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A special kind of floss that can deliver proteins and inactive viruses, priming the body against foreign invaders.
The unusual vaccination strategy shows promise in mice, and the public seems intrigued as well, making this one of our most popular stories of the year: https://scim.ag/4jl9F1w
The unusual vaccination strategy shows promise in mice, and the public seems intrigued as well, making this one of our most popular stories of the year: https://scim.ag/4jl9F1w
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A special kind of floss that can deliver proteins and inactive viruses, priming the body against foreign invaders.
The unusual vaccination strategy shows promise in mice, and the public seems intrigued as well, making this one of our most popular stories of the year: https://scim.ag/4jl9F1w
The unusual vaccination strategy shows promise in mice, and the public seems intrigued as well, making this one of our most popular stories of the year: https://scim.ag/4jl9F1w
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Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who...
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
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People who coax chatbots into sensible answers are basically opening and closing the fridge until it contains something you wanna eat, yes, eventually you get hungrier & eat the stuff in there. But what changed was your cognition. The fridge stayed the same. You changed your mind about the contents.
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
People who coax chatbots into sensible answers are basically opening and closing the fridge until it contains something you wanna eat, yes, eventually you get hungrier & eat the stuff in there. But what changed was your cognition. The fridge stayed the same. You changed your mind about the contents.
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I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius
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This ad about how great Google Gemini is ends by telling us how Ted, the protagonist and a big James Blunt fan, “found something he didn’t even know he was looking for” at a James Blunt concert where James Blunt is playing not “High” by James Blunt but “She’s So High” by Tal Bachman.
Just Ask Google
YouTube video by Google
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September 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This ad about how great Google Gemini is ends by telling us how Ted, the protagonist and a big James Blunt fan, “found something he didn’t even know he was looking for” at a James Blunt concert where James Blunt is playing not “High” by James Blunt but “She’s So High” by Tal Bachman.
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Fascinating, detailed look at how late medieval England turned itself into a workers' hell by passing maximum-wage laws(!), banning any kind of collective action, and blocking people from getting better jobs, moving to other villages, or even simply shifting from what they were doing as 12-yr-olds.
Age of Invention: The Century-Long Depression
There’s an old proverb about England, current in the sixteenth century, that it was a hell for horses, a paradise for women, and a purgatory or prison for servants.
www.ageofinvention.xyz
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Fascinating, detailed look at how late medieval England turned itself into a workers' hell by passing maximum-wage laws(!), banning any kind of collective action, and blocking people from getting better jobs, moving to other villages, or even simply shifting from what they were doing as 12-yr-olds.
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Jeff Bezos appears to be wearing the wrong waistcoat for his wedding. This is a dinner suit (aka a tuxedo) and thus requires a dress waistcoat, which is cut lower on the body. He's wearing a business vest, which is designed for business suits. Needs a formal waistcoat like the one on the right.
June 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Jeff Bezos appears to be wearing the wrong waistcoat for his wedding. This is a dinner suit (aka a tuxedo) and thus requires a dress waistcoat, which is cut lower on the body. He's wearing a business vest, which is designed for business suits. Needs a formal waistcoat like the one on the right.
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UV-C light is a go-to sterilizer for hospitals and labs. 🦠🔬 Why can this dark desert lichen survive a "mind-blowing level of UV-C harshness" - and could it provide clues to life on other planets? 🌱 🪐 Today for @science.org #astrobiology #biology www.science.org/content/arti...
UV-C light kills nearly everything—except this unusual organism
Built-in Sun protection might be a blueprint for surviving in space
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
UV-C light is a go-to sterilizer for hospitals and labs. 🦠🔬 Why can this dark desert lichen survive a "mind-blowing level of UV-C harshness" - and could it provide clues to life on other planets? 🌱 🪐 Today for @science.org #astrobiology #biology www.science.org/content/arti...
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Imagine not just the sheer physical amount of waste produced, but the amount of investor cash spent on this folly.
Anthropic isn’t a company, it’s a black hole for VC cash. $5.6B in losses last year, much more this year.
Anthropic isn’t a company, it’s a black hole for VC cash. $5.6B in losses last year, much more this year.
The part in the sci-fi story where the villain explains that the only way they could create their monster was to destroy millions of books.
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…
arstechnica.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Imagine not just the sheer physical amount of waste produced, but the amount of investor cash spent on this folly.
Anthropic isn’t a company, it’s a black hole for VC cash. $5.6B in losses last year, much more this year.
Anthropic isn’t a company, it’s a black hole for VC cash. $5.6B in losses last year, much more this year.
