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DOGE Threat: How Government Data Would Give an AI Company Extraordinary Power https://gizmodo.com/doge-threat-how-government-data-would-give-an-ai-company-extraordinary-power-2000573609

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South Carolina plans the first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years. Three shooters will fire from 15 feet, raising safety concerns. A political science professor examines the search for a “better” execution method. buff.ly/7T70y2W By Austin Sarat, Amherst College #deathpenalty

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🍼📱 Parents, did you know California requires baby food companies to test for heavy metals monthly and display the results via QR codes on packaging? Since companies rarely package products exclusively for one state, this information is often accessible to parents nationwide buff.ly/MXKWUUW

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Just one more day to apply to be a summer intern with @us.theconversation.com's audience team. We had a former intern do a TikTok about her experience: www.tiktok.com/@theconversa... More info here: theconversation.com/us/jobs

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I see they started with the copyeditors.

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i spent a ton of time with the new AI "perspectives" feature on @latimes.com opinion content and...you'll be shocked to hear there are problems www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/the-...

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Betteridge's law of headlines applies

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Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) made contributions to #astronomy that are still important to the field today. Among her achievements: she was the first woman credited with discovering a comet (she found 8 in all). theconversation.com/caroline-her... #WomensHistoryMonth 🧪 🔭

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#HBD to Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson, one of the greatest guitarists of the American folk traditions, who would have turned 102 today. On the centennial of his birth, we had a Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies explain Watson's enduring influence #MusicSky

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I understand Hulu is down, but how long can it possibly take to get it back up?!

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Want an easy way to do some real good in the world? Join me on #Kiva and invest in Kuña Guapa Group’s success in #Paraguay (a country to which I have an unhealthy over-attachment)

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The Muslim holy month of #Ramadan is beginning – a month of fasting and reflection. For those unfamiliar with the holiday, here’s what you need to know. And for those who celebrate, we wish you Ramadan Mubarak 🕌

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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.

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Boston considering its traditional methods of protest against tyranny at @teslatakedown.com this morning #TeslaTakedown

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Today's newsletter is about that Washington Post story about the woman who bought Trump's "free IVF" lie from yesterday: www.readtpa.com/p/when-headl...

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The latest mass firing by the Trump administration is hitting hundreds of scientists and other workers at @noaa.gov. While you might not be familiar with the agency's name, you probably benefit from NOAA’s work every day. NOAA’s work makes weather forecasts possible, in addition to vital research

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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

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Generative #AI excels at tasks we care about least, notes an #ethics scholar. The more control we want over the final product, the less useful AI becomes. https://buff.ly/41jaqPS : John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology

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I've decided my job is to keep posting this here to remind you to take a break and look at some chickens. Maybe do some cockerel data refinement. www.chicken.pics

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I can't decide if this is genius and the next big thing in dating apps, or the next step in the total sorting of America into Red and Blue people www.inpress.app

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This is horrifying and eye-opening. Worth a listen #podcast

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clickens.chicken.pics is still working (for now), if you need a stupid distraction! The stupidest. It doesn't do anything, but it doesn't hurt you either.

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My colleagues and I have been working to break news + write stories holding powerful people accountable. These are the top stories on our homepage right now, one of which I worked on. Our newsroom work is continuing. No one has ever told me what to write. If that changes, I’d speak out and leave.

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CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies theconversation.com/cdc-layoffs-...

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@marckohlbrugge.com I'm seeing a little bug with BlueSky Counter (which I love). When I look at the Followers Growth chart for @us.theconversation.com, it shows 45,416 followers when I hover. But our profile (and the data at the top of the page), shows 44315 blueskycounter.com/us.theconver...

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The article cited by Grok does not exist, and the link it gave (while resembling a link of @us.theconversation.com) is to an article from our Brasil edition that the reader who got this response thought was just a bad link: "It appears to redirect to a Portugese language article about bees."

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The slug on this story in our tracking system was “venomous semen”, which I think would be a great band name

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A #publichealth professor looks at how the CDC protects Americans’ life and how it’s likely to be affected by the Trump administration’s actions, including laying off thousands of its staff. By Jordan Miller, Arizona State University #COVID19 #BirdFlu #Ebola 🧪 🩺 #EpiSky

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TIL that Dall-E has no idea what #AbstractExpressionism is. At least when you ask for it to give you a picture of a seal in that style. I guess its pilfering of art history is not as extensive as I thought

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Peace talks where the fate of a nation is decided by other nations rarely end well. @uk.theconversation.com #Ukraine

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Chancellor Crystal Hines Martin of Hinds County, Mississippi has issued a prior restraint order so ludicrously unconstitutional it’s only consistent with deliberate misconduct or abject ignorance of the relevant law. Disgraceful and lawless. /1

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From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power. Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE

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I won’t regret reposting this

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Why every CEO loves “A.I.” 👇

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No. 3 on this list of disasters: when Britain and France met with Hitler and Mussolini to make peace by killing Czechoslovakia theconversation.com/ukraine-isnt...

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I’ve been participating in this small scale, volunteer universal basic income program that supports 25 low-income people in DC. I was a bit skeptical but, after a season, it works. And I figure that a few bucks I won’t miss can do a lot more good for someone poorly housed. consistentmoneymoving.org

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Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? A biology professor who studies branching patterns in living things thinks so. Image: Tree branches in art throughout history follow geometric rules related to fractal geometry. ‘Almond blossom’ by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum

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Texas institutions could lose over $310 million in #research funding under the #NIH's new reduction of money for “indirect cost”. California faces cuts of more than $800 million. A pharmaceutical sciences professor breaks down the impact on both red and blue states: https://buff.ly/430uqcy 🧪🩺

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The Institute of Education Sciences, which identifies what works in education, may be on #DOGE’s chopping block. Its $1B budget is less than 1% of the Dept. of Education's, but it’s vital for efforts to pursue research-based improvements, educational researchers explain.

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