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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Feeling oh-so-very human after passing this reverse Turing Test. Glad to have satisfactorily proved my humanity to the computer 🫩

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The most common response that I have gotten is that the organic land is more eco-friendly acreage, so doing it across more acres offsets the land use change. I don’t really think the data bears out the “land sharing” argument, but it’s one that a lot of folks make…

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 14/09/2026

📝 New article on Our World in Data: Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming? One of the most common questions we’re asked about food systems is whether organic farming is better for the environment than conventional methods.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The single commercial break/hydration break per half was a huge controversy at this year’s World Cup. Soccer fans take this aspect seriously

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Not only is there the “slop” angle, but I also the basic respect angle - why do I have to read something you didn’t bother to take the time to write? If it’s not worth your time, why should it be worth mine?

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Come on, I'm the Lorax! Since I was a child I've been nature's voice for the green & the wild. Now I am begging you, please understand You must make more food, but with much, much less land. Sure, treasure your soil & nurture your fields. But you'll keep killing trees if you don't boost your yields.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Also, I am technically on their science advisory board for their lobbying wing. We met twice in 4 years and neither meeting involved science 👍

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Such a frustrating movie. When I was in my MS at Davis, the producers came to our soil storytelling class and we tried to gently set them straight on the science. They clearly did not onboard it…

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Flea’s lines were musically interesting and had a great groove, but for just raw technique, this solo has always been top of the list for me. A+ take

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Spent yesterday in 48°C (118°F) temperatures, with the humidex. It was brutal. Little kids in particular have a hard time with the heat because they can't cool down as easily. Climate change sucks. Maybe we should stop burning fossil fuels... soon?

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I’m traveling so I had to wake up at 2am to catch this game and wow did the USMNT deliver. Now the trick is to get back to sleep…

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yes, I had to switch to the ICE engine cuz the gas I had in the tank was old af. That charge really does last for most day to day things!

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

True story, I had to switch my PHEV car to combustion ⛽️ after two months on just charging ⚡️ Fill issue.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

There so many great songs in here

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Noah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The recent NY Times article on Oath (a soil inoculant company) warrants a mini-thread, so here we go: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b... (1/9)

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After Prison, a Financial Titan Plots an Unlikely Comeback

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

One of the most frustrating things I find in the soil health world is the assumption that a management is good/bad rather than evaluating it within a given system/context. Finally some nuance - a great reminder!

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

every car should have air conditioned seats

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

“I have seen the future of science. It is ruled by bitter competition instead of collaboration, pageantry instead of exploration. . . .Those willing to toil over genuine questions will necessarily lose out to those that can furnish cheap answers. . . .” statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/04/20/94/

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“I have seen the future of science. It is ruled by bitter competition instead of collaboration, pageantry instead of exploration. Bright minds beginning careers in science will be taught to debase th...

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

There’s lots of great use cases! I’ve had similar experiences and seen interesting outputs. I also don’t confuse that with a formal service-ready software. I’ve had multiple people try to sell/pitch their vibecoded agronomic whizbang app. Those are security nightmares, to say nothing of the quality

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I’ve already seen enough vibecoded websites to last me a lifetime. It’s like the last stop on the enshittification train. youtube.com/shorts/CkXvh...

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Do you have an unbearable ‘vibecoding’ friend?

YouTube video by Prof G Markets

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The best version of Bob Dylan songs are the ones performed by others, without exception.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

“My understanding of what is best for [the soil] is the tragic understanding of hindsight, the awareness that I have been taught what was here to be lost by the loss of it.” -Wendell Berry It’s hard to show a negative. Avoided erosion or avoided nutrient losses hard are tough, but oh-so important.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

One reason soil erosion is so tough is that it occurs over long timescales. In these long term plots in Wooster, OH, you can see that reduced tillage and adding grasses in the rotation has prevented ~4” of topsoil loss in the past decades. This always reminds me of the Wendell Berry quote…

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Saw a thoughtful thread about AI, don't want to QT or argue. But. The biggest rage factor with LLMs is the people who, because genAI is transformative for coding, think it's transformative for everything else, because they devalue every other form of work and labor and knowledge.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It has left agricultural science stuck in-between, at least for anyone who is interested in being applied. The more basic scientists have (somewhat) migrated here and anyone that is farmer-facing -is either on still Twitter or just looking for other avenues.

