Amanda D. Smith
@amandadsmith.bsky.social
Energy nerd, former engineering academic, scientist, analyst, climate educator. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🌱🐈🐕📖🌲🍄🥾🥟
Not nostalgic for Twitter. Even "old" Twitter.
"The name of our beautiful reward is not profit. Its name is freedom."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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Not nostalgic for Twitter. Even "old" Twitter.
"The name of our beautiful reward is not profit. Its name is freedom."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
linktr.ee/amandadsmith
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Full text and video of Le Guin's speech: www.ursulakleguin.com/nbf-medal
Full text and video of Le Guin's speech: www.ursulakleguin.com/nbf-medal
Ursula K. Le Guin — National Book Foundation Medal: Ursula's Acceptance Speech
www.ursulakleguin.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Full text and video of Le Guin's speech: www.ursulakleguin.com/nbf-medal
Full text and video of Le Guin's speech: www.ursulakleguin.com/nbf-medal
I spend a lot of time putting together numbers and analyzing other people's calculations. We should run numbers.
But calculations that don't honor our personhood, emotions, and capacity for love should only be used to support a decision-making process that is fully human and not fully 'rational.'
But calculations that don't honor our personhood, emotions, and capacity for love should only be used to support a decision-making process that is fully human and not fully 'rational.'
January 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I spend a lot of time putting together numbers and analyzing other people's calculations. We should run numbers.
But calculations that don't honor our personhood, emotions, and capacity for love should only be used to support a decision-making process that is fully human and not fully 'rational.'
But calculations that don't honor our personhood, emotions, and capacity for love should only be used to support a decision-making process that is fully human and not fully 'rational.'
It's not on you! I love that you actually looked for the source.
January 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It's not on you! I love that you actually looked for the source.
Even mentioning the title would have undermined the headline. As others have noted, it's an *association* study.
Key conclusion: "findings indicate that semi-skimmed milk consumption may be linked to a lower risk of depression and anxiety."
Freely available research paper w/ limitations section 👏
Key conclusion: "findings indicate that semi-skimmed milk consumption may be linked to a lower risk of depression and anxiety."
Freely available research paper w/ limitations section 👏
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Even mentioning the title would have undermined the headline. As others have noted, it's an *association* study.
Key conclusion: "findings indicate that semi-skimmed milk consumption may be linked to a lower risk of depression and anxiety."
Freely available research paper w/ limitations section 👏
Key conclusion: "findings indicate that semi-skimmed milk consumption may be linked to a lower risk of depression and anxiety."
Freely available research paper w/ limitations section 👏
Very few news articles link to the study they're referencing (or even name the lead author) - it's a huge pet peeve of mine!
This one mentioned participant # and journal (Frontiers in Nutrition) so it's this: www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
As usual, news article misrepresents what it says...
This one mentioned participant # and journal (Frontiers in Nutrition) so it's this: www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
As usual, news article misrepresents what it says...
Frontiers | Association of different types of milk with depression and anxiety: a prospective cohort study and Mendelian randomization analysis
BackgroundThe relationship between different types of milk and depression and anxiety remains unclear, with limited evidence from prospective cohort studies....
www.frontiersin.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Very few news articles link to the study they're referencing (or even name the lead author) - it's a huge pet peeve of mine!
This one mentioned participant # and journal (Frontiers in Nutrition) so it's this: www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
As usual, news article misrepresents what it says...
This one mentioned participant # and journal (Frontiers in Nutrition) so it's this: www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
As usual, news article misrepresents what it says...
beautiful book from an ethical online bookstore: bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
free online article (not quite the whole essay): commongood.cc/reader/a-few...
PDF of original: antiableistcomposition.com/wp-content/u...
free online article (not quite the whole essay): commongood.cc/reader/a-few...
PDF of original: antiableistcomposition.com/wp-content/u...
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay a book by Octavia E. Butler and Manzel Bowman
The wise words of science fiction icon Octavia E. Butler live on in this beautiful and giftable little volume. "There's no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There's no magic bulle...
bookshop.org
November 29, 2024 at 6:10 AM
beautiful book from an ethical online bookstore: bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
free online article (not quite the whole essay): commongood.cc/reader/a-few...
PDF of original: antiableistcomposition.com/wp-content/u...
free online article (not quite the whole essay): commongood.cc/reader/a-few...
PDF of original: antiableistcomposition.com/wp-content/u...