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submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I think someone was trying to paint over this message but they used transparent pant and just ended up highlighting it, and that’s bringing me joy today.

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Barbs. Grunts. Bone caves. Dogs who got too close. Romance that goes hard. We got PORCUPINES, folks. #Erethizonology expert Dr. Tim Bean of Cal Poly is as charming an ologist you can get. Also, one word: porcupette. www.alieward.com/ologies/eret...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Yep. www.alieward.com/ologies/eret...

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EXPERIENCING A BOILING ENVY get down with thorn pigs: www.alieward.com/ologies/eret...

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Sigh. 1. There’s always been a place to do that. They’re called “libraries.” 2. Plenty of people still don’t have great access to internet or computers. 3. LLMs were not made to educate people, but rather to steal people’s work and livelihoods. 4. They’re wrong a LOT.

submitted 5 days ago • 54 comments

Listen to this out of spite for the lobbyists out there trying to convince the world that cigarettes don’t cause cancer or that lead totally isn’t bad for you

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

WILLFUL IGNORANCE: there's an -ology for that. How to people get duped? What's the truth? How do you talk to others with seemingly very different realities? We discuss in this freshly updated Agnotology ep with Stanford prof Dr. Robert Proctor: www.alieward.com/ologies/agno...

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Trump and Elon have placed new restrictions on NOAA & the National Weather Service, putting routine weather forecasts at risk. "...it’s going to be a crackdown on climate,” said a senior Noaa scientist. “People are just somewhere between disturbed and terrified.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

To anyone out there who is curious about why you are feeling so polarized politically right now… PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE listen to the rebroadcast of the Agnotology (Willful Ignorance) episode of Ologies with Alie Ward. @ologies.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Black History Month! I listened to this episode of @ologies.bsky.social about the Constitution by expert Franita Tolson. It’s an evergreen listen!

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If you've heard Tested you know that athletes, doctors, and ethicists worked for nearly 30 years to end mandatory chromosome tests for all women athletes. They succeeded in 1999. Now, World Athletics wants to bring them back: buttondown.com/tested/archi...

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

So you’re saying you want diversity? Some equity? And maybe even inclusion? Interesting.

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Super great that one of the major funding bodies that supports my physics research is now officially in opposition to me being the one to do it.

submitted 11 days ago • 55 comments

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

submitted 12 days ago • 402 comments

accidentally sent an email draft that was the ROUGHEST chaotic shitty brainstorm to a TV producer, so it's been great knowing you all

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

submitted 14 days ago • 313 comments

It has yet again been a harrowing week, but if you need a refuge from “THE NEWS” for a bit please enjoy this podcast episode on hippos. I was over-sharing hippo facts to colleagues all day whether they asked for it or not.

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Y’all I did! You can listen to an episode about the constitution and another in which I read the whole thing alieward.com/ologies/nomology

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

LA folks struggling to focus since January? I thought it was just the threat of the inferno or the widespread loss, but hey: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

even the bear chooses the bear

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

"We will not allow men to beat up, injure and cheat our women and our girls," said Donald Trump, about trans and nonbinary athletes. Diabolical.

submitted 17 days ago • 8 comments

Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”

submitted 17 days ago • 1043 comments

This just in: Hippotomology episode! www.alieward.com/ologies/hipp... Dr. Rebecca Lewison is a HIPPO EXPERT and answers: -Do they sweat blood? -Will one kill you? -What are cocaine hippos? -Is Moo Deng… okay? Are hippos okay? Please do enjoy 🦛

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

WHAT IS THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION EVERN FOR? We have an Ology for that. 2, actually. Law scholar @proftolson.bsky.social walks us thru the whole thing & then in a bonus: I read the whole thing to you. This ep came out a few years back but seems relevant, yeah? www.alieward.com/ologies/nomo...

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

@proftolson.bsky.social may have to do an updated episode on Nomology about Constitution Law because what in the flaming hell is happening, Prof??

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

Laughing out loud listening to the latest @ologies.bsky.social Ologies episode about hippos: when Alie uses the phrase “the common hippos that we’re all used to” I think to myself, “Wait, am I supposed to be ‘used to’ these guys?! ‘Cause I’m absofuckinglutely not.” 🦛 #ologies #hippopotomology

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Thankyoueverysomuch ❤️

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 19 days ago • 1328 comments

For the love of all that is good in this world do NOT buy books from Amazon. Cancel your Amazon accounts. Go to the Library (in person or online ebooks!) and support local bookstores instead. Please #BookSky don’t be ambivalent

submitted 19 days ago • 406 comments

fucking around hath occurred; finding out has commenced

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

This tweet cracked me the fuck up until 5 minutes later when I found out it was factual

submitted 19 days ago • 7 comments