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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 12h

The quote-skeets are truly delightful to read. Everyone recalling a moment in college in which they experienced true inspiration, rolled with it, and impressed themselves with what their minds came up with. so many wonderful memories of learning what you are capable of.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 15h

This is why I’m not doing age verification for any of these social media apps. i will sacrifice DM functionality on Bluesky.

404 Media @404media.co · 16h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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404 Media @404media.co · 16h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists Just Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice. Could They Do It in Humans? gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

Scientists Just Reversed Alzheimer’s in Mice. Could They Do It in Humans?

Instead of targeting neurons, the researchers specifically sought to repair a critical part of the brain that keeps disease-inducing toxins out.

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Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · 1d

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A debate is unfolding inside the Ohio Statehouse over a proposed bill known as "The Charlie Kirk Heritage Act," which aims to incorporate teachings on the positive impacts of Christianity in Ohio's schools.
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Charlie Kirk bill sparks debate over teaching impact of Christianity in Ohio schools

An Ohio bill, the “Charlie Kirk Heritage Act,” would require teaching Christianity’s influence on U.S. history, sparking church-state debate.

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 1d

If you have an inkling you might win a Nobel prize, do you feel some urge to ensure you’re in a really noteworthy inaccessible place when it’s announced so you’ve got a good story about getting the news. ‘So, it was as our submersible rose from the Mariana Trench when my phone started pinging…’

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The Cut @thecut.com · 2d

In a rare piece of good abortion-rights news, the FDA approved another generic form of mifepristone. But that doesn’t mean anyone can rest easy about abortion-pill access going forward.

What FDA Approval of a New Generic Abortion Pill Means for Access

In a rare piece of good abortion-rights news, the FDA approved another generic form of mifepristone. But that doesn’t mean anyone can rest easy about abortion-pill access going forward.

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 2d

clears throat:

Black and white image of parachutes with caption: "Parachutes reduce the risk of injury after gravitational challenge, but their effectiveness has not been proved with randomised controlled trials."

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 2d

ADF once again attacks the studies as having biased sampling. There isn't a single study affirming LGBTQ people's experiences that the right wouldn't attack, because they KNOW the "perfect randomized study" they demand that tests *obviously* harmful effects could never ethically be conducted.

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 2d

Colorado's lawyer lays out how ludicrous it would be to try to do some kind of randomized study ON CHILDREN to prove conversion therapy is harmful. We already know enough to know that there's no way such research could be performed ethically, and we know plenty enough without it.

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 2d

Oral argument for Chiles v. Salazar, challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is set to begin

Me & @turban.bsky.social talked about the implications of the case in @jamapediatrics.com

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

Hey fellow Brown alums, have you signed this yet? standstrongbrown.org/reject-trump...

Brown must reject Trump’s so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence” – Stand Strong Brown

standstrongbrown.org

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

Also some of the background navy service personnel seem to be clapping plenty about no longer being ”politically correct” at other parts of the speech so 🙃

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

Here is a clip of what he said just before: www.instagram.com/reel/DPcSIPb...

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

someone more electronically adept please post the contextual clip, you can find it here: www.instagram.com/reel/DPcSIPb...

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway, someone more electronically adept please post the contextual clip, you can find it here: www.instagram.com/reel/DPcSIPb...

Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

It plays into authoritarian messaging when we post military brass clapping for pay raises (even if they should refrain from doing so) and implicate that they are clapping for the extermination of political opposition.

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

But *also* people have to be careful about reposting this clip out of context. Authoritarians *want* you to believe that the military backs them up.

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

note that the cadets were clapping in response to what he said JUST before this clip. I was curious what that was and looked it up, turns out he had just said he supports an across the board pay raise for military. that is what they were clapping about. And then he pivots to this.

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

That being said, military should not be politicized and that is why navy cadets should refrain from clapping in the background regardless of what is said.

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Dana Howard @thedanahoward.bsky.social · 4d

note that the cadets were clapping in response to what he said JUST before this clip. I was curious what that was and looked it up, turns out he had just said he supports an across the board pay raise for military. that is what they were clapping about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 7d

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former Director of NIAID, is Fired by Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy in Retaliation for Filing Whistleblower Complaint with the Office of Special Counsel

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trevin @trevinflickinger.com · 8d

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Columbus City Council candidates Tiara Ross and Jesse Vogel spar over transparency, ethical issues

The German Village Society hosted a Columbus City Council candidate forum and largely asked about topics close to home. The District 7 candidates used the topics to explain how they'd govern different...

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 8d

This is true. In AI mode no reponses to question "Does Trump show signs of dementia" but long analysis if you ask "Does Biden show signs of dementia"

So whole AI thing is now Orwell-level of corruption and monopoly abuse just three years into its public explosive introduction.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 9d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

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