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I returned to Watt’s legacy this summer in a separate piece that recalls the “wise use” agenda, a framework of resource dominance that effectively laid the groundwork for Project 2025’s approach to federal lands and waters.
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The sagebrush rebel revival, my latest in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...
The sagebrush rebel revival
Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and waters to the Wise Use movement of the 1980s and the Sagebrush Rebellion that pr...
thebulletin.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I returned to Watt’s legacy this summer in a separate piece that recalls the “wise use” agenda, a framework of resource dominance that effectively laid the groundwork for Project 2025’s approach to federal lands and waters.
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bsky.app/profile/dust...
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your reminder that the jewish federations and other pro-israel groups were the actual impetus behind the government’s forced sale of tiktok to a major donor to friends of the idf
Why is Sarah Hurwitz suddenly doing so many media hits and why is every single one of them basically a caricature of the pro Israel view?
"I'm sorry if this is a graphic thing to say, but … when I'm trying to make arguments in favor for Israel … I'm talking through a wall of dead children."
"I'm sorry if this is a graphic thing to say, but … when I'm trying to make arguments in favor for Israel … I'm talking through a wall of dead children."
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
your reminder that the jewish federations and other pro-israel groups were the actual impetus behind the government’s forced sale of tiktok to a major donor to friends of the idf
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Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
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Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
Whenever I'm down on the cowardice and idiocy of TTU, I can remember that at least it isn't this place. A perfect clip. wait for the guest speaker...
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Whenever I'm down on the cowardice and idiocy of TTU, I can remember that at least it isn't this place. A perfect clip. wait for the guest speaker...
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
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University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
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In Idaho's Clarkia fossil beds, ~15-million-yr-old leaves are sandwiched between rock. When exposed, the leaves momentarily retain their original colors—red, copper, sometimes even a chlorophyllic hue—before oxidizing and fading.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In Idaho's Clarkia fossil beds, ~15-million-yr-old leaves are sandwiched between rock. When exposed, the leaves momentarily retain their original colors—red, copper, sometimes even a chlorophyllic hue—before oxidizing and fading.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
A sedimentary scrapbook. Reverse polaroids from Earth's deep past.
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When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
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UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
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But that is a different thread.
My main point, and this is a genuine question, is I cannot understand for the life of me WHY GOOGLE WOULD DO THIS?
Because in addition to Google making money on search result ads, it also owns an estimated +50% of the global digital ad revenue market GENERALLY
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My main point, and this is a genuine question, is I cannot understand for the life of me WHY GOOGLE WOULD DO THIS?
Because in addition to Google making money on search result ads, it also owns an estimated +50% of the global digital ad revenue market GENERALLY
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November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
But that is a different thread.
My main point, and this is a genuine question, is I cannot understand for the life of me WHY GOOGLE WOULD DO THIS?
Because in addition to Google making money on search result ads, it also owns an estimated +50% of the global digital ad revenue market GENERALLY
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My main point, and this is a genuine question, is I cannot understand for the life of me WHY GOOGLE WOULD DO THIS?
Because in addition to Google making money on search result ads, it also owns an estimated +50% of the global digital ad revenue market GENERALLY
13/
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Didn't realize he's an AI hustler too, just evil upon evil
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Didn't realize he's an AI hustler too, just evil upon evil
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“My magic beans can work miracles, they’re different from all of the fake magic beans out there” has been the sales pitch of charlatans since time immemorial.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“My magic beans can work miracles, they’re different from all of the fake magic beans out there” has been the sales pitch of charlatans since time immemorial.
valve body back in. appreciating warm weather and no wind for transmission work in my driveway. Someday I will have true shop and a lift.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
valve body back in. appreciating warm weather and no wind for transmission work in my driveway. Someday I will have true shop and a lift.
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Weather conditions really need to stop making Israeli tanks accidentally fire at UN peacekeepers in other countries. Stop it, weather conditions!
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Weather conditions really need to stop making Israeli tanks accidentally fire at UN peacekeepers in other countries. Stop it, weather conditions!
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My colleague has captured what is currently happening at my institution. I have found the chipper rhetoric announcing it particularly depressing.
My colleague has captured what is currently happening at my institution. I have found the chipper rhetoric announcing it particularly depressing.
The Eternal Synergy of the Spotless Mind
BY ADAM RZEPKA A large public university is wiping out all of its humanities departments. It isn’t sure why. As I write this, our Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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My colleague has captured what is currently happening at my institution. I have found the chipper rhetoric announcing it particularly depressing.
My colleague has captured what is currently happening at my institution. I have found the chipper rhetoric announcing it particularly depressing.
Idiots like von de Leyen are everywhere at high levels. The rulers are both evil and dumb.
A group of scientists has called on EC president Ursula von der Leyen to retract a statement she made suggesting A.I. would soon reach parity with human intelligence. Her statements were based on marketing statements from US Tech firms not empirical evidence or real proof. #ResistAI
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen | Euractiv
Open letter criticises the Commission President for remarks earlier this year – when she anticipated AI would “approach human reasoning” in 2026
www.euractiv.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Idiots like von de Leyen are everywhere at high levels. The rulers are both evil and dumb.
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"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
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Hey, gang! @rosfalianti.bsky.social and I are raising money for our friend Saber Fathi in Gaza, who's been living in a tent and is hoping to raise enough to rent an apartment space. Any bit you can donate helps!
Donate to Save Saber and his family. Save Saber’s dream., organized by Saber Naseer
Hello,
This is Gaza, where stories are written with pain and resil… Saber Naseer needs your support for Save Saber and his family. Save Saber’s dream.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hey, gang! @rosfalianti.bsky.social and I are raising money for our friend Saber Fathi in Gaza, who's been living in a tent and is hoping to raise enough to rent an apartment space. Any bit you can donate helps!
Evening workshop relaxation. 1949 Coleman 242C rebuilt and running. I had to remove a few dents and a lot of corrosion and rust.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Evening workshop relaxation. 1949 Coleman 242C rebuilt and running. I had to remove a few dents and a lot of corrosion and rust.
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So I guess when they want to boot you, they just go through your posts and find something to nail you with.
Bluesky says it suspended author Sarah Kendzior because she was "expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article."
But there's more to the story:
But there's more to the story:
Bluesky Is Clearly Not a Johnny Cash Fan
A user was banned for making a Johnny Cash reference. Where's the dividing line between serious threat and jokey pop culture reference?
gizmodo.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So I guess when they want to boot you, they just go through your posts and find something to nail you with.
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i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
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Faculty panel determined Dr. Melissa MCoul’s firing was based on the content of her course and a violation of her academic freedom. Administration ignored the finding. Another violation of due process in this egregious case.
Texas A&M faculty panel report says professor's firing violated her academic freedom www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Texas A&M panel: Firing violated professor’s academic freedom
University officials dispute the faculty council’s conclusion. Melissa McCoul lost her job after a video of a classroom debate went viral.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Faculty panel determined Dr. Melissa MCoul’s firing was based on the content of her course and a violation of her academic freedom. Administration ignored the finding. Another violation of due process in this egregious case.