Jim Bagrow's Blog

Oct 30, 2026 1 min read Link post, AI, Security and Privacy

Oct 27, 2026 12 min read Peer review, AI

Self-Cite Circus (SCC)

Make 365 papers and get 66,430 citations. Continue reading ›

Sep 30, 2026 2 min read Academia, AI, Peer review

"Hackers Used Anthropic's Claude to Break Into OpenAI"

The attack failed, then a new model shipped, and then it worked. Continue reading ›

Sep 23, 2026 1 min read Link post, AI, Security and Privacy

Dear ChatGPT,

I wanted a rejection and, gosh darnit, I got it. Continue reading ›

Sep 19, 2026 2 min read AI, Peer review, Science history

Lab leak

The weights of a frontier model get out within 18 months. Continue reading ›

Sep 18, 2026 1 min read AI, Security and Privacy, Crazy ideas

"How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments"

What’s left for students when AI creeps into their lab? Continue reading ›

Sep 9, 2026 1 min read Link post, AI, Science

Notifications are for what?

My personal philosophy on phone and computer notifications. Continue reading ›

Sep 8, 2026 1 min read Communication, Collaboration, Technology

A big-data view on sleep and travel - new paper

We have a new paper out, Sleep during travel balances individual sleep needs. Continue reading ›

Feb 24, 2022 2 min read Paper, Science

A big-data view on sleep and travel - new paper

"Upcoming Python Features Brought to You by Python Enhancement Proposals"

Some handy enhancements to Python, but are we losing the pseudocode way? Continue reading ›

Feb 16, 2022 2 min read Link post, Python, Open source

"NERCCS 2022: Fifth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems"

Check out an exciting complex systems conference. Continue reading ›

Jan 19, 2022 1 min read Link post, Science, Communication

"Why Is It So Hard to Be Rational?"

Can painful meta-thinking save us from a co-opted ‘rationality’ culture? Continue reading ›

Jan 3, 2022 1 min read Link post, Thinking, Decisions

"This digital-hygiene routine will protect your scholarship"

Good advice for a bummer of a problem. Continue reading ›

Dec 30, 2021 1 min read Link post, Writing

"Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades"

Nuance builds on the famous Miller-Urey experiment. Continue reading ›

Dec 29, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Science history

"E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92"

Passing of a scientific titan. Continue reading ›

Dec 27, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science

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"Official Claude Code Extension Compromise: Security Advisory"

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