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Tim Waring

@twaring.bsky.social
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I study the evolution of human culture with a focus on environmental behaviors and institutions and an eye toward helping these become more sustainable on a single, limited planet. timwaring.info

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨 Two inaugural discussions: Oct 7 What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution? Caroline Graf, U. Zurich Dec 9 What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners? Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia tinyurl.com/3st6zy79
A black and white image of a tattoo design featuring a human brain with wings pierced by two diagonal arrows over a flying banner that reads "Applied Cultural Evolutionists"
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@brunelcce.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social @schimmelpfennig.bsky.social @michael.muthukrishna.com @lucymaplin.bsky.social @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social @alexmesoudi.com @lukeglowacki.bsky.social
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 16h
But no part was hit as hard as SBE, which went from an average of 800 new grants to just 91, a precipitous, 90% decline. SBE spent just 95 million on new grants, far less than its average of 247 million.
Chart of SBE new grants by FY shows a massive decline in FY26Chart of obligations by SBE shows a 62% decline in FY26
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A hallmark of democratic backsliding is government leaders stealing from taxpayers and using public funds to try to get themselves electoral advantages. Backsliding countries keep the form of elections, but corrupt leaders render them no longer free and fair by putting a state thumb on the scale.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places
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Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places
Camera-enabled Meta spectacles are already restricted in UK and US because of fears about covert recording Norway is planning a temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places, amid rising global concern at the spread of the AI-enabled recording devices. The Oslo government is planning a bill to prevent the use of the camera-enabled spectacles in parks, beaches, museums, shopping centres, schools, daycare centres, healthcare facilities, gyms and public events, although private use would still be allowed. Continue reading...
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Had the same thought recently.
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bingo. And this is why LLMs terrify us. Not because they are competent. But because they are LIKE US. Indecipherable.
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Try us.
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I always thought sugar scape felt under specified. This would be a useful addition to the literature. Are you going to write it up?
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m in.
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 03/10/2026
Side-option, though for a much narrower audience, is Drunk Across the Disciplines, where you have people from different fields go off at one another. Like Swarthmore’s Lifeboat Debate, but with cocktails.
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Pat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We have put in a bid to hold the next @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social conference in Auckland 🇳🇿 from Feb 17-19 2028! We could really use your input in this survey to help us plan for if/how this conference is held (particularly re: in-person vs online participation): us.list-manage.com/xEOnWEahXJf?...
CES 2026 Post-Conference Survey

Next 2028 CES Conference

Would you attend CES if we hold it in Auckland Feb 17-19 2028?

Yes (in person)

Yes (online)

No (In this case, please proceed to Question 41)

Maybe: dependent on my availabilities and funding.
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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Listen below to a podcast I did about how to help create social change amongst your circle of influence for important issues like animals, the environment, and social justice 🌱🌿🌳🐣🦥🐳
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Goddard Riverside @goddardriverside.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congrats to Somebody Should Do Something by @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social, @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social! It is shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. #GoddardBookPrizes
The book cover plus the words Announcing the 2026 Shortlist
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 25/09/2026
Counterpoint: lol no
theverge.com
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
Caught between fears of job loss and social stigma, Gen Z’s opinions of AI are hitting new lows.
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@brunelcce.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social @schimmelpfennig.bsky.social @michael.muthukrishna.com @lucymaplin.bsky.social @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social @alexmesoudi.com @lukeglowacki.bsky.social
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨 Two inaugural discussions: Oct 7 What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution? Caroline Graf, U. Zurich Dec 9 What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners? Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia tinyurl.com/3st6zy79
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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨Call open for manuscripts on 'Metascience of the evolutionary human sciences' for a Special Collection in EHS, co-edited by @louisbachaud.bsky.social, @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social and myself. @ehbea.bsky.social @humbehevosoc.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Call for papers
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Texas Instruments 99-4A. I coded my own games in basic. They went great but I did it.
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not a surprise. But neat to see.
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laserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interdisciplinary research is great and necessary, and also has consistently lower funding success www.nature.com/articles/nat... #academiclabourmarket #academia #research
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Got disinvited today because the media involved decided that "everything had already been said" about the race science topic and that they would rather focus on "the broader question" of "culture wars" and "academic freedom". Which of course is the framing that the race scientists want
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Nathan Douglas @tenesm.us · 05/08/2026
I don't even understand what I'm thinking until I write it out.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/09/2026
There’s a lot going on right now, and Susan Collins is hoping voters won’t notice that she was the deciding vote in confirming another anti-abortion Trump judge to a lifetime appointment.
newrepublic.com
Susan Collins Casts Major Anti-Abortion Vote 6 Weeks Out From Election
The Maine senator voted in favor of a Donald Trump judicial nominee who served on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy center.
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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
ACE Research Grant Alert 🚨! CES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support early career research projects in cultural evolution. The award is open to applicants worldwide, with an application deadline of October 9th 2026, 9:00 AM AoE. Applications: forms.gle/dsLdKQuNBH4W...
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ACE Early Career Research Grants
CES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support research projects in cultural evolution. To learn more about the Advancing Cultural Evolution (ACE) initiative, see here. Deadline: Appli...
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.
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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…
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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 11/09/2026
Apply to be my boss at @hcas.bsky.social: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
jobs.helsinki.fi
Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
😂 That's exactly how I feel
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/09/2026
I think it's under-appreciated how much the threat of physical violence by Trump supporters is an undercurrent in our politics, keeping a lot of people who might otherwise speak out quiet.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Guk. Sorry. So dumb.
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Grace @gracekind.net · 03/09/2026
Cybernetics is really useful for saying things like "cybernetics talks about this" without providing further insight
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I literally just said something similar regarding AI use to my students yesterday on the first day of class. And they were right there with me. 
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norvid_studies @norvid-studies.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
someone give Oops All Paperclips a compute cluster and 10 million dollars
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Tony Colletti @tonyc007.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yeah. He nailed it.
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invertebrate @crevicedwelling.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
talking about vertebrates like how people talk about invertebrates: I saw a blue jay today! This beautiful bird is native to North America. While its bite is painful, it is nonvenomous & harmless to humans. Unlike most tetrapods, the gray squirrel broods its young internally and gives live birth!
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New paper in our special collection on scientific racism: Hereditarians consistently fail to engage with academic research, not just in genetics but also social science. @jonathanrgoodman.bsky.social explains how they largely ignore the social brain hypothesis for the evolution of intelligence
doi.org
How the social brain hypothesis undermines hereditarianism | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
How the social brain hypothesis undermines hereditarianism
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No. This is just a few specific 2D cellular automata. So much more remedial than the brilliance that @all-paperclips.bsky.social builds/ discovers.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The smaller human in this photo (photographed here in 2009) just got the A levels she needs to study paleontology. She’s been through *a lot* but her love of ancient dead things turned to stone never wavered. Below is part of the tiny museum she made when she was 10. My heart’s bursting a bit rn. ❤️🐚
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"There is a revolution happening right now. It's not a woke one, it's an authoritarian one."
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Government destroys very successful export market, just to appease ignorant racists. As ever.
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
A town sign seen through a train window.
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charlesefferson.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This fall, the Dept of Ecology and Evolution @ the Univ of Lausanne will be looking for an associate professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution. If that sounds like you, please apply. CH is an outstanding place to live and work. ⛰️🚄🔥 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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