Pamela
sutolf.bsky.social
Pamela
@sutolf.bsky.social
Married 🩷🩵 with two dogs in Northern California. Avid reader, lover of nature, animals, art, music, science, the truth.
I block men who DM me, porn, gofundme accounts, MAGAs.
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Claude Monet, Hauling a Boat Ashore, Honfleur, 1864
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Prof @swachter.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk comments about the worrying consequences that can arise if people are more likely to engage in unethical behaviour when using AI.

Read @the-independent.com article: ⬇️

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Why AI could make people more likely to lie
A new study has revealed that people feel much more comfortable being deceitful when using AI
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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This is what a New Era looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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LOL: is this the ultimate texting faux pas (and what should you use instead)?
LOL: is this the ultimate texting faux pas (and what should you use instead)?
From abbreviations to happy poos, gen Z has strong opinions on appropriate texting behaviour. But can anyone keep up with the ever-changing rules?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Emotions have long been associated with changes in brain activity, body function, and behavior. But what actually causes our feelings? Here's what we know.
The Brain-Body Connection in Emotions
Which comes first, the brain or the heart? Research provides new insights into the role of the body and the brain in generating and regulating emotions.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Thousands of volunteers are racing to preserve America’s history — photographing museum exhibits they fear the Trump administration could erase.
A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history
Like 'monks' in the Middle Ages, volunteers are working to preserve cultural treasures they fear are under threat from President Trump’s war against 'woke.'
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Clean Up The Lake (CUTL) has completed its Tahoe Deep Dive Pilot Project, an ambitious research and cleanup effort exploring litter accumulation and aquatic health between 35 and 55 feet beneath the surface of Lake Tahoe. #cawater www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/going-d...
Going Deeper for Tahoe: Clean up the Lake completes Tahoe Deep Dive Pilot Project
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. — Clean Up The Lake (CUTL) has completed its Tahoe Deep Dive Pilot Project, an ambitious research and cleanup effort exploring litter accumulation and aquatic health between 35...
www.tahoedailytribune.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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In her new book out this week, The Water Remembers, Amy Bowers Cordalis recounts the intergenerational struggle to protect the Klamath and Yurok way of life. #cawater www.hcn.org/articles/its...
‘It’s a story of hope’: Reflections on undamming the Klamath - High Country News
A Q&A with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her new book on the multigenerational effort towards dam removal.
www.hcn.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Is that a goose on your head? Earth’s most spectacular inhabitants – in pictures
Is that a goose on your head? Earth’s most spectacular inhabitants – in pictures
From sharks to rays, from island cliffs to the tribes of Africa’s Omo Valley, Cristina Mittermeier’s show A Greater Wisdom celebrates the beauty of our planet – and highlights the biggest threats it faces
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Australians have been promised three free hours of solar power a day. Here’s what you need to know
Australians have been promised three free hours of solar power a day. Here’s what you need to know
Customers won’t need solar panels to benefit from the scheme – but will need a smart meter
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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‘How did we get here?’: documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
‘How did we get here?’: documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Three decades later, The Truman Show feels freshly disturbing – and astoundingly prescient
Three decades later, The Truman Show feels freshly disturbing – and astoundingly prescient
Peter Weir’s dystopian comedy, starring Jim Carrey as the unwitting star of his own reality TV series, takes on new resonance in the techno-capitalist era
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Most of an Earthquake’s Energy Is Released as Heat, Not Shaking. Via @scientific_american #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology
Most of an Earthquake’s Energy Is Released as Heat, Not Shaking
Up to 98 percent of the energy of an earthquake goes into flash heating rocks, not shaking the ground, new research shows. The finding could help yield better earthquake forecasts
www.scientificamerican.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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15yrs of GPS data on bison, bighorn sheep, moose, pronghorn, wolves, & cougars shows they adjust to higher temperatures more by moving than by adapting themselves. Thus it’s not enough to protect animals where they are. They need access to a variety of landscapes.

www.earth.com/news/large-m...
Large mammals are finding clever ways to beat the heat
Large mammals in Yellowstone adapt to summer heat by changing behavior—shaped more by landscape than biology, a new study finds.
www.earth.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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This paper on large mammal response to high temperatures has some fascinating insight on how landscapes, both the landforms and the vegetation, influence response. Wyoming is a good place to look at that. Open access. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Expression and mechanisms of behavioral plasticity in large mammals
Behavioral plasticity, the alteration of behavior in response to stimuli, is becoming increasingly important in the context of human-induced rapid environmental change. Theoretical and empirical stud...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Ellen Neel (1916–1966), a Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations artist and woodcarver, who was the first woman known to have professionally carved totem poles #WomensArt
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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But the party’s leadership has been asleep at the wheel. Neither Chuck Schumer nor Hakeem Jeffries has been able to claim the airtime and trust necessary to become the spokesperson for the Democratic Party at this dark time in the nation’s history. Both must go.
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Steroid Shots for Knee Pain: Another Study Says They're Just Placebo www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Steroid Shots for Knee Pain: Another Study Says They're Just Placebo
And not even a very effective one
www.medpagetoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Ten Essential Books About California’s Nature, Science, and Sense of Place open.substack.com/pub/californ...
Ten Essential Books About California’s Nature, Science, and Sense of Place
From coast to desert to forest, these books capture the beauty, complexity, and changing spirit of California.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the WH in 1979. We have known for a long time that there were solutions.
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Big delays at LAX and San Diego airports amid air traffic control staffing shortage
Big delays at LAX and San Diego airports amid air traffic control staffing shortage
Delays of nearly 1½ hours were anticipated for flights heading to LAX between 8 and 10 p.m. In San Diego, delays of 1 hour, 20 minutes were expected between 9 and 10 p.m.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM