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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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1st Viscount Craigavon @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · Oct 6

I think this is the truest baseball tweet for me

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4d

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Not saying Texas is cooked but my dad just called him Arch Milton

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 5d

That’s right

Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 5d

🔬 The micrographic dictionary;
London, J. Van Voorst, 1883.

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Historical scientific illustration titled "FORAMINIFERA" from "The Micrographic Dictionary" (London, J. Van Voorst, 1883), depicting various intricate, detailed microscopic views of foraminifera shells and structures. The black-and-white plate shows numerous labeled circular and spiral shell forms with textured patterns, cross-sections, and cellular details. The shells vary in complexity, featuring spirals, segments, and internal chambers. Fine lines radiate from the central forms, highlighting their structure. Additional detailed sketches of cellular anatomy and biological features appear along the bottom and sides, illustrating microscopic views relevant to study under a microscope.

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Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Job alert🚨
The Gulf Coast Repository is looking for a tech to operate/maintain lab instrumentation, process samples, train scientists, contribute to the development and improvement of analytical tools, techniques, and software.
This is a sailing position!
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMU_E...

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 7d

now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 7d

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 7d

web.archive.org/web/20250926...

95% of organizations got zero return on AI investment in MIT study

Companies are investing tens of billions of dollars in generative AI with little to show for it.

web.archive.org

Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 7d

Not only is it potentially dangerous, there’s also no upside.

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 7d

“95% of organizations found zero return despite enterprise investment of $30 billion to $40 billion into GenAI, the study says.”

www.axios.com/2025/08/21/a...

95% of organizations got zero return on AI investment in MIT study

Companies are investing tens of billions of dollars in generative AI with little to show for it.

www.axios.com

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 8d

True! I will continue to monitor the situation

Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 8d

😔no😔

Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 8d

Oh man are we going to get four excellent baseball games today??

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8d

Shohei Ohtani opens game 1 with a 117.7 mph leadoff HR

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 8d

Oh man are we going to get four excellent baseball games today??

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8d

Shohei Ohtani opens game 1 with a 117.7 mph leadoff HR

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Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 8d

maybe next time

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 9d

Say it often, say it loud:

"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

nepc.colorado.edu

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 9d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 9d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

www.jsonline.com

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Kate Davis @seavdavis.bsky.social · 12d

I’m looking for a PhD student to join my lab @ NC State starting Fall 2026!

Lots of room to develop projects, esp. around paleoceanography, ocean deoxygenation & foraminiferal ecology. Field, lab & computational angles all possible.

Please share with anyone who might be a good fit!

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15d

the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d

This left wing political correctness is getting out of control. bsky.app/profile/pete...

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks to the Texas Tribune for this comprehensive, fully reported account of the firing of the Texas A&M Instructor for teaching “gender ideology.”

www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

How a secret recording of a gender identity lecture upended Texas A&M

Officials have struggled to detail the exact reasons for the A&M professor’s termination, citing a technical issue with her course description. Faculty say the move was politically motivated.

www.texastribune.org

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve been saying for years that it should be illegal to email me

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17d

Conducting tasks while receiving e-mails and phone calls reduces a worker’s IQ by about ten points relative to working in uninterrupted quiet. That is equivalent to losing a night’s sleep, and twice as debilitating as using marijuana.

Are digital distractions harming labour productivity?

The evidence is mixed; it seems clear, however, that they are making us unhappier

www.economist.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17d

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

thebetter.news

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 19d

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20d

So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

www.nytimes.com

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Julia McHugh @drjmchugh.bsky.social · 20d

AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Paleontologist to join our Cultural Resouces team.

This is a full-time, hybrid role that will report to our California teams and candidate should be Southern California based.

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AECOM2/74400...

Senior Paleontologist

Company Description: Work with Us. Change the World.At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming s...

jobs.smartrecruiters.com

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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 21d

if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker
bidoun.org/articles/hou...

Though the man’s killing had been filmed, a fact checker is obliged to seek comment from any party alleged to have committed a crime. I called the soldier’s lawyer. He picked up from a café, where I could hear trance music blasting in the background. The lawyer told me that while, yes, his client did shoot the man picking olives, and yes, the man did die, the Israeli military court found his client not guilty of murder because the man picking olives was a terrorist who was throwing stones. Even though the video did not show the Palestinian man throwing stones, the court said that he was, so he was. QED, his client did not murder anyone, and it would be slanderous for us to say so.

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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is the beauty of this analogy: some paragraphs are laminated, or cross bedded. Some are massive, disturbed, cemented, or folded

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