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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 13h

Is there another technology that only 10% of people were more excited than concerned about but received this level of government investment and regulatory priority? Not even public opinion polls on weapons or oil compete with that figure.

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 13h

A new Pew Research poll finds most Americans think AI will worsen people's ability to think creatively and shows a downtrend in perspectives on how optimistic people are about AI's impacts. Only ten percent of people surveyed were "more excited than concerned" about AI.

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New Poll Finds That Americans Loathe AI

A new Pew Research Center poll has found that Americans are getting incredibly fed up with artificial intelligence in their daily lives.

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 17h

There seems to be a concerted effort by AI boosters lately to deny this & act like critics are ignorant (or insist it's fine because AI will be smart enough to solve climate change and energy shortages). But energy usage data and projections remain astronomical.

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 17h

The average data center currently uses the same energy as about 100,000 homes; the largest one under construction at the moment is expected to use the energy of 2 million homes.

NPR @npr.org · 21h

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S. n.pr/4qa6s7U

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 18h

Wow — new AI-made articles online are already outnumbering human-generated content.

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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 3d

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 5d

I am please to announce that this is the 1000th review that I have facilitated for H-Environment! Thank you so much to all of the reviewers who make this position such a pleasure! #envhist #envhum #ecrocrit #envphil #aghist #oceanhist #conservation #sustainability #plantstudies #animalhist #energy 🏞️

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Check out Jack Bouchard's review of "Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History," edited by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, Ian J. Miller, and William M. Tsutsui, published in 2024 by University of Hawai'i Press; now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 7d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 7d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 9d

Is the Chinese model of state-funded research on biological aging more effective than the American model of having a weird billionaire drink the blood of the young? The answer may surprise you.
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Senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells counter aging in primates

Genetically engineered senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells can reduce aging markers and improve tissue and cognitive functions in aged macaques, highlighting their potential as a r...

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 13d

The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

ANT Homepage | ANT

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 13d

I saw this chart on the other site. I don't think ChatGPT alone caused this divergence; other things like interest rates factor in.

But it is revealing of how AI investment, like monetary policy, was intended to help "correct" the leverage workers gained in the hot labor market of early Covid.

Chart that shows total job openings and the S&P 500 correlating until ChatGPT was released, after which point stocks increased while jobs decreased

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 13d

In other words, let's flip this on its head from a monocausal explanation to something that places AI in its historical & economic context. AI alone didn't cause stocks to rise while jobs fell; AI was part of a broader systemic effort to tighten the labor market while lifting profits and equities.

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 13d

I saw this chart on the other site. I don't think ChatGPT alone caused this divergence; other things like interest rates factor in.

But it is revealing of how AI investment, like monetary policy, was intended to help "correct" the leverage workers gained in the hot labor market of early Covid.

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 13d

Right wing version of the revolt against 2010s stomp clap hey masculinity, perhaps

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 14d

Comparable research in the United States was probably canceled by a kid named Medium Chungus by tweeting something like "CUT: $240,000 in oyster bone research. Do these woke scientists think oysters have bones?" from the DOGE account

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

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China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 14d

In what the Court called "perhaps the most important [case] to ever fall" within its jurisdiction, it ruled that the 1st Amendment applies to noncitizens & the federal government intentionally violated noncitizens' rights to speech by responding to protest with visa relocations and deportations.

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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 14d

Academic workers from the AAUP and AFT won a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration's actions against noncitizen students and faculty for pro-Palestine speech.

The case underscores the power of unions to resist authoritarianism and shows workers' rights = civil rights = immigrant rights 🧵

Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 14d

Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) ruled in favor of the AAUP/AFT and against Trump for punishing immigrant students for pro-Palestine speech.

His decision remarks that the government's campaign goes "beyond its closest analogues in the Red Scare."

Here's how he starts the decision off:

A photocopied letter reads "Trump has pardons and tanks.... what do you have?" The judge responds "Alone, i have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, we the people of the united states - you and me - have our magnificent constitution. Here's how that works out in a specific case.

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 14d

Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) ruled in favor of the AAUP/AFT and against Trump for punishing immigrant students for pro-Palestine speech.

His decision remarks that the government's campaign goes "beyond its closest analogues in the Red Scare."

Here's how he starts the decision off:

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 15d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 15d

I'm walking near Penn's Landing, and I think I may have just stumbled upon the greatest road sign typo in history.

A photo of an orange construction sign that says Pennis Landing Detour

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 26d

Over a century ago, the US Post Office was part of a campaign to surveil, censor, and criminalize dissident and left-wing speech. Its chilling effect on freedom of expression helped lead to the founding of the ACLU.

An article I wrote for the Smithsonian on this:

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Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 16d

I know people sometimes write this stuff off as an absurd culture war distraction (from the Epstein list, for example), but guess which agency is responsible for investigating civil rights violations by state and local police.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

Kash Patel, the FBI director, fired roughly 20 agents on Friday, including those who knelt during protests for racial justice in 2020, people familiar with the matter said. An agents group says the dismissals are part of a “dangerous pattern” of weakening the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

F.B.I. Fires More Agents, Including Those Who Knelt During Racial Justice Protests

Agents group says the latest dismissals are part of a “dangerous pattern” of weakening the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 17d

National park sign referencing Japanese incarceration removed
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National park sign referencing Japanese incarceration removed – AsAmNews

A National Park sign referencing the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II has been removed.

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