Jody Ranck
@jranck.bsky.social
Social scientist, public health pro, politics & ethics of AI, author, swimmer, bibliophile, love to cook cool dishes
Incredibly senseless
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New images could change cancer diagnostics. ICE detained Harvard scientist who analyzes them.
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Incredibly senseless
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Wonder what Olivia Nuzzi is up to lately
April 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Wonder what Olivia Nuzzi is up to lately
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Here is a list of critical federal health programs for families that they want to cut.
Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.
Call your reps.
Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.
Call your reps.
April 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Here is a list of critical federal health programs for families that they want to cut.
Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.
Call your reps.
Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty.
Call your reps.
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That the stock’s bounce after the close is holding up through this call is truly a monument to the gullibility of Wall Street.
April 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
That the stock’s bounce after the close is holding up through this call is truly a monument to the gullibility of Wall Street.
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my magical robots are going to create heaven on earth by overturning the laws of economics is the kind of message that really speaks to wall streets spiritual side
April 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
my magical robots are going to create heaven on earth by overturning the laws of economics is the kind of message that really speaks to wall streets spiritual side
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Utilities are buying huge amounts of stationary storage from Tesla, which is driving some of its only growth.
Boycott organizers please take note of this!
Boycott organizers please take note of this!
April 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Utilities are buying huge amounts of stationary storage from Tesla, which is driving some of its only growth.
Boycott organizers please take note of this!
Boycott organizers please take note of this!
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"hundreds" of Optimus robots "doing useful work" at Tesla factories by the end of this year
one million units/year of Optimus by 2029/30
why would anyone believe any of this until they deliver FSD in any kind of meaningful way?
one million units/year of Optimus by 2029/30
why would anyone believe any of this until they deliver FSD in any kind of meaningful way?
April 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"hundreds" of Optimus robots "doing useful work" at Tesla factories by the end of this year
one million units/year of Optimus by 2029/30
why would anyone believe any of this until they deliver FSD in any kind of meaningful way?
one million units/year of Optimus by 2029/30
why would anyone believe any of this until they deliver FSD in any kind of meaningful way?
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Musk acknowledges that there are massive questions about when autonomous ridehailing will generate significant business, and he says that this will take place in roughly the middle of next year... the eternal 12 month out deadline
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Musk acknowledges that there are massive questions about when autonomous ridehailing will generate significant business, and he says that this will take place in roughly the middle of next year... the eternal 12 month out deadline
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Musk not backing down. He thinks "the right thing to do" is to continue "fighting the waste and fraud." He calls it "critical work."
He calls protests "organized" and "paid for." He says protesters won't admit it, but they are recipients of the waste and fraud DOGE is cutting.
He calls protests "organized" and "paid for." He says protesters won't admit it, but they are recipients of the waste and fraud DOGE is cutting.
April 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Musk not backing down. He thinks "the right thing to do" is to continue "fighting the waste and fraud." He calls it "critical work."
He calls protests "organized" and "paid for." He says protesters won't admit it, but they are recipients of the waste and fraud DOGE is cutting.
He calls protests "organized" and "paid for." He says protesters won't admit it, but they are recipients of the waste and fraud DOGE is cutting.
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"It's never a dull moment these days" is how Elon opens the car.
He acknowledges that there has been "blowback" due to his work at DOGE, which he defends. Claims that all criticism is coming from those who received tax money that he and DOGE have cut.
He acknowledges that there has been "blowback" due to his work at DOGE, which he defends. Claims that all criticism is coming from those who received tax money that he and DOGE have cut.
April 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"It's never a dull moment these days" is how Elon opens the car.
He acknowledges that there has been "blowback" due to his work at DOGE, which he defends. Claims that all criticism is coming from those who received tax money that he and DOGE have cut.
He acknowledges that there has been "blowback" due to his work at DOGE, which he defends. Claims that all criticism is coming from those who received tax money that he and DOGE have cut.
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we can continue to devalue tesla and destroy him completely if we keep demonizing him even more
Tesla says profits fell by 71% (!) compared to the first quarter of 2024. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
Tesla warns that trade policy and politics are taking a toll as it announces sizable revenue decline
The electric automaker — which is increasingly trying to diversify into high-tech products like robots — said profits fell 71% to $409 million compared to $1.39 billion during the same quarter one yea...
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April 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
we can continue to devalue tesla and destroy him completely if we keep demonizing him even more
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you're not going to believe this, but this is absolutely not a thing.
Colin Langdon (who was at the event I put on earlier in the month) asks about dust/fog/glare issues with cameras as a safety issue in Tesla's approach to driving automation.
Musk claims Tesla uniquely "bypasses the digital signal processer" and does "direct photon counting"
Musk claims Tesla uniquely "bypasses the digital signal processer" and does "direct photon counting"
April 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
you're not going to believe this, but this is absolutely not a thing.
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Magical cameras that see in the dead of night. A magical race of robots that ends scarcity and creates heaven on earth. A purpose-modified Level 4 robotaxi system that somehow validates a "general solution to self-driving." A car brand down 20%, with nothing but janky wunderwaffens to fight back.
April 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Magical cameras that see in the dead of night. A magical race of robots that ends scarcity and creates heaven on earth. A purpose-modified Level 4 robotaxi system that somehow validates a "general solution to self-driving." A car brand down 20%, with nothing but janky wunderwaffens to fight back.
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Tesla made just under $14 billion in "automotive revenue" in the first quarter of 2025, down 20% year-over-year.
Everything else they do, including servicing those cars, brought in a little over $5 billion in revenue.
It's a crashing car business and a lot of BS about stuff Musk doesn't understand
Everything else they do, including servicing those cars, brought in a little over $5 billion in revenue.
It's a crashing car business and a lot of BS about stuff Musk doesn't understand
April 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tesla made just under $14 billion in "automotive revenue" in the first quarter of 2025, down 20% year-over-year.
Everything else they do, including servicing those cars, brought in a little over $5 billion in revenue.
It's a crashing car business and a lot of BS about stuff Musk doesn't understand
Everything else they do, including servicing those cars, brought in a little over $5 billion in revenue.
It's a crashing car business and a lot of BS about stuff Musk doesn't understand
Dumber and nasty
I don’t think we talk enough about the fact that Pete Hegseth doesn’t believe in the germ theory of disease and consequently doesn’t wash after he wipes www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years'
Harvard and Princeton graduate Pete Hegseth says germs don't exist because he can't see them.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dumber and nasty
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if you're in the mood to read a strong affirmation about the worth of disabled lives in the face of a eugenicist administration.... so was i, so i wrote one: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Disability, Eugenics, and the Value of Human Life
The eugenicists Your worth is not tied to what you can do. Your worth is not tied to your health. Your worth is not tied to all the things you can do...
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April 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
if you're in the mood to read a strong affirmation about the worth of disabled lives in the face of a eugenicist administration.... so was i, so i wrote one: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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FUCK. THIS. All of this.
The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI
The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI
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April 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
FUCK. THIS. All of this.
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Missed this when it was first reported, but the US's biggest egg producer saw its profits *TRIPLE* year-over-year.
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US’s biggest egg producer’s profits triple as prices soar
The DoJ is investigating, with Cal-Maine’s profits nearly eight times as high as at the start of the bird flu outbreak
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April 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Missed this when it was first reported, but the US's biggest egg producer saw its profits *TRIPLE* year-over-year.
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“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help.
If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."
-Pope Francis
If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."
-Pope Francis
April 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help.
If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."
-Pope Francis
If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."
-Pope Francis
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Americans often think of lawyers as opportunists who profit from conflict, and not without reason. But lawyers also represent the most fundamental defense against tyrants who seek to undermine a system of justice and fairness and to hold the populace in ignorance. Baher Azmy:
Lawyers Face an Existential Choice - Boston Review
Conciliation only fuels Trump’s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Americans often think of lawyers as opportunists who profit from conflict, and not without reason. But lawyers also represent the most fundamental defense against tyrants who seek to undermine a system of justice and fairness and to hold the populace in ignorance. Baher Azmy:
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This Hegseth thing is funny and all — but the unprecedented incompetence, frivolity, and treachery of the entire cabinet puts us all at very real risk.
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This Hegseth thing is funny and all — but the unprecedented incompetence, frivolity, and treachery of the entire cabinet puts us all at very real risk.