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Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid federal research funding cuts www.thedp.com/article/2025... #phd #gradschool #penn #ivyleague #sad

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Waiting for breakfast. Photo from my collection, 1961.

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Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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The northern lights appear over homes in Nuuk, Greenland on Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025.

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“We will be more vulnerable to a catastrophic fire in the future as a result of not being able to do the prescribed burns,” a federal firefighter with direct knowledge of the situation said.

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Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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1/In the US, Elon Musk says he champions free speech. In China, his car company, Tesla, is silencing criticism - with the backing of the state. Tesla China sued car owners, outlets and bloggers pointing out safety issues - and has won almost every case. apnews.com/article/tesl...

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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

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A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians.

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Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off

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Thomson Reuters has won the first major AI copyright case in the US. The decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

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Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance

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Senator Richard Durbin says he has info from "multiple sources" & meeting notes indicating that Kash Patel has secretly helped direct the FBI purge (via Stephen Miller to Emil Bove), and asked for an IG investigation. Says if true, Patel may have perjured himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails

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BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social

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AP: “.. In a little more than two weeks since Trump took office, the world’s richest man has created an alternative power structure inside the federal government .. None of this is happening with congressional approval ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/elon...

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@matthewherper.bsky.social explains how we know that vaccines do not cause autism. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...

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“It’s a total fabrication” — Samoa’s top health official denounces RFK Jr.’s claim during his confirmation hearing that some who died in the country’s 2019 measles epidemic didn’t have the disease.

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Now here's a great job opportunity. @vtdigger.bsky.social, one of the country's leading nonprofit news organizations, is hiring a new editor-in-chief. All the details are below.

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Semafor: Rubio will appoint Darren Beattie, a speechwriter in Trump’s first term, acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, two people briefed on the plans said…Beattie was fired from the WH in 2018 after attending a conference with white nationalists. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

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i love artificial intelligence

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INBOX: PC leader Doug Ford confirms the LCBO, Ontario's alcohol monopoly and one of the world's largest purchasers of beer, wine and spirits, will pull US products from its shelves and catalog Grocery and corner stores will be unable to restock US booze

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NEW: Senate committee takes up vote on RFK Jr’s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services on Tuesday.

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NEW: @wired.com built a tool to monitor 1,300+ federal .gov websites, revealing that entire sites are going dark as we speak. @telliotter.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social (who built the tool), and @dell.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/us-gov...

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A bunch of "doctors" wrote a letter in support of RFK Jr's nomination as HHS secretary. Some weren't doctors. Some were doctors who'd lost their licenses. Smart reporting by The AP. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Quick reminder that if you see a headline from a source you’ve never heard of that isn’t being reported by anyone else, you really should do some due diligence before spreading it around as fact. There’s enough misinformation floating around already; no need to add more.

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NEW: A "Doctors for RFK Jr" letter that was submitted in support of his cabinet nomination to HHS included physicians who have had their licenses revoked and suspended. It also included a bunch of people who aren't doctors, including nurses, a CPA and a firefighter/paramedic

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Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government

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What I should have done in the beginning - here's a starter pack of 20-odd experts who journalists or others might want to read/talk to to understand the gutting of the administrative state (as opposed to broad decline of democracy etc). I've focused on academics go.bsky.app/MaC7vnv

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Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms Here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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NEW: A "Doctors for RFK Jr" letter that was submitted in support of his cabinet nomination to HHS included physicians who have had their licenses revoked and suspended. It also included a bunch of people who aren't doctors, including nurses, a CPA and a firefighter/paramedic

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I don't get the sense that U.S. journalists have a good sense of who to talk to when basic government functions are being ripped out. Gutting the administrative state is not a standard beat. A short thread with some starter suggestions for who to read/talk to. Please - people add more in replies!

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