Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun
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Author, Editor @ The Economist, Chair @ The Degrees Initiative. Climate change, planetarity, critical zones, tv, burdens of life, etc. Reposts are not endorsements
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Its conclusion echoes something the magnificent Kevin Zahnle said to me over coffee maybe 20 years ago: that "the frequency of atmospheres showing signs of biogenic oxygen is the most interesting question we [=humankind] know how to answer".
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Its conclusion echoes something the magnificent Kevin Zahnle said to me over coffee maybe 20 years ago: that "the frequency of atmospheres showing signs of biogenic oxygen is the most interesting question we [=humankind] know how to answer".
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I realize political hypocrisy means nothing, but it's still remarkable that on the same day that he closes the airspace over Venezuela, supposedly to prevent drug running by a narco-state, he also pardons the former president of another state who was convicted just last year for doing the same thing
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I realize political hypocrisy means nothing, but it's still remarkable that on the same day that he closes the airspace over Venezuela, supposedly to prevent drug running by a narco-state, he also pardons the former president of another state who was convicted just last year for doing the same thing
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Because the survivors of the “drug" boat attack were defenseless (unable to protect themselves or fight back) ordering their murder is a war crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.
Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Because the survivors of the “drug" boat attack were defenseless (unable to protect themselves or fight back) ordering their murder is a war crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.
Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.
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AI researchers gamed by AI.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
AI researchers gamed by AI.
This piece about Mills et al "A reassessment of the “hard-steps” model for the evolution of intelligent life" pushes all my buttons, and I hugely look forward to reading the paper, sitting down and talking with Phil about it and then hearing Andy Watson's view.
www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This piece about Mills et al "A reassessment of the “hard-steps” model for the evolution of intelligent life" pushes all my buttons, and I hugely look forward to reading the paper, sitting down and talking with Phil about it and then hearing Andy Watson's view.
www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.
Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 music is one of my favourite things
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.
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Pelican just about to go to sleep, yesterday.
Cute.
Cute.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pelican just about to go to sleep, yesterday.
Cute.
Cute.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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Good morning, kids.
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning, kids.
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
Have some alpenglow with your coffee. ☕️
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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📡Signal Boost!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📡Signal Boost!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
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Any authors on here had an e mail regarding the Anthropic lawsuit? I’m trying to decide if it’s authentic…
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Any authors on here had an e mail regarding the Anthropic lawsuit? I’m trying to decide if it’s authentic…
Anyone know what this is all about? Haven't changed anything but TV and computer screens now all showing this. What is a "Netflix household"?
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Anyone know what this is all about? Haven't changed anything but TV and computer screens now all showing this. What is a "Netflix household"?
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
True brilliance here
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
True brilliance here
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Thinking about the BBC's self censorship, it strikes me to wonder when Apple TV+ will release "The Savant"
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thinking about the BBC's self censorship, it strikes me to wonder when Apple TV+ will release "The Savant"
Someone -- a well read, very talented author working in the cultural sector -- told me recently that they just do not read science fiction. Presented as just a thing about their life. I didn't want to make them uncomfortable, but maybe I should have -- just a bit?
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Someone -- a well read, very talented author working in the cultural sector -- told me recently that they just do not read science fiction. Presented as just a thing about their life. I didn't want to make them uncomfortable, but maybe I should have -- just a bit?
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If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
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A talk by George Monbiot: Capitalism, Power and Environmental Justice
George Monbiot will discuss some surprising histories of exploitation, and explore what a new radical politics might look like.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...