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Paul Harland

@pabloredux.bsky.social

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Evolution: it's nothing personal. (Sorry if I ask too many questions... Share nicely!) I'm here because you're here. http://pabloredux.wordpress.com/ (Profile photo: a faint shadow of me cast across a weathered lichen-marked stone wall by the sea.)

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 13h

Is this what generative AI looks like?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Dang Nguyen @digitaldang.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been reading Robert Macfarlane’s new book while thinking about @davidgunkel.bsky.social's work on moral and legal ontology—how rivers, mountains, and perhaps AI systems are granted legal personhood. What does it mean to speak for a river, to name its rights, to imagine its intentions?

A hardcover copy of Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane lies on a wooden table. The book’s cover is a vivid green background overlaid with flowing, river-like patterns in pale blue, lavender, and white, giving the impression of winding waterways or currents. The title “IS A RIVER ALIVE?” is printed in large white letters across the top half, while the author’s name, “ROBERT MACFARLANE,” appears below in black. A subtitle at the bottom reads, “Bestselling author of Underland.”

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 16h

I prefer the original: youtu.be/D_MzRxDUeMI?...

Paul Anka - Smells like teen spirit

YouTube video by Annibale Carpinteri

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 16h

Should've used Odorono.

CD's, front & back covers for The Who - A Quick One and The Who Sell Out.

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Petter Holme @pholme.bsky.social · 17h

arXiv alert 📄🚨
arxiv.org/abs/2510.05743 w Milena Tsvetkova

This was such a fun paper to write! The development leading up to today’s social/behavioral science with AI agents. The history itself is a roller-coaster ride connecting many of the big themes of 20/21 century human-centric science.

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 17h

Ever wake up with the feeling life's too short to take 10,000 steps a day? That's when I turn to Aussie Skip-a-Step 2 in 1, the shampoo and conditioner for whenever you're in need of a quickie. Make it your first step to 5,000 steps to happiness, every other day.

In a tiled, electric-powered shower, water spraying, a dripping wet hand holding up a bottle of...

AUSSIE
SKIPaSTEP
2 in 1
shampoo / conditioner duo
It's a quickie
Our unique formula, with Australian Custard Apple, conditions your hair as it gently cleans, so that you will be "out and about" all the faster. Hair will be shiny & manageable.
300ml e

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 18h

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 18h

I have bad eyesight. I tend to smile at people I don't know, just in case I do, but ignore people I do, by accident.

Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 18h

Either way, just don't overdo it.

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Alasdair Craig @alasdaircraig.bsky.social · 21h

Werner Heisenberg meets William Blake in Mark Vernon's new article for @iai.tv – Physicist & poet alike warn of the danger of viewing the world only through idealising models, losing the vitality of direct encounters with reality. bit.ly/47eI8u3 #philsky #physics #poetry #philsci

Heisenberg meets William Blake: The danger of science's "single vision" | Mark Vernon

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 27

Unfortunately, life is too short.

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Sarah Robins @sarahrobins.bsky.social · 1d

“Implicit attitudes are a blend of habit and history” says Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) in her post at The Memory Palace today. This raises many challenging questions about the role of episodic memory. Take a look!
#philsky #philscisky

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 1d

How does explicit memory, like episodic memory, shape implicit attitudes? Today at the Memory Palace, Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) discusses this and other questions, with particular attention to implicit biases and their harmful consequences.
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

How Memory Shapes Implicit Attitudes

Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona)

open.substack.com

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 1d

Continually blown away by the students in the intro course this semester #philsci #sts

Screenshot of a Google Slide with the title "From Tuesday's exit tickets" and the following four questions:

1. If scientists only report data, who should be responsible for addressing the ethical issues of scientific research and findings?
2. Would we trust scientists more or less if they openly talked about risks or moral questions/concerns?
3. Should scientists in certain fields be required to know ELSI?
[Should students in your major be required to take this particular class?]
4. When it comes to the ethics of something, which it is not so obvious that it is unethical [or not,] who gets to [decide]?

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 19h

(ELSI: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues)

Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, I wouldn't start smiling at your neighbours. Don't want to overdo it.

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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 19h

Chelmsford, just looking at the stats, is appreciably more diverse than Newark.

Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 20h

Discuss.

Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 22h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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g.j.hilton @hltn.bsky.social · 20h

The most flawed thinking here isn't vilifying those subjects, it's misunderstanding the mechanics of success. Life is a zero sum game: My BA in English and subsequent serial humiliating failures have allowed a number of others to succeed disproportionately to their talents or willingness to work.

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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 1d

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time.
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.