Chris W 64.9N
@borealchrys.bsky.social
Arctic and polar science. Geospatial data science. Remote sensing. Wildfire, ice, and hazards in the high northern latitudes. All posts & opinions are mine. Not speaking for anyone.
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Views are mine.
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Views are mine.
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This is fun.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is fun.
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Andrea Pitzer always has insightful commentary. Worthwhile to follow.
Trump's denigration of women is part of the authoritarian playbook.
Andrea Pitzer looks at why it has worked and how to stop it.
Andrea Pitzer looks at why it has worked and how to stop it.
Quiet, Piggy
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Andrea Pitzer always has insightful commentary. Worthwhile to follow.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Two Rivers, Alaska, USA.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Camberwell, Australia!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Two Rivers, Alaska, USA.
Yes, that's what I was thinking.
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yes, that's what I was thinking.
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We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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Here's Greg Bovino playing dumb -- or maybe it's real!! -- about shooting Reverend Black while he was praying.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
@jackjenkins.me
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
@jackjenkins.me
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here's Greg Bovino playing dumb -- or maybe it's real!! -- about shooting Reverend Black while he was praying.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
@jackjenkins.me
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
@jackjenkins.me
There's a lot of captivating information in this (and the Reuters piece further down). What I take from it in addition is that the public disapproval worked - the protests *and* the critical reporting *and* the pulsions taken by politicians. Not to save USAID and its clients, but to weaken DOGE.
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
There's a lot of captivating information in this (and the Reuters piece further down). What I take from it in addition is that the public disapproval worked - the protests *and* the critical reporting *and* the pulsions taken by politicians. Not to save USAID and its clients, but to weaken DOGE.
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To the rest of the world about the world cup:
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
To the rest of the world about the world cup:
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I think it is very unlikely that most of these are Russian influence agents, and considerably more likely that they are people from developing economies who have cottoned on to ways to make relatively large amounts of money for them by being paid-per-view by X.
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I think it is very unlikely that most of these are Russian influence agents, and considerably more likely that they are people from developing economies who have cottoned on to ways to make relatively large amounts of money for them by being paid-per-view by X.
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What else are you gonna do?
Two evenly-matched males spent the afternoon lazily sparring while waiting for the bay to freeze. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What else are you gonna do?
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After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
I admit, I didn’t have asking “did you hear about that 75th birthday rave for a Slovakian Catholic bishop?” on my bingo card.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I admit, I didn’t have asking “did you hear about that 75th birthday rave for a Slovakian Catholic bishop?” on my bingo card.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Can’t wait for the Juneau premiere @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social
In the screen adaptation, the title characters, Ch’idzigyaak and Sa’, speak to each other in Gwich’in. In fact, the film is entirely in the Athabascan language, which is considered severely endangered.
(From KUAC - Fairbanks)
(From KUAC - Fairbanks)
First screen adaptation of 'Two Old Women' told in severely endangered Athabascan language
The new film premiered in Hawai'i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.
www.ktoo.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Can’t wait for the Juneau premiere @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social
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Never take public transportation for granted :)
When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies. #KPBorough www.kdll.org/local-news/2...
Kenaitze prepares to launch fix-route public bus service
When it starts running, the system will be the first public transportation operation on the Kenai Peninsula, which has historically been served by private cab companies.
www.kdll.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Never take public transportation for granted :)
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This is kinda an awesome thread.
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is kinda an awesome thread.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
Minor point: It’s not even a postage stamp. It’s a supplementary decorative sticker. The times’ equivalent to a banner on a website.
(The postage stamp is the one on the right that says Deutschland Reich and has Hitler’s face. The stamp itself has propaganda about the “liberated Sudeten country.)
(The postage stamp is the one on the right that says Deutschland Reich and has Hitler’s face. The stamp itself has propaganda about the “liberated Sudeten country.)
Again -- DHS doing a well-worn template. Cf. this 1938 postage stamp from the German Reich with its simple, straightforward message ("The housing shortage is the Jews' fault")
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Minor point: It’s not even a postage stamp. It’s a supplementary decorative sticker. The times’ equivalent to a banner on a website.
(The postage stamp is the one on the right that says Deutschland Reich and has Hitler’s face. The stamp itself has propaganda about the “liberated Sudeten country.)
(The postage stamp is the one on the right that says Deutschland Reich and has Hitler’s face. The stamp itself has propaganda about the “liberated Sudeten country.)
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Again -- DHS doing a well-worn template. Cf. this 1938 postage stamp from the German Reich with its simple, straightforward message ("The housing shortage is the Jews' fault")
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Again -- DHS doing a well-worn template. Cf. this 1938 postage stamp from the German Reich with its simple, straightforward message ("The housing shortage is the Jews' fault")
I followed this since yesterday on French social media: Grok started to go for straight up David Irving / Leuchter style “ the gas chambers didn’t exist” holocaust denial. Which is illegal, at different levels and nuances, in France, Germany and the EU.
🚨🚨Elon #Musk is a real venom and a very dangerous person having the powers to completely subvert our informational space. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/holo...
www.politico.eu/article/holo...
French authorities probe Holocaust denial on Elon Musk’s AI platform
The League for Human Rights also announced it was filing a complaint.
www.politico.eu
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I followed this since yesterday on French social media: Grok started to go for straight up David Irving / Leuchter style “ the gas chambers didn’t exist” holocaust denial. Which is illegal, at different levels and nuances, in France, Germany and the EU.
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Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
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November 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I was wondering about this. And ... oh, well.
Judge Jerry Smith's dissent from the decision that Texas' redrawn congressional map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is now available.
And holy shit it goes hard.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And holy shit it goes hard.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I was wondering about this. And ... oh, well.
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Students, your moment is coming up. The 11th Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference is March 18 to 22 in New Orleans. Share your work and connect with people doing real community work. Top posters receive awards. Abstracts due December 1st. #HBCUClimateChangeConference
💻 bullardcenter.org/hbcu-ccc
💻 bullardcenter.org/hbcu-ccc
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Students, your moment is coming up. The 11th Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference is March 18 to 22 in New Orleans. Share your work and connect with people doing real community work. Top posters receive awards. Abstracts due December 1st. #HBCUClimateChangeConference
💻 bullardcenter.org/hbcu-ccc
💻 bullardcenter.org/hbcu-ccc