Folks who wrote that 'AI autism diagnosis' paper in @nature.com don't give a shit what it actually says; all they care is they scored a high-value pub for their CVs. They should be rewarded with deep scrutiny of every future claim.

Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?! & more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just spotted a cute little stingray have a grand ol’ time in the harbour

if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have dynamic hyperspectral camouflage and synthetic myomer strength enhancements

Up to 2500 women may have been abused and sexually assaulted by an Army doctor in Hawaii and Texas. He’s accused of touching them inappropriately, filming them without consent and even inducing labour without their knowledge. Many lodged complaints, the Army did nothing.

A “shift to looser regulation is ‘likely to reduce the resilience of the banking sector to systemic market shocks.’” A key lesson from 2008 was “heavily indebted banks lacked the equity capital to absorb large losses, leaving regulators [to let] banks fail or bail them out to protect depositors.”

So, as we face the biggest bubble the stock market has ever seen, republicans have slashed the number of experts who work at the Fed, replaced many with cronies who are out of their depth, & are now destroying regulations that protect consumer deposits & our economy during financial crises.

St. Paul police brutally assault locals defending their neighbors from ICE, then absurdly accuse the locals of being "professional agitators." "We are not your adversary. We are your police." They support ICE with violence, just as they murder with impunity. They are, in fact, our adversaries.

I fear that the Nuzzi scandal is mostly being portrayed just as an icky sex scandal, which tends to either distract people from the Real Story or make them tune the whole thing out Nuzzi is a villain here, but this is systemic rot that festered at Vox Media, a major media powerhouse Investigate!!

What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab

Forest Lake, MN, and @governorwalz.mn.gov, this cannot stand. Advice from a SpEd advocate on behalf of my son: having this woman 👇🏽 anywhere near children with disabilities means lawsuit(s) under the ADA—their rights and FAPEs under the IDEA will be violated on a daily basis. Been there. Won. ♿️⚖️

this led quite directly to Brexit, both in Johnson's career path and because his specialty when in Brussels was making up lies about 'crazy EU' regulations that didn't exist.

a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.

Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."

I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.

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Instead of watching Stranger Things, maybe we should start building stronger things, like the rule of law and a commitment to democratic norms

NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer. The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position. Tonight, at Law Dork:

As Kabul was about to be overrun, the US DoD undertook an unprecedented humanitarian evacuation effort that got 100,000 Afghans into the US, with 100,000 placed with allies around the world for eventual entry to the US. Once here, every Afghan spent 3-6 months living on a national guard base... 🧵

Hong Kong fire live updates: rescue crews search apartment blocks for survivors; dozens killed and hundreds missing after blaze – latest

I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off

Every time I see a cyber truck I am reminded that I've never seen a Cyber truck with someone in the passenger seat.

People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.

I think people's interest in this DC-journo train wreck is understandable (and so is the desire to unsee it); I hope folks understand that it's not a soap opera and, in fact, the reason it's so grotesque is that the people involved are treating it like one.

If you have relatives with long covid and will be seeing them tomorrow (or won’t be because they have long covid) please spread the word about this trial of tirzepatide for LC. I’m enrolled, the anecdotes I hear from patients on it for other reasons are very encouraging.

It didn’t even take 6 hours.

If and when Trump leaves the scene, the country will still face a dauting task: Who can channel the disruptive political energies of a society in which the established institutions have lost the people’s trust into a (small-d) democratic direction?

Almost everyone with a high level of racial resentment tended to vote for Trump in the 2024 election, regardless of educational attainment. Conversely, those with a low racial resentment score tended to support Harris, whether they had a college degree or not.

I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke. IG bscomedian

It, like most things, can be exploited. But it's your best bet. www.slavefreechocolate.org/new-page-3

Say no to Fast Fashion!

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office. President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports: boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...

They're going to get a lot of multi-purpose white nationalist hate out of this.

I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.

That book title tho… The accuracy.

Today I wrote about how Donald Trump sued me but I fought and won. The response was so strong we decided to post it on the Democracy Docket website for free. Enjoy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars. Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.

If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.

I know if my family member was shot and killed because you wanted to drag the military on a civil rights violation tour to cities with black mayors you felt were too uppity, you would see me in court.

The @lagbling.bsky.social is having a video contest for World Linguistics Day to explain the importance of sign languages in BSL or International Sign, with prizes thanks to the European Research Council! via @adamcschembri.bsky.social on fb www.signmorph.net/worldlinguis...

I think that it is bad that the National Guard is deployed in a city for absolutely no reason and today's tragedy could be easily avoided by not deploying the guard for made-up reasons.

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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.

The innovation centres on a heteromultivalent nanogel: a flexible particle made by crosslinking polymers and adding sugar residues alongside antimicrobial peptides. • www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

New York’s data centers use more energy than a million homes — and they need more. Gov. Hochul just approved a billion dollar gas pipeline that activists warn could keep the state dependent on fossil fuels for decades. [email protected] and James Baratta: trib.al/tFSyNBe

‘Tis officially the season! You can now answer, “Let’s circle back in the New Year,” to any work or personal agenda item you want to postpone with a clear conscious.

It's pretty obvious that when you put an occupying military force in a city that's there support the disappearing of the city's residents by a gestapo, an upset resident is going to lose patience and take potshots at soldiers. Indeed, Trump was hoping his soldier props would eventually get shot at.