paezha

paezha, 7 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

NEW: I have blog now. Mostly to be able to post stuff that is clearly licensed.

My first post is #inktober #inktober2023

https://paezha.github.io/ungrammetical-correctors-society/posts/2023-10-01-Inktober-Cover/

paezha, 10 months ago to ChatGPT

Today I received an irresistible offer.

A publisher claims to have staff writers to write a book for me, and because I am an unknown author, they will also market the book I did not write for me. All I have to do is loan them my name and suggest a topic.

I smell #ChatGPT.

#CheatGPT #AI #AcademicLife #Research #writing #publishing

paezha, 1 month ago to random

Reinhold Niebuhr was a leading American public intellectual for a number of decades in the 20th century. He wrote:

"The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it."

paezha, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

I have the perfect face for radio interviews: about to chat with Rick Zamperin of CHML in #Hamont about property values and #school #closures.

My recent study with John Merrall and @higgicd about housing prices and proximity to schools is out in #GeogAnalysis this week (open access).

https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12377

Key finding: spatial analysis reveals value of proximity to schools, with 7.29% decrease on average for each km to the elementary school in the catchment.

#onpoli #research #gischat

paezha, 10 months ago to random

Church membership in the US plunged in the last 20 years.

It turns out that most Americans are not ok with Christofascism.

http://volewica.blogspot.com/2023/06/us-church-membership-plunges.html

paezha, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

#AwfulHeadlines

This is by far the must ridiculous attempt to persuade workers to sacrifice their quality of life to improve the lot of wealthy commercial real estate land lords.

Next, show us what billionaires will look like in 2100, according to research.

paezha, 6 months ago to random

"I look back with deep remorse to the whole experience of having been an opportunistic but ultimately useful fool to lawyers with more years of experience exploiting useful fools."

— Jenna Ellis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/jenna-ellis-plea-deal-trump-georgia-election-case

paezha, 4 months ago to Travel

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New article with Elise Desjardins, Jason Lam, @geodarcy, Damian Collins, and Owen Waygood on how #active #school #travel is framed in Ontario, Canada.

Frames provide organizing principles and stories for understanding phenomena, and they can modify the alternatives that the public is willing or able to contemplate to tackle issues.

#TransportationResearch #policy #onpoli

(Link to free article is valid for 50 days)
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1iQAY3Rd3v3deG

paezha, 6 months ago to random

#SilentSunday #StandingStoneSunday

paezha, 1 month ago to random

Who knew that half a burrito could make you as thirsty as a full burrito?

paezha, 7 months ago to random

#silentsunday

Ripples on the surface of a pool create shifting abstract patterns as the tiles at the bottom, blue and white, appear to break, dissolve, reconstitute, and dance.

paezha, 4 months ago to Mexico

#Fensterfreitag

#SanMiguelDeAllende #Mexico #WorldHeritageSite #window #TravelPhotography

paezha, 6 months ago to random

A day like today, seven years ago, we woke up to the horrible news that the US had gone out of its goddamn racist mind, and had elected a buffoon with a pompadour to exorcise the Black man who had dared to be president.

It was a very depressing way to start the day. So I decided that Luanna, my daughter with her magical ways, could stay home from school. Instead, we went out in search of marvellous activities.

paezha, 6 months ago to random

Alternative names for Monday.

— Meanday
— Crapday
— Sucksday
— Bullshitday
— Notwantday
— Anathemaday
— Notniceday

paezha, 8 months ago to random

#Caturday

paezha, 2 months ago to accessibility

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New paper with @soukhov_a, Julio Soria, and Javier Tarriño.

Measuring #accessibility for multiple modes but confused how to interpret differences between zonal values? Well, consider using multimodal spatial availability! A singly-constrained competitive accessibility measure extended for the multimodal case.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299077

#transportation #accessibility #openScience #ReproducibleResearch

paezha, 7 months ago to random

#AwfulHeadlines

If America seems "polarized" it is because the GOP is now a fascist party. Polarization is good when you are confronted by fascists. No fascists would be better, and likely to reduce polarization.

@TheConversationUS

paezha, 8 months ago to ai

#AwfulHeadlines

"The world needs AI. Otherwise the quality of life of billionaires is going to fall."

As @cstross says, most of what passes for tech journalism is stenography: this particular headline betrays zero critical thought.

#AI #enshittification #greed

paezha, 10 months ago to random

#AwfulHeadlines

Articles that reek of desperation by the Land Lords who wish to extract more rent that is economically needed.

#RemoteWork #Telework #Cities

paezha, 4 months ago to random

Today I cancelled all my subscriptions and deleted my #substack account with extreme prejudice.

I have been a paid supporter of Heather Cox Richardson and @parkermolloy in the past, and was considering becoming a paid subscriber of @jaykuo, but for the #Nazi stuff in that platform.

I will consider supporting authors whose opinions I value again when they are in a platform that does not equate #fascism with free speech.

paezha, 8 months ago to random

Fascinating. Canada Post delivering to the past to meet deadlines.

paezha, 8 months ago to random

"Do you wear rockets on your chest or are you just happy to see me?"

— Justin Trudeau that time when Melania's nipples almost poked his eyes out

paezha, 7 months ago to random

#Fensterfreitag

paezha, 1 month ago to atheism

Once upon a time, I had an Evangelical relative.

They are still #Evangelical and we are still related, but I ceased all contact with them after one last attempt to preach the Prosperity Gospel to me — including the argument that it is incumbent upon the churches to feed the hungry and shelter the poor.

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#atheism #ProsperityGospel #Charity

paezha, 8 months ago to random

#AwfulHeadlines

"Small state" was always only an euphemism for "giving your money to the well-connected and wealthy".