Jim Duggan
@jimduggan.bsky.social
computer science professor @university of galway | system dynamics, simulation, and data science | infectious disease modelling | pandemic preparedness and health systems simulation | R enthusiast.
https://github.com/JimDuggan
https://github.com/JimDuggan
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I wrote a new thing about the conspiracy theory that helped kill the CREID network, and will kill other people as a result.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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June 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I wrote a new thing about the conspiracy theory that helped kill the CREID network, and will kill other people as a result.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
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This is seemingly true. Given what I've written in many public forums, I would genuinely decline to travel to the US right now. I find that extraordinary.
The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is seemingly true. Given what I've written in many public forums, I would genuinely decline to travel to the US right now. I find that extraordinary.
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NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
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UK universities can ignore what happens *over there*, but this strikes me as a Big Deal that seemingly no-one is talking about
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Funding freeze leaves Fulbright and study-abroad scholars stranded
The Trump administration paused State Department money for international exchange and study-abroad programs. Participants wonder: Will it ever resume?
www.washingtonpost.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
UK universities can ignore what happens *over there*, but this strikes me as a Big Deal that seemingly no-one is talking about
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Spreading antivax propaganda while chowing down on a burger and fries.
Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Health Secretary.
Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Health Secretary.
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Spreading antivax propaganda while chowing down on a burger and fries.
Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Health Secretary.
Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Health Secretary.
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“Without offering proof” should probably just become the default prefix for any headline quoting the current US administration…
In an interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments.
Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Without offering proof” should probably just become the default prefix for any headline quoting the current US administration…
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"Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted."
Great piece from Laura Spinney.
www.theguardian.com/...
Great piece from Laura Spinney.
www.theguardian.com/...
Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted."
Great piece from Laura Spinney.
www.theguardian.com/...
Great piece from Laura Spinney.
www.theguardian.com/...
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AI is poised to accelerate understanding in infectious diseases, but its value needs to be demonstrated through close collaboration between research, industry, society, and policy.
Paper free to read: rdcu.be/eaxEw
Summary here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
Paper free to read: rdcu.be/eaxEw
Summary here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics
Nature - This Perspective considers the application to infectious disease modelling of AI systems that combine machine learning, computational statistics, information retrieval and data science.
rdcu.be
February 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
AI is poised to accelerate understanding in infectious diseases, but its value needs to be demonstrated through close collaboration between research, industry, society, and policy.
Paper free to read: rdcu.be/eaxEw
Summary here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
Paper free to read: rdcu.be/eaxEw
Summary here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...