John Lewis

Just in time for Thanksgiving, our themed issue "Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners" went live. Guest editors Yann, Domeischel, Thompson & Schreiner show how to work toward collaborative repatration of all Ancestors & their belongings.

Read on here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU"

Tapping the sign again

Screenshot of a post by Scientific American @sclam.bsky.social As Al slips into kitchens, conversations and memories, Thanksgiving has become a test of how much we're willing to outsource Is This Our First Al Thanksgiving? As Al slips into kitchens, conversations and memories, Thanksgiving has become a test of how much we're willing to outsource @ www.scientificamerican.com (Accompanying image is a bunch of people with overly smiling faces, possibly an AI image, it looks too shiny, but maybe it's real, doubtful given the premise of the piece, though)

I don't even want to link to this, but the author of the article also wrote a novel about how 'ai will transform humanity' lol.

Almost every assumption the article makes is something that should be challenged immediately. "AI is starting to sound like another kitchen appliance" NO IT ISN'T.

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation The mysteries of Easter Island, subjects of speculation for centuries, yield to scientific inquiry.

How Easter Island's giant statues were transported remained unsolved for decades. Physics, morphological analysis and a comprehensive 3D map now show the moai, or statues, were "walked" upright across the landscape using principles of lateral oscillation. buff.ly/Lj0PMep

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CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back. “I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.

Article:

"Reasonable minds could differ as to how to interpret" Trump's call to Raffensperger, writes Skandalakis in his memo dropping the case, without quoting any portion of the call. Here's his assessment at left, and an excerpt from the call, at right.

Much in this document is totally divorced from reality

Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

NO

NO IT ISN'T

STOP IT

STOP

See also quote from Rua Williams' Disabling Intelligences book - it's a distraction (as Birhane et al write, a "smoke screen") bsky.app/profile/cgsu...

"...from a legal perspective, the best analogy to robot rights is not human rights but corporate rights..."

#astroedu

Descubre cometas usando los primeros datos del observatorio Vera Rubin - NASA Ciencia ¡Únete al proyecto Rubin Comet Catchers y ayuda a los científicos a descubrir cometas y otros objetos activos en nuestro sistema solar!

Descubre cometas usando los primeros datos del observatorio Vera Rubin! ciencia.nasa.gov/sistema-sola... #español #hola

X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was create...

Finally, Elon has made a change to his social media platform that I approve of: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Big report at Law Dork tonight on this decision — and much more on DOJ’s anti-trans attacks: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...

I *love* the torn one that just has "you don't have to accept this future" written in regular handwriting. That's what I keep repeating to anyone who will listen to me at my institution. We don't have to participate in reinforcing this one possible future; there are others we can imagine and make.

We also created a viewer tool for the Dark Cloud image from Euclid and in the visible, and 2MASS in the background – for you to zoom and pan around.

Here's the background and access to all comparison sliders and tools:

www.euclid-ec.org/clouds-darkn...

#ESAEuclid #astronomy #space #Euclid

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STFC | Postgraduate research | University of Leicester STFC Studentships in Physics and Astronomy. University of Leicester

🔭🧪🎢 PhD Project focus: Towards a unified model of the Milky Way's dynamics

We're advertising this project with Dr Paul McMillan, using Hamiltonian mechanics to understand our galaxy's history

For details of all our PhD projects look here: le.ac.uk/study/resear... 🔭🧪🎢

NGC 2264 contains an immense nebula with a middle that resembles a Christmas tree decorated with ornament balls. The tree is beautifully framed by a rosy exterior nebula.

Hello BlueSky! This is the Christmas Tree Cluster. I color-mapped the heart of the nebula to tree-green to bring out the effect. Would you like this as a wallpaper? I'm happy to share for free: photos.app.goo.gl/e9LNThCC97NZ...

Image credit: my tiny telescope.

#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾‍🔬

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Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.

If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.

Lopez receives physics award Laura Lopez, a professor in the Department of Astronomy, is the recipient of the 2026 Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society. The award honors Lopez’s pioneering contributions to X-ray astronomy, as well as her transformative leadership of mentoring programs for undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs.

Laura A. Lopez, The Ohio State University 2026 recipient, Edward A. Bouchet Award For pioneering contributions to X-ray astronomy, including foundational studies of supernova remnants, compact objects, and stellar feedback in galaxies, and for transformative leadership in advancing equity and inclusion in physics through innovative mentorship programs, national advocacy, and unwavering support for students from historically marginalized communities.

Honored to receive the 2026 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award!

To see how the DEI ban in Ohio influences our university, please see the OSU announcement of the award (left) vs the actual APS citation for the award (right).

Chromolithograph of Jupiter by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, titled 'The Planet Jupiter, observed November 1, 1880, at 9:30 P.M.' A large pale orange globe dominates the frame, crossed by subtle horizontal bands in shades of peach, tan, and faint blue. The Great Red Spot appears as a distinct pale oval near the lower left limb. Delicate pastel shading captures atmospheric turbulence and limb darkening. Title and artist signature in elegant script at bottom. From The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1881)

While Andrew Ainslie Common was pioneering Jupiter photography, French artist-astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot captured what he saw through Harvard’s 15-inch Merz refractor.
Drawn Nov 1 1880 (9:30 PM); published 1881 in The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings. #AstroHistory #Jupiter

Sheets of the Dresden Codex depicting eclipses, multiplication tables, and the flood.

I find this remarkable:

The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

r/ExpectationVsReality u/Additional-Simple858 • 3d Join Al 'doctor' said my back pain is depression, not a slipped disc. Now physical therapy won't get approved. Al Expectation We are reviewing claim #& submitted on 09/28/2025. Our records indicate the claim was filed under diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while the corresponding prescription and referral history list treatment for lumbar disc herniation (back pain).

Re: Incorrect Diagnosis in Record Hi Thank you for reaching out. We have reviewed your visit documentation and can confirm that the notes in question were generated using our Al scribe system. It appears the Al tool assigned diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while your visit notes and treatment plan reference lumbar disc herniation (back pain). Per compliance policy, certain Al-generated fields cannot be manually updated by clinic staff and require vendor correction. We have escalated this to our vendor support team and opened ticket # . We'll notify you once we receive confirmation or correction from the vendor.

a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,