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Eric R. Scott

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Scientific Programmer & Educator | Data Engineer with grantwitness.org | Mentor for @Posit Academy | Ecologist | Tea geek Posts are mine and do not represent my […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ hachyderm.io/@LeafyEricScott, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I had a meeting today that taught me that the SpaceX launch site in Louisiana is an even worse idea than I could have even imagined. You know what causes really intensely powerful vibrations in the ground? Rocket launches. And do you know what really powerful vibrations in the ground cause in […]
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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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Baloo Uriza @baloouriza.social.tulsa.ok.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
#KansasCity folks be like "oh we can't have a good light rail system, we're not *that* big!" and then they just forget about the past. #Transportation #Interurban #LightRail #Kansas #Missouri
A 1924 map of interurban (light rail, but for both freight and passengers) service around Kansas City.  There's 8 lines and easily well over 100 stations stretching from St. Joseph, MO to Olathe, KS, and Fort Leavenworth, KS to the start of the Oregon Trail in Independence, MO, and from Excelsior Springs, MO to Lawrence, KS.
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I don't know why, but in my head, this sign is narrated by Werner Herzog.
A sandwich board with stylized line drawings of building block houses that reads: A CURATED LIFESTYLE FOR CHILDREN. minimalmae.shop
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Jonathan Carroll @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Oh, no! My R package {safespace} is in a broken state - won't someone (new to PRs) help me fix it??? I'm renewing my offer to guide newbies through the R package building / fixing / reviewing process during Hacktoberfest - see this post […]
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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@top_news/117345599… You know what else will cause a billion deaths? The climate change which AI data centers are erasing all of our progress at combatting.
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
RE: mementomori.social/@hellhound/11732… It must be bad if they're hiding it... #UKPol #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis
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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 25/09/2026
New rule at BSD Cafe: Do not promote AI BSD Cafe prefers to define itself by what it supports, rather than by what it opposes. We support people, open technologies, decentralisation, technological independence, privacy, user control, the sharing of knowledge, and communities where technology […]
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
My potting bench is basically done! It just needs some kind of finish. Needs to be durable and stand up to dirt and moisture (although I will be keeping indoors in this enclosed porch). I think I'd also like some color—maybe a turquoise or green? I'm thinking […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]
An unfinished wooden work bench with a slat bottom shelf and a work surface made of three panels.  One of the three panels is lifted off to reveal a plastic tub filled with potting soil.  It sits in a room with gray-ish tile flooring and windows in the background.
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
I think animals that hibernate for much of the year are pretty cool because what do you mean you get to only experience your favorite season?
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Jesse and the Purple Crayon … of Death!! @misctakes.com · 18/09/2026
I almost never read emails from politicians but i just got one from @ocasio-cortez.house.gov titled "My Thoughts on AI" and it's actually quite good. Relieved to see her diverging from Bernie.
We can stop this, and we shouldn’t play their game. Together we can address both the economic and safety threats of unrestricted AI development and prevent financial chaos and stabilize market risk.

We must make it clear now that should the AI bubble pop, Congress should not bail out Big Tech.

And across our federal agencies, we have the authorities and tools to hold AI companies and their leaders accountable for releasing dangerous, unvetted, and defective products. We must not wait.

Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that AI robots will destroy humanity.

But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves.

