I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently: Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health. Read on if you’re interested.

"A new investigation of Elon #Musk’s X by Sky News found that every account set up by reporters, 'no matter their political orientation, was fed a glut of rightwing content', much of which was extreme. The experts it consulted believe this pattern could have resulted only from an algorithm […]

Academics who have advised a graduate student from China over the past years would be banned from federal funding. This would give the federal government one more lever to attack scientists. And how long before they expand the list of "hostile foreign" countries?

New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MplsPhotoBot/115537676067506631 This seems like one of those pictures that could be captioned “Why women live longer than men.” Image is a black and white photo of a man riding a donkey and leaning over to pick up a baseball off the ground. Man does not seem to be […]

Is anyone aware of any survey or interview studies on qualitative researchers' attitudes towards (or perhaps even resistance to) #OpenScience? Many thanks! 🙏 #qualifair #qualitativeresearch

Can any Spanish speakers help with translating these four words from an Argentinian sign painter? - escolazo - jentuza (perhaps alternative spelling of gentuza?) - nagual (perhaps alternative spelling of najual?) - pusilamine (perhaps pusilánime spelled […] [Original post on typo.social]

Congratulations to Carissa Johnson, Bella Huang and Brittany Richards— a clean sweep in Cary! 🎉 An all-Democrat Cary Town Council and a big win for @wakedems.bsky.social! 💙

HCI, Infosci, Comm folks, what are your favorite readings for gradstudents on how to choose a scholarly community, and how to choose where to publish? Assembling some notes on this and would love to know about your favorite reads on this.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (@ucs.org) is leading the charge to "Call out the Harm! Sound The Alarm!" regarding the Trump administration's relentless and harmful attack on scientific research & knowledge. Here is a starter pack of scientists sounding that alarm. go.bsky.app/RMo1iWM

If you’re a user of Libby (the library app), consider before following their suggestion to type #inspireme into the search bar. It seems harmless, but it turns on an unrequested AI feature, & there is no way to reverse that. This comes courtesy of ProfHeyRochelle, who is now reasonably pissed […]

Everybody's talking about Dem strategy, so here's something to add to the mix. I start with this premise: The best and most reliable indicator of whether someone will vote red or blue is the density of the place they live. More dense, more likely to be blue, & vice versa.

throwing this question out into the void: is anyone aware of any use of AI to OCR (modern-day) arabic handwriting?

Out at early voting in Apex supporting our three great candidates for the Apex Town Council (EdGray, Sue Mu and Shane Reese). All three are endorsed by @wakedems.bsky.social. Local elections matter — make your voice heard and VOTE! 🗳️ #ncpol #EarlyVote

RE: https://mastodon.social/@civictech/115435871471079636 Opportunities in #northcarolina and other states.

Inside Japanese Fonts: How Designers Shape the Way We Read https://newsonjapan.com/article/147392.php

US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx30vnwd4do.amp

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC […]

A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to restore nearly 600 books to schools serving military families. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles said that the Department of Defense Education Activity removed books and altered curricula "in ways that suppressed certain viewpoints and […]

Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. The steepest declines are among teens and […]

Quick reminder that Vision Times and Epoch Times are not serious news sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times Both are Falun Gong associated. The Epoch Times especially is big time into right-wing / QAnon stuff. On either site, you’re […]

In a move that *should* be precedent-setting for other scholarly organizations, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) announces that this year’s conference will be held concurrently at sites in the US and Canada and online due to the dangerous US political climate.

America's dynamism & vitality & creativity arose out of its constant, intense, fluid *mobility*. Over time, mobility has decreased, NIMBYs & zoning have frozen people into place, and we've become less dynamic, less vital, less creative. We need to get moving again.