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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Newcastle University has discovered a new model of sustainability Take an oil-and-gas fortune, add a 3500-acre private zoo & award it a professorship Academic credentials are an optional extra when the family fortune is large enough 😉 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the full terror of the voyage must be kept withdrawn into the obscure background

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I do think you basically charge a few of them with the cybercrimes they're committing and the "alignment" problem does suddenly start to disappear.

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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

I am writing to let you know that, unfortunately, your application was not successful.

Review process

As part of the initial triage of the 179 proposals submitted to this call, each was assessed using an AI-based review. Every proposal was read independently by several different AI models against the same seven criteria used to shape this call (including cyber security relevance, research quality and novelty, importance of the problem addressed, feasibility of the project plan, likely outputs and impact, value for money, and responsible research practice), with each model asked to give a score and a written justification with supporting quotations from the text. To guard against any one model's idiosyncrasies, we also ran a second, independent process in which different AI models debated the merits and weaknesses of each proposal before reaching a judgement, again against the same criteria. Scores from both processes were combined to produce an overall ranking.

This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review. Projects selected for funding were drawn from those that progressed to the full human review stage. We recognise that AI-assisted assessment is a new and evolving part of the review process, and we are continuing to evaluate how well it aligns with the judgements of human reviewers on this call. We will soon produce a document detailing our method, so that others can build upon it and improve it.

Feedback on your application

Your application was not selected to progress beyond the AI triage stage. To provide transparency on the outcome of this assessment, we are sharing below the scores (out of 5) from each of the two AI review processes described above, together with the mean score across the two processes.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 23/09/2026

Tornado forecasting had to start somewhere. In the 1880s, US Army Signal Corps meteorologist John Park Finley studied tornado patterns, built a network of observers and pioneered experimental tornado forecasts. Meet America’s first tornado forecaster: www.noaa.gov/heritage/sto... #NOAAHeritageWeek

A map from John P. Finley’s booklet, “Tornadoes. What they are and how to observe them; with practical suggestions for the protection of life and property.” showing the path of the Enigma outbreak of tornadoes on February 19, 1884. (Image credit: Public Domain)

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 21/09/2026

Rediscovered this screenshot I took of a satellite image over Texas with a real Texas longhorn made of low clouds and fog. 1945 UTC 9 December 1999. #TXwx

Real visible satellite image from GOES-8 showing the skull of a Texas longhorn made out of low clouds and fog over the Panhandle of Texas. To the east is the comma-shaped cloud pattern associated with a low-pressure center centered over eastern Oklahoma.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Stand by for "Updates from the NSF Directorate for Geosciences" Webinar.... Where we find out more 'bout our Doom.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One way to look at this is that regents/boards that make the final decisions about universities are effectively political appointees or private moneyed interests determined to impose their ideological views on higher education. Attacking faculty governance is one way to do it.

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NEW INVESTIGATION – this summer saw temperature records smashed around the UK. We asked NHS trusts in England and Wales how many operations they were forced to cancel due to overheating surgical theatres They provided details of 1,110 operations that were called off in the May and June heatwaves

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Daniel S Helman, PhD @helmandaniel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NSF is consolidating its geoscience research grants into a new program, GEOcore and reducing annual grants to $110 million total in 200-350 awards. Typical was about $300 million in 1,200 awards. Not including institutional grants ($1.3 billion/yr) and those may be gone. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 07/09/2026

Wow. No sense of responsibility here.... OpenAI's chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has called for "extreme caution" over AI's runaway progress and warned more intervention may be needed to ensure "humans remain in control of the future". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Judgment Day Is Inevitable

Alt: Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator saying "Judgment Day Is Inevitable."

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Yeah--this is a joke. A funny, funny joke. What are you going to do fundamental science on here? Ways to cheaply pump water over a mountain range out of another drought stressed basin?

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Eric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm

Line chart showing 5 biggest publishers from 2019-2025

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 27/08/2026

Apologies, I'm not conveying my point clearly enough. The cosine correction that you raised is one that you apply or one that is performed in the global mean temperature calculation?

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 26/08/2026

Why wouldn’t each region of the world be weighted equally?

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 26/08/2026

The honor I've been waiting for since January.

Reviewer Certificate (in all capital letters)
This certificate is awarded to
David Schultz
for serving as a reviewer for
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Thank you for reviewing 1 manuscript in 2025
Yafang Cheng
Editor-in-Chief
August 26, 2026

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OSINT Mirror Feed @osint-mirrors.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Source: @osint613 on X WILD FOOTAGE: Devastating flash floods have struck the China-Nepal border. Nepal reports at least 8-16 dead and hundreds missing, including 291 foreigners. Roads, power, and communications on the Chinese side were cut.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 26/08/2026

Simon, how much of the correlation is because the tropics occupy half of the Earth's surface, compared to the smaller area indicated by the midlatitudes or even polar regions? I'm sure you've accounted for it, but I didn't see it discussed on your blog.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 24/08/2026

This article has way too few citations, people. Keller, D., and B. Vonnegut, 1976: Wind Speeds Required to Drive Straws and Splinters into Wood. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 15, 899–901, doi.org/10.1175/1520....

Figure 2. Penetration as a function of speed of toothpicks into soft pine and maple targets., a scatterplot showing pine sloping from 0 to 18 mm depth over a range of 25 to 230 meters per second and maple ranging from 1 to 4 mm depth over a range of 200 to 300 meters per second.

Table 2: Threshold speeds required for penetration of broom straws. A table of different woods ranging from ponderosa pine (seasoned at 65 meters per second to oak, hard, light area (seasoned) at greater than 215 meters per second.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Note from my notebook (2017). Still true.

Truths About Writing
Most people will ignore what you write
Someone dead did it better than you
You will be misunderstood
That's all ok

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Every overseas student benefits the UK - They pay money to the university - They spend money in the local economy - They return home with good feelings about the UK (soft power) - They help subsidise local students - They make the learning environment better It's a real 'win-win'

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 28/07/2026

Looking forward, this kind of automated literature-review methodology could be be adapted to investigate biases in other types of mesoscale model parameters and analyze the performance of different climate models on climate projections.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 28/07/2026

We asked GPT-4 Turbo to retrieve information within the article about over- or under-prediction of precipitation in the simulations. Seven out of the nine microphysics parameterizations examined in our article tended to overestimate the precipitation.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 28/07/2026

We tested the hypothesis whether a 2024-era LLM could retrieve quantitative information from a dataset of articles on weather simulations and assess their veracity. We found 2699 articles and fed them into GPT-4 Turbo. We asked it 8 questions about the articles. Accuracy ranged over 86–98%.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 28/07/2026

Nearly two years in peer review at two journals. Congratulations to Tianhang Zhang and Shengnan Fu! "Using large language models to produce literature reviews: Usage patterns of microphysics parameterizations in WRF simulations from 2699 publications." doi.org/10.1175/AIES.... 🧵

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 19/07/2026

What were the 1-in-50-yr maximum temperatures in the UK expected to be in 1975? See these two maps. Compare to the recent heatwave. Hopkins and Whyte (1975): Extreme temperatures over the United Kingdom for design purposes. Meteorological Magazine (UK), 104 (1233), 94–102.

Map of the UK showing contours of annual maximum temperatures (°C) likely to occur once in 50 years at mean sea level, ranging from about 24°C to about 34°C.

A contour map of the UK and Ireland shows estimated annual minimum temperatures in °C, likely to occur once in 50 years, with values ranging from -8°C to -18°C.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 17/07/2026

The reason for the descent is that high-pressure systems are associated with diverging air near the surface, which requires descent from above.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 17/07/2026

Congratulations, BBC. High pressure above the surface "pushes warm air down", seemingly against the decrease in pressure upward. 🤪 You might want to consult with one of your staff meteorologists before publishing incorrect science. #heatdome #UKwx #MediaFail www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Left image show a map of the UK and northern Europe with high temperatures and a high-pressure system with surface winds blowing clockwise around the UK.

Right image shows a half sphere on the land called a "heat dome" with "high pressure pushes warm air down" (incorrect) and "sinking air warmed by compression" (correct).

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

MODIS imagery visa NASA FIRMS of the Cairngorms fire...METOP-C, 1038 UTC Overpass:

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 16/07/2026

I feel your pain. I am presently reading introductory meteorology textbooks. So many missed opportunities to incorporate modern meteorology thinking.

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Jane @fossilyarns.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yesterday was so bad!

Photo from a doorway of a building. In the background is a large old fashioned museum building. The sky is hazy orange

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Dundee Satellite Station Ltd. @dundeesat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We do recommend NASA FIRMS firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs... though the imagery lags (eg NASA doesn't have it til folks like us collect it and it goes to them for machination...) - here we tagged the fires and used last available imagery overpass to show fire/damage etc.

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NASA-FIRMS

Fire Information for Resource Management System

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 15/07/2026

Wildfire smoke from moorland fires in the UK affecting air quality in Manchester. #UKwx. Big thanks to @dundeesat.bsky.social!

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 15/07/2026

Any close-up overpasses showing the wildfires and smoke in the western UK?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/06/2026

Sen. Peters: "Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?" Postmaster General David Steiner: "Under our proposed regulation, no."

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Will Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

If I were the King of Universities (which, heaven forbid), I would place this finding at the exact centre of every single policy decision from teaching to research to estates to capital investment. At every level in every process, the question would be: are we as humane as education demands we be?

Screenshot from a Higher Education Policy Institute report. The key sentence is: "students are used to and want human teaching, human feedback, and human connection."

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

1/🧵 With this paper finally published, I want to talk about the worst peer review experience of my career as a non-native English speaker, early-career researcher, and solo author, and why I think it matters. #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #EvoSky

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

It's a banner on one side of the Clearwater's main sail that reads "Save the Clean Water Act" and has a drawing of Pete Seeger's banjo on it.

It's a banner on the other side that says "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions”.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

student journalists leading the way, as usual "The student body, faculty+staff, deserve accurate info, not pro-SIUE pieces filtered through an administrative agenda. This is a taxpayer-funded institution. Financial transparency is the least they can offer." expression.fire.org/p/our-univer...

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Our university is trying to discredit our paper, but that won’t stop us from telling the truth

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville claims it believes in free speech, but its administrators are disparaging the student press.

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Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

UK marine heatwave could reach ‘extreme’ levels next week – here’s the impact it could have Waters have reached temperatures usually expected in August and are on average 2C warmer than usual www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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UK marine heatwave could reach ‘extreme’ levels next week – here’s what it means

Waters have reached temperatures usually expected in August and are on average 2C warmer than usual

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever before

Google's total energy consumption more than new zealand

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Jessica Sidman @jessicasidman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Forget the Reflecting Pool. US Park Police say organized crime is operating on the National Mall, and no one's talking about it. My deep-dive into the pirate food trucks wreaking havoc around America's Front Lawn. washingtonian.com/2026/06/29/d...

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Inside the Food Truck Mafia Wreaking Havoc Around the National Mall

Turf wars. Food and fire hazards. $15 ice-cream cones. How an organized network of unlicensed food trucks took over America's Front Lawn.

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Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026

The ‘American Choppers’ yelling meme. “The University of Exeter timed their job cuts announcement for late June to make strike action pointless.” “But it’s just when students are deciding whether to take up places. Lower recruitment will undermine threatened subjects even more.” “You think they don’t know that? That’s the plan!”

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