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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 13h

Good assessment, concise and fascinatingly scary read. A must read.

Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good thread 🧵 with good thoughts on an enormous challenge confronting for us all. 'Adequately addressing climate change will be disruptive' ... So be it ... Nostalgia should not be a strategy. @standupforscience.net

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Question time. Has a new, novel, philosophical concept emerged from the arguments of an existing philosophical concept? Making the assumption that philosophy describes how we may understand reality and science describes the structure of reality. #Philosophy

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Aren't we all and the rest of the world.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pressure, Pressure, Keep the Pressure Up... P=F/A It's no over yet. @standupforscience.net 👇👇👇👇

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More good gloom and doom for today: Have we possibly missed our opportunity? youtu.be/WTWUJ8Lvl-U?...

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Dr. James E. Hansen in Conversation with Paul Beckwith

YouTube video by Climate Emergency Forum

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@standupforscience.net presents: Science, Democracy, and Climate ...... and Colette @cdelawalla.bsky.social 👇👇👇👇

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

£60k raised so far. 👍 Wow, 17 days in and close to raising the target of £70k

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is technological paradigm shift thinking. Green energy production and food production on the same land.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Given all that is going on in the world, here’s a great discussion to make us feel there is hope. 😉😁 Thanks @particleclara.bsky.social @astrokatie.com youtube.com/shorts/_K4XZ...

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The universe will end one day #science

YouTube video by Dr Clara Nellist

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My antibody defenders are at the ready. Science 🧬 💉 👍😃 Covid vaccine on board today. Flu vaccine last week. MMR booster last winter.

Arm with bandaid after getting Covid vaccine injection.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🧵 A must read. Get active and involved. The ramifications for the future are profound if the decimation of science is not stopped. And support @standupforscience.net 👇👇👇👇

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 26/07/2025

Legitimate Concerns?

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A succinct, yet depressingly scary, way to express global climate change. 😓

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just donated. James Clerk Maxwell and Michael Faraday are role models of mine. Think of what we have because of what the did. Shame on the Church of Scotland

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Feature 14: 'Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak'. An impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning. Noise becomes a cover. The ideology of censorship through noise.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is how it's done. Peer review is not a one-time thing. Science should always be checking itself. 🧵

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This! What @cdelawalla.bsky.social said. Now is the time, get off your butts and engage. Don't overlook #3. 👇👇👇👇

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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Letter (1962) from Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists in response to Mosley's demands that they debate publicly.

22 January 1962
Sir Oswald Mosley,
5, Lowndes Court,
Lowndes Square,
London, S.W.1.

Dear Sir Oswald,

Thank you for your letter and for your enclosures. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is always difficult to decide on how to respond to people whose ethos is so alien and, in fact, repellent to one’s own. It is not that I take exception to the general points made by you but that every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active opposition to cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.

I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.

I should like you to understand the intensity of this conviction on my part. It is not out of any attempt to be rude that I say this but because of all that I value in human experience and human achievement.

Yours sincerely,

Bertrand Russell

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Still here fighting for these things!!

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 18/08/2026

The tools to develop new drugs and vaccines have improved enormously, so why haven't we cured all diseases yet? Medical innovation isn't just about the science - it's about the funding, incentives and institutions, and most importantly, on people who choose to solve problems.

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Lzvolk @lzvolk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This 👇🏼

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Kristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We survived the era in which everything was quantum and nobody could explain the basics of quantum mechanics. We have now entered the era in which everything is AI and people writing about it still cannot distinguish GPT from ChatGPT. 😁

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Trump and RFK Jr need to shut up about the MMR vaccine A reminder of how terrible these diseases used to be Christina Pagel christinapagel.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

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Trump and RFK Jr need to shut up about the MMR vaccine

A reminder of how terrible these diseases used to be

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 16/08/2026

Canada has officially started building the wall at the U.S. border🇨🇦😂 Budget: a few trees Construction crew: 1 beaver 🦫 Payment: maple syrup 🍁 Sorry for the inconvenience, eh? 😂 #Canada #CanadianHumour #SheShed

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/08/2026

Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Didn't consider the possibility that crime would be negatively impacted by climate change. 🤔😉

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Old but relavent🧵to repost 'an under-recognized risk for food security.' ... Really? Under-recognized? All the fires and droughts are destroying vegetation. Food comes from vegetation,... even animals eat vegetation somewhere along the food chain.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

European scientists need to organize now. Protect academic freedom. 👇👇👇👇

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is money well spent. 👇👇👇👇

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

‘The Goose and the Common’ An 18th century English folk poem/song about land privatization. Rather relevant today? The Askew Sisters version youtu.be/kuJk9EutQ6s?...

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The Askew Sisters - Goose & Common (Official Video)

YouTube video by The Askew Sisters - Official

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Register to vote!! ... Make sure your registered to vote!! If you don't vote, you're abdicating power to others. We now know what that does to our society and life. And, what Colette said. 👇👇👇👇

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

'looks plausible' Sometimes the adjectives we choose need to be stronger. Let's try 'real', let's try 'scary'. What the hell 'real scary'. Nothing more enraging than the reality before us that many didn’t want to admit, see or believe. That sand they stick their heads in is going to get really hot.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We can change TO THE conditions, or we can change THE conditions. The challenge is that the latter requires long term fundamental commitment for future generations. The former is short term, palliative and the problem for future generations. The current generation will be dead.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Ever try to swat a swarm of constantly moving midges or fleas? You might get a few but the swarm insistently returns as others take their place. This is the struggle with the state of cacophony in the US. This disorienting complexity drives an epistemic domination. A signal-to noise ratio struggle.

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Stand Up for Science Washington @sufswa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Don't forget...it's almost BEER REVIEWED SCIENCE TIME! This month's Beer-Reviewed Science is all about mosquitos! Second in our Summer of Disasters series, we welcome Dr. Ashley Vaughan for a teach-in about mosquitos as a disease vector. Join us for beer and a chat about the mosquito vector.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/07/2026

“Physics, medicine, climate science, and biology know no borders and it is critical we continue our momentum to bring our movement to a global audience. Stand Up for Science International will ensure science serves the public good everywhere,” - @cdelawalla.bsky.social, PhD, SUFS Founder & CEO

The graphic contains a photo of the Earth. The graphic reads: "Introducing: SUFS International: Our Goals: Ensure evidence - based policy making globally. Protect vulnerable populations - particularly in the Global South - from pseudoscientific exploitation. Support nascent pro-science movement and community building. Reimagine the global scientific ecosystem to ensure science as a public good for all."

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“We Learn from History That We Do Not Learn from History” - Georg Hegel

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Prof used white font to hide a prompt telling an AI model to spew nonsense. Socrates, Plato's dialogue Phaedrus, I think said: "Their trust in AI, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them." futurism.com/future-socie...

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Professor Hides White Font in Midterm, Catches Students Using AI in the Stupidest Way Possible

A professor used white font to hide instructions to throw off students using an AI chatbot to cheat on their midterm.

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Thomas @godribbon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My generation this and your generation that type debates are such bullshit, it takes responsibility away from the people that actually created the problems and shifts it to people just living their lives

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Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

i can't imagine not offering a B.A. in philosophy. the field changed my life, as it has countless others. it's not reducible to self-help or theories of truth or speculation about how the mind works. at stake is what knowledge is (beyond epistemology) and what it means to us.

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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Good satire can reveal truths. The challenge of being represented by Nick Langworthy, US Rep, NY23. A Facebook posting from the 'Presque Isle Informer', Erie’s premier source for news of questionable importance by political reporter Faye K. Nooze.

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