Max Miller is only 37 and he’s already taking gender affirming hormone replacement therapy?
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h agoWhat a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
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Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h ago
An important reminder from an APA guide on navigating AI-based advice. "Feeling better does not always mean getting better. AI is designed to respond in ways that feel validating or relieving in the moment. That does not necessarily mean the response is accurate, safe, or helpful for your long-term
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Can't even muster a "I find these allegations concerning..."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBRENNAN: Should there be an ethics probe to look into Max Miller? REP. MIKE TURNER: This is a matter of litigation. This is best handled in a courtroom, not a TV studio. This type of speculation is better for TMZ than CBS B: So it doesn't matter to you? TURNER: The court needs to handle this
Highlights from July we're reading Kellner's work on Marcuse, a work on Bezos and Amazon, and Richard Edwards Contested Terrain. Several works that had been in my queue for a long time. #storygraph #booksky
Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
You know all this but possibly like me despite knowing it you don't really know it, because if you did you might be asking different questions. I keep meaning to do so, myself. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | 112 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This. (Gift Article)
The frightening heat and wildfires this summer should be an impetus to those in charge to reckon with how quickly the risks are changing.
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It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
Forbes@forbes.com · 3w agoTaylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.
An intense month of focused reading including old friends (Baritz & Marx/Engels), several books that I should have read a long time ago (Whyte and Weber), plus a 26 book that fit right in the mix, Control Science by @henrysnow.bsky.social plus a 50s novel (Karp). June was great! #booksky #storygraph
There's a great deal that's alarming about the Prairieland sentencing, regardless of how one views the shooter, but the biggest deal is 30 years for a man who wasn't there, convicted of moving a box of zines while knowing protesters. Consider the implications. theintercept.com/2026/06/23/p...
Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines
Anti-ICE activists received lengthy prison terms — including a 100-year sentence — in the first major trial of the NSPM-7 era.
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Four states enacted laws this year that weaken child labor protections, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank. In all, 13 states had bills seeking to weaken those protections; some are still under consideration. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/24/r...
States ease child labor laws ahead of summer hiring season • Ohio Capital Journal
Four states — Indiana, Nebraska, Washington and West Virginia — enacted laws this year that weaken child labor protections, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank. In all,…
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Happening everywhere in Ohio.
Honesty for Ohio Education@honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · last mo.Rural Ohio schools face budget crises as districts strain to cut costs The state share of funding has fallen over the years. That means the burden for revenue generation is coming more heavily on the local side. by Cole Behrens www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Happy Juneteenth. We can honor the people who have fought for freedom and justice by learning from them and remembering their history.
Fascinating reflections from students about AI
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2mo agoAt the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
New political typology report from @pewresearch.org just dropped. You can take their quiz to see which group you fall into:
Political Typology 2026
Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match.
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Very pleased to have been on the leadership team for this paper! LLMs are already being used all over behavioural science. But it is often pretty hard to work out exactly what has been done, and therefore how much confidence to place in the results. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science - Nature Human Behaviour
Large language models offer new opportunities for behavioural science, but their rapid evolution poses challenges for research rigour. We introduce a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve tra...
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Still not on either the NYT or WaPo homepages: Trump: "I love inflation"
It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.
Ohio Republicans secretly awarded Google, Meta, and Amazon $600 million in tax breaks to build data centers. The tax breaks were written to last 40 years and cannot be undone.
The historian Gordon Wood, who died yesterday after being run over by a motorist in East Providence, was my dissertation advisor. He was 92. Here are some memories of him. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/gordo...
Gordon Wood Dies at 92
I just heard the news that Gordon Wood, a towering figure in...
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