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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 33m

Lacks a sense of place?

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 3h

"Computer. Teleport me to the remotest part of the planet."

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wisevis @wisevis.com · 1d

Refiz estas pirâmides etárias dando-lhes alguma interatividade e explorando outra paleta de cores. Experimentem brincar com os países e os anos, é giro. #datavis
www.wisevis.eu/piramides-et...

Pirâmides etárias 1950-2100

Pirâmides etárias interativas onde pode observar a evolução demográfica dos países numa forma eficaz e esteticamente apelativa.

www.wisevis.eu

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 14h

I was in Melbourne on the weekend

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 15h

Thinking about that PAX convention in the weekend?

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 23h

I don't know about the platform... But I am

elmo is on fire with the words i am aliveee

ALT: elmo is on fire with the words i am aliveee

media.tenor.com

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

Toby Walsh is good. AI researcher who talks to benefits and disbenefits.

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

When someone leaves play dough on my desk this inevitably happens

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

"Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity."

Right. Sure it is.

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this is so gross.

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

Shame not everyone pays for them or has a corporate policy that allows it.

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

a woman is writing in a notebook and the words dear diary are on the table

ALT: a woman is writing in a notebook and the words dear diary are on the table

media.tenor.com

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/596dU6pDEU8?...

Could 'degrowth' save the world? | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

🎶 over the rooftops; step in time
never need a reason never need a rhyme
over the rooftops; step in time

youtu.be/B7AFJ-wqrjY?...

Dartmoor Step Dancing at South Tawton

YouTube video by 5PY Heritage

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

😅

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 3d

Won’t be long now until our use of gas peaker plants is only required on rare occasions.

landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...

The clean energy transition in three charts
On the left is the way California supplied power in 2022. By 2024 (middle chart) we can start to see the impact of more solar and battery storage on the grid. Carry this trend forward to see the future of electricity. Data from www.caiso.com.
https://landartgenerator.org/blagi/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Electricity-Supply-01.jpg

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 3d

More: www.asimov.press/p/mouse-stud...

Everything Wrong with Mouse Studies (Kinda)

Odors, magnetic fields, and even a mouse's siblings can all impact science.

www.asimov.press

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I'm sensitive.

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

Where's the website where I can buy used men's T-shirts..?

Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 3d

TIL mice handled by men feel less pain than mice handled by women. The effect holds for women wearing a T-shirt previously worn by a man. www.nature.com/articles/nme... h/t @nikomccarty.bsky.social

Client Challenge

www.nature.com

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 2d

I'll pass - I'm too sensitive for that

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 3d

More science here. More data on LinkedIn.
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 3d

The For You feed is so good, it's worth giving it a try!

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Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · 3d

Statistics on how scientists feel about their presence on Bluesky versus Twitter. My personal experience (before closing my Twitter account in August 2023) was that engagement for my tweets had dropped to close to zero. No longer worth the effort...

#Bluesky #Twitter #X #socialmedia

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍

“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant

My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Kerry Kole @merrykerry.bsky.social · 3d

I found most of my likes on Twitter were bots

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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 4d

Is walking up a mountain more difficult for tall people?

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