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Check out our episode from aaaaallll the way back in November of 2022 (ah, memories!), where we sat down with @sscottgraham.bsky.social to discuss the implications of AI writing tools and academic integrity. 3 years later, the conversation still holds up! www.reverbcast.com/podcasts/202...

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

I've heard this 1,000 times a day. I believed it until 2 weeks ago. Then I learned that the 2026 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Jobs Outlook report found that only 10% of job ads ask for AI skills. Tell your friends.

(Call for applications) Gerda Henkel Fellowship for the History of Knowledge and the History of Science histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/12/gerd... #histSTM

We are funding fewer grants in every area of science and medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Many thanks to all those who joined us for the third annual ARSTM Book Cafe! 📚 What a success! 🎉 Here are some of our photos from the event. Please feel free to tag yourselves, add your photos in the replies, and be sure to join us next year! #ARSTM #ARSTMNCA

there has been no meaningful improvement in the devices or their functionality in 10 years in any way that affects what any normal person uses them to do, people only switch when forced updates cause a device which worked fine yesterday to lag so bad you can't type at full speed until you replace it

New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...

“Fewer than 1/4 of U.S. physicians are members of the AMA. Its financial stability now depends mostly on [licensing fees for AMA-created billing codes]. Financial dependence on a single, government-supported revenue stream leaves the AMA highly vulnerable to political pressure.”

Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.

We’re hiring an Asst Prof of Instruction in Digital Humanities/Data Science with BSDS + English @UTAustin. Teach Python/R for Humanities, build DH projects, mentor capstones. Starts Fall 26. Repost & share widely. Apply by Dec 15, 2025: apply.interfolio.com/175750 #DigitalHumanities #DH

A rainy Thursday before break and all of a sudden everyone woke up sick...

“Has the claim that addiction is a brain disease helped or harmed those experiencing drug-related harm epistemically?” This is also an important Q for contested conditions, eg chronic pain, which are increasingly understood as a disease. #bioethics #stigma www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.

🚨new pub - Noninferiority and Efficiency/Revenue Facilitation (NERF) Endpoints: @jadeshiva.bsky.social, @kimberharrison.bsky.social & I explore how NERF endpoints prioritize financial incentives over patient outcomes in health AI research & accelerate culture of financialized health. rdcu.be/eQzJe

🚨new pub - Noninferiority and Efficiency/Revenue Facilitation (NERF) Endpoints: @jadeshiva.bsky.social, @kimberharrison.bsky.social & I explore how NERF endpoints prioritize financial incentives over patient outcomes in health AI research & accelerate culture of financialized health. rdcu.be/eQzJe

Why is the assumption always lower standards? The grades got better amidst more centers for teaching and learning; more teacher training for STEM grad students; more uni-wide professional development. Unis should respond to grade inflation with "where's the evidence our faculty didn't get better?"

“When her professor emailed her feedback on an AI-written paper, she refused to open it. She still hasn’t. “It’s wasting his time because he’s editing a fucking machine,” Gwen said. “Whatever he has to say is meaningless to me anyway, because it’s not my writing.”

Less than a month to go until our free online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900*. Friday 5 December from 10am GMT. Tickets available through this link!  www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...

"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?

AI- induced busy work in article proofing: AQ1: You cite Le Puma et al. in the text, but there is no corresponding reference. AQ2: You cite La Puma et al. in the references, but there is no corresponding citation. If we still had human copy editors, they would know exactly what happened here.

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,

The pharmaceutical industry spent decades manipulating the country’s top drug regulator into rubber-stamping its products. The Trump administration is making matters worse. www.levernews.com/science-for-...

Was it history or philosophy of science that had to make alimony payments after the divorce? Did they ever discuss staying together for the kids, Indy and Pitt? Who got to stay friends with Stephen Toulmin? Too many unanswered questions in HOHAPOS.

🔔 Reminder Applications for the 2025–2026 Humanities Research Awards are due November 15, 2025. The HRA provides valuable resources for faculty and graduate students pursuing research projects that intersect with the humanities. Learn more: bit.ly/humanities-research-awards-2025

March 2023: Paper submitted (radio silence) March 2024: Query letter sent (apology followed by radio silence) April 2025: Paper withdrawn (acknowledgment of withdrawal) October 2025: Reviewer reports and rejection received

I'm really excited to finally be able to share this after months of work - our new Project EPIC report on the epistemic determinants of health. With over 20 contributors, we make the case for incorporating this new framework into existing determinants of health models: bci-hub.org/documents/ep...

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Just got falsely accused of using AI for something I worked hard on. Stop doing this! I know you think you can tell, but I promise you can't.

While it's certainly true that LLMs will never stop hallucinating, that doesn't mean prompting can't reduce hallucination rates. Medical researchers, in particular, are very used to provoking improvement empirically & measuring responses, all under the expectation that perfection is unattainable.

My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

👀 I love being an AE for a journal that has SIs like this! (I am the AE for Law & Bioethics at this journal but have absolutely nothing to do with this SI; I just think it’s cool!)

I wonder if Dutch philosophy departments in the 1630s were only hiring in the philosophy of tulips.

This is giving me flashbacks to 1991 when every news story about the breakup of the USSR featured b-roll of breadlines.

Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I love this story with my entire heart and soul. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Many faculty are confident they can identify AI submissions. The data mostly says otherwise. Some students are confident they can identify AI-generated faculty feedback. Anyone seen any studies on this yet? I suspect this might be easier since the individualization gap is probably greater.

Great piece on the massive conflicts of interest when private equity firms own IRBs that they then use to assess drug trials for their own companies. @hollylynchez.bsky.social: "If you are just focused on turnaround time, that doesn’t tell you really anything about quality.”

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This is the next iteration of “participants were 138 undergrads looking for extra credit it psych 102”

I've defaulted to "The Shituation"

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Do historians have established guidelines for when to use and not use parenthetical lifespans, e.g. "Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738)"? I can't discern the rules from reading and google's search disaster just wants to give me population statistics.

Are you planning on a project collaborating between international basic, translational, and clinical scientists? Apply for the @IASPpain’s Collaborative Research Grant! Find more information and how to apply here bit.ly/46gTkoc

Ugh- I hate that I have to keep saying this. There is no need to redact your name for review in APA. All you are doing is drawing attention to your identity and making a claim for prior expertise. This is bad practice, and it should die.