Wedding Experts Say Engagement Ring Should Cost At Least Three Diamond Miners’ Lives https://theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832/

𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 brought a shift to the #conference circuit. This year’s theme was #MakingConnections. Listening to feedback, it’s clear they excelled at this. #FARvisions #AcademicSky #PhDSky #FuturesThinking #AI #WomenInSTEM #ResponsibleFutures www.linkedin.com/posts/megan-...

What do #museums #COVID #imagination and #prosperity have in common? Episode 4 youtu.be/5pbjOQh8obg?... #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #futures #podcast #forecasting #SciencePodcasts #WomenInSTEM #SciComm #booksky👩🏽‍🔬🧪🌎

📡Data Science Workshop Series It was fun co-hosting another #AI #upskilling #webinar. We had an incredible reach too! 80+ individuals from across the world! You can watch here youtu.be/qHVzg8nGAFU?... Sign up for future workshops farhub.org/contact/sign... #FARvisions #DigitalSkills #WomenInSTEM

Is there a future for #HumanExceptionalism in the growing field of #ForesightAI or is everyone’s job on the line? Listen anywhere you get your #podcasts @pennstateuniv.bsky.social #NicholasRowland #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #futures #forecasting #AI #WomenInSTEM #SciComm 💙👩🏽‍🔬🧪

Can strategizing be fun? You can stream Scenarios for Tomorrow anywhere you get your #podcasts using the search @scenariofutures matthewspaniol.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #futures #forecasting #emotions #WomenInSTEM #SciComm #booksky👩🏽‍🔬🧪

My exceptional PhD supervisor, Ron Bradfield, has died. His family let us know that he passed peacefully at home. He changed my life, in no small part, by being one of the greatest examples of humanity. He & George Wright brought more women into our field than anyone before. He is a true gem.

Our stream of consciousness conversations run the full gambit of emotions in the strategy space, from joy to #cringe! Watch E3 now www.youtube.com/@scenariofutures #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #futures #podcast #forecasting #SciencePodcasts #WomenInSTEM #SciComm #AI #booksky👩🏽‍🔬🧪

Follow our Youtube channel for more thought-provoking interviews by global Futurists www.youtube.com/@scenariofut...

Who do we really think about when we plan for #technology? Join me as I sit down with Dr #KwamouFeukeu to discuss these topics & more #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #futures #podcast #foresight #forecasting #SciencePodcast #WomenInScience #SciComm #WomenInLaw #decolonize #AcademicSky 👩🏽‍🔬

Would we be better at cutting emissions if we could see them? Asks @ecollective-carbon.bsky.social A mock-up of 1 tonne of CO₂e made visible next to everyday activities. Next to it, the infamous #PeaSouper that killed 12,000 Londoners 1952, from #BBC newsreels. This led to the #CleanAirAct1956.

Tiny bat appreciation day. Look at those little puffballs! 😍 AKA Caribbean white tent-making bat. They construct "tents" from plant leaves by cutting the ribs with its teeth and roosting underneath. It is a specialist #frugivore, consuming almost exclusively the fruits of one species of fig.

What is the difference between #magic & #technology? Join me as I sit down with #KwamouFeukeu to discuss these topics & more. Podcast youtu.be/8K3ZP0dsp7s?... #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #SciencePodcast #WomenInScience #SciComm @maxplanck.de @mpifg.bsky.social #AcademicSky 📘🧑🏼‍🔬

I fed #DeepSeek a transcript to quickly add #html code. It's 45mins of dialogue. This is the entirety of the output. The #hallucinations begin after 00:00:15.180. For context, full transcript here scenarios.farhub.org/sft-podcast/ #AIcommunity What do you think happened? #podcast #AcademicSky #AI

Join me as I sit down with Kwamou Eva Feukeu to discuss how we look at #reality, what it is & can be, for the many as well as the few, the future of #technological evolutions & our #biases #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #AcademicSky👩🏽‍🔬🧪📘 @maxplancklaw.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social

#Sustainability comes in many forms. Across many landscapes. And affects everyone differently. We applaud the #ScottishGovernment for taking another great step forward in protecting our planet and our homes. #EveryStepMatters #climatechange #ScenarioFutures #FuturesThinking #foresight

There are so many avenues and methods for advancing #ScienceCommunication. All are valuable for their unique abilities to communicate. www.linkedin.com/posts/martam... #SciComm #science #conferences #academicsky #HEI #posters #SPUDM2025 #AOM2025 #EURO2025

If you're curious what the world is saying about #cooperation and you have a free hour on the occasional Friday, you can't go wrong with signing up for the Cooperation Colloquia.

Don't miss out on a wealth of funding and international collaborative opportunities! 📢 Accessible Design History Grant From the Design History Society Apply here: www.designhistorysociety.org/awards/acces... No deadline! #Accessibility #DEI #AssistiveTech #SignLanguage #ASL #BSL #AcademicSky🧪♿

Don't miss out on a wealth of funding and international collaborative opportunities! 📢 RSE Research Awards FMI: rse.org.uk/programme/re... #funding #grants #research #RSE #academia #HEI #fullbright #SDG #AcademicSky 👩🏻‍🔬🧪

Don't miss out on a wealth of funding and international collaborative opportunities! 📢 Grants from @royalsociety.org royalsociety.org/grants/searc... #funding #grants #research #academia #HEI #SDG #fellowship #RS #FARvisions #academicsky 🧪👩🏻‍🔬

September's newsletter is out! Follow the link to learn about events, both public and academic, around the UK and EU farhub.org/wp-admin/adm... Sign up for future announcements farhub.org/signup/ #FARvisions #newsletter #funding #AcademicSky #DeafAwarenessMonth #SuicidePreventionMonth 📚🧪📰 👩‍🔬

4th International Conference on Scenario Planning and Foresight This year's conference will be held at the beautiful bsky.app/profile/warw... Submit your abstracts here warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/... #ScenarioPlanning #foresight #FutureStudies #conference #academia #Shell #FARvisions

We're excited to announce our spin-off podcast SCENARIOS FOR TOMORROW! Join host @scenario2020.bsky.social as she sits down with Global Leaders in futures & foresight 👩🏽‍🔬🧪 FMI: scenarios.farhub.org/sft-podcast/ #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #WomenInSTEM #SciComm #podcast #AcademicSky

#Occupation vs #AI usage. Software developers highest use, Specialized training lowest use. FMI, including a wealth of insights www.linkedin.com/posts/lauran... @lauranurski.bsky.social #AI #Claude #Clio #occupation #job #JobSecurity #TheGreatReplacement #FARvisions #academicsky #WomenInSTEM 👩🏻‍🔬🧪

What are some of the biggest challenges for scenario planning and foresight practitioners? Join me as I sit down with Shardul Phadnis to discuss these topics and more. #Scenarios4Tmw​ #ScenarioFutures​ #FARvisions​ #futures​ #podcast​ #SciencePodcasts​ #SciComm​ #ScenarioPlanning​ #booksky 🧪🧑🏼‍🔬💙

At this time, this account will not submit biometric nor personal credit information to a social media platform just for the privilege of accessing direct messages. We are more than happy to discuss all matters in the comments or through our website contact. www.scenarios.farhub.org

Join me as I sit down with Shardul Phadnis to discuss how we can scenario plan through our uncertain futures. #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #futures #podcast #foresight #forecasting #SciencePodcasts #WomenInScience #SciComm #interview #AI #booksky👩🏽‍🔬🧪🌎

Scenarios for Tomorrow is about #ScienceCommunication, #PublicEngagement, and bringing light to those darker corners of corporate and government strategies #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions #podcast #science #WomenInScience #SciComm #STEM #WomenInSTEM

August's newsletter is out! Don't miss our many performances across the @edfringe.bsky.social FAR Hub just launched two huge projects, as well! FMI farhub.org/wp-admin/adm... Sign up for future announcements farhub.org/signup/ #FARvisions #newsletter #Scenarios4Tmw #edfringe #AcademicSky 📚🧪📰 👩‍🔬

