Meta will soon use what people tell its artificial intelligence chatbot to get even better at selling them things. The company said users’ chats and interactions with Meta AI will soon be used to target them with even more personalized ads. https://cnn.it/4nXks2K

This is Ruby. She likes to pet the other dogs at daycare. 14/10 extremely relatable (TT: alanahlorraine)

"There's Artificial Intelligence... and there's Actual Intelligence." - no notes

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

One for the "AI is not sentient you idiot" files

Some 300 swimmers looped through downtown Chicago in the first official river swim since 1927, a milestone made possible by decades of cleanup, starting with the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Water Act in the 1970s. buff.ly/QiC1WZD #ShareGoodNewsToo

And there's my evening sorted.

👀 Off I go!

Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065

My department will be hiring an assistant professor in ethics. I’ll post the PhilJobs ad when we have it. Help me spread the word! #PhilSky

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope." Sometimes class prep is pretty fun, really. The ending of Persuasion never disappoints. 😍

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

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Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Stupendous Man saves the day… after a little push. 🦸‍♂️ #CalvinandHobbes #PlaygroundHero

Apollo and Daphne, artist unknown, 1630-60

Not surprising that comments aren’t enabled on this article. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

This is not a romance. Nobody is "in love" with apps. There are no A.I. boyfriends. You cannot "date" a chatbot. Accepting this framing and treating it as real is tech-industry propaganda. slate.com/technology/2...

Too bad Amazon Prime is now dead to me. Replacement, hell no! #WoTSkies

Value theorists (very broadly understood): Hopkins philosophy is hiring! philjobs.org/job/show/29818

The first successful treatment of Huntington’s disease, accomplished via Adeno-Associated Virus Therapy and direct brain introduction. An exciting day for medicine! 🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article...

She basically invented astrophysics. She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally. She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe. She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.

A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

At the NOAF blog today, our @princejvstin.com reviews QUEEN DEMON (sequel to WITCH KING) by @marthawells.com www.nerds-feather.com/2025/09/book...

This is an amazing breakthrough! www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is what made me a dog person ❤️

Yes everyone stop what you're doing and just watch it trust me www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...

Wild honey has a scent - of freedom Dust - a scent of sunshine And a girl's mouth - of violets. But gold - nothing. Water - like mignonette. And like apple - love. But we have learned that blood smells only of blood. -Anna Akhamatova, trans. Ilya Kaminsky/Katie Farris #everynightapoem #shanatova

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen all 37 of its historically Black colleges and universities. https://cnn.it/3IzW9Jf

💊 New antibiotic class Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪

Happy first day of Autumn #Canada🍂🍁🌻

#HPS program at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Science as part of research project Human Variables in Biodiversity Assessment (PI: Joeri Witteveen): employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... #philsky #PhilJobs #philsci Deadline is November 7, 2025.

Border collies are built differently! 👀♥️ #dog #dogday #bluesky #nature

36 mo postdoc / research fellow position in Philosophy, History, and/or Social Studies of the Life Sciences in the STS dept. at Technical Universtiy of Munich, apps due Oct 31: #histphil #histsci #histSTM www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...

A timeline cleanser for your Sunday. 15 seconds of the "sounds of the sea" today at Doughmore Beach, Co Clare. I wish I could share the sea air too!

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Hey if you cancelled a bunch of services and are going “now what”, can I recommend an audiobook and fiber art combo. Good for your brain, good for your hands, you get something squishy at the end! There’s no downside. None at all. You’re absolutely not going to go into yarn debt. Haha.

Some mornings you just wake up feeling like a slug. Who else can relate? 😴 #CalvinandHobbes #MorningMood

this exists it is called thinking

Apple could never

“My thoughts are painted in purple, the hue of passion and creativity.” ~ Anaïs Nin 🌱 A tiny bit of appreciated "rain" on this #PrettyPurpleThursday 💜 all you joyful gardeners! #BloomScrolling 🪷 #FlowerReport 💮 #Gardening🌹 #Zone10a

This is Enzo. He's on his first walk outside. It is a very big world, and he has very little legs. Which is why he has to get going if he's going to see all of it. 12/10 (IG: enzothe.weenie)

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

Timeline cleanse

I just find everything feels a bit better when I watch this.

Mist on Esthwaite Water this morning

Ever shared your favorite show with your favorite person? For work? I did. Ask me how. It’s BUFFY SEASON 1 time on House of R! open.spotify.com/episode/799O...