Emily Greenhalgh
@emwritesscience.bsky.social
Scientist turned science writer | Enjoys pottery, puzzles, and putting 🧀 on things | Eventual novelist | Kids' science 📚 FUN WITH OCEANS AND SEAS, FUN WITH OUTER Space, and BUG EXPLORER are out now! www.emilygreenhalgh.com
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Friends - My next children's science book is out! Pick up BUG EXPLORERS wherever books are SOLD! 🐛 🐝🐞🦋🐜
www.amazon.com/Bug-Explorer...
www.amazon.com/Bug-Explorer...
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Proposing Little Guy Syndrome (when there is a small, not-quite-human entity that you feel an urge to care for) as equal and opposite to the Uncanny Valley Effect.
December 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Proposing Little Guy Syndrome (when there is a small, not-quite-human entity that you feel an urge to care for) as equal and opposite to the Uncanny Valley Effect.
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Anyway, I’m starting a high end security company for retirement homes. I call it BALROG.
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Anyway, I’m starting a high end security company for retirement homes. I call it BALROG.
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I think of this often
December 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I think of this often
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Asimov had us dead to rights, and the social internet just turbocharged it.
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Asimov had us dead to rights, and the social internet just turbocharged it.
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Every time another one of these stories pops up I think hard about the fact that these chatbots have shoved their way into education from every angle possible.
"Top psychiatrists increasingly agree that using AI chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis. In the past nine months, these experts have seen or reviewed the files of dozens of patients who exhibited symptoms following prolonged, delusion-filled conversations with the AI tools."
AI Chatbots Linked to Psychosis, Say Doctors
People and their AI companions are entering into shared delusions, doctors say, and chatbots can be “complicit.”
www.wsj.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Every time another one of these stories pops up I think hard about the fact that these chatbots have shoved their way into education from every angle possible.
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This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
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kills me when white men aren't very popular and they're like "wow?? discrimination??" buddy i'm so sorry but you just have a bad personality :( we all thought you knew :(
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
kills me when white men aren't very popular and they're like "wow?? discrimination??" buddy i'm so sorry but you just have a bad personality :( we all thought you knew :(
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"Emphasizes Religion"???
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
The Trump administration celebrated Christmas on Thursday by posting a series of religious messages from official government accounts, using language that drew criticism from those who pointed to America's separation of church and state.
Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages
Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Emphasizes Religion"???
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
They violated the Constitution by using official government accounts to post things like "We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior."
Shame on you for whitewashing this lawless, Christian supremacist regime, @nytimes.com.
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ABOLISH ICE
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ABOLISH ICE
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Finally beginning to understand a series of previously baffling management decisions at my old CBS job
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Finally beginning to understand a series of previously baffling management decisions at my old CBS job
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The Trump administration cited unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon as reason for the immediate pause to construction for the five large-scale projects.
Trump administration pauses 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast, including Vineyard Wind
The Trump administration cited unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon as reason for the immediate pause to construction for the five large-scale projects.
www.wbur.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Trump administration cited unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon as reason for the immediate pause to construction for the five large-scale projects.
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Day 22 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Sitting Pretty"
This Grizzly Bear cub took a break to sit and check me out as I was taking her photograph. #wildlife
This Grizzly Bear cub took a break to sit and check me out as I was taking her photograph. #wildlife
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Day 22 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Sitting Pretty"
This Grizzly Bear cub took a break to sit and check me out as I was taking her photograph. #wildlife
This Grizzly Bear cub took a break to sit and check me out as I was taking her photograph. #wildlife
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in this house we cherish the holiday classics 🎄
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
in this house we cherish the holiday classics 🎄
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christ as if we didn’t already have enough to worry about
James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through 'Cosmic Owl' galaxies at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'
"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."
www.space.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
christ as if we didn’t already have enough to worry about
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I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
perennial post
a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
ALT: a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
perennial post
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It was the [redacted] of times, it was the [redacted] of times…
December 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It was the [redacted] of times, it was the [redacted] of times…
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Impeach.
The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Impeach.
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2025: A Fascism Odyssey
December 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
2025: A Fascism Odyssey
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abcnews.go.com/Health/high-...
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
High-fat cheese, cream linked to lower risk of dementia: Study
People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of dementia over 25 years, while low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association.
abcnews.go.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
abcnews.go.com/Health/high-...
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
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You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
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As #AI increasingly brings people the news, it does more than simply pass along information.
Large language models subtly highlight certain viewpoints while minimizing others, often without users realizing it. buff.ly/bEvfU8c
Large language models subtly highlight certain viewpoints while minimizing others, often without users realizing it. buff.ly/bEvfU8c
People are getting their news from AI – and it’s altering their views
Even when information is factually accurate, how it’s presented can introduce subtle biases. As large language models increasingly bring people the news, this bias is a looming problem.
theconversation.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As #AI increasingly brings people the news, it does more than simply pass along information.
Large language models subtly highlight certain viewpoints while minimizing others, often without users realizing it. buff.ly/bEvfU8c
Large language models subtly highlight certain viewpoints while minimizing others, often without users realizing it. buff.ly/bEvfU8c
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This is bad. Any LLM use in writing should be grounds for disqualification.
Stop compromising with garbage products pushed on us by fascists.
Stop compromising with garbage products pushed on us by fascists.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is bad. Any LLM use in writing should be grounds for disqualification.
Stop compromising with garbage products pushed on us by fascists.
Stop compromising with garbage products pushed on us by fascists.
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Plastic ushered in a new era of convenience and filled homes with cheap, disposable goods.
But it also has exposed ordinary people to tens of thousands of chemicals that slip out of those items into our food and water — and from there, into our bodies.
But it also has exposed ordinary people to tens of thousands of chemicals that slip out of those items into our food and water — and from there, into our bodies.
The plastic chemicals in our food
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Plastic ushered in a new era of convenience and filled homes with cheap, disposable goods.
But it also has exposed ordinary people to tens of thousands of chemicals that slip out of those items into our food and water — and from there, into our bodies.
But it also has exposed ordinary people to tens of thousands of chemicals that slip out of those items into our food and water — and from there, into our bodies.