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Dr. Sebastian A. Echeverri, PhD
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Your friendly neighborhood spider scientist!|ADHD & autistic|Cohost of the BBC Earth Podcast|Designed Crash Course Zoology|Find me across the web @ https://spiderdaynightlive.carrd.co/
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BREAKING: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul gutted an AI regulation bill awaiting her signature and replaced it wholesale with a weaker version sought by Big Tech firms. At least two of the groups lobbying on the bill held fundraisers for Hochul in recent weeks.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
Hochul Caves to Big Tech on AI Safety Bill - The American Prospect
A bill that passed the New York legislature was completely gutted and substituted with language perceived as friendlier to the industry.
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?"

Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."
Can Your Face Predict Your Salary? Using AI Personality Assessments in Hiring
A new study from Wharton faculty explores how AI can extract personality traits from facial images — and what that means for your career.
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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From the guy who brought you: “I went out one night hoping to kill a random Black man”
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.

In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”

www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The US government has proposed changes that would completely undermine the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect wildlife.

Strong public backlash can make a difference; join us today and say NO to sabotaging the ESA! ➡️ xerces.org/protect-the-esa

But how bad can it be? Find out 🧵⤵️
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
once again made the mistake of scrolling on the various social media sites i have to use for work; exposed to the fresh horrors
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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is there anyone who would like to help me match bugs to major arcana tarot cards. im looking for bugs that have name/appearance/behaviour/vibes that match each cards name/meaning/imagery.

#invertsky
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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It costs 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.

These bags can be worn in many ways!

Store: Bibipins.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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The way most musicians distribute to streaming services is through a distributor that lets you literally check a box to add a new service. So if the music has been pushed to one service, it's on them all. In fact, the streaming service that more musicians intentionally avoid is Spotify!!
There's several services to transfer your entire library and I've heard it is easier than expected. Just a few:
freeyourmusic.com
www.tunemymusic.com
Spotify will keep raising prices and is not going to last forever with how they're running their business, so I think this is actually proactive.
Free Your Music: Ultra Simple Transfer of Playlists
Transfer playlists between any music platform, including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Qobuz, YouTube, and TIDAL. Seamlessly move your entire music library with just a few clicks. Start your easy musi...
freeyourmusic.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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-Bass, shad, & many more fish either eat insects, or smaller fish that do
-Salmon need insects to fuel their trip out to sea
-Bears who gorge on salmon also depend on berries & other insect-pollinated fruits for the rest of the year
Can wildlife count on you this #GivingTuesday? ➡️ xerces.org/give
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!

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Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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We spent so long fighting for better access to healthcare for undocumented immigrants; seeing farmworkers scared to go to the mobile clinics that are ready to serve them really sucks.
'They still need care': California farmworkers avoid medical clinics over immigration fears
Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor who work...
calmatters.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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- 89% of all birds rely on bugs for food during some part of their lives
- Even birds that only eat seeds as adults need to eat bugs as chicks
- In the past 50 yrs, bird populations in North America have dropped by over 3 billion
Can wildlife count on you this #GivingTuesday? ➡️ xerces.org/give
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Insects & other invertebrates are an irreplaceable part of every ecosystem on Earth. A better world for invertebrates is a better world for us and all the plants & animals we love. We are relying on your generosity this #GivingTuesday to keep our conservation work going ➡️ xerces.org/give
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The Trump admin is systematically firing immigration judges across the country for no reason other their above average grant rates.

The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the “deportation judges” they want.
BREAKING NYT:

The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.

All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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And people say I'm hard to buy for.
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.

#AcademicChatter
Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals. The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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me: i should promote that i'm releasing 30 brand-new Anti-Planner PDFs on black friday for $9.95

🧠: probably

me: also if they buy a book they get all 60 PDFs for free

🧠: ok hear me out

me:

🧠: what if you overthink it & don’t post until saturday night
All Products | Dani Donovan / Anti-Planner
anti-planner.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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i've paid $50k in the last 1.5 years to have 2,967 fake Anti-Planner listings taken down.

🖕 fuck counterfeiters. 🖕

support indie creators during the holidays:

📘 anti-planner.com

60 PDFs for $14.95 (or get them FREE with a book purchase!)
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Buy the real jawn. Honestly, this planner has done a lot for my life and Dani does put care into this stuff. And the pdf’s are hella useful for the $15.
i've paid $50k in the last 1.5 years to have 2,967 fake Anti-Planner listings taken down.

🖕 fuck counterfeiters. 🖕

support indie creators during the holidays:

📘 anti-planner.com

60 PDFs for $14.95 (or get them FREE with a book purchase!)
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM