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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career. Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV. My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 14/09/2025

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Scroll @scroll.in · 14/09/2025

Snakebites and snake bite fatalities in Kerala were once among the highest in India, with 123 deaths recorded in 2019 alone. scroll.in/video/108653... In this week's #EcoIndia, we discuss how Kerala cut snakebite deaths while boosting conservation.

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Eco India: How Kerala cuts snakebite deaths while boosting conservation

Snakebites and snake bite fatalities in Kerala were once among the highest in India, with 123 deaths recorded in 2019 alone.

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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Videos like this should be required watching for all students (and all politicians) as basic tech ethics and media literacy. youtu.be/gKOzDU64iPA?...

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Do billionaires even understand the sci-fi they’re inspired by? | The Listening Post

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

What the (other) international media are getting wrong: #NotMakingYouClick #ButThere'sNoPayWallSoYouMightAsWell

"Misrepresentation in international media
As the movement gained global attention, many young protesters expressed dismay at how international media outlets portrayed the events. Some reports, such as Reuters, reported that Nepal's Gen Z-led protests began over the government's social media ban. Many protesters rejected this characterization, emphasizing that their fight is primarily against corruption, nepotism, and the lack of accountability in political leadership."

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/09/2025

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.

Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).

Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.

Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions

Katie Hopkins column in 2015

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Rescue boats?
I'd use gunships to stop migrants

ANALYSIS
Is it time for gunboats to help stop the people smugglers?
With the PM's and Labour's poll numbers tanking as the latest official figures confirm the numbers of migrants and small boat crossings are increasing at a shocking rate, is it now time for a different approach?
Jon Craig
Chief political correspondent @joncraig

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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · 28/08/2025

This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life

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Elijah the TechnoShaman @eruditelijah.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

For examples look up: Videos by @andrewsage.bsky.social and @ourchangingclimate.bsky.social Podcasts like Bright Green Futures and Demand Utopia Anthologies by @susankayequinn.bsky.social and @brightflame.bsky.social And more like @solarpunkstories.bsky.social and @solarpunkseed.bsky.social

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Elijah the TechnoShaman @eruditelijah.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I'm so sick of this. If you don't understand it, just say that. Solarpunk is barely ~10 years old. Meaning we can still decide what it is, and isn't. The idea is meant to shift focus from what can go (more) wrong with the world, towards a focus on what can go right, and how to get there.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

"I wish those protesting outside refugee hotels could meet the people inside" 'I think of Hadnan (37), a calm and focused university lecturer who came here from Afghanistan, and is married to a teacher ...' metro.co.uk/2025/08/29/w...

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I wish those protesting outside refugee hotels could meet the people inside

If they spent even a few hours in the company of people like Said or Hadnan, I know their opinions would change.

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This is bad

The research found that if carbon emissions continued to rise, 70% of the model runs led to collapse, while an intermediate level of emissions resulted in collapse in 37% of the models. Even in the case of low future emissions, an Amoc shutdown happened in 25% of the models.

Scientists have warned previously that Amoc collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels.

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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Working in total darkness, Sitaram Raul captured fruit bats leaving their roost in the ruins of a historical monument 🦇🖤 From Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 competition www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

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∅🌸 @snowanddrugs.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

i also believe succesfully following left wing goals (everyone has their basic needs met..) would erode the cynicism people have towards futures and allowing desire for them manifest more commonly this is the reason for this opinion btw

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

just walked into the kitchen to find a spider apparently eating a chunk of cat food one of my cats had dropped out of their bowl. Not sure who was most surprised. Do you want to see them? (pics in next post)

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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I'm generally for the European Union, but sometimes #EU make it really hard to be a supporter. Seems like #chatcontrol is up for debate again. This cannot be allowed to pass if we want to keep any resemblance of individual privacy. Contact your MEP:s, information available here: fightchatcontrol.eu

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 09/08/2025

Likening PhD holders to a (non-functional) algorithm is a form of dehumanisation & anti-intellectualism that is a bellwether for contemporary fascism. Essentially it's a typical — if not the archetypal — first step towards fascism: to dehumanise, deskill, defund, and, ultimately, fire the academics.

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Gabriel Siqueira @gabrieldread.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

My most recent piece on Global Citizen: How Indigenous Communities Are Powering a Cleaner Future in the Amazon. Indigenous communities are harnessing clean energy to defend the Amazon and their way of life. www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/h...

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How Indigenous Communities Are Powering a Cleaner Future in the Amazon

Indigenous-led clean energy projects are protecting the Amazon and transforming lives across Latin America.

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Psylok @giorgiopretto.com · 31/07/2025

Unfortunately they may not see this as a problem at all. Their vision is to have AI so pervasive in everything that 'learning to drive the forklift' is the only thing you need to learn. You do not need to learn any math, or geography, or anything else, just how to prompt.

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 19/06/2025

"Lo—TEK Water explores sustainable, resilient, nature-based technologies, evolved by indigenous people who have built water-responsive infrastructures for generations." www.lo-tek.com

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Lo—TEK Institute | Indigenous Nature-based Education

Lo—TEK Institute promotes indigenous knowledge and sustainability by offering educational resources that challenge conventional systems. Their focus is on integrating traditional ecological wisdom wit...

