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Next week will see a first in computer science, with the launch of a scientific conference in which all of the papers — and all of the reviews — have been produced by machines

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AI bots wrote and reviewed all papers at this conference
Event will assess how reviews by models compare with those written by humans.
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annagvarish.bsky.social
Just in: Kobakhidze states he cancelled his meeting with Elina Valtonen, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Finland’s Foreign Minister, after she joined the #GeorgiaProtests last night. His administration has also dismissed her criticism as “lies.”
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.

Fascism.

📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.
A masked armed agent points a pepper gun at protestors. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan A fed Pokice officer wearing a gas masks is surrounded by smoke and it’ll about to throw a tear gas cannister. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan Around 20 masked armed agents are seen with guns drawn, surrounded by smoke, about to advance on local residents. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan A local resident is seen being knelt on and cuffed in the background as two armed Police with automatic weapons are seen standing in the foreground. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan
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yungenchee.bsky.social
Now, they'll have a method for quantifying WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension human health & environmental harms

Scarborough's expected to emit 876 million tonnes of CO₂ over its lifetime

North West Shelf Extension's expected to emit 4 billion tonnes of GHG emissions over its lifetime
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Nandita Sharma

mcopelov.bsky.social
Again, every time this happens, we literally have no idea if the masked, plainclothes people are actual government agents, or private citizens acting in party-affiliated paramilitaries. The whole point of IDs & uniforms & no masks is that we know these things.
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JUST IN: The Georgian Dream prepares legislation to enable the Constitutional Court to bar persons from registering political parties, being members of political parties, running in elections, and holding official positions. 1/2
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yungenchee.bsky.social
BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
theconversation.com
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Wendy Pearlman, Élisabeth Vallet

petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d
Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
Never got above 40% I think...
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
Achievement unlocked. 0/100 at lecture. f(End of semester, no exam), I guess. #valueUniEd.
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
There has been complete radio silence re science from this govt (similar to prev) as far as I follow. Madness. Not even the Nobel got much response...
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Joanna Tai

arc-tracker.bsky.social
It's mid-October & ARC haven't updated us since mid-July on the Brand New Grants System.

When will we be told?

What schemes will even run?

ARC "paused" (cancelled?) the only Indigenous scheme, plus Laureates & all Industry Fellowships, and so far there's no replacements.

ARC? Anyone?
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, François Guesnet

sarahkirchberger.bsky.social
🚨Amazing:
🇳🇴 Norway’s drone detection system protecting Oslo Airport comes from 🇨🇳 Chinese company DJI Aeroscope, with system updates coming directly from DJI in China.

Unexpectedly that 🇨🇳 system was down for a full 19h from the evening of September 22nd, which is why the airport had to be closed.
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Jonathan A. Eisen, Nicola J. Cooper , and 10 more

trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky

retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...
Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage
A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…
retractionwatch.com
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Libby Robin, Patrick Stokes , and 1 more

davidpocock.bsky.social
The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.
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by Josef Strobl — Reposted by Martin Tomko

gistrobl.bsky.social
Visiting an alpine ice cave - the mass of ice just a few years ago was level with the top of the spiral staircase. Will be gone altogether soon, even though the oldest layers are dated approx. 3000 years BP
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Steve Peers, Virginia Sapiro

redsky.pirhoo.com
Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Link | Subreddit
Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck
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by Dustin Mulvaney — Reposted by Martin Tomko

dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d
Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.
"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder
Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Will Jennings, Steve Peers

davidho.bsky.social
Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
apnews.com
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Caroline Fohlin

altcdc.altgov.info
Oh look, vaccines work.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 7d
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
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sciam.bsky.social
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi... #unimelb #Robson congratulations!
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded jointly to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi "for the development of metal–organic frameworks"
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drmlharris.bsky.social
Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1

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A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted
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Reposted by Martin Tomko, Richard McElreath, Gordon Hodson , and 2 more

dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
Causal inference interest group, supported by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies Seminar series 20th October 2025, 3pm BST (UTC+1) "Making rigorous causal inference more mainstream" Julia Rohrer, Leipzig University Sign up to attend at tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRohrer
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
We should thank Sean for his years of service and gracious way of leaving. That said, we use S3 like data storage nonstop, on our own, OS powered servers. And locally, CO formats work perfectly too. I do not do Web his anymore, yet still useful.

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strandjunker.com
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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australiainstitute.org.au
🔴 Santos Limited has racked up a 10th straight year of zero corporate tax payments from $48 billion in sales.

🔴 Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd paid zero corporate tax for the 6th year running, from $43 billion in sales.

Add your name to make the gas industry pay their fair share > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...
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pennytangey.bsky.social
Newcastle Museum added to the Champs list as they don't have current fossil fuel sponsors.

They have a BHP gallery but it's about the historical role of steelmaking not a naming rights deal.

Glad Newcastle's cultural orgs aren't relying on a dying industry for funding!
www.chumpslist.org/champs
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
RIP www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
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by Martin Tomko

dinomirmt.bsky.social
Greta Thunberg arrested by Israeli forces after military boards aid flotilla headed for Gaza – Middle East crisis live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Greta Thunberg arrested by Israeli forces after military boards aid flotilla headed for Gaza – Middle East crisis live
Israeli foreign ministry posts video of Thunberg’s arrest; vessels carrying about 500 activists intercepted about 75 miles off coast of war-torn territory
www.theguardian.com
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