Gareth Russell
@garethrussell.bsky.social
ecologist | conservation biologist | educator
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
Well well, who’s that?
Congratulations to our 2025 Wolfram Innovator Award winners! Such an interesting group doing such interesting and important things!
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November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well well, who’s that?
Whatever you think of Mamdani’s policy ideas his victory was the will of the people, and the fact that a few billionaires spent (wasted) in excess of $10 million trying to subvert that will and buy the election tells you everything about US politics.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Whatever you think of Mamdani’s policy ideas his victory was the will of the people, and the fact that a few billionaires spent (wasted) in excess of $10 million trying to subvert that will and buy the election tells you everything about US politics.
The comedians who played in Saudia Arabia and feel the need to justify it (e.g., Louis CK) are mainly saying that it is evidence of the Kingdom ‘opening up’ and that they are helping that along. Alternatively, the Kingdom is not opening up but is trying to buy acceptance anyway. Hmm, which is it?
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The comedians who played in Saudia Arabia and feel the need to justify it (e.g., Louis CK) are mainly saying that it is evidence of the Kingdom ‘opening up’ and that they are helping that along. Alternatively, the Kingdom is not opening up but is trying to buy acceptance anyway. Hmm, which is it?
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Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
August 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
As a break from politics and technology: Duke Farms looking lovely this morning.
August 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As a break from politics and technology: Duke Farms looking lovely this morning.
See, it can be done in America. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
'It's like being in Greece': The US neighbourhood where cars are banned
In Tempe, Arizona, Culdesac is reimagining US cities for people, not cars – and inviting travellers to explore its plazas, paseos and Mediterranean-inspired design.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
See, it can be done in America. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading
Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading
Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok
Times may be tough on the high street but the bookseller Waterstones is enjoying strong sales as younger adults embrace reading as an escape from their screens and as online competition eases.
“People have come back to reading and buying books in bookshops as we have made a place which is an enjoyable and effective way to buy books,” says James Daunt, the CEO of the British retailer, which has 320 UK bookshops and owns the Foyles, Hatchards and Blackwell’s names, and whose parent group also owns Barnes & Noble, the US’s largest bookstore chain. Continue reading...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading
"Putin really surprised a lot of people," Trump explained. "He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening.”
Correction: Putin surprised one person.
Correction: Putin surprised one person.
July 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Putin really surprised a lot of people," Trump explained. "He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening.”
Correction: Putin surprised one person.
Correction: Putin surprised one person.
Grok debacle not really about Elon Musk or antisemitism. When a tiny change to a few high level prompts completely changes the output, we see the deep problem with current AI: despite billions of parameters trained on trillions of documents, it remains both subjective and unstable. Boycott AI!
July 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Grok debacle not really about Elon Musk or antisemitism. When a tiny change to a few high level prompts completely changes the output, we see the deep problem with current AI: despite billions of parameters trained on trillions of documents, it remains both subjective and unstable. Boycott AI!
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We spend so much energy being anti–the other party (Dems + Repubs alike) treating the opposition as the biggest threat to society. But the truth is, the most transformative force shaping our future isn’t partisan at all it’s AI. We’re not paying nearly enough attention to it from a govt standpoint
July 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We spend so much energy being anti–the other party (Dems + Repubs alike) treating the opposition as the biggest threat to society. But the truth is, the most transformative force shaping our future isn’t partisan at all it’s AI. We’re not paying nearly enough attention to it from a govt standpoint
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Rutgers' Women's VIII easily winning the Henley Royal Regatta earlier today. An exceptional row and a new course record!! The commentator noted that this year marks the 50th year of the rowing program at Rutgers.
July 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Rutgers' Women's VIII easily winning the Henley Royal Regatta earlier today. An exceptional row and a new course record!! The commentator noted that this year marks the 50th year of the rowing program at Rutgers.
Brilliant ‘no Kings’ protest in Pennington NJ, in the torrential rain. It was a party! I counted a bit over 700 people at one time, so probably close to 1000 with people cycling in and out. At least 9 out of 10 vehicles driving by on Rt 31 in support.