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 28/07/2025

16 teams of 62 emerging conservationists from 12 countries. Congrats to the 2025 CLP Team Award Winners! Proud to partner in this effort to empower and accelerate the next generation of conservation leaders from all parts of the globe. 🌏

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 25/07/2025

I don't know who created this excellent diagram, but I would place myself as a "Deep Green Activist" (upper left). In other words, save everything else! You?

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Neil Kazimierz Sheridan @koalaswelcomehere.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

After a bit of searching, I found Leslie Cheung’s 當年情 on soundcloud!-> soundcloud.com/leslie-cheun...

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當年情 (Live)

Listen to 當年情 (Live) by Leslie Cheung #np on #SoundCloud

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 19/07/2025

24 HOURS LEFT TO SAVE SPARK SPACE, one of the last workspaces in Gaza. This is a nonprofit project providing internet & electricity: workers connect to remote jobs abroad, meaning income to EAT—and dignity. 113/350. Give, print a flyer, sponsor/partner: linktr.ee/sparkworkspace

A yellow-gold square graphic. In the center is a circular photo of several people working at remote workstations with laptops and chargers. They’re in a building with lights, outlets, and cupboards. The image has an orange glow behind it. Around the image is the title, Spark Space, Gaza, decorated with illustrated plugs. The text below says, “We aim to create a safe, fully-equipped workspace with reliable electricity and fast internet, offering students and freelancers in Gaza the environment they need to continue their journey despite the hardships.” Below is the link https://chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27/06/2025

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-...

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

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Neil Kazimierz Sheridan @koalaswelcomehere.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Vegan pizza at Purezza in Manchester! A bit sloppy in the middle, but very tasty! #veganfood #vegan

Vegan pepperoni pizza with large crust snd green chillies

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

It's #InternationalPolychaeteDay, and we've got something for you to celebrate. ❤️ Flame on: The vibrant red gossamer worm is the race car of the deep sea: youtu.be/PII8AvmEvnE?...

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Oxford & Thames Valley SWP @oxswp.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

🔥 Four days to go! 🎉 The doors to Marxism Festival opens on Thursday! 🎟️ No ticket yet?! Tickets & full timetable: bit.ly/marxism25 🗣️ Great line-up of speakers 📣 120+ different political meetings across four days 🗓️ 3-6 July 📍 Shoreditch , London

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

A deep sea scientist once told me "every time we throw a bucket down there we find something new." This week's bucket discovery are methane-eating sea spiders! This new species lives near #deepsea methane seeps, farms methane on their bodies, then eats its. Insane! 🕷️ www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

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Methane-powered sea spiders: Diverse, epibiotic methanotrophs serve as a source of nutrition for deep-sea methane seep Sericosura | PNAS

Methane seeps harbor uncharacterized animal–microbe symbioses with unique nutritional strategies. Three undescribed sea spider species (family Ammo...

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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Dipper dance! A fledgling American Dipper practices its new moves. #birds #bird #nature #wildlife

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WILDLABS Community @wildlabs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Join us on June 25 at 4pm BST / 12pm EDT for Variety Hour! Hear about projects in #conservationtech, like: 🐘elephant acoustics 🩻x-ray imaging 💼open source opportunities 👩‍⚖️promoting governance transparency Register here: wildlabs.net/event/variet... @shaunamahajan.bsky.social

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Ghazal Mosadeq of @pamenarpress has translated Parnia's "The Extinguished Star" pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...

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Neil Kazimierz Sheridan @koalaswelcomehere.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

What a fun night with #folkmusic from Bella Hardy tonight at @liverpoolphil.bsky.social Music Room! ➡️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=RV0i...

Stage at the liverpool phil music room. View from front seat, you can see bass guitar, violin, keyboard, chairs, but musicians not on stage

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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Satish Bhaskar’s travels along India's coastlines in order to study and survey sea turtles are recounted to director Taira Malaney and her team in an awe-inspiring, meditative documentary From Raindance: dmovies.org/2025/06/12/t...

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Turtle Walker - DMovies

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 09/06/2025

I love this though I'm not sure why: a 1965v sketch by Soviet cybernetic scientist Pavel Gulyaev. "a star is shining where thought occurs. A Soviet star: a neural prosthesis." (from Wladimir Velminski's _Homo Sovieticus_)

a ballpoint sketch showing a control circuit linking two figures. "At the lower edge of the picture, a saw cutting into a tree trunk checks the loop; two identifcal-looking men are working the handles. A red arrow arches over the figures; its points aim at their heads. In each case, a star is shining where thought occurs..."

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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/06/2025

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia. The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population: scim.ag/4kIi12G

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe! Web: government.se/contacts/ X : @SweMFA FB : @SweMFA IG : swedishmfa #AllEyesOnMadleen

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Neil Kazimierz Sheridan @koalaswelcomehere.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Alana Lentin’s The New Racial Regime: Panel discussion and book launch @ Manchester Museum www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/event/alana-...

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Alana Lentin’s The New Racial Regime

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 06/06/2025

Don’t let your dogs anywhere near ponds, lakes, rivers , etc within a month of getting spot-on flea treatment.

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