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Alexa Woodward

@alexawoodward.bsky.social

Executive Director, Vermont Complex Systems Institute 🐙 potter ☕️ lawyer ⚖️ songwriter 🪕 sci fi nerd 🛰️ | this is a personal account & views are mine only 🧠 Find me on LinkedIn (work) & Spotify or Bandcamp (songs)

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Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2w ago

AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse www.404media.co/theres-a-100...

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

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Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.

A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w ago

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

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UN Environment Programme@unep.org · 4w ago

Global warming is set to cross 1.5°C, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, a new UNEP report warns.   Predicted impacts include extreme weather and threats to human health and economies.

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Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · last mo.

Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules

International Conference on Computational Social Science@ic2s2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are pleased to share that the 2026 keynote presentations will be available at the @vcsi.bsky.social youtube channel, and will be shared here for anyone who missed them. Here are Jennifer Gradecki and Derek Curry sharing their creative approaches to reconstruction as method: youtu.be/J85Ti0y3bgY

2026 IC2S2: Keynote Presentation with Derek Curry and Jennifer Gradecki

YouTube video by Vermont Complex Systems Institute

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Alexa Woodward@alexawoodward.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🐙 🪕 ❤️. lnkd.in/p/eW87T9-z #ic2s2

It’s been an honor to organize IC2S2 2026 with a great team from the Vermont Complex Systems Institute at the University of Vermont and I’m especially happy to have lived the ultimate Michael Scott… ...

It’s been an honor to organize IC2S2 2026 with a great team from the Vermont Complex Systems Institute at the University of Vermont and I’m especially happy to have lived the ultimate Michael Scott d...

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International Conference on Computational Social Science@ic2s2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Check out this thread and contribute your papers if you'd like to share!

Rafael M Batista@rafmbatista.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’ve created a Collection on @semble.so for #IC2S2. It’s open for anyone to throw in a link to their paper. If that’s too much work, you can reply here with a link and I’ll do it for you and send you the “card” Semble is proving to be a great tool for discovering new research @ic2s2.bsky.social

International Conference on Computational Social Science@ic2s2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here's an easy link to the conference program! Feel free to use this on your mobile device. For sessions you want to save, you can click on the star next to the sessions and export them to your calendar: ic2s2-2026.org/program/

Program — International Conference on Computational Social Science | Burlington, VT 2026

Join us for IC2S2 2026 — the 12th International Conference on Computational Social Science. Burlington, Vermont, July 28-31.

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International Conference on Computational Social Science@ic2s2.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#ic2s2 2026 bike ride was a big success! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Huge thanks to our Vermont Complex Systems Institute volunteers Mohsen Ghasemizade, João Franco, and Michael Robinette for hosting a bike ride to the Burlington causeway tonight, and cheers to all… | ...

Huge thanks to our Vermont Complex Systems Institute volunteers Mohsen Ghasemizade, João Franco, and Michael Robinette for hosting a bike ride to the Burlington causeway tonight, and cheers to all the...

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