Academia.edu's terms of service are so evil it's almost funny. I'm surprised they don't make you give them your first-born son!

But it looks like they mean it. I'm reading people saying things like:

"I quit it when I got an email saying they had generated a podcast using AI based on one of my papers without my permission."

and

"I got off academia dot edu 5 or so years ago, when I discovered it was sending automatically-generated emails in my name without even telling me - I found out when a very senior member of the profession replied to one."

https://bsky.app/profile/aidanmcglynn.bsky.social/post/3lz2macyqm22a

Aaron Swartz should have been 39 years old today
#AaronSwartzDay

LFI a voté avec le RN contre l'obligation vaccinale grippale pour les soignants libéraux en Ehpad: "25 % seulement des soignants sont vaccinés à ce jour pour la grippe" dans ce secteur, déplore la ministre de la Santé. L'un des péchés capitaux de cette gauche avec le racisme, l'antisémitisme, etc. que j'avais abordé dans Politis https://www.politis.fr/articles/2025/10/diabolisation-de-quoi-la-gauche-est-elle-accusee/

#Politique #Sante #Vaccin #Grippe #Maladie #LFI #DirectAN

The entire narrative around "scientists need to learn to be better communicators" is seriously misguided.

Scientists communicate just fine. They communicate with accuracy and purpose. That is a core skill for good science and has been for a very very long time.

We need to stop blaming scientists and recognise that the media landscape is devoid of skills to understand basic science methodology and communication. And absolutely lacks the most fundamental motivations to even bother engaging with real science.

Our society is flooded with misinformation and clickbait. This is not a "science doesn't communicate well enough" problem. Media is no longer about information, it's about entertainment. The solution is not to force scientists onto TikTok. It's great when you see some scientists who happen to be effective on social media or TV... But this is not going to be true for everyone in science and neither should it be. Don't turn science communication into a popularity contest.

You're looking at the wrong end of the horse if you think the solution is just "scientists need to communicate better".

#PressFreedom in #Italy over the last 3 weeks:
-a bomb attack against a journalist
- a journalist fired after he dared to ask a question about #Israel
-3 journalists risking up to 9 years in prison

This is happening in a country whose PM, #Meloni, is a #ProfessionalJournalist

We left the house super early so the kids can play in the snow all the way to Taekwondo.

They left a snowman and were super happy to see it still there on the way back.

We saw someone taking a photo of it too. Amazing how little things can bring joy

This morning, I prepared a most delicious traditional Palestinian breakfast: Fattoush! 🥗✨

Have you ever tried Fattoush?
You need:
- tomatoes
- cucumbers
- onions
- lemon squeezed
- olive oil
- tahini
- salt
- flat bread soaked until soft

Fattoush is simple and it’s really delicious! 😋
I hope one day I can leave #Gaza and we can eat together.

Try it, take a photo, show me, and let me know what you think!

Help me to eat every day:
➡️ https://www.chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza

#Palestine #FreePalestine #Food

I actually only needed some small light in order to be able to identify things in the dark box in low light conditions.

Somehow, that escalated quickly and turned into some #Christmas thing. 😎

Just two 7€ xmas LED sets with a 3xAA battery pack each.

#muli #Lastenrad #lastenradliebe #cargobike

Seen online…

Un an presque jour pour jour après avoir emménagé, la carte s'est un peu remplie, mais je constate que je reste quand même beaucoup dans les mêmes quartiers, et qu'il me reste plein de coins à découvrir.

Je ne vous cache pas que l'assistance électrique de mon vélo me sera bien utile pour m'attaquer à toute la partie ouest 🥲

#Lyon

Nearly half of the UK’s most commercially valuable fish populations are either overexploited, critically low or both, according to a new report warning that the government continues to set catch limits above scientific advice.

The report found that 17 of 105 U.K. fish stocks are both overfished and overexploited. Another five stocks, including haddock and pollock, were considered healthy in 2023 but have since been downgraded.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/uk-fish-stocks-in-trouble-as-catch-limits-exceed-scientific-advice-report/

#news #fishing #oceans

I’ve been developing something called the Human-Made License, a Creative Commons–style way to certify that creative work was made without genAI.

I’m looking for feedback from artists, designers, and writers before the public launch. DM me if you’d like to take a look at the first draft.

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall

May we build more bridges as we tear down the remaining walls. ✊

#BerlinWall #IronCurtain #BridgesNotWalls #OTD #OnThisDay

Nothing is sacred.

I'm shocked, shocked to find out that there's gambling going on among athletes.
https://journa.host/@w7voa/115521241180578388

This planet has—or rather had—a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

Made a new poster for your neighbourhood walls ☠️

FEDERAL WEBSITES ARE PLASTERED WITH MAGA PROPAGANDA.

IT IS'NT LEGAL

The Trump administration is using taxpayer money to blame Democrats for the shutdown

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/hatch-act-trump-admin-violating-dems-shutdown-1235460985/