Meghan Wilson Duff
@mwduff.bsky.social
Psych prof, in tide pool when possible 🦑, excels at typos. (they/them)
All that commercial genAI is a tool of fascism, 🚫 genAI, IDIC 🖖 Author of HOW ARE YOU, VERITY? illustrated by the excellent @taylorbarron.bsky.social www.meghanwilsonduff.com
All that commercial genAI is a tool of fascism, 🚫 genAI, IDIC 🖖 Author of HOW ARE YOU, VERITY? illustrated by the excellent @taylorbarron.bsky.social www.meghanwilsonduff.com
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Less than 2 days to grab The Reanimator Mysteries bundle on Itchio. Catch up with the series before book 4 comes out in January!
Grab 3 books for $6 or pick up the ones you're missing for $2 each.
itch.io/s/167609/the...
#romancelandia 🌈📚
Grab 3 books for $6 or pick up the ones you're missing for $2 each.
itch.io/s/167609/the...
#romancelandia 🌈📚
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Less than 2 days to grab The Reanimator Mysteries bundle on Itchio. Catch up with the series before book 4 comes out in January!
Grab 3 books for $6 or pick up the ones you're missing for $2 each.
itch.io/s/167609/the...
#romancelandia 🌈📚
Grab 3 books for $6 or pick up the ones you're missing for $2 each.
itch.io/s/167609/the...
#romancelandia 🌈📚
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Resist the self destruction
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Resist the self destruction
over and over and over
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
over and over and over
The line that has everyone in a twist about is Bregman said that Trump is the "most openly corrupt president in American history"? Really? That's it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The line that has everyone in a twist about is Bregman said that Trump is the "most openly corrupt president in American history"? Really? That's it?
If someone comes at you pressuring you, it's a scam or hardsell. They are trying to pressure you into not thinking and just making a decision. If you had time to think, you would see it is bullshit.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If someone comes at you pressuring you, it's a scam or hardsell. They are trying to pressure you into not thinking and just making a decision. If you had time to think, you would see it is bullshit.
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One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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commitment
Moment researcher finds rare flower after 13-year search. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch: Moment researcher finds rare flower after 13-year search
Researcher Septian Andriki collapsed in tears upon discovering the rare Rafflesia hasseltii plant in Indonesia.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
commitment
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GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
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So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
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Scientists have a point!
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Scientists have a point!
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Oh, I need to get my planned obsolescence talk dusted off
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Oh, I need to get my planned obsolescence talk dusted off
Over 200 authors will be Zooming into classrooms & libraries for World Read Aloud Day on 2/4!
Teachers/librarians - Want to be first to see the list so you can book a free visit? It'll go out in my email newsletter in early December! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Teachers/librarians - Want to be first to see the list so you can book a free visit? It'll go out in my email newsletter in early December! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Listening to Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Listening to Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
Random shout out for Bangor since the municipality comes round with a giant vacuum & hoovers leaves up off the curb.
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Random shout out for Bangor since the municipality comes round with a giant vacuum & hoovers leaves up off the curb.
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A lion’s mane sea slug at the Monterey Bay Aquarium this past summer
#MarineLife #SeaSlug #Melibe #Nudibranch #Hooded #Predatory #Invertebrates #MBARI #California
#MarineLife #SeaSlug #Melibe #Nudibranch #Hooded #Predatory #Invertebrates #MBARI #California
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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ウメボシイソギンチャク！ウメボシイソギンチャク！？ youtube.com/shorts/Meh1E...
ウメボシイソギンチャク！ウメボシイソギンチャク！？
YouTube video by でんか@海洋生物観測所
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ウメボシイソギンチャク！ウメボシイソギンチャク！？ youtube.com/shorts/Meh1E...
A1: I have difficulties with people arguing with them or expecting something
Q1: Do you have difficulties with recognising your own emotional states? Does this take you longer or work differently for you? #AutChat
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A1: I have difficulties with people arguing with them or expecting something
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For the Sunday crowd: my novel, Muñeca, out June 2026, is Gothic historical fiction about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez: 9798217047574 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. It is 1968 Oakland, and Nat...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Remember as you gear up for family gatherings this week, if anyone asks “are you still doing that writing thing?” you ARE entitled to challenge them to single combat.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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