Two days after seeing this post, I saw my first example of a hallucinated citation in a materials science article.

I've seen a lot on here lately about hallucinated citations in academic articles written by AI, and I think I've found one myself. A non-existent article from the 70s cited only twice, by the same researcher in 2025/26. I was able to find two related articles that were legitimate.

In the Yarra Ranges LGA there are 1,088 listings on the Airbnb platform alone but only 90 long term rentals. Most of these places are empty for almost the entire year. Fuck short-stay accomodation off x

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

We should all spend less time bickering about our differences and more time celebrating our agreements, for example we all agree The Day Today and Brass Eye are the funniest shows and you can watch them on YouTube youtu.be/eTGE9153VFE?...

One of the problems with hayfever (pollen allergy) is that when you yell at plants, people tend to stare and call the police. So I have provided this handy thread of pollen grains under high magnification (electron microscopy) for my fellow-sufferers to channel their rage at.

It remains very weird to me that in a world of actually useful technology -- photovoltaic power generation, mRNA vaccines, maglev trains, smart phones, etc -- the tech sector has gone so all-in on bullshit generators and plagiarism machines.

In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9

If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"

ive watched this part like a dozen times now

What an evil piece of shit. I cannot wait to take over.

1) There's no reason an administrator at NASA should care how a Solar System body is categorized. 2) NASA isn't the org that makes classification determinations for Solar System objects. 3) If Isaacman wants Pluto reclassified again, he can lobby the International Astronomical Union on his own time.

An excellent video. Very relatable as another person with a PhD in a chemistry adjacent topic from an Australian university. Started mine six years before Tom here did. youtu.be/4CbdVkcr-Nw?...

i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.

Hormuz has that MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY "Heavy rainfall on Hormuz Island washes iron oxide rich soil into the sea, turning the coastline blood red." x.com/Rainmaker197...

I keep hearing that we are expecting an exponential growth in energy use due to AI like it's some phenomenon that we have no control over and it makes me so fucking angry. We don't have to do it!! We can choose not to do this and not to lose all we've gained in the clean energy transition! fuck!!

Take some time to enjoy the greenery, it's Manul Monday!

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Press conference shout-out to the Australian National University, which is a test site for #ArtemisII optical communications! 🧪

#Artemis II update: Orion has separated from the rocket's upper stage 🚀 Our European Service Module is in the driving seat!

Hi. It's Manul Monday.

Some amazing photos in this thread

I recorded a video about battery recycling, which the university's media people edited into a nice short video. www.instagram.com/reel/DWAze8y...

1/ Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ i.e short term pain but Long: Iran war will accelerate ongoing STRUCTURAL shift to solar+EVs+batteries

I think I see something over there. Could it be... Manul Monday?

"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning" got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing

people have been making AI videos that actually kinda look like real Marvel movie scenes and all it has done is even further lower my opinion of superhero movies

Oh, and look, here's that class action suit! That anyone with half a brain would have seen coming! From, like, a million miles away! Just because you work in tech doesn't mean you're smart.

the onion newspaper is worth it for the ads

oh suddenly tech dickheads need the humanities

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

It's always Manul Monday somewhere...

We don’t even get the respect of being lied into war anymore. He’s just going to do it.

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

I personally do not take the hype seriously. I think the chance that AI will replace most white collar jobs is close enough to zero to ignore. I think erring in the other direction is a much bigger concern.

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Today is the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬 This graphic highlights women of the periodic table, the elements they discovered, and the two elements named after women. Plenty more graphics on women in chemistry here: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom...#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #ChemSky 🧪

Happy #LibSpill Day for those who celebrate.

Stay warm out there, it's Manul Monday!

On the platforms used by real estate agents for renters, documents are exposed and accessible without any form of login, according to research. I was able to view applications and lease agreements among other docs exposed. Most of the platforms didn't respond. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The yanks meddling with our politics again in 2019.

How come we've all had to sit through all these engineers talking about these chat bots as if they have sentience and feelings then when the humanities has had this shit worked out for like a century

This is the robotic book retrieval system at the Shenzhen Library north hall, it has millions of books and can retrieve the one you want i 10 minutes

So initial experiments with Open AI's vibe-coding science tool Prism are going about as well as expected.

Come at me, bro,