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Gabriela Romero

@gdivinetz.bsky.social
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Background in philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and science. Mom to a cool autistic kid and a dog. Currently studying and learning about the macro and political economy. Argentine American (Minnesota) now living in Toronto.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wonderful to see that Helen De Cruz has won the International Society for Science & Religion's General Readership Book Prize for her work, Wonderstruck! This illuminating book reveals how wonder and awe are catalysts that can help us reclaim what makes life worth living. Learn more: buff.ly/IYNfe0Q
Wonderstruck: How Wonder and Awe Shape the Way We Think by Helen De CruzHelen De Cruz
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
FYI, I wrote a biography of the French philosopher Henri Bergson which the NYT described as “lively and deft”, and which John Banville called “the most intellectually stimulating book I read this year” (in 2024). I am biased, but I think you should read it.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Made a few small changes to the AI Crisis Flowchart
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Squirrel!
Close-up photo of an eastern gray squirrel resting on a branch in Ashbridges Bay Park this morning. Close-up photo of an eastern gray squirrel resting on a branch and staring straight at me in Ashbridges Bay Park this morning.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Meanwhile www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
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Here’s What the Big Bank CEOs Got Paid in 2025
The chief executives of six of the largest banks were each awarded $40 million or more.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.epi.org/productivity...
epi.org
The Productivity–Pay Gap
The huge gap between rising incomes at the top and stagnating pay for the rest of us shows that workers are no longer benefiting from their rising productivity. Before 1979, worker pay and productivit...
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
How the A.I. Borrowing Binge Helps Drive Up Government Bond Yields www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/b...
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How the A.I. Borrowing Binge Helps Drive Up Government Bond Yields (Gift Article)
Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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A centennial celebration of John Coltrane
Podcast Episode · Fresh Air · September 1 · 47m
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Trump regime is fighting against the regulation of prediction markets as they bilk the gullible and incentivize corruption. Why? Because Don Jr. is cashing in big-time.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Firm Leads $1 Billion Funding Round for Polymarket (Gift Article)
The new round values the prediction market at $21 billion, up from $15 billion. Mr. Trump’s firm, 1789 Capital, will invest around $300 million.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This sounds so ominous “History makes clear that trade imbalances are always resolved eventually. What remains uncertain is how damaging the resolution will be—and for whom.” reader.foreignaffairs.com/2026/08/28/a...
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A Great Rebalancing Is Coming
Who Will Bear the Costs of a Global Trade Adjustment?
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
hicksmorley.com/2026/08/31/w...
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When the Deal Breaks: Lessons from the Canada-U.S. Trade Talks  - Hicks Morley
This article considers recent Canada-U.S. trade developments through a collective bargaining lens, highlighting practical lessons for employers on deadline pressure, walkaways, credible alternatives a...
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.techpolicy.press/make-ai-comp...
techpolicy.press
Make AI Companies Criminally Liable for Preventable Harm
A new corporate offense would ensure accountability when preventable harm is caused by AI agents, argues Darryl Slabe.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Trump EPA itself acknowledges that trifludimoxazin is known to cause cancer in animal models but - before approving this forever chemical for widespread use - did not assess the cancer risk to farmworkers who use the pesticide or to people exposed to trifludimoxazin-contaminated food or water.
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Trump Administration Sued for Approving ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide Trifludimoxazin
Center for Biological Diversity: Cancer-Linked Pesticide Currently Allowed on Widely Eaten Fruits, Nuts, Grains
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Frustrations over Trump ag policies heat up Wisconsin House race - www.reuters.com/world/us/rur...
reuters.com
In rural Wisconsin, frustrations over Trump ag policies heat up House race
The third district's last three elections were decided by 3 to 4 percentage points.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to Finance Meeting www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to Finance Meeting
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My man looks like he owns a mega yacht he christened the Ahoy Polloi
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trying to read this paper www.researchgate.net/publication/... but I can’t access it. I’m going to have to apply to a PhD program just so I can read the papers I want to read. Sigh.
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Size, Sunk Costs, and Judge Bowker's Objection to Free Trade | Request PDF
Request PDF | Size, Sunk Costs, and Judge Bowker's Objection to Free Trade | In trade liberalization between a large country and a small one, if production requires irreversible investments, anticipat...
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Eric Linus Kaplan @ericlinuskaplan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oT4...
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My Friend Coffee p1 | Indy Animated Series!
YouTube video by Kapknap.animation
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Eric Linus Kaplan @ericlinuskaplan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
novel idea. In the future humans think of themselves as "Greater Sornaks" because when the alien empire contacted us they thought we related to a species called a "Lesser Sornak". The protagonist comes to realize that this is not true - the resemblance to Sornaks is superificial. We are monkeys.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
New “Hesperus is Phosphorus” just dropped.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“In the case of the Gulf of Mexico, the outcome was that international bodies and most foreign governments continued to use "Gulf of Mexico" regardless of the U.S. GNIS update.” www.techtimes.com/articles/325...
