Rebecca Teed
@rebeccateed.bsky.social
I teach Earth and environmental science in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Opinions are my own. She/her. AAUP member. #unionstrong
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1/ Important new investigative report from my colleague @jbeowulf.bsky.social about "Maestro," advertised as "the AI University" on TikTok, that turns out to be a chatbot bolted onto a failing for-profit business school in order to illegally harvest Pell grants.
www.newamerica.org/insights/the...
www.newamerica.org/insights/the...
The AI College: How One For-Profit School Substituted Instructors With a Chatbot
An inside look at AI-powered Maestro University exposes a pattern of policy failures, potential legal violations, and widespread frustration among students—acting as a warning sign for higher educatio...
www.newamerica.org
July 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
1/ Important new investigative report from my colleague @jbeowulf.bsky.social about "Maestro," advertised as "the AI University" on TikTok, that turns out to be a chatbot bolted onto a failing for-profit business school in order to illegally harvest Pell grants.
www.newamerica.org/insights/the...
www.newamerica.org/insights/the...
Fancy software cannot think for us. We still need math. Here's a somewhat helpful breakdown: www.kdnuggets.com/20206/06/dea...
The Math Skills Every Aspiring Data Scientist Needs
This article breaks down each essential math discipline, explains its role in data science, and maps out an efficient learning path you can start today.
www.kdnuggets.com
June 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Fancy software cannot think for us. We still need math. Here's a somewhat helpful breakdown: www.kdnuggets.com/20206/06/dea...
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Abiotic Sources Of Fixed Nitrogen Sustained Early Ecosystems For Several Hundred Million Years After The Origin Of Life
astrobiology.com/2026/06/abio... #astrobiology #originoflife #biochemistry
astrobiology.com/2026/06/abio... #astrobiology #originoflife #biochemistry
Abiotic Sources Of Fixed Nitrogen Sustained Early Ecosystems For Several Hundred Million Years After The Origin Of Life - Astrobiology
Nitrogen (N) plays a crucial role in controlling biological productivity.
astrobiology.com
June 23, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Abiotic Sources Of Fixed Nitrogen Sustained Early Ecosystems For Several Hundred Million Years After The Origin Of Life
astrobiology.com/2026/06/abio... #astrobiology #originoflife #biochemistry
astrobiology.com/2026/06/abio... #astrobiology #originoflife #biochemistry
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While sweltering in a brutal heat wave for which we are woefully unprepared, please note the 70% increase in CO2 over the past 150 years....
430.56 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 20-Jun-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
June 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
While sweltering in a brutal heat wave for which we are woefully unprepared, please note the 70% increase in CO2 over the past 150 years....
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Climate.us is officially live!
After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
Climate.us
June 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Climate.us is officially live!
After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
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An informative yet entertaining distraction: a list of African nations set to a familiar tune -
youtu.be/nhmdDjatyRY?...
youtu.be/nhmdDjatyRY?...
Africa (Toto)...but it lists every country in Africa
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
youtu.be
June 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
An informative yet entertaining distraction: a list of African nations set to a familiar tune -
youtu.be/nhmdDjatyRY?...
youtu.be/nhmdDjatyRY?...
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Today, the legendary JR begins her last journey to the shipwrecking yard.
Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...
Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...
June 1, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Today, the legendary JR begins her last journey to the shipwrecking yard.
Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...
Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...
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this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery
happy pride month 🏳️🌈✨
happy pride month 🏳️🌈✨
June 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery
happy pride month 🏳️🌈✨
happy pride month 🏳️🌈✨
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"The document itself is an odd grab-bag of micromanaging grant processes, assertion of presidential power, and airing of cultural grievances... Its lack of coherence, however, will not prevent it from causing staggering damage to the US scientific system."
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arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
arstechnica.com
May 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM
"The document itself is an odd grab-bag of micromanaging grant processes, assertion of presidential power, and airing of cultural grievances... Its lack of coherence, however, will not prevent it from causing staggering damage to the US scientific system."
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arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Wright State professors say changes to tenure, discussions about college restructuring are worrying | Education & Schools www.daytondailynews.com/local/educat...
#AAUP #HigherEd
#AAUP #HigherEd
May 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Wright State professors say changes to tenure, discussions about college restructuring are worrying | Education & Schools www.daytondailynews.com/local/educat...
#AAUP #HigherEd
#AAUP #HigherEd
A chilling essay about billionaires' plans to survive and even profit from the environmental damage their industries cause:
The Extinction Loop thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-extincti... #Design #Extinction #LIbertarianism via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Extinction Loop thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-extincti... #Design #Extinction #LIbertarianism via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Extinction Loop
Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
January 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A chilling essay about billionaires' plans to survive and even profit from the environmental damage their industries cause:
The Extinction Loop thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-extincti... #Design #Extinction #LIbertarianism via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Extinction Loop thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-extincti... #Design #Extinction #LIbertarianism via @mitpress.bsky.social
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Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:
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Out there, right now, is an indie bookstore and it is FULL OF BOOKS, and full of bibliomancers who know all the old book rites to ensure you get excellent books for you and your loved ones. Seek the indie bookstore! Give them coin in exchange for stories and ideas and art and romance and horror and
November 30, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Out there, right now, is an indie bookstore and it is FULL OF BOOKS, and full of bibliomancers who know all the old book rites to ensure you get excellent books for you and your loved ones. Seek the indie bookstore! Give them coin in exchange for stories and ideas and art and romance and horror and
Good attendance at the 2024 Runkle Woods Symposium at Wright State University with lots of presentations of student research!
November 15, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Good attendance at the 2024 Runkle Woods Symposium at Wright State University with lots of presentations of student research!