Amy Wood
@amyrwood.bsky.social
Curious writer, perpetually learning, finding joy in community; she/her. I repost a fair bit because I like sharing interesting information.
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this is so fucking sad
October 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
this is so fucking sad
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Automate your dating. Automate your conversations. Automate it all!
And when you have automated it all, who are you? Where do you belong? What are you? Are you happy, in this automated world? Is there anyone left for you to talk to, apart from yourself and the automated machine?
And when you have automated it all, who are you? Where do you belong? What are you? Are you happy, in this automated world? Is there anyone left for you to talk to, apart from yourself and the automated machine?
October 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Automate your dating. Automate your conversations. Automate it all!
And when you have automated it all, who are you? Where do you belong? What are you? Are you happy, in this automated world? Is there anyone left for you to talk to, apart from yourself and the automated machine?
And when you have automated it all, who are you? Where do you belong? What are you? Are you happy, in this automated world? Is there anyone left for you to talk to, apart from yourself and the automated machine?
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San Francisco schools are becoming a nonconsensual laboratory for genAI 'educational products.'
In Which I Decline to Let an AI Company Experiment on My Kid at School
Living in San Francisco means being a guinea pig for the tech industry — but I draw the line at my second-grader.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
San Francisco schools are becoming a nonconsensual laboratory for genAI 'educational products.'
Taylor is the worst bunt specialist I’ve ever seen
October 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Taylor is the worst bunt specialist I’ve ever seen
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"If students continuously interact with proprietary AI systems, teachers facilitate those interactions, and schools provide the institutional environment in which they occur, then education systems risk becoming live testing grounds for AI [and] sites of extraction too" www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3308...
Are AI Frameworks complicit in turning schools into AI testing grounds and sites of extraction?
The capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular Large Language Models like ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, are developing at extraordinary speed, accompanying by calls from some tech...
www.ei-ie.org
October 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"If students continuously interact with proprietary AI systems, teachers facilitate those interactions, and schools provide the institutional environment in which they occur, then education systems risk becoming live testing grounds for AI [and] sites of extraction too" www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3308...
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"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"
buff.ly/oLdL54C
buff.ly/oLdL54C
Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
“Is my hair thinning, or am I ripping it out because a thirty-four-time convicted, sexually abusive steak salesman with a Hannibal Lecter fetish is five poin...
buff.ly
October 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"
buff.ly/oLdL54C
buff.ly/oLdL54C
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Bonkers: Sea levels are running 1.2ft above the late-20th century baseline in San Diego as sea surface temperatures are about 7°F warmer than normal. These highly anomalous ocean temperatures and heights will continue through winter along the California coast amid El Niño. #CAwx
October 7, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Bonkers: Sea levels are running 1.2ft above the late-20th century baseline in San Diego as sea surface temperatures are about 7°F warmer than normal. These highly anomalous ocean temperatures and heights will continue through winter along the California coast amid El Niño. #CAwx
Dang Morejon looks like he’s going to go home and cry in the shower.
October 7, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Dang Morejon looks like he’s going to go home and cry in the shower.
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Haha, this fucking sucks.
October 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Haha, this fucking sucks.
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again, really hope working mathematicians put the pieces together and realize the fundamental threat from ai companies has little to do with transforming practices or modes of mentorship. they want a death grip on funding and employment in the discipline. it's what they want with everything
killing me seeing mathematicians respond to the ai situation by talking about its effect on lines of inquiry or mentorship, & refusing to acknowledge all this hinges on redefining how money and power operate in mathematics. not my place to tell them what to do, but i naively expected something more
October 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
again, really hope working mathematicians put the pieces together and realize the fundamental threat from ai companies has little to do with transforming practices or modes of mentorship. they want a death grip on funding and employment in the discipline. it's what they want with everything
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Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]
October 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]
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The immensely wealthy men who run the AI companies are forcing the economy to serve their dreams and crowding out everyone else's.
AI Versus Everything Else
The hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment
paulkrugman.substack.com
October 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The immensely wealthy men who run the AI companies are forcing the economy to serve their dreams and crowding out everyone else's.
Most of the Stanford besties are in SD…
Emma Hayes said #USWNT is working w/ Chelsea to figure out changes to be made after Naomi Girma sustained another calf setback that will keep her out of games v Spain.
Sam Coffey has a recurring ankle issue, per Hayes.
From the National Training Center, where the USWNT trained for the first time.
Sam Coffey has a recurring ankle issue, per Hayes.
From the National Training Center, where the USWNT trained for the first time.
USWNT working with Chelsea over Naomi Girma injuries - Emma Hayes
USWNT coach Emma Hayes said she and her staff are working with Chelsea to change how defender Naomi Girma is managed after another setback due to a calf injury.
www.espn.com
October 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Most of the Stanford besties are in SD…
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Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
October 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
MNF halftime show is unwatchable
October 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
MNF halftime show is unwatchable
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We should ban AI in schools because there's a growing pile of research showing that it actively harms kids' cognitive development www.ethanhein.com/wp/2026/ai-i...
October 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
We should ban AI in schools because there's a growing pile of research showing that it actively harms kids' cognitive development www.ethanhein.com/wp/2026/ai-i...
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Whenever I teach settler colonialism, which is often, I always emphasize the point that it is still going on.
They cut down the "grandmother" tree.
October 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Whenever I teach settler colonialism, which is often, I always emphasize the point that it is still going on.
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The price of gas is now what used to be the amount you'd pay if you forgot to fill the rental car up before returning it.
October 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The price of gas is now what used to be the amount you'd pay if you forgot to fill the rental car up before returning it.
Miller for six outs is crazy but walking GARY SANCHEZ is indefensible.
October 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Miller for six outs is crazy but walking GARY SANCHEZ is indefensible.
Somewhere, PCA broke a TV seeing Sheets awarded a walk on a for sure swing.
October 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Somewhere, PCA broke a TV seeing Sheets awarded a walk on a for sure swing.
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The rise in dengue in the US was predicted a quarter century ago by #climate scientists in the first US National Climate Assessment.
This article doesn't mention climate change.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
This article doesn't mention climate change.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Florida’s dengue outbreak reportedly largest US has seen in decades
A dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an …
thehill.com
October 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The rise in dengue in the US was predicted a quarter century ago by #climate scientists in the first US National Climate Assessment.
This article doesn't mention climate change.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
This article doesn't mention climate change.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
There should be a law that says national broadcasts can’t show political ads for regional races outside their state. I’m in CA, I’m sick of seeing the crazy Republican crap from Texas, etc.
I want to watch the Rams lose in peace.
I want to watch the Rams lose in peace.
October 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
There should be a law that says national broadcasts can’t show political ads for regional races outside their state. I’m in CA, I’m sick of seeing the crazy Republican crap from Texas, etc.
I want to watch the Rams lose in peace.
I want to watch the Rams lose in peace.
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January-September 2026 was the warmest Jan-Sep on record for the Contiguous U.S. since 1895 according to PRISM climate data. Seems red. 🔥🔥🔥
October 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
January-September 2026 was the warmest Jan-Sep on record for the Contiguous U.S. since 1895 according to PRISM climate data. Seems red. 🔥🔥🔥
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September 2026 was the warmest September on record for the Contiguous U.S. since 1895 according to PRISM climate data. 🔥🔥🔥
October 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
September 2026 was the warmest September on record for the Contiguous U.S. since 1895 according to PRISM climate data. 🔥🔥🔥
105: Misiorowski fastball or downtown temp in San Diego today
October 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
105: Misiorowski fastball or downtown temp in San Diego today