Evan J. Welch
@evelch.bsky.social
Junior at UNT studying Sociology, Urban Planning & Policy, French | He/Him | “Have fun storming the castle.”
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November 15, 2023 at 4:16 PM
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October 31, 2023 at 1:58 AM
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Dudes will be like “check out how cool this AI is” and ask it a question that you could have just googled the answer to five years ago, and that interaction has the carbon footprint of a house fire
October 19, 2023 at 6:36 AM
Dudes will be like “check out how cool this AI is” and ask it a question that you could have just googled the answer to five years ago, and that interaction has the carbon footprint of a house fire
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The EU has just sent formal letter to Elon Musk over "indications" that Twitter/X is “being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU" in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel.
#EUsky
#EUsky
October 10, 2023 at 6:58 PM
The EU has just sent formal letter to Elon Musk over "indications" that Twitter/X is “being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU" in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel.
#EUsky
#EUsky
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Good on the Kennedy family to put out this statement. It couldn’t have been easy.
October 10, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Good on the Kennedy family to put out this statement. It couldn’t have been easy.
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Un peu de beauté...
Paul Signac, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, Marseille, 1905-06.
Paul Signac, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, Marseille, 1905-06.
October 10, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Un peu de beauté...
Paul Signac, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, Marseille, 1905-06.
Paul Signac, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, Marseille, 1905-06.
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this is the language of genocide www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
October 9, 2023 at 12:43 PM
this is the language of genocide www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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(clearly in distress) i’m fine how are u
September 25, 2023 at 8:34 PM
(clearly in distress) i’m fine how are u
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NY Times focusing on the real victims here: Big Oil.
October 8, 2023 at 5:49 PM
NY Times focusing on the real victims here: Big Oil.
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I don't understand how people write article after article about how cryptocurrency is a terrible scam (true) without even mentioning its massive carbon footprint.
Crypto has a climate problem.
www.degreespod.com/episodes/sea...
Crypto has a climate problem.
www.degreespod.com/episodes/sea...
Crypto Has a Climate Problem — A Matter of Degrees
This episode delves into the murky world of cryptocurrency and its impact
on our planet. Join Katharine and Leah as they discover how digital
currencies are breathing new life into previously shutte...
www.degreespod.com
October 4, 2023 at 12:28 AM
I don't understand how people write article after article about how cryptocurrency is a terrible scam (true) without even mentioning its massive carbon footprint.
Crypto has a climate problem.
www.degreespod.com/episodes/sea...
Crypto has a climate problem.
www.degreespod.com/episodes/sea...
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Something climate activists who are ignoring COVID need to know: Working to reduce the harm of current pandemics, and preparing for future pandemics, is a key component of climate adaptation. Health justice isn't a distraction. The climate crisis IS a public health crisis.
September 30, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Something climate activists who are ignoring COVID need to know: Working to reduce the harm of current pandemics, and preparing for future pandemics, is a key component of climate adaptation. Health justice isn't a distraction. The climate crisis IS a public health crisis.
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Social science has a responsibility to give the public better causal explanations of social phenomena, to dispel the self-serving bullshit stories told by institutions of power — an important essay here by Julian Go in the British Journal of Sociology:
Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation
This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a uniqu....
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October 6, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Social science has a responsibility to give the public better causal explanations of social phenomena, to dispel the self-serving bullshit stories told by institutions of power — an important essay here by Julian Go in the British Journal of Sociology:
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it is not a conspiracy theory to point out that corporate America indulges in this kind of causal securities fraud all the time
Remember last week when people were insisting to me that big box stores would never be *lying* about the claim that rampant shoplifting was making them close their stores? Well @juddlegum.bsky.social tracked down the data. The retailers? They're lying. popular.info/p/target-say...
Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.
On September 26, Target announced it was closing nine stores "because theft and organized retail crime are…contributing to unsustainable business performance." Target said that before making the dec...
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October 6, 2023 at 12:04 PM
it is not a conspiracy theory to point out that corporate America indulges in this kind of causal securities fraud all the time