Peter K. G. Williams

pkgw.bsky.social

21 October 2026 23:35

Likely the most important thing I've ever written — if you're an academic and the AI mania unsettles you, here's my best shot at presenting some intellectual tools that might help you articulate why. arxiv.org/abs/2610.27251

Richard Waite

waiterich.bsky.social

21 October 2026 13:07

Shifting high-meat diets toward plants is good for people’s health, nature, and the climate. Change is possible - check out this great profile of the city of Ghent, Belgium, where more than 80% of the people who live there now describe themselves as flexitarian.

Dr Paul Dorfman

drpauldorfman.bsky.social

20 October 2026 12:06

A life-sized statue of #climate denier Florida governor Ron DeSantis unveiled and promptly began melting. The structure was cast from solid gallium, a metal that melts at 85.6F (29.8C). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛

rmcelreath.bsky.social

20 October 2026 12:04

Thought I would make a quick timeline for some major events in 20th century evolutionary biology and quickly ran out of space. It's fascinating that so much of abstract population genetics was formalized before we knew genes are made of DNA

Science X / Phys.org

sciencex.bsky.social

18 October 2026 16:56

A two-dimensional billiard table can simulate a universal Turing machine with one ball and fixed walls. Some long-term trajectory questions therefore cannot always be predicted by an algorithm. doi.org/hckdp6