dgbassani.bsky.social
Widower dad of 3. Problem-solver living an unsolvable problem. Fatuity loather. Epidemiologist learning about complexity and networks. https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/bassani-diego-g/ and https://www.isi.it/people/diego-bassani/
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We have four canines, we all do.
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It's also infuriating that the journalist writing that piece doesn't seem to have tried to find any faculty who are not fully on the AI hype train to interview.
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Read this yesterday and will never forget it:
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A simple song that your heart can sing
Not too long, rather short and sweet
Like the birds in the apple trees
Let the world hear your simple song
'Cause the world needs a simple song.”
By Elliot Park
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It begins, it's just a flutter deep in you
As it grows you feel some yellow in your blue
You can run but can't hide
When a smile begins to rise
Like the Terminator wearing big red shoes
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A simple song, that your heart can sing
Not too long, rather short and sweet
Like the birds in the apple trees
Let the world hear your simple song
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Are you stocked up for a winter of despair?
Waiting for a meteor to burn your hair?
Well If you ever feel the urge
To take a breather from your dirge
Here's a little coin for you to keep
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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This article lays it entirely bare. ChatGPT is not a “research tool”
It’s a casino, carefully obscuring the exits, offering you comfy seats, exciting haptics, free drinks, empty promises…
There is a goal here, and it’s the same as the casino, but you’re paying with your brain, not your wallet.
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If you’re interested in epidemics on networks, please consider coming to my talk at the “Contagion and Spreading Processes” session on Thursday morning in Room 0.05 Paris. I'll be discussing the relationship between epidemic and percolation models. #NetSci2025
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3. The move marks a significant and unprecedented escalation—effectively the first major federal effort to restrict access to transition-related care for adults. It also confirms what many transgender advocates have long warned: the endgame isn’t protecting children—it’s banning care for everyone.
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No idea. Just chance and an eye for patterns I think…? Today’s was not as interesting. Funny enough, a typo on my second guess saved the day. I wondered if I should correct it before submitting, but luckily I didn’t. Wordle 1,429 3/6
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Indeed