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Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org · 09/02/2026

Perhaps you received a mysterious noreply email asking you to evaluate some publications 'for novelty'. Looked kinda dubious? Yup, that's the one. So what's up with this 'metascience novelty indicators challenge'? 🧵

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey” -The Beatles

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McDaniel Lab @soil-plant.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#AshaniThilakarathne 's latest publication showing long-term, diversified #croprotations improve #soilhealth and help soybeans better withstand extreme #drought, reducing water stress and yield losses, compared to conventional systems. 🌱🫘💦 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.110180

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Ahhh yes, “frictionless” tech

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Never thought a science journal could have a clever, relevant, and on-topic holiday message, but here we are! 🤓

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

It’s good to see papers start to address LLMs as structural plagiarism — provenance, more hidden than the original words or training data. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Nobody is even willing to give Papyrus a chance these days 😢

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Agricultural soil carbon sequestration gets a lot of attention but let’s not forget that the best way to keep carbon in soils is to stop further expansion of agriculture into natural ecosystems. #WorldSoilDay

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Regenerative agriculture is mostly overhyped as a climate solution. But in Brazil, I saw some regenerative grazing practices produce higher beef yields, which meant more money for the rancher and less eating of the earth.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Development vs climate action is a false choice. In the agriculture sector, there are many actions that reduce climate pollution AND help farmers adapt to a changing climate. An underappreciated one is helping smallholders sustainably boost productivity, reducing ag land expansion & deforestation.

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Didn’t realize Don Quixote worked at CDC now…

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Whatever your research question, I can assure you it is *NOT* answered by a combination of linear mixed models, random forest, and structural equation models.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/10/2025

We've somehow settled into an equilibrium wherein *all* the social media sites suck & are unbearable.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 06/10/2025

PNAS highlights Johannes Lehmann’s pioneering soil science—from revealing the secrets of Amazonian dark earths to advancing biochar for fertility and climate solutions. His work is reshaping sustainable agriculture. Read the PNAS Profile: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

You mean to tell me that a model trained on average quality code is producing code that is of average quality? I thought we could spin straw into gold!

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Check out our team’s new paper about reducing nitrogen losses in US row-crop agriculture, by @mikebadzmierowski.bsky.social. Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its overuse reduces air and water quality and emits potent GHGs. This paper examines solutions. www.wri.org/research/red...

Reducing Nitrogen Losses in US Row-Crop Agriculture: Challenges, Solutions, and Policy Pathways

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Executive Summary
Highlights
• Nitrogen is essential for crop production, but its excessive use leads to significant air- and water-borne environmental losses. Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas (GHG) 273 times more potent than carbon dioxide and the current leading contributor to ozone depletion, is released particularly from over-applied nitrogen. The costs of agricultural nitrogen pollution in the United States likely surpass US$200 billion, primarily due to its impact on air and water quality.
• The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that half of US agricultural GHG emissions are nitrous oxide (EPA 2024). New measurements suggest EPA models underestimate emissions, particularly as rising temperatures may increase emission rates.
• Uniform application rates are inefficient due to variability within fields.
Reduced nitrogen rate applications through precision nitrogen manage-ment, leveraging on-farm trials, and improved irrigation are effective strategies for reducing nitrogen losses and fertilizer waste, thereby enhancing farmer profitability. Nitrification inhibitors are likely to be site- and time-dependent regarding their nitrogen loss potential.
• Implementing a "National Nitrogen Initiative" could help improve fertilizer use and boost farmer profitability. With just 24 percent of cropland contributing 63 percent of the nation's nitrogen surplus (Roy et al. 2021), the focus should start in "hotspot regions."

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Jordon Wade @jordonwade.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Basically, the argument “we don’t need as much P inputs because we seldom see a yield response”, is meaningfully different than “we don’t need as much P inputs because we defined a response range and most soils are below that” in terms of the way it gets put into practice.

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