #CSCLArcticOcean 9695169
#LPG #Tanker #Valley 9157478
Outbound:
#Marya 9158771
#Bulkcarrier Mac Hope #MacHope 9316191
+ 2pcs #CSCL #Containervessels
CSCL Indian Ocean #CSCLIndianOcean 9695157 and CSCL Arctic Ocean #CSCLArcticOcean 9695169
aveva dichiarato in un avviso ai clienti del 25 marzo di aver ripreso le prenotazioni per container di merci generiche dall'Asia verso Emirati Arabi Uniti, Arabia Saudita, Bahrein, Qatar, Kuwait e Iraq
Le navi CSCL Indian Ocean e CSCL Arctic Ocean
di Hong Kong
sono bloccate nel Golfo Persico 👇
Le navi CSCL Indian Ocean e CSCL Arctic Ocean
di Hong Kong
sono bloccate nel Golfo Persico 👇
March 28, 2026 at 7:26 AM
aveva dichiarato in un avviso ai clienti del 25 marzo di aver ripreso le prenotazioni per container di merci generiche dall'Asia verso Emirati Arabi Uniti, Arabia Saudita, Bahrein, Qatar, Kuwait e Iraq
Le navi CSCL Indian Ocean e CSCL Arctic Ocean
di Hong Kong
sono bloccate nel Golfo Persico 👇
Le navi CSCL Indian Ocean e CSCL Arctic Ocean
di Hong Kong
sono bloccate nel Golfo Persico 👇
ultracentrifuge for sure, especially with needles, CsCl and ethidium bromide
August 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ultracentrifuge for sure, especially with needles, CsCl and ethidium bromide
Tomorrow at the University of Minnesota: cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-ev...
April 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tomorrow at the University of Minnesota: cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-ev...
Großartige Neuigkeiten!🎉 Nikol Rummel gehört zu den produktivsten Autor:innen im Bereich der CSCL-Forschung. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam die Studie „A Topical Review of Research in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Questions and Possibilities“: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CSCL
January 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Großartige Neuigkeiten!🎉 Nikol Rummel gehört zu den produktivsten Autor:innen im Bereich der CSCL-Forschung. Zu diesem Ergebnis kam die Studie „A Topical Review of Research in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Questions and Possibilities“: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CSCL
[2026-09-30 Wed (UTC), 234 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
September 30, 2026 at 6:39 AM
[2026-09-30 Wed (UTC), 234 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
[2026-09-29 Tue (UTC), 234 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
September 29, 2026 at 6:39 AM
[2026-09-29 Tue (UTC), 234 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
I went to grad school back in Ye Olden Days at the dawn of the Qiagen maxiprep kit era. Prior to that, plasmids had to be separated from chromosomal DNA using CsCl density gradients. This involved loading DNA into tubes with CsCl and EtBr & spining in an ultracentrifuge overnight at very high speed.
March 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I went to grad school back in Ye Olden Days at the dawn of the Qiagen maxiprep kit era. Prior to that, plasmids had to be separated from chromosomal DNA using CsCl density gradients. This involved loading DNA into tubes with CsCl and EtBr & spining in an ultracentrifuge overnight at very high speed.
Oooh I miss this. Yes, it's really simple anymore, especially compared to the old-skool CsCl method, and yet so amazing.
no matter how many times I’ve done it, isolating high-molecular weight DNA — so you see fibers by eye — always amazes me
you need salt, water, vinegar, & alcohol
salt & water occur in nature independently of life
vinegar & alcohol are products of metabolism (life)
DNA falls out in between
you need salt, water, vinegar, & alcohol
salt & water occur in nature independently of life
vinegar & alcohol are products of metabolism (life)
DNA falls out in between
August 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oooh I miss this. Yes, it's really simple anymore, especially compared to the old-skool CsCl method, and yet so amazing.
[2026-10-01 Thu (UTC), 145 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
October 1, 2026 at 6:39 AM
[2026-10-01 Thu (UTC), 145 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
Man, I loved doing CsCl gradient purifications because it meant we would never need to make make more of that particular sequence ever again.
December 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Man, I loved doing CsCl gradient purifications because it meant we would never need to make make more of that particular sequence ever again.
"My relationship with silent film changes what I believe is possible for the future." cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-ev...
Twenty-First Century Silent Film Culture
Maggie Hennefeld researches silent films, which have surged in popularity as important cultural artifacts.
cla.umn.edu
August 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"My relationship with silent film changes what I believe is possible for the future." cla.umn.edu/cscl/news-ev...
[2026-09-28 Mon (UTC), 61 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
September 28, 2026 at 6:39 AM
[2026-09-28 Mon (UTC), 61 new articles found for csCL Computation and Language]
To show my continuing love for VLPs: HPV-16 L1 VLPs, made in insect cells and purified on CsCl density gradient by ultracentrifugation, diafiltration, and ion exchange chromatography. And Eric van der Walt, now a hotshot at Roche in Cape Town, who made them in my lab in 2005.
January 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
To show my continuing love for VLPs: HPV-16 L1 VLPs, made in insect cells and purified on CsCl density gradient by ultracentrifugation, diafiltration, and ion exchange chromatography. And Eric van der Walt, now a hotshot at Roche in Cape Town, who made them in my lab in 2005.
And just in case you thought I'd got all gushy and sentimental, here's an EM of some plant-made, CsCl-purified HPV-16 virus-like particles, surrounded by capsomers 😄
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And just in case you thought I'd got all gushy and sentimental, here's an EM of some plant-made, CsCl-purified HPV-16 virus-like particles, surrounded by capsomers 😄
Look at this beautiful CsCl gradient.
I’m lying, my gradient crashed. I lost my phages and I am going home.
I’m lying, my gradient crashed. I lost my phages and I am going home.
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Look at this beautiful CsCl gradient.
I’m lying, my gradient crashed. I lost my phages and I am going home.
I’m lying, my gradient crashed. I lost my phages and I am going home.
New paper out. "Maritime Students’ Use and Perspectives of Cloud-Based Desktop Simulators: CSCL and Implications for Educational Design" dx.doi.org/10.12716/100...
Maritime Students’ Use and Perspectives of Cloud-Based Desktop Simulators: CSCL and Implications for Educational Design
dx.doi.org
March 15, 2024 at 1:16 PM
New paper out. "Maritime Students’ Use and Perspectives of Cloud-Based Desktop Simulators: CSCL and Implications for Educational Design" dx.doi.org/10.12716/100...
I've talked about calcium oxalate (CaOx) in cacti, where they may constitute up to 85% of the dry weight of the plant. This allows the plant to manage excess calcium absorbed from the soil.
Pineapples & kiwifruit store CaOx in needle-like raphides, which may serve as defense against herbivory.
Pineapples & kiwifruit store CaOx in needle-like raphides, which may serve as defense against herbivory.
May 26, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I've talked about calcium oxalate (CaOx) in cacti, where they may constitute up to 85% of the dry weight of the plant. This allows the plant to manage excess calcium absorbed from the soil.
Pineapples & kiwifruit store CaOx in needle-like raphides, which may serve as defense against herbivory.
Pineapples & kiwifruit store CaOx in needle-like raphides, which may serve as defense against herbivory.
Nah, for real? CsCl was quicker, less effort, gave far higher yields and the quality of dna was infinitely better. Qiagen dna is like 💩, awful stuff. I miss CsCl. Same for their awful dna purification spin columns, everything is so dirty and performs so badly! Worst reagents in molecular biology!
September 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Nah, for real? CsCl was quicker, less effort, gave far higher yields and the quality of dna was infinitely better. Qiagen dna is like 💩, awful stuff. I miss CsCl. Same for their awful dna purification spin columns, everything is so dirty and performs so badly! Worst reagents in molecular biology!
Gallon Drunk - Bedlam
YouTube video by ValiumandCheesecake
m.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
At #ISLS26 I’m part of a symposium where learning scientists and computer-supported collaborative learning scholars propose provocations for the next decade of scholarship in our fields.
Mine: None of this matters if we don’t stop authoritarianism.
💥
Link below
Mine: None of this matters if we don’t stop authoritarianism.
💥
Link below
Revisiting Wise & Schwarz's Provocations for CSCL
mborgepsu.github.io
May 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
At #ISLS26 I’m part of a symposium where learning scientists and computer-supported collaborative learning scholars propose provocations for the next decade of scholarship in our fields.
Mine: None of this matters if we don’t stop authoritarianism.
💥
Link below
Mine: None of this matters if we don’t stop authoritarianism.
💥
Link below
Good question.
Points to the chemical form being CsCl - Caesium chloride, rather than being a ceramic form that is inherently more resistant to degradation..
Suggests it’s a orphaned radiotherapy source - the chloride form has been banned in industrial use for many years after contaminating accident
Points to the chemical form being CsCl - Caesium chloride, rather than being a ceramic form that is inherently more resistant to degradation..
Suggests it’s a orphaned radiotherapy source - the chloride form has been banned in industrial use for many years after contaminating accident
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Good question.
Points to the chemical form being CsCl - Caesium chloride, rather than being a ceramic form that is inherently more resistant to degradation..
Suggests it’s a orphaned radiotherapy source - the chloride form has been banned in industrial use for many years after contaminating accident
Points to the chemical form being CsCl - Caesium chloride, rather than being a ceramic form that is inherently more resistant to degradation..
Suggests it’s a orphaned radiotherapy source - the chloride form has been banned in industrial use for many years after contaminating accident