lux
@eluxon.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of Political Science. Researching environment, climate, sludge, policy, power, responsibility, discourse. Reposts are not endorsements nor legally indicative of anything at all. Maybe I post and repost statements I disagree with 🤷♀️.
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Now that we have started to understand the importance of the gut microbiome, this should really be the tipping data to just eliminate the use of those chemicals.
#RegenerativeAgriculture, #Biodiversity
#RegenerativeAgriculture, #Biodiversity
"Many chemicals designed to act only on one type of target, say insects or fungi, also affect the human gut microbiome which can lead to adverse health consequences." #RSNA25
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Research suggests pesticides are harmful to gut microbes - UPI.com
Pesticides used on commercial farms, and even your backyard flower bed, could be harming the healthy bacteria that live in your gut, researchers said.
www.upi.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Now that we have started to understand the importance of the gut microbiome, this should really be the tipping data to just eliminate the use of those chemicals.
#RegenerativeAgriculture, #Biodiversity
#RegenerativeAgriculture, #Biodiversity
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How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals
Host body temperature can define a virus’s replicative profile—influenza A viruses (IAVs) adapted to 40° to 42°C in birds are less temperature sensitive in vitro compared with human isolates adapted t...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I'd grab some popcorn to watch this but I'm an author and we can't afford that shit.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'd grab some popcorn to watch this but I'm an author and we can't afford that shit.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$11M is 118 assistant professors. Or more than five percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Mizzou.
$11M is 118 assistant professors. Or more than five percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Mizzou.
Eli Drinkwitz making $11 million a year is really unbelievable. Good coach but the whole athletic administrator class needs to find God
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$11M is 118 assistant professors. Or more than five percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Mizzou.
$11M is 118 assistant professors. Or more than five percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Mizzou.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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But on issues such as respectability and morality, I think you should judge people by their deeper, more important actions. That doesn't mean how they dress, but how they treat others on a more meaningful level.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
But on issues such as respectability and morality, I think you should judge people by their deeper, more important actions. That doesn't mean how they dress, but how they treat others on a more meaningful level.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
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One of the points Joshua Davis makes in *Police Against the Movement* is that COINTELPRO was started by the police and all the FBI did was federalize it.
And SNCC and CORE did a ton of organizing around police brutality specifically.
#BookSky
And SNCC and CORE did a ton of organizing around police brutality specifically.
#BookSky
Police Against the Movement
A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century...
press.princeton.edu
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One of the points Joshua Davis makes in *Police Against the Movement* is that COINTELPRO was started by the police and all the FBI did was federalize it.
And SNCC and CORE did a ton of organizing around police brutality specifically.
#BookSky
And SNCC and CORE did a ton of organizing around police brutality specifically.
#BookSky
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Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says
The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut Pa...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Not only is food more expensive, it is much more likely to make you sick and harm you, or give your baby botulism
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Not only is food more expensive, it is much more likely to make you sick and harm you, or give your baby botulism
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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"Democrats buy into that stereotype of because they're college graduates, they must be also white, cosmopolitan, wealthy elites, instead being like, "No. To be part of the working class these days often still requires like some form of college education," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Democrats buy into that stereotype of because they're college graduates, they must be also white, cosmopolitan, wealthy elites, instead being like, "No. To be part of the working class these days often still requires like some form of college education," says @louiseseamster.bsky.social.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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the right has beat up on the press for over 60 years. the result is a mainstrem media that bends over backwards to privilege their lies. you would think democrats could understand this but instead in the year of our lord 2025 theyre still begging the msm to "do better."
The Dems think favorable coverage of them runs through treating the press favorably, when the opposite is true.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
the right has beat up on the press for over 60 years. the result is a mainstrem media that bends over backwards to privilege their lies. you would think democrats could understand this but instead in the year of our lord 2025 theyre still begging the msm to "do better."
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It never fails to amaze me the way people have a knee-jerk reaction to “government run.” A govt run grocery story would mean huge profits aren’t being tacked onto the cost of food. Govt run health insurance—same. I like USPS aka govt run FedEx! I don’t need to be lining corporations’ pockets.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It never fails to amaze me the way people have a knee-jerk reaction to “government run.” A govt run grocery story would mean huge profits aren’t being tacked onto the cost of food. Govt run health insurance—same. I like USPS aka govt run FedEx! I don’t need to be lining corporations’ pockets.
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Yeah I can see how that’s worse than no food.
The rub is, the government would provide what the government wants you to have, not what you want or what is nutritionally sufficient and certainly no ethnically preferred foods. Think white flour, sugar, process cheese, canned potatoes, dried milk, etc. Sounds like Russia in the 1950's.
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yeah I can see how that’s worse than no food.
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A reminder of why we cannot give up on climate policy:
www.eenews.net/articles/ris...
www.eenews.net/articles/ris...
Rising seas threaten thousands of hazardous US facilities
Most of the at-risk sites are clustered in just seven states: Louisiana, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, California, New York and Massachusetts.
www.eenews.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A reminder of why we cannot give up on climate policy:
www.eenews.net/articles/ris...
www.eenews.net/articles/ris...
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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The pioneering Aarhus Convention protects three procedural rights — access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters — in pursuit environmental democracy. Last week the EU Commission tried to undermine and weaken it.
Dismantling environmental democracy: the EU Commission’s playbook
The pioneering Aarhus Convention protects three procedural rights — access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters — in pursuit environmental democracy. Last week the EU Commission tried to undermine and weaken it.
euobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The pioneering Aarhus Convention protects three procedural rights — access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters — in pursuit environmental democracy. Last week the EU Commission tried to undermine and weaken it.
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With a few quibbles, this neatly lays out what I've said about the us economy for a while - it is a high wage, high cost, high risk economy. There are people there earning 2x their European equivalents who are three missed paychecks away from absolute financial ruin.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
With a few quibbles, this neatly lays out what I've said about the us economy for a while - it is a high wage, high cost, high risk economy. There are people there earning 2x their European equivalents who are three missed paychecks away from absolute financial ruin.
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Disaster unfolding in Thailand with background global heating at ~1.5°C.
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
‘Desert island’: trapped Thais plead for rescue as floodwaters rise
The navy will deploy an aircraft carrier and deliver meals to help those in the flood-hit south, amid public outcry over chaotic relief efforts.
www.scmp.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Disaster unfolding in Thailand with background global heating at ~1.5°C.
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!