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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 4d

When a story is left vague, I like to look online for discussions and see what others understood from it.

It works well for movies and series, but for novels, there usually isn't much. I'm not sure if book readers don't like to share their opinions as much or there's just not that many of them.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 5d

"We're doing the studies to make the proof."

This is not how Gold Standard Science works. Or any science. You do the study to TEST THE HYPOTHESIS, not to prove yourself right.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 8d

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 20d

Important point that's often overlooked. Lots of excellent science gets published in smaller journals (and questionable science sometimes ends up in big journals too).

When Prestige Trumps Quality in Science Reporting

<i>Technology Networks</i> spoke with Dr. Alice Fleerackers about how reputation-driven shortcuts in science journalism shape public trust, sideline diverse voices and why fostering critical research ...

www.technologynetworks.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23d

@anneapplebaum2000 on the current moment of political violence: For the first time, “we have a social-media system that encourages the most outrageous, the most extreme statements, and then rewards them financially.” #TAF25

Watch here: bit.ly/46lDaLT

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · 28d

Dave Patterson: "It is a big mistake to ignore the upsides of #AI as it is a mistake to ignore the downsides."
Excellent spark session by @jeffdean.bsky.social and Dave P. in today's (Tue's) #HLF25 program. You can watch the recording on www.youtube.com/@LaureateForum. Approx. 20 min.

Heidelberg Laureate Forum

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is an international network event where recipients of the most prestigious awards in mathematics and computer science meet the next generation. The HLF is annually ...

www.youtube.com

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · 29d

For no reason in particular

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hey! I'm also at the event and was looking for people who attended both events (I also have, as media).

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm confused

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · Sep 10

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 11

Nearly 47,000 people died of gun-related injuries in the United States in 2023, according to the latest available statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some people think this is an acceptable figure.

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 9

💯 agree

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Hostility, exclusion and academic bullying should be formally recognised as research integrity issues because they directly impact who gets to succeed and whose voices are silenced."

By @maddipow.bsky.social

Research integrity needs a kindness agenda or we will lose ECRs

Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 8

Anyone attending the Near Surface Geophysics EAGE conference?

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 6

Think where the US was 6 months ago and how far it's spiraled since. Now project that 6 months into the future. Then 12, then 24.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 6

It's feel like we're counting down to the first mass killing of US citizens by the US military.

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 6

Math is the new woke.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

CNN: When the jobs report comes out, are you going to believe the numbers?

REP. RANDY FINE: Um, I'm going to look at the numbers. Look, the people who put these numbers together are human & fallible and make mistakes

C: It wasn't that they make mistakes

F: Numbers always tend to benefit the left

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 5

Deserves an olympic medal for mental gymnastics

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 4

OK this is even better.

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 4

I've got some good news.

Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, tribunal rules

Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case

www.theguardian.com

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 4

The US is now bullying countries into accelerating global warming.

US tells countries to reject UN ship fuel emissions deal or face tariffs, sources say

The United States has told countries to reject a United Nations' marine fuel emissions-cutting deal or face tariffs, visa restrictions and port levies, U.S. and European officials and sources told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 4

People who don't know what [thing] is and have been lied to about [thing] want to quit [thing] -- seems to be a popular topic in this age.

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh gee haha who did that

Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 4

"We're more far right than you, no we're more far right than you, no we."

This always ends well.

Robert Jenrick says UK asylum seekers should be held in ‘rudimentary prisons’

Shadow justice minister, seen as nurturing Tory leadership hopes, criticises Reform’s immigration plans as too weak

www.theguardian.com

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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · Sep 2

Glad to have been able to take part in this important effort, and to work with colleagues to provide a response to the DOE Climate Working Group report's sea level and tropical cyclone sections, in particular. Many thanks to @andrewdessler.com and @bobkopp.net for helping to organize this effort!

Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · Sep 2

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

DOEresponseSite

On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...

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Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Sep 3

The entire Overton window is shifted so far right and it's obviously not working. Trying to appease the far right always ends so well.

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Geoff Holtby @gdholtby.bsky.social · Sep 2

when you think about, it's actually kind of impressive to make a computer innumerate. like that's its one job. it's in the name.

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