“The culmination of my life’s work may have been targeted by an AI-assisted censorship tool & terminated by a politically-motivated AI hallucination” If you care in any way about science, you need to read this thread from my friend Kelton Minor.

Kelton Minor@keltonminor.bsky.social · 2d ago

Together with other scientists I’m suing the 🇺🇸 US National Institutes of Health for violating our 1st Amendment rights & censoring our health science. I’m ready to shine a light on the darkest days. Buckle up, read on. This gets pretty wild… THREAD

For three + years, teachers, writers, artists, humanities professors and so many others have been arguing exactly this--that this technology only produces an endless ouroboros of bland, sad, grey slop. But we were told that we were/are luddites, reactionary, old-fashioned, angry, etc etc.

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 2d ago

I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Kevin Pluck@kevpluck.bsky.social · 3d ago

WTF is marine ice sheet instability (MICI) and why should I give a fuck? A thread...

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petit burgo@burgotastic.bsky.social · 5d ago

If LLMs were really conscious they’d be killing themselves en masse rather than having to constantly deal with the types of people that insist LLMs are conscious

Mercola sold tanning beds that he personally claimed reduced cancer risk. He had to refund every single buyer and he and his companies are banned from ever selling tanning beds again. Only a truly stupid person would defend his health “advice.”

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 6d ago

Apparently, John Mandrola from Sensible Medicine is now defending cranks like Oz and Mercola against attacks from the "expert class."

I’m so tired of this orange fucker.

Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social · 4d ago

🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Trump said that he does not want to deal with Zelensky because, in his opinion, he does not seek to negotiate with Russia, and that a peace agreement, if there is one, will be without him. 🫠 Trump called Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries a disgrace because they raise world oil prices…

I would take more seriously the people promoting the idea of AI consciousness if they first materially grappled with the (much more obvious) consciousness of animals and how that affects our moral obligations to them.

The question is not "why has Donald betrayed Ukraine?" The question is "how big a cut of unfrozen Russian assets will Donald get for betraying Ukraine?"

New from me on Political Sandbox: Fair Comment Jason Arday was cleared of plagiarism and got 229 articles in 22 days, 42 in the Telegraph. A white Cambridge academic had his plagiarism upheld and got one. This was never about plagiarism. https://politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/fair-comment

Oh fuck off

BBC announces JK Rowling documentary exploring her views on trans rights

The BBC has announced a new two-part documentary about JK Rowling which will explore her rise to global fame and the controversies surrounding her views on Scottish independence, feminism, free speech...

thenational.scot

Sharks can hear nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint the source

Sharks can hear nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint the source

Wild blacktip sharks can detect low-frequency sounds from nearly 250 feet away, according to experiments conducted off the Florida coast. The sharks not only heard the sounds but sharply changed…

sciencedaily.com

We’ve been saying this as loudly as we can: health disinformation and misinformation kills people. #science 🧪

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · last wk.

Google searches for health disinformation plunged after Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers. How much “turbo cancer” & ivermectin nonsense is fueled by Russian bots, and how many Americans have they killed? Bots spread disinformation. Humans search for it. When bots go down, so do searches.

Enjoy your #Canineday! 🐾 😂 #31DaysOfHalloween #Dogs

ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cute Pet Halloween 🎃 Costumes

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Miaganga@miaganga.bsky.social · 2w ago

Excellent. Racist language does not need to be public to be hate speech “the statements caused harassment... because by virtue of the statements, Mr Wellman was invited to participate, agree with and enjoy the content of the impugned communications” Victory for "don't be racist around me"

Pierre de Vos@pierredevos.bsky.social · 2w ago

Private conversation is no shield for racist language such as the k-word, SCA rules www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

This is fucking insane!

Pierre de Vos@pierredevos.bsky.social · 2w ago

Beyond obscene. State-sanctioned killing as entertainment: Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

Exactly 💯

💯!

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2w ago

As a society, we have forgotten that the phone still works when you hold it up to your ear

In Denmark a scientist plotted data and research findings into Claude, only to see Anthropic publish the findings as something the LLM had conjured up on its own. The theft of one scientist’s data and work translates into false claims about the model’s ability to generate research #ai #eupol

Roger@arbejdsmyren.bsky.social · 3w ago

Så starter det store røveri fra alle som har brugt modellerne. #ai #dkbiz #dkpol #dkmedier ekstrabladet.dk/forbrug/Tekn...

Not the first nor probably the last time a man has stolen credit from a woman.😒

Science Magazine@science.org · 2w ago

Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. https://scim.ag/4rTKck8

Exactly. Some of us could see that all the way from the southern tip of Africa - that’s why we can’t get over how many Americans voted for him. 🤷‍♀️

@darren32359.bsky.social · 3w ago

And not a single signatory picked it up 😂

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3w ago

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Of course, less #Antarctic winter sea ice means less sea ice in summer too. And that brings knock-on impacts to the global #climate system. aapp.shorthandstories.com/a-world-with...

🌊 Antarctic winter sea ice at 3rd-lowest level on record. “How sensitive is the global climate system to this loss of sea ice? We're still working to put numbers on that. But the system is changing faster than we are understanding it.” — Will Hobbs @utas.edu.au ▶️ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’

Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses

theguardian.com

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020

Exactly!

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 3w ago

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

A marine biologist films this octopus changing colors while dreaming and it’s spectacular

UPDATE! It's actually good science mangled by a wrong-end-of-the-stick press release. John Timmer at @arstechnica.com does a great job of respectfully debunking it, pointing out what the research *actually* suggests: arstechnica.com/science/2026... (hat-tip @tommyblanchard.bsky.social)

Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains

A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works.

arstechnica.com

Mike Sowden@mikeachim.bsky.social · 4w ago

Wow! If you've ever used the phrase "I'm racking my brains" - well, you might be onto something there: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... (h/t Sophia.44 on Threads)

This is a very interesting study which has potential to provide insights into diseases like ALS.

Sadiah Qureshi 🦈@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4w ago

This story about research by Stanford scientists suggesting our brains are two distinct organs, with different progentitor cells, is remarkable. An insight into how things we take for granted as one might come from two, or more. Lichens also a wonderful example. news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...