George Box: "All models are wrong, but..."
Oca s. looking at the graphs: They all look pretty good.
@hausfath.bsky.social: "It turns out that that the resulting picture is complex."
George Box: "All models are wrong, but..."
Oca s. looking at the graphs: They all look pretty good.
@hausfath.bsky.social: "It turns out that that the resulting picture is complex."
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Not OA, but her famous 2019 paper
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
and her views on Trump's geopolitics are
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Not OA, but her famous 2019 paper
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
and her views on Trump's geopolitics are
The UN General Assembly approved 40 resolutions on #Palestine and #decolonization.
Opposed *all* resolutions on Palestine: Argentina, Fiji, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, USA.
And *all* resolutions on decolonization: Israel, USA.
The UN General Assembly approved 40 resolutions on #Palestine and #decolonization.
Opposed *all* resolutions on Palestine: Argentina, Fiji, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, USA.
And *all* resolutions on decolonization: Israel, USA.
Un percorso anche suo, riassunto in 163 pagine (Codice Edizioni).
Un percorso anche suo, riassunto in 163 pagine (Codice Edizioni).
#plasmids
Great paper (imo) beginning with "the genetic history of the Murray collection, a rare assemblage of bacterial samples from 1917 to 1954..."
Professor Murray's & his collection's history tout court
www.microbiologyresearch.org/sotsog/egd-m...
#plasmids
Great paper (imo) beginning with "the genetic history of the Murray collection, a rare assemblage of bacterial samples from 1917 to 1954..."
Professor Murray's & his collection's history tout court
www.microbiologyresearch.org/sotsog/egd-m...
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"When AI systems are optimized for persuasion, they may increasingly deploy misleading or false information."
See also "Political persuasion by artificial intelligence": www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"When AI systems are optimized for persuasion, they may increasingly deploy misleading or false information."
See also "Political persuasion by artificial intelligence": www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"During a 10-day field experiment, 1256 American participants were randomly assigned to X feeds with reduced, increased, or unchanged amounts of AAPA [antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity] content."
"During a 10-day field experiment, 1256 American participants were randomly assigned to X feeds with reduced, increased, or unchanged amounts of AAPA [antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity] content."
"Fifty-four couples got married in a mass wedding in #Gaza in a moment of hope after two years of war. Crowds gathered in Khan Younis among the rubble."
"Fifty-four couples got married in a mass wedding in #Gaza in a moment of hope after two years of war. Crowds gathered in Khan Younis among the rubble."
Thanks but no thanks...
Thanks but no thanks...
Can't we use a different term for a journal's (long awaited) decision to retract a paper and for authors' prompt decision to retract one of theirs, thank colleagues for helpful criticisms, and submit a revised version?
In this essay ⬇️, @naomioreskes.bsky.social called out issues with a 2000 paper on glyphosate.
There is now a retraction notice on the website
(but I cannot find the exact date though)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can't we use a different term for a journal's (long awaited) decision to retract a paper and for authors' prompt decision to retract one of theirs, thank colleagues for helpful criticisms, and submit a revised version?
"In response to the critiques, the authors undertook revisions to constructively address the issues raised. Nature determined the changes exceeded those of a correction, so the authors will resubmit a new version of the paper for peer review."
From PIK's press release.
"In response to the critiques, the authors undertook revisions to constructively address the issues raised. Nature determined the changes exceeded those of a correction, so the authors will resubmit a new version of the paper for peer review."
From PIK's press release.
"LLMs can provide feedback in seconds, potentially without conflicts of interest."
But efficient ≠ valid:
"As the scientific community starts to embrace AI technology, it must make sure it isn’t solving a logistical problem by creating an intellectual one."
go.nature.com/3McjUsw
"LLMs can provide feedback in seconds, potentially without conflicts of interest."
But efficient ≠ valid:
"As the scientific community starts to embrace AI technology, it must make sure it isn’t solving a logistical problem by creating an intellectual one."
Largest union's sec. general in an interview: "🐀 are jumping ship", "bosses are motivated by greed".
Duh.
❄️ bosses' group gets her indicted for "public insult".
One in French, pls...
