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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 18h

Trump aide freezes on live TV after controversial claim about president: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-08/stephen-miller-donald-trump-plenary-authority/105865430

Trump aide freezes on live TV after controversial claim about president

A Trump administration official faces criticism after allegedly claiming US President Donald Trump has "plenary authority" while on a live interview with CNN.

www.abc.net.au

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 1d

Why do some ideas spread widely, while others fail to catch on?

Our new review paper on the PSYCHOLOGY OF VIRALITY is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social (it was led by @steverathje.bsky.social)

Read the full paper here: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 1d

a cartoon sun with a smiling face and closed eyes

ALT: a cartoon sun with a smiling face and closed eyes

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 1d

Fuck yes. Let's keep it going.

Mike Keil @mikekeil.bsky.social · 1d

A good news story! Have a great day.
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 4d

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 4d

Surprising nobody, Mark Latham has been a dickhead again.

The Age (unofficial) @theage.nzcow.com · 4d

📢 The MP was asked to leave by management but refused, according to turf club officials.

👉 Report issues, make suggestions

Mark Latham removed from Royal Randwick restaurant by police

www.theage.com.au

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 4d

Good story overall, but I would be astounded if any of these four had a personal vote in positive territory.

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 6d

Aussie bicycle riders in September can relate.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 7d

A Ukrainian FPV interceptor caught on the rear camera of a Russian reconnaissance drone just a second before shooting it down.

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Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 7d

If gravity were politicised, Grok would be telling people they can fly

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8d

We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 11d

Just heard the doctors gave Jeremy Cameron some Panadol, so now he has autism I guess.

#AFLGF

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13d

From the original Swedish researchers.

Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows

Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.

theconversation.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 14d

Folks, we've got an epistemological crisis and it's not going well www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Anti-vax groups struggle to explain how Tylenol fits in with their whole thing

The White House's very weird autism announcement triggers a moment of opportunity and crisis.

www.motherjones.com

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 15d

Probably not. But of all the bad days for it, this might be one of the worst 🤷‍♂️.

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 15d

Today might not be the best day for Sussan Ley to kick Albanese for not meeting with Trump.

#Auspol

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 16d

In the same presser he said babies get 80 vaccinations "like a horse". He's just making shit up and outlets should not merely regurgitate it.

Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 16d

Journalists need to be very very careful reporting on the paracetamol story. This is no time for straw man reporting or headlining Trump's statement without commentary, because all most people will see is the headline and take it as gospel. 1/

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15d

This is currently at the top of the New York Times app when I open it up. It is very good to see such a clear headline that this ignores scientific evidence. But to have this level of misinformation streaming out of the highest office of the land is a public health threat that is hard to overstate.

“Trump Ignores Science by Linking Autism to Vaccines and a Common
Painkiller
President Trump gave direct and unproven medical advice contradicting decades of research about vaccines and the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy and infancy.”

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 15d

Caplan, but yes. All of that.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16d

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:

“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16d

This MAGA/MAHA/Trump/RFK Jr/Dr Oz/Dr Bhattacharya press conference right now is quite possibly the worst press conference—from the viewpoints of medicine, public health, & medical ethics—that I’ve ever seen. These men are so shameless & deeply irresponsible. Wherever happened to science & evidence?

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 16d

This is how you write a headline for these kinds of occasions.

#ScienceCommunication #SciComm

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16d

BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.

Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.

bit.ly

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 16d

Spare a thought for the people trying to fact-check this mess in real time.

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Alt: a cat is typing busily on a laptop

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 16d

Would be interesting to hear what @julieleask.bsky.social thinks, but she might be very busy today!

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 16d

Yeah, quite possibly ... or maybe the higher burden of having to book appointments to space them apart means less vaccines uptake overall?

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 16d

Journalists need to be very very careful reporting on the paracetamol story. This is no time for straw man reporting or headlining Trump's statement without commentary, because all most people will see is the headline and take it as gospel. 1/

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Doctor Nurse @mattnurse.com · 16d

"Gold-standard science" is based on feelings over in the USA's political administration.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."

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