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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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If anyone wants to read literally anything that isn’t this, might I recommend my explainer on the history of sea shanties?
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the...
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the...
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If anyone wants to read literally anything that isn’t this, might I recommend my explainer on the history of sea shanties?
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the...
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the...
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A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...
A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed
The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Friends, please join me in welcoming the Manta Trust to Bluesky! They’ve left Twitter and are setting up shop here.
🧪🌎🦑🦈 #SciComm
🧪🌎🦑🦈 #SciComm
Some of our ocean’s most iconic species are vanishing — whale sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays.
Join us in calling for action. Sign the petition today: only.one/act/cites-2025
#CITESCoP20 #SaveTheMantas
Join us in calling for action. Sign the petition today: only.one/act/cites-2025
#CITESCoP20 #SaveTheMantas
October 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Friends, please join me in welcoming the Manta Trust to Bluesky! They’ve left Twitter and are setting up shop here.
🧪🌎🦑🦈 #SciComm
🧪🌎🦑🦈 #SciComm
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Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die
Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.
heatmap.news
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die
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Donald Trump has heard all his most loyal voters' complaints about how health care sucks in their states, it costs too much and it's a pain in the ass to access, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die bsky.app/profile/murr...
Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.
West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Donald Trump has heard all his most loyal voters' complaints about how health care sucks in their states, it costs too much and it's a pain in the ass to access, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die bsky.app/profile/murr...
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Read this book! The history and variety of the National Parks makes for marvelous reading.
National parks were the main places I wanted my kids to see, and I wrote about them in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. Breaks my heart that the book is coming out as Trump tries to make good on his plans to destroy them. I hope my book helps the effort to fight back. www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Read this book! The history and variety of the National Parks makes for marvelous reading.
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge
The more this is explained the worse it appears.
An AI-assisted textbook at UCLA has some academics worried
The UCLA literature professor who developed the textbook says it will save students money and allow her to be the teacher she’s always wanted to be. Others aren’t so sure.
www.insidehighered.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge
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After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Newsom vetoing the previously approved transit bridge loan will be a disaster for the Bay Area
This means deep cuts to transit, like BART trains only once an hour or worse
Call the governor's office now and join the rally to save transit on Monday morning
actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
This means deep cuts to transit, like BART trains only once an hour or worse
Call the governor's office now and join the rally to save transit on Monday morning
actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
September 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Newsom vetoing the previously approved transit bridge loan will be a disaster for the Bay Area
This means deep cuts to transit, like BART trains only once an hour or worse
Call the governor's office now and join the rally to save transit on Monday morning
actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
This means deep cuts to transit, like BART trains only once an hour or worse
Call the governor's office now and join the rally to save transit on Monday morning
actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
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You can now sign up for the lottery to speak at the next mtg of RFK's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice 9/18-9/19. Especially since they removed med orgs as liaisons, this is the only way they will receive critical feedback.
www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
ACIP Meeting Public Comment | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | CDCMinushome
ACIP Meetings: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
www2.cdc.gov
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You can now sign up for the lottery to speak at the next mtg of RFK's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice 9/18-9/19. Especially since they removed med orgs as liaisons, this is the only way they will receive critical feedback.
www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...
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mom's spaghetti
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
mom's spaghetti
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And so now they're prosecuting two employees for standing in the way of their illegal operation. It's unbelievable. These officers should be prosecuted for violating the Constitution every which way, but instead, it's Americans sticking up for the Constitution who are locked up.
July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
And so now they're prosecuting two employees for standing in the way of their illegal operation. It's unbelievable. These officers should be prosecuted for violating the Constitution every which way, but instead, it's Americans sticking up for the Constitution who are locked up.
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Some of the panelists invited by the FDA to discuss SSRIs and pregnancy claimed that antidepressants don't work at all and depression goes away on its own. One suggested that depression was not an illness, but rather a product of “women just naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely.”
FDA panel promotes misinformation on antidepressants during pregnancy, psychiatrists say
Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs. Some claimed, without evidence, that antidepressants don't work at all.
www.nbcnews.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some of the panelists invited by the FDA to discuss SSRIs and pregnancy claimed that antidepressants don't work at all and depression goes away on its own. One suggested that depression was not an illness, but rather a product of “women just naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely.”
What if good people organize, take all these jobs, and then simply don’t comply
There will be Abu Ghraib photos. All these hick fascists who suddenly started making six figures a year in the racism factory.
July 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
What if good people organize, take all these jobs, and then simply don’t comply
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really interesting that we don’t have a cultural panic about group think and intellectual homogeneity among the most powerful money men in the country. all the more interesting when a bunch of them have clearly lost their mind.
I wrote about venture capitalist Shaun Maguire, his accusations that Zohran Mamdani is a "secret Islamist," and his emergence as a leading right wing voice in the tech industry.
www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguir...
www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguir...
The metamorphosis of Sequoia's Shaun Maguire: 'Never back down.'
Shaun Maguire's posts about Zohran Mamdani shocked many. Not the people who know him.
www.businessinsider.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
really interesting that we don’t have a cultural panic about group think and intellectual homogeneity among the most powerful money men in the country. all the more interesting when a bunch of them have clearly lost their mind.
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“I went into frontline medicine to help people, not to bankrupt them,” writes Sophia Spadafore. “When someone who does not have insurance comes into the ER, I am forced to discuss with the patient what necessary care they may have to delay or forgo”:
How Medicaid Cuts Will Bleed Emergency Medicine
Many Americans get much of their health care from ERs. Defunding this service will be a financial and human disaster for everyone.
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“I went into frontline medicine to help people, not to bankrupt them,” writes Sophia Spadafore. “When someone who does not have insurance comes into the ER, I am forced to discuss with the patient what necessary care they may have to delay or forgo”:
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"two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses."
For MAGA, Ignorance is Strength
Research cuts aren’t about shrinking government, they’re about killing science
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses."
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This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
July 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.
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We can't just tax the rich. We need tax their investment gains.
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Even sky-high income tax rates won’t stop the relentless rise of the richest
Tackling America's wealth gap will require more powerful tactics.
www.motherjones.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We can't just tax the rich. We need tax their investment gains.
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Right now our tax code values billionaires' paper profits over *your* labor. Want to make America a fairer country for the working class? Here's how we do it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Happy Pride month! I literally just now learned Sally Ride was 🌈
On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride at 32 became the first American woman to go to space and the youngest American astronaut.
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm.
She was the first known LGBT astronaut.
Video from the National Women's History Museum.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
June 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Happy Pride month! I literally just now learned Sally Ride was 🌈