TIL that Trump put Moroccan-born scientist Moncef Slaoui in charge of Operation Warp Speed. This seems very off brand for Trump… until you get to the part where Slaoui was fired from a GSK subsidiary’s board for “substantiated sexual harassment allegations”.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncef_...
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Moncef Slaoui - Wikipedia
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December 3, 2024 at 7:54 PM
TIL that Trump put Moroccan-born scientist Moncef Slaoui in charge of Operation Warp Speed. This seems very off brand for Trump… until you get to the part where Slaoui was fired from a GSK subsidiary’s board for “substantiated sexual harassment allegations”.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncef_...
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This article on the dead internet is a must read.
My fb feed is increasingly swamped with toxic memes and AI generated trolling.
We are in a dangerous realm of disinformation. My promise is to keep my site clean of bots, disinformation,the cynical and the snide.
www.sciencealert.com/is-the-dead-...
My fb feed is increasingly swamped with toxic memes and AI generated trolling.
We are in a dangerous realm of disinformation. My promise is to keep my site clean of bots, disinformation,the cynical and the snide.
www.sciencealert.com/is-the-dead-...
Is The 'Dead Internet Theory' True? Shrimp Jesus Phenomenon Explained
If you search "shrimp Jesus" on Facebook, you might encounter dozens of images of artificial intelligence (AI) generated crustaceans meshed in various forms with a stereotypical image of Jesus Christ.
www.sciencealert.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:55 PM
This article on the dead internet is a must read.
My fb feed is increasingly swamped with toxic memes and AI generated trolling.
We are in a dangerous realm of disinformation. My promise is to keep my site clean of bots, disinformation,the cynical and the snide.
www.sciencealert.com/is-the-dead-...
My fb feed is increasingly swamped with toxic memes and AI generated trolling.
We are in a dangerous realm of disinformation. My promise is to keep my site clean of bots, disinformation,the cynical and the snide.
www.sciencealert.com/is-the-dead-...
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Day 2 of my Texas Hates Mothers and Children Advent Calendar: the maternal mortality rate has increased 56% since Texas effectively did away with legal abortion in 2021 through the SB 8 bounty hunter law www.texasstandard.org/stories/texa...
New study finds maternal mortality in Texas rose faster than national rate
The study looks at CDC data from 2019 through 2022 and saw a spike after Texas passed its abortion ban in 2021.
www.texasstandard.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Day 2 of my Texas Hates Mothers and Children Advent Calendar: the maternal mortality rate has increased 56% since Texas effectively did away with legal abortion in 2021 through the SB 8 bounty hunter law www.texasstandard.org/stories/texa...
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Only in Canada.
December 2, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Only in Canada.
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I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Link here:
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November 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Look at that!
Page 51 of the 2021 Conservative Platform (it’s still on their website).
Pierre Poilievre voted against the GST tax holiday for you. But he campaigned on it.
Was he dishonest then or now? I'd say both.
Page 51 of the 2021 Conservative Platform (it’s still on their website).
Pierre Poilievre voted against the GST tax holiday for you. But he campaigned on it.
Was he dishonest then or now? I'd say both.
December 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Look at that!
Page 51 of the 2021 Conservative Platform (it’s still on their website).
Pierre Poilievre voted against the GST tax holiday for you. But he campaigned on it.
Was he dishonest then or now? I'd say both.
Page 51 of the 2021 Conservative Platform (it’s still on their website).
Pierre Poilievre voted against the GST tax holiday for you. But he campaigned on it.
Was he dishonest then or now? I'd say both.
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cc: the don’t-vote-for-Dems-because-Gaza folks
December 2, 2024 at 5:50 AM
cc: the don’t-vote-for-Dems-because-Gaza folks