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Katie Fleeman

@fleemanator.bsky.social
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Audience engagement at @knowablemag.bsky.social, Katina Magazine, @chashub.bsky.social and the @annualreviews.bsky.social group | Cat mom to the Little Ray

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Take a peek into a pitcher plant's deadly plumbing 🪰 ☠️ ✍️ Georgia Michelman, for our new #BioWonders column: knowmag.org/4yNCZEe
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Elastic fantastic: The deadly fluid of pitcher plants
Flies check in, but they don’t check out, thanks to liquid laced with stretchy sugars that keep them tangled up
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Open access has transformed who can read knowledge. The next step is to invest just as deliberately in the people, communities, and institutions that allow trustworthy knowledge to exist in the first place.” — Muhammad Sarwar, Katina Magazine #OpenAccess #ScholComm
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To Protect the Scholarly Record, We Must Invest in People
Over the last decade, scholarly publishing has dedicated significant resources to detecting research integrity failures. We need to pay more attention to the institutions and communities that can…
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“But if more inclusive kinds of governance have been there all along, then all of a sudden, those lessons from history become much more relevant.” —Archaeologist Gary Feinman, in @knowablemag.bsky.social
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What archaeology reveals about the rise of all-powerful rulers
Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations — many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
important news!! www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh, hello there, bristle worm 👀 These little dudes have metallic jaws, detachable rear ends, and, of course, bristles. And they're the star of the first "Bio Wonders" article from @knowablemag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Two images of bristle worms that look like thin branching cacti, a third image is a white worm with a cupped speckled butt
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AskHistorians is one of my favorite subreddits -- in large part, because of its careful moderation by volunteer humans. Which sounds exhausting. Which is why it's nice to read some hope from one of the sub's mods: www.techpolicy.press/millions-of-... h/t @sarahagilbert.bsky.social
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Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now.
We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Amazing work by Victoria and @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, and so glad to see it recognized... and among such wonderful company. Congrats to all the @coveringclimatenow.org award winners!
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🪱 Enter the weird and wacky world of bristle worms. From bio-metallic jaws to detachable butts, these creatures have all sorts of tricks for living the life aquatic. ✍️ Sandy Ong: knowmag.org/4deh2G4
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Hello, bristle worm
They’re segmented. They’ve got bristles. And sometimes, metallic jaws and detachable rear ends with eyes and a brain.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🪢 “It’s only called the Stone Age because all we find is stone, not because there was only stone.” - archaeologist Nicholas Conard ✍️ Benjamin Taub: knowmag.org/4h7xNnH
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Rope, twine and thread: Invisible technologies of the Stone Age
Missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations like string played a huge role in the daily lives of our ancestors. Researchers are working to weave together new insights from the traces…
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
EBSCO, ProQuest, and JSTOR have recently added to the generative AI features available on their platforms. Here’s what libraries need to know. ✍️ Aster Zhao, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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Do The New AI Features in These Familiar Databases Actually Help Researchers?
EBSCO, ProQuest, and JSTOR have recently added to the generative AI features available on their platforms. Here’s what libraries need to know.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"AI won’t make its grand entrance into the clinic tomorrow. But it’s being hailed as the new frontier in psychiatric care, one that could enable early, accurate detection and personalized monitoring of illnesses based on indistinct symptoms."
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🗣️ Researchers are testing AI tools that identify subtle signatures of schizophrenia in speech patterns. ✍️ Astrid Landon: knowmag.org/4ytvGRU
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Listening for schizophrenia: How AI could help with early diagnosis
The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists?
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The world’s scholarly knowledge system is extraordinarily vulnerable to commercial capture and political interference. Governments, funders, and policymakers must act to protect it. ✍️ Mark Huskisson and Johan Rooryck, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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How to Build a Sovereign Global Knowledge Commons
The world’s scholarly knowledge system is extraordinarily vulnerable to commercial capture and political interference. Governments, funders, and policymakers must act to protect it.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hello! Knowable Magazine is hiring a Temporary Editorial Assistant. Check it out 👇 #journalismjobs #scicomm #sciencejournalism
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Details and application: www.annualreviews.org/page/about/c...
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Careers at Annual Reviews | Annual Reviews
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 We're hiring! Knowable Magazine seeks an organized, detail-oriented & self-motivated Temporary Editorial Assistant. Ideal candidate: 💡 excellent proofreading skills 💡 great communication skills 💡 experience with digital publishing tools 💡 strong administrative capabilities 💡 interest in science
Illustration of a desk/work setup with the words "We're hiring"
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Collections-based decolonization has become a priority for many academic and research libraries. Findings from Research Libraries UK illuminate the practical requirements of this work. ✍️ Christina Kamposiori, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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How Are We Building Inclusive Collections?
Collections-based decolonization has become a priority for many academic and research libraries. Findings from Research Libraries UK illuminate the practical requirements of this work.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?
