Flavien Beaud
@flavienb.bsky.social
Recovering academic, loved studying glaciers but had to feed a kid; geomorphology consultant; #ActuallyAutistic
Glaciers, rivers, mountains, bikes, and a whole lot more!
Glaciers, rivers, mountains, bikes, and a whole lot more!
This is what scientific hell looks like. A pile of AI slop with a pseudo meaning that will do more harm than good. Probably just harm really.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is what scientific hell looks like. A pile of AI slop with a pseudo meaning that will do more harm than good. Probably just harm really.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
And Nature makes money publishing it.
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Our built environment isn't ready for the changes we've made to our natural environment.
VIDEO: 🇹🇭 🇲🇾 Tens of thousands displaced by floods in Thailand and Malaysia
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our built environment isn't ready for the changes we've made to our natural environment.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
That's kind of the definition of exponential growth... Definitely isn't sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
That's kind of the definition of exponential growth... Definitely isn't sustainable.
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I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for Large Language Models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
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We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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This. Every “very smart bad man” has driven dozens of women (many of whom were smarter) out of academia.
And let’s think of all the people that were driven out of academia by them…
"nooo, their papers are good, you can't be mad at them for being creeps"
first all, no they are not, and second of all, yes we can
first all, no they are not, and second of all, yes we can
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This. Every “very smart bad man” has driven dozens of women (many of whom were smarter) out of academia.
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For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
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i feel like we need to pause and reflect on this insane collection of words
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
i feel like we need to pause and reflect on this insane collection of words
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Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
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Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?
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My partner texted me "Dick Cheney said 'over my dead body' about Zohran winning" earlier and I had been too busy at work to check any news, so for several hours today I thought Cheney was still alive and being obnoxious.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My partner texted me "Dick Cheney said 'over my dead body' about Zohran winning" earlier and I had been too busy at work to check any news, so for several hours today I thought Cheney was still alive and being obnoxious.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Six things you should know have happened in America since Monday - in 2 minutes.
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
Six things you should know have happend in America since Monday
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Six things you should know have happened in America since Monday - in 2 minutes.
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
youtu.be/s7jnLHoBMF8
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A 2021 study from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that 52% of all trips in the U.S. were less than three miles. 28% of trips were less than one mile. With slight tweaks, many of those trips could be done on bikes, e-bikes and other light electric vehicles, and walking.
I'm tempted to listen because I've yet to read an argument about "car addiction" that factors in that the continental United States covers 3.7 million square miles.
Check out the new Factually! episode with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon: How to Break America's Car Addiction.
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JDV...
» YouTube: youtu.be/0rDO6FbYQrE
» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JDV...
» YouTube: youtu.be/0rDO6FbYQrE
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A 2021 study from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that 52% of all trips in the U.S. were less than three miles. 28% of trips were less than one mile. With slight tweaks, many of those trips could be done on bikes, e-bikes and other light electric vehicles, and walking.
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For #BlackHistoryMonth, I feel compelled to tell you what happened to me last night in a hotel bar in Nottingham...[1/10]
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I feel compelled to tell you what happened to me last night in a hotel bar in Nottingham...[1/10]
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I agree 💯% with this take.
I once mentioned this on Twitter in response to people calling Donald Trump “fat” and “orange”.
Some people got quite cross with me 🤷🏾♂️
I once mentioned this on Twitter in response to people calling Donald Trump “fat” and “orange”.
Some people got quite cross with me 🤷🏾♂️
It doesn't matter how despicable a person is, mocking their innate physical appearance is always wrong.
Not because it's cruel to them, but because it perpetuates the harmful idea that innate physical appearance has anything to do with one's character / beliefs / actions.
Not because it's cruel to them, but because it perpetuates the harmful idea that innate physical appearance has anything to do with one's character / beliefs / actions.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I agree 💯% with this take.
I once mentioned this on Twitter in response to people calling Donald Trump “fat” and “orange”.
Some people got quite cross with me 🤷🏾♂️
I once mentioned this on Twitter in response to people calling Donald Trump “fat” and “orange”.
Some people got quite cross with me 🤷🏾♂️
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MSc Topics 2025/2026 🌍❄️
Curious about glaciers, snow, or ice sheets? We’ve got 14 exciting MSc projects. From fieldwork on Swiss glaciers to modelling subglacial drainage beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
👉 Explore & apply:
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Join us and dive into the cryosphere! 🧊
Curious about glaciers, snow, or ice sheets? We’ve got 14 exciting MSc projects. From fieldwork on Swiss glaciers to modelling subglacial drainage beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
👉 Explore & apply:
🔗 sirop.org/app/searchOp...
Join us and dive into the cryosphere! 🧊
October 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
MSc Topics 2025/2026 🌍❄️
Curious about glaciers, snow, or ice sheets? We’ve got 14 exciting MSc projects. From fieldwork on Swiss glaciers to modelling subglacial drainage beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
👉 Explore & apply:
🔗 sirop.org/app/searchOp...
Join us and dive into the cryosphere! 🧊
Curious about glaciers, snow, or ice sheets? We’ve got 14 exciting MSc projects. From fieldwork on Swiss glaciers to modelling subglacial drainage beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
👉 Explore & apply:
🔗 sirop.org/app/searchOp...
Join us and dive into the cryosphere! 🧊
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Hello new arrivals to Bluesky! If you're interested in getting your news from sites that are NOT owned by billionaires, and are instead independent, worker-owned & reader-funded, this starter pack may help with that!
It's also available as a list, if that's more your jam: bsky.app/profile/did:...
It's also available as a list, if that's more your jam: bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hello new arrivals to Bluesky! If you're interested in getting your news from sites that are NOT owned by billionaires, and are instead independent, worker-owned & reader-funded, this starter pack may help with that!
It's also available as a list, if that's more your jam: bsky.app/profile/did:...
It's also available as a list, if that's more your jam: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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well, there you have it
October 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
well, there you have it
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OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
October 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.