"Capt" Trevor Sloughter, PhD 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@thelogicman.bsky.social
Ocean, climate, and ecological modeller, University of Exeter.
Fake captain, actual PhD.
I give public talks and blog about science and sci-fi.
Views my own (obvs).
He/him.
Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind.
https://haggishashbrowns.wordpress.com/
Fake captain, actual PhD.
I give public talks and blog about science and sci-fi.
Views my own (obvs).
He/him.
Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind.
https://haggishashbrowns.wordpress.com/
Re-sharing this because it's very good and I'm pulling my hair out over how many scientists have bought into a lot of the hype around LLMs and aren't using them critically.
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
How To Argue With An AI Booster
Editor's Note: For those of you reading via email, I recommend opening this in a browser so you can use the Table of Contents. This is my longest newsletter - a 16,000-word-long opus - and if you like...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Re-sharing this because it's very good and I'm pulling my hair out over how many scientists have bought into a lot of the hype around LLMs and aren't using them critically.
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
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How you can support the fired journalists instead of subscribing to Teen Vogue:
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November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How you can support the fired journalists instead of subscribing to Teen Vogue:
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The IOC did away with sex testing the last time in 1999, after thirty years of work from experts explaining all of its flaws and harms. Hear more on that and many other cycles of this premise on Tested: www.tested-podcast.com
TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports
www.tested-podcast.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The IOC did away with sex testing the last time in 1999, after thirty years of work from experts explaining all of its flaws and harms. Hear more on that and many other cycles of this premise on Tested: www.tested-podcast.com
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I have said many times that working on Tested was like documenting a twisted game of wack-a-mole where the same bad ideas pop up over and over with new little costumes on. And here we are again www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
Sources expect the ban within the next six to 12 months with the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, having pledged to protect the female category
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have said many times that working on Tested was like documenting a twisted game of wack-a-mole where the same bad ideas pop up over and over with new little costumes on. And here we are again www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
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"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
A truly damned inflection point in history. And a full third of today's SCOTUS had some connection to the Bush case at the time, because all these jerks move in the same circles of right-wing anti-democratic power grabbing.
25 years ago today: the most consequential presidential election of my lifetime. 36 days later, it was effectively decided by the Supreme Court. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who voted with the majority, would later she regretted that the court accepted the case.
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A truly damned inflection point in history. And a full third of today's SCOTUS had some connection to the Bush case at the time, because all these jerks move in the same circles of right-wing anti-democratic power grabbing.
The MCU deserves a LOT of the shit-talk it gets for its management-minded assembly-line process, and the horrid crunch put on VFX teams, but some amazing shots have been made by really talented people trying their best and I just wanna shout out just a tiny sample of some of my faves.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The MCU deserves a LOT of the shit-talk it gets for its management-minded assembly-line process, and the horrid crunch put on VFX teams, but some amazing shots have been made by really talented people trying their best and I just wanna shout out just a tiny sample of some of my faves.
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The reason Bluesky is doing the "rude" post labeling based on keywords or downvotes is that for them it's an easy-to-do performative thing.
"Hey, we're doing something!"
Meanwhile actual harmful accounts (e.g. transphobes) can post their tripe freely because Jay thinks those are valuable ideas.
"Hey, we're doing something!"
Meanwhile actual harmful accounts (e.g. transphobes) can post their tripe freely because Jay thinks those are valuable ideas.
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reason Bluesky is doing the "rude" post labeling based on keywords or downvotes is that for them it's an easy-to-do performative thing.
"Hey, we're doing something!"
Meanwhile actual harmful accounts (e.g. transphobes) can post their tripe freely because Jay thinks those are valuable ideas.
"Hey, we're doing something!"
Meanwhile actual harmful accounts (e.g. transphobes) can post their tripe freely because Jay thinks those are valuable ideas.
I clearly don't follow enough Brits as my feed is so quiet at this time of day... Recommend me Brits to follow so that every time of day can be filled with an incessant stream of information and memes, utterly drowning my brain and suffocating independent thought, thx
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I clearly don't follow enough Brits as my feed is so quiet at this time of day... Recommend me Brits to follow so that every time of day can be filled with an incessant stream of information and memes, utterly drowning my brain and suffocating independent thought, thx
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
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This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
Like....
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
Like....
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To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
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Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
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Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.
Kinda wild that NYC is about to elect its first mayor who doesn't hate his constituents in over 30 years.
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Kinda wild that NYC is about to elect its first mayor who doesn't hate his constituents in over 30 years.
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It’s not just New York City: Dozens of other cities are hosting intriguing mayoral elections on Tuesday, including Albuquerque, Atlanta, Detroit, Jersey City, Miami, Minneapolis, and Seattle.
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s not just New York City: Dozens of other cities are hosting intriguing mayoral elections on Tuesday, including Albuquerque, Atlanta, Detroit, Jersey City, Miami, Minneapolis, and Seattle.
This is absolutely awful
Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com
According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”
www.thecut.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is absolutely awful
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When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
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Spotted a real National Guard patrol in Dupont Circle (left) this morning … then an individual in ill-fitting fatigues and gear (right) shortly thereafter. Is this an actual guardsman? Did not appear to be a Halloween costume. It’s increasingly difficult to tell who’s legit, which seems dangerous.
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Spotted a real National Guard patrol in Dupont Circle (left) this morning … then an individual in ill-fitting fatigues and gear (right) shortly thereafter. Is this an actual guardsman? Did not appear to be a Halloween costume. It’s increasingly difficult to tell who’s legit, which seems dangerous.
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they are trying to kill every trans kid in America
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
they are trying to kill every trans kid in America
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink
unconscionable evil
"A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants"
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants"
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
First dinosaurs conquered land, then some of them became birds and conquered the air.
The sea is the next frontier for dinosaurs. ... Unless they go to space first.
The sea is the next frontier for dinosaurs. ... Unless they go to space first.
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
First dinosaurs conquered land, then some of them became birds and conquered the air.
The sea is the next frontier for dinosaurs. ... Unless they go to space first.
The sea is the next frontier for dinosaurs. ... Unless they go to space first.