The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman
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📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/
Sorry but the OP is so funny. "Oh you hate AI? Well what if all these things that suck and burn natural resources, and that also stole from you, which you have never used even once went away?" What point is this meant to prove?
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 20h agoI have one answer.
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Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies
It's one thing to bullshit on Fox. It's another to lie in court.
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Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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I'm in Slate today with the tale of how a couple of invasive mosquito species have conquered the U.S., and what that means for our future (spoiler: it's not great!) Please read and share.
They’re the Most Annoying Creatures on the Planet. You Don’t Know What They’re Going to Unleash on America.
They can do a lot more than ruin your summer day.
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Karen Ruckman@ruckmanphoto.bsky.social · 2w agoProtect the Smithsonian Institution, visit and leave a comment that you treasure the research and value the museums. Counter the Trump attacks on our museums. Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
Drones can peer into secretive factory farms. A proposed FAA ban could make this illegal. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A Trump administration rule could stop a powerful tool for exposing animal cruelty
Drones can peer into secretive factory farms. A proposed FAA ban could make this illegal.
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Yes, pardoning people in exchange for “investments” in his crypto scam is the height of ethics.
Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark write about the many lessons that the “American scoundrel” Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything
How Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
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How old are they, FOUR?! OMFG humanity is like this?! No: this must be a plant.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
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There’s a tweet going around where someone asks “if AI went away, how could you even function?” (Paraphrase) My brother in Christ, did you think the world was in stasis prior to AI? We got along without it before; we could do so again.
As Jane shows, telling students it’s OK to use AI for brainstorming or outlining is telling them to use AI to think and write for them. It is to also telling them to cheat and helping them cheat.
Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 14h agoTrying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
The wilfull blurring of gen-AI and "AI" in various apps and platforms is just so rage-inducing.
This screed is so misguided and full of weird, bad ideas. It's got that vibe of "I didn't really think this through and actually don't even understand the subject much, but I want to yell about it anyway." Which is fine for Gen Pop internet, but like, maybe keep it off the HWA newsletter, wtf.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
As some attempt to legislate trans people out of public life, we stand firm in our values and will continue to advocate for, celebrate and protect trans people at every opportunity. Check out the Good Law Project for more detailed updates on the EHRC guidance: goodlawproject.org/were-support...
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