Joe
@twitskeptic.sirvin.com
Unprofessional data wrangler and Bluesky’s official fact checker. Older and crankier than you are.
Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.
Of course Lawrence Krauss, buddy of Jeffrey Epstein and professor fired for sexual harassment, is on this list. As is the founder of “Riot IQ”, which provides IQ tests. Classy!
Jonathan W. Gray@elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 16h agoThere’s a petition signed by more than one hundred academics (& counting!) in support of Nathan Cofnas—the racist who instigated the pile on that led to J. Arday’s death—because he lost his postdoc. Apparently there’s nothing a white man can do that deserves consequences.
Really hope the tech bro oligarchs do this - especially if it’s just before the midterms.
Curb Your Malthusiasm@manucleardevice.bsky.social · yesterdayThis by far is the most insane one to me, like why are you siding WITH the tech companies
Excellent overview of the inconsistent biography of Ms Harp theheatherashley.substack.com/p/a-deep-div...
A Deep Dive into Natalie Harp - The Miracle Treatment, the Timeline, and How She Got Here
America just met Trump's shadow. The public record has known her for years - her tweets, her op-ed, and four decades of documentation tell a different story than the one that put her in headlines.
theheatherashley.substack.com
1. Recently I’ve received lots of emails from people I don’t know personally, asking for my feedback on their books or papers. They explain the connection between my work and theirs and ask me to take a look. The catch, of course, is that the emails are transparently, obviously, written by AI.
Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
Another day, another impeachable offense: The White House ordered federal agencies to block resources to Colorado because it had punished an election denier. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
DHS's now amply-documented extensive illegal undercover surveillance of people engaging in First Amendment-protected activities should outrage you. It should be the top story on everyone's radar. This is police-state stuff. Raise your voices!
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · last wk.All the exhibits are now posted here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489...
“The investigation suggests the group embraced a dubious approach to identifying protective mutations, improperly changed patient data to tease provocative findings from Christchurch carriers, and published multiple papers containing suspect or copied images.” More trouble in Alzheimer research…🧪
Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease
Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question
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Those in the U.S. may only see a sliver of today's solar eclipse, but GOES-EAST gets a great view of the shadow as it crosses into Europe! 🌑
Poor Zuck had to write a manifesto. He's always been dedicated to The People, and now we know that he's the most misunderstood man of the 21st century.
Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research. "blocks the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from implementing proposed changes in the rules affecting trillions of dollars of federal spending" www.science.org/content/arti...
Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research
Language is part of bill to fund government until mid-December
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For those worried about Paramount - aka David/Larry Ellison - taking over CNN: nothing will really change.
CNN@cnn.com · 2w agoTwenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc
This is absolutely NUTS! 😮 Taken at face value, the way these AI agents seem to *realise* things (like when they have write access to a system or that they can communicate together) is fascinating (and kind of terrifying)!
Nathan Lambert@natolambert.bsky.social · 2w agoThis video on the HuggingFace-OpenAI incident, calmly presented by OpenAI researchers (Eric is great btw, hi Eric), is one of the best uses of your time all year in AI. I'll probably rewatch tomorrow to write about it more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Dy...
Good scare headline, but not true. The first synthetic novel virus (another phage) was created, with computational help, in 2005. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Refactoring bacteriophage T7
Natural biological systems are selected by evolution to continue to exist and evolve. Evolution likely gives rise to complicated systems that are difficult to understand and manipulate. Here, we redes...
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Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2w agoBreaking news: Scientists in the US have for the first time used artificial intelligence to create viruses unknown in nature, a milestone that promises advances in healthcare but also raises important biosafety and biosecurity concerns. ft.trib.al/Uk6VCRG
“Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…” www.newsweek.com/nurse-allege...
US nurse alleges ICE agents broke her kneecap in $500,000 legal claim
Norma Bowe, a nurse and professor, has filed a $500,000 claim against the government, saying ICE agents threw her to the ground.
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My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
Check out these two figures from "physician-scientist" and AI-in-medicine booster Eric Topol based on a review he co-authored on aging clocks. The first shows a figure from the paper; the second shows the ChatGPT "simplified" version of same that he published on his substack. Looks credible to me.
Sure seems like they don’t plan on giving up power even if they lose the next presidential election.
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Flock's CEO just told local media its license plate readers don't take video. This came after the LAPD cancelled its contract Except, Flock announced a new feature that can turn "all" Flock cameras into live video cameras. Flock has now deleted the announcement www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-s...
Flock's CEO Says its ALPRs Don't Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can
Flock's CEO Garrett Langley says people don't understand the capabilities of its ALPR system, but they do.
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Horizontal DNA transfer in human cells is pretty wild.
allen institute@alleninstitute.org · last mo.Scientists at @cri-utsw.bsky.social and @omrf.bsky.social have discovered that DNA can travel from one human cell to another through bridge-like nanotubes. Once in its new home, it can integrate into the new cell's genome and change how it functions. Dive deeper: https://bit.ly/4wUwlep
Grok’s best screenplay yet! “Please come out of the sun. Just one more night under my roof” “Okay!”
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last mo.This is the video Musk is quote-tweeting when he says he'll deliver a feature length version of The Odyssey, just in case you were curious how dogshit it is
I think the bigger news from Nature is that Sanger sequencing was used for this GWAS.
I need fewer The Odyssey takes and more The Invite takes on this website thanks
I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight 2026: a Pentagon contract for "any lawful government purpose" Not one safeguard survived intact
Oh, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist billionaire who won’t let the public have access to a public beach in California just bought the Seattle Seahawks. Gonna be great. www.kqed.org/science/1955...
The Never-ending Battle Over Martins Beach Explained | KQED
The conflict between the state of California and a Silicon Valley billionaire over a beach on the San Mateo County coast is at an important juncture.
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