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Kat Arney
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Award-winning Storyteller of Science. PhD. Founder & Chief Creative Officer at First Create The Media for life science comms strategy & content https://firstcreatethemedia.com/ Views: mine. Book: https://www.rebelcellbook.com.
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katarney.bsky.social
Hey ChatGPT, can you give me some examples of Darwinism in action?
markpopham.bsky.social abraconagra @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
faduda.bsky.social Gerard Cunningham @faduda.bsky.social · 2d
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.

Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.

From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
katarney.bsky.social
Wasn't aware that Zaphod Beeblebrox was a key trend for Spring...
February 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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tudorcook.bsky.social
"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r. Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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oispooky.bsky.social
It'll never stop angering me, the number of times I've read "we don't know much about the real Hezekiah Moscow" in #AThousandBlows press coverage. I'm trying to trim 40k drafted words to fit in an 80k book. Yes, there are many mysteries still. But I've spent seven years with him. Just ask me?! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️
February 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
katarney.bsky.social
Does anyone else have a dog who sleeps with their eyes open and rolling around???? Absolutely freaked my nut the first time I saw it
February 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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benpatrickwill.bsky.social
"Zombie citations" of work that was never written are becoming a big problem in academic publishing. After encountering one recently I tried tracking down its source. Instead I found a growing mob of mutant references gathering on Google Scholar codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/t...
Tracing the social half-life of a zombie citation
Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” This term refers to references of academic publications that do not ex…
codeactsineducation.wordpress.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
By-election bar charts, off-licence edition
johnlister.bsky.social John Lister - johnlisterwriting.com @johnlister.bsky.social · 3d
In this comparison, am I ordering a hundred mls of bitter or a pint of whisky?
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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mjrobbins.com
Snooker won't be the same without him. May he finally find out where the cue ball's going.
John Virgo dies aged 79
John Virgo, who co-presented TV show Big Break and was a popular BBC commentator for decades, has died.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
It occurs to me that these freaks tend to talk about things in terms of genes instead of love or relationships because if they did frame it in those terms they’d have to confront the fact that a significant number of men refuse to do the work to make themselves lovable
smhaustralia.nzcow.com The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 5d
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
katarney.bsky.social
Completely normal. Nothing to see here, no sirree... Just the President of the US shaking down his own IRS for cash.
bradheath.bsky.social Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10d
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
katarney.bsky.social
Communities all over the country are crying out for retired volunteers to support local activities - it's engaging, makes you feel good, builds real connections etc etc. And yet sitting on Facebook complaining about potholes or cameras is what they (usually men) do.
mjrobbins.com Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 10d
Quite a telling quote from previous coverage. Men being disengaged from the real world is a big multiplier for social media brain.
January 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM
katarney.bsky.social
It's everywhere. Unreadable 20+page reports that should be 2-3, 1000+ word scripts for <2 minute animations. Even had a client "helpfully" use AI to rewrite our proposal entirely to stuff we dont actually do. It's a menace if you don't have the discernment to know what "good" should look like.
mjrobbins.com Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 10d
Complete aside to this amazing thread but I’m hiring at the moment and seeing some cover letters from ChatGPT and the biggest tell now is… the length? All the other stuff of course, but as soon as you see a 500 word cover note ten shillings says it’s AI slop.
kolektiv.xyncro.com Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 11d
Are we going to wonder if she actually has those skills? Because, with my employer hat on, receiving a CV full of relevant skills that a candidate doesn't have is, ummm... Less than great. Or, put another way, lying. Hallucinating? Nope, just lying. Don't do this!

Oh well, back to the prompt mines.
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
katarney.bsky.social
Make Encephalitis Great Again!

