@anthrofuentes.bsky.social
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Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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September 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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To put a finer point on it: he is right.
September 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
To put a finer point on it: he is right.
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The anthropic whistleblower is like "no other activity has the potential to create human extinction." Well, speaking as someone who works for a climate think tank, I can think of one
September 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The anthropic whistleblower is like "no other activity has the potential to create human extinction." Well, speaking as someone who works for a climate think tank, I can think of one
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lol there are a lot of people talking about AI who, frankly, shouldn't so here are people to listen to and then some:
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rajiinio.bsky.social
@ruha9.bsky.social
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
@dairinstitute.bsky.social
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rajiinio.bsky.social
@ruha9.bsky.social
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
@dairinstitute.bsky.social
These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI
Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears
www.rollingstone.com
September 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
lol there are a lot of people talking about AI who, frankly, shouldn't so here are people to listen to and then some:
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rajiinio.bsky.social
@ruha9.bsky.social
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
@dairinstitute.bsky.social
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rajiinio.bsky.social
@ruha9.bsky.social
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
@dairinstitute.bsky.social
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But also, want to know how f@%# up AI is? Study linguistic anthropology.
Not often in agreement the @wsj.com but am here: "Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology"
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology
College students and workers alike are finding a new set of skills is needed for a rapidly changing workplace.
www.wsj.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
But also, want to know how f@%# up AI is? Study linguistic anthropology.
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So *now* @wsj.com is on #teamsocialscience! And all it took was a few sci-fi hyperbolic threats of human extinction.
Not often in agreement the @wsj.com but am here: "Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology"
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology
College students and workers alike are finding a new set of skills is needed for a rapidly changing workplace.
www.wsj.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
So *now* @wsj.com is on #teamsocialscience! And all it took was a few sci-fi hyperbolic threats of human extinction.
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Have we discussed "AI" doomsday cults + Epstein?
“parachuting humanity into a different evolutionary era...even obsoleting the human race as we know it...is a running theme in the Epstein files, and...tech evangelists...“It’s eugenics all the way down”
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
“parachuting humanity into a different evolutionary era...even obsoleting the human race as we know it...is a running theme in the Epstein files, and...tech evangelists...“It’s eugenics all the way down”
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
"All my fundees have blue eyes." Epstein and the tech world's dark ideology - Coda Story
The Epstein files reveal beliefs about race, eugenics, and engineering humans that run to the heart of Silicon Valley.
www.codastory.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Have we discussed "AI" doomsday cults + Epstein?
“parachuting humanity into a different evolutionary era...even obsoleting the human race as we know it...is a running theme in the Epstein files, and...tech evangelists...“It’s eugenics all the way down”
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
“parachuting humanity into a different evolutionary era...even obsoleting the human race as we know it...is a running theme in the Epstein files, and...tech evangelists...“It’s eugenics all the way down”
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
Not often in agreement the @wsj.com but am here: "Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology"
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology
College students and workers alike are finding a new set of skills is needed for a rapidly changing workplace.
www.wsj.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Not often in agreement the @wsj.com but am here: "Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology"
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The wrong platform for science
Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...
www.science.org
September 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🎧📖 Sex is a Spectrum - The Biological Limits of the Binary
by @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
scientist's perspective on why a binary view of sex and gender is not only misguided but harmful & why there are multitudes of ways of being human
Affiliate Link
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#booksky #audiobook
by @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
scientist's perspective on why a binary view of sex and gender is not only misguided but harmful & why there are multitudes of ways of being human
Affiliate Link
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#booksky #audiobook
Sex is a Spectrum Audiobook on Libro.fm
Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men, there is a lot more variation and overlap than we may re...
