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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 4h

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

Shout out to the worker who put Rump instead of Trump on the watch these people paid $650 for lol

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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Ally Boo-art 👻 @allystewart.bsky.social · 6h

I ask my students not to use AI because it means they are not fully engaging with their own learning. If they do, it’s a betrayal of my trust.

I don’t want to use AI to grade student work because it means that I am not fully engaging with their learning. If I do, it’s a betrayal of their trust

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 3h

“There should have been some kind of reins put on him.”

Renowned scientists @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social join @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the dangerous role RFK Jr. is playing in health and climate discourse.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/science-un...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 18h

Psychiatrists/NPs/therapists who could provide off-the-books, no-fee, Zoom-based care for individuals in crisis in ICE-targeted Chicago communities, please email me: [email protected]. Include whether you can prescribe, speak Spanish (or other languages), and available hours per week/month.

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quhl @quhl.bsky.social · 4h

My autumn walk this morning.
#NaturePhotography #quhl5

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 6h

#CastleSaturday
15th C Aragonese Castle of Otranto: also title of 1st ever Gothic novel.

Horace Walpole's 1764 story played on medievalism + terror, generating a lasting tide of ghosts + ghouls.

He chose name as it was 'well sounding', not even aware of real castle on Puglian coast till 1786.

View of stone built 15th C Castle of Otranto with bridge leading over deep moat to gateway in wall. Huge round towers either side of bridge have bases slanting outwards into moat.

Two round towers of Castle of Otranto, with bases sloping slightly outwards into moat. Only a few horizontal slit windows/openings penetrate the very solid stone walls.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 12h

St Nicholas’ Chapel, #KingsLynn #Norfolk

The tower of c. 1220 & a steeple in 1500. However, this was down down in a gale of 1741 & the present replacement spire (by George Gilbert Scott) was completed in 1870.
There is beautiful carved decorative detail on the 15th Century porch.

#SteepleSaturday

A view of the south porch, square tower & spire against a blue sky.

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John Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 10h

1/ Given CDC evisceration, attacks on climate science, NASA... here's a short tale of worrisome prescience from 2014.
I attended an early showing in San Francisco of the fine film "Merchants of Doubt". It has book's foci of climate denial/tobacco, but adds more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWE...

Merchants of Doubt (2014) with Naomi Oreskes, Jamy Ian Swiss, Frederick Singer Movie

YouTube video by hos Ben

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8d

Right wing think tank (AEI) employee Roger Pielke Jr. has formed a cozy relationship with the Murdoch media as he spreads climate disinformation in Australia.

It's right out of #ScienceUnderSiege (and yes, Roger is prominently mentioned in the book): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction | Temperature Check

The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill wa...

www.theguardian.com

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Lucilla Piccari @lucillapiccari.bsky.social · 1h

The harrowing long read of this article just reinforced my belief that the richest people on earth, who make very consequential decisions for our everyday life, are not really very smart.
They are just rich, mostly have been failing upwards and they have a predatory and extractionist business model.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 2h

The secure messaging app @signal.org makes it easy to chat without sacrificing security.

If you're getting started with Signal, learn how, and if you are already a user, we help you tighten its security.

Locking down signal

Concerned about the privacy of your messages? The encrypted messaging app Signal has become a newsroom staple for communicating with sources, receiving tips, and talking to colleagues. While it’s a practical tool for anyone concerned with the security and privacy of their conversations, journalist

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 2h

Most US psychiatrists make a good income while also espousing ideals of equity, anti-racism, etc. from within a country that blocks millions from care via market violence and direct state violence. Make good on those words as fascism rises: volunteer no-fee services for people targeted by the state.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20h

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.

Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

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Kristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 7h

Accurate.

#academia #academy #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #science

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 20h

Periodic Peacock, Lisbon University

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Dec 14

it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know

this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 6h

Marvellous 👍

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Madeline Horwath on St George returning to England – cartoon

The St George’s flag is more popular than ever. It’s more complicated for England’s patron saint

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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 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Sign Up

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

"I don't think the plane is going to cry from it's hurt wounds" 🎤⤵️

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