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Spencer R. Scott, PhD @spencerrscott.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I just realized, as I entertain the fear of AI robots taking over the world, that they too are subject to the Fermi Paradox. If inorganic intelligence was so inevitable, where is everybody (robot aliens)?

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Spencer R. Scott, PhD @spencerrscott.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

But that’s what Trump probably wants :(

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Spencer R. Scott, PhD @spencerrscott.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

CDC webpages are going dark as Trump reaches to control narratives that might make him look bad @lennecefer.bsky.social wrote a particularly useful article to explain why autocrats think like this and how to outmaneuver them. open.substack.com/pub/drlennec...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different. In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that. a 🧵

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

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Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Democracy depends in part on people who refuse to comply with unlawful (and/or unethical) orders.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Once again pounding the "support local, independent, worker-run newsrooms" sign

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Spencer R. Scott, PhD @spencerrscott.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Some thoughts on resistance and resilience 💚

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Lúl Rýzooo @itsreallycj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/01/2025

Climate science never said "we only have 12 years until we fall off a cliff" - but sadly, many thought it did; and even more sadly, that misleading message fed right into the script for Trump's WEF remarks today. Here's what the science has always said:

The conclusions of the IPCC's 1.5C report: every action matters, every bit of warming matters.

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Spencer R. Scott, PhD @spencerrscott.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Information asymmetry isn't a market 'failure'—it's a feature of free market capitalism run amok. When companies successfully hide their harms, they thrive. Without the checks and balances of independent journalists or regulators, the system rewards exploitation. open.substack.com/pub/spencerr...

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Information Asymmetry and the Fall of Mainstream Media

How the UnitedHealthCare shooting tipped the scales against establishment media

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Spencer R. Scott, PhD @spencerrscott.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hi everyone, I’m a scientist and climate activist. I run a climate education/demonstration hub, Solar Punk Farms, with my husband. I also work at the climate nonprofit One Earth where I help map financial flows across climate solutions. Writing a book about my climate journey w/ Harper Collins.

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Ihmisläheinen IT-kumppani yrityksellesi - Pilvia

Ketterä ja lähellä oleva IT-kumppani, joka hoitaa tekniset asiat puolestasi.

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