2025-08-03T08:40:41Z https://njump.me Spencer LaVere Smith https://njump.me/npub17ltk7gleupy84tec8dhxgmru9j3lypqv2v2v3lu2dzkqgmyff7wqejy5jc https://media.neuromatch.social/accounts/avatars/109/526/000/548/712/560/original/5fb40724595ba5f6.jpeg https://media.neuromatch.social/accounts/avatars/109/526/000/548/712/560/original/5fb40724595ba5f6.jpeg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd4s27cmjpsu8aer0kqadstknvwwl4sy5tc98nud502yc339zzdrczyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecgw3ys5 Federal workers are honorable and valuable members of society. They shouldn&#39;t have to work overtime to fix this mess, but this quote is another example of the integrity that can be found within their ranks.<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/114/695/710/758/842/196/original/7e0835c2360a6814.png"> 2025-06-16T23:49:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsplycspwlgdfgc4sldcnfmz2dtdprjtu670ptpu8ewt522yg5j8eczyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecpfmvxn A discussion on pre-K and early childhood education made me think of first person survivor bravado, which is saying: &#34;Eh, the system is fine. I made it through.&#34; <br/><br/>Our parents and grandparents made the system better when they had the chance. We might not have fared so well with the system as it was a generation or more before us.<br/><br/>So when people talk about making improvements, I listen. It&#39;s not about making kids soft, or participation trophies, or lowering the bar. <br/><br/>It&#39;s about being more effective at pulling people through to the light at the other end of the tunnel, despite challenges they face.<br/><br/>It&#39;s about not letting the next Einstein or other impactful minds fall by the wayside if we can do better.<br/><br/>It&#39;s about helping a larger fraction of kids develop into more functional, healthier, and happier people.<br/><br/>Yes, I&#39;m fine too. And I&#39;m also optimistic that we can do even better. 2025-06-15T05:47:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp8uclux6hayzdr9cm5hf0ef5da9ljjx9w5l2036ejmrtnp0lymdgzyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecpewnlk I got these catalogs when I was a kid and they ignited my imagination in a way that Amazon, Temu, Alibaba, etc. cannot. There was organic and authentic enthusiasm for the possibilities and wonder in each item description. <br/><br/>If you&#39;re into this kind of stuff, it&#39;s worth checking out. Maybe we&#39;re a dying breed and can&#39;t keep this company afloat, or maybe there is some market for this stuff that social media can help the company reach.<br/> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/american-science-surplus-is-fighting-for-its-life-heres-why-you-should-care/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/american-science-surplus-is-fighting-for-its-life-heres-why-you-should-care/</a> 2025-06-06T01:12:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdxew83gzhf85rdg5fyjgx5nvk2egvnx7y33787pslefdr38pp2ugzyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecse7p2r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8femh5wk9nnqazy6hc8xl4hlhav3ue59r22m4js0yn46m45j5rqcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q8atmq5'>nevent1q…tmq5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq9d9p04u4xfysdy92fycw947jrca3xve2gnsauysshzewxvmz8dmsxhcvwk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq9d9p04u4xfysdy92fycw947jrca3xve2gnsauysshzewxvmz8dmsxhcvwk</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…cvwk</span>)</a></span> You wrote &#34;Ultimately, we need to start building new multi-country organizations...&#34; -- doesn&#39;t HFSP merit a mention? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Frontier_Science_Program">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Frontier_Science_Program</a> Imagine if we expanded this program. 2025-05-18T06:17:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw8sry2gq2vs7fvh8ak379krdv50neenqz93usreuuualx90wes4gzyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecsdsh5s The Spencer Foundation is doing a rapid response grant program for projects that were funded by the NSF and then terminated. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/rapid-response-bridge-funding-program">https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/rapid-response-bridge-funding-program</a><br/><br/>No relation (that I’m aware of). 2025-05-02T22:41:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgp9w58txxljrc7rsrn3dmmkvfup0wus7vw3r3e44udlm92ev0mcqzyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ec0ktgge maybe obvious, but I welcome the reminders. especially when we’re in the thick of a grant proposal review meeting.<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/114/312/236/350/203/347/original/2253564fe82c8342.jpeg"> 2025-04-10T06:25:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswcz5cptc0q3tk235p53rge440j46jvvfr0sgx8km8jh7hqgtesrszyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ec7rwda2 Winston visited campus today. #ucsantabarbara<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/114/259/603/215/021/863/original/d4a54b5407895464.jpeg"> 2025-03-31T23:20:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxd4ycjrtl29zxwlutkagdzz09yh6x23luqs927s92urv6vdtg6eqzyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecw2mwdg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswskxlgyjp22rqvrhr0u5lyl6nlrzmxfh8nftxghd323e8hzwpzzspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qc70s6y'>nevent1q…0s6y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjzgxd3ylxrpqcr90zss3ttyuk20cr6y9r7ewz2hyauvr4n0xzs8sucxm42" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjzgxd3ylxrpqcr90zss3ttyuk20cr6y9r7ewz2hyauvr4n0xzs8sucxm42</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xm42</span>)</a></span> <br/>Here&#39;s a join link. If it doesn&#39;t work, then let me know and I&#39;ll add people manually. I just need an email address.<br/><br/><a href="https://2p.ece.ucsb.edu/signup_user_complete/?id=uqr31cgtf3d7bcrzm6949rcz4r&amp;md=link&amp;sbr=sa">https://2p.ece.ucsb.edu/signup_user_complete/?id=uqr31cgtf3d7bcrzm6949rcz4r&amp;md=link&amp;sbr=sa</a><br/><br/>To answer your questions:<br/>- No limit on number of people. It is super-easy to host thousands. Companies just charge this way to make money. The real bandwidth issues and storage issues are negligible.<br/><br/>- No conditions. It&#39;s not a big public group, so it doesn&#39;t tend to attract trolls or spam. Whoever wants to join, can.<br/><br/>- Go ahead and spread the word. I am grateful.<br/><br/>- It runs off a server on the UCSB campus. All users have access to the data. If anyone wants a dump of it (i.e., a snapshot), I&#39;m happy to assist.<br/><br/>- The data has a mirror. It is also on campus, so if there was a major disaster, we&#39;d lose both copies. But for routine drive failure we&#39;re covered.<br/><br/>- No limits on numbers of messages or attachments. Just whatever the software limits are. I&#39;d appreciate it if people didn&#39;t try to game that and upload PB data sets. I&#39;m guessing no one will. Movies, images, etc., are fine of course. I&#39;ll say something if it becomes an issue at all. <br/><br/>- It&#39;s free. I promise to never charge for it. I also promise to never sell any of the data. If there are any concerns about that, I&#39;m happy to put that in writing, if someone wants to draft something up. It&#39;s just a bit of community organization I&#39;m happy to do because I&#39;m part of the community and I like to have good resources like this. 2025-03-03T17:31:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfhjvxpxgcnjsw40vtq5xyq88esfgjzxfmjg9al8rwu8x7g72a2dczyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecv24xpq What would you change about academia life?<br/><br/>There’s a discussion on bsky about saying “no” to service requests. But really, why is it even such an issue? A healthy institution or community should be able to spread the load. This is a strange job. 2024-12-10T03:57:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx4ztx30hl5syu3sfqxu25pd6y9p8sse82pfx4fzcd0jcgw0szzsczyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecdfrkj9 I sympathize with the moderation issue. Those of us who were online with pre-WWW internet and the BBS scene know that it didn&#39;t take algorithm-driven social media to make people act uncompassionately online. <br/><br/>Online or off, we&#39;ve always been sharing the earth with a spectrum from opportunistic jerks to truly evil people. Massive numbers of them. We will have to fight for good our whole lives. 2024-11-27T05:33:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxr7w0ntgvwtq4pjnuqlpm29uy6ftx6tp348q809k096dm2v67z4qzyrmawmerl8sys7408qakuerv0sk28usyp3f3fj8l3f52cprv398ecggg76g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswqr7tjrsj5525x8xz0c54sh2cdh84scxj9r2zvugzy4esds4wk0gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qs0muj4'>nevent1q…muj4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjzgxd3ylxrpqcr90zss3ttyuk20cr6y9r7ewz2hyauvr4n0xzs8sucxm42" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjzgxd3ylxrpqcr90zss3ttyuk20cr6y9r7ewz2hyauvr4n0xzs8sucxm42</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xm42</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqskyqp5njaqvs3sezxt4zszlqncxxwtcdv9xprme9lekx0wvzv9rqktm508" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqskyqp5njaqvs3sezxt4zszlqncxxwtcdv9xprme9lekx0wvzv9rqktm508</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…m508</span>)</a></span> If I&#39;m understanding you both correctly, then I think I agree with you both. 2024-11-25T18:45:23Z