Jennifer R Hubbard
@jennrhubbard.bsky.social
Scientist, writer, concerned citizen.
Posts + reposts will probably be a mix of the serious and the absurd.
Posts + reposts will probably be a mix of the serious and the absurd.
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@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social had a great AI discussion but didn't address my #1 fear: it'll be used w/ no double-checking its errors + hallucinations, to make unreviewable medical, financial, + legal decisions, + everyone will forget how to do things right b/c all they know to do is ask AI
In a nutshell, I fear living in a world where everyone believes 2+2=5 "because ChatGPT says so"
Cat, presented with tap water in a dish designated for him: Meh
Cat, spying the exact same tap water in a human's drinking glass: LET ME AT IT
Cat, spying the exact same tap water in a human's drinking glass: LET ME AT IT
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cat, presented with tap water in a dish designated for him: Meh
Cat, spying the exact same tap water in a human's drinking glass: LET ME AT IT
Cat, spying the exact same tap water in a human's drinking glass: LET ME AT IT
I once did some family research that relied on an old report that actually has been digitized ... but none of the appendices or supporting documents were included in the digital copy. Even the small amount of digitized material that exists is often incomplete
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I once did some family research that relied on an old report that actually has been digitized ... but none of the appendices or supporting documents were included in the digital copy. Even the small amount of digitized material that exists is often incomplete
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Oh there could always be other factors going on behind the scenes, but people are really out there “talking” to “AI” and thinking it’s giving them all the answers
December 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Oh there could always be other factors going on behind the scenes, but people are really out there “talking” to “AI” and thinking it’s giving them all the answers
Are you fucking kidding me, he is establishing the most onerous purity tests imaginable to serve this country. You have to bend the knee, can't even mention climate, race, gender, equality, compassion, or dozens of other code words they find objectionable
Vance: "President Trump did not built the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests ... we don't care if you're controversial or a little bit boring, people of every faith come to our banner."
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Are you fucking kidding me, he is establishing the most onerous purity tests imaginable to serve this country. You have to bend the knee, can't even mention climate, race, gender, equality, compassion, or dozens of other code words they find objectionable
This. So much this.
Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This. So much this.
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2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
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Looking forward to Mike Johnson looking panicked and insisting he hasn't seen anything when he gets asked about that whole "maximum transparency" thing on Monday
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Looking forward to Mike Johnson looking panicked and insisting he hasn't seen anything when he gets asked about that whole "maximum transparency" thing on Monday
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“The Case Against Releasing the Epstein Files” [by someone who is in
the Epstein files]
the Epstein files]
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“The Case Against Releasing the Epstein Files” [by someone who is in
the Epstein files]
the Epstein files]
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An AI hallucination had the Eagles defeating the Commanders - hours before the game even started.
Google app hiccup jumps the gun before the Eagles-Commanders game with AI-generated victory post
www.inquirer.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
An AI hallucination had the Eagles defeating the Commanders - hours before the game even started.
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How bad has 2025 been? We broke time.
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How bad has 2025 been? We broke time.
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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A huge part of the book-banning project aims to make work that provides a public good feel impossible and unsafe! It targets authors, absolutely, but it’s also trying to add unreasonable administrative burdens to the work of teachers and librarians.
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A huge part of the book-banning project aims to make work that provides a public good feel impossible and unsafe! It targets authors, absolutely, but it’s also trying to add unreasonable administrative burdens to the work of teachers and librarians.
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I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I cannot state any more baldly or clearly than I already have about what an immense menace RFK Jr. is. The number of preventable illnesses and deaths - of *babies* - will be horrific. This anti-vax crap is grotesque anti-science, and always has been.
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Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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It’s been raining for days so a blue sky sighting is always a treat!! 📷🕊️ ….
December 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It’s been raining for days so a blue sky sighting is always a treat!! 📷🕊️ ….
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YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Links don't seem to be working on Bluesky today?
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Links don't seem to be working on Bluesky today?
Let's face it, that's what it already is
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Let's face it, that's what it already is
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What is the point of having a sprawling national security state if they can’t find out who did a mass shooting in broad daylight five days ago?
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What is the point of having a sprawling national security state if they can’t find out who did a mass shooting in broad daylight five days ago?
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December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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It's quaint to talk about inflation reports and surprising softness on the margins when in 13 days the out-of-pocket cost of health insurance is going to rise for 26 million households by an average of 75%
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's quaint to talk about inflation reports and surprising softness on the margins when in 13 days the out-of-pocket cost of health insurance is going to rise for 26 million households by an average of 75%
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For lack of a better world, we must do everything we can to make our world better.
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
For lack of a better world, we must do everything we can to make our world better.