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Christian A. Meissner

@cameissner.bsky.social

Scientist, Father, Political Junkie.

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Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last wk.

Nature did a short piece on our preprint about how LLMs will affect the practice of science; my more detailed thread is below.

Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts

Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.

nature.com

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 3w ago

1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

"Before he can vote for himself in the primary, Mike Lindell needs to register to vote in the state he wants to lead as gov The Secretary of State’s office said Lindell, Trump’s preferred candidate, 'does not have an active record' A review shows Lindell has an active voter registration in TX"

Mike Lindell, Trump’s pick for governor, isn’t registered to vote in Minnesota

Texas lists an active voter registration for the Republican businessman, who has drawn criticism for moving there and returning.

startribune.com

jenna newman phd@jennanewman.bsky.social · 3w ago

“‘We are surrounded by so many really intractable problems, & water quality issues on Cape Cod are really serious, & the solutions have such a far horizon,’ said Maggie Megaw, 72…. ‘This is so tangible & immediate. We show up at the pond & swim, & we bring back a big pile of trash’.”

“Ms. Baur said that the husbands of at least two members had thanked her. Diving for trash offers great stress relief and tends to have a salubrious effect on the mood back home. "You don't really want to live with unexploded ordnance, if you know what I meant," Ms. Baur said. And, as leader, she's had to squelch her proclivity to get anxious and complain about physical discomforts, she said. "Now it's like 'suck it up, because they are watching, " Ms. Baur said. "I'm going to show them that being old is OK."”
John Schwartz@jswatz.bsky.social · 3w ago

“I don’t quilt, I don’t crochet, that’s not how I’m going to fit in as I age,” Ms. Weiss said. “This feeds you in a different way.” @carabuckley.bsky.social stories help me remember that there are wonderful people out there working to fix the planet. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/c...

Mark Gongloff@markgongloff.bsky.social · 4w ago

Trump has hamstrung the world’s leading weather-forecasting system to maybe save a few bucks, just as the weather grows more chaotic. The effects will cost lives and billions of dollars Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Your Weather App Could Soon Develop Blind Spots

We live in an era when people will invest hard-earned dollars in a stock simply because an anonymous Redditor with a handle like “looksmaxxingtrader” posts “We need to save Wendy’s” or some such. But ...

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w ago

About two-thirds, or 66 percent, of Americans say they would describe the cost of groceries as unaffordable, up sharply from the 45 percent who said the same thing in February before the conflict started, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

Two-thirds of Americans find groceries unaffordable, Post-Ipsos poll finds

A new Washington Post poll found that more Americans are feeling worse about the price of groceries than they were before the war with Iran began.

washingtonpost.com

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

BARCLAYS: “.. AI has been widely heralded as a disinflationary force – a technology that will bring down costs, automate work, and boost productivity. For the time being, it is leading to the opposite: higher electricity costs, higher memory prices, and upward pressure on inflation.”

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w ago

Prices across all food categories are expected to rise 3.2% in 2026, according to the Economic Research Service at the Department of Agriculture. On "The Daily," the general manger of a food co-op in Pittsburgh discusses how the store is being affected by the quickly increasing costs.

Why Are Grocery Store Prices So High

Motivated to keep prices low, the general manager of a food co-op in Pittsburgh tells us how the store is navigating the steep costs.

nyti.ms

Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · last mo.

Do you want political appointees within federal agencies deciding on grant funding? Or suspending/terminating grants without warning? How about controlling how grant work is done? No? Neither do we. Comment period closes on Monday 7/13. Go give ‘em hell til it does.

Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS@bethlinas.bsky.social · last mo.

@bruceylee.bsky.social spitting the truth about the OMB rule: “So, assuming that you are a human and not a duvet cover or ficus plant, you may want to pay close attention to what’s happening.” Comments are due by July 13 (Monday!)

ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org

Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...

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Frank Figliuzzi@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · last mo.

Breaking: Per MSNOW’s Vaughn Hillyard, acting DNI Bill Pulte is now firing dozens of intelligence officials at agencies beyond his own office as part of removing the “deep state.” Reportedly, the officials may have refused to provide him requested intel.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)

What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.

propublica.org

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · last mo.

Trump and Republicans radically raised health insurance premium costs -- doubling them on average -- and so 5 million Americans who used to have health insurance now can't afford it. More than half the people who have this kind of health insurance live in GOP districts: www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket

Enrollment in Affordable Care Act insurance fell much more sharply in the first months of 2026 than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.

npr.org

AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲@altspaceforce.altgov.info · last mo.

Trump's "State Fair" displayed a fake, wholly made up version of NC's civil war era flag to include the Confederate stars & bars. Only after NC Gov Stein & sponsor Mt Olive Pickles loudly protested was the flag removed. Inventing narratives is what Trump does & what RCR allowed to stand.

Confederate flag at NC's Great American State Fair pavilion removed

An image of a Confederate flag was removed from North Carolina booth at the Great American State Fair, Gov. Josh Stein's office confirmed.

usatoday.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

Inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence victim began collecting others’ stories of abuse. 156 women answered her call. Together, they became “survivor sisters” — and helped shape a new law offering them a path toward freedom. But would it work? Listen to the full episode:

Convicted of Killing Their Abusers, These Women Got Another Chance at Freedom

A new law gave people sentenced for the murders of their abusive partners a rare pathway to freedom. That wasn’t the end of the story.

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Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With no explanation, Republicans on the State Board of Education have cut lessons that taught about racial segregation and slave revolts; that acknowledged slavery was because of skin color; and that said southern states seceded from the Union in part to preserve the practice of slavery.

Texas social studies rewrite would trim back lessons on slavery and civil rights

The board voted to cut proposed lessons that would explain racial segregation, slave...

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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

First (but *not* last) #SCOTUS ruling is in Cisco. For the usual 6-3 majority, Barrett effectively guts the Alien Tort Statute and forecloses aiding-and-abetting liability under the Torture Victims Protection Act. A really big (and bad) ruling for accountability for human rights abuses:

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Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 2mo ago

Khanna did not ‘say’ that Musk unleashed mass death. Serious research has documented it. —> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

thelancet.com

The Independent@the-independent.com · 2mo ago

Elon Musk promises to sue lawmaker who suggested DOGE cuts led to the deaths of 4.5 million kids