Largest union's sec. general in an interview: "🐀 are jumping ship", "bosses are motivated by greed".
Duh.
❄️ bosses' group gets her indicted for "public insult".
One in French, pls...
#SRM
#models
Good to know if/when push comes to shove...
Link to the OA paper with well-explained uncertainties, "caveats and limitations", imo. in the 🧵.
We analyzed the response of various climate metrics relevant to a set of climate tipping element under SSP2-4.5 and under a set of SAI scenarios modeled using CESM2.
#opendata
To existing series, HCLIM adds 12,452 - recently digitalized - records of weather stations in *118 countries* from 1750 onwards.
Instructions for use in Nature Scientific Data, key points in the 🧵& in Berkeley Earth's Oct. temperature updates berkeleyearth.org/october-2025...
nature.com/articles/s41...
The additional data rescued by HCLIM helps improve early reconstructions, but doesn't fundamentally change the large uncertainties due to sparse sampling.
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#opendata
To existing series, HCLIM adds 12,452 - recently digitalized - records of weather stations in *118 countries* from 1750 onwards.
Instructions for use in Nature Scientific Data, key points in the 🧵& in Berkeley Earth's Oct. temperature updates berkeleyearth.org/october-2025...
@watershed-i.bsky.social and @investigate-europe.eu mapped 61,000 UK and EU landfills, and identified those "at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies, and the environment".
"Illegal waste dumping is [...[ one of Europe’s fastest-growing areas of organised crime."
Our new joint report with @investigate-europe.eu, out now:
share.google/gQ0rXbwL4rjN...
@watershed-i.bsky.social and @investigate-europe.eu mapped 61,000 UK and EU landfills, and identified those "at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies, and the environment".
"Illegal waste dumping is [...[ one of Europe’s fastest-growing areas of organised crime."
The US military and business plan to improve Israel's control of the Palestinians still living in the Strip and its "aerially enforced occupation".
The presence of Palantir and Dataminr at the new U.S. military compound in Israel offers a glimpse of how tech companies are cashing in on the genocide.
www.972mag.com/ai-surveilla...
The US military and business plan to improve Israel's control of the Palestinians still living in the Strip and its "aerially enforced occupation".
I #dirittiumani dei richiedenti asilo interessano a pochi, lo so, ma a chiunque paghi le tasse dovrebbe interessare il loro buon uso, no?
I #dirittiumani dei richiedenti asilo interessano a pochi, lo so, ma a chiunque paghi le tasse dovrebbe interessare il loro buon uso, no?
Also: "This decision will help save €1.4 million annually in subscription fees..."
Also: "This decision will help save €1.4 million annually in subscription fees..."
"Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end..."
"Stories of the devastating impact of US, British and wider European aid cuts on the fight against HIV – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – continue to mount as 2025 comes to an end..."
The "forces of unreason" targeted Ben Santer, lead author of Chapter 8, and "upended [his] life".
"Participating in the 1995 IPCC report had personal cost. But the anger is tempered by another emotion: gratitude. [...] I’ve had the opportunity to use my voice. To speak science to power."
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thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
The "forces of unreason" targeted Ben Santer, lead author of Chapter 8, and "upended [his] life".
"Participating in the 1995 IPCC report had personal cost. But the anger is tempered by another emotion: gratitude. [...] I’ve had the opportunity to use my voice. To speak science to power."
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A good explanation, imo, of how perverse academic incentives lead to the "fall" of pay-to-publlsh journals, and also to the "million-dollar profits" of Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis.
h/t @radioprozac.bsky.social
A good explanation, imo, of how perverse academic incentives lead to the "fall" of pay-to-publlsh journals, and also to the "million-dollar profits" of Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis.
h/t @radioprozac.bsky.social
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"Considering the unstoppable trend of tattooing in the population, our results [in mice] are crucial in informing the toxicology programs, policymakers, and the general public regarding the potential risk of the tattooing practice associated with an altered immune response."
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"Considering the unstoppable trend of tattooing in the population, our results [in mice] are crucial in informing the toxicology programs, policymakers, and the general public regarding the potential risk of the tattooing practice associated with an altered immune response."