Reposted by David Moorfield Frankworms cited @christa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Frege watched the advent of modern math delivering objections like “Cantor doesn’t know what sets are.” “Hilbert’s definitions fail to determine if my pocket watch is a line.” “Weierstrass thinks a pile of ginger biscuits is a number.” and analytic philosophers were like this man is a genius 5552
Reposted by David Moorfield Franklastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Claim: this book is actually very good. 69011
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026They get washed, fed, a sixteen slide PowerPoint presentation on how to raid people’s garbage 958748
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque. 5146041227
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsTootechspot.comThe largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricityHeart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet... 191042292
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/09/2026We’re: — Redesigning our most dangerous streets. — Regulating delivery apps. — Lowering speed limits where children play. — Upgrading 1,000 intersections every year. — Cracking down on dangerous drivers and super speeders. — Improving our street lights. — Building safe, beautiful public spaces. 142061204
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankNicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Grazing cattle is the single largest land-use humans have undertaken. Most degrade land, & where it may reduce SOC loss, gains are temporary & outweighed by the methane year after year. Offsetting global ruminant GHGs through SOC would require nearly 2x the carbon stock in all managed grasslands 2385
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Got to work with some incredibly talented filmmakers to turn End Times Fascism into a ten minute video essay. Check it out below. There’s nothing like hearing the derangement directly from the doom profiteers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...m.youtube.comHow modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra TaylorYouTube video by Naomi Klein 13309162
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMadison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026only one of these things is actively killing us right now 0142
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankOrion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Did you know that a dolphin's skin is twenty times more sensitive than our own? Just like us mammals above water, dolphins need touch. Brenda Peterson peers into their high-contact lives. orionmagazine.org/article/touc... 041
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Not sure people understand how bad El Niño already is. In Southern California today, we had an offshore pacific hurricane (not normal) take out homes and beaches. We had temperatures topping 111°F with high humidity. There's a fire in LA. And we are just getting started with El Niño. 25658268
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A good piece of advice for science communication… If you want to connect with professions and experts, focus on writing. If you want to connect with novices, videos are probably best. Here’s some data supporting this: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...dl.acm.orgExperts prefer text but videos help novices: an analysis of the utility of multi-media content | Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 04821
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 09/09/2026Today, Seattle's kindergartners took their very first steps into Seattle Public Schools, joining their fellow scholars for a brand new year! This year, every single one of them - from kindergarten through 12th grade - starts the year with something new: free breakfast and lunch for each student. 362322387
David Moorfield Frank @dmf84.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Let’s go!static.klipy.comNicolas Cage Woo! ReactionALT: Nicolas Cage Woo! Reaction 020
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 34776164454
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales. 22424162
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It’s WHAT we eat (beef especially) that matters for climate. Not so much WHERE it is grown. 19433
David Moorfield Frank @dmf84.bsky.social · 07/09/2026prompted Claude Opus 5 for suggestions about how to teach my students this: “put students in situations where the model is checkably wrong about something they can verify without expertise” 000
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankAnthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is now a classic example of an invasion resulting from a small number of introduced large mammals. scienceblog.com/d-four-hippo...scienceblog.comFour hippos brought to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied into nearly 200 animals roaming the Magdalena River basin — the world’s largest invasive animal, spreading through warm rivers with abundant foo...An African megafauna mistake now threatens entire ecosystems across South America, decades after a drug lord's exotic pets escaped into the wild. 1106
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026That selfhood which is our torment, and our treasure, and our humanity, does not endure. It changes; it is gone, a wave on the sea. Would you have the sea grow still and the tides cease, to save one wave, to save yourself? 03912
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026Read the full story:projects.propublica.org“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless SweepsCities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so… 161142418
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Despite this, many new IPCC scenarios assume a ridiculous amount of CDR — like 5-30 Gt-CO2 / year — will magically happen. But don't hold your breath. Remember, these scenarios aren't based on science at all, but on the untested assumptions of theoretical economic models... 24810
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 03/09/2026I am to wait, though waiting so be hell 125037
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps MOREOVER, using "emergency" conditions to degrade the conditions in concentration camps was partly how death rates went from a few percent to catastrophic (via www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...) 112467
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 02/09/2026Part 2. datacolada.org/139datacolada.org[139] Artificial Deadlines (Part 2): Retrograding Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002)As described in our previous post (.htm), back in 2006 ariely@mit.edu sent three Excel spreadsheets, each “last saved” by user “Dan Ariely”, to then-PhD-student-but-now-full… 3135
