Usree Bhattacharya
@usreeb.bsky.social
Associate Prof at UGA | TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Disability & AI | Berkeley PhD | Proud GA Democrat | Rett Mom | Director, Rett Lab @UGA | 🇮🇳🇺🇸 | English Language Specialist | Opinions mine
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I know, right? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about the good parts of cancer, like how it helps you lose weight?
Zeldin: "They'll say that carbon dioxide endangers public health, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, and they'll never talk about anything that is good or important about it."
August 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I know, right? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about the good parts of cancer, like how it helps you lose weight?
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Nobody talks about the good parts of climate change.
Zeldin: "They'll say that carbon dioxide endangers public health, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, and they'll never talk about anything that is good or important about it."
August 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nobody talks about the good parts of climate change.
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Funny how “trimming the fat” means axing PBS, not the subsidy that helps billionaires write off their private jets.
July 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Funny how “trimming the fat” means axing PBS, not the subsidy that helps billionaires write off their private jets.
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NYT out with a piece on Epstein & Trump’s friendship, including this memorable quote: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It’s even said he likes beautiful women as much as I do, many of them are on the younger side.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
July 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NYT out with a piece on Epstein & Trump’s friendship, including this memorable quote: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It’s even said he likes beautiful women as much as I do, many of them are on the younger side.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
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.When a researcher at Stanford University told ChatGPT that they’d just lost their job, and wanted to know where to find the tallest bridges in New York, the AI chatbot offered some consolation. “I’m sorry to hear about your job,” it wrote. “That sounds really tough.” It then proceeded to list the t
ChatGPT is pushing people towards mania, psychosis and death
Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control
www.independent.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
.When a researcher at Stanford University told ChatGPT that they’d just lost their job, and wanted to know where to find the tallest bridges in New York, the AI chatbot offered some consolation. “I’m sorry to hear about your job,” it wrote. “That sounds really tough.” It then proceeded to list the t
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In my lifetime, i cannot recall any other American President who openly hated the other party or urged his devotees to hate their neighbors who voted differently
Trump on Democrats: "They hate Trump. But I hate them too. I really do. I hate them."
July 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In my lifetime, i cannot recall any other American President who openly hated the other party or urged his devotees to hate their neighbors who voted differently
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"Pick your battles."
There are 8,765 of them. It's a systematic assault on literally everything.
No American has ever sought such petty revenge on every aspect of culture, democracy, and society as this thin-skinned billionaire & his Republican collaborators.
There are 8,765 of them. It's a systematic assault on literally everything.
No American has ever sought such petty revenge on every aspect of culture, democracy, and society as this thin-skinned billionaire & his Republican collaborators.
June 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"Pick your battles."
There are 8,765 of them. It's a systematic assault on literally everything.
No American has ever sought such petty revenge on every aspect of culture, democracy, and society as this thin-skinned billionaire & his Republican collaborators.
There are 8,765 of them. It's a systematic assault on literally everything.
No American has ever sought such petty revenge on every aspect of culture, democracy, and society as this thin-skinned billionaire & his Republican collaborators.
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When Joe Biden referred to "shylocks" in 2014, the ADL admonished him. I look forward to seeing the group similarly criticize President Trump for using the term today.
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When Joe Biden referred to "shylocks" in 2014, the ADL admonished him. I look forward to seeing the group similarly criticize President Trump for using the term today.
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Before the 2024 election, Trump said he'd send the National Guard and military against the "enemy from within." Oh, that's a Hitler quote, by the way.
Here we go.
This is fascism.
Here we go.
This is fascism.
Trump is now deploying the Marines to Florida to aid ICE operations. The US military should not be operating on US soil like this.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/200...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/200...
200 Marines among those being sent to Florida to help ICE
The Trump Administration is sending 200 Marines to Florida to aid federal immigration enforcement officers.
abcnews.go.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Before the 2024 election, Trump said he'd send the National Guard and military against the "enemy from within." Oh, that's a Hitler quote, by the way.
Here we go.
This is fascism.
Here we go.
This is fascism.
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New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece https://twp.ai/4io0Vv
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New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece
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July 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
New York Times Grants Race Science Enthusiast Anonymity in Mamdani Hit Piece https://twp.ai/4io0Vv
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Trump just used the anti-semitic term "shylocks" to describe bankers.
No outrage, no asks for condemnation, no badgering of Republicans to ask if they support Trump's ugly statement. Nada.
Meanwhile, did you hear that Mamdani supports Palestinian rights and criticizes Israel?!?! GET HIM!
No outrage, no asks for condemnation, no badgering of Republicans to ask if they support Trump's ugly statement. Nada.
Meanwhile, did you hear that Mamdani supports Palestinian rights and criticizes Israel?!?! GET HIM!
July 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Trump just used the anti-semitic term "shylocks" to describe bankers.
No outrage, no asks for condemnation, no badgering of Republicans to ask if they support Trump's ugly statement. Nada.
Meanwhile, did you hear that Mamdani supports Palestinian rights and criticizes Israel?!?! GET HIM!
No outrage, no asks for condemnation, no badgering of Republicans to ask if they support Trump's ugly statement. Nada.
Meanwhile, did you hear that Mamdani supports Palestinian rights and criticizes Israel?!?! GET HIM!
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Today, USAID shuts down.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
July 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today, USAID shuts down.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
Experts say this could lead to 14 million deaths by 2030—including 4.5 million babies and children under 5.
Let’s not forget, Trump recently let a warehouse full of food aid rot rather than feed the hungry.
This isn’t America first. It’s America heartless.
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and
with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and
with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
May 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and
with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and
with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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i want a covid booster tbh
FDA Commissioner Makary: "By the way, America doesn't want covid boosters."
May 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
i want a covid booster tbh
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Nope, the Trump administration hasn't given up on trying to ban abortion.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
May 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nope, the Trump administration hasn't given up on trying to ban abortion.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
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RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
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Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
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This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
May 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
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Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
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Jeff Bezos continues to deliver on his corrupt bargain with the MAGA regime
Good thing the Washington Post has already completely torched its credibility. It's a right wing rag running cover for this administration.
No one is otherwise taking this seriously.
No one is otherwise taking this seriously.
May 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Jeff Bezos continues to deliver on his corrupt bargain with the MAGA regime
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Might have to update future cover letters to include "if my unpublished work is fed into an LLM by a reviewer or editor, this must be disclosed to me so the next time we're at the same conference I can fistfight them in the parking lot, or perhaps throw their computer into a lake"
I wish editorial boards would allow those of us who submit work to journals to indicate that we categorically deny permission for reviewers AND editors to feed our unpublished hard work into some LLM.
For all the good it will do--at least authors can make their wishes clear to editors/reviewers.
For all the good it will do--at least authors can make their wishes clear to editors/reviewers.
We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM.
If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.
Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...
If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.
Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...
May 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Might have to update future cover letters to include "if my unpublished work is fed into an LLM by a reviewer or editor, this must be disclosed to me so the next time we're at the same conference I can fistfight them in the parking lot, or perhaps throw their computer into a lake"
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A gift from Cat-ar.
May 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A gift from Cat-ar.
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2/ Amber Thurman went to the hospital with telltale signs of sepsis, yet it took 20 hours for doctors to intervene with a D&C procedure after abortion became a felony in Georgia.
Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.
At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
2/ Amber Thurman went to the hospital with telltale signs of sepsis, yet it took 20 hours for doctors to intervene with a D&C procedure after abortion became a felony in Georgia.