Rest in Peace Wendell Berry, the true Mad Farmer.
A Wonder Is What It Is: Nick Offerman Reads 'Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,' by Wend...
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Jamon Halvaksz
@jamonhalvakszphd.bsky.social
Anthropologist looking for sanity... Georgetown University | Oceania/Moana | Climate Change | Mining | Urban Environments www.Jamonhalvaksz.com
The trendiness on temperature in the article highlight how extremely different this year is from previous ones...
Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · last wk.The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024. And it's only going to get worse.
Not perfect, but this is heading in the right direction. We need policies that guide faculty and students through the ethics of AI use as well as restrictions.
U. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core Courses
The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.
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The only inaccuracy is that the business schools are already volunteering to become AI. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
Our University Does Not Require Books, Paper, or Human Knowledge
“Such a radical shakeup in learning has never happened before, as far as I know. Is there even a way to learn about whether or not something has happened bef...
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Well he got the first sentence in this essay right: ”I am a fraud” www.nature.com/articles/d44...
When AI writes the words, who is the author?
After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.
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Still thinking about the last few months of research in Papua New Guinea.
Simpsons Old Man Yells at Cloud
ALT: Simpsons Old Man Yells at Cloud
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned …There may have been some contractor difficulty, but major damage was caused by VANDALS!”
So sad and pathetic. It’s like they know that history will not treat them kindly.
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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"This is something we humans do to the dead. We use them to explain systems they did not build and failures they did not survive. A fallen soldier is made to speak for policy. A sodden bird becomes a commentary on federal competence and the condition of a backsliding democracy."
An Open Letter to the Dead Duck Seen Floating In the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
“You did not paddle through the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to participate in a national metaphor. To you, this was not a site of national remembrance, ...
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Here’s two. I’m guessing a few remember Tales of the Gold Monkey, but folks always seem surprised that Baywatch Nights existed The latter was bad imaging of Baywatch team as paranormal investigators.
Rev. Col. C.A. Martin, PhD@pataphysicien.bsky.social · 3mo agoI thought I was the only person who remembers Quark, but I guess not. Instead I’ll go with this lost bit of my childhood
What’s up with the Weather Channel‘s descriptions?
“ The Bougainville story is a result of Australia’s political decision through Papua New Guinea government...leaving behind a toxic legacy," Theonila Roka Matbob tells me this week on the @mongabay.com Newscast. “So my intention is for us to start telling this story.”
The Bougainville community in Panguna wants justice for mining’s ‘toxic legacy’
Theonila Roka Matbob grew up next to what was — at the time — the world’s largest open-pit mine in Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, operated by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. This m...
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Georgia Mint Julep? Come on now Bones! That’s just bad whiskey and water. Drink better. Drink bourbon.
Star Trek Minus Context@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 3mo ago
Social science funding from the NSF has supported so many great projects that meaningful shape our understanding of humanity.
American Association of Geographers@geographers.bsky.social · 3mo agoAs Congress discusses the FY2027 budget, the NSF and its Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (#SBE) remain in jeopardy. Antoinette Van Winklerprins told @theatlantic.com about what’s at stake for SBE, which funds 63% of the nation’s #SocialScience research.
You want to watch Kīlauea volcano do its thing. Here's Halemaʻumaʻu crater from the southern rim of the caldera, brought to you by your tax dollars.
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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Every single dissertation and ma thesis. Every. Single. One.
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3mo ago"You’ve been in here 23 minutes, but all I see is the cursor blinking next to the title. Do you not like the title? I’ve been going back and forth about whether The Horse That Galloped Away with My Heart is too on the nose for a story about a horse transporting a human heart."
The idea that big corporations like BHP would lead climate Reduction has always been a bait and switch operation. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal
Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation
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History was made at the UN General Assembly. A landmark climate resolution was adopted this Wednesday, affirming that protecting our planet from greenhouse gas emissions is not a political choice, but a legal obligation. Find out more: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167561
Guess who voted against this. insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...
U.N. General Assembly Embraces Court Opinion That Says Nations Have a Legal Obligation to Take Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The U.S. was among eight countries that voted against endorsing the nonbinding ruling that said all nations must take steps to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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I mean sure. This and women and children living in the margins of society might get suffer and even die… but the World Cup will be slower. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Brace for ‘boring’ World Cup games as sluggish players feel heat
As temperatures in the US soar, footballers may have to pace themselves and play it safe on the pitch, it is feared. But fans face the biggest health risks
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