vaccineknowledge.ox.ac.uk/measles#Key-...
A child with measles will have to spend about five days in bed and could miss two weeks of school. Even in wealthier countries such as the UK, around one in every 15 children with measles will develop more serious complications. These can include: ear infection (otitis media) in about 8% of measles cases (about 1 in 12 people) pneumonia in up to 6% of measles cases (up to 1 in 16 people) diarrhoea in about 8% of measles cases (about 1 in 12 people) encephalitis (inflammation of the brain): 1 case for every 1000-2000 cases of measles. Encephalitis can lead to permanent brain damage. In countries like the UK, measles causes death in about 1 in 5000 cases. In rare cases, measles can lead to a condition called SSPE (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis). SSPE is a persistent viral infection, a devastating complication of measles which leads to a progressive destruction of the central nervous system. Symptoms can develop years after the initial infection. It results in dementia, loss of motor control, epilepsy and eventually death. A US study has suggested that SSPE may be more common than previously thought. Do watch the short film in the video section below: 'SSPE - a serious complication of measles: Sarah Walton's story'.
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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smbccomics.bsky.social
Later they attack the Buddhist and keep asking what is the sound of one hand slapping.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/why-9
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
4-panel SMBC comic update. A bully is holding a smaller kid down, asking him aggressively why he's hitting himself. The smaller kid answers deadpan "for it is in the nature of things," bumming the bully out. The bully walks along a brick wall with his friends, hands in his pockets, dejected. He says "I hate trying to bully stoics," to which his friend answers "let's try some existentialists. They're sad before you even get there."
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
katarney.bsky.social
Not only can he not get laid, his editor clearly hates his guts to have committed this to print.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
katarney.bsky.social
This is such a beautiful song, arranged and performed by one of the most talented musicians I've ever had the privilege of working with 🥰 open.spotify.com/track/3dX97p...
Fairest of the Seasons
open.spotify.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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chrisblohm.bsky.social
The speed at which my friend @mjrobbins.com is mastering this kind of content is somewhat terrifying. Behold his latest video, which operates in a dream state somewhere twixt a One Show segment and an Adam Curtis dystopian nightmare.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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mjrobbins.com
My latest: On the mad sequence of events that unfolded when badgers demolished a road.
Britain's Weirdest Detour
When badgers destroyed a road in rural Lincolnshire, the response was wilder than you might imagine.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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smbccomics.bsky.social
Because the null hypothesis is you're an empiricISN'T.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/just
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
Part 1/2 of a 5-panel SMBC comic update. A young man and a bearded man are walking together over a blue background. The young man asks "do you think justice is a notion outside human behavior or merely the rules that the powerful impose and the weak endure?" The bearded man answers that no discussion is needed, only science. He suggests they take random people, give them massive and arbitrary power, and watch to see if platonic justice pops out! Part 2/2 of a 5-panel SMBC comic update. It's 14 seconds later. The young man and the bearded man are now against a red background with a sketch destroyed city. The young man's clothing is all ripped, and the bearded man now has a hook for his right hand. The young man says "well, I guess the theory's out" prompting the bearded man to reply "science is magic!" The young man says that it's too bad about the collapse of civilization and ensuing murder or all their loved ones though. The bearded man replies "are you a empiric-IS-t or an empiric-ISN'T?"
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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lanceparkin.bsky.social
Can you imagine having such a weak hand that you feel the best two cards you can play as selling points are 'American treatment of indigenous people' and 'American healthcare'?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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tracyking.bsky.social
You can tell how old a Christmas tree is by counting the rings
A man holding a large brown box which has been taped many times
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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mjrobbins.com
Amazing scenes in Shefford at Old Bridge Way, the road abandoned to ruin by Central Bedfordshire Council. The council placed 'private road' signs to show they won't be held responsible for it, but residents have, er, repurposed them...
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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laurasaurus.bsky.social
Chasing goose meme and the goose is saying “which side in WWII?”
January 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM
katarney.bsky.social
What happened to that 17 year old kid who already solved this with his science fair project???

(I'm being bitchy but it did really piss me off)
natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 16d
Pancreatic cancer is often caught too late to affect a person’s prognosis. A Nature Outlook article reports on the work scientists are doing to change that. #medsky 🧪
Early detection could improve pancreatic cancer’s poor survival rates
The disease is often caught too late to affect a person’s prognosis — scientists are looking to change that.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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katedes.bsky.social
Jesus. This poor family. Yet PIV manufacturers go on pushing it - and ofc blaming installers when people are harmed.

Unfortunately Awaab's Law as it stands drives dangerous quick fixes like PIV and chemical washes/mists over actually tackling the causes. Which, as here, can just make things worse.
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM