If an inaccuracy has made its way into your doctor's notes because they were using an AI scribe, please email me at [email protected]! I am a health AI reporter and would love to talk to you about this problem!

also, chesa was not run off by the police, c'mon

The idea that politicians can't control police because police are too rogue and powerful is very convenient for politicians who won't even zero out the police PR budget.

"It is rarely clear what laws are actually being violated by youth congregating at the beach." - Dion McGill

Public records turned up by The Ellis Collective, a student-led research group, have revealed that the UC system shared data collected by automated license plate readers at multiple campuses with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies, in apparent violation of state law.

Dear kids, please ignore the comic sans insult and exploit the loophole (bedtimes repealed "during the NBA Finals," not during finals *games*) to obtain (x-1 where x=4, 5, 6, or 7) additional bedtime-free nights

NEW — Teen trends are THEE topic of discussion right now. And convos about punishing teens and parents with jail keep cycling back around. Chicago Police District Councilor Dion McGill unpacks the risks of creating a youth incarceration machine and offers solutions. thetriibe.com/2026/06/opin...

a small part of the problem with AI is that even if you see good use cases for the technology, focusing on them is a little like saying radiotherapy is going to be great for treating cancer while stores still have radium toothpaste on the shelves www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

In the wee hours of the morning, Illinois’ General Assembly passed a FY2027 budget that includes $1.5 million dollars to extend the Pretrial Success Pilot Program! Read our full statement: endmoneybond.org/state-budget...

Barriers to scaling climate intervention, like CO₂ removal or solar radiation modification, include social acceptance and economic considerations, and getting rid of social science from NSF will hinder us from figuring out what might work in the future.

Speaking of the implication that lying on police reports is common/no big deal (although it results in legally innocent people jailed or even convicted based on those lies): if police aren't fired for lying on 2019 reports, what do you think will happen now that "oh, I guess the AI made a mistake"

here’s a recent example: remember the car crash into City News @ Six Corners a few weeks ago? this is what cpd told media. In reality, cops pursued this car for about a mile, and the car had not been reported stolen at all. Cops woke up the car owner after the crash and then it was reported stolen.

At my wedding, we used stamps on the place cards to indicate what each person ordered for dinner. The one cop in attendance (spouse of a friend...) regretted ordering the fish so he TORE OFF THE STAMP from his place card, made a fuss with the wait staff, and insisted the card was already torn.

Accountability-allergic Supt. Snelling, who was once accused of brutalizing a teenager himself, has again refused to take recommended disciplinary action. And now, having successfully gotten rid of one COPA administrator, he has the current one backing down. bsky.app/profile/heat...

Go read the whole story, because this is just one small piece of it and it's worth fully understanding the disciplinary process, but I'm struck by this bad logic. Lying on the job can get you fired, and the guy probably doesn't want to be fired, therefore Supt. Snelling doesn't believe he lied?

NEW: The Chicago police officer who punched a 17-year-old in August 2019 in what investigators ruled was an unjustified use of excessive force and called a Black man who was filming the altercation “boy” will not be fired, according to documents obtained by @wttw.bsky.social news.

This is a small but critical amount of money. It supports people awaiting trial in order to maximize their opportunities for success. For example: rides to court and vital appointments, to ensure bond is not revoked. CALL NOW. This is the LAST DAY of the legislative session - and its last chance.

This is a small but critical amount of money. It supports people awaiting trial in order to maximize their opportunities for success. For example: rides to court and vital appointments, to ensure bond is not revoked. CALL NOW. This is the LAST DAY of the legislative session - and its last chance.

The Pretrial Success Grants Program has been providing essential support for people awaiting trial but new funding is not currently in the state budget. If the General Assembly doesnt add it to the budget today, this vital program will no longer exist.  Take Action: endmoneybond.org/%F0%9F%9A%A8...

Oh did you guys not enjoy Chud Stalingrad

Reskeeting with alt text bc I laughed aloud at this dude Clark seeing the technicality and seizing his moment

Sorry in advance that the humor builds on a POTUS truth social post but it is actually a funny one and this is A+ Midwest Content

The most strategic fumble I’ve witnessed among dem leaders is letting their cops beat up their constituents. And it’s been going on for years and weakening us all. It leaves people with few options but to lose faith in the entire system. And faith is all you got because there isn’t very much proof

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

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A lake so good it might trick you into believing Indiana is real

🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.

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I hope she sees this and it makes her laugh

Guys I just saw my grandpa's draft cards from WWI (and WWII) online and there is an, ahem, discrepancy on his DOB on the WWI one that made him 17 instead of 18 👀

We have ICE at home

What's really astonishing is not the far right authoritarian party doing this, but the near-total lack of <loud public collective action> by university chancellors & presidents to oppose this existential crisis. Almost impossible to overstate how total a failure of leadership this is.

Students at Hyde Park Academy are dismayed that two established community groups that checked in with students and held peace circles were abruptly removed from the school two weeks ago — especially in the wake of student deaths this spring.

Oh he gives white men he pulls over the speech white men give each other when they're not hired

Far from the worst thing we found while reporting on Lt. Daniel Miller, this complaint from a white man stood out as a particularly insidious way for Miller to push his apparent ideology: sorry man I have to give you this ticket because DEI. This stop also was not in his jurisdiction.

Miller remains on paid leave according to a village spokesperson. In an unusual move, the Cook County Sheriff's Office is now investigating his "arrest" of Breanna Pantoja. And Forest Park just approved hiring a comms strategist for extra help managing the fallout:

Miller has been the subject of many other complaints over the years. FPPD doesn't have any kind of civilian investigative agency, so they were handled internally or outsourced to other law enforcement. Aside from a few one day suspensions, he's never faced any significant discipline.

We found Miller's name linked to another death in suburban Oak Park. He was one of several officers who allegedly taunted Dajuan Gates as he lay dying in the back of a police vehicle just feet away from an emergency department. Miller and the other cops ignored his pleas for help:

According to state records, Miller is the owner of the Stars and Stripes Sports Lounge, a sports bar in Indian Head Park, as well as Roselli’s Pizza Parlor, which sits next door. This is what his Jeep looks like when fully decked out:

NEW, from @zoetakaki.bsky.social & @peoplesfabric.bsky.social: A Forest Park cop won't be charged by North Riverside police over an incident captured on video where, while off duty and wearing a Trump jersey, he yanked a terrified young woman from her car and arrested her—for hitting a curb.

this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen... so I had to watch the whole thing. unbelievably, there's even more. if you start at the 2:25 mark you can skip serious people to get to this guy and another. kudos to this reporter for somehow maintaining a straight face throughout.

amazing this is not a skit

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

Fonts, y'all!

This is true and I wish men who use 'big bed with my wife' style comebacks would stop using heterosexuality as a rejoinder to misogyny, since most misogynists are straight. It's not better than the creepy "I can't hate girls, I'm A Father Of Daughters!" men But: the Greek statue part was hilarious

Bridges around The Mart are pretty cool too.

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

Oh, look, it's my book proposal