Donald MacKenzie on visions of infinite scaling in tech: "AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve too." (NB Mackenzie seems to have taken the hint from Shapin and is now writing essays for LRB, hurrah!) #sts #envhums #envsoc
"Data is not growing, because we have but one internet ... data is the fossil fuel of AI. It was like created somehow, and now we use it, and we’ve achieved peak data, and there’ll be no more." share.google/4EkXwYfGYz6r...
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AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Donald MacKenzie on visions of infinite scaling in tech: "AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve too." (NB Mackenzie seems to have taken the hint from Shapin and is now writing essays for LRB, hurrah!) #sts #envhums #envsoc
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Our new name bridges the climate change focus with the #EnvSoc stream, foregrounding climate justice as a question of social justice, collective struggles, living environments, and planetary futures.
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August 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🆕 #Environment, #Society & Changing #Climates Study Group @britsoci.bsky.social
Our new name bridges the climate change focus with the #EnvSoc stream, foregrounding climate justice as a question of social justice, collective struggles, living environments, and planetary futures.
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Our new name bridges the climate change focus with the #EnvSoc stream, foregrounding climate justice as a question of social justice, collective struggles, living environments, and planetary futures.
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November 23, 2023 at 9:17 PM
A fantastic, international #PhD opportunity for all excited about #biodiversity, #farming and its socio-cultural background. Work together with #farmers and
Katrin Prager at the beautiful Aberdeen University and at the Queens University Belfast. #EnviSky #EconSky #EnvSoc
tinyurl.com/5xd4u7bb.
Katrin Prager at the beautiful Aberdeen University and at the Queens University Belfast. #EnviSky #EconSky #EnvSoc
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University of Brighton @brightonuni.bsky.social welcomes Quaternary scientists from around the world - read about the Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social 2026 Annual Discussion Meeting here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/envsoc/2026/...
University of Brighton welcomes Quaternary scientists from around the world | Centre for Environment and Society
In January 2026, the University of Brighton hosted the 62nd Annual Discussion Meeting of the Quaternary Research Association (QRA), bringing together ar...
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May 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
University of Brighton @brightonuni.bsky.social welcomes Quaternary scientists from around the world - read about the Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social 2026 Annual Discussion Meeting here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/envsoc/2026/...
Enviro. sociologists! @stephmalin_soc @KgouldA @TimmonsRoberts @ChristineSheare @DrBobBullard @davidciplet @sabmc #envsoc #ScholarSunday
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Enviro. sociologists! @stephmalin_soc @KgouldA @TimmonsRoberts @ChristineSheare @DrBobBullard @davidciplet @sabmc #envsoc #ScholarSunday
‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke, AKA #Prius repellent." http://nyti.ms/2cl7usE #envhist #envsoc
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November 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM
‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke, AKA #Prius repellent." http://nyti.ms/2cl7usE #envhist #envsoc
Is regulating chemicals by class vs one by one doable? #envsoc #pfoa #pfas #c8 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b04980 cc @laurelschaider
November 22, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Is regulating chemicals by class vs one by one doable? #envsoc #pfoa #pfas #c8 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b04980 cc @laurelschaider