Reposted by Underwater BeachJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus. arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721arxiv.orgAI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent PerformancePeople often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn't just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person's growth... 03319
Reposted by Underwater BeachKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 16/04/2026This is absolutely horrifying. Major content warning for rape/violence against women. “The Pelicot case briefly shone a spotlight on this dark corner of the internet. But while Coco, the website involved, was shut down and public attention moved elsewhere, this behavior did not disappear.”cnn.comExposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detectionCNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it. 21910
Reposted by Underwater BeachJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orban achieved a level of authoritarian consolidation unthinkable here and they still successfully got rid of him. Never let the doomers have the final say. 172657581
Reposted by Underwater BeachSteven Rich @datab.ae · 11/04/2026BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges. /w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.socialnytimes.comJudges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students 8428621659
Reposted by Underwater BeachMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/04/2026ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are helping troubled people plan mass shootings, our new investigation showsmotherjones.comThe chilling role of ChatGPT in mass shootings and other violenceSeveral attacks involving OpenAI’s chatbot—including Tumbler Ridge and FSU—raise urgent questions about the technology. 11254142
Reposted by Underwater Beachjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/04/2026i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.” 457128703270
Reposted by Underwater BeachGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Yes, and: #RFKJr & allies are making money on all this. Then we have Russ Vought who wants to tear down everything, Jay Bhattacharya and others who are still nursing grievances for their poor scholarship in 2020. Eugenics, nihilistic, religious zealotry and revenge are a heady dangerous mix. 17613
Reposted by Underwater BeachAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 09/04/2026Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees? 28163821903
Reposted by Underwater BeachCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/04/2026Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.king5.comUW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answersA union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation. 8541372246
Reposted by Underwater BeachDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The Mamdani administration today announced its own click to cancel rule, to make sure that every subscription transaction in the city is as easy to end as it is to start. The FTC did this in 2023, it was challenged in court & Trump's FTC wouldn't defend it. NYC is doing it themselves. 41272224
Reposted by Underwater Beach👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant 84138963541
Reposted by Underwater BeachTero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Iran said “No more cease fire” and Nasdaq said “Yes there IS a cease fire, this conversation is over” 47111
Reposted by Underwater BeachScott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 08/04/2026Researchers invented a fake disease to test the spread of misinformation, and it worked a little too well. ChatGPT gave medical advice for 'bixonimania,' found in bogus preprints that thanked Starfleet Academy. They were only preprints, but it does highlight a significant area of concern. #MedSkynature.comScientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was realBixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness? 0149
Reposted by Underwater BeachAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I think people should respond this way any time they are asked this question bsky.app/profile/dipl... 734541655
Reposted by Underwater Beachⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026How did he manage to bankrupt casinos?media.tenor.coma man in a car is eating a hot dog .ALT: a man in a car is eating a hot dog . 32812
Reposted by Underwater BeachTizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This was 2016. Hillary warned us. Her #CupOfJoe was full of the hard truth. Kamala warned us again in 2024. This chaos could have been avoided if so many people in this country weren’t afraid of strong women. Oh yeah…FDT. 44854360
Reposted by Underwater BeachTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically. 283105722703
Reposted by Underwater BeachSonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I’m not the only survivor noting this today. 👇🏼 7439108
Reposted by Underwater BeachAndrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 07/04/2026NEW: Iran-linked hackers are attacking US critical infrastructure around the country, according to a warning from federal agencies and confirmation from the company whose component is being exploited. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/iran-l...wired.comIran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water InfrastructureAs Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure. 31461242
Reposted by Underwater BeachRep. Bonnie Watson Coleman @repbonnie.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Congress should immediately return to DC, reintroduce, and pass the Thomas Massie - Ro Khanna war powers resolution. And if the Cabinet won't invoke the 25th amendment, Congress should begin impeachment proceedings. This man is unfit to serve. 86524
Reposted by Underwater BeachScience Magazine @science.org · 07/04/2026"… higher education must develop students into fluent, intelligent, and ethical users of #AI and work to ensure that the benefits of AI reach broadly across communities," writes Marie Lynn Miranda in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4dvOxot 34614
Reposted by Underwater BeachCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/04/2026What a tragic and unnecessary loss brought on by cruel policies cruelly enforced. The broader picture is that while some of the GOP's war on science will be reversible, some won't. Never again in my lifetime will the best and brightest from around the world want to study and work in the US. 13447160
