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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 9h

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Trump’s Costly Cuts to the Civil Service

The administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce for a rounding error’s worth in savings.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 5d

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Veni Kunche @veni.dev · 5d

"Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that AI had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement."

www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 5d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/666... Why Ichiro won’t stop working like a player: ‘Seeing makes the message so much more believable’

Why Ichiro won’t stop working like a player: ‘Seeing makes the message so much more believable’

www.nytimes.com

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 5d

*whispers* Drake Maye did a lot of Josh Allen shit tonight

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 7d

I’m in town for the marathon tomorrow and am really jealous of the Mon-Wed forecast…

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 9d

Red Sox pitching

Connelly Early 2.33 ERA, 36.7 K%, 5.1 BB%, 0 HR in first 4 MLB starts

Bullpen was busy last night, but nobody seems overworked except Whitlock (available after 47 pitches last night)

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 9d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Mac Cerullo @maccerullo.bsky.social · 10d

Alex Cora on Garrett Whitlock's lengthy outing: “We were all in. He is one of our best pitchers. He just got up there, but we were doing everything possible to get to, you know, the top of the ninth with a tie game.”

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10d

This is illegal

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10d

I am told that furloughed Department of Labor employees were instructed today that out-of-office messages should blame Democrats.

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 10d

Solidarity is a muscle we all would do better to build.

We are worse off for failing—again and again—this prisoner’s dilemma by responding to individual threats (or perceived threats). If everyone is optimizing for self-preservation, we lose the strength we gain in numbers.

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 10d

not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 10d

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 10d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 16d

Alongside @umichlaw.bsky.social, we spent six months analyzing the ways AI could fit into CourtListener and the Civil Litigation Clearinghouse. The goal was to see how AI could make our systems smarter, faster, and more accessible. Read the outcomes here: free.law/2025/09/25/c...

Opening Doors with AI: How Free Law Project and the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Are Reimagining Legal Research

Exploring how AI can unlock court data, we partnered with the Clearinghouse to look at ways to make legal research smarter, faster, and more accessible.

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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 12d

Our last milestone in this series is live. In under a year, we've served over 100-million API requests. This number is a huge validation for our work. The people are hungry for legal information. We're thrilled to be dishing it up! free.law/2025/09/29/o...

Summer Stats: CourtListener API Surpasses 100 Million Requests

Since its release last fall, CourtListener’s v4 API has processed more than 100 million requests. Developers and organizations are building research tools, civic projects, and legal technology on top ...

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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 11d

We've made tremendous progress building a benchmark for AI citators. We now have more than 7,500 data points and are about 70% done.

To complete the job, we need about a dozen more attorneys to help analyze decisions. Please boost and let us know if you can help! Thank you! free.law/2025/09/30/c...

Citator Expert Annotation Project: A Status Update and Call for Help

With an overwhelming response from the legal community, we're in the home stretch of curating the data for building the first open-source AI-powered legal citator—and we need your help to cross the fi...

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 16d

They thought they were the kind of highly skilled engineers who could help fulfill President Trump’s goal of reviving American manufacturing.

Mr. Cho was checking his team’s balance sheets in his office when he saw helicopters and armored vehicles outside.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

‘America Is Not a Safe Place to Work’: Koreans Describe Georgia Raid

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 10d

We are going to feel the consequences of short-sighted decisions for years to come.

And the impacts? Not just in Democratic states—Oklahoma and Texas here. And what happened to AI education and American AI dominance, in cutting AI research?

fedscoop.com/an-ai-weathe...

An AI weather lab lost NSF funding. Its leadership says that could hurt the talent pipeline

The uncertain future of AI2ES, a collaboration of multiple research institutions, comes as the White House launches a public-private partnership to increase AI education.

fedscoop.com

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RSNStats LIVE! @live.rsnstats.com · 10d

Manager Alex Cora is going all in on this game.

Earlier today Cora said he learned a lot from his former #RedSox boss, Dave Dombrowski, when it comes to postseason play: "There's no tomorrow. Win today and then we will see where we are at the next day."

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 10d

Wow - early hook. In Cora we trust.

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 10d

Good piece from @stephenjnesbitt.bsky.social that answered a lot of questions I didn't even know I had about MLB's version of Red Zone. Totally didn't know it was airing (albeit on MLB.tv) for Games 161/162, which seems symbolic of problems

www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Can ‘Big Inning’ captivate fans like NFL’s ‘RedZone’? MLB Network hopes so, despite obstacles

Can a slow-paced, daily sport still command viewer interest when the closest corollary to a red zone is a runner on third base?

www.nytimes.com

Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 11d

a group of men sit at a table in front of a sign that says the long road home

Alt: Daaaa Yankees lose - David Ortiz screen cap

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 11d

Infinite ERA 😀

RSNStats LIVE! @live.rsnstats.com · 11d

#RedSox Garrett Crochet earns the win in this one. Improves to 1-0 in the postseason with a 1.17 ERA.

#Yankees Luke Weaver takes the loss tonight, falls to 0-1 in the postseason with an infinite ERA

Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 11d

a group of men sit at a table in front of a sign that says the long road home

Alt: a group of men sit at a table - David Ortiz caption “Daaaaa jankees lose”

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Andrew Callahan @andrewcallahan.bsky.social · 11d

SAWX.

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