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Humanist Animal @humanistanimal.bsky.social · Mar 22
High school students - "How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement":
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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aljazeera.com
Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
UN warns of millions displaced by climate change as COP30 opens in Brazil
Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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dezeen.com
Architects have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment.
https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/07/architects-zohran-mamdanis-new-york-mayoral-election/
"Tremendous enthusiasm" from architects for Mamdani
Architects and architecture advocates have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment.
www.dezeen.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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lorak.bsky.social
Read the letter:
“Dear President von der Leyen, We, experts in artificial intelligence (Al) and its societal impacts, are deeply concerned about your unscientific and inaccurate statement that Al is nearing human reasoning. You claimed in your budget speech in May "we thought Al would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year." We understand from Commission disclosure, which followed a lengthy process to obtain this information, that you relied on the statements of Dario Amodei, Jensen Huang and Sam Altman as the basis for your statement about Al nearing human reasoning. These are marketing statements driven by profit-motive and ideology rather than empirical evidence and formal proof. In short, these tech CEOs claims concerning "superintelligence" and "AGI" are manifestly bound with their financial imperatives and not rigorous science. For the President of the European Commission to repeat the misleading marketing language of US technology firms without independent scientific verification undermines Europe's credibility as a reliable and trusted source of scientific knowledge. This is particularly so amidst a significant speculative bubble to which baseless Al hype is contributing. It also undermines the ability of Commission staff to evaluate the claims of Al vendors at a time when the Commission regulates them and procures Al services. The Commission has the duty to diligently assess claims made by industry and to determine with impartial and scholarly analysis where best the objectives of the Union should be pursued. The scientific development of any potentially useful Al is not served by amplifying the unscientific marketing claims of US tech firms. We call on you to: 1. retract your statement on Al approaching human reasoning next year; 2. diligently evaluate other such marketing claims about Al products; and 3. ensure you have the benefit of the necessary impartial scientific advice in future.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit

this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
humanistanimal.bsky.social
Even though it means I'll have to pause my Spinozathon, I'm super excited to read A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage by @marcuschown.bsky.social after listening to this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview.
Marcus Chown, "A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage" (Apollo, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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rtakver.bsky.social
Lest we forget as COP30 begins in the Amazon that just over a week ago tech behemoth Nvidia was selling AI for oil and gas expansion to Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras....
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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eso.org
How do stars generate their magnetic fields? 🧲

Using the ESO 3.6 m telescope, for the first time astronomers have reconstructed the migration of magnetic regions on the surface of a star other than the Sun. 🔭🧪

Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/magnetic-butterflies/

📷 NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL
A telescopic image of the Sun – a huge, yellow sphere with a turbulent surface full of bright and dark areas. Curved lines are overlaid to illustrate the distribution of magnetic fields.
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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franceculture.fr
Icône de la contre-culture, écrivain et manipulateur, il a transformé ses récits en instruments de fascination et d’emprise, laissant derrière lui un héritage littéraire et mystique profondément ambigu.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Xrh
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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wallpapermag.bsky.social
Renault’s Mobilize brand has launched another collaboration with creative agency TheArsenale, fitting out the diminutive Duo with fresh colours and graphics https://www.wallpaper.com/transportation/mobilize-duo-x-ta-limited-edition-electric-microcar
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
This little bird survived a volcanic eruption!

Buried by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, this Roman fresco of a little bird pecking at fruit re-emerged looking as delightful as it did some 2,000 years ago!

Villa Poppaea, ancient Oplontis, Italy
📷 by me

#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
My photo shows detail from a Roman fresco (wall painting) in a corridor at Villa A, the luxurious so-called ‘Villa Poppaea’ at ancient Oplontis (modern day Torre Annunziata) in the Bay of Naples, Italy. The fresco depicts a small light brown bird standing on a small pinky-brown wooden shelf, against a vibrant red background panel. The bird is shown in profile, facing left, with plummage painted in various shades of light brown and grey to beautifully depict detail of its feathers. The bird is lowering its head with beak open, about to peck into a fig on the shelf in front. There are two further figs painted behind the bird which have already been pecked into. The figs are painted light brown. The figs which have already been pecked into have cream flesh and red seeds.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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atrupar.com
New in PN: The softest Nazis you ever did see

"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
The softest Nazis you ever did see
They're tough guys in the streets and delicate little babies in court.
www.publicnotice.co
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"

Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.

Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765

www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
Lol holy shit it's all so bad
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
This story comes out the same day the architect of this monstrous policy gets approval for a near-trillion-dollar payout from his government-subsidized company.

Utterly despicable.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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acollierastro.bsky.social
I also really like my video on Faust and hope you watch it if you are also into books:
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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99pi.org
Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins us for our ongoing series breaking down the US Constitution. We unpack everything from the Commerce Clause to the taxing and spending powers, and even a few long-forgotten quirks.

Listen now on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 https://bit.ly/3LBs5xY
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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fnmat.bsky.social
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!
Sarah Marshall (of @yourewrongabout.bsky.social & @youaregood.bsky.social podcasts) HAS A SATANIC PANIC PODCAST SERIES RIGHT NOW!
Perfect timing spooky time yeah!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Podcast Episode · New Podcasts - trailers for new and noteworthy shows · 10/20/2025 · 3m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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joho.bsky.social
New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social on the drama of our inept medical establishment and their embrace of Trump Based Medicine.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Trump-Based Medicine: How Science Lost Its Soul
Podcast Episode · We Want Them Infected Podcast · 11/03/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
It’s time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field. #publichealth #episky #medsky #activism www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.
It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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seanmcarroll.bsky.social
Mindscape 334 | Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social on the Physics of and by Aliens. #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
Title card for Mindscape Podcast episode with Daniel Whiteson.
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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timescarcass.bsky.social
NEW IDSG News Roundup: Graham Platner, Kenneth Leland Morgan, Chris Booth, etc. @danielharper.bsky.social and I take a look at some recent events amidst the maelstrom and try to both shed a little light and cast a little shade on them. idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-roundup...
I Don't Speak German: News Roundup: Graham Platner, etc
We look at some recent news stories, including: Progressive Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, his scandals, and the reactions; Kenneth Leland Morgan walking into a pub in Athens Georgia in a...
idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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swindled.bsky.social
Episode 133: The Fabulist (George Santos) // A newly elected congressman is expelled and prosecuted for financial crimes after his elaborate web of personal and professional lies unravels.

LISTEN: swindledpodcast.com/podcast/133-th
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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polphilpod.bsky.social
my latest episode with @goodlawproject.org on the state on trans rights in the UK

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/trans-uk
Fighting Britain's Bathroom Ban with Jolyon Maugham
The UK's lurch into a radically opressive anti-trans regime
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM