Tristan Katz

But this is just about quantity, not diversity.

Top comment points out that it might be more cyclical

Options:

- Switch to an alternative like Flashes, Pixelfed or Foto, and hope that others join with time...
- Flickr?
- Post on a blog or website.
- Print the best ones in photo albums.
-???

I want to quit Instagram, because I don't want to support an app that's designed to be addictive. But I like taking photos and want to 'put' them somewhere. What should I do?

I suppose I feel more pessimistic. What do you think is the most interesting stuff that people are working on right now?

This confuses me on multiple levels!

Eating alone at a restaurant =\= loneliness, and loneliness =\= distrust.
And don't you mean to say... loneliness could have caused Trump's re-election?

It was great to share my PhD research with others and celebrate after my public defense last week. In Fribourg it's tradition for colleagues to build a graduation hat - I'm pretty happy with what they came up with!

I agree this seems like a pointless guardian article, but... When most biodiversity loss is due to habitat destruction, which is mostly for agriculture - which we all partake in - then does it really make sense to single people out? Seems to me like it makes sense to take collective responsibility.

I have a new #Flashes account - the bluesky app for photos. Follow me there for non-academic photos of me hiking and stuff 🙂
I'm slowly trying to re-post my old Instagram photos, it's a long process.
@tristan-katz-photo.bsky.social

Thanks Rosaleen!

If you want to attend online, just follow this Microsoft teams link:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

In person: in the lecture hall of our building (Chemin de Musée 4; PER14, room 0.026).

You can also join the Apéro afterwards in the botanical garden 🥟 Vegan food will be provided! 🥟 But then,
please RSVP via the following link so I know how many snacks to order: doodle.com/group-poll/p....

Happy to announce that I passed my PhD defence 😁

The topic is: how should wildlife managers respond to the prevalence of suffering in nature?

I'll be giving a public presentation for it on Thursday, 27th March at 10-11am CET. It's possible to attend in person (Fribourg) or online - details below!

You're partially right, but not entirely. Anti-speciesism means you need good reasons for treating species differently. So what's the good reason here? We're talking about species where the majority die at a young age. Simply saying that's characteristic for their species isn't enough.

Absolutely. Where's the argument here? Anti-speciesism is about applying the same ethics to other animals as to ourselves...

As the authors argue, this is a reason to focus on those populations that are faring very badly, rather than assuming that things are bad across the board. And the main driver of population declines is habitat being converted for agriculture. Which would be avoided if people ate less meat.

The most important point is that the Living Planet Report, from which the statistic is derived, only counts native species. Another important point is that it only claims that the average population studied is decreasing by 73% - in fact, almost as many populations are increasing as decreasing.

Who's heard the statement "wildlife populations have decreased by 73%"? It seems to be everywhere.

This fantastic @ourworldindata.org article explains why it's so misleading.

ourworldindata.org/2024-living-...

For many land animals, life is short and painful. Recent estimates indicate that globally, most animals are raised on factory farms. In the US, where better data and research are available, 99% of livestock is factory-farmed.

(This Daily Data Insight was written by @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.)

Probably because of the school shooting in Wisconsin in December - the shooter was a 15 year old girl.

Idk what normal people can do except donate to AI charities/funds or to spread the word?

But more generally, this shows how out of control growth in AI is. I think that's reason for concern - anything that accelerates is hard to control.

Probably not what you're looking for, but: for AGI, I like the analogy of cows not worried about these new smart apes. They're so small! They lack physical strength. What could they possibly do? But because of their lesser intelligence, they literally couldn't imagine what we could do.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_de...

Pretty shocked by this: "In Obama's first three years in office, around 1.18 million people were deported, while around 800,000 deportations took place under Trump in his three years of presidency."

And no, this didn't change in the fourth year. Seems like an inconvenient truth for both sides...

How can it be that there are less that 25 living languages in the UK? Or any western European country? Given the diversity of immigrants, that's surely not right.

Last chance! Only 3 more days to apply to be a board member at WAI. Give it a shot :)

Humans also don't have an unlimited right to liberty. And the liberty of children is limited all the time! So we just need to be clear about the reasons for restricting liberty and yes, apply those consistently to other animals, rather than drawing lines based on species.

Oh I only just saw you used the word "prominent". But I do think that the prominent critiques are typically very bad...

Looking for a list of the most prominent criticism of effective altruism?

Is anyone aware what really bugs people about EA (not what I think bugs them)?