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Brilliant ‘no Kings’ protest in Pennington NJ, in the torrential rain. It was a party! I counted a bit over 700 people at one time, so probably close to 1000 with people cycling in and out. At least 9 out of 10 vehicles driving by on Rt 31 in support.
Something my son noticed: In Hopewell Valley at least, most of the ’party-endorsed’ candidate signs are at intersections, which means that they are placed there by campaign operatives. Whereas most Fulop signs are in people’s front yards. Interpret that as you may. @stevenfulop.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Something my son noticed: In Hopewell Valley at least, most of the ’party-endorsed’ candidate signs are at intersections, which means that they are placed there by campaign operatives. Whereas most Fulop signs are in people’s front yards. Interpret that as you may. @stevenfulop.bsky.social
As someone who works in higher ed, this seems like the worst idea in the history of humankind. Personal devices have already taken away spatial awareness, memory, planning and in-person interaction. Now for some reason there is a race to take away thinking itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
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June 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As someone who works in higher ed, this seems like the worst idea in the history of humankind. Personal devices have already taken away spatial awareness, memory, planning and in-person interaction. Now for some reason there is a race to take away thinking itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Read this and then understand that the Trump administration has gutted, from top to bottom, the kind of research that led to it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
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May 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Read this and then understand that the Trump administration has gutted, from top to bottom, the kind of research that led to it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
I'm attending Fulop for Governor's event, “Hopewell Meet & Greet for Steven Fulop for Governor” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fulopforgove...
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May 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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@stevenfulop.bsky.social , how about instead of a warehouse moratorium, insist that they must have a) solar covering the roof, and b) natural landscaping instead of acres of chemically maintained lawn. A warehouse-heavy area could become effectively a conservation area.
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@stevenfulop.bsky.social , how about instead of a warehouse moratorium, insist that they must have a) solar covering the roof, and b) natural landscaping instead of acres of chemically maintained lawn. A warehouse-heavy area could become effectively a conservation area.
The administration is trying to gut the Endangered Species Act by redefining actions that can cause harm to not include habitat destruction, the number one actual threat. Add a comment here: www.regulations.gov/search?filte...
Regulations.gov
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April 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The administration is trying to gut the Endangered Species Act by redefining actions that can cause harm to not include habitat destruction, the number one actual threat. Add a comment here: www.regulations.gov/search?filte...
I like @stevenfulop.bsky.social for Governor. But his plan proposes a 2% cap on higher ed tuition increases. Tuition increases are high because state support (relative to costs) has declined for decades. I don’t see any plan to reverse that decline. Is there one?
March 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I like @stevenfulop.bsky.social for Governor. But his plan proposes a 2% cap on higher ed tuition increases. Tuition increases are high because state support (relative to costs) has declined for decades. I don’t see any plan to reverse that decline. Is there one?
Catching up on Jon Stewart’s grilling of @chrismurphyct.bsky.social last week. Murphy one of the better Democrats but he still had to be forced to list actual items in a Democrat ‘future vision’ response to Project 2025. Is anyone actually putting that together? Seriously. I want to know.
March 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Catching up on Jon Stewart’s grilling of @chrismurphyct.bsky.social last week. Murphy one of the better Democrats but he still had to be forced to list actual items in a Democrat ‘future vision’ response to Project 2025. Is anyone actually putting that together? Seriously. I want to know.
If you are wondering if Trump is taking a side over Ukraine, he just told Zelensky “You shouldn’t have started it”. There’s your answer.
February 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you are wondering if Trump is taking a side over Ukraine, he just told Zelensky “You shouldn’t have started it”. There’s your answer.
DNC candidates other the @faiz.bsky.social promising more intensity of same politicking. Faiz Shakir outlining new approach around community help, based on successful Sanders campaigns. It works.
February 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
DNC candidates other the @faiz.bsky.social promising more intensity of same politicking. Faiz Shakir outlining new approach around community help, based on successful Sanders campaigns. It works.
DNC needs to shake itself up. #faizshakir the only one willing to do that.
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
DNC needs to shake itself up. #faizshakir the only one willing to do that.