Chris Leece
@cleece.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Educator, Lover of Science, Fan of Arsenal and the NY Mets
This is a good thread.
One thing thats annoyed me about ai adoption is how self identified data and science people are approaching it so unscientifically.
Before making a decision about whether to accept something as true or adopt a new drug, etc, scientists set a parameter of acceptable error.
But we dont for ai?
Before making a decision about whether to accept something as true or adopt a new drug, etc, scientists set a parameter of acceptable error.
But we dont for ai?
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is a good thread.
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"Everyone knows data centers use a lot of water. What’s less known is how they can poison the drinking water that remains."
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Everyone knows data centers use a lot of water. What’s less known is how they can poison the drinking water that remains."
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut Education and Science Research the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut Education and Science Research the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn www.npr.org/sections/sho...
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
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Reminder: They wouldn't fund SNAP.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reminder: They wouldn't fund SNAP.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
Research is incremental because it has to be, that is what it takes to isolate variables and gather strong data. I agree with @partialobserver.bsky.social, it makes me sad more than it makes me angry because good medical and scientific research ultimately makes lives better.
This is so irresponsible and absurd, it should make me angry but mainly I’m sad. All the billions of dollars we spend to make medicine incrementally better, and all the scientists and technicians who devote their lives to the work… 1/
The NIH director told attendees the NIH doesn't do enough innovative research.
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Research is incremental because it has to be, that is what it takes to isolate variables and gather strong data. I agree with @partialobserver.bsky.social, it makes me sad more than it makes me angry because good medical and scientific research ultimately makes lives better.
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Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
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The latest History of Education Quarterly has an incredible forum addressing the dismantling of the US Department of Education.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The latest History of Education Quarterly has an incredible forum addressing the dismantling of the US Department of Education.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
This is the only way forward at this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is the only way forward at this point.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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ICE is going to raid mosques and synagogues in NYC as an act of revenge against Mamdani’s election.
This is so deeply sick.
This is so deeply sick.
"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
ICE is going to raid mosques and synagogues in NYC as an act of revenge against Mamdani’s election.
This is so deeply sick.
This is so deeply sick.
Lots of things in this piece I had not thought about before. Great work from @atrupar.com and his team.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
His ordinary scandal management techniques are not working.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Lots of things in this piece I had not thought about before. Great work from @atrupar.com and his team.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Reproductive rights was one of the Biden Administration’s signature policies. And Roe v Wade had been law for almost 50 years. The Supreme Court “interfered” with it.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reproductive rights was one of the Biden Administration’s signature policies. And Roe v Wade had been law for almost 50 years. The Supreme Court “interfered” with it.
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It's crazy how much the vice president of the united states loves nazis. Nazi chatbots, nazi group texts, nazi twitter accounts. He can't get enough! But it's simply not newsworthy, because making it a story would be biased
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
It's crazy how much the vice president of the united states loves nazis. Nazi chatbots, nazi group texts, nazi twitter accounts. He can't get enough! But it's simply not newsworthy, because making it a story would be biased
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Amen.
There is some comfort here in finding aand binding with others who have this experience but also so much sadness that a trauma and re-trauma you wish was unique (and may have thought was at one point, especially if you were a child) is anything but.
There is some comfort here in finding aand binding with others who have this experience but also so much sadness that a trauma and re-trauma you wish was unique (and may have thought was at one point, especially if you were a child) is anything but.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Amen.
There is some comfort here in finding aand binding with others who have this experience but also so much sadness that a trauma and re-trauma you wish was unique (and may have thought was at one point, especially if you were a child) is anything but.
There is some comfort here in finding aand binding with others who have this experience but also so much sadness that a trauma and re-trauma you wish was unique (and may have thought was at one point, especially if you were a child) is anything but.
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US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.
This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.