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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3h

I’m jelly. I’d love to go on one of their cruises

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3h

Soo coooool!!!!

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3h

Haha exactly 😂

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 6h

🦑💃🏻

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 6h

Aww this makes me happy! I’ve got your back! Real ocean only 💪

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 6h

Right? This squid is tricking all the biologists!

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 7h

CAN YOU GUESS THIS ONE?? 👀

(Thanks to @schmidtocean.bsky.social for letting me share their video!)

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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 19h

Omg nature is so weird and amazing

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 23h

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13h

Sort of. Like if the shell of the egg was made of tissue and wandered around. More like a swimming eating placenta, really

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14h

Indeed! A very radical form of metamorphosis, where only a small part of the larval body transitions from one stage to the next!

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 22h

The sea star grows from a small rudiment on the left side of the fairy’s stomach, consuming resources until eventually it all gets too heavy and sinks. In some species, the sea star then eats its own broken larval body as its first meal 🤓

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 23h

How does this match the video so well???

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 23h

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

Gate keeping has always been, and probably always will, be a problem we work towards fixing. I hate gate keeping. But At the moment, I see this as less about gate keeping, and more about protecting literal reality.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

Right now, it’s very hard to determine if you’re real and are who you say you are. Bad actors can get credit cards that pay for bot accounts. So prescriptions can’t varies. Professional online credibility and/or associated emails is, sadly, the lowest bar.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

Right now, I don’t see any way around traditional definitions of “is a verified human who holds a job in that field.” But I agree that if you are a 1) real human with 2) thoughtful options, your insights should be part of the conversation.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

a true stalward of the online space

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

While I don't have the background to comment on the veracity of your statement, in spirit I agree that we (collectively) left the space wide open to manipulation, and in some ways the rise of Sora/AI is an exposure of the infection more than the infection in itself

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

Protecting that value is a way I see to weather the coming AI misinformation storm. Building mechanisms to allow non-experts with solid insights to gain entry into this space will also help preserve the egalitarian spirit that made ~2012-ish social media so great... bsky.app/profile/did:...

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

With the rise of AI, social media as we know it is about to die. As a Very Online Person (*sigh*), I see this as part of a larger swing. In the last decade, for better and worse, commentators have gained popular trust. Now, all those random accounts are completely untrustworthy. What do we do? [1/n]

Napkin plot showing rise in confidence of commentator accounts from 2007 to present, and their crash with AI. At the same time, we've seen a de-valuing of expert opinion online, with declines in faith in so-called "legacy media."

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

I truly believe in the value of social media for good, but if it's going to keep being an instrument of good, platforms will need to very intentionally create spaces were verified expert voices (speaking in their areas of authority) can be amplified...

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

I do not believe we need a "zen mode" or a "zone out" space. Those, for me, are offline. What we need online is a "high trust mode," where verified experts share deep content rich content. I'd love to see @bsky.app implement some sort of concentrating mechanism for this high-trust social media...

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

With the rise of AI, social media as we know it is about to die. As a Very Online Person (*sigh*), I see this as part of a larger swing. In the last decade, for better and worse, commentators have gained popular trust. Now, all those random accounts are completely untrustworthy. What do we do? [1/n]

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

I don't so much want Zen Mode (which I'd argue is for offline) but a "deep" mode—a channel with verified experts producing high-quality content. Essentially a safe-zone from slop, filled with researched/well-cited insights (I love me an expert sharing a cat pic, but this wouldn't be that place)

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

awww yayyyy 🥰🥰🥰

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3d

You can no longer believe what you see online.

So, what happens next? What do you think?

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