”it shows that ChatGPT transcripts can be obtained by opposing lawyers in discovery or during depositions. [He] said “every lawyer needs to make sure their own experts aren’t generating work[…] in a way that’s insincere, and then knowing you can subpoena the prompts”” www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.

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PSA for any PhDs required to submit their dissertation to ProQuest: The only way to stop them from adding your work to Turnitin and iThenticate is to opt out of making your work “discoverable through Google Scholar and other major search engines.” It doesn’t actually say Turnitin anywhere 🤷‍♀️

Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 2d ago

Thankfully Turnitin's planned change in terms to use all student content for AI development has been forced back. But the big Q remaining is: How did getting a degree from universities worldwide become conditional on students agreeing to the end user licence agreement of an *edtech company*?

Ceci n'est pas des droids you're looking for

Stabby Jane@abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 3d ago

I think about this a lot.

That said I remain convinced that the best possible casting for Odysseus would've been Gene Wilder.

Example: Four agents infiltrated a "Workers Assembly to Defeat ICE" and strike planning meeting on Feb. 15 at the United Labor Center. That report includes this sentence: "Attendees appeared to have a negative opinion of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey." (8)

I knew as a young child that someday my government would spy on me and my friends.

Someone else can do a better job for sure

Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 4d ago

I want someone to take a picture of the big Ferris wheel at the state fair and badly photoshop this onto it

i feel like this post and the hed really miss the most important part of this which is that the United States Federal Government convened a grand jury and presented a complete hoax to them, complete with graphic illustrating a wide-ranging conspiracy involving every liberal organization.

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 5d ago

Homeland Security investigators conducted a wide-ranging surveillance campaign against Minnesota labor unions, trying to find evidence that they were part of an Antifa conspiracy to finance domestic terrorism.

"Other members of the alleged conspiracy were said to include the local chapters of the S.E.I.U. and the Democratic Socialists of America, a state teachers’ union — and even the Grease Pit, a small bike shop in Minneapolis." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

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Oh damn it is way worse. Turnitin was trying to make instructors *personally liable* for mistakes made by its faulty AI detector. The entire FAQ is eye-popping. If you're a journalist, download a copy and consider writing about academic surveillance software.. view-su2.highspot.com/viewer/40018...

Ian Linkletter@linkletter.org · 5d ago

Anyone have a copy of Turnitin's proposed EULA changes that reportedly allowed them to train AI models on student data?

JAMA's new guidance says AI may not be used for clinical images / videos Lit reviews are okay though.... I have thoughts about that, having seen how (a) badly the tools perform (b) how few researchers do any verification jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Updated Guidance for Author Use of AI in Medical Publication

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping research and scientific publishing at an unprecedented pace, with extraordinary promise. We as editors embrace AI as a tool that can be helpful to researchers...

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why didn’t this work

Angie Craig@angiecraigmn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Proud to earn the endorsement of Patriotic Millionaires. When even millionaires are saying the system is rigged, it’s clear we need a complete overhaul to rebuild an economy that rewards hard work and creates opportunity for all Americans.

ORGANIZED PEOPLE BEAT ORGANIZED MONEY EVERY DAMN TIME. PEGGY FLANAGAN IS GONNA BE MY SENATOR!! @peggyflanagan.bsky.social On to the General! 🏆

A few months ago, my suburban Hennepin Co caucus room was nearly standing room only, filled with first time attendees, nearly chanting “abolish ICE, ban data centers, and vote Peggy!” Glad to see we still have our winter rage!

Minnesotans: please remember the best politics story (and reporting) from this year.

Emma Molls@emmamolls.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The best thing you’ll read (do so aloud) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0... (thank you @saralovesyou.bsky.social)

Anoka County organized all winter. ✊

floating in lotus position@gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 6d ago

Guessing if Flanagan wins Anoka County by 20% that's probably the game

Tornado warned storm front viewed from Navy Pier in Chicago, today

this has happened with a few of my kid’s classes and she is so happy. i am so happy. fuck canvas and google classroom and all this tech that changes every year. textbooks, workbooks, and paper should be standard, not just because of AI and cheating but because the rest of their life is on screens.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · last wk.

Went to parent-teacher night at my kid's middle school this evening and got told that the district is now moving away from technology in the classroom and going back to pen and paper. I love that this excellent news of rebellion came on the same day as Zuckerberg's AI supremacist screed.

New from 404 Media: ICE to spend millions to buy data from LexisNexis to then feed into a Palantir system. ICE has long bought data from LexisNexis, which feds use to map out a person's addresses, location, assets, etc. But now explicitly want to use with Palantir www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-l...

ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir

LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.

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If you ask me, and in this case someone did, small c conservative lawyerly risk management, the kind of dominates General Council offices, is leading us right into authoritarian control. See the lawyer’s advice versus mine.

University administrators seem to dream of a uni that costs a hundred thousand dollars a year, offers a dozen majors, subscription tech, and surveillance infrastructure every 8ft.

Emma Molls@emmamolls.bsky.social · last wk.

The library I work at is no longer open to the public and it’s a huge pain in the ass…to an offensive degree.

The library I work at is no longer open to the public and it’s a huge pain in the ass…to an offensive degree.

Gift link: www.theverge.com/column/97669...

AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust

AI detectors are feeding into accusations and distrust.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

“The result is a new era of distrust, where readers constantly question whether what they’re reading is AI and real human writers try their best not to sound like it.”

Two years after political backlash derailed Raz Segal’s appointment to lead the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the scholar says his $250,000 settlement sends a message about academic freedom. By @bzosiad.bsky.social

UMN pays $250K after rescinding job offer over Gaza comments

Two years ago, Holocaust scholar Raz Segal lost a University of Minnesota job offer after calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide. Now, he will receive a $250,000 settlement that he says is a win fo...

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Early voted in Minnesota today!

🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

how you can tell McMahon & Co know nothing about higher education: a pledge/promise from university leadership is worthless

Liam Knox@liamknox.bsky.social · 2w ago

Scoop: The Trump administration is sending a letter to college presidents asking them to pledge a series of policy changes by the end of the year. Unlike last year's Compact, this effort was devised with input from higher ed leaders. Free link to my exclusive: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Because the liars are out lying again— I wrote this from Paterson NJ in April 2020

‘Anybody who says they’re not scared during this is lying to you.’ A day in the life of paramedics in a pandemic | CNN

The man lay unconscious in the back of the ambulance, parked in front of the nursing home on the Passaic River. Another life slipping away before the paramedics of Paterson, N.J. For these health care...

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful