Morgan Robertson
@morganrobertson.bsky.social
Geographer at UW-Madison. Political ecologist, policy nerd, plant noticer, union member, Iowan, 🔱. Wetlands restoration, ecology and history are my jam. Also Australia and roller derby. USEPA HQ alum 2004-07.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Great article just out from two of our graduate students in Geography on teaching a writing-intensive class at the moment ChatGPT appeared, and how grappling with emergent generative AI has transformed the content of that human geography class.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Whither Chat-GPT: Generative AI and Teaching Introduction to Human Geography in Higher Education
This paper reflects on how we, as instructors of Introduction to Human Geography, navigated the widespread usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) models in the classroom. We discuss how ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Great article just out from two of our graduate students in Geography on teaching a writing-intensive class at the moment ChatGPT appeared, and how grappling with emergent generative AI has transformed the content of that human geography class.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Guys ok -- if "broka" was a Germanic ancestor for the 15C Kentish word "brook" that meant, essentially, "wetlands", then the King James bible's translation of Psalm 42:1 --
-- "as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God"
means: "God you are like a wetland!"
-- "as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God"
means: "God you are like a wetland!"
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Guys ok -- if "broka" was a Germanic ancestor for the 15C Kentish word "brook" that meant, essentially, "wetlands", then the King James bible's translation of Psalm 42:1 --
-- "as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God"
means: "God you are like a wetland!"
-- "as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God"
means: "God you are like a wetland!"
telling my students that my grandfather was a British artillery officer in World War I and they're looking at me like like I might predate indoor plumbing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
telling my students that my grandfather was a British artillery officer in World War I and they're looking at me like like I might predate indoor plumbing.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
This the design game for us.
This game rules for Seahawks fans because we’re winning comfortably but still have a hundred reasons to be furious
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This the design game for us.
I mean after Ohtani and Yamamoto who can blame them
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I mean after Ohtani and Yamamoto who can blame them
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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I returned to Watt’s legacy this summer in a separate piece that recalls the “wise use” agenda, a framework of resource dominance that effectively laid the groundwork for Project 2025’s approach to federal lands and waters.
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The sagebrush rebel revival, my latest in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...
The sagebrush rebel revival
Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and waters to the Wise Use movement of the 1980s and the Sagebrush Rebellion that pr...
thebulletin.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I returned to Watt’s legacy this summer in a separate piece that recalls the “wise use” agenda, a framework of resource dominance that effectively laid the groundwork for Project 2025’s approach to federal lands and waters.
bsky.app/profile/dust...
bsky.app/profile/dust...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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That #Seahawks win against the Houston Texans is looking more and more impressive. Houston sacked Josh Allen 8 times! The Hawks' offensive line only gave up 2 sacks in their game against the Texans.
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
That #Seahawks win against the Houston Texans is looking more and more impressive. Houston sacked Josh Allen 8 times! The Hawks' offensive line only gave up 2 sacks in their game against the Texans.
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Tennessee Titans press conferences seems to be incredible content, paused while channelsurfing at a presser where they asked the coach how he plans to come out this week with a win and he goes "lets not get ahead of ourselves here"
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tennessee Titans press conferences seems to be incredible content, paused while channelsurfing at a presser where they asked the coach how he plans to come out this week with a win and he goes "lets not get ahead of ourselves here"
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
This only highlights the need for a remote that generates power from being stuck between couch cushions.
"Notably, there are cells on either side for light capture, meaning the remote will function even if you place it face-down on a table."
Google TV's latest remote design 'never runs out of power' by using indoor light
Google TV devices have a new remote option that uses indoor light to ensure it “never runs out of power.”...
9to5google.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This only highlights the need for a remote that generates power from being stuck between couch cushions.
As a former derby referee with 10 years’ experience, I’m happy to endorse the Fox 40 Classic for this purpose.
Pea whistles are for clowns and children.
Pea whistles are for clowns and children.
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
As a former derby referee with 10 years’ experience, I’m happy to endorse the Fox 40 Classic for this purpose.
Pea whistles are for clowns and children.
Pea whistles are for clowns and children.
Who’s out there theorizing AI as the real subsumption of nature by capital?
In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Who’s out there theorizing AI as the real subsumption of nature by capital?
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At least the 2008 crash was about a bet that housing would never decline. The next one will be about betting that six companies who sell each other magic beans would never decline
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
At least the 2008 crash was about a bet that housing would never decline. The next one will be about betting that six companies who sell each other magic beans would never decline
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I was impressed by the Rams and Seahawks coming out last night and giving us the more rare “two clearly very good teams both playing like ass”. People will pretend these games are just good defense but I love them for what they are.
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I was impressed by the Rams and Seahawks coming out last night and giving us the more rare “two clearly very good teams both playing like ass”. People will pretend these games are just good defense but I love them for what they are.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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Seahawks looked like an elite team who succumbed to one player's bad day. If that player isn't the quarterback, they win.
I can live with that loss. Nobody can make me enjoy it, and nobody should excuse the cause of it, but I can live with it.
I can live with that loss. Nobody can make me enjoy it, and nobody should excuse the cause of it, but I can live with it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Seahawks looked like an elite team who succumbed to one player's bad day. If that player isn't the quarterback, they win.
I can live with that loss. Nobody can make me enjoy it, and nobody should excuse the cause of it, but I can live with it.
I can live with that loss. Nobody can make me enjoy it, and nobody should excuse the cause of it, but I can live with it.
One of my students proposing to do a project on the gender and ethnicity identities in Madison street names and I think she's giving Wilbur Zelinsky a post-mortem heart attack.
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One of my students proposing to do a project on the gender and ethnicity identities in Madison street names and I think she's giving Wilbur Zelinsky a post-mortem heart attack.
finally getting around to watching the Mandalorian
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
finally getting around to watching the Mandalorian