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Mike Liebhold

@mikeliebhold.bsky.social

Earth intelligence, Living with wildlife Systems researcher 1980-2020 retired IFTF. org, Intel, Netscape, Apple, Atari https://www.iftf.org/people/mike-liebhold/

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Mike Liebhold@mikeliebhold.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Right before my eyes: a lighting strike hit this pine tree right outside the window 30 ft. Away while we were eating dinner, blasted bark and pitch all over cars, and the driveway. Truckee California.

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Mike Liebhold@mikeliebhold.bsky.social · 4mo ago

oh, oh: New evidence of large scale AI pollution of biomedical knowledge “… a reference-integrity audit of 2·5 million biomedical papers in 3 years, showing fabricated references embedded in peer-reviewed literature at scale & rate of fabrication accelerating. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers

Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references point to non-exi...

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Brian J. Enquist@bjenquist.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Chance and purpose in the evolution of biospheres "Earth’s biosphere is driven by an interlinked network of biogeochemical cycles that are governed largely by microbes.... the evolutionary interplay between the organisms and their environments." 🧪🌐 royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

Volume 380 Issue 1931 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society

Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.

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Mike Liebhold@mikeliebhold.bsky.social · 8mo ago

And, so far, there is no organized planning for reconstruction of American science programs according to a private remark I heard from a former White House scientist

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
Mike Liebhold@mikeliebhold.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Trump’s “national security” wind farm freeze? Total sham! Europe’s 30GW offshore giants coexist flawlessly with military radars via software tweaks & curtailments—zero threats. US DoD greenlit 1,000s onshore. Pure political posturing, not necessity!

Nils Gilman@nilsgilman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“Computational modeling does not merely visualize climate futures; it enables societies to build planetary imaginaries…. If the epistemic category of the planetary collapses under geopolitical pressure, we do not simply lose a tool. We lose a worldview, and with it, a horizon of action.”

Nils Gilman@nilsgilman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The “planetary perspective has emerged… as a distinct epistemological category: a way of seeing & knowing the world that transcends national borders, human exceptionalism & disciplinary silos…. It remains young, epistemologically speaking, & geopolitically vulnerable.” www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Mike Liebhold@mikeliebhold.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“22 of the planet’s 34 vital signs are at record levels, with many of them continuing to trend sharply in the wrong direction.” www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

“State of the climate” 2025: Earth’s vital signs worsen, science shows options for livable future

29.10.2025 – 22 of the planet’s 34 vital signs are at record levels, with many of them continuing to trend sharply in the wrong direction. This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual “State o...

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