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Richard J Hewitt

@richardjhewitt.bsky.social
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Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow @IEGD_CSIC, researcher integrated environmental modelling & policy, archaeology orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-8647

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 16h
I loathe AI and will personally never use it, in my work or otherwise. Even if it wasn't hideous in almost every way, why would I cede ground to something with precisely zero creative spirit? rick-morton.ghost.io/the-boast-in...
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The Boast in the Machine
While browsing the Australian Government's contract notices portal AusTender a few days ago – regular readers of this august publication will know that this is one of my principal meditative outlets –...
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 22h
Fuck off, JSTOR
A picture of jstor showing an AI tool next to the article.
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 03/10/2026
Yes, climate change is real and we need to invest in resilience and preparedness. time.com/article/2026...
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Teresa Ribera on EU Climate Adaptation Push
Teresa Ribera, who oversees climate policy in the EU as executive vice-president of the European Commission, says that the growing costs of the effects of climate change mean that policymakers need to...
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Si, es alucinante
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Isn't this just leave-one-out cross validation?
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes!!
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It couldn't be more critical to get more Green voices in Parliament - and with only 6 days until the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, we need as many Green activists as possible to join us in the campaign to get Zack Polanski elected! Sign up to an action day now! linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would be nice if news outlets would stop calling liberal social democratic governments "leftists".
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We must be allowed to break laws with impunity so we can birth the machine god before others, and if we can’t steal and hack and crime, then the inevitable machine god won’t have the values we want and you’ll be sorry. Sounds insane, but that’s a prevalent, influential, respected ethos today.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dummies get better medical care than most americans
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 01/10/2026
"A system that pays publishers per article produces exactly what you’d expect: a market that drives volume over quality." @hjoseph.bsky.social in The Hill thehill.com/opinion/educ...
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End the false choice of expensive research fees
Heather Joseph, executive director of SPARC, argues that the Office of Management and Budget should clarify that researchers can satisfy federal public access mandates by depositing manuscripts in …
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Ruby Quail @quail.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The democratisation argument for LLM coding is stupid because it has always been an insanely accessible pastime materially, like the main barrier was access to internet and a computer GUESS WHAT AI IS MAKING MORE EXPENSIVE
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There is so much at stake at this election. Real hope looks like action. Rent controls, nationalising Thames Water and no to fossil fuels. Here's an update on how it's going! youtu.be/hPmtOL6obLw
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Campaigning With Zack Polanski In Holborn & St Pancras - Episode 2
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com · 27/09/2026
There is nothing inevitable about today's GenAI companies or market or product design or power dynamics. It's based on decisions, made implicitly and explicitly, by people. To imagine a better way we must realize how arbitrary all of this is. And who it serves.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Disgraceful. This guy is a legend
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A sorta odd request. I’m looking for an artistic cartographer or an illustrator to commission to make a cute, useful street map of an actually existing village. Searching the internet produces a bunch of fantasy map specialists and AI slop, which isn’t quite it. Know anyone? (This is paid, ofc.)
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An incredibly beautiful work of art...
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who can laugh at themselves will never cease to be amused. Says Skeletor who doesn’t trust those who can’t laugh at themselves - I consider it a mental illness.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Democracy - it would be a good idea. And it demands getting #BigMoney out of politics democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PCI is a fantastic initiative, highly recommended. Very high quality articles, reviewed by genuine peers (not random weirdos like in the big corporate journals). Like science used to be before out of control profiteering wrecked it. A genuine force for good in our nasty world.
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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 24/09/2026
As a father of teenagers (and phone user), my current take is that we are fighting a new drug, optimized for our weakest points and with no interest for our benefit.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The degree to which the conversation surrounding hypothetical civilizational collapse due to AI has supplanted the conversation surrounding actual civilizational collapse due to climate change is, shall we say, concerning.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Prof Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social, head of climate, environment & sustainability dep at University of Sussex’s Institute of Development Studies, shared concerns that “as public funding for universities falls, there is a real danger that billionaire and corporate money begins to shape academia”.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Disgraceful, but not unexpected. Newcastle University management have long been a bunch of corporate tossers, going all the way back to VC "Bob the Builder" and his repulsive real estate investments www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exactly
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The pusillanimous knaves moost eager to calle academia a "sinkinge shippe" are usuallye those who have alreadye sailed arounde the worlde yn it. Those moost readye to calle the ivorye tower "broken" have growne jaded sittinge at its heighte. Meanwhile, everybodye else ys actuallye doinge the worke.
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
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Adam Trilby @adamevolved.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let's get him into Parliament - a voice that will really shake things up and make a difference!! #TheGreenParty #GreenParty #Greens #ZackPolanski #HolbornandStPancras #CamdenByelection #VoteGreen
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn fiction: ‘The Unspoken’ @grantamag.bsky.social. granta.com/the-unspoken/
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The Unspoken
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Horror from David Hayden. 'A shuddering, wordless voice rose in the distance, and another, and another; a chorus, a lament, which ended in a low grunt. There was a coda of sobbing. There was silence?
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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 23/09/2026
this is daft. driving passengers away is the whole point of a bus
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 22/09/2026
This is an opinion. We've spent more ink on telling people what not to buy then telling people how to overhaul political frameworks so we don't have to obsess over whether what we buy is supporting bad shit.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Entirely agree
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interesting thread
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great thread, read to the end...
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Anslopocene haha!
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
💯
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a slight improvement, if only in the messaging. Timed (not coincidentally we suppose) just before the Greens conference www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 19/09/2026
I'm so tired of interacting with those who think that parasitic industries aren't vile: ones that depend on services we all own collectively to fail, e.g. so-called AI for supposedly helping the underserved educationally. I hate companies who steal labour for profit too. Or damage the environment.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obviously, universities should not surrender teaching and learning to AI (too late!), but not for the reasons listed in this terrible article, which seems to think universities' only purpose is to train students for entry level jobs in large firms.
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Indeed, theft is what It is. But of course, it's already happened and there will be no consequences
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great documentary!
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Mark Hurst @markhurst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The oligarchs' warnings about AI are self-serving nonsense. But there are real harms from AI, as explored in the documentary "Ghost in the Machine." New from me: buttondown.com/creativegood...
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Ghost in the Machine shows what we're fighting against
If you want a good summary of what I’ve written and spoken about, here and on Techtonic, over the past decade-or-so, the new documentary Ghost in the Machine...
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In this video, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @marklynas.bsky.social go an adventure to watch bluefin tuna. George explains how Atlantic bluefin tuna were fished to near-extinction — but now, are in recovery Tell the UK Government: Defend bluefin tuna! Sign the petition: shorturl.at/fTY80
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love the implied possibliity that she has a second, less beautiful daughter who might therefore study calculus
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Richard J Hewitt @richardjhewitt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The British establishment continues to ignore many experts who believe this has been a terrible miscarriage of justice www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Thirlwall inquiry has left biggest questions around the Letby case unanswered
Decision not to pause proceedings means £18m report does not engage with concerns over former nurse’s conviction
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI alarms. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social cartoon
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