David Casperson

UNBC Computer Science Professor. Born in Vernon

[christhebarker @christhebarker]

"This is an X-parrot."

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

Not all opinions are equally valid when it comes to scientific expertise.

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

A recent cartoon for @newscientist 🛸👽

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@fozmeadows Eureka! 😂

[Eleanor Morton ($8) @EleanorMorton]

There's a v good Stewart Lee interview I can't find right now where he talks about Thatcher meeting some Ancient Norse studies students & laughing at how unemployable they are, his point is that they don't study for jobs, they study because we need people to know these things.

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@TanyaHuff Philosophy question: Are “low chance of precipitation” and “currently raining” inconsistent?

What if it’s dumping buckets, but only near you?

[Mondo Mascots @mondomascots]

Morio-kun is a vampire bat who promotes paying taxes by direct debit in Chiba, Japan. (He uses direct debit because he’s nocturnal and can’t get to the bank in the daytime.)

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@Sleazybynature @robxrtsxn @richardzussman @bchydro The BC govt???

[Greg Egan @gregeganSF]

A social media app that truly deserved the name “meta” would sit on top of all the existing companies and route the conversations you actually wanted to have, or see, through whichever low-level (Twitter etc.) nonsense currently worked, as transparently as TCP/IP routes packets.

[Hana Lee (not here) - see hanalee.bsky.social @K_Hana_Lee]

all the twitter replacement apps are duking it out for the throne succession-style and I am an unwilling peasant whose crops are burning in the meantime. release me dear god. let me harvest my vegetables and sell them at the local market. I care not who wears the crown.

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@TRexPope @tprstly pay ???

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@fozmeadows It’s weird for Wordle to be the canary in this coal mine

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@NowJayInNH @PulpLibrarian 3 1/2 floppies are 5 to 6 years in the future

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

It's that day again... #canadaday

[Jesse Case @jessecase]

The news is always like: "America has banned wheelchair ramps because they weren't in the Bible. Finland has made ice cream free."

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@QueenOfRats All below have shown up in my local library, but likely still under rated:

Persephone Station (Stina Leicht)
The Dawnhounds (Sasha Stronach)
Braking Day (Adam Oyebanji)

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@QueenOfRats @_SarahGailey … accidentally sent the previous tweet in the middle. Not nearly well enough known outside.

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@QueenOfRats @_SarahGailey The _Trickster_ trilogy by Eden Robinson, an indigenous (Haisla?) women living in NW British Columbia. More magic realism than straight fantasy. Moderately well known in Canada

[David Casperson @ghost31416]

@SheckyX @StinaLeicht little kid coming out of a theatre: Wow, that was the greatest movie EVER!!

my philosopher brother (sotto voice): Did you like it?

[Announcement Only | Writing the Other @writingtheother]

If we get to $2K/month on Patreon the Vonda N. McIntyre Sentient Squid Scholarship will be fully funded and we can set aside a quarter of spots in our classes for writers who need financial assistance to take them. More educated writers = better fiction.

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