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Dorothy Bishop
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Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com
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"Chat GPT is not hallucinating, it’s bullshitting,"

ChatGPT is that guy in law school, dangerously wrong, deeply uninformed, and totally sure Debate Team is real life.

Except now, in 2025? Everyone trusts him. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/10/a...

By @cragcrest.bsky.social
The Last Word On Nothing | AI is Full of Bullshit. Now It’s Faking Science
www.lastwordonnothing.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Same two-day-old zebrafish larvae, same.

This is all of us in 2025.
Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It can be hard to do math in your head, while standing up, on national television. Nerve-wracking, too. But even so, in twenty seconds on the air, I did a better job than the President in costing his latest idea and figuring out whether his new idea of a $2,000 rebate check will work. (It won't.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.

Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!

2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Here are the 5 things you need to know about what happened in the House of Lords Select Committee looking at the assisted dying bill in 60 seconds.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For those who missed it at the w/e: how paper mills operate.
tldr; these days they are more likely than a regular journal to check for image duplication, and they charge "authors" $300 if they find it!
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."

Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
OUP acquires Karger's long tail
Hello fellow journalologists,
newsletter.journalology.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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A Barn Owl perched in the perfect position for a picture. Always a great day when you see them before it gets too dark!

#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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The Manger at Uffington, with the White Horse beneath heavy clouds.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just seen Bugonia. Clever, topical, and witty. Only had to hide from the violent bits a couple of times.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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WORD OF THE DAY.

Excellent.

To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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After a fourth successive heavy annual defeat for Restore Trust, we should (but won't) have Telegraph reporters descending on the scone-eaters at historic properties to ask why they weren't in touch

This is an assymetry between the liberal left and the culture warriors of the metropolitan right
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄

Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆

1/15
🧵
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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This is the one I saw :-)
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Two women. Fucked off with the state of politics. So we started a podcast in our bedrooms…

And today we sit in the charts snuggled up against The Times, Sky News, The Financial Times, etc
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Your last comment/query is spot on: how do UK physicians perform percutaneous cardiac procedures in Iran?

Long arms?

There's no NHS waiting list at Bart's, right?
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I appreciate @bmj.com follows a formal process, but just how much evidence do they need before adding an Expression of Concern.
Numerous PubPeer comments for stem cell for heart disease paper - which had huge media attention hailing it as a medical breakthrough.
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
pubpeer.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Because everything is shit, I give you ... Puggles. #Platypus #AustralianWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Somehow I love these scientific sleuth stories.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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My friend Kristina and I were driving down the coast from Astoria and pulled off the road and ran to the beach when we saw these colors! Cape Kiwanda at Pacific City, Oregon. #BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM