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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · Jun 19
"ma ieu tic adjective of or denoting the Socratic mode of inquiry, which aims to bring a person's latent ideas into clear consciousness. noun the maieutic method."
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 14h
AI has arrived at the University of Alaska. Students and faculty are proceeding with caution. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
AI has arrived at University of Alaska. Students and faculty are proceeding with caution.
Currently, UA has no blanket policy governing the use of AI on its campuses, but individual professors can decide how to use — or discourage the use of — the technology.
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 14h
Here we go. The center of ex-typhoon Halong on track to cross into the Bering Sea in a few hours. Extreme winds and coastal flooding for parts of western Alaska coast next 24 hours. Infrared satellite image courtesy NWS Alaska region. #akwx #weathre #ExtremeWeatther @markspringer.bsky.social
Infrared satellite image of Alaska and the north Pacific Ocean at 730am AKDT Saturday showing the center of ex-typhoon Halong just south of the central Aleutians and moving northward.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19h
My quote of the day

Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.

William Foege
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 19h
How might anyone have suggested what we might anticipate "2025", in 2008-2009, eh?

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if anybody would... @iramey
iramey was LIVE
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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 20h
In which I announce the title of my next album, which I head to Anchorage next week to work on. You can see the basics without having to pay, you can listen to some secret preview tracks and read fresh written-tonight lyrics if you're a backer.

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Secret Scratch Tracks and a Sunday Concert | Marian Call
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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · 21h
The conference was a blast! Thanks to everyone participating in-person and online and to our wonderful speakers for their amazing contributions!

Here are the abstracts of talks from the first edition: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/abstracts/

#cognition #philosophy #biology #psychology
1st Basic Principles of Cognition (BPC) Conference
1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.
basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 20h
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"Practice, practice, Practice!"
& Thank you for your presentation to start things there today Ilona!
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · Jul 2
"Interdisciplinary Learning", M.A., @uafairbanks.bsky.social, 2000
& now, "today", & "these days",... eh?
What are 'experts' working to pay attention to, "now", indeed, eh?
What are "peer groups of professionals w/different experience, w/maybe different expectations"
"getting to"
"do"?
& "for work"?
Page 9 of, from draft pages, a project from "Interdisciplinary Learning" Master's, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 2000,... some bullet-points reflecting another 20-pages expanding on,... Page 10 of, from draft pages, a project from "Interdisciplinary Learning" Master's, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 2000,... some bullet-points reflecting another 20-pages expanding on,... "In our culture today, we have actors in white coats on television telling us that one product is better than another because science says so. And the people believe. Our intellects are quantified, technology is worshiped and we still live in a world governed by that reductionistic, mechanistic world-view of Descartes and Newton. It has been said that Einstein did not erase Newton with Relativity, he simply drew a big circle around him. ... " Thank you letter from Dr. Robert Brown, University of Guelph, December 2, 2002,... 'Dear Ramey, Thank you for participating in the "Principles of Landscape Ecology" class on November 6. The film "Earth & the American Dream" was very well-received by the students. Your facilitation of the discussion afterwards helped the students to relate the messages in the film to their own lives. I received some very favourable feedback on your participation. Students commented on how clearly you were able to state your understandings, and how open you were to listening and commenting on their opinions & ideas. Thanks again!" "... ... The friendship many had with Rudy supported his patience & relative understanding to not restrict access from me to the tools to figure “my question” out, even if “unconventional”, &/but to do it & so it is *not* just my perspective or opinion on “x,y,z,”,... https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/public-health-and-the-open-society/11219752 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/closing-the-office-of-religious-freedom-students-rate-their-universities-don-francks-the-enduring-power-of-1.3520034/the-meaningful-man-a-one-hour-special-1.3520040 I have noted in a journal, from 22 April, 2000, my desire, my awareness of the opportunity & the need coming,... & I was, I would be someone to “help ferry” orgs, people, professionals, markets, disciplines,... thru the days & changes to come. What I might do “for work”, what I might/would do to respect that same familiar need to “make a difference”, I would have to make the choice & commitment, & be willing to respect “what it would take”,... “Anticipatory Intelligence”, is more about the emotional security learned & shared via storytelling, than is it any “AI” assist by electronics or gadget, I think will be what ‘proves out’,... Anyway,... not a direct “point A to B”, but is as direct to connect some dots, & why my relative passion & communication, “why now”,...
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 24d
"🎯",... As many before me themselves also suggested I & more of "any of us" might pay some attention to,... to "that", to "this",... To the "archive" & "legacy" of what & whatever survives, finally,... & "mediums of conveyance",... for "What's happening?!" & our "response", "ability", eh?
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"University of Alaska Fairbanks Hist. 493 / Northern Studies 693 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY IN THE 20TH CENTURY NORTH November 12, 1996" ... is what's seen printed atop one of what seems a stack of related pages,... A sample from one of my own "Interdisciplinary" Master's program experience Title page of book reads: Enabling the Future Linking Science and Technology to Societal Goals September 1992 Reprinted APRIL 1994 A Report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government pages 60 & 61 are shown, of Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government report titled: "Enabling the Future Linking Science and Technology to Societal Goals", "A Look at the Future" is the chapter's title. The final paragraph, "A Shared Burden", reads: "All major institutions in the science and technology communities share the burden of ensuring long-term progress in their fields, and they should work together to achieve broad societal objectives. As Albert Einstein said, "the concern for man and his destiny must always be in the chief interest of all technical effort: Never forget it among your diagrams and equations." In our report, we have sought to highlight the importance of linking the "diagrams and equations" developed by scientists and engineers more closely with the aspirations of the public for health, prosperity, and security in an effort to help our nation enable its own future. Thank you letter from Dr. Robert Brown, University of Guelph, December 2, 2002,... 'Dear Ramey, Thank you for participating in the "Principles of Landscape Ecology" class on November 6. The film "Earth & the American Dream" was very well-received by the students. Your facilitation of the discussion afterwards helped the students to relate the messages in the film to their own lives. I received some very favourable feedback on your participation. Students commented on how clearly you were able to state your understandings, and how open you were to listening and commenting on their opinions & ideas. Thanks again!" "... ... The friendship many had with Rudy supported his patience & relative understanding to not restrict access from me to the tools to figure “my question” out, even if “unconventional”, &/but to do it & so it is *not* just my perspective or opinion on “x,y,z,”,... https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/public-health-and-the-open-society/11219752 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/closing-the-office-of-religious-freedom-students-rate-their-universities-don-francks-the-enduring-power-of-1.3520034/the-meaningful-man-a-one-hour-special-1.3520040 I have noted in a journal, from 22 April, 2000, my desire, my awareness of the opportunity & the need coming,... & I was, I would be someone to “help ferry” orgs, people, professionals, markets, disciplines,... thru the days & changes to come. What I might do “for work”, what I might/would do to respect that same familiar need to “make a difference”, I would have to make the choice & commitment, & be willing to respect “what it would take”,... “Anticipatory Intelligence”, is more about the emotional security learned & shared via storytelling, than is it any “AI” assist by electronics or gadget, I think will be what ‘proves out’,... Anyway,... not a direct “point A to B”, but is as direct to connect some dots, & why my relative passion & communication, “why now”,...
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 20h
@thierryaaron.bsky.social All the presentations so far, the Q&A, the reflections, etc. there at the "Responsibility of Scientists Summit", eh? 🤙🙏✌️✊
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 3d
However strange, awkward, advisable, or "just crazy" many maybe have thought, have tried define & understand "the work itself",...when considering "What's happening?!", "How did it get this way?", "What's to be done?!", I've some wherewithal caring to pay attention to "experience itself", maybe?
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a draft page from project for "Interdisciplinary Learning" titled Master's with University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 2000,... " ... very optimistic to be able to recognize these things and not go complete mad. Especially optimistic if one thinks that something else can be done about it. I believe some-things can be done about these things and it is going to take a lot of consideration(s) and action(s) from many of us to do it. The question has been asked if I sense this is happening. The movement is not as strong and widespread as I would like, but, yes, I think there's reason to think we may have a window of opportunity opening." a draft page from project for "Interdisciplinary Learning" titled Master's with University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 2000,... " ... Randolph Bourne had this to say in his essay, 'The Experimental Life': Life is a laboratory to work out experiments in[Pg 245] living. That same freedom which we demand for ourselves, we must grant to every one. Instead of falling with our spite upon those who vary from the textbook rules of life, we must look upon their acts as new and very interesting hypotheses to be duly tested and judged by the way they work when carried out into action. Nonconformity, instead of being irritating and suspicious, as it is now to us, will be distinctly pleasurable, as affording more material for our understanding of life and our formulation of its satisfying philosophy. The world has never favored the experimental life. It despises poets, fanatics, prophets, and lovers. It admires physical courage, but it has small use for moral courage. Yet it has always been those who experimented with life, who formed their philosophy of life as a crystallization out of that experimenting, who were the light and life of the world. Causes have only finally triumphed when the rational “gradual progress” men have been overwhelmed. Better crude irrationality than the rationality that checks hope and stifles faith.' (p.244; Bourne, 1913)" "I have a problem. I grew up with this idea that the university, the institution of higher learning, was this tremendous bank of knowledge, wisdom & experience. I held this impression that when one entered these campuses, arms were held wide in greetings of acceptance and warmth. I believed these institutions had a deep interest in the ideas and resources one brought to bear. Coupled with this, I held that if the University didn't know "it", they would send one out to the world to find "it" and and then be filled with eager anticipation for the return. As being the first in my family to attend, it is somewhat reasonable to understand that I might have this view of higher education. Perhaps it is needless to say, but anyone with even the most remote exposure to the university today knows this vision I had is quite different from the reality. The problem I have, then, is either 1) that I'm too naive, idealistic, unreasonable, stubborn, pig-headed and radical to give up that vision of higher learning and world-view or, 2) that the system(s) and institution(s) of higher education are short-sighted, corrupt, misguided, top-heavy, artificial, disrespectful, wasteful, too big and just plain broken. All things considered, this might not be that big of a problem. Bearing in mind, however, that I care about people, learning and education, as well as my place and role in all of this, I have found that it is arguably the preoccupation of my life. Further, as my life has lead on, I have also noticed that this discrepancy in higher education is quite similar to that I have found to exist in many other institutions in our society. I have witnessed this in our political structure, our public education system, how we treat those over age-65, and our economic structure as well as in the media, our personal habits and our understanding of our environment. The problem I have, indeed, does not go away. In 1992, I tried to address this problem by attending university. In 1993, that,... " "... ... The friendship many had with Rudy supported his patience & relative understanding to not restrict access from me to the tools to figure “my question” out, even if “unconventional”, &/but to do it & so it is *not* just my perspective or opinion on “x,y,z,”,... https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/public-health-and-the-open-society/11219752 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/closing-the-office-of-religious-freedom-students-rate-their-universities-don-francks-the-enduring-power-of-1.3520034/the-meaningful-man-a-one-hour-special-1.3520040 I have noted in a journal, from 22 April, 2000, my desire, my awareness of the opportunity & the need coming,... & I was, I would be someone to “help ferry” orgs, people, professionals, markets, disciplines,... thru the days & changes to come. What I might do “for work”, what I might/would do to respect that same familiar need to “make a difference”, I would have to make the choice & commitment, & be willing to respect “what it would take”,... “Anticipatory Intelligence”, is more about the emotional security learned & shared via storytelling, than is it any “AI” assist by electronics or gadget, I think will be what ‘proves out’,... Anyway,... not a direct “point A to B”, but is as direct to connect some dots, & why my relative passion & communication, “why now”,...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 20h
8/ Dr's Julia Bee & Jasmin Degeling co presented a talk titled "Defending science, democratizing universities – media studies, political education, and anti-fascism"

This talk also stressed that the myth of neutrality within education represses political education and civil society initiatives.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d
Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 20h
@penahay.bsky.social @sauyaq.bsky.social @ntnsndr.in @katinalynn.bsky.social The reflexive opportunities any have to "keep learning", to 'get to' continue to "have purpose", to find "phenomena occupying many" has turned out to be basically 'exactly' as one was taught to be sensitive to, indeed, eh?🙏
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21h
5/ I found it interesting that both speakers repeatedly stressed the need to question deep assumptions about how we think about the future, & how our imaginations are constrained by the past & by the present.

I explore more about the importance of imaginaries for supporting social change in this 🧵
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d
5/ Here I'm going to draw on the concept of Socio-Technical Imaginaries.

An academic term for how we imagine the future through 'collectively held visions & aspirations about desirable futures, particularly how scientific & technological advancements will shape social life and order'
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21h
5/ I found it interesting that both speakers repeatedly stressed the need to question deep assumptions about how we think about the future, & how our imaginations are constrained by the past & by the present.

I explore more about the importance of imaginaries for supporting social change in this 🧵
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d
5/ Here I'm going to draw on the concept of Socio-Technical Imaginaries.

An academic term for how we imagine the future through 'collectively held visions & aspirations about desirable futures, particularly how scientific & technological advancements will shape social life and order'
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21h
4/ Next we have Prof. Amanda Power from @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social.

This talk stressed that "understanding how things came to be as they are, is essential for being able to think about how they might be different"

Eg. Do monastic ideals inhibit scholars from engaging with the climate crisis?
The ideals of the Middle Ages are still holding back scholars
Amanda Power considers some of the deeper attitudes that can still inhibit academics from fully engaging in essential policy issues
www.timeshighereducation.com
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21h
3/ @ilonamotto.bsky.social stressed the need for scientists and academics to help society imagine positive futures, and ended her talk with a quote by the Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21h
It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵
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Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 2d
Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e
Scientists Responsibility Summit Berlin 11. October 2025 9:00-18:00 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/
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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 22h
The anti-anti-colonial pushback has been strong, visceral, and well-funded
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 23h
'Now, it seems, right-wing populists on both sides of the Atlantic have decided that the fundamental problem isn’t the EU (although it’s striking how they all loathe it), but immigrants. Now it’s people like me that are the problem.'
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One of the scapegoats
I’m a white, cisgendered, heterosexual male. I was born in an affluent Western country and lucky enough to get an elite education. I have all the attendant privileges and instinctive reassurance th…
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 21h
*Bingo*.
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& "Time",...
Onwards & well-beings with you & yours,...
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Arctic Goddess @arcticgoddess.bsky.social · 21h
Heard this tonight:
“People who are capable of seeing you will not need paragraphs of explanation. Stop exhausting yourself trying to translate for people who have no interest in learning your language.”
Clear to me.
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 22h
@penahay.bsky.social Interestingly, www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-am... presentation, 👇, is describing a bit of "same 'elephant'" my own work & research, practice, life, career 'experiments' to care pay attention to, say,..
& eARTh group presentation went broad, to share 'Orient self w/ it?', maybe
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Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 2d
Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e
Scientists Responsibility Summit Berlin 11. October 2025 9:00-18:00 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 22h
" ... Again,... "
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 22h
Opportune timing, perhaps, then,... "given & respecting particulars", maybe, "holding self accountable" to "interdisciplinary practice", maybe,... vimeo.com/1054564865
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iramey @iramey.bsky.social · 22h
"Free Will", & "Event Horizon", how would we know how to feel, to make sense of "the gravity of ... ", of some-/anything, of even an idea, a hope, a memory, etc.,... ?
I mean, if "we" are "part of the whole of the Universe", "too", wouldn't our organs, pasts, futures,..."Space/TIme",...'warp', too?💫
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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 1d
we love our problematic ships
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d
In space news, astronomers have not just confirmed but photographed the existence of a black hole pair finding two in a locked 12 year orbit of each other www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...
Scientists capture an image of two black holes circling each other for the first time
For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The observation confirmed the existence of black hole pairs.
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dr mo 🇵🇸 @redactedquirk.bsky.social · 1d
Handy map of America for Australians wanting to know more about their culture
A map of the US hastily colour coded and labelled with Australian regions Florida is Queensland The south is Tasmania Nevada + Arizona are the NT California is Alice Springs The PWN is Victoria The Midwest is South Australia The middle of the map is NSW Washington DC is Canberra The east coast is WA except for New York, which is Sydney + Melbourne annoying people New England is SE Queensland Hawaii is the Torres Strait Alaska is Antarctica
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