Miz I.
@ewemiz.bsky.social
i think about science, tech, and society a lot. this is less of an account and more of a reading list for myself. rb ≠ endorsement. | STS x math. colby ‘26. 🇵🇭 🛫 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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Miz I.
@ewemiz.bsky.social
· Jun 19
it only took three oxford terms but i now know what ontological means without looking it up
i have 9 days before my religion final is due what if i completely pivoted and wrote a paper on ai companionship from a religious studies perspective
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
i have 9 days before my religion final is due what if i completely pivoted and wrote a paper on ai companionship from a religious studies perspective
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People like romance because romance requires craft like every other form of writing
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
People like romance because romance requires craft like every other form of writing
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
need a shirt that says “i ❤️ affect theory”
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
need a shirt that says “i ❤️ affect theory”
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Is matter conscious? app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378...
Is the universe conscious? Philip Pullman thinks so…
It’s fun to entertain the possibility of panpsychism – that all the physical things around you have some level of experience. But that doesn’t mean it’s how reality works
app.thenewworld.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Is matter conscious? app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378...
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Y’all, a friend of mine helped create the Free Sudan Gazette and I highly recommend checking it out
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms: A Decolonized Model of Humanitarian Aid
As war rages in Sudan, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a brutal conflict since April 2023, a remarkable grassroots movement…
freesudangazette.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Y’all, a friend of mine helped create the Free Sudan Gazette and I highly recommend checking it out
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
freesudangazette.com/2025/10/21/s...
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In case you missed it, here's my most recent newsletter article -- on Eliezer Yudkowsky's very long history of defending incredibly dumb ideas. Why anyone takes this guy seriously will forever be mysterious to me. www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/eliezer-yu...
Eliezer Yudkowsky's Long History of Bad Ideas
Two days ago, Truthdig published my review of Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares’ book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Please read and share it, if you have the time.
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In case you missed it, here's my most recent newsletter article -- on Eliezer Yudkowsky's very long history of defending incredibly dumb ideas. Why anyone takes this guy seriously will forever be mysterious to me. www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/eliezer-yu...
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One of my favorite pieces of art in the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. It's so appropriately autumnal and the colors of the chestnut leaves are so beautiful.
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
One of my favorite pieces of art in the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. It's so appropriately autumnal and the colors of the chestnut leaves are so beautiful.
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The Libby app is one of the miracles of modern tech tbh
September 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Libby app is one of the miracles of modern tech tbh
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My painting SEDONA TRAIL
September 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My painting SEDONA TRAIL
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A First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...
A First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations
A first look at labor’s vision of what the future of AI and digital technologies should look like.
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
September 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...
laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...
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Restricting visas doesn’t lead to hiring non-immigrants—it leads to hiring foreigners. For every H-1B visa rejection, multinationals add ~0.4–0.9 foreign employees, especially in R&D hubs like India, China, and Canada.
via @florianederer.bsky.social
via @florianederer.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Restricting visas doesn’t lead to hiring non-immigrants—it leads to hiring foreigners. For every H-1B visa rejection, multinationals add ~0.4–0.9 foreign employees, especially in R&D hubs like India, China, and Canada.
via @florianederer.bsky.social
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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NEW: I spoke to a dozen current and formers about low morale at ICE amid the Trump admin's relentless push for more and more arrests. Officers and agents aren't complaining or looking for sympathy but they're facing public anger & political pressure from above www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
www.theatlantic.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
NEW: I spoke to a dozen current and formers about low morale at ICE amid the Trump admin's relentless push for more and more arrests. Officers and agents aren't complaining or looking for sympathy but they're facing public anger & political pressure from above www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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the postwar argument for universal great books in high schools is still a good one—broad access to a liberal, humane tradition that celebrates progress, agency, and nonconformity
July 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
the postwar argument for universal great books in high schools is still a good one—broad access to a liberal, humane tradition that celebrates progress, agency, and nonconformity
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Universities, whatever their faults, are one of America's most successful products. A massive exporter, they generate innovation and middle class jobs in places where people like Marc Andreessen never visit.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
Tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen in a private group chat attacked colleges for promoting diversity, saying they had discriminated against “native born kids.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Universities, whatever their faults, are one of America's most successful products. A massive exporter, they generate innovation and middle class jobs in places where people like Marc Andreessen never visit.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Let's examine the tension between a) the Democratic Party’s desire to contest elections on safe ground like health policy and b) the new consensus that reaching marginal voters requires engaging the online influencers and pop-culture figures those voters admire. www.offmessage.net/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein, Trumpcare, And The Influencer Problem
What if the people Democrats want to reach aren't terribly interested in policy per se?
www.offmessage.net
July 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Let's examine the tension between a) the Democratic Party’s desire to contest elections on safe ground like health policy and b) the new consensus that reaching marginal voters requires engaging the online influencers and pop-culture figures those voters admire. www.offmessage.net/p/jeffrey-ep...
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My painting NORTHERN ENGLAND
July 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My painting NORTHERN ENGLAND
it only took three oxford terms but i now know what ontological means without looking it up
June 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
it only took three oxford terms but i now know what ontological means without looking it up
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A really effective visualization of the scope of medical research grants that have been cancelled by the Trump administration from @irenatfh.bsky.social et al.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A really effective visualization of the scope of medical research grants that have been cancelled by the Trump administration from @irenatfh.bsky.social et al.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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the universe wishes you a very happy pride month 🏳️🌈🌌
June 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the universe wishes you a very happy pride month 🏳️🌈🌌
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Thrilled to share that *Histories of Science* is finally out in the world! Dave and I are so grateful to @uvapress.bsky.social and have been honored to work with such brilliant contributors @tobiasmenely.bsky.social @aaronrhanlon.com @qu1x0tical.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Thrilled to share that *Histories of Science* is finally out in the world! Dave and I are so grateful to @uvapress.bsky.social and have been honored to work with such brilliant contributors @tobiasmenely.bsky.social @aaronrhanlon.com @qu1x0tical.bsky.social
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4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us.
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us.
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com