Update your priors, when you see "Johns Hopkins" you shouldn't think "good school" or "medical research," you should think "hedge fund that lives off taxpayer money and drops its claimed standards to collaborate with fascists" because that's what the school decided to make itself.

Conservative Scholars Are Rare. Johns Hopkins Wants More of Them.

Ronald J. Daniels says the ideological imbalance is bad for the academy and for the country.

chronicle.com

Found this in Waxahachie TX in 2017 and put on my wall. ‘Find out who you are and do it on purpose’ Thanks Dolly! #RIPDolly

If you have anything less than a green card, do not use US air travel, period. Don’t come on a tourist visa, you are not safe. Students, dreamers, TPS, CAT protections or withholding from removal, asylum seeker, undocumented, do not travel in the US by air.

Maria Golub, Ukrainian artist

I was reading about these books being destroyed just last week Wellington second-hand bookstore’s mysterious orders www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/w...

Wellington second-hand bookstore’s mysterious orders

Book Haven in Wellington's Newtown started to receive more orders than it could possibly handle.

rnz.co.nz

It is sobering to contemplate that in fewer than five years, the directives of about half a dozen very wealthy men have effectively ruined the most effective research tools ever devised by human civilization.

Damn. At 18 I was flipping burgers and worrying about if Sue was going to the high school formal with me. Arya on the other hand has invented a plant based plastic that removes microplastics from the environment as it biodegrades 🤯💚💚 share.google/SUSBabYPhEf6...

This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades

Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution

share.google

The backlash made Google pause the feature that made it easy, but it's of course still possible, and now put in everybody's heads. It was so hard for Google to predict the harm. Asking experts is a struggle for tech companies 🤪 www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...

Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky

Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.

npr.org

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · last mo.

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

#PetSitTip We are surprised how many washers have mold in the gasket inside the door at the pet sit home. We go to a laundromat instead. Check your gaskets people! #TrustedHouseSitters #PetSitting #KeepItTidy

Delighted to see Duncan Munro's brilliant design work on my book recognised in the short list of the PANZ Book Design Awards.

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.

I’m the one at book club who read the book.

Time for a new intro: we retired and travel full-time. The world is a mess but we are trying to make a difference where we can. Posting about travel, pet sitting, volunteering, and gratitude. #RetiredNomad #AoNZ #GlobalTravel #PayItForward

Remember a year ago when we all joined Internet NZ to keep the FSU from succeeding in its takeover attempt? Well, they're trying again this year, and another TERF who runs a separate anti-trans hate group is also trying to get on the board. Let's keep them out again 💪

You'll be shocked to hear 'Ryan Fox is only the 3rd Kiwi to win a major golf tournament' is being reported. Dame Lydia Ko has 3 to herself.

#PetSitTip: Ask the pet guardian what makes their pet happy. I am not a runner so if the answer is ‘a good 3 mile run daily’, I know it is not a good fit and will suggest someone else. #TrustedHouseSitters #PetSitting #Dogs

Geologist here who's worked in the NZ oil and gas industry. This is bullshit.

The Press@thepress.co.nz · last mo.

Winston Peters claims New Zealand is sitting on “Norway-scale energy prospects”.

Flower show in Pirbright Surrey today. #Flowers #UkTravel #TimelineCleanse

Hanging out in Surrey with Rocket for a few weeks. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐾 #TrustedHousesitters #PetSitting @dogs.bsky.social

in a world of Lindsey Grahams, be a Sam Neill

apparently he'll be in one last film next year. says it's been completed.

Live your life as a New Zealander such that your passing results in the entire Kiwi internet exclaiming in sadness.

Horizon An American Saga: Man Takes Off Hat

ALT: Horizon An American Saga: Man Takes Off Hat

static.klipy.com

Sam, you did your bit, your level best: now it’s up to the rest of us to make sure this diabolical project never goes ahead #nzpol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘That’ll be the end’: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard

Neill says ‘one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world’ will be permanently changed if Bendigo-Ophir wins fast-track approval

theguardian.com

Happy #TubeToWorkDay everybody

Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.

Save America Movement@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Russ Vought — the Project 2025 architect — is rewriting an OMB rule to seize control of $1T+ in federal grants: roads, hospitals, fire departments, food banks, elections. By law, public comments must be read & answered. Yours matters.