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Mordicus Prime

@rmontard.bsky.social
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Risk engineer. Science lover. Fight for truth, democracy, healthcare and compassion. #NoFakeMeds @afis_science #StandWithScience

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h
The Enemy Within.
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Rightwing extremists increasingly likely to consider terrorist attacks, MI5 chief says
Move from anti-immigration or anti-Muslim views to violence is ‘most marked trend’ in spy agency’s caseload over last year
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
As Putin fails on the battlefield and at home, Russia is now planning to assassinate European civilians, previously considered a step too far.
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Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy shit FOUR members of the ethics committee in Denmark that gave the green light to allow the widely-condemned RFK Jr-funded trial to proceed in Guinea-Bissau have now resigned in protest This quote is 🔥 Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Stig Børsen Hansen, a founding member who was one of two reviewers who presented the study to the Danish committee, resigned from the group in protest on Friday, citing major ethical issues with the study.

“You are now enrolling newborns in a lottery to test a hypothesis,” Hansen said. The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage. “They contract hepatitis B in the context of being part of a research project,” Hansen said, which made their infection happen, in effect, “by design”.

Three other members of the committee have also resigned in protest.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Using phone calls, travel movements and location data, Der Spiegel has traced the recent drone attack on a German airport back to the elite SSD unit of the Russian military intelligence service GRU. When are the authorities going to start saying we’re at war and have been for a long time?
spiegel.de
(S+) Leipziger Flughafen: Das sollen die Männer hinter der Drohnen-Attacke sein
Ermittler meinen zu wissen, wer den Leipziger Flughafen mit Drohnen angegriffen hat. Ihren Auftrag erhielten die Verdächtigen nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen wohl von einer Spezialeinheit des russischen Gehei...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Marie Bayle-Normand @mariebayle77.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Bonne nouvelle 🥳: le pharmacien Jean-Bernard Fourtillan, poursuivi pour avoir organisé des essais cliniques sauvages sur 402 patients, a été condamné à quatre ans de prison ferme. Son complice, l'oncologue antivax Henri Joyeux, échappe de peu à la détention.
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« Remède miracle » : deux professeurs condamnés pour des essais « sauvages » sur des patients atteints de Parkinson et Alzheimer
Le pharmacien Jean-Bernard Fourtillan, poursuivi pour avoir organisé des essais cliniques sauvages sur 402 patients, a été condamné ce jeudi à quatre ans de prison ferme. La peine a été plus légère po...
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Mordicus Prime @rmontard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
" [We need] systems that reason—systems whose conclusions arise from an auditable sequence of evidence, inference, and belief revision rather than from a convincing story told after the fact." www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02/1...
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
Ten years after AlphaGo’s match against Go champion Lee Sedol, today’s AI still isn’t tapping into the machinery that made that win possible.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"They aren't really shooting at us."
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Jérémie Naudé @jeremie-n.cpesr.fr · 23/09/2026
Hervé Maisonneuve écrivait "Ne pas déclarer ses conflits d'intérêts : une fraude" pour l'AFIS en 2019. Il y décrivait la défense type : la base de données qui n'est pas à jour (car il est facile d'invoquer un oubli involontaire). En 2026 il dit "je vais immédiatement mettre à jour mes déclarations"
Capture d'écran du site de l'AFIS titré "Ne pas déclarer ses conflits d'intérêts : une fraude" article écrit par Hervé Maisonneuve dans la Rubrique Intégrité Scientifique.
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Mordicus Prime @rmontard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Enforcement has been sporadic. [...] Companies have plenty of incentive to keep illegally marketing the products [...] It's a cash grab"
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tired: vaccination Wired: microdosing microbial peptides to boost immunity
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The kind of 'hallucination' that the tool used by the analyst in this case conjured has not been an isolated incident across the intelligence community since these tools began proliferating across government, according to one of the sources.” edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Mordicus Prime @rmontard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Describing [frontier models] as “superintelligence” or “rogue models” ascribes agency to products rather than to the companies building them. This framing markets [...] helps the companies evade accountability for their actions." www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Mordicus Prime @rmontard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"L'ambition de produire une AGI [...] est un projet nihiliste : une apothéose d'hubris et de masochisme. C'est une tentative d'autodivination, le projet de se créer un maître pour se gargariser d'être à l'origine de sa propre fin." www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-deb...
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"L'IA générale, c'est l'apothéose de l’hubris" : l'analyse d'Hubert Etienne, ex-philosophe chez Meta
Alors que les craintes d'une apocalypse provoquée par l'IA se multiplient, l'ancien responsable d'éthique chez Meta remet ces risques en perspective, et défend un modèle européen de régulation.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 22/09/2026
A UN fact-finding mission has claimed that a Feb. 28 missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, that killed more than 150 people likely constitutes a war crime. Bellingcat was the first to identify the weapon that hit the school as a US Tomahawk missile.
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Video Analysis Shows Two Waves of Bombings in Iran Elementary School Strike
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
More big news from the fast-changing situation in the Middle East: Yemen's Houthis have now gained control of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait after they seized Perim Island, Reuters and AFP report.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 31/08/2026
i've never seen a technology with more potential to advance humanity. i also recognize there's next to zero governance. that's an unsustainable combination. @gzeromedia.com
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Lack of AI governance is a real threat | Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/08/2026
New research suggests a shingles vaccine may also protect against cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States and many other countries. Learn more: scim.ag/4xlKTEu
Shingles vaccine linked to reduced heart risks
New data add weight to idea that immunization protects against more than just the chickenpox virus
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/08/2026
“People are in extreme mental distress.” More than a hundred Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, have been fitted with ankle monitors by ICE, according to a local organization. The devices will make it far easier for federal authorities to locate people if full-scale deportations begin. nyti.ms/4y1V8hr
