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Dr Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe
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Dr Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe @afrenchparadox.bsky.social · Feb 17
White researchers going to Africa and not involving locals in their papers: a dynamic thread (post #1 and #2 recovered from the other place).
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mazalbof.bsky.social
Il faut tout de même reconnaître à la France un certain talent, pour réussir quotidiennement cet exploit consistant à pondre chaque jour une illustration plus vulgaire & grotesque que la veille de l’oligarchie sordide qu’est la Ve République.
December 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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mikebaker.bsky.social
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:

Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.

The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.

Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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marcmorris.bsky.social
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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milesklee.bsky.social
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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sabrinanorwood.bsky.social
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Text reads: About synthetic panels Recruiting the right participants for a study can be difficult. You may not get the exact demographics you need, and the shorter the deadline, the less sure you can be that everyone will answer on time. One possible solution can be to use synthetic panels. Synthetic panels are powered by a first party proprietary AI model developed here at Qualtrics. Our synthetic panel is trained on thousands of responses from a variety of demographic backgrounds in order to more accurately predict how certain populations would respond to a survey. Our synthetic panel is based on the United States General Population, and is only available in English. This panel comes with ready-made quotas and target breakouts in order to represent your chosen population and make it easy to launch your survey right away. Text reads: Question-writing best practices To get the most reliable and actionable results from synthetic audiences, consider these question-writing best practices: Ask forward-looking and attitudinal questions. Synthetic panels perform best with perceptions, preferences, and intent-based questions. For example, “How likely are you to try…?” Synthetic panels are less applicable for studies on past behaviors, detailed recall, brand recall, or awareness questions. For example, “When did you last visit…?” Text reads: Discussion The current study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the TPB when applied to health behaviours which addressed the limitations of previous reviews by including only prospective tests of behaviour, applying RE meta-analytic procedures, correcting correlations for sampling and measurement error, and hierarchically analysing the effect of behaviour type and sample and methodological moderators. Some 237 tests were identified which examined relations amongst model components. Overall the analysis indicated that the TPB could explain 19.3% of the variance in behaviour and 44.3% of the variance in intention across studies. This level of prediction of behaviour is slightly lower than that of previous meta-analytic reviews which have found between 27% (Armitage & Conner, 2001; Hagger et al., 2002) and 36% (Trafimow et al., 2002) of the variance in behaviour to be explained by intention and PBC.
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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effinbirds.com
A painting of a bird beside the text "i was excited to hear that you had fucked off"
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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kai-arzheimer.com
This is not funny at all
The Drake meme. First caption: Doing a task once in 20 mins. Second caption: Spending 36 hours automating it to "save" 20 minutes, then never using it again.
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.

Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 9d
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
🚨NEW INQUIRY!

Imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.

That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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moorejh.bsky.social
Lack of research funding is the problem and not lack of ideas…
jasonsanford.bsky.social Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 9d
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.

Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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thomashansen.bsky.social
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'

6 judges & 3 prosecutors at International Criminal Court been sanctioned by Trump administration.

In interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses impact of these measures:
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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jamesrball.com
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age. The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
It is almost as if Starmer's team wants to hand "cowardice" talking points to Polanski and Davey
adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13d
Asked repeatedly about Donald Trump calling Sadiq Khan "disgusting" and suggesting that he was only elected because of immigrants, Keir Starmer's spokesman says only that the PM has a "strong relationship" with the President which has "yielded positive results for this country"
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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athenakugblenu.bsky.social
It's not really human rights law if the terms and conditions can be updated, is it? People don't stop being human
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
afrenchparadox.bsky.social
"For every bit of anti-science conspiracy babble you espouse, we will invent something so cool you can’t even contemplate it” *chef's kiss
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Holy CRAP.

Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.

Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.

And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
afrenchparadox.bsky.social
To think I can be an activist is actually flattering given the level of organisation it would demonstrate from me. ADHD me would love to not be pulled apart by the 100s interesting things I signed up for, so I have time for actually efficient activism, beyond my immediate context.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 14d
As the trans community have known for a while now - the definition of activist is someone who dares to state they exist
HADLEY FREEMAN Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
there's a parallel between nonprofit world and academia, where there's a constant tide of idealistic, hopeful people coming in the door, and the people on top are able to lever that commitment to The Cause to extract from them in a way that's harder when everyone's just there to make a buck
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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philgroom.bsky.social
Nuts, eh? Great source of protein and energy, so c’mon y’all: let’s own it and say nuts to Starmer!
join.greenparty.org.uk
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December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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bobsmyusername.bsky.social
Who has made this 🤣
Buster from the tv show ‘Arrested Development’ holding an arm full of plushies while he looks at his mother Lucille, saying, “these are my awards, mother, from FIFA.“
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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nora.bz
non mais vous comprenez, on ne peut par leur rendre les objets qu'on leur a volés, parce qu'ils n'ont pas les infrastructures pour les conserver dans de bonnes conditions ! 🙃
lecanardenchaine.fr Le Canard enchaîné @lecanardenchaine.fr · 16d
Et maintenant, le Louvre prend l'eau ! La fuite d’une canalisation vétuste a inondé la bibliothèque des antiquités égyptiennes et endommagé gravement des livres rares. Aucun travail de sécurisation n’avait été engagé malgré les alertes du personnel…
Gestion du Louvre : Et maintenant, le musée prend l’eau ! | Le Canard enchaîné
La fuite d’une canalisation vétuste a inondé la bibliothèque des antiquités égyptiennes et endommagé gravement 400 livres rares. Au musée du Louvre, aucun travail……
f.mtr.cool
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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tanzpunk.bsky.social
ADHD & autism "diagnoses are increasingly used by students & workers for organising to push back against oppressive systems and institutions of exploitation. The backlash against the expansion of these diagnoses is... a ruling class backlash against a demand for change by those who are disabled..."
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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cailin.dev
Kudos for these women for standing up and doing the right thing but they're trying to ban trans women from e-sports now? Absolutely ridiculous.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
www.out.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM