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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 7h

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

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 15h

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 Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 21h

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 15h

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 · 1d

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

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

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 · 2d

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 · 1d

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

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

🤣🤣🤣

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jaishri Srinivasan 💧🔥 @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 2d

"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 · 2d

—>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 · 2d

**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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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.
Page Numbers

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

I hate so much these days....

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

Yeah....SOEs in red states like Virginia are charging residents excessive amounts to fund data centers thanks to Young Glennkin

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

Utility grift is the number one problem in the energy sector for the last 2 years and the next 2. At a time when folks are thrown down several socio-economic rungs, AI + data centers are collaborating with local & state governments, particularly in red states but also blue ones to suck people dry.

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

😑😑😑

Michael Piccorossi @michaelooch.bsky.social · 3d

Republican lawmakers have estimated that, this time around, U.S. farmers could need as much as $50 billion in economic support to offset the Trump tarriffs. Where that money will come from remains an open question. nyti.ms/3J2xLAh

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

As it did in 2018, the White House plans to dole out relief funds to struggling U.S. farmers who have lost their biggest customer.

www.nytimes.com

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 3d

Adaptive ecosystem restoration to mitigate zoonotic risks www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This Perspective discusses essential considerations for how ecosystem restoration may influence spillover of zoonotic pathogens, and how such considerations may be integrated into restoration design 🧪

Fig 2 from Ecke et al 2025 in Nature Ecology Evolution. The figure legend reads "Zoonotic hazard as a function of habitat degradation and ecosystem restoration" and depicts 6 different habitat scenarios represented by a taiga forest in which habitat degradation, restoration and recovery can potentially influence the levels of zoonotic hazard

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 3d

#Archaeology

Archaeologists uncover ritual platforms that helped pave the way for Chinese unification

Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that the origins of a shared Chinese cultural identity lie in ceremonial gathering...

phys.org

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

😂😂😂

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · 3d

NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions

Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...

www.tandfonline.com

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

That last is a thing? Interesting!

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

Not a dosa in sight on that plate!

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

Political scientist | Social scientist | Sociologist

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