July's newsletter is out! Happy Disability Pride 2025 Follow the link to learn about events, both public and academic, around the UK and EU farhub.org/wp-admin/adm... Sign up for future announcements farhub.org/signup/ #FARvisions #newsletter #funding #DisabilityPride #AcademicSky 📚🧪📰 👩‍🔬♿

June's newsletter is out! Happy Pride 2025 Follow the link to learn about events, both public and academic, around the UK and EU farhub.org/wp-admin/adm... Sign up for future announcements farhub.org/signup/ #FARvisions #newsletter #research #events #funding #ResearchLab

By the end of 2020 we had the largest known repository of global #COVID19 #scenarios (including high-level pandemic scenarios from 2018/19). #Pandemic research discoveries & recommendations deserve regular revisits... a thread. #ScenarioPlanning #FARvisions #disruption #WickedProblems

#FakeNews on #SocialMedia People Believe What They Want to Believe When it Makes No Sense At All (2019) www.jstor.org/stable/26848... The last #extreme-right pres popularized 'fake news', which in turn popularized new fact-checking services that are the norm today. Does #fact-checking work?

Check out the latest in #AI discoveries #AIrisk #ExplainableAI #architecture #FARvisions

April's newsletter is out! Earth Day 2025 Follow to learn about events, public & academic, around Scotland & the EU. Sign up for future announcements. #FARvisions #EarthDay #WorldEarthDay 🧪📰🗃️ farhub.org/wp-admin/adm...

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️

The second Moon landing in a week may happen tomorrow. If successful, Intuitive Machines' Athena lander is going to deploy a jumping robot called Grace Hopper. The hopper will jump into a small permanently shadowed crater called Crater H. 🧪 #PlanetSci

To date only men have walked the #moon. The first in 1969, Apollo 11 Astronaught #NeilArmstrong. The first woman was going to be in 2026, Artemis II Astronaught #ChristinaKoch. The mission is now to orbit the moon 57yrs 🕰️ #NASA #WomenOfNasa👩‍🚀🔭 @bot.astronomy.blue signup www.nasa.gov/people/chris...

The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Tall Structures xkcd.com/3058

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Repost if your profile is LGBT+ safe! Disability safe too! 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️♾️

**REGISTRATION OPEN** You can now sign up to our 75th birthday celebration conference!! 🎉 🎂 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡, 𝐔𝐊, 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 - 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 '𝟐𝟓 Amazing speakers, talk/poster slots for ECRs, prizes, workshops, networking opportunities, flash talks, and a conference dinner. More info: bit.ly/JXB75 🧪 #plantscience

It's official—WOW! 🤯 My latest discovery is now featured in the news section of @science.org! 👀 I wish there was a way to tell these birds how special we think their nests are... 🥹🐦🪶

For @unseenhistories.com, I wrote about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY and why the book's themes resonates today. Topics include astrobiology, Gilgamesh epic, the early modern witch hunt & anatomy. 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH www.unseenhistories.com/humans-a-mon...

Join us today by signing the Milan Declaration! The EACR, alongside 55 Nobel Laureates and 70+ organisations, has signed the Milan Declaration on the Crucial Role of Science in meeting Global Challenges: www.febs.org/milan-declar...

When #COVID hit, we projected the generational impact it would have without a #vaccine When #HIV hit, we projected the generational impact it would have without a #vaccine We have the data & outcomes. Lessons are continusously being ignore. #FARvisions #measles #MMR #Healthcare #BeSafe

Tragically, A child has died of measles in Texas. Cases of measles continue to grow in Texas & elsewhere in USA. Please seriously consider vaccinating your child with the MMR vaccine which is safe & effective. Outbreaks at this scale are NOT normal & is facilitated by high pptn of unvaccinated kids

#AI copyright laws effect every industry. As scientists, we stand with the #creative industry in their efforts to protect #CreativeRights. You can still send a direct message to your local MP, follow the link www.creativerightsinai.co.uk #FARvisions #rights #IP #YourRights #StandUp #MakeItFair📘