Emma Patterson
@humnutter.bsky.social
Public heath nutritionist, sea kayaker, tbc
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
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Reminds me of the time I told my flatmates that Irish elections are held on Friday. One asked, "Is that because of the thing in the North? You know, the Bloody Friday?"
To which my other flatmate interjected "I think you mean the Black Friday Agreement". I couldn't breathe.
To which my other flatmate interjected "I think you mean the Black Friday Agreement". I couldn't breathe.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reminds me of the time I told my flatmates that Irish elections are held on Friday. One asked, "Is that because of the thing in the North? You know, the Bloody Friday?"
To which my other flatmate interjected "I think you mean the Black Friday Agreement". I couldn't breathe.
To which my other flatmate interjected "I think you mean the Black Friday Agreement". I couldn't breathe.
HAMburgers, peanut BUTTER and my new favourite SPARE ribs... it's a daft distraction. But the fact that it's gotten traction this time round is worrying. (It failed a few years ago when common sense prevailed.)
Here's a way to channel your frustration:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Here's a way to channel your frustration:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
HAMburgers, peanut BUTTER and my new favourite SPARE ribs... it's a daft distraction. But the fact that it's gotten traction this time round is worrying. (It failed a few years ago when common sense prevailed.)
Here's a way to channel your frustration:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
Here's a way to channel your frustration:
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Känner du att du vill göra *nagot* för att stödja Ukraina men osäker på vad eller hur? Varsågod!
Nu är det dags att förbereda Ukraina för den stundande vintern! Förra vintern fick vi leverera över 500st små elverk. Låt oss slå det i år!
Swisha på 123 169 24 17 och dela detta för att värma och hjälpa alla dom som snart står med snö upp till knävecken och skyddar din frihet och demokrati!
Swisha på 123 169 24 17 och dela detta för att värma och hjälpa alla dom som snart står med snö upp till knävecken och skyddar din frihet och demokrati!
October 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Känner du att du vill göra *nagot* för att stödja Ukraina men osäker på vad eller hur? Varsågod!
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A word on burnout & feeling strung out because "I can't save all the things that need saving."
Democracy is supposed to be a mosaic and a relay race. We never have to take care of the whole ourselves.
In fact if we do, it kinda stops being democracy.
Democracy is supposed to be a mosaic and a relay race. We never have to take care of the whole ourselves.
In fact if we do, it kinda stops being democracy.
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
A word on burnout & feeling strung out because "I can't save all the things that need saving."
Democracy is supposed to be a mosaic and a relay race. We never have to take care of the whole ourselves.
In fact if we do, it kinda stops being democracy.
Democracy is supposed to be a mosaic and a relay race. We never have to take care of the whole ourselves.
In fact if we do, it kinda stops being democracy.
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The UN is a bit like the foundation of an old house. Expensive to maintain and costly to repair but WOW you do not want to break it. So much of our modern world is held together by the invisible work of multilateral diplomacy. I shudder to think what the world would be like without it
September 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The UN is a bit like the foundation of an old house. Expensive to maintain and costly to repair but WOW you do not want to break it. So much of our modern world is held together by the invisible work of multilateral diplomacy. I shudder to think what the world would be like without it
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Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
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didn't realize my antipathy toward RFK could intensify, but here we are!
(beans rock)
(beans rock)
Of all the things this man's got going against him -- you're telling me he's anti-bean www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Cool beans? Not quite for RFK’s plan for US dietary guidelines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plans to ditch the recommendation to encourage Americans to eat more beans
www.yahoo.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:10 AM
didn't realize my antipathy toward RFK could intensify, but here we are!
(beans rock)
(beans rock)
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Lyssna på Victoria!
Ingen av de samhällstjänster som utgör grunden i ett gott, tryggt, jämlikt och omhändertagande samhälle, går att köpas för de pengar ni får genom sänkta skatter.
#Val2026
Ingen av de samhällstjänster som utgör grunden i ett gott, tryggt, jämlikt och omhändertagande samhälle, går att köpas för de pengar ni får genom sänkta skatter.
#Val2026
Nej tack!! Vill ha lärare och fritidsfröknar och bra mat i skolorna! Sjuksköterskor och tågrälsar, socialtjänst och parker. Inget av de kan jag köpa med mågra hundra kronor varje månad! www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Nytt jobbskatteavdrag: Så mycket sänks din skatt nästa år
Tidöpartierna presenterar i dag ytterligare ett jobbskatteavdrag och sänkt skatt för pensionärer. Däremot blir det inget höjt barnbidrag i budgeten. – Det vi gör nu är en väldig injektion som stärker ...
www.svt.se
September 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lyssna på Victoria!
