effectuator
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effectuator
@effectuator.bsky.social
Reportedly "an avid reader, a high-up muckity-muck... and an all-round fascinating character.” Also to be found on Mastodon.
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BREAKING: South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring an end to Aids if enough people take it.

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[BREAKING] SA becomes the first African country to register the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab — at record speed - Bhekisisa
South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring a...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Citizens of the US and Europe are about to sit a very long, very difficult test. South Africa has the cheat sheet for a few of the answers. My latest. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/south-afri...
South Africa: the world’s cheat sheet for what comes next
“In a crisis, a country betrays how it feels about itself,” Jonny Steinberg wrote in his News24 column last week, suggesting that if this country’s current anxious entanglement with the Trump regime i...
anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...

Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a NEW peptide antibiotic that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria INCLUDING those RESISTANT to existing antibiotics. This discovery marks the first potential new class of antibiotics in NEARLY 30 YEARS. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Come on, Thunderchild! #WorkshopSoundtracks
February 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Some idiot ordered the whole business into the office. The car park is like Mad Max with lawyers. Gangs of feral fee earners stalk the corridors in search of empty desks. The diminishing milk supplies are guarded fiercely. Only decaf coffee remains. I give it three hours until the riots begin.
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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The same OpenAI that said it was impossible to train AI without stealing other people's work?
January 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM