Tree Guy Alexander
@treeguyalexander.bsky.social
Environmental researcher and writer. I'm interested in resilient communities and ecosystems, collaboration between organizations, and trees.
📍Currently WY, originally MD, most recently CA
📍Currently WY, originally MD, most recently CA
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I don't have any followers on here yet, so this seems like a good time to shout my most controversial opinion into the void:
Post-grunge is actually good! I'm talking Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Three Days Grace, Nickelback. Yes, even Nickelback!
Post-grunge is actually good! I'm talking Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Three Days Grace, Nickelback. Yes, even Nickelback!
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NEW: Spoke to 25 small publishers about the kind of impact Google's AI changes to search has had on their businesses.
Things don't look good—not for the publishers, and not for the quality of information out on the open web, which ironically Google itself relies on.
Gift link: bloom.bg/43Jmzk3
Things don't look good—not for the publishers, and not for the quality of information out on the open web, which ironically Google itself relies on.
Gift link: bloom.bg/43Jmzk3
April 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW: Spoke to 25 small publishers about the kind of impact Google's AI changes to search has had on their businesses.
Things don't look good—not for the publishers, and not for the quality of information out on the open web, which ironically Google itself relies on.
Gift link: bloom.bg/43Jmzk3
Things don't look good—not for the publishers, and not for the quality of information out on the open web, which ironically Google itself relies on.
Gift link: bloom.bg/43Jmzk3
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Trump's environmental actions will significantly increase the cost of living for millions of people and bring about hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
Trump is cutting the nation's environmental programs. Here are the health risks to Americans
The president's environmental actions will significantly increase the cost of living for millions of people and bring about hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
www.latimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump's environmental actions will significantly increase the cost of living for millions of people and bring about hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
And yet nobody in my department wants to think about the ethical problems with AI, like how it only serves to help entrepreneurial and mgmt types save money by replacing people
the "identify how many Rs in the word strawberry" department is sitting pretty
Shopify CEO says staffers need to prove jobs can't be done by AI before asking for more headcount
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke told employees in a memo that artificial intelligence is making its way across the company, including when it comes to hiring.
www.cnbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
And yet nobody in my department wants to think about the ethical problems with AI, like how it only serves to help entrepreneurial and mgmt types save money by replacing people
This weekend I got in my last x-country ski of the season (I'm a newb). The lodgepole pines were sparkling like fake Christmas trees.
It's normally so windy here on the High Plains that we don't get this effect, but the mountains above town decided that winter was going out in style! #treesky
It's normally so windy here on the High Plains that we don't get this effect, but the mountains above town decided that winter was going out in style! #treesky
April 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This weekend I got in my last x-country ski of the season (I'm a newb). The lodgepole pines were sparkling like fake Christmas trees.
It's normally so windy here on the High Plains that we don't get this effect, but the mountains above town decided that winter was going out in style! #treesky
It's normally so windy here on the High Plains that we don't get this effect, but the mountains above town decided that winter was going out in style! #treesky
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Yup. It turns out "people buy a ticket for $10 to see a movie one time" is one of the GOAT business models unless you intentionally kill it bsky.app/profile/rntr...
The next decade (at least) is going to be marked by more and more industries realizing the huge mistake they made by listening to silicon valley, blindly embracing tech, and abandoning established and profitable business models and practices
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yup. It turns out "people buy a ticket for $10 to see a movie one time" is one of the GOAT business models unless you intentionally kill it bsky.app/profile/rntr...
Lol I was told to use an AI transcription service for an interview with an indigenous leader. At one point she talks about a sense of entitlement in a community she's had trouble working with.
The AI summary: "a sense of entitlement among indigenous people," literally the opposite 🤦
The AI summary: "a sense of entitlement among indigenous people," literally the opposite 🤦
April 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lol I was told to use an AI transcription service for an interview with an indigenous leader. At one point she talks about a sense of entitlement in a community she's had trouble working with.
The AI summary: "a sense of entitlement among indigenous people," literally the opposite 🤦
The AI summary: "a sense of entitlement among indigenous people," literally the opposite 🤦
Am I practicing my French again in case I have to apply for jobs in Canada, France, Switzerland, etc? Sure am!
Droits de douane : le monde boit la taxe. C'est la une de Libération vendredi.
Les nouveaux tarifs douaniers annoncés par Donald Trump chamboulent l’ordre économique mondial, suscitant craintes et indignation.
Les nouveaux tarifs douaniers annoncés par Donald Trump chamboulent l’ordre économique mondial, suscitant craintes et indignation.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Am I practicing my French again in case I have to apply for jobs in Canada, France, Switzerland, etc? Sure am!
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this shit sucks so much, most of us have lived through at least 3 other recessions now im just so sick of this shit they just keep stealing our future from us
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
this shit sucks so much, most of us have lived through at least 3 other recessions now im just so sick of this shit they just keep stealing our future from us
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Millennials be like,
I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Millennials be like,
File me under "despairing," and I feel so energized and motivated and full of love because of what @booker.senate.gov is doing
Nobody, including Booker, thinks a filibuster is Our Salvation.
Cory Booker talking for manymany hours will draw the attn of the inattentive, despairing, & hesitant. It will inspire, inform, & light a fire under some asses. It will have a knock-on effect w/ other electeds—IF WE MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT.
Cory Booker talking for manymany hours will draw the attn of the inattentive, despairing, & hesitant. It will inspire, inform, & light a fire under some asses. It will have a knock-on effect w/ other electeds—IF WE MAKE NOISE ABOUT IT.
April 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
File me under "despairing," and I feel so energized and motivated and full of love because of what @booker.senate.gov is doing
I saw @booker.senate.gov speak in 2008 when he was mayor of Newark. He spoke with so much energy and passion then.
He was speaking with that same energy when I went to bed last night and he was still going when I woke up. Absolutely inspiring.
He was speaking with that same energy when I went to bed last night and he was still going when I woke up. Absolutely inspiring.
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I saw @booker.senate.gov speak in 2008 when he was mayor of Newark. He spoke with so much energy and passion then.
He was speaking with that same energy when I went to bed last night and he was still going when I woke up. Absolutely inspiring.
He was speaking with that same energy when I went to bed last night and he was still going when I woke up. Absolutely inspiring.
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I'm not used to winter continuing into April, but it does make for some pretty excellent sunrise runs.
March 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm not used to winter continuing into April, but it does make for some pretty excellent sunrise runs.
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helping my cat get their claw unstuck from a blanket
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
helping my cat get their claw unstuck from a blanket
Is there a way to turn off the AI summaries in Proquest? I dive into articles to read and learn and identify takeaways for my own work, not to have a machine tell me what it thinks I should learn #highered #research #researchsky
March 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Is there a way to turn off the AI summaries in Proquest? I dive into articles to read and learn and identify takeaways for my own work, not to have a machine tell me what it thinks I should learn #highered #research #researchsky
Happy #caturday to this guy, who is very good at helping with my least favorite chore (putting away laundry) and also is my ray of sunshine in dark times
March 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Happy #caturday to this guy, who is very good at helping with my least favorite chore (putting away laundry) and also is my ray of sunshine in dark times
I was SO excited for this, because @amberruffin.bsky.social is one of the funniest people alive
Really fucking disappointing. We wrote some heaters too. Amber was gonna crush. variety.com/2025/politic...
White House Correspondents’ Association Cancels Plans to Feature Comedian Amber Ruffin at Annual Dinner
The White House Correspondents' Association has canceled plans to have comedian Amber Ruffin perform at its annual dinner on April 26.
variety.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I was SO excited for this, because @amberruffin.bsky.social is one of the funniest people alive
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March 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Politique antidiversité de Donald Trump : Paris dénonce des « ingérences inacceptables » américaines visant des entreprises françaises
Politique antidiversité de Donald Trump : Paris dénonce des « ingérences inacceptables » américaines visant des entreprises françaises
Un courrier de l’ambassade des Etats-Unis demande aux sociétés françaises de prouver qu’elles ne mettent pas en œuvre de programmes de promotion de la diversité, de l’équité, et de l’inclusion qui enfreignent les lois fédérales, sous peine de ne pas pouvoir travailler avec le gouvernement américain.
www.lemonde.fr
March 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Politique antidiversité de Donald Trump : Paris dénonce des « ingérences inacceptables » américaines visant des entreprises françaises
A friend visited the National Gallery of Art in DC and pointed out that my cat might be a time traveler from 19th century France
March 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A friend visited the National Gallery of Art in DC and pointed out that my cat might be a time traveler from 19th century France
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i profiled the first major american environmental disaster of the trump era
i would appreciate it if you shared, as the communities impacted feel deeply ignored by the mainstream media
i would appreciate it if you shared, as the communities impacted feel deeply ignored by the mainstream media
two months after the moss landing battery fire in california, many near the site are still ill — and say the government is not doing enough to find out why they’re sick.
is moss landing an “east palestine” moment for the energy transition? i spent weeks investigating to find out.
cc @heatmap.news
is moss landing an “east palestine” moment for the energy transition? i spent weeks investigating to find out.
cc @heatmap.news
The Mystery of the Moss Landing Battery Fire
People near the site of the disaster say they’re sick. But officials haven’t recognized any link between those symptoms and the fire.
heatmap.news
March 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
i profiled the first major american environmental disaster of the trump era
i would appreciate it if you shared, as the communities impacted feel deeply ignored by the mainstream media
i would appreciate it if you shared, as the communities impacted feel deeply ignored by the mainstream media
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Seriously.
Don't post "AI images of me in the style of ____".
AI is theft.
AI is also trying to steal artist's jobs.
It is a horrible look.
Don't post "AI images of me in the style of ____".
AI is theft.
AI is also trying to steal artist's jobs.
It is a horrible look.
March 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Seriously.
Don't post "AI images of me in the style of ____".
AI is theft.
AI is also trying to steal artist's jobs.
It is a horrible look.
Don't post "AI images of me in the style of ____".
AI is theft.
AI is also trying to steal artist's jobs.
It is a horrible look.
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What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
March 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
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What’s most confusing and sad about the AI hype to me is every person who supports it doesn’t seem to understand that there are people who find great satisfaction in doing things - creating, serving others, solving puzzles.
It’s wild to realize the tech class is, at heart, lazy and incurious.
It’s wild to realize the tech class is, at heart, lazy and incurious.
It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What’s most confusing and sad about the AI hype to me is every person who supports it doesn’t seem to understand that there are people who find great satisfaction in doing things - creating, serving others, solving puzzles.
It’s wild to realize the tech class is, at heart, lazy and incurious.
It’s wild to realize the tech class is, at heart, lazy and incurious.