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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
I regret looking.
oh no no no, don't make me explain Patrick Sebastien to the Brits, nooooo he can't become politically relevant I don't want to explain him to foreigners it's embarrassing nonono
Lire les premières strophes de la quéquette à Raoul dans Le Grand Continent, voilà qui ne figurait pas dans mon bingo 2025.
Merci à @raphael-llorca.bsky.social pour ça.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...
Merci à @raphael-llorca.bsky.social pour ça.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I regret looking.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Un Parc Asterix va ouvrir en Allemagne à l’horizon 2030-2031
Un Parc Asterix va ouvrir en Allemagne à l’horizon 2030-2031
La Compagnie des Alpes a annoncé une mutation graduelle du parc Belantis, un des plus grands parcs d’attractions dans l’est de l’Allemagne, à commencer par une zone consacrée à Idéfix, le chien « star » de la série, inaugurée dès le printemps 2026.
www.lemonde.fr
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Un Parc Asterix va ouvrir en Allemagne à l’horizon 2030-2031
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Absolutely maddening - and of course private equity is involved www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
The long read: After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Absolutely maddening - and of course private equity is involved www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Bold early pitch for next director general of the BBC here
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Bold early pitch for next director general of the BBC here
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La célèbre primatologue Jane Goodall est morte à 91 ans
La célèbre primatologue Jane Goodall est morte à 91 ans
Les travaux menés en Tanzanie par la chercheuse britannique ont révolutionné le regard porté sur les chimpanzés, et par là même sur l’homme. Pionnière de l’éthologie moderne, devenue ambassadrice de la protection de la faune sauvage, Jane Goodall est morte.
www.lemonde.fr
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
La célèbre primatologue Jane Goodall est morte à 91 ans
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Generous of them, but a logistical nightmare I imagine
🌿☕Good lovely morning🌞
Seagulls have supraorbital salt glands behind their eye sockets, allowing them to consume seawater & still maintain a healthy electrolyte balance. Their function is similar to kidneys, allowing survival without access to fresh water
They share these glands with penguins🐧 🐧🐧🌿
Seagulls have supraorbital salt glands behind their eye sockets, allowing them to consume seawater & still maintain a healthy electrolyte balance. Their function is similar to kidneys, allowing survival without access to fresh water
They share these glands with penguins🐧 🐧🐧🌿
August 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Generous of them, but a logistical nightmare I imagine
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"...everything is going to be alright"
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
“…everything is going to be alright” – conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
22nd August 2025 * In his 1992 memoir Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby describes his experience of a crush in a stadium at a 1980 match (before the tragedies later on that decade): “…there was a forty-thou…
davidallengreen.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"...everything is going to be alright"
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
I already have them though. So they go through the washing machine when they’re get too gross, which probably beats sending them to landfill. And they do last.
If you want to reduce plastic use, avoid yellow kitchen sponges like these. They're made of plastic, can't be recycled, don't break down in landfill – and release microplastics into the sea. Eco-friendly, compostable alternatives are available – see: bit.ly/42rwUOX
July 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I already have them though. So they go through the washing machine when they’re get too gross, which probably beats sending them to landfill. And they do last.
Why does Google translate always give the tutoyer option. How do I make it choose formal?
July 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Why does Google translate always give the tutoyer option. How do I make it choose formal?
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the reason for double spacing is gone! the only thing left is the headache other people get dealing with your double spaces
July 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the reason for double spacing is gone! the only thing left is the headache other people get dealing with your double spaces
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OMG, a PhD in Asterix Studies!!!! HELL YEAH!
There is a PhD scholarship on offer for someone to come and work on Asterix, with me, at Monash:
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July 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OMG, a PhD in Asterix Studies!!!! HELL YEAH!
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At the back of your kitchen cupboard is something pickled or preserved in a jar that you were given for Christmas several years ago that you’ve never quite felt like eating.
Throw it out now.
Throw it out now.
July 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
At the back of your kitchen cupboard is something pickled or preserved in a jar that you were given for Christmas several years ago that you’ve never quite felt like eating.
Throw it out now.
Throw it out now.
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Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner
July 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner
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This is absolutely extraordinary, both the stalking itself and the alleged conduct of the Bishop of Leicester when the victim approached him - accusing him of witchcraft!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leicester Church of England: A preacher asked me out and then started stalking me
When Jay Hulme complained about the harassment to a bishop, he was accused of witchcraft.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This is absolutely extraordinary, both the stalking itself and the alleged conduct of the Bishop of Leicester when the victim approached him - accusing him of witchcraft!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Contract law and AI: a thread from one of my favourite non-lawyer follows on here.
I just received a contract on Docusign for review and signing, and it offered to give me an AI-generated summary that I could read instead to save time.
That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.
That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.
June 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Contract law and AI: a thread from one of my favourite non-lawyer follows on here.
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Genuinely suspect we'll eventually realise that consuming all media through AI summaries is the cognitive equivalent of consuming all your body's essential nutrients through 'carefully designed' powders/drinks.
Technically do-able, but nobody who exists like that is enjoying life.
Technically do-able, but nobody who exists like that is enjoying life.
Really a sad way to go through life www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b...
June 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Genuinely suspect we'll eventually realise that consuming all media through AI summaries is the cognitive equivalent of consuming all your body's essential nutrients through 'carefully designed' powders/drinks.
Technically do-able, but nobody who exists like that is enjoying life.
Technically do-able, but nobody who exists like that is enjoying life.
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THIS is the guy you want writing your lesson plans because it will ‘save time’?
June 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
THIS is the guy you want writing your lesson plans because it will ‘save time’?
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Dundee University facing ‘unprecedented’ government controls as bail-out confirmed www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
BREAKING: Dundee University facing 'unprecedented' government controls as bail-out confirmed
Education secretary Jenny Gilruth confirmed further financial support - but says how the money is spent will be closely monitored.
www.thecourier.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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‘Even academics with secure jobs don’t feel secure. Meanwhile, those of us on fixed-term contracts sit and wait for our funding to run out.’
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely · Short Cuts: University Finances
Universities’ reliance on international students is only the most recent attempt to solve a broader problem, one that...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘Even academics with secure jobs don’t feel secure. Meanwhile, those of us on fixed-term contracts sit and wait for our funding to run out.’
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ed Kiely on precarity in higher education: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.
I am delighted to announce that my new paper with @darrenmacey.bsky.social is now published, entitled 'All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education'
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June 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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I feel cheated that this story does not have a photo of the mouse face massager.
Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain
Scientists have found a way to boost the brain's system to clear waste from the organ in mice, which could open treatment possibilities for neurodegenerative diseases
www.newscientist.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I feel cheated that this story does not have a photo of the mouse face massager.
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Seconding this! This husband-and-wife team have been hand-making courier bags for nearly 40 years, and they are perfect
you know what, I'm going to do this now. If you ever need a messenger bag CourierWare bags are the best. handmade in VT, lifetime warranty you won't need that because they last literally forever. I have a 35 y.o. bag I have treated like absolute shit and except for being faded it is 100% like new
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Seconding this! This husband-and-wife team have been hand-making courier bags for nearly 40 years, and they are perfect