A person wearing a black ankle monitor. A headline reads: "Haitians in Ohio Feel Shaken by Ankle Monitors and Increased ICE Presence." Photo by Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A Romanian F-16 destroyed a marine drone packed with explosives that was near an offshore gas facility, the defence minister Radu Miruță announced. This comes after Romanian F-16s shot down three Russian drones that had entered the EU country’s airspace.
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A naval drone, destroyed in the Neptun Deep area by a Romanian F-16
A marine drone was destroyed on Thursday by the Romanian Army using the cannon of a Romanian F-16 aircraft, in the area of the Neptun Deep platform in the Black Sea, announced the interim Minister of ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026
perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism
Darline Graham: I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Apparently communism will be prevented in USA by a president who does what he's told by a North Korean Stalinist.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The doctor who tried to save lives during Covid is being treated like a villain. The traitors who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated like victims or heroes. It's American madness.
cnn.com
Live updates: Senate committee to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress | CNN Politics
Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime Fauci foe, announced the vote after the retired scientist invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a committee hearing last week.
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Mordicus Prime @rmontard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Dixon found in decades of military dysfunction [] an ingrained fear of “effeminacy,” producing a combination of homophobia and misogyny that translated into a crusade against anything feminine, especially women potentially doing military jobs previously done only by men."
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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Vannacci going full Trump
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22/07/2026
86 people in a single ICE holding room, "all jostling for space in a closet of humanity that smelled of sweat, urine and feces." What would we call it anywhere else? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Peskov: "Russia has never started a world war" The history of Russia:
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Dr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
[Thread] [1/7] Avec 40-43+°C sur plusieurs jours, nous ne sommes plus sur un simple évènement météorologique, mais un évènement qui aura des conséquences catastrophiques pour la vie animale et végétale. Je pèse mes mots : ce qu'il va se passer en France est sans précédent.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Using the footage of the burning refinery in Moscow for promoting their products as the Ukrainian defense contractor Firepoint is doing at the Eurosatory, is god-tier trolling I have only rarely seen.
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Politico @politico.com · 10/06/2026
America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.
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America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.
The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/06/2026
Senior researchers at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association were handing out copies of an editorial, published in the association's journal, condemning Trump administration cuts to diabetes research. Police came to arrest them. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Since ChatGPT's release, more people are choosing to represent themselves in federal court. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 18/05/2026
How will populations across the world change in the 21st century? 🔧 Explore for yourself with our new interactive tool!
An image of the new interactive population simulation tool from Our World in Data, showing South Korea.
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
An auditor for the Ontario, Canada government found that AI agents tasked with turning doctor/patient conversations into structured notes routinely hallucinated false treatments, replaced drug names with entirely different drugs, and missed crucial information
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026
Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 08/05/2026
Fabricated citations in the biomedical literature have increased 12-fold in two years, according to an audit of nearly 2.5 million papers published as a letter to The Lancet today.
retractionwatch.com
One in 277 PubMed-indexed papers in 2026 shows fabricated references, says analysis
Figure from correspondence to The Lancet by Maxim Topaz and colleagues. Fabricated citations in the biomedical literature have increased 12-fold in two years, according to an audit of nearly 2.5 mi…
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Steph N. Seifert, PhD @stephseifertphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Wild how fast conspiracy news went from "rare disease" to "mRNA vaccines" to "lab leak". HFRS-associated human hantavirus infections in Europe/Asia are a significant and persistent public health problem. Vaccines against HFRS have been around since the early 90s.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life: "AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/04/2026
Good god. Trump fired the entire National Science Board without explanation on Friday afternoon.
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Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The NIH director and acting CDC director blocked the publication of an MMW&R report which shown that COVID vaccines were protective against bad disease outcomes in the 2025-2026 season. The paper is now leaked and linked in this piece by Jeremy Faust. substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
Exclusive: Here's the Covid-19 vaccine paper the CDC censored.
RFK Jr. and the CDC’s top official, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, don’t want you to read this. That’s exactly why you should.
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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists. @adamzyglis.bsky.social
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is where free speech absolutism on university campuses leads: the widespread dissemination of disinformation 👇 The journals who published Lynn’s discredited database - where the claim that Somalians have an average IQ of 68 originates - typically did so in the name of “freedom of enquiry”
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Mordicus Prime @rmontard.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Humanity is therefore condemned to witness, hour after hour, the agony of the last remaining neurons of the worst of all mediocrities… to whom the keys of the world have been entrusted.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is an out-of-context headline for a bad opinion piece by a politician from Orbán’s “Patriots for Europe” group. Euronews is accused of breaching editorial integrity over these elections and can’t publish something this deceptive if it wants to be taken seriously
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/04/2026
Jay Bhattacharya is lying to America about the benefits and extreme effectiveness of the COVID vaccine to continue pushing pseudoscience and conspiracies. (1/2🧵) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...
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Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya objected to the study’s methodology, saying it gave an inaccurate picture of the vaccine’s benefits.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
👀🇺🇸 Investors placed a huge ~$950 million bet that oil prices would fall just hours before the U.S. and Iran agreed a ceasefire, selling large volumes of Brent and U.S. crude futures ahead of the announcement, - Reuters
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