Global remote nonprofit tech job klaxon: openRxiv is hiring an engineering manager. You would be managing the team and tech around science journal preprint servers. They're looking for someone who can overlap with US timezones.
https://openrxiv.applytojob.com/apply/ggcbCVGkSQ/Engineering-Manager #FediHire
#Tallahassee #Florida #USA #US
Ron DeSantis Statue Melts in Rising Temperatures He Spent 8 Years Denying
On Tuesday, a life-size statue of Ron DeSantis began melting shortly after it was unveiled in front of supporters and onlookers in Tallahassee, an intentionally dramatic installation designed to make the consequences of climate change impossible to ignore
#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike
Music interview: Richard Thompson
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/15/richard-thompson-hippies-thugs-and-heroes-interview
#music
An observational study of cognitive development in adolescents exposed to either airborne particulates (PM2.5) or ozone, compared to demographically matched controls, found lower cognitive performance and less maturation of brain networks in the pollution-exposed children.
Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187892932600054X
#Science #Pollution #ChildDevelopment #Cognition #AirPollution #PM25 #Ozone
Saw this on Peta Pixel. Great insights into his approach.
"While the size of Russia’s diesel exports is relatively small and unlikely to significantly impact prices, the revenue will help Moscow replenish its war coffers and — more importantly — undermine efforts by Kyiv and its European allies to put up a united front against President Vladimir Putin."
https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-trump-diesel-zelenskyy-ukraine-war-d99a9aed32baeef7b7a0fcaec084509c
Beware of anti-woke campaigners’ attack playbook www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/bewa...
Beware of anti-woke campaigner...
Bleached corals recover after touching healthy clones —
Caveat: "... scientists cautioned that until further research is conducted, it might not be feasible to use this exact approach on the scale necessary to restore whole reefs in the wild..."
https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/stanford-scientists-discover-way-to-reverse-coral-bleaching-record-speed/
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/stanford-coral-study-22475321.php
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/15/theyre-not-dead-yet-bleached-corals-recover-in-record-time-after-touching-healthy-clones
Paper: "Rapid coral bleaching recovery via symbiont transfer from healthy corals"
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aeh1580
#coral #CoralBleaching #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #GoodNews
During the interview, Flock CEO Garrett Langley deflected hard questions about the criticism Flock now faces... he tended to respond to questions with anecdotes from conversations and claims of crimes solved "rather than offer tangible solutions to people’s concerns." — @Sarahp analysis on Flock CEO's interview.
"But pressed about abuse and the invasiveness of his company’s surveillance technology, Langley had no substantive answers."
Now that days are getting cooler and work is slowing down a bit, I'm finally getting outside more consistently again. Yesterday I did a gorgeous 14-mile hike along a river valley, up to a ridge, and back down a different valley. That's the farthest I've hiked in a day in about 20 years!
Three weeks until Election Day! Vote when you can. It’s easy to get cynical with fresh horrors emerging by the hour, but it’s your right. And if you don’t exercise it, there’s a chance it might get taken away. Laugh at me for saying that, I don’t care.
Without Ada Lovelace, widely recognized as the first computer programmer, we might not have #FreeSoftware today. Thank you for your contributions, Ada! #AdaLovelaceDay #FSF
"And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to the opposite of trump"
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/10/13/world/no-trump-nobel-peace-prize/
#NobelPeacePrize #OpEd #HumanRights
Fully funded PhD position in Practical Philosophy right here @stockholm-uni.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please circulate widely. Application deadline October 15 #philjobs #philosophyjobs
PhD student in Practical Philo...
Hang on —
"Super El Niño breaks sea temperature record weeks ahead of expected peak"
https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cmlye0d7q7zno
#ElNiño #ElNino #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
To me, there's no worse example of this than the (in)famous Porter and Jick paper, an (allegedly) extensive study (allegedly) showing opioids had a very low level of addiction risk.
It--or at least its citation--played a significant role in bringing about our opioid crisis.
The truth of it, tho?
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jdfwnosj5tavojrkinbcor6h/post/3mxpr3anncs27
It's a grim rabbit-hole of the game of operator:
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vpkw7cvu6eu742hvjk5wsxf2/post/3mjkpoyjxhk2u
Half of the AI patches don't work with Keith Hoodlet and @joshbressers
This paper proves exactly what I have been saying in numerous talks: fixing vulnerabilities properly still requires a clever human involved.
https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-10-keith-ai-patches/