Dr. Pamela Bilo Thomas 🇺🇦

So if anyone has ever wondered what the last name “Bilo” is, it’s of Ukrainian origin. My great grandmother was a World War 1 refugee, and my grandfather didn’t speak English until he went to school.

YESSS threads has now released “Now following” which is all I needed to officially migrate platforms so byeeeee @elonmusk !!! (I hate clicking on the X logo and it’s only been 24 hours)

@bkravitz @adamwren I am so sorry Bob. I’ve read you for decades and always admired your work. Such a shame what @TheAtlantic has done (and also it’s sad about the state of local media as well)

My debut column on Substack, in which I hammer away at The Athletic and share how I'm going to make a go of it on this platform. bobkravitz.substack.com/p/im-back

@KevinGWRTV I’m glad they stayed away on Sunday!

Looking south from Motor Speedway you can see multiple downpours.

It’s not surprising the first crash was by someone named Sting Ray

@Tford224 Let me know when you find one

In 2024, the Racing Capital of the World will be home to The Greatest Spectacle in the Cosmos! One year from today, #IMS will partner with @NASA as we host an exciting day of programming and celebration during the once in a lifetime experience of the Total #SolarEclipse.

@MarcWeinbergWX As weatherman, can you make that happen for us??? :)

Today’s weather year round would be good for me.

I really hope we can get back to the moon while Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell are still with us

@CSqueequeg @StBonaventure Congratulations!!!

This fall, I'll be joining the English faculty of @StBonaventure University, as an Assistant Professor of Early American Literature. 🙂

Trans Kentuckians - I see you, I support you, and you will always be welcome in my classroom

The National Science Foundation awarded $3.4 million in CyberCorps Scholarships to cover full tuition for 100 students over five years in @UofLSpeedEng's computer science degree programs. uofl.me/3YZMrCl

"Prebunking" is a "psychological vaccine against misinformation." Important work based on this @ScienceMagazine paper, including a @YouTube study with >20k participants: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… More here @sciam: scientificamerican.com/article/theres… HT @Sander_vdLinden

Congratulations to @CSE Prof. Tim Weninger and his Media Literacy Team for earning a bronze award in the prestigious Webby Anthem Awards. anthemawards.com/winners/list/e… @tim_weninger

On the anniversary of the Ukrainian war, this bears repeating. I was told in 2015 that Ukrainians were not a people and Ukraine was a made up country with a made up language. These ideas have been present in Russia for a LONG time

Samantha Power talks about the work my team did during my PhD: The most important step the United States can take to counter foreign influence campaigns and disinformation is to help our partners promote media and digital literacy and communicate credibly. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

@uofldelphi thanks for a great conference today! Always wonderful to take the time to improve teaching pedagogy

Of course, ChatGPT is better than every tool that has ever existed at coming up with creative solutions to problems. This WILL change academia and the university model. Universities will need to adapt quickly. What is the best way to do this? I am still not sure

The things I teach in class are EASILY Google-able because I teach introductory CS. I make an effort in my class to come up with unique homework problems so that students have to apply these simple algorithms to everyday problems.

Musings about ChatGPT as an introductory computer science professor: