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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Will Bowell- Just Wild Images @justwildimages.bsky.social · 7h

Bittern crash landing at Deeping Lakes @lincswildlife.bsky.social yesterday. Turns out there are two! @lincsbirding.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @weedonsworld.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #WildlifeOfTheUK #PatchBirding #JustWildImages #BirdlifeBritain #BirdingHighlights

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 5h

Moist owlettes. 🪶

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 1d

Bad hair day, but no Egrets.. 😁
Little Egret at Durleigh reservoir in Somerset last weekend. 😍🐦
#Birds 🪶

You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...

Little Egret facing the camera with some feathers out of place after a shake

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 5h

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 5h

Friends was still WAY better than Sex and the City. I couldn't fathom these bunch of women were touted as liberated when all they ever did was sleep around and then whine about how bad guys were when they made absolutely unhinged decisions themselves. None of them were even remotely likable!

Indifferent_subjects @unaffectedly-civil.bsky.social · 6h

We rewatched Friends one time and noticed what awful people all of them were. Ross and Monica, educated and from upper middle class affluence, were the worst. Rachel and Chandler, affluent, but less educated aspired to be as bad. Joey and Phoebe, less affluent & educated, were marginally better.

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 5h

I agree. I could never get into Seinfeld for the same reason. It really wasn't as funny as folk made it out to be.

Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 1d

When the formatting directions from the production team come back with more changes you have to do that is equivalent to another round of review for an accepted manuscript 😵‍💫

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 1d

This is so sad!

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 1d

Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way - @profilebooks.bsky.social, August 2025; @uchicagopress.bsky.social, October 2025
profilebooks.com/work/earth-s...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Earth Shapers

The globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves onto our surroundings. Mountains, meridians, rivers, and borders—these are some of the features th...

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 1d

Work on medical uses of mind-altering substances was sidelined for decades by the political backlash against drugs, a misstep that has echoes in today’s intolerance of some fields of study

Why abandoning psychedelic research in the 1970s was a blow to science

Work on medical uses of mind-altering substances was sidelined for decades by the political backlash against drugs, a misstep that has echoes in today’s intolerance of some fields of study

www.newscientist.com

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, there are records going that far back? That is amazing!

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Dr Anke Ghost of the Marsh 👻👻🎃🎃 @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 2d

I was going to delete this post based on what @mycenaeanatlas.bsky.social said under my original post and some reading I did as a result. I’ve decided instead to add some context and comments. 1/

Dr Anke Ghost of the Marsh 👻👻🎃🎃 @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 goes to Maria Corina Machado for her work opposing authoritarianism in Venezuela. This is what true leadership and fighting for social justice looks like

#Antifa #Resistance #BadAssWomen

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Philippe huneman @philippehune.bsky.social · 6d

A great new journal just out - philosophy of complex systems
Now issue #1 just out!
Read - and consider submitting a paper !

Duncker & Humblot @dunckerhumblot.bsky.social · 6d

Out now – our new Yearbook for Philosophy of Complex Systems: duncker-humblot.de/einzelheft/c... @philippehune.bsky.social @chavalarias.org
#Philosophy #ComplexSystems #Complexity

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 2d

The Peale mastodon at the National Portrait Gallery in 2021.

It’s the 1st mounted fossil skeleton displayed in the US (1805), and 2nd worldwide. Its original viewers didn’t know about evolution. Even extinction was a new concept. More fossils interpreted as history and art, please! #FossilFriday

Mastodon skeleton with long tusks on a gravel bed between two white columns in an art gallery. Seen from the front.

Same from driver side rear view. Red curtain entrance to exhibit is visible from
This angle

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 2d

New burrowing owl behavior for me today-- taking a bath in the rain! So cool! 🪶

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 3d

The responses and quote tweets on this should be read by all the tech bros who want to bring AI to classrooms and education. Literally a testament to the human mind and spirit that AI could never match!

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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FREE @ LAST @rightmind215.bsky.social · 3d

“Back in my day, we didn’t burn the planet; we burned OURSELVES like warriors.”

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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bread and roses (and hoping) @weirdlilctydweller.bsky.social · 3d

Gen AI can come up with B-tier generic bullshit, but it takes a human on a deadline to produce grade A creative bullshit.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · 3d

This article is an amazing reconceptualization of rural water capacities! First-authored by an awesome colleague of mine! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water

Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...

www.nature.com

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 3d

Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when major deforestation has occurred in catchment areas

phys.org/news/2025-10... via @physorg_com

Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when major deforestation has occurred in catchment areas. The chance of large-scal...

phys.org

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 4d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 4d

"47% of truck drivers, 64% of accountants and 89% of fast food and counter workers". That is assuming no change in consumer patterns and behavior especially in the last case. It might lead to the death of fast-food chains and the rise of mom-and-pop diners where folk prefer a more human experience.

Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 4d

—>the report estimated that emerging technologies "could destroy nearly 100 million U.S. jobs in a decade," replacing 47 percent of truck drivers, 64 percent of accountants and 89 percent of fast food and counter workers.

AI could ‘destroy nearly 100 million jobs,’ Senate report finds

The report identified 20 jobs at significant risk from AI, 15 of which could see more than half of their positions replaced.

www.newsweek.com

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 4d

**Sigh**

AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

www.youtube.com

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 4d

Wow....I'm True Neutral! But it has been a while since I read a honest-to-god paper book. Mostly on Kindle these days so I'm a good Lawful Neutral gal!

caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 4d

Book Alignment Chart
Lawful Good Neutral Good. Chaotic Good
Book ribbon. Sentence pointer. Scrap paper/receipt

Lawful Neutral. True Neutral Chaotic Neutral
Ebook. Proper bookmark. Leaf

Lawful Evil. Neutral Evil. Chaotic Evil
Memorising Book face-down. Dog Ear.
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