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July 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Who wants some good news?

The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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NREL estimates that, by 2030, the US wind industry will need 124,000 new turbine technicians (61% growth from 2020).

If you know young people looking for green careers, send them to this very cool new apprenticeship program for wind techs:
A Groundbreaking Apprenticeship Program for Wind Technicians
How do you create a U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship program for wind turbine technicians—and get it approved in just one year? Jeremy McKelvain, an Air Force veteran and leader at S...
greenworkforceconnect.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Oh.
AI models in hospitals miss 66% of patient injuries, failing to detect worsening health. A study urges integrating medical expertise, as 65% of US hospitals rely on these systems for patient care. 🩺💻

Direct link to the study: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
AI failed to detect critical health conditions: study
AI systems designed to predict the likelihood of a hospitalized patient dying aren't detecting worsening health conditions.
www.axios.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
Algorithms are breaking how we think
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Devastating floods hit Southern WV and Eastern KY this weekend. Please consider donating if you can: floodaid2025.org
Central Appalachia Flood Aid 2025
Donate to support those affected by Central Appalachia flooding from Sunday February 16th, 2025
floodaid2025.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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It would seem that a knowledge and understanding of history in the realm of computer programming is as essential as a knowledge and understanding of political, social, and economic history.
we knew musk and his incel crew probably didn’t know COBOL or even SQL, but it’s becoming more obvious they’re shit at even the foundational shit here. it’s also remarkable how little they understand in terms of basic business function and data.
February 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump is saying DEI caused a plane crash, but HIS first administration let people with certain disabilities become air traffic controllers. He's blaming people his own administration said were the solution to our constant shortage of air traffic controllers. web.archive.org/web/20250131...
FAA Provides Aviation Careers to People with Disabilities
The FAA provides more opportunities for people with disabilities to have careers in air traffic operations
web.archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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This is a significant change. The DCA corridor feels harrowing due to all those helicopters as anyone taking planes from the airport knows.
From my extraordinary colleague and aviation correspondent Pete Muntean @cnn
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've had small recurring moments of delight from hearing that "Bold as Brass" may have been popularized when a Lord Mayor/Chief Magistrate named Brass Crosby wouldn't jail a man for publishing House of Commons info in a newspaper.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_C...
Brass Crosby - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"Mountaineer Parking" was once a GC Murphy's dime store.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This quote resonates with WV History incredibly deeply: "the likelihood that a corporation will use the state in ways that do not actually benefit their residents is all too real"
I'm glad I had the opportunity to join my friend and colleague in encouraging caution for WV lawyers, policy makers, and legislators ( and also anyone else whose state is considering a data privacy law).

I'm also really proud of this paper:
researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr-online/...
The Law of Unintended Consequences: Examining West Virginia's Data Privacy Legislation and What Could Have Been
By Jena Martin and Erin Kelley, Published on 01/14/25
researchrepository.wvu.edu
January 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I took this photo of fall leaves (looking through a hole in a fall leaf) this fall, and I've been enjoying it a lot.
November 15, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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November 6, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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Can now share, happily. Hope this pleases people.

Publishers posted and it is on the online retailer sites. My new novel is called WRITTEN ON THE DARK and will be out May 25th. Can be pre-ordered at all the usual places. Here’s Cdn, is on US site too.

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/781834...
Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay | Penguin Random House Canada
From the internationally bestselling author of Tigana, All the Seas of the World, and A Brightness Long Ago comes a sweeping new novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca
August 28, 2024 at 12:13 PM
"The Complete Maus" is the WVU 2024-2025 Campus Read. Bravo to the committee for a great pick!
campusread.wvu.edu/about-campus...
2024-25 Campus Read
campusread.wvu.edu
July 12, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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I am horrified that the University of Kent is planning the closure of many excellent programmes, including Anthropology, and is proposing up to 58 redundancies among academic staff! This further destruction of UK centres of academic excellence is heartbreaking.
February 2, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄❤️☃️
December 24, 2023 at 10:03 PM
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Immortality in a typo!
I wish this kind of afterlife for everyone.
November 5, 2023 at 1:23 PM
This feels entirely sadly too relatable at the moment:
"My Dysfunctional University; How corporations turned education into wealth extraction." www.okdoomer.io/my-dysfuncti...
November 2, 2023 at 7:24 PM