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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

gonna keep reposting this until i don't have to

www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 2d

Sesame bagel with cream cheese, lox, red onion, and capers.

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 2d

The attack on @frediotto.bsky.social was seeded years ago by Roger Pielke Jr, who started arguing that this table from a recent @ipcc.bsky.social report proved that climate science cannot attribute extreme weather to climate change.

But Roger is of course lying. And we know this for 2 reasons.

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CLIMATEWIRE
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking
disasters to global warming
By LESLEY CLARK, SARA SCHONHARDT, CHELSEA HARVEY | 10/09/2025
06:22 AM EDT Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose
work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

Table 12.12 | Emergence of CIDs in different time periods, as assessed in this section. The colour contesponds to the confidence of the region with the highest confidence: white cells indicate where evidence is lacking or the signal is not present, leading to overal bu confidence of an emerging signal.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 2d

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 2d

I myself am deeply concerned that making people pay for cars would kill the auto theft industry.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

"You are a transformative president" -- I regret to inform you that Mark Carney is kissing Trump's ass

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 4d

Just checking... we're still counting "based off of," when they mean "based on," as incorrect, yes?

Google ngram for frequency of the phrases "based off" and "based off of" from 1900 to 2020, showing an alarmingly steep rise that takes off around the year 2000.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 5d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 10d

The bar still exists, even if it’s in hell.

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 10d

Update: Lindsay Shepherd says the B.C. Conservatives have fired her.

An X post that reads: Today, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad fired me from my position as Comms Officer with the Conservative Party of BC Caucus. It was because of this tweet.

I am a mother of two young children, and I am 32 weeks pregnant -- I was about to go on maternity leave.

More to come.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 10d

lmao imagine being *this* wretched.

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 10d

Update: Lindsay Shepherd says the B.C. Conservatives have fired her.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 11d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Chris Washington 🧛‍♂️ @cwashington.bsky.social · 12d

Trying to explain copyright to Open AI.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12d

why not opt-in? just ask permission first

if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked

just ask permission first

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 12d

The thumbnail says "The Second Law is Wrong," but we all understand that is short for, "The Second Law, as originally conceived, isn't quite right, and has to be replaced by a probabilistically qualified version," yes?

(Those who watch the video will get the appropriately nuanced take.)

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 12d

I had a fun chat with Curt Jaimungal about thermodynamics.

youtu.be/HIoviZe14pY

A 2 Hour Deep Dive into Entropy

YouTube video by Curt Jaimungal

youtu.be

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 13d

Every good programmer I know has been saying this to me for months; meanwhile every not-great programmer I know has been trying to outsource their work to ai, causing more issues/delays than they if did it themselves.

A lot of these tools only seem good to people who are not great at their jobs.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14d

“In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being ‘one of the first areas to deploy generative AI,’ the ‘savings have been unremarkable’ in programming.”

AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.

futurism.com

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 29d

This point hasn’t been given nearly enough attention. If you applied actually existing research principles to genAI, it would never be allowed anywhere near a university, research project or classroom.

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 29d

Loved how I got to clarify that the 5 principles in section 4 of the paper were nothing new. They came straight out of The Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, that every scientists in The Netherlands already ought to know. All we did is apply them to AI. www.nwo.nl/en/netherlan...

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Angry Persian Gardener ✊🏼🐈‍⬛🤘🏼 @angrypersiangardnr.bsky.social · 15d

I know of a landscaping business that cropped up (no pun intended) overnight claiming they use AI for superior gardens. They go around putting little signs on people’s front plants with a plant ID tag and their QR code.

All their plant ID is wrong.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 16d

In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:

Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?

**pause**

Him: "Anything where it has to be right".

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 15d

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Wayne Myrvold @wmyrvold.bsky.social · 16d

We're still combining research excellence with a transformational student experience to create a meaningful impact in our communities and beyond.

I feel so inadequate.

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 17d

UCLA’s funds reinstated after yesterday’s court order! Thanks to the brave researchers and their amazing counsel, including Dean Chemerinsky, who brought suit. This is just another turn in the ongoing fight, but a great result for now.

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Rupinder (Rup) Sahsi, MD 🧠💭 @hotsahs.sahsi.net · Jan 23

"We tend to think of misinformation as a universal problem, with all sides of the political spectrum equally guilty of bending the truth or spreading falsehoods. A new study shows otherwise."

Misinformation isn’t just a problem — it’s a political strategy.

New study shows radical-right populists are fueling a misinformation epidemic

Misinformation isn’t just a problem — it’s a political strategy.

www.zmescience.com

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maccs powers @flag-division.com · 19d

fully 50% of these academics (12) are not even from the united states and of those only 33% (4) of them teach/work in the us currently. they hate trans people so much they need to trample rights abroad.

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