@incognitosum.bsky.social
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ICYMI: There are lots of myths & misunderstandings about Australian rooftop solar power floating around, so I went straight to my favorite Australian source to get the real scoop.
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.
www.volts.wtf
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
ICYMI: There are lots of myths & misunderstandings about Australian rooftop solar power floating around, so I went straight to my favorite Australian source to get the real scoop.
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I did in fact miss this last month...so I'm glad I saw this ICYMI! A really important and fascinating conversation. Well worth the listen.
ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I did in fact miss this last month...so I'm glad I saw this ICYMI! A really important and fascinating conversation. Well worth the listen.
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It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
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📢 Robert Richter, KC, refused to sign the letter from senior members of the Australian bar calling for a royal commission into antisemitism. He says it would be premature and dangerous.
Top barrister says a royal commission into antisemitism is premature and risky
www.theage.com.au
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Something to consider:
1. rarehistoricalphotos.com/doctors-smok...
2. Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities' Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/n 🧵
1. rarehistoricalphotos.com/doctors-smok...
2. Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities' Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/n 🧵
December 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Something to consider:
1. rarehistoricalphotos.com/doctors-smok...
2. Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities' Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/n 🧵
1. rarehistoricalphotos.com/doctors-smok...
2. Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities' Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/n 🧵
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I wrote a thing. New essay (no paywall or ads): "The Comfort of Scale." I look at why AI is now being framed as a way to clear emotional burden, and what institutions gain when systems are imagined to absorb feeling. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I wrote a thing. New essay (no paywall or ads): "The Comfort of Scale." I look at why AI is now being framed as a way to clear emotional burden, and what institutions gain when systems are imagined to absorb feeling. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
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If anyone needs a social scientist and UX researcher who specializes in AI, trust, and complex systems, I’m very available and ready to jump in. Currently looking for my next role. DM here or email drjuliecarpenter@gmail.
December 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If anyone needs a social scientist and UX researcher who specializes in AI, trust, and complex systems, I’m very available and ready to jump in. Currently looking for my next role. DM here or email drjuliecarpenter@gmail.
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When human technology does harm, that harm is human, & it is down to the human values & contexts in & w/ which we have embedded & surrounded that technology.
Technology is, in a very real way, made of our social contexts, values, & beliefs, & if we don't take that seriously… Well. Look around you.
Technology is, in a very real way, made of our social contexts, values, & beliefs, & if we don't take that seriously… Well. Look around you.
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When human technology does harm, that harm is human, & it is down to the human values & contexts in & w/ which we have embedded & surrounded that technology.
Technology is, in a very real way, made of our social contexts, values, & beliefs, & if we don't take that seriously… Well. Look around you.
Technology is, in a very real way, made of our social contexts, values, & beliefs, & if we don't take that seriously… Well. Look around you.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
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Oh look… a metaphor
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Oh look… a metaphor
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Finally back to writing something other than book and film reviews: I've been compiling this piece about risk & Gen Z from collected research for a few months. The super-observant @kyla.bsky.social shot first, but I'm posting anyway, tilted toward politics. www.collisiondetector.com/riskmaxxing-...
Riskmaxxing and the Death of the Middle Path
For older generations, risk is a choice. For Gen Z, it's a trap.
www.collisiondetector.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Finally back to writing something other than book and film reviews: I've been compiling this piece about risk & Gen Z from collected research for a few months. The super-observant @kyla.bsky.social shot first, but I'm posting anyway, tilted toward politics. www.collisiondetector.com/riskmaxxing-...
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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Lots of people aren’t ’digital first’: elderly, many people with disabilities, CALD communities. I love using online services, but I believe policy should meet communities where they’re at, not just serve a mainly rich white demographic. Gvt payment platform should always accept all legal tender
December 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Lots of people aren’t ’digital first’: elderly, many people with disabilities, CALD communities. I love using online services, but I believe policy should meet communities where they’re at, not just serve a mainly rich white demographic. Gvt payment platform should always accept all legal tender
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Policymakers must recognize the open source AI ecosystem is where influence is being negotiated: not just which models exist, but which are used; not just who can train a trillion-parameter network, but who can make it deployable, modifiable, and relevant, say Lucie-Aimée Kaffee and Shayne Longpre.
Policymakers Overlook How Open Source AI Is Reshaping Global Power | TechPolicy.Press
To understand and shape the distribution of power in AI, look to the open source ecosystem, say Lucie-Aimée Kaffee and Shayne Longpre.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Policymakers must recognize the open source AI ecosystem is where influence is being negotiated: not just which models exist, but which are used; not just who can train a trillion-parameter network, but who can make it deployable, modifiable, and relevant, say Lucie-Aimée Kaffee and Shayne Longpre.
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"South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment."
Offshore Wind, Despite Facing Stiff Federal Headwinds, is Working
South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment.
www.oneearthnow.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment."
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Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
The link between sexual repression and militarism is becoming clearer by the day.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic
The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway
www.standard.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
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Honestly I love how shitposting to LLMs is a legitimate research area now
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Honestly I love how shitposting to LLMs is a legitimate research area now
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Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Phenolic Analysis of Cannabis Reveals Rare Flavoalkaloids in Leaves | Cannabis Science and Technology - Cannabis Industry News, Insights
Using an optimized analytical method for this research, the phenolics of cannabis were tested resulting in new findings.
www.cannabissciencetech.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🔬⚗️👩🔬
Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.
www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Global methane emissions have been rising since 2006 but fossil fuel emissions have plateaued. Isotopic analysis suggests the culprit is likely microbes thriving in a thawing Arctic, warming tropical wetlands, farms, and waste dumps... @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Microbial driver of 2006–2023 CH4 growth indicated by trends in atmospheric δD–CH4 and δ13C–CH4 | PNAS
Methane (CH4) is the second most important greenhouse gas and has been rising following
a brief period of stabilization from 1999 to 2006. Determin...
www.pnas.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Global methane emissions have been rising since 2006 but fossil fuel emissions have plateaued. Isotopic analysis suggests the culprit is likely microbes thriving in a thawing Arctic, warming tropical wetlands, farms, and waste dumps... @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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U.S. risks being overtaken by China in magic bean race, magic bean experts warn
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
U.S. risks being overtaken by China in magic bean race, magic bean experts warn
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Can we grasp this sense of ourselves as existing in time, part of the beautiful continuum of life? Can we become inspired by the prospect of contributing to the future?
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can we grasp this sense of ourselves as existing in time, part of the beautiful continuum of life? Can we become inspired by the prospect of contributing to the future?
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
Questions asked by Long Now cofounder Brian Eno in the essay "The Big Here and Long Now" -> longnow.org/ideas/the-bi...
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A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”