mattbenoit.bsky.social
@mattbenoit.bsky.social
Wow, I have never had such an extreme rage-filled reaction to such a harmless and enjoyable post... and I'm not even sure I disagree, but still... instant rage. Solution? Therapy or roll up a barbarian...
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.

Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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A new analysis of #CryoSat-2 data revealed that subglacial lake levels in Antarctica are changing not by centimeters but by *meters*.

New research from Sally Wilson @universityofleeds.bsky.social, comments from @leighstearns.bsky.social @upenn.edu. eos.org/articles/sat...
Satellite Data Reveal Changing Lakes Under Antarctic Ice - Eos
Radar altimetry observations have pinpointed 85 active subglacial lakes, shedding light on how water moves beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
eos.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Few things scare me more than someone telling me they’ll just “buy the book on Amazon” 🫠
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Users tend to overestimate their performance when using AI tools like ChatGPT, regardless of their AI literacy, highlighting challenges in accurately self-assessing abilities with AI assistance. doi.org/g98bjn
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance, study reveals
When it comes to estimating how good we are at something, research consistently shows that we tend to rate ourselves as slightly better than average.
techxplore.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Was your side...
October 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
elpasomatters.org/2025/10/01/e...

Some good news in a dark time. Proud of my brother for fighting the good fight! Do what you can where you can!
El Paso DACA recipient Catalina 'Xóchitl' Santiago freed by ICE Wednesday on federal judge's order
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ruled that ICE must release El Paso DACA recipient Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, who has been detained since Aug. 3.
elpasomatters.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.
https://to.pbs.org/3IDyV5d
Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda for better access to federal money
A document sent to the universities encourages them to adopt the White House’s vision for America’s campuses, with commitments to accept the government’s priorities on admissions, women’s sports, free...
www.pbs.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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New paper from our group using autonomous laser scanning data to observe calving at Helheim Glacier. Congrats to @laserglaciers.bsky.social on his awesome first pub!
October 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.

She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.

(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So... Pedro Pascal, huh? Remember 10 years ago when it was Idris Elba?
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We get it, you were right.
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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We’re in the business of keeping independent bookstores in business 🤍📚
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Dr. Nahee Park and Dr. Kristine Spekkens discuss the gender gap in physics and how initiatives like the Women+ In Physics Canada Conference are working toward more inclusive research communities.
www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...
Addressing gender gaps in physics | Queen's Gazette
National conference hosted by Queen’s this summer aims to foster diversity and inclusion in science.
www.queensu.ca
May 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I think you are probably right, because I tend to have the same perspective of the results of those policies. In the absence of doing that digging for ourselves, I don't want us to give in to the temptation of correlating historical data with how we remember the past. That way lies MAGA...
August 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I am proposing the hypothesis that anytime a science fiction character (including a narrator) paraphrases Isaac Asimov's observation about a technology sufficiently advanced, well then, we the readers are in for some lazy writing, at least when it's a core part of the world building.
August 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I love your perspective, and I don't want to discourage you from sharing it, because it is unique and vital. However I wish this graph of party dominance correlated with any other data. And I think there must be a lot of other data to show why republican dominance does more damage than decency
August 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed. https://to.pbs.org/45G2Qm2
Trump fires Democratic Surface Transportation Board member before huge rail merger decision
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie before the body considers the largest railroad merger ever proposed.
www.pbs.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts.
Speaker Johnson pushed Medicaid cuts. His constituents worry about their own coverage
In Mike Johnson's district, not only could thousands of Louisianians lose coverage, health centers are bracing for a financial hit. They're hoping for additional funding to make up for Medicaid cuts.
n.pr
August 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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August 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In case any of my friends are tempted to believe certain narratives, I live in the DC area and work in DC and there is no crime wave, and unhoused people pose no danger (though they could use our help).
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM