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*cries in STS medical anthropologist* There are now dozens of studies about what happened when EHRs were introduced in the US, UK, Netherlands, and elsewhere. Tl;dr, technology is not self-propelling and doesn't solve problems on its own. I am begging people to think, even just from their own lives

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

submitted 2 days ago • 288 comments

More like Piece-of-Shit-in-Chief.

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"Finally?" No, man. We've had that for more than one and a half centuries. It's called the public library. And there are humans there who can help wade through the sources AND who will keep your searches private, something an LLM would never do.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

In the future, when this service becomes automated, the app will let you order a robot dog with a gun turret on top.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

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Measles has a 12% mortality rate in unvaccinated young children. Children cannot be vaccinated until they are at least 12 months old. And if infants need to be kept home and out of daycare to avoid potentially fatal measles outbreaks... Guess who that removes from the workforce. (Women.)

submitted 7 days ago • 29 comments