🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

It’s not my considered opinion, let’s say, that the three months I was unable to work last year are disputed. The Covid lingering in my gut that’s causing unpredictable food intolerances, and the heart palpitations on simply standing up - in someone who was fit and active - seemed pretty real to me

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d ago

Long covid is a disputed subject, at best.

1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.

The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science

As a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ...

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Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...

L'office du tourisme : « Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse, je pense que ça ne passera pas en budget » … 3 aquarelles pour 200 euros. À ce stade, j'essaie juste de me glisser hors de la mâchoire #IAgen jusqu'à la retraite, et je pense à celleux sur lesquels·les ça se referme.

🇪🇺 À partir de dimanche, de nombreux contenus en ligne créés à l'aide de l'IA devront être étiquetés au sein de l'Union européenne, via des icônes ou des labels, en application de nouvelles règles de transparence pour aider le public à distinguer le vrai du faux.

XCharge EV charging stations can be hacked via the charging port because the connector apparently runs SSH with root/root as the default creds www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hid...

The Hidden CCS2 Attack Surface on EV Chargers

The EV charging industry has well-established security standards. OCPP provides clear guidelines for securing the communication channel between EV Chargers and the Charging Station Management System. ...

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Forest fires in France are affecting air quality across a large part of the country—see the figures on iqair.com. Masks and air purifiers should be deployed, particularly for the most vulnerable.

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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Il pleut. Pas fort, mais depuis un moment, et cela devrait continuer on et off quelques heures. C'est le paradis.

Dites vous qu’on n’a aucune information sur l’état des feux, la qualité de l’air, les précautions à prendre, les itinéraires possible quand on a besoin de se déplacer. LE NIVEAU D’AMATEURISME EST AU MAX ! On se retrouve à regarder de pauvres « cartes » de la NASA pour essayer de suivre 🤦🏽‍♀️

I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina... [a thread 🧵] 📸 m_patton bit.ly/2Mgw8Sf 🌿🧪🦑🐙🌊

Wow. They're actually mentioning #Covid! Rarely mentioned: One of the organs potentially affected by Covid infections is the pancreas which produces insulin. I came across research & papers by looking up the causes of pancreatic insufficiency for family. The info is out there, but not being spread.

Le département du Loir-et-Cher fait des évaluations de minorité auprès d'enfants hospitalisés en quarantaine pour une tuberculose avancée, et déclare leur fin de prise en charge depuis le lit d'hôpital. Ça va, on vous dérange pas ?

S. Lecornu veut augmenter les franchises médicales et des réformes « structurelles » pour faire des économies en santé. 🧵

There’s way too much slop, fake animals and misinformation around, including the example Franz is highlighting below. So here’s a thread about spotting the fake stuff and reducing this crap on your timeline. (1/?)

franz@franzanth.bsky.social · 2w ago

In case you missed it, the account mrrobertbob posted an extremely viral but misleading pic of a "flapjack octopus" who then blocked everyone who correctly pointed out it was GenAI. Stop sharing posts with images without credit/provenance. Lots of fakes/grifter accounts out there.

Message de service. Pour celleux chez qui la canicule s'est terminée ➡️ il ne suffit pas de deux ou trois jours pour s'en remettre. Le stress physiologique subi par l'organisme est considérable, même quand ça ne se ressent pas beaucoup. Ça se chiffre en semaines, pas en jours. ⤵️

if you don't have any money, you too can support artists by liking and sharing their work, telling your friends about them, reminding them to eat, taking out their trash, doing their dishes, watering their plants, feeding their pets, please help i need adult supervision—

The surgical mask shown in this article will do almost nothing to reduce particulate inhalation because it's just a splash guard. Wear a well-fitted respirator N95 or better

What you need to breathe easier when the air is full of smoke | CNN

Millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to wildfire smoke. Here’s what you need to know masks, ventilation and staying healthy.

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Effondrement de Makassar... On s'organise collectivement mais ça prend parfois du temps. En attendant un site a été mis en place pour retrouver les maisons concernées : www.sauvonslesindes.fr

#FranceTravaille & #Canicule Via Maître Pandaï MàJ mortalité en France: • Surmortalité extraordinairement élevée chez les 45-64 ans en S26 • Persistance d'un excès de mortalité "modéré" en S27 (chiffres provisoires) • Les 45-64 ont subi les excès de mortalité les plus élevés, au-delà des 65+

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive

There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...

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This is a very thorough and very informative article about air purifiers and air quality. www.cnet.com/home/kitchen...

The Unfiltered Truth: What Air Purifiers Actually Catch

I connected with experts to find out where our air quality is headed, and if air purifiers are the breath of fresh air we need.

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FilterBoxBuilder.com updated to 2.0 Now with: Templates for hand-cut air purifier designs Shows estimated CADR, ACH, power consumption, and monthly cost. Supports five filter cubes. Box and PC fan options. Flat-panel-style Stacked Starkvind filters Part and seam labels Lots more...

“We found that masking reduces the number of nosocomial infections across all effectiveness and adherence ranges considered and that every effort made to increase adherence can reduce the number of nosocomial infections.

Is the heat of June 2026 in France a "black Swan" climate event ? Looking at the data, the answer is: NO. And it is even more worying: June 2026 is a standard product of the warming trend. Let me show you with #Rstats graph from @infoclimat.fr data #climate ⬇️🧵 1/3

Enthoven. Le Point.

Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers

A lire 👌 "Aujourd’hui, nous sommes inquiets de l’acharnement du gouvernement Macron à vouloir passer en force sur le projet de loi ouvrant un droit à l’aide à mourir, comme il est passé en force sur d’autres sujets." manif-est.info/Contre-la-lo...

Contre la loi fin de vie : la mobilisation doit continuer

Le gouvernement a nommé une commission mixte paritaire, qui se tiendra le 2 juin, pour discuter de la loi fin de vie. Nous, militant.es antivalidistes, nous opposons à ce passage en force sur ce texte...

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