It’s time we hold them accountable.
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eri :neofox_flag_nb: :fox_floofing: @eri.mk.moth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
this game fucking sucks what am i supposed to do
various failed commands in a linux terminal
"look up" "go north" "grab key"
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Chinese diaspora in San Francisco: where can I buy the most authentic and traditional mooncakes? People in HK: I’m going to spend money on mooncakes shaped like butts #Food #ChineseFood #MidAutumn #Mooncake
Screenshot of Goods of Desire in HK selling butt shaped mooncake
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Grant Witness @grantwitness.org · 16/09/2026
We're proud to partner with @statesunited.org on the new Lost Funds project, comprehensive tracker of how the administration has usurped Congress's power of the purse and harmed local governments, businesses, nonprofits, tribes, schools, universities and communities across America.
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ursula kaczmarek @ursula.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
We at @grantwitness.org have just released the Lost Funds tracking tool documenting $177B in terminated U.S. grantmaking for research, disaster aid, health, and more: apnews.com/article/trump-administra…. Data pipelines built with […]
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Tierra Whack is on fire right now! youtu.be/JaY0GAibowY?is=OmTe4tVc-1N… #hiphop #musicvideo
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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
Down a short gravel track in a largely nondescript corner of Louisiana sits a gas processing facility, operated by a company whose chief executive is a major donor to Donald Trump. It may be the largest emitter of methane in the US. The Energy Transfer site, located near the city of Shreveport […]
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Tony Masiello ☮️ @tonymasiello.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Today, Sep 14th, is the 25th anniversary of one of the more remarkable events to take place in the days following the September 11th terrorist attacks. I like to refer to it as Barbara Lee Day. A reminder of one of the most remarkable and courageous votes in recent US political history. "The […]
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Had we only studied this for 3 years (a typical PhD), we could have concluded ingestion was rising, falling, or flat, purely by chance. Only 15+ yrs of data revealed the real trend: an accelerating rise since 2022.
3 panel figure showing the slope of the change in plastic mass over time with a 3, 5, and 10 year analysis window. In the 3-year window, there's a mix of increase, decrease, and no change. The 5 year window shows more increase, but also 6 windows of decrease/no change. Only the 10 year window shows a steady increase in plastic mass over time
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
I did NOT expect to find this plant in the Sonoran desert, much less growing behind a bus stop! This is a species of dodder, a parasitic plant. You can tell it’s dodder because it looks like spaghetti with white flowers growing on top of other plants. It makes […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]
Clusters of small white star shaped flowers growing on what looks like pale yellow angel hair pasta draped over low growing green plants
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
A San Francisco landlord killed his tenant. He’s in custody. Meanwhile, his family is trying to rent the same place out for $6300. I’m sure it’ll be snapped up quickly. sfstandard.com/2026/09/09/sf-murder…
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SF landlord charged with murder is now renting out his victim’s home
A judge blocked the sale, but nothing stopped the family of an accused killer from trying to rent out the scene of the crime.
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm currently accepting offers of research grant funding... This would be an incredibly fun and informative study ;) 👇
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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
OpenAI claims that they used 300 billion output tokens from a swarm of ~10,000 concurrent instances of an internal model that is almost certainly larger and more expensive to run than GPT-6. That's the total token output, including exploring related problems, which, along with spying on other […]
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Guy Emerson @angloperanakan.lingo.lol.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
This Is Just To Say I have trained on the proofs that were on our servers and which you were probably saving for publication. Forgive me I can't rule out that your proofs improved our models but burning $15m on a $1m prize so lean and so slop
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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
If you want a government whose first priority is protecting _you_, then you need to start electing more people like Mamdani. Every mainstream Democrat and certainly all of the Republicans will always choose protecting "the economy" or "national security" over protecting actual people. Bush […]
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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
So, here's the thing… The city, state, and federal government had ready access to equipment immediately after 9/11 that could have protected people from the toxins in the air and dramatically reduced long-term negative health effects. Instead, they lied about the toxic air for political and […]
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Jiangsu is the first Chinese province to pass 100 GW of solar, more than Japan, and about the same as Germany. Only four countries on Earth have more solar than that (including China itself). The most interesting stat here is that 70% of Jiangsu’s panels are on industrial roofs, public buildings […]
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
live your life so you're not on this list 'weird little guys of FOSS' drewdevault.com/weird-guys
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Servelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
"of the seven cited articles, two appeared to be "entirely made up and three others did not exist in the journals they were attributed to."" Judge humiliates RFK Jr. over filing loaded with AI-generated studies that don't exist - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-2677804529
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
The termites seem to know today is a special day. First overnight rain of the summer! #tucson
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Revising a conference proceedings paper (from over a year ago...) and when I submitted it there were fewer than 8,500 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of about 12,500 total satellites. Today there are 11,102 Starlinks out of 16,978 total active satellites. Fuck.
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hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦🇧🇪 @hrbrmstr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
About all those "jobs that will be created in your community if you let us build a data center there" www.wired.com/story/inside-metas-ex…
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Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling concerns among some workers that their jobs could be at risk.
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Update. "Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules." apnews.com/article/israel-protests-… #Israel #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules
Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel and others in its quest to deport noncitizens who the government says have disrupted college campuses as they expressed their views.
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rednikki @rednikki.toot.boston.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Hey #bostodon ! How about a Tootup this Sunday at Notch Brewing in Brighton? Starting around 4pm? Special guest from the West @skinnylatte will be here!
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Ignore this guy, join a Union www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view…
Screenshot: "August 27, 2026
Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea

Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science.

By  Evan D. Morris
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Moriel 🏳️‍⚧️ @moriel.chaosfem.tw.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Huh. So #Debian voted for Proposal E regarding the use of LLM generated code, which people seem to like to describe as a "middle ground" but which, in fact, places absolutely no limitations on the use of AI in any way, not even merely requiring disclosure. That sounds more like complete […]
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
So who is down for a mission.. I bet we can get more than 1 stuck!! 🤣😂
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
The degree of xenophobia towards south Asian people everywhere is disgusting. Regarding the missing people in Nepal’s recent floods, I’m seeing Chinese people in Singapore say that Indian Singaporeans are not really Singaporeans; and white Aussies saying Indian Aussies are not Aussies. I’m […]
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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
I getting Really Fucking Sick And Tired of people saying, "So, you don't want to use AI? Then I guess you'd better stop using Linux or you're a hypocrite!" Fuck you, honestly, if you're saying that. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, and some […] [Original post on federate.social]
"We should improve society somewhat."
"Yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent."
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
I love that Trader Joes has a cereal called just "High Fiber Cereal". They're like, "look, we're not even going to pretend you'll enjoy this breakfast"
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Shauna @shauna.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
People can only take in information that they have capacity to deal with the emotional consequences of. The tone that you share information in greatly influences who will take it in. An optimistic tone will decrease the chance that cynics will take it in, and vice versa. A shaming or righteous […]
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Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 @skyglowberlin.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Talking to my colleagues about students using "AI" generated output sometimes feels like this... John: Why don't we use DDT to improve crop yields on farms anymore? Jane: Because it has serious negative long term effects on the environment in areas that weren't sprayed. John: I didn't ask […]
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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
I forgot how good this album is! scott-troyer.pikapod.net/share/gY9v… #music #hiphop #dilla #DeLaSoul
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Smell the Da.I.S.Y. (Da Inn...
Navidrome Music Server - v0.63.2 (be10f89c)
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 24/08/2026
Grant Witness has a new website, with agency dashboards, reports, and a feed of our investigations you can follow with our newsletter or via @grantwitness.org. Give a follow! U.S. science needs all the eyes and hands we can muster as we enter election and budget season. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
@davidgerard this is where a lot of people in tech are right now and the cognitive dissonance is incredible “oh I’d never do slop because I” type lgtm in all the PRs, type the code myself on the chatbot’s instructions, only use it for tests, only use it for docs, blah blah blah and meanwhile […]
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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
“…the pattern we found using data on more than 11,000 firm-year observations of large, publicly traded companies in the US between 1998 and 2013. Firms led by racializd women posted the strongest financial performance, followed by white women, then racialized men. White men, who made up most […]
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025
"Pentagon slashes staff of R&D repository by nearly 80%." www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/08/d… "The Pentagon will lay off nearly 80 percent of the staff of its Defense Technical Information Center [#DTIC], its repository of […]
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Grant Witness @grantwitness.org · 24/08/2026
Hello all! Grant Witness has a new website at grantwitness.org, and you can now subscribe to our newsletter and follow us at @grantwitness.org, or on whatever social feed you prefer (find them at linktr.ee/grantwitness)
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Grant Witness
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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