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Matthew Archer

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anthropologist interested in tech and sustainability book! https://nyupress.org/9781479822027/unsustainable/

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · Aug 13

BOOK THREAD

in february, i published my book UNSUSTAINABLE: MEASUREMENT, REPORTING, AND THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY with #NYUPress @capacademicbooks.bsky.social

#greensky #anthrosky #geosky #newbook #sustainability #politicalecology

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Unsustainable

A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainabilityIn recent years, companies have f...

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grand theft eigenvalue 🔆 @akhilrao.bsky.social · 5h

Be Loud. Create Large Residuals.

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 14h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Associate Professor Mark A. Bassett @drmarkbassett.bsky.social · 15h

The preprint of 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣, 𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚: 𝘼𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 is now available on EdArXiv.

The paper presents a definitive academic critique of AI detectors.

doi.org/10.35542/osf...

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 1d

is this 🦋 squeeveillance (benjamin 2024)?

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history:

The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 2d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 2d

thanks!

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 3d

fall fell in maastricht

a small black dog standing in a tree lined street with lots of yellow leaves

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 4d

It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
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Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press

Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 4d

Ai companies be like “the price of tulips bulbs will rise ever higher!”

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“quantum tunneling” alright then

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has voted to let BlackRock buy Allete, the company that runs Minnesota Power.

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 5d

Today, @lookheron.bsky.social argues that, for higher education, it's been one battle after another: how the neoliberal era laid the groundwork for the recent authoritarian turn.

The Neoliberal Foundation of the Authoritarian Turn in Higher Education

Recent authoritarian attacks on higher education mark a significant shift from the neoliberal era, which celebrated institutional independence from the state, the role of education in boosting worker…

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 5d

"Eat less meat, and more beans, nuts and vegetables — especially if you live in the rich world. The shift could prevent about 15 million premature deaths a year globally and cut farm emissions by 15%."

Eat Less Meat Is Still the Message From Flagship Diet Report

The authors say plant-heavy diets could save millions of lives and cut farm emissions, claims the meat industry has sought to undermine.

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 5d

a classic

Torkild Hovde Lyngstad @torkildl.bsky.social · 5d

On this topic, the critical reference is Leijunhufvud, A. (1973) "Life among the Econ" in Economic inquiry (frm. Western Economic Journal).

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 5d

Academia turns its eye toward itself

(Source: The art of anthropology: Essays and diagrams / Alfred Gell 1999, edited by Eric Hirsch)

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 6d

Highly recommend Melissa Aronczyk's dissection of PR firms as

"the glue joining carbon based industries, media orgs,& economic sectors using coalitions, campaigns & other coordinated processes to question the efficacy of science, news & political institutions engaging climate related issues" ~34:30

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 9d

no i tried to buy tickets a few weeks ago but the link wasn’t working then i forgot about it! next time definitely!

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall, who will be remembered as an advocate for animals and a renowned chimpanzee researcher, died due to natural causes, the Jane Goodall Institute announced.
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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 10d

spooky season

a small black dog with tan paws wearing a black cape lined with red satin. the collar of the cape is standing up dramatically

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Evangelia Adamou 🦋 @evangelia.bsky.social · 10d

“Indigenous teenager teaches Paakantyi language to teachers at Menindee school” 👏🏼

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Teenage student becomes Indigenous language teacher at outback NSW school

Jaz Fusi has been passionate about learning Paakantyi language for most of her life. Now, she teaches it to her local school's teachers and is eager to see other kids do the same.

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Matthew Archer @matthewarcher.bsky.social · 11d

the sport version of the pekingese

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tibetan spaniel!

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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 12d

something i've been thinking about a lot for years (and @fasterandworse.com captures really well youtu.be/Io-bCG32ehU) is the conflation of technologies with products

i articulate it like this: a technology is an encapsulation of a capability, whereas a product is an encapsulation of a relationship

Dispatch #28: They Are Products

YouTube video by Faster and Worse

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