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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Halloween season PSA- Lovecraft Country remains an amazing show.

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Specifically NPR is somehow just extremely funny

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Agree that this is essential (existential?) reading.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse www.404media.co/theres-a-100...

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There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wrote down my thoughts about the last several weeks of AI hell. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...

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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks

What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Imagine if you just gave mathematicians 22 million dollars

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Robin Sevakis @jadedsketch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.

Wile E Coyote in an office, pointing to a sign he's holding that reads "WE CANNOT JUDGE OUR WORTH ON THE WORK OF OTHERS"

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

4/ In late July we attended the @ic2s2.bsky.social conference, hosted by @vcsi.bsky.social in Burlington, VT, to learn about cutting-edge computational social science research.

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 02/09/2026

Global warming is set to cross 1.5°C, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, a new UNEP report warns. Predicted impacts include extreme weather and threats to human health and economies.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IC2S2 2026 Keynote Gašper Beguš explores "Language as Informative Imagitation" youtu.be/6l-WQlZkSsY?...

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2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation by Gašper Beguš

YouTube video by Vermont Complex Systems Institute

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

IC2S2 2026 Keynote from Kate Starbird, "From Rumors to Influence: Participatory Propaganda to Policy": youtu.be/B5a651PKTN0

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2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation by Kate Starbird

YouTube video by Vermont Complex Systems Institute

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Laurent Hébert-Dufresne @lhd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Interested in complex systems research in beautiful Vermont? Teams @vcsi.bsky.social hope to fill postdoctoral positions on very short notice. One position is at the intersection of cognitive and epidemiological modeling. DM for details or keep an eye out for postings on here.

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Gasper Begus @begus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My talk on a new framing for language that will allow us to look past humans. This time with a working link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l-W...

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2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation by Gašper Beguš

YouTube video by Vermont Complex Systems Institute

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We are pleased to share that the 2026 keynote presentations will be available at the @vcsi.bsky.social youtube channel, and will be shared here for anyone who missed them. Here are Jennifer Gradecki and Derek Curry sharing their creative approaches to reconstruction as method: youtu.be/J85Ti0y3bgY

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2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation with Derek Curry and Jennifer Gradecki

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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

VCSI Director @peterdodds.bsky.social was recently featured on Veritasium along with Steven Strogatz and Brian Enquist, discussing scaling laws and one (unfortunate) elephant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL9L...

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Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This was really cool and IMO a very exciting corpus!

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Check out this thread and contribute your papers if you'd like to share!

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

💯. Lightning talk by @vcsi.bsky.social AI and Computational Social Science Postdoctoral Fellow Julia Zimmerman

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Arden Olsko, a PhD student in the Glass Brain Lab working on the SOCKS project, presents “Quantifying Language Used in Cross-Partisan Conversations: Does Geography Matter?” - super cool to see @vcsi.bsky.social computational story lab tools used for this project!

Presentation on political discourse using computational social science tools showing rank divergence of word meaning

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here's an easy link to the conference program! Feel free to use this on your mobile device. For sessions you want to save, you can click on the star next to the sessions and export them to your calendar: ic2s2-2026.org/program/

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Program — International Conference on Computational Social Science | Burlington, VT 2026

Join us for IC2S2 2026 — the 12th International Conference on Computational Social Science. Burlington, Vermont, July 28-31.

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@juniperlov.bsky.social presents “A Taste of Privacy: How Context, Identity, and Lived Experience Shape Information Sharing Preferences” in the Social Good & Ethics parallel session at #IC2S2

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Here's a feed for IC2S2! It's a reverse chronological feed that matches all string mentions of "IC2S2", the hashtags #IC2S2 and #IC2S22026, plus all mentions of and posts by @ic2s2.bsky.social. 📌 Pin the feed to follow along with the conference this week!

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Tomorrow evening after our welcome reception, we invite conference attendees to join us for a bike ride to North Beach. We'll be leaving from ECHO museum at 6:30pm.

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our amazing @vcsi.bsky.social crew has been working hard to welcome you to Vermont! Our team designed a hand-drawn program zine (drawn by VCSI executive director @alexawoodward.bsky.social) and we folded 600 of them with love. See you soon!

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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We're incredibly proud that so many VCSI affiliated researchers are presenting their work at @ic2s2.bsky.social next week! Stop by and say hello! vermontcomplexsystems.org/events/

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Events

Upcoming events, seminars, and conferences at the Vermont Complex Systems Institute.

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Are you presenting a poster at IC2S2 2026? Here's a handy order form for UVM Print and Mail if you plan to print on site! qualtrics.uvm.edu/jfe/form/SV_...

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Poster Order Form

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Wow!! Simon Baron-Cohen, the Cambridge Professor who coined the term “extreme male brain theory” now says the term is “unhelpful.” “There’s a kind of myth that autistic people lack empathy.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We’re so excited to have @katestarbird.bsky.social present as a keynote at @ic2s2.bsky.social 2026. Congrats on this win Kate!

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Exactly what happened to the reflecting pool appears to have been accurately predicted by this thread—before it happened:

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Jayden ジェイデン @jaydenhardy10.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Happy Autistic Pride Day everyone!! #AutisticPrideDay

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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Millions of copyrighted songs were fed to AI music generators - now there's proof Suno and rivals are being sued for $150k per song. A sum that would bankrupt these companies and set an important precedent.

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Millions of Copyrighted Songs Were Fed to AI Music Generators – Now There's Proof

Millions of copyrighted songs trained AI music generators, and new searchable databases from The Atlantic now confirm which tracks were used.

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Alexa Woodward @alexawoodward.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

What are we doing. This is abhorrent.

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