Reposted by Lew RileyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/12/2025An estimate of the energy cost of producing one single 10 second Sora video: one kilowatt hour. - Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times - 10% of daily German household use - 5.5 hours of Netflix - ~4hrs of gaming This is probably a huge underestimate www.linkedin.com/posts/alista... 11221104
Reposted by Lew RileyKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/12/2025This paper contains some good arguments about an issue that concerns me a lot when I hear my colleagues talking about LLM use in developing their research: Whose ideas are you presenting as your own? (Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.) 6553120
Reposted by Lew RileyEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/12/2025This post (+ the one after it, but starting with this one because context is important) has gotten surprising amounts of attention from folks who think that students are necessarily lazy and malicious. >> 65711
Reposted by Lew RileyBee Quammie @beequammie.blacksky.app · 17/09/2025Black women like @angryblacklady.bsky.social and @chanda.bsky.social are speaking very clearly and objectively about why registering for a protest isn't a great idea, and white people are fighting them down. It's always "listen to Black women*" with the asterisk meaning "after the fact" 415559
Reposted by Lew RileyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2025Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause" 637261559908
Reposted by Lew RileyMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 17/09/2025For years, I've tried to tell y'all what cops know, and what criminal justice reformers know, about how murders really get solved. Look at how massive the manhunt for both Luigi Mangioni and Tyler Robinson were. Then look at how they were actually caught. 🤷🏿♂️ Two phone calls. 511830
Reposted by Lew RileyCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/08/20251. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.whitehouse.govImproving Oversight of Federal GrantmakingBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal 25996539
Reposted by Lew RileyCatherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 07/08/2025Obviously a lie, since the definition of PhD-level expertise, standard across universities worldwide, is that you can produce original knowledge.bbc.co.ukOpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI. 21582167
Reposted by Lew RileyRDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 03/08/2025I remember once astonishing a colleague’s husband when he naively asked why we (historians) couldn’t just look something up on the internet and we had to explain that WE are the ones who find the stuff and add it to the internet 1753193
Reposted by Lew RileyCat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 30/07/2025A lot of conversations I have with software developers reveal a fundamental causal reasoning fallacy around access. Their stance is frequently: "I had interest, and I succeeded, so interest is the driver of success." The real comparison is how many people had interest and didn't succeed anyway 715223
Reposted by Lew RileyACLU @aclu.org · 17/07/2025Rümeysa Öztürk was unlawfully detained by ICE for over six weeks in retaliation for writing an op-ed. For the first time since her release, Rümeysa opens up about her experiences and advocates for dignity and justice for those still trapped in ICE detention.vanityfair.com“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s PrisonTufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met. 8705266
Reposted by Lew RileySenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/07/2025What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky. So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵 14939231459
Reposted by Lew RileyMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 28/06/2025Added alt text to the reposted image. I can get behind this. The episodes are painfully short. I wait a whole week, and then it's all over so quickly? Not fair! I am being treated very unfairly! 710618
Reposted by Lew RileyKeith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised. 204109324360
Reposted by Lew RileyDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/06/2025#NoKings protest in Philadelphia 5948481000
Reposted by Lew RileyCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Jon Stewart is a legend & the way this show is trying to explain to a mainstream audience the gravity what is happening in the US is amazing. It was both thrilling & terrifying to be part of it. Thank you @TheDailyShow 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7C...youtube.comCarole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show 1202272754
Reposted by Lew RileyProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/06/2025"History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction become sufficiently threatening to individuals or the planet that scientists who are able and willing to do so will have to enter the public arena ... This is such a time." www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comMore US scientists must speak out - Nature Human BehaviourThe Trump administration has launched an extraordinary and dangerous attack on US science. Climate and water scientist Peter Gleick calls on scientists who are able and willing to do so to speak out p... 1313104
Reposted by Lew RileyRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/05/2025There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law. 660202445758
Reposted by Lew RileyDenise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Repeat after me: Treatment for trans-youth saves lives. "The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."motherjones.comUtah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered itThe state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded. 014650
Reposted by Lew RileyNikki T in NYC @nikkitnyc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...regulations.govRegulations.gov 66596376
Reposted by Lew RileyMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Please use this image as the reply post to all dems who're trying to compromise right now. You have my blessing. 31383449
Reposted by Lew RileyAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2025One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks. 128114644339
Reposted by Lew RileyHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 26/04/2025The scientific news from America is grim. The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has resigned and hundreds of existing grants are ending. NSF grant money isn't paid out in a chunk at the start - you invoice as you need it, so gov can just stop paying. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resignsSethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives. 710442