The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm the majority of adolescents. It may take a dramatic research pivot to finally reveal what’s going on and how to fix it.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
👀 Some more social media legislation news from Australia. To learn more about previous efforts, check out our reporting on social media minimum age laws (linked below 👇)
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🐝 Air pollution can alter plant odors and warp insects’ senses, disrupting the process of pollination. ✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4i5ddGt
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Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers
Contaminants can alter plant odors and warp insects’ senses, disrupting the process of pollination
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📚 Today is #ReadABookDay. Revisit our 2021 story on the benefits and detriments of e-books for kids. ✍️ Cypress Hansen: knowmag.org/4ycqmSL
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E-books for kids raise questions about consequences
Evolution of children’s literature into high-tech form may offer benefits, but also some detriments
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Technologies that keep tabs on employees hold a strong appeal for corporate leadership... Leaders may believe that close surveillance can help identify top performers, increase efficiency or improve safety... In practice, though, such benefits are elusive.” —Chris Woolston, @knowmag.bsky.social
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Your boss is watching you
Assisted by AI, companies have more options than ever to track employees, minute by minute, keystroke by keystroke. Does this have the desired effect?
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Coherent Digital aggregates a uniquely wide variety of primary source documents, with a focus on born-digital and at-risk content. Here’s a guided tour of the platform. ✍️ Billie Cotterman, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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On Familiar Topics, This Platform Covers New Ground
Coherent Digital aggregates a uniquely wide variety of primary source documents, with a focus on born-digital and at-risk content. Here’s a guided tour of the platform.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
👀 Latest: How AI is supercharging workplace surveillance ✍️ Chris Woolston: knowmag.org/4r8le01
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Your boss is watching you
Assisted by AI, companies have more options than ever to track employees, minute by minute, keystroke by keystroke. Does this have the desired effect?
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Watch the whole conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUc5...
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In Conversation: Elania Norlin and Nisha Mody
YouTube video by Charleston Hub
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In a wide-ranging interview, @nishamody.bsky.social talks AI, false urgency, and how and why to draw boundaries at work. ✍️ Elaina Norlin, Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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The Art of the Workplace Boundary
In a wide-ranging interview, Nisha Mody talks AI, false urgency, and how and why to draw boundaries at work.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How much of a problem is AI’s water use? @katarinazimmer.bsky.social tackles this tricky — and important — question for @KnowableMag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it’s a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-saving cooling technologies could help.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ever heard an alligator roar? 💬 Scientists are discovering that reptiles can be quite chatty, and may in face be more like birds and mammals than once thought. ✍️ Rohini Subrahmanyam: knowmag.org/3SbjDti
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Cackle! Pop! Roar! Reptiles have a lot to say.
Scientists are investigating what the various sounds mean — and discovering that the creatures may be more like birds and mammals than once thought
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?
The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm the majority of adolescents. It may take a dramatic research pivot to finally reveal what’s going on and how to fix it.
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you've heard about the big Meta settlement and are looking for some context, check out our recent reporting on Australia’s social media ban for teens (linked below👇)
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“If you choose one set of choices, your number is going to be off the charts. You choose another set of choices, it’s going to be way down here." - Eric Masanet, data center sustainability researcher 🤖 Read more reporting on AI in the real world: knowmag.org/4wNj86M
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Special Report: Artificial Intelligence in the Real World
At a time when the words “artificial intelligence” appear on every news feed and business agenda, Knowable Magazine turned a lens on what is happening as AI weaves its way into many areas of our…
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
💧 The future of AI’s water usage hinges on decisions that tech companies, engineers and policymakers will make in the coming years: where data centers are sited, their local energy infrastructure and climate, and how they’re designed. ✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4zBKGPb
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How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it’s a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-saving cooling technologies could help.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“While they can’t prove an eruption caused the demise of a regime, volcanologists have uncovered some intriguing links, including some that could inform our understanding of how today’s society might react to a rapidly changing climate.” | @alexwitze.bsky.social @knowablemag.bsky.social 🧪
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Volcanoes that made history
Long after the lava stopped flowing, enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe
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Charleston Hub @chashub.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@aarontay.bsky.social guides us through the ongoing shakeup of the academic search market by AI with this comprehensive analysis of Web of Science Smart Search, Google Scholar’s Scholar Labs, and Consensus. In Katina Magazine: katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
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How Is AI Transforming Academic Search?
Aaron Tay guides us through the ongoing shakeup of the academic search market by AI with this comprehensive analysis of Web of Science Smart Search, Google Scholar’s Scholar Labs, and Consensus.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Do you want to write a story about volcanoes that changed history? the editor asked. Why yes. Yes, I do. My piece in @knowablemag.bsky.social on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days that can transpire after an eruption: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... 🧪🌋
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Volcanoes that made history
Long after the lava stopped flowing, enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Given rising interest in the rapidly strengthening El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, I've created a one-page fact sheet succinctly describing what El Niño is, this year's (remarkable) forecast, and potential impacts from California to global scales. [Thread]
JPEG version of a 1-page Factsheet: El Niño 2026-2027: A Potentially Historic Global Climate Event
By Daniel Swain, PhD | August 2026

There is a banner image depicting projected warming of the Pacific Ocean by early winter.

