Flavien Beaud
@flavienb.bsky.social
Recovering academic, loved studying glaciers but had to feed a kid; geomorphology consultant; #ActuallyAutistic
Glaciers, rivers, mountains, bikes, and a whole lot more!
Glaciers, rivers, mountains, bikes, and a whole lot more!
How about starting by funding existing universities decently and the staff and researchers that they hold?
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How about starting by funding existing universities decently and the staff and researchers that they hold?
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Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
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Autism: I start when it is time
ADHD: I start when I feel like it
AuDHD: I start when the pressure finally beats the paralysis
(Dr Kojo Sarfo)
ADHD: I start when I feel like it
AuDHD: I start when the pressure finally beats the paralysis
(Dr Kojo Sarfo)
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Autism: I start when it is time
ADHD: I start when I feel like it
AuDHD: I start when the pressure finally beats the paralysis
(Dr Kojo Sarfo)
ADHD: I start when I feel like it
AuDHD: I start when the pressure finally beats the paralysis
(Dr Kojo Sarfo)
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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Now that it’s been a few months, can anyone recommend the most up to date database/article of climate scientists and/or climate science that was DOGE’d or otherwise gutted by this administration?
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Now that it’s been a few months, can anyone recommend the most up to date database/article of climate scientists and/or climate science that was DOGE’d or otherwise gutted by this administration?
This is what scientific hell looks like. A pile of AI slop with a pseudo meaning that will do more harm than good. Probably just harm really.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is what scientific hell looks like. A pile of AI slop with a pseudo meaning that will do more harm than good. Probably just harm really.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
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Our built environment isn't ready for the changes we've made to our natural environment.
VIDEO: 🇹🇭 🇲🇾 Tens of thousands displaced by floods in Thailand and Malaysia
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our built environment isn't ready for the changes we've made to our natural environment.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
That's kind of the definition of exponential growth... Definitely isn't sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
That's kind of the definition of exponential growth... Definitely isn't sustainable.
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I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for Large Language Models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
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We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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This. Every “very smart bad man” has driven dozens of women (many of whom were smarter) out of academia.
And let’s think of all the people that were driven out of academia by them…
"nooo, their papers are good, you can't be mad at them for being creeps"
first all, no they are not, and second of all, yes we can
first all, no they are not, and second of all, yes we can
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This. Every “very smart bad man” has driven dozens of women (many of whom were smarter) out of academia.
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For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
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i feel like we need to pause and reflect on this insane collection of words
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
i feel like we need to pause and reflect on this insane collection of words
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Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
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Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?
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My partner texted me "Dick Cheney said 'over my dead body' about Zohran winning" earlier and I had been too busy at work to check any news, so for several hours today I thought Cheney was still alive and being obnoxious.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My partner texted me "Dick Cheney said 'over my dead body' about Zohran winning" earlier and I had been too busy at work to check any news, so for several hours today I thought Cheney was still alive and being obnoxious.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Six things you should know have happened in America since Monday - in 2 minutes.
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
Six things you should know have happend in America since Monday
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Six things you should know have happened in America since Monday - in 2 minutes.
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
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A 2021 study from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that 52% of all trips in the U.S. were less than three miles. 28% of trips were less than one mile. With slight tweaks, many of those trips could be done on bikes, e-bikes and other light electric vehicles, and walking.
I'm tempted to listen because I've yet to read an argument about "car addiction" that factors in that the continental United States covers 3.7 million square miles.
Check out the new Factually! episode with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon: How to Break America's Car Addiction.
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JDV...
» YouTube: youtu.be/0rDO6FbYQrE
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JDV...
» YouTube: youtu.be/0rDO6FbYQrE
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A 2021 study from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that 52% of all trips in the U.S. were less than three miles. 28% of trips were less than one mile. With slight tweaks, many of those trips could be done on bikes, e-bikes and other light electric vehicles, and walking.