David

David

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Melbourne, Australia. PhD. Follower of “socio-materialism” (Deleuze, Latour, Stengers) & Tavistock Sociotechnical Systems thinking. 79. Interests: politics, music, economics, archeology, astronomy(esp. cosmology) philosophy of science & science fiction

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This piece from The Bookseller seems to confirm Informa /Taylor & Francis / Routledge intends to use academic work to train AI without any consultation with authors. www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...

Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AIwww.thebookseller.com Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.

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For a detailed history & philosophy of science perspective on this question, my recent students & I have a paper forthcoming in @thebjps.bsky.social on this: "Are We in a Sixth Mass Extinction? The Challenges of Answering and Value of Asking" bokulich.org/wp-content/u...

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POP-GOV DAILY 25 -HUGE UNDERREPORTED NEWS: Fed court rejects conservative challenge to EPA rules reducing carbon emissions -WaPo: Behind the Scenes as JOE BIDEN LOST CONTROL of the Dem Party -NYT column on GOP LEGACY OF LOSING -JD Vance's Spotify playlist is UNIQUELY TERRIBLE www.pop-gov.com

pop-Govwww.pop-gov.com 1. Fed Ct Rejects Conservative Challenge to EPA Rules Reducing Fossil-Fuel Emissions Courthouse News Service 2. Biden Still Working Hard as He Prepares for High-Stakes Meeting w/Netanyahu...

Tess, I can recommend this very strongly. Possibly even better than Ripley @tess17.bsky.social

This is extraordinary TV. Portman is outstanding. Written for adults & a warning what a return to the 1950s & '60s, sought by MAGA, would mean for women & minorities. @darlingm777.bsky.social @paulette7.bsky.social @strayarc.bsky.social @gekko.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Lady in the Lake review – Natalie Portman’s TV debut is absolutely impeccablewww.theguardian.com This fearless, 60s-set thriller is astonishingly written and acted. It’s so sumptuous that its brilliance threatens to overwhelm you

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We should all be asking ourselves, “Why are corporate media and the Democratic Party establishment trying so hard to push President Joseph R. Biden out of the race?” 🤨 “Republicans have no principles, Democrats have no spine.” Professor Allan Lichtman youtu.be/S-hZeRQxA0g?...

FED UP Professor Lichtman DROPS THE HAMMER on Trump and SPINELESS…youtu.be MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews Professor Allan Lichtman on the 2024 election between President Biden and Donald Trump. Visit https://meidastouch.co...

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youtu.be/6bLOjmY--TA?... Beats❤️‍🔥🎤 @josephpgillis.bsky.social @chrismo.bsky.social @ts4kstate.bsky.social @ismua.bsky.social @izanamic.bsky.social @blackcheeseburger.bsky.social @pierpaolo.bsky.social @paulette7.bsky.social @paulalight.bsky.social @everybreath13.bsky.social @koshka007.bsky.social

Iggy Pop - Candyyoutu.be Music video by Iggy Pop performing Candy.

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Rio Tinto = callous bastards

The first published results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blasttheconversation.com The Juukan 2 rockshelter was blown up in 2020. The results of an archaeological dig carried out six years earlier are only now being published for the first time.

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Absolutely huge numbers of bears last night and again tonight. 20+ bears at the falls. And fortunately, the salmon are running strong tonight. There may be some squabbling, but everyone is going to get fed.

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The aggravated identity theft charges pertain to allegations that Santos used campaign donors’ credit card information to make repeated contributions they hadn’t authorized. Prosecutors say he also tried to hide the true source of the money — and evade campaign contribution limits .

Judge turns down ex-Rep. George Santos' request to nix some charges ahead of fraud trialapnews.com Former U.S. Rep. George Santos has lost a bid to get rid of part of the criminal case against him as he heads toward trial on charges that include defrauding campaign donors.

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Quickly moving cold front could bring ‘most significant snowfall of the year’, as Australia’s east coast battles bitter windswww.theguardian.com Bureau of Meteorology predicts strong winds for SA, NSW and Victoria that will make temperatures feel colder than what is forecast

This is extraordinary TV. Portman is outstanding. Written for adults & a warning what a return to the 1950s & '60s, sought by MAGA, would mean for women & minorities. @darlingm777.bsky.social @paulette7.bsky.social @strayarc.bsky.social @gekko.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Lady in the Lake review – Natalie Portman’s TV debut is absolutely impeccablewww.theguardian.com This fearless, 60s-set thriller is astonishingly written and acted. It’s so sumptuous that its brilliance threatens to overwhelm you

Biting commentary @paulette7.bsky.social @darlingm777.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Welcome to 2024’s saddest race – who gets to be Britain’s ‘Trump whisperer’? | Marina Hydewww.theguardian.com Every luminary from Boris Johnson to the MP for Clacton has been lining up for a chance to enter the former president’s backchannel, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Democrats cautiously optimistic after Trump’s ad-libbed convention speechwww.theguardian.com The performance was ‘first good thing’ for Democrats in weeks after the ex-president dished out insults and lies

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Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future riskswww.theguardian.com Fault in CrowdStrike caused airports, businesses and healthcare services to languish in ‘largest outage in history’

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Bad actors seizing on Microsoft IT outage to scam public, Clare O’Neil warnswww.theguardian.com Home affairs minister says small businesses should be cautious of emails from people posing as CrowdStrike or Microsoft

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UK offers Labor a lesson on ignoring 'faith-based' voterswww.thenewdaily.com.au 'Faith-based voters' could create serious ramifications for the Labor Party, as recent results in an overseas election highlight.

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Sunscreen doesn't cause cancer, despite what TikTok sayswww.thenewdaily.com.au TikTok and social media have breathed new life the false claim that sunscreen causes cancer and array of other negative effects.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

I think people think "plastic" and the think of the large amount of plastic in the ocean. I don't think they understand that plastic is in rainfall. It's in snow. It's in human placentas and breast milk. And that increasingly our understanding is those chemicals in plastic are not good for us. /3

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I've been irritated with the election coverage from The Atlantic, but I didn't cancel my subscription because they still do know how to publish real journalism: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A Searing Reminder That Trump Is Unwellwww.theatlantic.com His bizarre diatribe at the RNC shows why the pro-democracy coalition is so worried about beating him.

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youtu.be/Im3JzxlatUs?... Beats🥁 @palehorse.bsky.social @hubbubbub.bsky.social @bleudawn7.bsky.social @arlindars111777.bsky.social @paulette7.bsky.social @docgaby.bsky.social @dcboy.bsky.social @pawbaby2.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social @racheldachel.bsky.social @tess17.bsky.social

Gary Numan - Cars HDyoutu.be Working from home alternative classics ➤ https://bit.ly/3aOLq7HA game-changing song and video. Following up his UK number one hit as Tubeway Army (Are 'Frien...

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🌟Episode 3 of my #Cosmology101 series is live! Check it out to see how the first stars turned on (and what happened to them next)! youtu.be/JkwzgYz9cBc?...

Stellar Evolution Explained | Cosmology 101 Episode 3youtu.be In this episode of Cosmology 101, we explore the dramatic journey from the early universe to the formation of the first stars. Discover how the primordial fo...

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Silicon Valley is done with regulators and critics. Billionaires like Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen are lining up behind Donald Trump and his Thiel-funded running mate J.D. Vance. They want to ensure tech is integral to making American great again.

Silicon Valley’s dangerous plan for a second Trump termdisconnect.blog The Little Tech Agenda was crafted to defend the power of tech billionaires

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My latest newsletter is about the latest media screw-up www.readtpa.com/p/the-pivot-...

The Pivot That Never Was: How Trump's 'Unity' Speech Fooled the Press Againwww.readtpa.com Despite years of evidence to the contrary, the press once again fell for promises of a 'new Trump' at the RNC.

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Project 2025 would sabotage science-based policies that address climate change, the environment, abortion, health care access, technology and education. It would impose religious and conservative ideology on the federal civil service. Read Scientific American's analysis of its threats 🧪

Project 2025 Plan for Trump Presidency Has Far-Reaching Threats to Sciencewww.scientificamerican.com Project 2025 would jeopardize federal scientists’ independence and undermine their influence

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Oldest European Hominid Remains Indicate Early Humans Crossed Strait Of Gibraltar 🏺🧪 www.iflscience.com/oldest-europ... Accepting this conclusion requires a radical rethinking of our ancestors’ technological capacity more than a million years ago.

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Brought to us by the same fuckers who want to bring us "artificial intelligence" and virtually indestructible robots that can do backflips. It's not a matter of if... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Full recovery from ‘largest IT outage in history’ could take weekswww.theguardian.com Fault in CrowdStrike software update linked to Windows PCs may require each computer to be fixed individually

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The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Dragon Man and the Denisovans 🏺🧪 Xiaobo Feng, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social et al www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Suggests this is may be an early member of the Asian ‘Dragon Man’ lineage, which probably includes Denisovans.

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Happy Friday all! That ash spill from earlier this week? Yeah, it was FIVE TIMES LARGER THAN INITIALLY ESTIMATED!! "Minnesota Power now estimates that some 5.5 million gallons of [coal ash adjacent] water spilled through a cracked pipe outside its coal plant." www.startribune.com/utility-coal...

That's a lot of ash 😳 "The leak has been contained. Because the water had been in contact with residual material left behind from the burning of coal, it could contain sulfate or heavy metals" www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...

1 million gallons of ash wastewater spilled from northern Minnesota coal plantwww.mprnews.org Duluth-based Minnesota Power says it is working closely with state and federal agencies after an estimated 1 million gallons of coal ash wastewater leaked from a pipeline at Boswell Energy Center in C...

Utility: Coal ash spill in northern Minnesota was five times larger than first thoughtwww.startribune.com Minnesota Power is cleaning up a spill of coal ash-laced water at Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset, Minn.

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Hmmm...😳