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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11h

And one more thing. Anyone who publicly begs for, and publicly demands, the Nobel Peace Prize should never be given the Nobel Peace Prize.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h

'Truly sick': Conservative blasts Fox News for snubbing 'veteran imprisoned by government'

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'Truly sick': Conservative blasts Fox News for snubbing 'veteran imprisoned by government'

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 18h

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18h

Here's a rule of thumb: If "AI" seems like a good solution, you are probably both misjudging what the "AI" can do and misframing the problem.

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Comment by Tom Diettrich on a linkedin post reading:

"You can't "test-in quality" in engineering; you can't "review-in quality" in research. We need incentives for people to do better research. Our system today assumes that 75% of submitted papers are low quality, and it is probably right (I'll bet it is higher). If this were a manufacturing organization, an 75% defect rate would result in bankruptcy.

Imagine a world in which you could have an AI system check the correctness/quality of your paper. If your paper passed that bar, then it could be published (say, on arXiv). Subsequent human review could assess its importance to the field.

In such a system, authors would be incentivized to satisfy the AI system. This will lead to searching for exploits in the AI system. A possible solution is to select the AI evaluator at random from a large pool and limit the number of permitted submissions. I imagine our colleagues in mechanism design can improve on this idea."

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13h

What a tangled web 🇷🇺 oligarchs weave attempting to slither out of sanctions & regain superyachts

“Why would a UAE company owned by an Indonesian citizen pay millions of dollars to American lawyers to help sanctioned executives of a Russian arms conglomerate”

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Investigation: Top Russian defense industry boss tries to lift sanctions, spills own secrets instead

Key findings: * Two years ago, lawyers representing an offshore company went to court to unblock a superyacht that had been detained in a Spanish port due to its links to Sergei Chemezov, an associa...

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 8h

AOC Utterly DESTROYS GOP Plan with ONE SIMPLE MESSAGE

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AOC Utterly DESTROYS GOP Plan with ONE SIMPLE MESSAGE

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 18h

Attorney general says Canadians could be charged with hate crime for social media posts under proposed bill. #cdnpoli

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Bethafus @bethafus.bsky.social · 10h

I just categorically disagree that cable broadcasters should not be subjected to regulation. Spewing lies from a firehose for profit should be as illegal as selling poisoned milk.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23h

Hey Chumpster, The Governor has
Another message for you LOSER !

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David Colquhoun @davidcolquhoun.bsky.social · 8h

AV Hill was a real hero. In his first paper, 1909, he derived the Langmuir equation, nine years before Langmuir did. He also refused a knighthood and rescued Bernard Katz from Nazis.
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On Archibald Vivien Hill and the honours list

Jump to follow-up One of my greatest scientific heros is A.V.Hill, and its one of my great regrets that I saw him only in the distance. He’s a hero partly because of his science, but also bec…

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Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 1d

I found thousands of Antifa members at Arlington Cemetery.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12h

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Michael OBrien @1mikeyob.follows.tech · 9h

HUMILIATION: Mike Johnson finally gets what he DESERVES | Another Day
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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HUMILIATION: Mike Johnson finally gets what he DESERVES | Another Day

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

What I didn't properly prepare myself for was that as the masked and armed fascists start tossing citizens into unmarked vans without license plates, they *also* take to television to opine on how patient they've been with their allegedly hateful and violent—actually law-abiding and peaceful—critics

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T.L. Benson @tlbenson.bsky.social · 11h

He literally told one of his family members that we would be better off if their special needs kids just died. The cruelty in his heart is an abyss. Many of his followers love him for that. The special needs cuts in the BBB were already draconian.

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Artemidorus @artemidorus.bsky.social · 11h

This has Vought's fiendish claws all over it. The Nazis had similar contempt for special needs people.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 14h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

But RFK Jr.? He’s different. He’s not just dumb. He’s majestic dumb. Dumb that glows. Dumb with wings. Dumb that makes other dumb look up and say, “One day, I wanna be like him.”

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Stupidity Officially Resigns: RFK Jr. to Assume Full Control

In Which I, Stupidity, Concede Defeat to a Man Who Debated Biology and Lost to a Placenta.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 1d

This is a timely, excellent and important report on how "arms length" bodies in UK are vulnerable to political manipulation.

Kudos @chrischirp.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social for putting this together.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Finally, someone is saying it.

🔴 NEW: "The message is simple: Farage is ultimately to blame as the man who delivered Brexit with 'easy sloganeering' then walked away from the aftermath rather than putting in the hard yards."

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