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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 1d

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Freedom is just another word for "a gap in the law"

The Home Secretary wants to ban more things

By me

Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/freedom-is...

Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/10/free...

Home Secretary tells Sky News that “there is a gap in the law” when it comes to frequent, repeated protests on the same issue. Hence she will be giving police greater powers to move them to another location or time.

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 2d

Sorting out dad's digital legacy is proving to be a bigger task than expected for the internet footprint of an 81 year old man.
Do any of us really plan for our digital accounts after death? This is a useful resource to kick off a conversation: digitallegacyassociation.org/for-the-publ...

For the public - Digital Legacy Association

Information and tutorials to empower the general public Martin Lewis speaking about making plans for one’s digital life and using the Digital Legacy Association’s ‘Social Media Will’ Template. Eductio...

digitallegacyassociation.org

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 2d

"...the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor." - Sonal Gupta

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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dr nicky imrie @njimrie.bsky.social · 3d

Such a moving, thought-provoking and vibrant exhibtion @edinburghprints.bsky.social
reflecting on and exploring Asqa Arif's lived experiences of seeking asylum, housing injustice, culture/art-washing and maintaining and negotiating cultural heritage in Glasgow. Highly recommend!

Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3d

✨Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani
Until 2 November
Edinburgh Printmakers
Free to Enter

Photos by Alan Dimmick

#edartfest #edinburghartfestival #edinburghexhibition #scottishartist #contemporaryscottishart

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Brook @wombattitude.bsky.social · 4d

The most horrific thing about this is the comments suggesting there ANY possible circumstances that this could be valid.

Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 4d

People are running stats on LLM-generated participants and think they’re being social scientists when in fact they’re technically just playing a very strange video game. This is like saying you’re doing math research because you’re playing sudoku.

www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

www.science.org

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David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 5d

This plate of crinoids is from Crawfordsville, Indiana. The Mississippian aged Edwardsville Fm. has tremendous density and diversity. There are over 85 crinoid species found here, often tangled together.

#FossilFriday

Three crinoids tangled together on a large plate

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 5d

20th Nov 2025 at 2.00 pm (Paris time), I'll be giving a talk on queer & decolonial thinking & how it is evolving in our times. It's co-badged by Université Paris Cité & CLAGS, CUNY. Everyone is welcome.
Image courtesy: Mario Patiño
Hybrid event. Registration required: u-paris.fr/universite-o...

Flyer of Decolonial Queer Thinking. Image by Mario Patiño, artist. Image of a person of colour with a white veil and naked torso with a flower in their mouth.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 5d

"Medical professionals are also raising questions about whether families of the dead have any idea that their loved ones might be used to train soldiers. USC says it operates the programs in accordance with regulations."

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 5d

A mind-melting and horrifying read ☹️ The implications are grave…

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 6d

the bedtime thing rips my heart in half. i would not have a fraction of the creativity i possess without my dad not only reading us books but literally making up stories on the spot every night. cannot express how lucky i was and how sad i am for children being raised by chatbots

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 8d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 6d

Albert Camus: "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 7d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 7d

The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission just posted this X post.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d

'In a tragic turn, Mākereti Papakura – believed to be the first woman from an Indigenous community to study at the university – died just weeks before completing her thesis, and in the decades since, her family has fought to have her degree recognised.'

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured

Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

www.theguardian.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 7d

The Jane Goodall and flotilla news is all a bit much for a Wednesday 😭

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7d

Israeli military planes are surrounding the Gaza flotilla.

Thunbergs Gazakonvoj har omringats

Nyheter från TV4: Thunbergs Gazakonvoj har omringats

www.tv4.se

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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

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Assoc Prof Robyn Pickering @pickeringrobyn.bsky.social · 7d

Such sad news 💔

I mean she could not actually live forever but 💔💔💔

Hearing her speak and having a brief chat afterwards as a science undergraduate student is one of my treasured life experiences.

And had a huge influence on my thinking about making our academic research relevant.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Claira Turvey @clairaturvey.bsky.social · 7d

Oh no 😢

Primatology.net @primatology.net · 7d

We're heartbroken to share that Jane Goodall has died. She wasn't just a scientist; she was an iconoclast who showed the world that chimps have tool-making, complex emotions, and families... just like us.

#JaneGoodall #Chimpanzees #Conservation #RootsAndShoots #Legend

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live

The campaigner, a

www.bbc.com

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Animal History Group @animalhistories.bsky.social · 13d

Announcing the new Animal History Group seminar series for the 2025-26 academic year! - All seminars held online at 8pm UK time. 🎉 The details are here: animalhistorygroup.org/seminar-seri...
And here is a list for your calendar! 🧵💚

Seminar Series

Term One Our Seminar Series is back for 2025/2026. Seminars will be held at 8pm (GMT). Please sign up using the links below. Joining information will be sent shortly before the event. 15 October 20…

animalhistorygroup.org

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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 8d

Who said it, Emily Brontë or Werner Herzog?

Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 10d

‘Nature is an inexplicable problem; it exists on a principle of destruction. Every being must be the tireless instrument of death to others, or itself must cease to live, yet nonetheless we celebrate the day of our birth, & we praise God for having entered such a world’. Emily Brontë, 1842

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 8d

Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The trial is trying to answer big questions about how we can produce enough food and protect farmer's livelihoods in a world being altered by climate change."

UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer

Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.

www.bbc.com

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