The point isn't "people can't be harmed by LLMs." It's, "the harm it does was explicitly chosen by other people, who can and should be held accountable."
Dr Sian Gramates
@drglam.bsky.social
Biocurator, feminist, molecular neuroscientist, pagan, Drosophila geneticist, comics geek, cat adorer, coping with disability DrGlam nearly everywhere
The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier.
Another billionaire who thinks you don't deserve the Social Security you've paid for your whole working life. youtu.be/oXEGfxboakU
Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for Work Requirements on Social Security and Medicaid
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
You can't move fast and break things in the government. The things you break are people.
realize I'm a little bit of a quirky guy but being punched in the face repeatedly by masked men with guns actually is something I find frightening
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBASH: He's a US citizen MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now? MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
Likewise it’s easy to evade what Lena Khan has pointed out: we already have regulations for this stuff, which are the basic regulations that govern consumer products That’s what these guys have built. Bad, unsafe consumer products. Not machine gods ffs
Among other things, a really important point gets brought up here, which is that it’s apparently easier for us to imagine killer robots taking over the world than a concrete system of laws that applies to someone like Sam fucking Altman
Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is very, very good youtu.be/t3UlAQuVbmE
Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich
Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n
youtube.com
Again, there is clear evidence a data center moratorium would peel far more votes away from the GOP than the 10-15 (not thousand, literally 10-15 total) who might switch over this same crowd’s demand to betray queer people. It’s malpractice that the party won’t ditch these professional losers.
Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · 2d agoFail. (Big piece on this tomorrow.) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
My hot take: We are not arguing about SSRIs. Some of us are using them as prescribed by our doctors to treat mental health difficulties. This administration has decided that's a problem based on no actual research.
This is how it is and how it always has been The for-profits account for a hugely outsized share of student debt and especially loan defaults a community college is always better choice than a for-profit college
Matt Barnum@mattbarnum.bsky.social · 3d agoSo many people think that the students who can't pay back their loans are going to like Vassar or Oberlin or even Harvard. In reality they're going to schools like Legends Barber College or Construction Training Center. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
I was sitting in my 3rd floor room just now, & realized the scrabbling noise I was hearing was not my cat (sleeping beside me). I got up and looked out my window and there was a RACCOON scratching fiercely at my flimsy window screen, trying to get in! It dashed off when I raised my phone, so no pic.
So while you're thinking about a super human, super "intelligent" alien being killing you, here's what's really happening. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Doctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugs
Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.
abc.net.au
We gotta seize this dude and all of his enabler’s assets after this. He’s done too much damage. It’s not enough for these people to just sail away from this on a big boat. That’s our boat.
I am suing the NIH. As part of a class action with the ACLU and 16 other plaintiffs, we are challenging the thousands of unlawful grant terminations in an effort to get them all reinstated. Whatever happens, at the very least, no one can say I sat back and watched while they destroyed science.
Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
aclu.org
It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban and the first to directly sue Paxton, who has taken a leading role in enforcing Texas’ ban.
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
19thnews.org
Scientist here: It is widely known inside science that this—top-down imposition of a research agenda—leads to mostly rote, boring, non-innovative work. Building an institute to do discovery science is hard: you hire young people, put them together, hope synergies arise and ideas fall out.
Jeffrey Mervis@policyhound.bsky.social · 4d agoA deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.
Hey worm friends! microPublication Biology is looking for some C. elegans managing editors. Come check us out!
microPublication Biology@micropub7n.bsky.social · 5d agoCall for Volunteers: C. elegans Managing Editors for microPublication Biology micropublication.org/news/0f62741...
Imagine being one of the most popular singers in the world and thinking that the venues have the power, and not you. I would leverage my popularity against Kraft and be like “sorry everyone, HE doesn’t want you to have a fun concert to go to you should ask him about that” but I’m different
Racist anti-Muslim Trump advisor Laura Loomer: “Maybe we need another 9/11.” 😕 Where is the multi-week media freakout? Why is Trump + every Republican not asked about it every day? What would they be doing if @hasandpiker said it? (H/T @qasimrashid.com )
If there was ever a case for justified civil asset forfeiture it is Trump and his extended family.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d agoDavid Frum: Post-Trump, the US will need to learn from Nigeria, Peru, and the Philippines how to track and reclaim corrupt wealth from a fallen autocrat and his crooked family. The Romans had a simple approach: pass a lex damnatio forfeiting all the wealth of the tyrant and his family to the state.
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens. trib.al/gtavhxd
ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
trib.al
Since the Supreme Court handed Trump an enormous L it is the perfect time to tell your Rep they need to protect mail voting! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail and voting machines
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
OMG! Supreme Court rebuffs Trump's attempt to break mail-in voting 7-2 We @democracydefendersfund.org were proud to file a brief in support of this outstanding outcome for LULAC & working with CLC Also a VERY important signal of how Trump's other election sabotage efforts will be treated
A Michigan program gave families $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month through a baby’s first year. The result: Healthier babies and healthier moms. theconversation.com/im-a-pediatr...
I’m a pediatrician in Michigan who created Rx Kids, one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty programs – here’s what I’ve learned about how medical schools can improve community health
More than 15,000 families in Michigan have received cash support from Rx Kids. Participants say the program helps them pay bills and maintain their health.
theconversation.com