libro.fm
September 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🎧📖 Sex is a Spectrum - The Biological Limits of the Binary
by @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
scientist's perspective on why a binary view of sex and gender is not only misguided but harmful & why there are multitudes of ways of being human
Affiliate Link
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#booksky #audiobook
by @anthrofuentes.bsky.social
scientist's perspective on why a binary view of sex and gender is not only misguided but harmful & why there are multitudes of ways of being human
Affiliate Link
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
#booksky #audiobook
This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory
Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths
www.science.org
September 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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"Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The researcher in question:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The researcher in question:
September 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The researcher in question:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The researcher in question:
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"genomic knowledge claims are not neutral but reflect a particular set of evidentiary norms, political rationalities & epistemological commitments that remain contiguous with the genetic determinism & race science from which the majority of contemporary genomics scholars distance themselves"
Polygenic scores as bio-social policy instruments: Educational genomics as a source of intervention and governance - Ben Williamson, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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journals.sagepub.com
September 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
"genomic knowledge claims are not neutral but reflect a particular set of evidentiary norms, political rationalities & epistemological commitments that remain contiguous with the genetic determinism & race science from which the majority of contemporary genomics scholars distance themselves"
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“There are so many things in ecology that are demoralizing and depressing, but not beavers. Beavers are good news every day.”
Beavers Are Having a Moment🧪
reasonstobecheerful.world/beavers-big-...
Long considered a nuisance, they are finally being appreciated for their role in healthy ecosystems.
Beavers Are Having a Moment🧪
reasonstobecheerful.world/beavers-big-...
Long considered a nuisance, they are finally being appreciated for their role in healthy ecosystems.
September 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“There are so many things in ecology that are demoralizing and depressing, but not beavers. Beavers are good news every day.”
Beavers Are Having a Moment🧪
reasonstobecheerful.world/beavers-big-...
Long considered a nuisance, they are finally being appreciated for their role in healthy ecosystems.
Beavers Are Having a Moment🧪
reasonstobecheerful.world/beavers-big-...
Long considered a nuisance, they are finally being appreciated for their role in healthy ecosystems.
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America’s trend toward higher profits, higher share prices, and mounting executive pay but near stagnant wages is unsustainable — economically and politically.
It's time to bring back profit sharing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's time to bring back profit sharing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
America’s trend toward higher profits, higher share prices, and mounting executive pay but near stagnant wages is unsustainable — economically and politically.
It's time to bring back profit sharing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's time to bring back profit sharing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is incredible
September 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
This is incredible
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Response to the Vanderbilt report: “I defend open disagreement, evidence, transparency & accountability, while warning that caricatures of “politicized” scholarship grant permission to dismantle fields the public needs precisely when democratic life urgently requires their insights”
"Anthropology is not broken. It is doing its job" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Response to the Vanderbilt report: “I defend open disagreement, evidence, transparency & accountability, while warning that caricatures of “politicized” scholarship grant permission to dismantle fields the public needs precisely when democratic life urgently requires their insights”
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In Sex Is a Spectrum, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social explains why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male.
Now available in #paperback!
Learn more: buff.ly/TDUQZ3N
#Biology
Now available in #paperback!
Learn more: buff.ly/TDUQZ3N
#Biology
September 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In Sex Is a Spectrum, @anthrofuentes.bsky.social explains why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male.
Now available in #paperback!
Learn more: buff.ly/TDUQZ3N
#Biology
Now available in #paperback!
Learn more: buff.ly/TDUQZ3N
#Biology
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We never imagined how far that dream would travel, into homes, into hearts, into the way generations imagined what we could still become. In a world that often feels as divided as ever, maybe that's exactly why we need it now: a reminder that unity was always the point.
September 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We never imagined how far that dream would travel, into homes, into hearts, into the way generations imagined what we could still become. In a world that often feels as divided as ever, maybe that's exactly why we need it now: a reminder that unity was always the point.
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Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
September 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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Sixty years ago, a trailblazing sci-fi series that wouldn't have existed if Lucille Ball hadn't intervened, and Gene Roddenberry imagined a better society, capable of dealing with whatever existed where no one had gone before, took flight. Happy 60th Anniversary, Star Trek!👽🚀
September 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Sixty years ago, a trailblazing sci-fi series that wouldn't have existed if Lucille Ball hadn't intervened, and Gene Roddenberry imagined a better society, capable of dealing with whatever existed where no one had gone before, took flight. Happy 60th Anniversary, Star Trek!👽🚀
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Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
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Power to the people! ✊
September 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Power to the people! ✊