Josh Merfeld @Josh_Merfeld
Development, labor, and nerdy measurement stuff | Sr. Lecturer, @UQ_News | @iza_bonn | @jpal | insulin addict | dad of an awesome girl | previous @kdi_school joshmerfeld.github.io Brisbane, Queensland Joined June 2009-
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We get to support amazing people in so many ways as academics. One of my favourite jobs is chairing the R.G. Menzies Fellowship, which sends a diverse array of Australians to Harvard. See below for the extraordinary people who are on their way in 2026.
“They work here… pay taxes here.” I’m currently on a temporary visa with a path to PR. You think I don’t work here and pay taxes here??
Australian homes should be prioritised for Australians. One Nation makes no apologies for putting Australians first. Foreign owners – temporary visa holders and foreign citizens residing overseas – would be given two years to sell their Australian residential properties under
@KhoaVuUmn Sorry khoa but no. We all know that big thing would be eating the little thing.
Yah also 100 years ago everybody died 🫠
Just 100 years ago: Most dairy products were consumed raw. Most honey was unprocessed. Seed oils were not commonly used. Genetically modified (GMO) foods did not exist. PFAS chemicals had not yet been developed. Synthetic food dyes were not in widespread use. Plant-based meat
There’s no vaccine so I guess US cattle aren’t anti vax (yet), but they’re certainly anti vax adjacent.
NEWS: Screwworm has been detected in Texas, USDA confirmed - marking a serious threat to US cattle and other animals Larvae of the parasite were found in the umbilical cord of a 3 week old calf Screwworm was eradicated from the US in 1966
“Even crappier MDPI journal” made me laugh
In January, I reviewed a Review for a crappy MDPI journal. It was 100% AI, missing citations, etc. I sent a massive report, and the authors withdrew it. Today, I see it published without a single change in another even crappier MDPI journal.
@singhabhi Not for me. I don’t particularly care 🙃
Can we do this @UQ_News ?
UChicago announced today that it had partnered with AI company Anthropic to give students, faculty, and staff access to Claude Enterprise services on a rolling basis starting in July. All University community members will have access by fall quarter. Story to come.
@ash_craig @UQ_News Nah we’re doing fine lol
@ash_craig @UQ_News Big words coming from someone at ANU lol
@DavidSacks If Trump really were "the most pro-innovation president we’ve ever had" he would not attempt to cut research budgets by half.
I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management. Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ... The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too. That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site. Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices. Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.
The comments to this are *insane*
Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.
What about trees? Did they cut down a bunch of trees?
One of our society's worst brainworms is this compulsive tearing down of anyone who tries to do anything good. Bill Gates is the most ethical and pro-social billionaire that we have. If all the billionaires were like him, our world would be better in many many ways.
@ash_craig So you mean you have a layover that’s long enough to go into town and have a meal?
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