Contacted by an academic journal called The Intelligent Journal of X. Asking me to review a paper about AI, clearly written by AI, which is garbage from start to finish. I have clearly been selected by AI. Should I a) ask AI to peer review the paper, b) review the paper, c) report the journal?

Oh…

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

ICYMI Kamloops cfjctoday.com/2025/10/12/b...

Bopping around Lake Country on a rainy day in October

Or anything, really. Passing your grading off to AI is simply deciding that your students’ work isn’t worth engaging with. And if that’s how you feel, why on Earth are you in a classroom?

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Good thread on lawyers and AI

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights. https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom." #BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984 youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...

They ruined Google search for nothing

First op-ed for @LiveScience.com on my @absw.bsky.social media fellowship. "Whether good science is swamped by a quagmire of poor quality studies depends on the integrity of researchers and the awareness of the organizations which facilitate and fund it."

Beloved librarian @mychal3ts.bsky.social will take the helm as host of the reboot of 'Reading Rainbow' when it returns this Saturday, October 4! 🤩🌈 Read more: https://bit.ly/3WelbAT

Great resource for all! How to gauge the quality of a research study: 13 questions journalists should ask journalistsresource.org/media/good-r... Eg: - peer reviewed? - top-tier academic journal? - other scholars trust this work? - funding? - credentials? - COI? - sample size? - methods?

Dear parents - Yes you can give your sick child paracetamol if they’re >3 months old. It’s an excellent painkiller. It brings down a high temperature. It’s one of the safest drugs available. You are right to want to soothe your child’s distress. Evidence supports your good parenting. Be confident.

Tylenol is safe. It is safer than aspirin for fever, doesn’t mess with your blood, your kidneys, it’s not addictive.

Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).

Math has publication fraud, too. For a long time, mathematicians thought that as long as they keep away from predatory journals or paper mills, the problem does not affect them. This turned out to be wrong.

Four Canadian Privacy Commissioners investigated TikTok and found that the measures in place to keep children off the platform and prevent the collection and use of their sensitive personal information for profiling and targeting purposes were inadequate. Full report: www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/in...

Given rise of bunk journals, important issue...👇 "...journalists have relatively limited awareness and/or concern about predatory journals." Media should be concerned! How Journalists Navigate Predatory Journals www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by ‪@fleerackers.bsky.social‬ et al.

So interesting…

Despicable…

Also, repeating one of my early viral posts on this site: Parents do not have rights. Parents have responsibilities. CHILDREN have rights.

And the best Google killer in AI search is… Google (according to this @washingtonpost.com study) www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Andrea C. Love, PhD - #cdnpoli mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies. New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasn’t possible before.

Google has been terrible for several years with it's search engine decaying in quality month after month, but if it's now elevating bigoted sources, it's basically lost all reliability & credibility to do the most simple work it hasn't been great at since like 2013 open.substack.com/pub/uncloset...

Babe, wake up. Alberta just dropped the sickest summer reads book list ever: theijf.org/search-edmon...

The Book Banners have come full force to Canada - lest you only thought this an American thing 🔥📖

I have many thoughts about this list of books but for now I’ll just say contact your MLA, the premier, the minister of education and your school trustee if you are also mad.

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

An Elsevier journal allowed a paper containing extensive plagiarism to remain online, while letting its authors make undisclosed revisions that masked the offense, Retraction Watch has learned. @joelving.bsky.social reports.

Slava Ukraini! Heroiam slava🇺🇦

As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...

Despite the unending doubtmongering – especially from MAGA / MAHA universe – studies continue to show COVID vaccines have significant benefits & an impressive safety profile. Good sum by ‪@unbiasedscipod.bsky.social‬ of one recent study👇 Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Perfect. No notes. www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-t...

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat www.science.org/content/arti... "More than 130 citations in 4 years." Meow, Larry! Oh wait. “All you have to do is put some fake papers on ResearchGate.” And buy citations. Critical: Let's clean up research!

Addressing the challenges of misinformation about menopause. My article was just published in the Green Journal, who have made it free for all to read! journals.lww.com/greenjournal...

190 mss, over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes, 42000 new images, 7700+ texts, new cataloguing, imaging and conservation treatments - oh my! We're so pleased to have been part of Curious Cures Congrats to @theul.bsky.social and everyone who worked on it 🎉👏👏 www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/curi...

Did you know that Riverside Park is the only designated river swimming area in Kamloops? The safest time to swim here is when a lifeguard is on duty. 👇

Omg

Unbelievable…

Yes....

Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... 🧵1/9

Drowning is fast, silent, and often unnoticed. 👀 Always supervise. Kids can lose consciousness in just 30 seconds. 🤫 Drowning doesn’t look like the movies. There’s usually no splashing or cries for help. 🛟 Designate a water watcher. Don’t assume someone else is watching.

Did You Know that July 20–26 is National Drowning Prevention Week? Follow us all week long for water safety tips, special messages from our Junior Fire Chiefs, and more! 👉 Reading just one of our messages this week could save your life or help you save another.

The University of Winnipeg is launching a first-of-its-kind course that will introduce undergraduate students to classics, religion and Indigenous studies all at once.

Late to this one, but Huang's conceptualization of AI literacy should make clear the term has been captured by the AI industry and its continued use should raise questions for educators about how AI literacy is being defined and, perhaps more importantly, by whom and for what ends.

Very helpful