Ingen av de samhällstjänster som utgör grunden i ett gott, tryggt, jämlikt och omhändertagande samhälle, går att köpas för de pengar ni får genom sänkta skatter.
#Val2026
Ingen av de samhällstjänster som utgör grunden i ett gott, tryggt, jämlikt och omhändertagande samhälle, går att köpas för de pengar ni får genom sänkta skatter.
#Val2026
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One problem with being on Twitter is that Elon Musk constantly rejigs the site to push his views. He cannot be sidelined when he owns the underlying system. His manipulation of the Twitter AI to match his views illustrates this point.
Via @kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
Via @kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One problem with being on Twitter is that Elon Musk constantly rejigs the site to push his views. He cannot be sidelined when he owns the underlying system. His manipulation of the Twitter AI to match his views illustrates this point.
Via @kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
Via @kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
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It frankly boggles my mind that we have invented a computer that cannot do math.
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
September 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It frankly boggles my mind that we have invented a computer that cannot do math.
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Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe they’ll give *everyone* free money in the future.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
August 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe they’ll give *everyone* free money in the future.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.
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Ny forskningssammanställning:
– De kostförändringar som behöver ske i den rika delen av världen kommer inte att ske av sig själva. Det krävs aktiva åtgärder från politiker och andra samhällsaktörer.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/sa-k...
– De kostförändringar som behöver ske i den rika delen av världen kommer inte att ske av sig själva. Det krävs aktiva åtgärder från politiker och andra samhällsaktörer.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/sa-k...
Så kan våra matvanor bli mer hållbara
Sverige har satt upp flera politiska miljömål. Men för att nå dem måste våra matvanor förändras. För att det ska ske krävs styrmedel för att driva utvecklingen. Det visar en ny forskningssammanställni...
www.natursidan.se
August 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Ny forskningssammanställning:
– De kostförändringar som behöver ske i den rika delen av världen kommer inte att ske av sig själva. Det krävs aktiva åtgärder från politiker och andra samhällsaktörer.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/sa-k...
– De kostförändringar som behöver ske i den rika delen av världen kommer inte att ske av sig själva. Det krävs aktiva åtgärder från politiker och andra samhällsaktörer.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/sa-k...
They did not mince their words! Good for them. And the article does a good job explaining the process and how flimsy the excuse for discarding their work is. Any guidelines now risk being the opposite of transparent.
Important commentary within^ from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on their 2 years and countless hours of volunteer labor being discarded in the making of the new DGAs.
August 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
They did not mince their words! Good for them. And the article does a good job explaining the process and how flimsy the excuse for discarding their work is. Any guidelines now risk being the opposite of transparent.
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I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
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One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
July 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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from his comments about touching women w/o consent, to his comments about fucking his own daughter, to his decades-long close relationship with jeff epstein, to him walking in on underage girls undressing in his pageants,
July 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
from his comments about touching women w/o consent, to his comments about fucking his own daughter, to his decades-long close relationship with jeff epstein, to him walking in on underage girls undressing in his pageants,
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Bra text. Som jag har påpekat många gånger om så är den här utvecklingen relevant för Sverige med. Vi har precis samma typ av influensers här i Sverige. Vars plattformar växer och få bryr sig. kcklatt.substack.com/p/6-months-o...
July 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Bra text. Som jag har påpekat många gånger om så är den här utvecklingen relevant för Sverige med. Vi har precis samma typ av influensers här i Sverige. Vars plattformar växer och få bryr sig. kcklatt.substack.com/p/6-months-o...
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Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
June 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
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A major danger of LLMs is that humans are SO predisposed to attribute knowledge to any entity that uses natural language fluently. We cannot imagine that a machine that outputs natural-seeming speech/text doesn't have cognition. Brilliantly articulated by @emilymbender.bsky.social et al. (2021).
![Text generated by an LM is not grounded in communicative intent, any model of the world, or any model of the reader’s state of mind. It can’t have been, because the training data never included sharing thoughts with a listener, nor does the machine have the ability to do that. This can seem counter-intuitive given the increasingly fluent qualities of automatically generated text, but we have to account for the fact that our perception of natural language text, regardless of how it was generated, is mediated by our own linguistic competence and our predisposition to interpret communicative acts as conveying coherent meaning and intent, whether or not they do [89, 140].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uj2g526vwfe3qnpuskjexeyp/bafkreiappchidtcrrumnegykz4uq6chvznuu6fg4pbutw5y7yjaab2iczu@jpeg)
June 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A major danger of LLMs is that humans are SO predisposed to attribute knowledge to any entity that uses natural language fluently. We cannot imagine that a machine that outputs natural-seeming speech/text doesn't have cognition. Brilliantly articulated by @emilymbender.bsky.social et al. (2021).
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Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