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“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou
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Early Learning Education * SCUBA * Birds * Theatre * Jazz * Women' Basketball/History * Curiosity
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou
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🌊 Deep-sea mining tests impact over a third of seabed animals - scientists
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Over a third of animals impacted in deep sea mining test - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🌊 Deep-sea mining tests impact over a third of seabed animals - scientists
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There’s a logic to media industries, and it has always included political capitulation.
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There’s a logic to media industries, and it has always included political capitulation.
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This is a longer read very worth reading "Knowledge becomes data; teaching becomes delivery. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence. The result isn’t augmented intelligence but simulated learning: a paint-by-numbers approach to thought."
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is a longer read very worth reading "Knowledge becomes data; teaching becomes delivery. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence. The result isn’t augmented intelligence but simulated learning: a paint-by-numbers approach to thought."
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Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Maryland increasingly relies on isolating prisoners in ‘restrictive housing’
Criminal justice reform advocates say the long stretches of forced solitude in Maryland are known to cause mental health issues and equate the conditions to torture.
www.thebanner.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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Have you heard the good news? Black Zine Fair is coming back to NYC on May 9, 2026—and we need your help to have a successful event.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Have you heard the good news? Black Zine Fair is coming back to NYC on May 9, 2026—and we need your help to have a successful event.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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“Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions.”
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions.”
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
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Autobrain
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Autobrain
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I am excited to share with you a new paper, probably my last of 2025. @drcatmac.bsky.social is a coauthor.
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
“This research is important for the conservation and Management of Sharks”: A proposed framework for ensuring that this is actually true
Many scientists want their research to inform policy and help manage endangered species, but many common research practices hinder potential policy relevance. The results of our survey provide advice...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I am excited to share with you a new paper, probably my last of 2025. @drcatmac.bsky.social is a coauthor.
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Youngsters today can have little idea of how frightening it was to be an adolescent in the 1980s.
It took years to understand how HIV was transmitted and the process it took to develop into AIDS
The TV drama 'It's A Sin' gives a glimpse into that era
#WorldAIDSDay
www.netflix.com/gb/title/815...
It took years to understand how HIV was transmitted and the process it took to develop into AIDS
The TV drama 'It's A Sin' gives a glimpse into that era
#WorldAIDSDay
www.netflix.com/gb/title/815...
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Youngsters today can have little idea of how frightening it was to be an adolescent in the 1980s.
It took years to understand how HIV was transmitted and the process it took to develop into AIDS
The TV drama 'It's A Sin' gives a glimpse into that era
#WorldAIDSDay
www.netflix.com/gb/title/815...
It took years to understand how HIV was transmitted and the process it took to develop into AIDS
The TV drama 'It's A Sin' gives a glimpse into that era
#WorldAIDSDay
www.netflix.com/gb/title/815...
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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When i lived in IA, it was a purple state. In the last 20 years, IA took a hard right turn and its politics are indistinguishable from Alabama's, complete with abortion ban and regressive taxes. Now they have horrible brain drain and credulously wonder what caused it.
tinyurl.com/2fyah23c
tinyurl.com/2fyah23c
Iowa needs more doctors. Here's what physicians say must change.
New policy wins — including $150 million for residency expansion and new prior-authorization rules — are giving Iowa physicians hope, but health leaders warns real improvements will take years.
www.thegazette.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When i lived in IA, it was a purple state. In the last 20 years, IA took a hard right turn and its politics are indistinguishable from Alabama's, complete with abortion ban and regressive taxes. Now they have horrible brain drain and credulously wonder what caused it.
tinyurl.com/2fyah23c
tinyurl.com/2fyah23c