Andy Dobson

The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.

But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.

Be warned.

Chatbots behaving badly The world needs better insight on how LLMs are handling mental health crises

This week I have written about what goes wrong when chatbots engage with people with poor mental health and how we should think about the problem.

Chatbots behaving badly, by @natashaloder open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

1st Death Linked to ‘Meat Allergy’ Spread by Ticks A healthy 47-year-old man from New Jersey died abruptly four hours after consuming beef -- the first confirmed death from the "meat allergy."

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Really fantastic paper on spread of H5N1 influenza in North American birds.

Science under siege A new audio documentary from The Economist

The east wing of science is being demolished by the new administration.

Read my Substack about a new documentary I’ve made with Sandra Kanthal about the impact on biomedical scientists at Harvard.

open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Mysterious 'warm blob' breaks records in the North Pacific Ocean Temperatures have surged across a large area of the north Pacific - and scientists don't know exactly why.

The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to analysis:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

New work from @devisatarkar.bsky.social et al on how effects of climate variability- particularly more unusual events - depend on developmental stage & prevailing conditions in Wytham Woods great tits.

Longevity Conservation: Why we should protect old, wise and large animals

iucncongress2025.org/programme/lo...

Can you send a link for this. I'll try and come along virtually. Hope all good with you.

Paper for next weeks Biodiversity COP in AbuDhabi. Special issue of IUCN Parks. We need a UN Global Convention on Freshwater for humanity and biodiversity.
Parksjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5.-DOBSON.PDF

New article in special issue of IUCN Parks journal for COP Meeting in Abu Dhabi next week. We need a UN driven Global Convention on Freshwater for Humans and Biodiversity. An ecosystems service with tangible value.
Parksjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5.-DOBSON.pdf

I suspect the spirits of a John and Danny Thompson are slumped there some nights, sleeping off another night of celestial improvisation...and quite a few beers.

What a terrifying war zone!!!!??!!

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

I’m pretty sure I found the exit once, but I may still be lost somewhere in there.

everybody gets to choose one climate solution they're allowed to hate as long as they 100% support policy and infrastructure to implement it. I loathe biking (because I take it personally when people try to kill me) but bring on the protected lanes and secure bike parking

We need more provocative papers like this …

Watched it yesterday. Hilarious, the Beavis and Butthead of Birding...😆

New paper on rodent borne spoilers with a great group of colleagues

Excellent choice! Amazing work!

Our political cartoonists know the score.

(Clay Bennett for the Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Really excellent review

Mo Salah respond to a post by UEFA with: Can you tell us how he died, where, and why? The UEFA post reads: Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the 'Palestinian Pelé'. A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times

Well said, Mo Salah.

Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.

Good news for Ireland and Austria....

I’m pretty sure neither her “ass” or her “hips” know which bathroom she’s supposed to use.

Once again...

www.rawstory.com/immigration-...

A twitter post of "No Way to Prevent This" in reply to an NYT headline that's nearly identical.

I posted to Twitter for what looks like the fifth time this year yesterday. Checked back today and the post has 39,000 likes, 3.2k retweets — and 9 replies, and 4 quote tweets. I'm sorry folks those numbers ain't real. Bordering on a statistical impossibility. It's gotta be almost entirely fake.

@gates.bsky.social