Reposting this cause I don't have any leads yet. Btw the one of maybe two queer-friendly charities on the ground, GEPA, has had to halt operations because of the phasing out of support by the US-based Rainbow Railroad. And we can all guess why that is happening... (most likely not the org's fault)

This is what my AI colleagues should have been doing for long but instead they preferred to ride the hype wave irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/01/14/s...

Wim Vanrie (Ghent University): “The conviction that generative AI is inevitable leads to it creeping in everywhere, and this eventually makes it seem inevitable. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. But there’s nothing inevitable about it. What’s happening is the result of specific choices.”

Consider reading my new piece on the history and science of the nasogenital cure! Incidentally, that's not exactly what the theory was and not quite what the episode reveals. Bizarre tales sound rather less bizarre in context - possibly, our own tales in our own context, too.

This is an excellent article about AI. It's particularly nice to see them highlighting how irresponsible the lightning-fast adoption of AI in education has been. Has anything so new and untested ever been allowed into our classrooms so quickly before? I am struggling to think of an example.

New episode!! 🎉😱 A conversation with @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & Natalie Lawrence about monsters of all kinds. Monsters seem to be everywhere—our myths, our maps, our children's books, our political discourse. What do these creatures tell us about ourselves? Listen: disi.org/monsters-and...

Really looking forward to giving a talk about past and present efforts to establish the @oldanatomytcd.bsky.social museum on Nov. 5th, organised by @dublincityheritage.bsky.social ! Get your tix here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/silent-tea...?

Very curious to see what archaeoforensic analysis will reveal! www.thejournal.ie/skeletal-rem...

New data from RCSI and @hselive.bsky.social Irish Fracture Liaison Service reveals major gaps in fracture prevention across Ireland. Read more: www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

Aykut Aydogdu #art

Pretends to be shocked www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

If you're upset about what Trump's doing to the east wing of the White House, wait till you find out what he's doing to the Constitution.

Our next Solidarity Sessions start Monday 3rd November with Helen Mahony on the Central Bank of Ireland and how it is still funding Israel's apartheid and genocide. Learn about Palestine, campaigns, international law and solidarity. Sign up here: www.ipsc.ie/event/online... #FreePalestine

Spoiler: drink water instead.

Another critical moment for the assisted dying bill, the most intensely scrutinised legislation this Parliament has ever seen. What's clear is the status quo is unworkable. It leads to unnecessary suffering, painful suicides, and people forced to flee their country for control over their deaths.

Do I know anyone (who knows anyone) who writes for a big press outlet on LBGTQIA human rights issues, especially worldwide? I'm trying to draw attention to the plight of a group of people in South Sudan who are facing grave danger and additional barriers to aid because of their identity.

Last weekend, around seven million Americans joined the nationwide “No Kings” protests, calling out Trump. Why does this matter for Scotland? Because US-style Christian nationalism is creeping into our country too, and we all have a duty to call it out. Here are some of our favourite No Kings signs

Good to see BABAO's efforts to track and curb trade acknowledged! @babao2025meeting.bsky.social

As an old (but not conservative) person, I totally endorse this. Despite everything, if the Conolly vote does not come out, Humphries will win. So get out there and keep encouraging others to. The "she has it in the bag" narrative is designed to make Connolly voters stay home. Don't fall for it.

ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this

“What they’re trying to do is quietly end it, essentially slashing and killing DACA in front of us, one case at a time, one individual at a time.” interc.pt/4pTFsJU

The hematologist Oswald H. Robertson pioneered the idea of "blood banks" in WWI by packing glass jars of citrated blood from universal donors in an ice-filled chest that he had constructed from ammunition cases. He convinced countless others to donate blood during the war.

🩷💛 Check out @olivia.science ‘s CAIL website, with beautiful posters, video/podcast, papers and more! 🤩 olivia.science/ai

I can't with the escalator hissy fit, how is this real life?? 😆

As a scientist with three biology degrees from a top 50 global university & a post grad in statistics, I approve this message as factual. Love this T - T as in the truth. Sex is a continuum or spectrum, not binary. We need to challenge the Eugenicists every time.

Wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTf2...

AI regurgitation is the new smoking

Apropos of hearing PhD students casually referring to using Ai to "brainstorm" or to do copy editing. You are killing your brain. Copy editing is an exercise. It makes you a better writer and a better thinker. And don't get me started on 'brainstorming with Ai'...🤦‍♀️ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

On Weds 22 October, we visit historians at the University of Suffolk and Suffolk Archives, to discuss partnership working. Our Ipswich visit includes a guest public lecture by Tim Grady (Chester) and a reception to meet fellow historians and RHS members bit.ly/4medzcd All are welcome #Skystorians

3.27 — Our session on ‘The state of our bones: mortuary practices, taphonomy, and the conundrum of commingling’ continues now (6B); where Catherine Roberts et al. are ‘Testing the waters: The effect of deposition environment on dental diagenesis’ 🌊🦷🔬 #BABAO2025

Any journalist who signs is no longer a serious journalist. "Access" isn't everything.

What the hell, @ucddublin.bsky.social? electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

"And as of March this year, V-Dem in Sweden said that 72% of the world is now under authoritarian rule, that we are electing illiberal leaders democratically because of insidious manipulation. So they go hand in hand, money and power." youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4?...

I hate this timeline.

#BABAO2025 Poster Sessions: 3 — ‘Biomolecular analyses in bioarchaeology’ 💀⚗️🧬

I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from: 📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/🧵

"AI technology is much more akin to a ouija board than anything else: promoting and enabling mysticism, pseudoscience, and pseudo-intellectualism …” zenodo.org/records/1706... 36/🧵

The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”

This is gold 😆 Well done @thedailyshow.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN...

This is gold 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN...

CFPs - 'Historicising Commercial Determinants of Health' A workshop as part of the @kthabitproject.bsky.social to be held at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social on 15 April 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 13 October #histmed #medhumanities #histSTM

… and highest among Christian nationalists.

An Artist and a Historian Plumb Gynecology’s Hidden Histories hyperallergic.com/1040688/arti...

"Vaccine advisers" should read "team of cranks and supplement peddlers."

🚨 IOF plans to bomb the archaeological magasins of @ebafjerusalem.bsky.social! Huge respect for + immense solidarity w all the 🇵🇸 colleagues risking their lives on the daily to save what remains of their archaeological heritage from 🇮🇱 rampage & theft www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...