On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

the amount of rage i feel every time a scientific journal tries to throw a goddamn ai summary for an article in my face as if that's not what the abstract is for 💀💀💀

I maintain that generative AI is very much inherently bad, and extremely useful for the worst, most toxic applications A system that convincingly fabricates content with no designed drive towrads accuracy or ethics of humanity is not "useless". You can use it for lying, fakery, cheating, abuse

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

say it with me fellas 🗣️ with the hook of life still in us still we must wriggle 🗣️

New @stand.earth: Microsoft's 3 new gas data centres will - Increase Microsoft's emissions 160% - Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, NZ etc... - Have higher emissions than pwr sector of 15 lowest-emitting countries combined stand.earth/press-releas...

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

wrote a little essay last summer about how chatbots ate our books & are writing ppl fanfiction abt themselves reactormag.com/creativity-v...

In issue 49, you can dive into a black hole, ride the next wave in sustainable packaging, or open your mind to new ways to study the brain. You'll meet scientists confronting academia's ugly past while sharing their authentic selves. Read it all here! berkeleysciencereview.com/magazine/fal...

"As I spend my days doomscrolling and grieving over all that we have lost and will lose to the climate crisis, I also find myself deeply craving tangible solutions, so I picked up this book." See if Eleanor Wang found what they were craving in this review berkeleysciencereview.com/article/2025...

Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026

Climate change is causing increasing blooms of toxin-producing algae, and it’s causing dementia in dolphins. There’s evidence that human exposure to these algae blooms - you can even breathe in the toxins from nearby land - is causing similar brain damage in addition to other harmful health effects.

A new Global Justice Now report has found that nearly one-fifth of minerals labeled “critical” by the U.K. aren’t actually essential for the green energy transition, but are instead needed for the aerospace and weapons industries.

POV you’re in a crabby mood 🦑 🌊 🧪 🦇

Want to know how birds in the San Francisco Estuary are responding to environmental change and restoration? Our team has launched a new website thag tracks changes in bird populations 🌎🧪 www.kqed.org/science/1999...

Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection. ➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA #medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪

Dust off your wellies, throw on some layers, and grab a flashlight, because winter tide pool season is officially here! 🐚🪸🐙🦀🌊 November through December is your best shot at seeing unique intertidal creatures along the California Coast—like colorful nudibranchs, sea stars, kelp forests, and more.

issue 49 will be delivered in about 2 WEEKS!!! here's issue 48 of @berkeleyscirev.bsky.social 🧪 to build some anticipation... the writers, designers, editors, and exec team have been working so hard :')

first bluesky post will be this sneakpeak of the cover of issue 49 (whoa!) of @berkeleyscirev.bsky.social 👀 magazine should be out in early november (also whoa!) it's been a busy couple of months :') #art #illustration #sciart #scicomm #science