B Haas

belehaa@wandering.shop

Chemistry professor, neurodivergent mom of two (she/her)If you're going to defend AI to me, save your breath. Its use worsens climate change and dehumanization, and I cannot support either

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Post #4138990
I've switched to another symposium for the next talk The speakers are trying to get to their PowerPoint slides to show them, and it is like seventeen steps of two-factor and Microsoft redirects to websites they don't need (like opening a Copilot tab when they just want PowerPoint) Microsoft is the WORST #BCCE2026
Post #4117801
Well, my first impression of remote access to #BCCE2026 is… mixed The camera in the room was entirely out of focus for >5 min, but they fixed it Audio is good. Once the camera focus got fixed we have a good view of the room It's streaming in Zoom and somebody who is not presenting inadvertantly shared their screen The opening message is very good but the speaker (Bassam Shakhashiri) is in the habit of walking away from the microphone
Post #4092740
How many years does it take for something to become "the way it's always done" or "the way things are"? I'm thinking about what I was told as a grad student 15-20 years ago about the "how the academic job market works." Today's reality doesn't match that. My grandfather's academic career (pre early 1980s) didn't match it either I'm thinking about saving for college and how that was different for my parents vs me vs (someday) my kids I&...
Post #3988405
Dear conference organizers, Presentation ≠ PowerPoint If you will be requiring the use of PowerPoint, you must SAY SO in advance. It doesn't matter if "everybody" uses it. "Everybody" isn't everybody. Sincerely, Me
Post #3914615
I'm making more black raspberry jam today, and I had so many berries that I needed a full kilo of sugar! I am not used to using sugar at that scale
Post #3792832
I had a bunch of leftover egg yolks, so I made them into lemon curd. There was going to be more lemon curd than my family would eat before it'd spoil, so I decided to can most of it. I looked online for processing times and every site seems to point back to the same instructions (National Center for Home Food Preservation at U. Georgia), which say that you need to hold the canning bath at 180°F before putting the jars in and bringing them to a boil, but it doesn't say WHY
Post #3791180
Apparently there's a new NYT op-ed on grade inflation (not reading it, not linking it) You know what would stop grade inflation? Getting rid of grades! Grades were invented to rank & sort people (first students, and later instructors & schools), and they continue to be used for that purpose. It would be awesome if we stopped doing that!
Post #3652722
Tips for ethical AI use: 1. Don't
Post #2201665
I am immediately suspicious of educational &quot;tools&quot; that claim to help by getting in between my students and me My students and their learning aren&#39;t nuisances nor are they widgets. I do not need a dashboard. The friction is the work Grading is a problem not because it lacks sufficient &quot;time-saving&quot; automation but because it lacks sufficient humanity