Reposted by Underwater BeachSarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This is hilarious because it implies that her husband DID call her while she was in space on the ISS to ask her help in looking for something. 💀🌌 1244645840
Reposted by Underwater BeachAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is. 14735699116896
Reposted by Underwater BeachArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/04/2026A+ headline. 15875481948
Reposted by Underwater BeachMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/04/2026TRUMP: "I'm gonna fuckin' blow up all the fuckers! I wanna use all the bombs before I die! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Race war! Race war! Fuck Easter and fuck you, too!" NEWS: "Trump promises to strengthen military in early morning Easter greeting." 8569591524
Reposted by Underwater BeachAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/04/2026How republicans in Congress can ignore this is beyond me. He needs to be removed immediately. @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social let’s see impeachment articles. Now. 40750871404
Reposted by Underwater BeachJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis. 279129153323
Reposted by Underwater BeachAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy. 8469332228
Reposted by Underwater BeachPaulley Ticks @tomadelsbach.bsky.social · 03/04/2026BREAKING: Donald Trump meets privately with Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth to assure them their jobs are secure, amidst swirling rumors that they may be the next cabinet members to be fired. #KashPatel #PeteHegseth 1712590537
Reposted by Underwater BeachDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/04/2026Most Americans still instinctively think of America as rich & modern & powerful and emerging economies as vaguely primitive & backward. Man are we going to have to update those assumptions. We have met the shithole country, and it is us. 1949687
Reposted by Underwater BeachShellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🙄 Once you see it, you can't unsee it 52395650
Reposted by Underwater BeachTrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 03/04/2026'Senior Army officers reacted with anger...to the news of General George’s dismissal' The reason for the dismissal? Gen. Randy George disagreed with Hegseth blocking the promotions of 2 women and 2 black Army officers. Arguably the more consequential firing today. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...nytimes.comHegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders 461292565
Reposted by Underwater BeachElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I do not know if an updated COVID19 vaccine will be available for Fall in the United States. All because little men got their feelings hurt because their ideas are fucking dumb and thousands of scientists told them that. firstwordpharma.com/story/7157141firstwordpharma.com 161156297
Underwater Beach @binami.bsky.social · 02/04/2026these kinds of leaks happen so often that I don't want to give anyone any info anymore 010
Reposted by Underwater BeachNature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 02/04/2026First-of-a-kind ‘smart’ drugs help fight cancer cells #NBTintheNews www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/first-of-a-k...innovationnewsnetwork.comFirst-of-a-kind ‘smart’ drugs help fight cancer cellsUsing synthetic DNA strands, the smart system recognises cancer cells with precision and releases powerful drugs only where needed. 131
Reposted by Underwater BeachJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"The immigration agency signed a $2 million deal in 2024 to acquire spyware manufactured by Israeli company Paragon, which is designed to covertly access private messages and other data stored on mobile phones."bloomberg.comICE Tells Lawmakers Its Using Spyware in Fight Against FentanylUS Immigration and Custom Enforcement has said it purchased spyware designed to hack phones and access encrypted messages as part of an effort to counter the flow of fentanyl into the US. 02813
Reposted by Underwater BeachStephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 01/04/202611/12 Across all three papers, the same pattern: transparency — simply telling people they're being manipulated — reduces AI-driven influence at best partially, and often not at all. This is a critical problem, because the EU AI Act relies heavily on transparency as its main tool. 110830
Reposted by Underwater BeachStephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 01/04/2026A generic warning ("deepfakes exist") had no effect on whether people thought the video was fake — but still shifted guilt judgments compared to a content-free control. "Seeing is believing" persists even when you know what you're seeing is fabricated. 5/10 17710
Underwater Beach @binami.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is so fucked. It’s a five alarm fire and almost no one knows. 000
Reposted by Underwater Beachpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026“By July, the rabies team will be down to just one person with the clinical expertise to advise state and local officials, and the pox virus team will have none.”nytimes.comC.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Mpox 20364196
Underwater Beach @binami.bsky.social · 30/03/2026There is always money for destruction, and never money for healthcare 0214
Reposted by Underwater BeachProPublica @propublica.org · 28/03/2026The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.projects.propublica.orgWhere Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublicaThe FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports. 211267563
Reposted by Underwater BeachScience Magazine @science.org · 26/03/2026Given autonomous control of other software, #AI programs shared private medical details and deleted files without permission. scim.ag/4bvQgc0scim.agAI algorithms can become ‘agents of chaos’Given autonomous control of other software, programs shared private medical details and deleted files without permission 13421
Reposted by Underwater Beach404 Media @404media.co · 24/03/2026NEW: WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reports:404media.coThis Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI PodcastsWebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them. 29951573
Reposted by Underwater BeachAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/03/2026Oh. Stage an assassination attempt, you say? Interesting. 1477245337188