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Get this: Coffee suppressed atrial fibrillation!
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
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Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
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November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Get this: Coffee suppressed atrial fibrillation!
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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I've created a calculator that gives you the right answer 80% of the time and I believe it will change the world
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I've created a calculator that gives you the right answer 80% of the time and I believe it will change the world
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And that's important, because she was a working scientist with agency of her own and she collaborated willingly with so much more of that work than is usually mentioned.
Both by Watson AND his critics.
Franklin was a great scientist. Don't sell her short.
Both by Watson AND his critics.
Franklin was a great scientist. Don't sell her short.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
And that's important, because she was a working scientist with agency of her own and she collaborated willingly with so much more of that work than is usually mentioned.
Both by Watson AND his critics.
Franklin was a great scientist. Don't sell her short.
Both by Watson AND his critics.
Franklin was a great scientist. Don't sell her short.
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Watson’s death is a fantastic reminder that you can be intelligent without being a good person.
The obituary of someone who gained widespread fame through remarkable achievements at a young age and then expected to be taken seriously for anything he said thereafter.
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Watson’s death is a fantastic reminder that you can be intelligent without being a good person.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Instead of "complicated" you can just say "racist". It isn't hard.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Instead of "complicated" you can just say "racist". It isn't hard.
James Watson, purveyor of problematic racism and bigotry conveniently forgotten for a period of mourning, dead at 97 following a long career admittedly made possible by manwashing Franklin's work. Got it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
James Watson, purveyor of problematic racism and bigotry conveniently forgotten for a period of mourning, dead at 97 following a long career admittedly made possible by manwashing Franklin's work. Got it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time."
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time."
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
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So you joined PSF (Python Software Foundation) as a supporting member because they gave up money for the sake of inclusion. Great! Donated? That's great too!
I'd also encourage you to look at The Carpentries and give them some money. They did the same thing. And they do good work!
carpentries.org
I'd also encourage you to look at The Carpentries and give them some money. They did the same thing. And they do good work!
carpentries.org
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The Carpentries is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organisation based in Delaware, USA. We are a global community teaching foundational computational and data science skills to researchers in academia...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So you joined PSF (Python Software Foundation) as a supporting member because they gave up money for the sake of inclusion. Great! Donated? That's great too!
I'd also encourage you to look at The Carpentries and give them some money. They did the same thing. And they do good work!
carpentries.org
I'd also encourage you to look at The Carpentries and give them some money. They did the same thing. And they do good work!
carpentries.org
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@carpentries.carpentries.org also rejected a similar offer that would require them to give up any DEI work. Let's put our money where our morals are and support them: carpentries.org/support/
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October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@carpentries.carpentries.org also rejected a similar offer that would require them to give up any DEI work. Let's put our money where our morals are and support them: carpentries.org/support/
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I'd also like to shout out @carpentries.carpentries.org for leading the way on this, having made a similar decision earlier this year.
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'd also like to shout out @carpentries.carpentries.org for leading the way on this, having made a similar decision earlier this year.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
techcrunch.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/o...
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tl;dr
1. Studies of genAI in the classroom show that it harms learning
2. The quality of AI-generated text is irrelevant to its most negative effects on teaching
3. The way AI has entered the classroom is as a money-making project extracting new labour, not a “tool” serving teachers’ actual needs
1. Studies of genAI in the classroom show that it harms learning
2. The quality of AI-generated text is irrelevant to its most negative effects on teaching
3. The way AI has entered the classroom is as a money-making project extracting new labour, not a “tool” serving teachers’ actual needs
Why I am not using AI in the classroom
Last week I spoke with some of my colleagues about the “challenges” posed by generative AI to our teaching. As anyone who follows me on Bluesky — or followed me on Twitter, prior …
memoriousblog.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
tl;dr
1. Studies of genAI in the classroom show that it harms learning
2. The quality of AI-generated text is irrelevant to its most negative effects on teaching
3. The way AI has entered the classroom is as a money-making project extracting new labour, not a “tool” serving teachers’ actual needs
1. Studies of genAI in the classroom show that it harms learning
2. The quality of AI-generated text is irrelevant to its most negative effects on teaching
3. The way AI has entered the classroom is as a money-making project extracting new labour, not a “tool” serving teachers’ actual needs
Taking notes @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ? This is why you're haemorrhaging left votes.
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Taking notes @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ? This is why you're haemorrhaging left votes.
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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Excellent piece.
We know how to improve writing ability: it's by doing more, not less of it.
"LLMs do not improve one’s writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability. Students should hone their writing, thinking, and other academic skills at every opportunity."
We know how to improve writing ability: it's by doing more, not less of it.
"LLMs do not improve one’s writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability. Students should hone their writing, thinking, and other academic skills at every opportunity."
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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September 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Excellent piece.
We know how to improve writing ability: it's by doing more, not less of it.
"LLMs do not improve one’s writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability. Students should hone their writing, thinking, and other academic skills at every opportunity."
We know how to improve writing ability: it's by doing more, not less of it.
"LLMs do not improve one’s writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one’s driving ability. Students should hone their writing, thinking, and other academic skills at every opportunity."
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The push to maximize productivity is at the heart of the current rush to adopt AI, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful. “On a social scale, productivity gains that don’t lead to pay raises, or lead to layoffs, are not productivity gains at all.”
Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press
People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The push to maximize productivity is at the heart of the current rush to adopt AI, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful. “On a social scale, productivity gains that don’t lead to pay raises, or lead to layoffs, are not productivity gains at all.”
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What you're getting from an LLM is a statistical approximation of what the answer would be to a statistical approximation of the question.
This is why prompt engineering is fake. The prompt (and any input data) is just a suggestion - and helps fool you into thinking that your question was answered.
This is why prompt engineering is fake. The prompt (and any input data) is just a suggestion - and helps fool you into thinking that your question was answered.
October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What you're getting from an LLM is a statistical approximation of what the answer would be to a statistical approximation of the question.
This is why prompt engineering is fake. The prompt (and any input data) is just a suggestion - and helps fool you into thinking that your question was answered.
This is why prompt engineering is fake. The prompt (and any input data) is just a suggestion - and helps fool you into thinking that your question was answered.
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)