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So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order…
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
June 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order…
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
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Finished the excellent LLM intro lesson from @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social . Accessible, fast paced, thought provoking and most recommended to everybody.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finished the excellent LLM intro lesson from @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social . Accessible, fast paced, thought provoking and most recommended to everybody.
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
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We live on a beautiful planet filled with mostly decent people seeking only the means to lead lives of dignity. It’s an enduring tragedy that our species has to submit to the world-making fantasies of a few craven psychopaths.
June 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We live on a beautiful planet filled with mostly decent people seeking only the means to lead lives of dignity. It’s an enduring tragedy that our species has to submit to the world-making fantasies of a few craven psychopaths.
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After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
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New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing
Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will allocate them jobs, ...
arxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
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Yes, this is fascism.
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Yes, this is fascism.
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
For years, historians and experts were cautious about using the f-word to describe today's events. But that hesitation is gone now. 🧵
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A new street circuit in Madrid will make its debut on the Formula 1 schedule in September of next year, replacing the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
Madrid's new street circuit to debut in 2026, replacing Imola on F1 schedule
A new street circuit in Madrid will make its debut on the Formula 1 schedule in September of next year, replacing the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A new street circuit in Madrid will make its debut on the Formula 1 schedule in September of next year, replacing the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
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The list of playable characters in the Switch 2’s premiere game has expanded to more than 50—including birds, plants, and other players without hands or feet.
‘Mario Kart World’ Devs Broke Their Own Rule on Who Gets to Drive
The list of playable characters in the Switch 2’s premiere game has expanded to more than 50—including birds, plants, and other players without hands or feet.
wrd.cm
June 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The list of playable characters in the Switch 2’s premiere game has expanded to more than 50—including birds, plants, and other players without hands or feet.
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In case you missed it on Friday, the U.S. is systematically cutting off engines and components used in Chinese commercial aircraft. Huge geopolitical and industrial implications. (via @theaircurrent.com)
U.S. engine and component ban poised to cripple China’s commercial aircraft manufacturing theaircurrent.com/china/us-chi... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
U.S. engine and component ban poised to cripple China’s commercial aircraft manufacturing
New restrictions for Comac cover C909 regional jet as well as Honeywell and Collins Aerospace components
theaircurrent.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In case you missed it on Friday, the U.S. is systematically cutting off engines and components used in Chinese commercial aircraft. Huge geopolitical and industrial implications. (via @theaircurrent.com)
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Volvo’s new seatbelts use real-time data to adapt to different body types
Volvo’s new seatbelts use real-time data to adapt to different body types
OTA updates will help improve the seatbelt over time.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Volvo’s new seatbelts use real-time data to adapt to different body types
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Pleased to release of our @digitalchildau.bsky.social ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child report "Children & Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges", led by @suzesrdarov.bsky.social & myself, here: issuu.com/digitalchild...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Pleased to release of our @digitalchildau.bsky.social ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child report "Children & Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges", led by @suzesrdarov.bsky.social & myself, here: issuu.com/digitalchild...
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Read the linked piece below all the way to the end.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
Amazing account of ChatGPT's sycophancy and confabulation on steroids.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Read the linked piece below all the way to the end.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
And remember, when these machines "hallucinate," they are not doing anything differently than when they get things right. Everything they say and produce is a hallucination. Any correct answers are purely accidental.
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OpenAI is featuring a "Looksmaxxing GPT" that provides "PSL ratings" for photos. It will rate people as "subhuman", and advise men to get invasive procedures like jaw surgery to "increase their sexual market value" among women, who it describes as "hypergamous by nature".
May 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
OpenAI is featuring a "Looksmaxxing GPT" that provides "PSL ratings" for photos. It will rate people as "subhuman", and advise men to get invasive procedures like jaw surgery to "increase their sexual market value" among women, who it describes as "hypergamous by nature".
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Let's dive into this a bit. A short and very incomplete thread on US Forest Service research. 1/
It’s finally in writing. The detailed President’s budget clearly wants to completely eliminate USFS Research
May 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Let's dive into this a bit. A short and very incomplete thread on US Forest Service research. 1/
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I would quit this fucking industry if my job turned into baby sitting this piece of crap
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Fix IndexOutOfRangeException in RegexInterpreter.Backtrack method by Copilot · Pull Request #115733 · dotnet/runtime
This PR fixes an IndexOutOfRangeException that occurs when using certain regex patterns like (?>(-*)+?-*)$ against inputs like "test". The issue was in the Backtrack() method of the Re...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I would quit this fucking industry if my job turned into baby sitting this piece of crap
github.com/dotnet/runti...
github.com/dotnet/runti...