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Lake Ontario Renamed Lake America: Google Maps Must Label Two Nations on One Lake
Lake Ontario renamed Lake America: Trump signed an executive order directing the GNIS to officially change the name, but Google Maps faces an unprecedented display challenge - the international border...
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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If you take out all the shit that Chris Rufo tried to shove under the label “woke,” Bouie’s definition is still what folks who are using the term in a non-derogatory kind of way mean. Even the detractors should admit this is the core idea of Wokeness even if they think it “went too far”.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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CANADA JUST RAIDED AMERICA'S GREATEST MINDS LIKE A SMILING FUCKING ASSASSIN
Einstein fled to America when the strongmen came for science. Now the boats run the other way. Inside Canada's half-billion-dollar raid on Harvard, MIT, and everything Trump was too busy to defend.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026
it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: Medium trouble in Little China
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A study of over 4 million kids & young adults concludes that those who receive a Pfizer/Biotech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine have a lower risk of myocarditis, pericarditis, and death than those who do not
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Spreading misinformation isn't a compromise, it's a capitulation, and students in South Carolina deserve better. www.aclu.org/news/religio...
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2+2=5? Why South Carolina's Creationism Compromise Doesn't Add Up | ACLU
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...
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Blog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics Today
As individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to
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Devang Mehta🌱🧬 @mehta-lab.com · 26/08/2026
I’ve signed this and I hope more colleagues from Flemish institutions do so too!
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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is a very well written and well sourced letter. I signed it. I recommend other academics do the same.
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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bullshit! “Pentagon and Vulcan officials told reporters that Trump Jr. had no role in the loan decision and that the award process was merit-based”
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Meta-Cognitive Regulation Might Be the Most Important AI Skill Nobody Is Talking About | Towards Data Science
As AI gets smarter, the real differentiator may be how well humans regulate their own thinking.
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Annette Yancey Allgood @ayallgood.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@deadder.bsky.social
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yup, Dr Rasmussen explained the geospatial, phylogenetic & historical evidence supporting zoonosis—peer-reviewed & published—but all Dr Jha had was “it must have been a lab leak because the Chinese government won’t share lab data.” He could not point to any actual peer-reviewed scientific evidence 🤷‍♂️
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
thebullshitmachines.com/index.html
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Straight, No Chaser (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones)
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones · 'Round About Midnight & Milestones · Song · 1958
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Loved reading the comments to Bessent’s op ed in the FT. www.ft.com/content/cb86...
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Scott Bessent: an economic D-Day is coming for Iran
Countries that calculate appeasement of the regime to be a safer choice should reconsider
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...
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A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I. (Gift Article)
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
all these useless assholes who didn't so much as raise a finger, as universities in the US and elsewhere have been systematically purged of gender studies, ethnic studies, and language programs
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is Orwellian censorship It’s not possible to train students in public health or global health if we are banned from teaching about structural racism, social determinants of health & health inequities, & other core competencies that MAGA/MAHA condemn as “DEI” www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/p...
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Accrediting body considers changes to racism curriculum standards for public health schools
The accrediting group for schools of public health is weighing the removal of language that specifically requires programs to teach about structural bias and racism.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What is Canada going to do with US negotiations? Read @andrewelrod.bsky.social's interview with the great Sam Gindin, author of The Canadian Auto Workers (1995) and The Making of Global Capitalism (2012). Fantastic graphics by @yusufimaadkhan.com
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Michael A. Lewis @michaelalewis10.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My first recording with @jordanmossbx.bsky.social and cowritten with @karlwiderquist.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social (a fellow music guy but better than me). youtu.be/RyD2QJAyYSs?...
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All Who Come in Peace Are Welcome Here
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just listened to some music by this amazing Indigenous band Melawmen Collective from British Columbia and damn they are incredible, roots, blues, rock music, check out their music 🎶 #Queen 🙌🏼 #Canada Credit to melawmencollective
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We want more freedom for researchers engaged in pseudoscientific unethical projects. They’re under attack by wokes! Jfc johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
johnarmstrongmaths.com
As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The other day I had a look at Bouke de Vries research papers and felt immediately nauseous.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
As a conceptual aid, Washington’s bewildering tariff regime is most easily understood as an unappetizing layer cake of chaos. www.policymagazine.ca/dont-get-mad...
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Don't Get Mad, Get Results: Closing the Canada-U.S. Trade Deal - Policy Magazine
While the details where the devil famously resides have yet to be unveiled, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic Leblanc and United States Trade Representative
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Good! www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Ottawa fires back after rejecting U.S. trade deal
Carney says Canada will respond ‘dollar for dollar’ as Trump administration imposes 50% tariffs on $28-billion of Canadian goods
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Why is my 12 yr old so bad at cost benefit analysts. It's exhausting. Short term costs for long term gains? Nope, she’s developing a convention of short term gains at any cost because the future is nebulous and uninspiring.
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Gabriela Romero @gdivinetz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Lol substack.com/@paulkrugman...
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Defending the Bonds
I am reporting for duty
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