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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is very wonky and utterly infuriating. Logging companies (w/help from IKEA!) say *literally cutting down trees* should count as carbon negative and be credited as good for the planet. And they might get away with it. newrepublic.com/article/2157...

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Did the Forestry Industry Just Get to Write Its Own Emissions Rules?

Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm not up-to-date on this. Is the Bible pro or con?

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's shocking that "dumb" is spelled with a "b", but Douthat isn't.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm sure some did. Before they too were rounded up. This is only the start. There are white people that are permanent residents with green cards as well. They aren't yet subject to Kavanaugh stops.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

WATCH — @chefjoseandres : “The IDF knows there was no excuse. Enough with the odious smears, excuses, shifting blame… we want an independent investigation.” The Israeli commander who ordered the bombing of 7 @wckitchen workers says he is “not sorry”

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

And that, in a nutshell, is why I don't read Axios.

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Tina Webb @laundryprncss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We all owe President Biden so much. Thank you, sir.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It wasn't just alarming, it was treasonous.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Who is this ...Roon Yawnsewn, inn't it?

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Also the mass of ka-boy headgear looks stupid.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 18/07/2026

Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.

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Albert Poindexter @empiricalguy.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Every so-called “proof” offered by the White House and others pushing the lab leak theory has been thoroughly debunked. Don’t just take my word for it - watch this episode of This Week in Virology where a panel of Virology PhDs dismantle the misinformation point by point. youtu.be/rZ1FGCPenns?...

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TWiV Special: How the pandemic began in Nature, in 5 key points

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Has anyone passed that along to Mr. Trump's doctors?

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Stable housing reduces crime.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One might argue that it is not incurable. No one lives forever.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

MAHA doctors claimed this man was the "only way" to save vaccines....

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RFK lies about HPV vaccine

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Exactly. Maybe I should have written "self-ousted".

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ms. Weiss was ousted for being annoying and incompetent, while Mr. Pelley was fired for his rectitude and competence.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

No surprise that 'prat' is a synonym for shrimp.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ah, they can just out-run president pedo

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Your hypothetical PI has an ethics problem, if he didn't offer the paper for your re-review prior to submission. (The is no easy fix for this hypothetical, but in reality how likely is it that your PI would show a co-author such disrespect?)

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

As you should! If you had no part in this publication, you should have your name removed from the author list. If you did have significant input, you should demand a copy for review prior to submission. The ethics of publishing are your responsibility as an author.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

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If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s). 2/
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We have recently clarified our penalties for this. If a submission contains incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation, this means we can't trust anything in the paper. 3/
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The penalty is a 1-year ban from arXiv followed by the requirement that subsequent arXiv submissions must first be accepted at a reputable peer-reviewed venue. 4/
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Examples of incontrovertible evidence: hallucinated references, meta-comments from the LLM ("here is a 200 word summary; would you like me to make any changes?"; "the data in this table is illustrative, fill it in with the real numbers from your experiments") end/"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

FYI: @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social account has been restored. 👏

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

That's actually her name!? I thought it was just a snarky shortening of "Bitch". Understandable, I guess, but mea culpa.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm in tears. For our martyrs and our country.

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Mike Kinsella @mr-kite.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

In deference to former Leader Pelosi, I have given @hakeem-jeffries.bsky the benefit of the doubt and my support. However, I no longer think that the current Democratic Minority Leader Jeffries is the right leader for the ongoing fight against Republican anti-American treachery and fascism.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

For all the discussion of doxxing federal agents, there’s essentially no discussion of how those agents are taking steps that attach severe punitive measures that stretch across wide swaths of the federal bureaucracy against people acting lawfully.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The bloodlust we are seeing from MAGA world over the murder of Renee Good must be a wake up call for anyone who still didn't grasp how dangerous MAGA is as a movement. If you ever wondered how Germans became Nazis you are seeing it play out in real time.

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