Mike Cosgrave
@mikecosgrave.bsky.social
Digital Humanities at UCC, lifelong gamer
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
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Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.
In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.
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move slowly and build things
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
move slowly and build things
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This Friday April 11th sees the release of Corpus/Mimesis on cassette through @fiadh.bsky.social and also digital formats
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
April 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Friday April 11th sees the release of Corpus/Mimesis on cassette through @fiadh.bsky.social and also digital formats
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
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Seattle understands what's at stake here
April 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Seattle understands what's at stake here
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Live D&D at the International Literary Festival in Dublin. Featuring me! Really looking forward to it! ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
Dungeons & Dragons Live with Ian Green & Guests
ilfdublin.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Live D&D at the International Literary Festival in Dublin. Featuring me! Really looking forward to it! ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
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Morgan Stanley planning for a 3°C world is an astonishing admission. It's a commitment to business as usual while writing off billions of lives and, in all likelihood, dozens of nation states.
Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement.
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
March 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Morgan Stanley planning for a 3°C world is an astonishing admission. It's a commitment to business as usual while writing off billions of lives and, in all likelihood, dozens of nation states.
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According to the publication, the letter said that Trump’s executive order applied to companies outside the US if they were a supplier or service provider to the American government.
March 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
According to the publication, the letter said that Trump’s executive order applied to companies outside the US if they were a supplier or service provider to the American government.
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Financial Times: the Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
March 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Financial Times: the Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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The call for submissions to the IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds at L'Aquila, Italy closes July 1st for Papers, Performances and Tutorials.
If your work bridges Sound and Music Computing with the Internet of Things do consider a submission:
internetofsounds2025.ieee-is2.org
If your work bridges Sound and Music Computing with the Internet of Things do consider a submission:
internetofsounds2025.ieee-is2.org
IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds
29–31 October 2025 // L’Aquila, Italy
internetofsounds2025.ieee-is2.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The call for submissions to the IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds at L'Aquila, Italy closes July 1st for Papers, Performances and Tutorials.
If your work bridges Sound and Music Computing with the Internet of Things do consider a submission:
internetofsounds2025.ieee-is2.org
If your work bridges Sound and Music Computing with the Internet of Things do consider a submission:
internetofsounds2025.ieee-is2.org
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This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
For those who don’t know, “Big Berks” is the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians; yet another case of erasing groups under the current US regime
March 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For those who don’t know, “Big Berks” is the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians; yet another case of erasing groups under the current US regime
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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As a senior digital person in Higher Education, the thing i have to drill into everyone is that young people lie constantly on surveys.
Surveys are a game to be won, by saying the thing they think the old people want them to say.
They're not even conscious they're doing it. /1
Surveys are a game to be won, by saying the thing they think the old people want them to say.
They're not even conscious they're doing it. /1
“Young People Don’t Want Sex And Romance In Their Games” and the top 10 up and coming Steam games are stuff like anime dating sims about a werewolf woman that has sex with people and eats them.
February 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As a senior digital person in Higher Education, the thing i have to drill into everyone is that young people lie constantly on surveys.
Surveys are a game to be won, by saying the thing they think the old people want them to say.
They're not even conscious they're doing it. /1
Surveys are a game to be won, by saying the thing they think the old people want them to say.
They're not even conscious they're doing it. /1
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Ladies, be your own Valentine. Buy yourself chocolates. Order yourself flowers. Bring yourself the head of your own enemy after seven years of bloody warfare to prove yourself worthy of your affection. It's called self-care.
February 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Ladies, be your own Valentine. Buy yourself chocolates. Order yourself flowers. Bring yourself the head of your own enemy after seven years of bloody warfare to prove yourself worthy of your affection. It's called self-care.
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Ongoing thread about the DOGE Bros, who turn out to not just be bad, but seemingly every possible kind of bad
NEW: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
by @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @margimurphy.bsky.social, and team @ Bloomberg:
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
by @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @margimurphy.bsky.social, and team @ Bloomberg:
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Ongoing thread about the DOGE Bros, who turn out to not just be bad, but seemingly every possible kind of bad
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The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.
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these aren’t the actions of people who are strong
these are the actions of weak losers
these are the actions of weak losers
At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x
February 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
these aren’t the actions of people who are strong
these are the actions of weak losers
these are the actions of weak losers
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Family (most of, Xander was playing Munchkin) at Warpcon 35
February 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Family (most of, Xander was playing Munchkin) at Warpcon 35