The content begins:
"What is El Niño?
El Niño is the warm phase of a natural cycle, known as El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that occurs roughly every 2-7 years in the tropical Pacific Ocean. During El Niño events, the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warms to well above typical levels. El Niño directly affects local climate in the countries closest to the unusually warm ocean waters, but can also indirectly influence the climate of distant regions thousands of miles away. During the strongest events, El Niño can profoundly affect climate even on global scales, causing temporary planetary warming and disrupting large-scale precipitation patterns..."
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“The news industry in the US used to hold corporations more accountable for the quality of their products & service. But consumer-facing business news was decimated when local newspapers disappeared & national news outlets shifted their corporate coverage to focus on investors.” via @TheGuardian.com
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Not your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worse
Is it possible to avoid the continuing decline in quality of consumer products brought on by corporate greed?
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“The fact we know about any of these incidents at all is largely because the companies involved chose to disclose them... it exposes just how much of AI safety still depends on companies doing the right thing, and how little insight there may be into failures potentially happening elsewhere.’’
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Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore
For years, fears about AI systems slipping human control were dismissed as speculative.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“The urgency [is] to think about the risks, the biosafety, the ethical issues, what to do with this new technology — how to make sure it benefits the planet as a whole and not a very small part of it.” —biophysicist Marileen Dogterom via @knowablemag.bsky.social #synbio 🧪
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Artificial intelligence boosts automated biolabs
AI and machine learning are kicking synthetic biology up to new levels of innovation. Researchers see huge potential for novel drugs and other chemicals; some also see risks.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"One beaver wetland won't solve all of our drought problems. But overall, as beavers expand in our landscapes, and also as we do other nature-based solutions or wetland creation schemes... it does mean that we are less prone to droughts." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Beavers helping to reduce drought with wetlands
Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“[Forests] are remarkably resilient when given time to recover, but what counts as time is far longer than a human lifespan – it requires thousands of generations.” theconversation.com/ancient-fore... via @us.theconversation.com
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Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Corporate leadership in the mid-20th century did not only appoint (mostly) men, it was designed around men’s lives. Management careers required uninterrupted full-time work and long hours worked in the office.” theconversation.com/the-idea-of-... via @us.theconversation.com
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The idea of the ‘company man’ was forged decades ago. Its problems still haunt leaders today
If we are serious about equality, appointing more women to leadership roles should be accompanied by questioning the model of leadership itself.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Staring at your phone will not help you recharge and reclaim your attention span. Staring at a tree, however, will.” How to rebuild your broken attention span 🧠 | Vox www.vox.com/life/498932/...
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How to rebuild your broken attention span
You’re taking breaks wrong.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“Overestimating trends happens because the internet has become ‘balkanized,’ with each of us on our own ‘digital island,’ where most seemingly viral phenomena are really just the result of force-fed consumption. This is where virality primarily exists today: between provinces, not among the masses.”
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You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“If open science aims to transform how knowledge is produced and shared, it must also transform how it is seen. Building the visibility of this ecosystem is therefore not only a technical challenge, but a collective task that requires ongoing collaboration and participation across the community.”
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The Open Science Landscape Is Increasingly Difficult to Grasp. That’s a Problem.
Without a shared map or common reference point, today’s dense and dynamic open science landscape is vulnerable to duplicated efforts, fragmented knowledge, and missed opportunities. This dashboard…
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
”Many of the problems LLMs are beginning to solve are precisely the kind that graduate students ‘typically work on,’ ... They are not always particularly flashy, but working through them is crucial for developing the skills, intuition, and habits needed to become successful researchers.”
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The AI takeover of mathematics has begun
OpenAI showed that AI can tackle long-standing problems in mathematics. Experts are excited about the possibilities — and worried about what comes next for their field.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“But now, the hunt for copied content is evolving into a war on AI-generated work. As quickly as students have picked up ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot, teachers have adopted so-called AI detectors just as fast.” www.theverge.com/column/97669...
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AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
AI detectors are feeding into accusations and distrust.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 12/08/2026
🚨 Two more days to apply for the @pulitzercenter.org's digital storytelling accelerator specifically for CLIMATE reporters! So cool. Check it out at the link below and apply by Friday, August 14. 👀
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🤳 Instead of trying, most likely vainly, to implement wholesale bans on social media for young people, many researchers are arguing that it is time to tighten control of the social media algorithms: the rules that dictate how content will be fed to users. ✍️ Rachel Nowak: knowmag.org/4gap97d
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What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?
The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm the majority of adolescents. It may take a dramatic research pivot to finally reveal what’s going on and how to fix it.
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Katie Fleeman @fleemanator.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We saw an owl during the raptor show at the Ren Faire and you know I was subjecting everyone to additional Fun Facts from this article 🦉
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