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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · 14d

"To the extent he isn't" is also a real tell: Vance would like to lie as brazenly as Trump and deny that Disney had to bring Kimmel back, but he hasn't had quite enough practice at uttering the truly, enormously batshit lies yet. He's almost there, though.

Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · 15d

Good thing they didn't go with his design. That green backdrop is the perfect shade. Really sets off his luscious, healthy skin tone and the candyfloss gold of his flowing locks.

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · 19d

"Fixing" the language in homage to the great man...he'd have been touched, I'm sure.

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Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social · Jul 27

The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.

So would you do us a favour and share?

UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4

UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews

YouTube video by Larry & Paul

youtu.be

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Jun 27

The Met Office are letting us submit our own storm name suggestions:

www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

There's space for five names in the submission boxes.

Let's go with:

Exxon Mobil
BP
Shell
Equinor
Chevron

At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve.

Pls retweet!

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Jun 18

Latest issue of e-Rea available online: journals.openedition.org/erea/

e-Rea - Revue électronique d’études sur le monde anglophone

e-Rea. Revue électronique d’études sur le monde anglophone. Revue du Laboratoire d’études et de recherche sur le monde anglophone. La revue a été créée en 2003. Elle publie des articles consacrés a...

journals.openedition.org

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sittingbisontin.bsky.social @sittingbisontin.bsky.social · Jun 6

Trump banned important words from research - 350 of them.
So we said 🛑Touche pas à mon pote!✊ and stuffed as many of them as we could into the abstract of our new math paper. 🫵You can do the same!🫵Join the cause with your next abstract - they will have no choice but to hear us.
#AdoptCensoredWords

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Apr 26

La recherche et l'enseignement supérieur amputés de 493,3 millions d’euros, dans un pays qui tente de se présenter comme une terre d'accueil pour les chercheurs américains.

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Andy Kelly @andyeprr.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · Apr 19

Émilie Mitran - Les Américains à Paris

Une relation révolutionnaire 1776-1792

À paraître en septembre chez Nouveau Monde

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Apr 19

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Martin Rowson on the martyrdom of Volodymyr Zelenskyy – cartoon

US secretary of state Marco Rubio warns that Washington will ‘move on’ from peace talks unless it sees progress soon

www.theguardian.com

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Joseph Gagné, Ph. D. @josgagne.bsky.social · Apr 9

Of all the political memes circulating right now, this one was the biggest hit with my 18th-century-specialist colleagues 😂😂😂

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Apr 1

Mixing up 1920 and 2020. It doesn't mean a damn bit of difference to the cult. It doesn't matter.

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Alina Poliakova 🇺🇦 @poliakova.bsky.social · Mar 11

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Mar 4

If you're wondering what happens when a democracy slides into authoritarianism, here it is!
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Feb 22

Bardella was already in Washington for this rally. The words and ideas don't trouble him. He just doesn't want to be too closely associated with the overtly Neo-Nazi gesture. All part of the RN's sanitisation plans, to woo voters

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Feb 13

NEW: The Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent, with the very latest from Washington.

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

The Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent with the very latest from Washington

We return to the United States, where Lincoln emancipated slaves and MAGA is liberating plastic straws.

open.substack.com

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · Feb 9

Comment l’IA nous trompe « avec un aplomb digne d’un écolier qui ne connaît pas sa leçon et qui bluffe »

Les outils comme ChatGPT sont capables d’apporter des réponses fausses avec une assurance déroutante. Analyse d’un outil qui peut s’avérer aussi utile que trompeur, à partir d’exemples partagés par les lecteurs du « Monde ».

www.lemonde.fr

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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · Dec 17

Don't miss out on free access to our Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies journals! All issues (2005 onwards) are free to access until 31 December. Explore:

- Arabic Sociolinguistics
- Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies

...and more 👉 edin.ac/40IM8A6

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Dec 16

Privatisation of BR happened almost 20 years before Brexit

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Ruth Menzies @ruthmenzies.bsky.social · Dec 14

"The University has lost 272 members of staff"... grotesque euphemism.

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Florian Pascual @florianpascual.bsky.social · Nov 22

Avec le quasi-gel du point d’indice, le pouvoir d’achat des personnels contractuels et titulaires de l’ESR s’est effondré depuis de plus de 20 ans.
▶️ Depuis 2000, la perte est de 27,3%.
▶️ Depuis 2010, la perte s’élève à 17%.
#ESR #VeilleESR #HelloESR #CGT @cgt.fr #FercSup
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