Over a million people died, with the US having the highest death rate by far. #Trumpland #COVID19

This survey is for all researchers working at UK institutions. It is really important that it gets a very wide range of responses from all disciplines and experiences, because there is a real risk of bias towards large-scale STEM research. Oh, and don't be put off by the 'definition' of AI! […]

Bluesky is allegedly horrible to use with a screen reader, so: If you know someone who uses a screen reader, send them this survey. It's THE strongest signal we have for how to build better experiences. #a11y webaim.org/projects/scr...

"Think about what Google’s AI services have done for you. Does it seem worth it? Are you getting a deadly heatwave’s worth of use, out of PDF summaries and AI overviews?" Get off Google, Gmail (Vivaldi, Proton mail...there are alternatives).

Not now four black eggs surfacing from the dark heart of the ocean

Unless you’re doing serious video work, who needs 1 or 2Tb in a phone anyway? That’s more storage than I have on my laptop! 😳 #Apple #iPhone18Pro appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

So, now CNN reporting it but not a single mention on the BBC site; seems like 230K unnecessarily dead people in the UK might be worth doing a journalism

Wow. So amazing. 😂 #Trumpland

🚨🚨Breaking: @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social today dismissed #Google’s appeal against a €4.1 billion #Android antitrust fine for #abuse of #dominantposition, handing the @ec.europa.eu a major victory in one of its longest-running antitrust battles with Big Tech. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/top-...

As requested by @liabelle.me here are all the unique features of @mu.social which I will keep up to date as we progress

Are many folks on #spéirgorm using @mu.social? Would there be any interest in having a #TrustedVerifier for accounts in #Ireland, like @france-atmosphe.re is doing in France? Further details at: hello.mu.social/verification/. #speirgorm #spéirghorm

tl;dr: If you’re a philosopher, you’ll soon be verified on mu.social. (*other verifiers and PDSs are available!) #PhilSky

Re-upping for the morning crowd… 🌅

So what are we calling it?

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Nous accueillons sur mu.social un nouveau vérificateur de confiance, @philosophy.eurosky.social Tenu par @keithwilson.eu , il est en charge de certifier les comptes traitant de philo. #PhilSky

Excited to announce some changes to my Bluesky #philosophy feeds! First, the philosophy lists now have their own dedicated account at @philosophy.eurosky.social. Second, working with @eurosky.social and @mu.social, this account is a #TrustedVerifier for philosophers on the mu.social app. 1/4

Hegseth proudly announced that the flu vaccine would no longer be required for people serving in the military. A flu outbreak is now happening at Lackland Air Force Base, and flu vaccinations are again required. The AF has now been forced to admit that a 25-year-old recruit has died of influenza.

When I was growing up, space exploration was BIG. Books, music, TV, the news … But nobody did it better

Truly bleak

hahahahahahahahahahahaha ...no

Holding out for a purple colour option on @mu.social. It would be moooo-tiful! 💜 🤩 🙏

Scientists worry that a surge of meltwater from Greenland could irreversibly collapse the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but new modelling suggests the weakening of the current could be reversed if CO2 levels come back down

This chart is staggeringly grim. The old are determined to ruin the world the young are being forced to grow up in. A substantial majority of all over-60s would vote for parties that are objectively reactionary. yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

😂 #AmericanStateFair

this is amazing, will be using this to teach about social construction of colors in my philosophy class #philsci moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...

🇮🇪 Welcome Ireland! Céad míle fáilte! Ireland will be at the centre of EU policy making for the next six months. From chairing meetings with EU ministers to driving the EU agenda forward, Ireland will handle multiple roles as a Presidency of the Council of the EU. Good luck! Ádh mór!

#Trumpland #USCorruption #TrumpCrimes

🚨🚨Europeans are increasingly pessimistic about the state of the world, but their belief in the #EU is riding high. A #Eurobarometer survey found 74 % of citizens reckon their country has benefited from being part of the EU. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

Am racking my brain to think of ways we can all keep the pressure and heat on this story. Meta & Mark Zuckerberg - one of the richest men in the world - are putting unfathomable legal and financial pressure on whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams. Pretty sure most people are on her side - not their's

Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert! Well, NOAA has finally done it. They finally extended the y-axis to 5.0°C for the CFSv2 Nino 3.4 monthly forecast after it became obvious to pretty much everyone that 4.0°C was absurd. Source: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFS...

🎵 When you try your best, but you don't succeed…

Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon

Academia: come for the novel insights and the big ideas. Stay for the meetings (free lukewarm coffee & fattening cookies sometimes included) #AcademicChatter

“The rise of Fascism across the globe is directly linked to attempts to stifle any mitigation of the climate crisis. The Ukraine War, what’s happening in the Middle East, the surging power of the Oligarch class, each one influences the other in some way.”

The Dutch infrastructure authority completed a systematic assessment in 2023 identifying 420 kilometres of barriers oriented within 45 degrees of south-facing, suitable for bifacial #solarpanel installation without structural modification or planning procedures beyond normal road authority approval

Do Large Language Models reason? To find out, we asked ChatGPT.

“On TrumpRX[dot]gov, for example, NDS was mocked for using #AI to generate an image that ‘showed a child with six toes running towards an American flag without any stars on it,’ NextGov reported.” #Trumpland #GenAI apple.news/A3kb40Xb3TgG...

Who to believe? 🤔

The strait of Hormuz remains closed indefinitely. EU energy reserves are 75% below where they’re supposed to be in July. We’re facing a winter of potential serious discontent, & disruption, so this pig headed insistence by the Irish government is both economically and environmentally illiterate…

“Computational thinking is a way humans solve problems; it is not trying to get humans to think like computers. Computers are dull and boring; humans are clever and imaginative.” — Jeannette M. Wing (2006) h/t @olivia.science dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

I'm getting left behind by AI? Good. Please leave me behind. Go live on mars with your chip implanted brains. Leave me sooo behind that I can take walks and cuddle my cats and write my stories in absolute peace

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