Lew Riley @lewriley.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Quantum Frost xkcd.com/3076/xkcd.comThe Roads Both Taken 030
Reposted by Lew RileyDavid Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · 31/03/2025NEW: The number of new grants handed out by the National Science Foundation since President Donald Trump took office has fallen by nearly 50% compared with the same 2-month period 1 year ago. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took officeThe reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards 08373
Reposted by Lew RileyMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 30/03/2025Hey, yall thought I was harsh when I said this over the years. I said what I said. Do you still think it's harsh now? Some of y'all think you are somewhat safe but you are not, because you are surrounded by unreliable people. It's better to have a smaller group that will not cash you in. 518041
Reposted by Lew RileyAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/03/2025My friends, let me introduce you to Tim Walz. 11459
Reposted by Lew RileyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all. 10215588617483
Reposted by Lew RileyTalia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Here’s my new McSweeney’s, It’s a Shame We Have to Betray Our Allies, Starve the Poor, Halt Scientific Progress, Destroy the Environment, and Eliminate the Freedoms Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but at Least My Investment Portfolio Is Also Tankingmcsweeneys.netIt’s a Shame We Have to Betray Our Allies, Starve the Poor, Halt Scientific Progress, Destroy the Environment, and Eliminate the Freedoms Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but at Least My Investment Po...“Mr. Trump has acknowledged, despite all his confident campaign predictions that ‘we are going to boom like we have never boomed before,’ that the ... 062
Reposted by Lew RileyJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Must-read book for every university president 13794129
Reposted by Lew RileyRoopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I really wish everyone would read EMPTY PLANET, which has a few good case studies of what this attitude gets you. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545397...penguinrandomhouse.comEmpty Planet by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson: 9781984823229 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksAn award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, politica... 163
Reposted by Lew RileyMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 11/03/2025standing by to detect any noises from the harper's letter "campus wokeness is stifling free speech" crowd related to mahmoud khalil's arrest 456694
Reposted by Lew RileyChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/03/2025This is great. 425156
Reposted by Lew RileyMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 16/03/2025If you think the US is getting to Mars anytime soon without NASA, the NSF, research universities, and a functioning FAA, you are not being serious. I'm not arguing with y'all on this. The European Space Agency is now closer to Mars than the US is (2040). And they might get there with our scientiststheregister.comFrance offers to take in US scientists: Aix-Marseille University rolls out welcome mat for American researchers facing funding cuts 310317
Lew Riley @lewriley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back. (Gift Article)This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses. 110
Reposted by Lew RileyDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/03/2025You can no longer order free COVID tests from the government. Despite still having $500 million worth of COVID tests stockpiled, covidtests.gov is closed. 451210606
Reposted by Lew RileyNicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency. 15249608626501
Reposted by Lew RileyChristine Esposito @msespo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025When you want to teach persuasive/argumentative writing and kids pick "Are grades a fair representation of student success?" and you can find absolutely no articles that suggest they are.media.tenor.coma man in a black sweater is making a face and the word yikes is on his faceAlt: a man in a black sweater is making a face and the word yikes is on his face 3183
Reposted by Lew RileyJA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 04/03/2025Elon Musk wants you to think Republicans, X, and the assholes wrecking the planet and crushing the vulnerable are punk rock. They’re not. The open web is punk rock. Decentralization is punk rock. Billionaire bootlicking? That’s just embarrassing. www.joanwestenberg.com/big-tech-wan...joanwestenberg.comBig Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You FreeBig Tech designed their platforms to keep you trapped. YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok aren't neutral spaces. They're businesses built on capturing your attention and data. Their algorithms, notification systems, and content policies all serve one purpose: keeping you engaged on their terms. And their terms alone. There's no freedom 0358
Reposted by Lew RileyNicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 27/02/2025trump: I’m going to protect women women: no thank you trump: I’m gonna do it women: please don’t trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team women: what trump: and brought back andrew tate women: why trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore 7267721895
Reposted by Lew RileyMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 25/02/2025If you can't afford to pay for any journalism at all, that's fine too. 👍🏿 All I'm saying is, it's silly to pay for bad journalism and then complain about it. 🙂🙃 Just... switch. You have options. 0132
Reposted by Lew RileyTris @trisresists.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone… 5794139619610
Reposted by Lew RileyChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/02/2025Resegregation 351924403
Reposted by Lew Riley🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 23/02/2025Suggested changes: The far-right AfD, backed by JD Vance and Elon Musk, was rejected by 80 percent of voters, exit polls suggest. Mainstream parties plan to form a coalition without them because voters don't want them to govern. 15889209
Reposted by Lew RileyBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 18/02/20251/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution. 421237524
Reposted by Lew RileyCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 22/02/2025If you called in to Target: you helped send this message. Thank you. (And if you called Costco to thank them for keeping DEIA, same!) Don't think that your voice doesn't matter. It does. 823914