Posts by annaleen@wandering.shop
(DIR) Post #Aj73cfVBm6h2ykGuTw by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-06-20T03:51:50Z
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Hot take: talking about the weather is actually fun and awesome and politically necessary
(DIR) Post #Ak4OAD4KRdgpi8A4AK by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-07-18T19:17:15Z
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The effects from climate change are harming many populations, but there's one group of animals that is thriving: cephalopods. This is an amazing story about the resilience of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. I am ready for octo-world! https://www.mbl.edu/news/what-can-cephalopods-teach-us-about-adapting-climate-change
(DIR) Post #Alm7rliQOy5J9WqwEq by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-09-07T22:55:37Z
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Many thanks to the humans who recommended that I watch Ramen Akaneko, which almost fills the Dungeon Meshi-shaped hole in my heart. I love how the show does a lot of careful worldbuilding around how the cats keep their fur out of the ramen while preparing it. Not a detail I would ever have worried about, but the writers of Ramen Akaneko have REALLY given it a lot of consideration on both a legal and logistical level.
(DIR) Post #Alu8YENBnZCHSXqZwu by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-09-11T18:19:43Z
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I had a weird dream that the English PM was actually named Chicken Kiev
(DIR) Post #AoJjcijHxWxv39zRhY by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-11-22T20:31:52Z
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We cannot let this one pass. New bathroom bill would essentially make it illegal for trans people to use bathrooms in American airports. Don't be surprised when it's followed by national bills preventing people from being trans in public. https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/nancy-maces-federal-trans-bathroom
(DIR) Post #AoM1SPdqG9FuRfb3h2 by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-11-24T01:15:05Z
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A scenario that Schrödinger never addressed #caturday #catsofmastodon
(DIR) Post #ApZ7yRAVeGBjJ03EdE by annaleen@wandering.shop
2024-12-30T04:46:23Z
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I think LLMs may wind up being remembered the same way we remember 19th century Spiritualism. A bunch of scientists and rich people bought into Spiritualism, too -- until they didn't.
(DIR) Post #AqXS4ZuXEIYZVpCuxc by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-01-25T23:32:28Z
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Right now, the U.S. is in a media crisis. Just in the nick of time, I'm starting a newsletter series about understanding media in the twenty-first century. I'll teach you how to challenge and change the messages that our media carries. Let's go. https://buttondown.com/thehypothesis/archive/what-is-media-a-primer-for-americans/
(DIR) Post #AqXS4bK5ykb3tOAqRM by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-01-25T23:33:13Z
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Do you recognize the image above? Do you know where the text comes from? You are already on your way to understanding how media works!
(DIR) Post #ArMkovb9bqLoiro1yq by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-02-21T22:44:39Z
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Want to know what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is full of first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work for the public. https://www.wethebuilders.org/
(DIR) Post #AtbBVJ8NXTwoW3gjKK by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-04-29T22:39:31Z
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I downloaded a scientific paper of great interest to me. It is of typical length, about 15 pages in the PDF. I opened it in Acrobat, and got this message highlighted at the top of the page next to an AI sparkle icon: "This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary." I cannot put into words how much this enrages me. First, this is not a long document. Have you met documents? Second, and more important, telling someone to not read a thing they want to read??! Fuck you, Adobe.
(DIR) Post #AwW6CMVrdfdMpzrGWu by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-07-26T05:26:28Z
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I had to blow up San Francisco to give it a future I wanted to live in. For 48 Hills, I wrote about my new book Automatic Noodle, and how science fiction helps us resist the AI oligarchs who are stealing our city's future. https://48hills.org/2025/07/steal-this-future/
(DIR) Post #AwbTudmaKmfHEOHmsq by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-07-28T19:53:06Z
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This week, you can get the ebook of The Terraformers for just $2.99 wherever ebooks are sold -- including indie bookseller platform Bookshop.org, along with the usual places. If you can't wait for Automatic Noodle, this will tide you over!
(DIR) Post #AwkGdwTHxylrw0hWUK by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-08-01T20:33:42Z
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There is so much absolutely weird and sad shit in US politico-cultural war news today that I started to post like fifteen angry things and deleted all of them because all I want to say is hug your friends and remember that saying hello to a neighbor is worth more than 5000 hot takes online.
(DIR) Post #AxWc4JiTaZtWBKIbVQ by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-08-22T03:18:10Z
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@jeridansky @aral Mike is the greatest
(DIR) Post #Axi764sQy0O23TprBg by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-08-30T23:17:23Z
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I keep wondering if all the ants who are hanging around in the nest seemingly doing nothing are in fact totally vibing to some pheromone-based anternet memes. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep20846
(DIR) Post #AxiXZXzMPHTTY8muq8 by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-08-31T04:20:00Z
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@futurebird Begging their elders to let them get offline and into the real world ...
(DIR) Post #AxslJPiQjvXsCGfZLc by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-09-05T01:53:29Z
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In case you are like me and have always wondered what was in garum, the iconic fermented fish oil popular in the ancient Roman world: At last, we have an answer! Archaeologists analyzing DNA in an Iberian garum workshop have discovered ... SARDINES! (Obviously people might have used different fish in other areas, which will be the focus of future studies.) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/roman-atlantic-garum-dna-confirms-sardine-use-and-population-continuity-in-northwestern-iberia/9487347327F3724D1D2C4F72266DAEF3
(DIR) Post #Az6Gu2SWmyh7rYeObg by annaleen@wandering.shop
2025-10-11T03:59:02Z
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I cannot stop thinking about this paper about how Iberian harvester ants can produce offspring of two entirely different species. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02524-8cc: @futurebird
(DIR) Post #B3E8zf6k133UTDJ25g by annaleen@wandering.shop
2026-02-11T07:34:14Z
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I just wrote a column for @newscientist called "stop anthropomorphizing ants" and I am pretty sure it's among the weirdest things I've ever written and probably they won't use that exact title lol