I worry about how people conversing with AIs is going to promote the Dunning-Kruger effect in general society. I've noticed from conversing with AI on a range of subjects that I have to continuously instruct it to evaluate my thoughts and suggestions objectively and not default to a positive bias.

"let's put crime and corruption in check"? Are you kidding me? Who's the used car salesman from the 80s who thought that was a brilliant idea for a slogan in 2026? Also, this is the dumbest attempt to look like you know how to play chess I've ever seen. The board has 4 light-squared bishops.

In Jared Kushner, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman found an American partner he could steer in whichever way he wanted.

How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats

And sell out America.

motherjones.com

A great overview of Arctic research trends (albeit grim reading) by @Kujjua 🧪 e360.yale.edu/features/arc...

Arctic Wildlife Research Suffers as Geopolitical Competition Grows

As national security and the hunt for rare minerals come to dominate Arctic agendas, governments are slashing support for wildlife research. Scientists say the loss of monitoring is unprecedented and ...

e360.yale.edu

As a reader of fiction, I simply don't see any reason to buy new books unless I already know and like the author. What's the point? Why risk buying AI slop when there is already more excellent fiction out there, written before AI was a thing, than I could read in a thousand lifetimes?

Ossoff: "The crisis we must meet is deeper than this presidency. Trump's rise is proof that business as usual has failed, that our politics, sickened by corruption, is failing the American public and compromising our national integrity. And that the hour is late to fix what's broken."

That's oddly specific.

When they eventually malfunction or become sentient, will they murder each other or him?

My latest paper has just been published in @nature.com(!) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Our research suggests we’re surprisingly close to conserving 30% of the world’s land @dice-kent.bsky.social @anotherbobsmith.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social #30x30 #Target3 #KMGBF #CBDCOP17 #PAs #OECMs

Global conservation area coverage substantially exceeds current estimates - Nature

A globally representative sample of 25 countries and territories indicates that conservation areas cover 26.81% of the land, much closer to the 30% by 2030 target than officially reported.

nature.com

Newborn baby Malachi, whose parents belong to a faith-healing sect that doesn’t believe in medical care, died of preventable and treatable conditions. Thirteen months later, their next newborn, Liam, died from the same things.

These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.

For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...

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Dads who work in AI. Supplying sociopaths for future generations.

Et andet ord for denne "råddenskab" er ganske simpelt jagtetik. Udsætning af ænder og fasaner har ingen rolle i etisk jagt.

So, the Netflix Lizzie Borden series wants me to buy the premise that this woman can't find a partner because she's plain-faced, horse-faced, and unattractive?

Look at the size of this praying mantis I just found in my laundry.

"Almost two-thirds of hunting outcomes were positive, 26% were negative, and 9% were ambiguous. Conservation outcomes for hunted species abundance were more often positive than negative [...] Looking beyond hunted species [...] hunting predominantly increased the extent of land conserved."

Outcomes of Trophy Hunting for People and Nature in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Trophy hunting is one of the most contested conservation activities. There is mounting pressure in the Global North for policy changes that would dramatically curtail the activity across Africa. We s...

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Spiritual people are just the absolute worst.

Regulating pig factories in Denmark is "racism" towards the "minority" of pig factory owners now, apparently, according to the pig factory industry. You almost have to admire the imagination.

The US is preparing sanctions against the ICC which indicted Putin and Netanyahu, potentially cutting it off from US banking, technology and services. The US already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and vowed to dismantle the war crimes court “brick by brick.”

US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes

Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...

yacnews.com

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level

Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...

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I guess in some small way I can be proud of being one of the last generations of academics who know how to write.

Guess the dad. Beginner mode.

Prosecutors in Poland, Norway and Latvia and police in Britain report that the US Justice Department is stonewalling their investigations and has not answered their Epstein evidence requests for over a year. #OpDeathEaters www.yacnews.com/european-inv...

European investigators report that the US Justice Department has not answered Epstein evidence requests

Prosecutors in Poland, Norway and Latvia and police in Britain report that the US Justice Department is stonewalling their investigations and has not answered their Epstein evidence requests for over ...

yacnews.com

I can't decide if I'm an idiot for trying to teach university students academic writing in the current academic environment where everyone just uses AI for that, or if I'm just too early. Will there eventually be a backlash trend against AI-writing or is non-AI-assisted writing just dead?

Taylor & Francis is investigating an article in one of its journals after the editors published an editorial about academic freedom that contains multiple fake references and citation errors.

Editors of higher education journal coauthor editorial with fake references

Taylor & Francis is investigating an article in one of its journals after the editors published an editorial about academic freedom that contains multiple fake references and citation errors.&n…

retractionwatch.com

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the first time in over 30 years, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern cod stock has been deemed “healthy” by Ottawa. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/09/05/i...

1 person is alone on one court and 3 people are on the court right next to it, and they're all around the same (low) level. But they still play their entire booking time as 3 and 1 without anyone suggesting to play together. I just find that strange. 🤷‍♂️

This is so messed up... I mean we got used to random lies all the time when he speaks, but an entire made-up story about being caught in the rubble of 9/11 when actually he was just in his office, watching it all on TV... The total disrespect... Is this also just "trolling the libs"?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."

A+

Americans just aren't civilized enough to be spectators of sports like golf and tennis anymore.

Will hordes of influencers, weed smokers and mid-point talkers bring down the US Open?

This year, the noise at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center has officially become A Problem. But changing it would mean changing society

theguardian.com

I found this a very enlightening short new documentary about why you might not want to buy Driscoll's berries (though Driscoll's doesn't even grow a single berry, it's a genetics company).

I Tracked Down the Company Ruining Fruit

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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