Chris Balakrishnan
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evolutionpirate.bsky.social
Chris Balakrishnan
@evolutionpirate.bsky.social
Nerd Nite Founder and author/editor of "How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi" http://bit.ly/NerdNiteBook opinions my own
Reposted by Chris Balakrishnan
I think the answer to stopping the harms of the Big AI companies is *not* to say "we need to kill all the AI", even though we hate seeing the creeping impacts of that bad AI in our lives. The model has to be how Bluesky is a better alternative to Twitter. We need a tolerable AI alternative instead.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In all likelihood I’ll provide some other nuance, but after the official communications all go out!
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Things are tough but not THAT tough … one minute …
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Chris Balakrishnan
Also, I am so grateful for funding - notably from the NSF PurSUiT program - that has valued and recognized the importance of biodiversity & discovery science and that is enabling our lab to continue this geothermal research.

Incl @maureenmkearney.bsky.social @evolutionpirate.bsky.social & others
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM