AG

@refazenda1.bsky.social

1 day ago

Gender Has a History and It’s More Recent Than You May Realize The story of how society, ignorant of medical research, made a stigma out of something our bodies do quite naturally: not conform to a sexual binary.

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AG

@refazenda1.bsky.social

1 day ago

Gender Has a History and It’s More Recent Than You May Realize The story of how society, ignorant of medical research, made a stigma out of something our bodies do quite naturally: not conform to a sexual binary.

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@ksomayaji.bsky.social

2 months ago

The Czech Play That Gave Us the Word ‘Robot’ Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." premiered in January 1921. Its influence cannot be overstated.

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Kris Stoever

@krisstoever.bsky.social

2 months ago

The Czech Play That Gave Us the Word ‘Robot’ Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." premiered in January 1921. Its influence cannot be overstated.

posted in 2019. Even more apposite today, in 2026.

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Space Cadet

@scottcdunn.bsky.social

4 months ago

The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth.

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Lorraine Chavez

@lpchavez.bsky.social

5 months ago

The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.

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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡

@spudislander45.bsky.social

7 months ago

and did not report that her meetings with #Canadianofficials were #abruptlycancelled, which she attributed to “very vocal, very virulent, very aggressive” pressure from #pro-Israellobby groups. These #omissions deprived Canadians of #essentialknowledge that might have compelled political action.

RGM

@bluezcat.bsky.social

10 months ago

What Nihilism Is Not In order to preserve nihilism as a meaningful concept, it's necessary to distinguish it from pessimism, cynicism, and apathy.

What Nihilism Is Not ~ 'something is nothing'

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Kimberly M Post, PhD

@post4nature.bsky.social

11 months ago

Animals Are More Rational Than You Think From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined.

A thoughtful essay that pushes back against human exceptionalism, including tool-making crows and creative hunting alligators that engage in reasoning to achieve their goals. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/animals-are-... #Animals #Cognition #EssentialKnowledge #Philosophy via @mitpress.bsky.social

Peter Loge

@ploge.bsky.social

11 months ago

How Typing Transformed Nietzsche’s Consciousness The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.

Fascinating, plus the typewriter looks really cool. H/T Tadeusz Zawidzki, chair GW philosophy for flagging it.

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@whereitlives.bsky.social

1 year ago

What Nihilism Is Not In order to preserve nihilism as a meaningful concept, it's necessary to distinguish it from pessimism, cynicism, and apathy.

I heard the term and wondered, "Do I actually know the meaning?"

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Just_This

@rmm1124.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.

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Jan Krewer

@jankrewer.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.

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Kimberly M Post, PhD

@post4nature.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World, and Why It Matters. Great read on how the plants around us impact our lives in many clear and tangible ways. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-plants-a... #ClimateChange #EssentialKnowledge #Phenology #Plants via @mitpress.bsky.social

@billric.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

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yannn

@yannn.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.

Éloge des standards par un patron du NISO.
Petit livre à lire, je pense.

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@lorenzoalbertini.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards In a capitalist world, the often-overlooked systems of technical standards offer a rare example of economic collaboration that prioritizes the public good over profit.

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Stacey Vavrek

@staceyvavrek.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.

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Paul_Amrhein

@pacebene.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

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mikestarace.bsky.social

@mikestarace.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

Rising temperatures have caused a significant shift in plant phenology and brought unusually early springs. This premature change of the seasons can impact our produce and our health. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-plants-a... #ClimateChange #EssentialKnowledge #Phenology #Plants

mikestarace.bsky.social

@mikestarace.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

Rising temperatures have caused a significant shift in plant phenology and brought unusually early springs. This premature change of the seasons can impact our produce and our health. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-plants-a... #ClimateChange #EssentialKnowledge #Phenology #Plants

Vmad

@vmad02.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

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@johnb24.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

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Kimberly M Post, PhD

@post4nature.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways.

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Textielfabrique/ Maaike Gottschal

@textielfabrique.bsky.social

1 year ago

How Typing Transformed Nietzsche’s Consciousness The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.

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Dr. Oswald Sobrino

@oswaldsobrino.bsky.social

1 year ago

Animals Are More Rational Than You Think From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined.

Excellent: Animals Are More Rational Than You Think thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/animals-are-... #Animals #Cognition #EssentialKnowledge #Philosophy via @mitpress.bsky.social

Roman's Photo

@romansphoto.bsky.social

1 year ago

Animals Are More Rational Than You Think From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined.

Animals Are More Rational Than You Think
But birds are still dinosaurs.
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@greyazira.bsky.social

1 year ago

Animals Are More Rational Than You Think From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined.

I’ve had and worked with animals my whole life. They think. They figure stuff out. They think about what is useful in their life. They may not do algebra, but why would they?
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@billric.bsky.social

1 year ago

A History of Cryptography From the Spartans to the FBI Computer scientist Panos Louridas traces the evolution of secret communication, from ancient Greece to the quantum era.

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