So I started writing this paper almost exactly a year ago, based on the talks I'd given across 2024, including my keynote for the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. This is the pre-print and, all things considered, the full edited version should be available in April. …

On Bullshit Engines’ Politics_Preprint

This is a pre-print of the following chapter: Williams, Damien P., “On Bullshit Engines’ Politics”, published in Arrangements of Power: Tracing Langdon Winner’s Legacy Within and Beyond the P…

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Canaries in the coal mine. 🦁 Awful.

Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters

Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summer

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The COVID brain fog explained. The COVID-19 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor to enter cells. Dopamine producing neurons are rich in the ACE2 receptor. The virus causes disruption in the dopamine network in the brain. 🧪 tech-paper.com/scientists-f...

Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can't think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged - T...

Millions of people with long COVID report the same cluster of symptoms: a crushing lack of motivation, an inability to think clearly, memory that slips, movements that feel slower than they should. Fo...

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‘She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.’ ~ Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories #SpookySunday 🖼️ Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, 1902.

This is my painting named Sunburn. #art #drawing #artwork #globalwarming #heat #surrealart

New video! Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, in-game trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse Why are game developers so adverse to these technologies? The best way to find out is by asking folks who have lived through the history of game development. youtu.be/CeZ_rcDQg6Q

Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, ingame trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse

YouTube video by Robin-Yann Storm

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Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

...the best preserved temples of the Roman period. Baalbek is an UNESCO World Heritage site since 1984 and one of the most amazing places I have ever been to. 🧵2/2

this is my new favorite diagram

Galileo's first sketches of the moon after viewing it through his telescope in 1609

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

Japanese officials have coined an entirely new word to signify the dangerous heat of #ClimateChange. It's "kokushobi," which means "cruel heat day." This coinage is but a drop of the coming shower of cultural changes that climate change will force upon us. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...

There are probably tens of thousands of undiscovered ancient earthworks known as geoglyphs in the Amazon, new imaging research shows. Click through to see photos.

Hundreds of never-before-seen ancient ‘earthworks’ discovered in the Amazon

Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100–300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes

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Vaccines work, it really is that simple. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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A nightmare that can only get worse with climate change.

‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis

As extreme heat claims the lives of workers in India’s poorest areas, many fear the true mortality rate is being dangerously undercounted

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"These changes represent a spiritual impoverishment of the earth, as well as a practical catastrophe for humanity. The time for action has long since passed." e360.yale.edu/features/as_...

The Global Impacts of Rapidly Disappearing Arctic Sea Ice

The top of the world is turning from white to blue in summer as the ice that has long covered the north polar seas melts away. This monumental change is triggering a cascade of effects that will ampli...

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Curiosity in Trees by Hope Doe

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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV

YouTube video by Apple TV

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This isn’t tens of thousands of poor people losing their homes in the global south, but tens of thousands of rich people fleeing a popular vacation spot in the south of France, so maybe the rich countries will finally care about climate change.

France orders total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfire spreads

‘Intense and highly unpredictable’ blaze forces more than 40,000 people to flee popular holiday spot

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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations

Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics

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Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game

Scientists believe sunfish-smashing behaviour could be form of entertainment or to help younger whales feed

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🎮 Juntos: Game Jam for Venezuela Earthquake Relief runs July 24–26! Join creators around the world using games to support the cause. 💙https://buff.ly/j3ArDSm #JuntosGameJam #WFPUSA #GameDev

Juntos: Game Jam for Venezuela Earthquake Relief | Juntos: Game Jam para Venezuela

A game jam from 2026-07-24 to 2026-07-27 hosted by Global Game Jam. [Descripción en español abajo] 👾 GAME DEVS COMING TOGETHER FOR VENEZUELA RELIEF Global Game Jam is partnering with World Food…

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James Lovelock is one of the greatest climate scientists that ever lived. We're about find out how on point his statements from over 18 years ago were.

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Landscapes once entirely non-flammable habitats like natural forest or bog, now highly combustible open grasses/gorse or Sitka, coupled with increasingly frequent extended droughts due to climate breakdown. What could *possibly* go wrong? www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Emergency services stood down at Slievenamon wildfire

Emergency services have said they are continuing to closely monitor the scene of a wildfire on Slievenamon in Co Tipperary after standing down operations overnight for crew safety.

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The artwork of First Queen by Yoshitaka Amano used on the cover of the #Sharp #X68000 and #NEC #PC98 releases in Japan. Removed logo, taking a few liberties, and applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

Quilt art by Spanish quilter and textile artist Cristina Arcenegui Bono #WomensArt