Clayton Page Aldern
@compatibilism.bsky.social
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Data reporter @grist.org. Thinking about climate change, brain health, active inference
THE WEIGHT OF NATURE is out now:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717097/the-weight-of-nature-by-clayton-page-aldern
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Data reporter @grist.org. Thinking about climate change, brain health, active inference
THE WEIGHT OF NATURE is out now:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717097/the-weight-of-nature-by-clayton-page-aldern
Signal: aldern.01
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Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go? Search our map by ZIP code.
From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.
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ICYMI, last week we published an interactive map of more than $300 billion worth of Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law funding. Enter your ZIP code or city and a search radius and find projects in your area:
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It appears the word we’re going with is “””captured”””
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It appears the word we’re going with is “””captured”””
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I made a thing that uses the Anna's Archive dump of Spotify metadata and your own listening history to generate playlists of recommended songs, then save the playlist to your preferred streaming service or as a txt file github.com/JonGerhardso...
GitHub - JonGerhardson/reccomend_from_archive: Music reccomender that uses your spotify streaming history and an sqlite database to create playlists you might like
Music reccomender that uses your spotify streaming history and an sqlite database to create playlists you might like - JonGerhardson/reccomend_from_archive
github.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I made a thing that uses the Anna's Archive dump of Spotify metadata and your own listening history to generate playlists of recommended songs, then save the playlist to your preferred streaming service or as a txt file github.com/JonGerhardso...
*stares directly into the camera*
Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?
Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?
Companies such as Udio, Suno and Klay will let you use AI to make new music based on existing artists’ work. It could mean more royalties – but many are worried
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
*stares directly into the camera*
In which the gut microbiome shows us once again why oligopolies are bad
Can ecological network theory explain the transition from health to disease in microbiome-related processes? Yes, and this outstanding new paper led by Miguel A. Muñoz shows exactly how. An exceptional contribution that moves the field forward: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @vmaull.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In which the gut microbiome shows us once again why oligopolies are bad
omg I just remembered I can mute the word “nuzzi”
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
omg I just remembered I can mute the word “nuzzi”
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Louder for the people in the back!
Are you looking for ways to support a nonprofit climate and clean energy newsroom that provides great reporting with no paywalls? Make a donation to @canarymedia.com, and help us keep bringing you the news that shines a light on the energy transition:
www.canarymedia.com?form=donate&...
#energsky
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#energsky
Canary Media | Covering the clean energy transition
Ambitious, nonprofit journalism on the clean energy transition, economy-wide decarbonization, and climatetech markets.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Louder for the people in the back!
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if you are a news professional - msm, trade or indie- you have the power to fix this. and don’t let the fact that they paint all of us with a broad brushstroke stop you from rising above…
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
if you are a news professional - msm, trade or indie- you have the power to fix this. and don’t let the fact that they paint all of us with a broad brushstroke stop you from rising above…
Reposted by Clayton Page Aldern
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
Scare your family members! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717097...
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Scare your family members! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717097...
“When we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed.”
—Walter Benjamin, somehow writing about this painting
—Walter Benjamin, somehow writing about this painting
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“When we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed.”
—Walter Benjamin, somehow writing about this painting
—Walter Benjamin, somehow writing about this painting
the AI tries its hand at French post-structuralism
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
the AI tries its hand at French post-structuralism
This newspaper will do anything in its power to avoid the construction “[Asymmetrically powerful instigator] [inflicts unimaginable horrors upon] [victim].”
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This newspaper will do anything in its power to avoid the construction “[Asymmetrically powerful instigator] [inflicts unimaginable horrors upon] [victim].”
Okay I did NOT have Willa Cather on my Epstein files bingo card
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Okay I did NOT have Willa Cather on my Epstein files bingo card
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All of North America looking skyward and losing their minds.
Seattle:
Seattle:
The color of the sky in Seattle is taupe gray #969489
![2025-11-11 18:55:00 #969489 taupe gray | [#969489 - 45%] [#6b6a68 - 22%] [#6b6d6c - 15%] [#615e60 - 6%] [#535659 - 6%] [#363639 - 3%] [#81817b - 2%] [#858784 - 1%]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ohjjzadgzeub2ffc5agg7k4z/bafkreib4jaoz3ho3v4ni7migwmounzdca4zyuwpr56jsat73dftfcmh6bu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
All of North America looking skyward and losing their minds.
Seattle:
Seattle:
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i cannot believe that “material reality is important to the potency of political narratives” is a controversial take
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i cannot believe that “material reality is important to the potency of political narratives” is a controversial take
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This is 🤯
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation - Nature
NextBrain is an open source, probabilistic atlas of the entire human brain, assembled using artificial-intelligence-enabled registration and segmentation methods to reconstruct the multimodal serial h...
share.google
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is 🤯
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
“Comparable gaps are evident in humans, where cognitive models of psychiatric disorders have only recently begun to incorporate bodily contributions.” #neuroskyence
New essay in @currentbiology.bsky.social special brain-body issue! Fly lab meets psychiatrist: how bodily signals shape cognition and mental health. Great collaboration with Albino Oliveira-Maia showing @champalimaudf.bsky.social discovery ↔️ clinic at its best. www.cell.com/current-biol...
From cognition in the body to the body in cognition
Carlos Ribeiro and Albino Oliveira-Maia propose how brain–body interactions may inform
the study of ‘higher’ cognitive functions such as learning and memory across model
systems.
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Comparable gaps are evident in humans, where cognitive models of psychiatric disorders have only recently begun to incorporate bodily contributions.” #neuroskyence
Hear, hear. Almost felt a spot of pride reading Paxson’s email today!
Brown rejects the compact!
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Hear, hear. Almost felt a spot of pride reading Paxson’s email today!
“We conclude that, through our common ancestry, humans have co-opted the abilities that macaques use for foraging to support reasoning and decision-making.”
𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗫
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence
By Mars and Passingham
"Understanding anthropoid foraging challenges may thus contribute to our understanding of human cognition"
Going to the top of the reading list!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroskyence
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“We conclude that, through our common ancestry, humans have co-opted the abilities that macaques use for foraging to support reasoning and decision-making.”
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I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.
Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel! Somewhat serendipitously, I am in the middle of Satantango right now and just found myself thinking yesterday: Surely this guy has won a Nobel. Off by a day! apnews.com/article/nobe...
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for his “compelling and visionary oeuvre.”
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel! Somewhat serendipitously, I am in the middle of Satantango right now and just found myself thinking yesterday: Surely this guy has won a Nobel. Off by a day! apnews.com/article/nobe...
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many more important things happening in the world right now, but one question about the state of affairs I have is: How in the year of our lord 2025 is there not an ‘insert link’ option for Gmail on iOS?
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Many more important things happening in the world right now, but one question about the state of affairs I have is: How in the year of our lord 2025 is there not an ‘insert link’ option for Gmail on iOS?