One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

BlueSky shoutout on Abbot Elementary!

Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

OK hear me out. Celebrity Traitors but with the cast of Slow Horses, all in character.

I’ve found my new Doctor #celebritytraitors

playing Nick's reaction to finding out Alan was a traitor to myself for the rest of the night. #CelebrityTraitors

Union statement and Conde statement

Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.

A new analysis shows that no evidence exists for using graded exercise therapy for #MECFS - an issue that has come to the forefront again with #LongCovid research, reports @medscape.com.

Read the full Medscape article here: wb.md/4oWpDRk

1) The Canadian ME/CFS research network ICanCME is organizing a free and online conference from 4 to 6 November.

The main presentations take place at:

1 pm - 5 pm Eastern Time
6 pm - 10 pm London Time
7 pm - 11 pm Brussels Time

#ICanCME2025