a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product

Happy solstice! The light always, always comes back.

This administration specializes in fearmongering, not facts. The facts: 86% of trans youth report s*cidal ideation and 56% have attempted to end their lives. Anti trans laws increase attempts by ~72%. <1% report regretting GAC. If they are trying to protect children, science says they are wrong.

the good that you do persists in this world

This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality

Trump makes the dynamic worse by using antisemitism as a pretext to cut funding for universities & science — using Jews as weapons for his MAGA agenda. It’s vile & makes Jews less safe. It’s also galling since Trump is actively working to elect Nazi-aligned parties in Europe.

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I don't understand how there's so much AI hype, when it's late 2025 and the most efficient way to convert a HEIC file to a more useful image format is to email it to myself.

It's been so long that I had to google to confirm, but yes, Mark Sanford is ALSO the governor who claimed to be "hiking the Appalachian Trail" when he was actually off in Argentina with his affair partner. That was back in 2009. We have got to stop letting these men fail upwards.

I will forever resent that we had to take this guy seriously when he claimed that women were intellectually inferior to men.

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Wow, we really went all-out celebrating the death of Dick Cheney, huh.

I hope California doesn’t biff it tonight, but if we do it would definitely kill Newsom’s presidential aspirations

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

this guy’s throwing out the first pitch for a WS game 7 started by Shohei

FREDDY FREEMAN WORLD SERIES MVP. Even if the Blue Jays win the Series, he put us out of our misery

It’s great that the Blue Jays got some fruit for their team, but can I suggest that the Dodgers try something … stronger?

Dearest Margaret I write to you from the great baseball field. It has been hours since we have seen signs of life. And we are cold and hungry. Please say a prayer and send a phone charger.

This game has gone so long that our household has run out of jokes. Every stat is a new horror show. (33 runners left on base! Players with 8 plate appearances! An entire game of baseball since the last runs were scored in the seventh inning!)

Is Koufax available to pitch in the 13th?

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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If you have direct knowledge of DHS operations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and want to share what you know with the media, get at me on Signal or in a DM here. My email is [email protected]

I hate jogging so, so much, but being able to outrun the average ICE agent might actually motivate me during my early-morning walk-run intervals with the dog.

And I think a lot of us should consider why this guy got such an explosively positive reception right out of the gate when pols like AOC and Mamdani and even Obama had to build their base brick by brick, against major pushback

I appreciate East Bay Regional Park District’s commitment to outreach, but they may have hit saturation.

I know I’m going to come off as some kind of big state urban elite who’s too good at math, but surely there must be more than two Democrats in the state of Maine, and surely there’s at least one under the age of 77 who lacks any Nazi or white supremacist tattoos.

Two of the most diverse cities in the world. Two star players in Ohtani & Vlad that are not American. Everything that’s great about baseball & the US but that Trump hates. A big middle finger to him.

Your "big tent" cannot be so large that it encompasses those who would deny civil/human rights, due process, and the rule of law to *anyone* and that includes the criminals in this administration. It for damn sure means we don't sacrifice immigrants or trans people.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

i am just like shohei ohtani because i too have done most of the work on a group project

Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

if your blake be snell, gosh you're doing well if your blake be treinen, you are not doing fine-en

I find this encouraging, from @indivisible.org:

Hello from nature this morning! I'm struggling with optimism and not feeling people and that's OK but at least the world is beautiful and it's worth defending! Here's a recap of the best moments of the first hour of my day ❤️ 🪶

Trying to stop Tracey from going to a Saudi comedy festival is a solid 30 Rock B plot

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

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As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

You know it's bad when even a white dude is getting his show cancelled for accurately characterizing right-wing violence as right-wing violence.

happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate

"What about a trebuchet," is a valid question and we're glad you asked. Unfortunately, trebuchets are also not designed for safe sleep.

“they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep on remembering mine.” – Lucille Clifton

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Powerless! Took too long to settle into its (weird) groove, but it was about the everyday people who have to dodge the collateral damage from superhero-supervillain battles. Truly a delight, with a great cast (Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi, Natalie Morales).

Everything the right wing accuses the left of is projection, which tells us a lot about how comfortable they are with violently targeting people they disagree with.