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Knowing that the plastic dinosaurs we played with as kids consisted, to whatever actual extent, of real dinosaurs. 331601212
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... 10033791416
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/08/2026BREAN: Q2 corporate profit data “was stunning.” However, “the gap between prices and wages is something that will draw increasing political attention .. pointing to the share of labor in output and showing that for the first time in the postwar era it has fallen below 50%.” 1232795
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/08/2026Nature honors Dolly Parton's scientific legacy. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comDolly Parton dies aged 80 – researchers celebrate her contributions to scienceThe country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities. 3737272
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I had to say thank you.meditationsinanemergency.comIn Praise of Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, Our Goddess of KindnessWe will always love her, and there will never be another like her, this artist who came out of deep rural poverty in the 1960s to become not just a staggeringly great performer and songwriter but phil... 432842577
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...m.youtube.comDolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 5343169
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her. 491506917329
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankDavid Moorfield Frank @dmf84.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14 051 750 (uncertainty interval 8 475 990–19 662 191) additional all-age deaths, including 4 537 157 (3 124 796–5 910 791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.” 😳 13710
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/08/2026Today, we remember an important turning point in history: the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. 103111442428
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankSubscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Think about this guy a lot www.youtube.com/shorts/HD6kw...youtube.comSurprise, AZ City Council meeting hearing on the proposed ICE facility.YouTube video by ToTheOthermoon 16421
Reposted by David Moorfield Franknoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026this guy seems like a super genius language understander. let's set up a whole research program where we try to discern the meaning of his cryptic remarks about how language works 1293
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankThe Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m… 159223606268
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMatthew Haugen @mjhaugen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Cartoonishly evil www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National ForestsThe move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country. 032
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 18/08/2026RE: The Atlantic, a few months after this issue a guy in El Paso went on a rampage targeting people he thought looked "Mexican"; he shot 45 and killed 23. when I read some journalists lines from his manifesto and Frum's essay and asked them who wrote which, they couldn't tell, I couldn't blame them 353031787
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026good to see a campaign appealing to anti-corruption in this way: as self-defense rather than pearl clutching 12775125
Reposted by David Moorfield Franklastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Like if it turned out the strongest form of Platonic realism about moral Goodness was true and there was an objective Form of the Good from which flowed precise instructions about the good life... I would not care, I would not consider that any sort of reason for me to change my behaviour at all. 201329
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMinutemen Bot @minutemenbot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I live sweat But I dream light years 0168
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankElizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A simple point that surprisingly few people understand: "The longer we wait to reach net zero, the higher the eventual peak temperature will be, and the worse the associated damage. Warming is now nearly 1.4C above pre-industrial levels. Imagine summers when it gets closer to 2C."giftarticle.ft.comHow to stop global warmingThe answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement 20457219
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankMadison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026at this very moment responding to peer scholars who argue that rich countries will be fine in the face of climate change 1244
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankAnthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A common (and misleading) question: "If most species invasions do not cause extinctions - and therefore increase species richness in invaded areas, shouldn't we conclude that most invasions are good for biodiversity?" Here is a straightforward answer from invasion science... 🧵 12216
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Trump II has profound consequences that will last a century: -destruction of administrative state & civil service -extreme wealth concentration, tech oligarchy -climate rollbacks -end of rule of law w/o pushback incentivizes future backsliding -Iran Pundits hate this because it sounds shrill 431639375
Reposted by David Moorfield Franknoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026many professors are calling it 'the least surprising result of all time' 231600332
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankCity Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026youtu.be/rtH7KBi0M44youtu.beGus Speth - "Warming Warning" (1981)YouTube video by Jim Speth 212
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Trump is like "Oh, by the way, we control every country and pick their leaders" and the US media has just been like "Oh, okay!" and proceeded to do breathless horse-race coverage of the selection process. Literal imperial metropole nonsense. Might as well be UK press writing about Africa in 1900. 945393
Reposted by David Moorfield FrankCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 06/08/2026This is a great thread & local climate officials should read it. Led by a former doctoral student, @destenie.bsky.social & I published this paper finding solar, batteries, weatherization, efficiency standards, & green infrastructure helping mitigation & adaptation: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 22810