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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 7h

From her Wikipedia, 😬.

Wikipedia text about author of original post:

“How to Read a Paper, her widely-read book on how to assess medical research papers first appeared in 1997.[12] The sixth edition was published in 2019”

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 10h

Even more annoying is that the original poster is using the LLM to “wade through a mountain of papers for a systemic review”. Which means feeding a lot of academic material into the plagiarism machine that always lies, without the consent of the authors.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

Style
Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 11h

HOLY SHIT for the last time: ALLL women, children, and men over 50 were released under previous ceasefire agreements.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 20h

*ok, he did land in San Juan Bautista, which would eventually become Puerto Rico, on his second voyage.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 21h

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…

buff.ly

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 1d

That feeling you get when your backup tender gets you a 1-0 shutout on game 2 of a back to back where you sorta got outplayed. 🍻

#AllCaps

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 1d

I had forgotten that Aaron Lewis (of Staind) existed.

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

dying at rightwingers falling for what looks like an ai generated turning points USA half time show with special guest “measles”

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3d

New sitcom starring a white supremacist in Idaho who has a Qatari air base move in next door.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Autistic Book🇨🇦 🍁🇺🇦 🗽 @autisticbook.bsky.social · 3d

The hate and fear that Kennedy raises against the autistic community has to end.

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck this, and if you voted for these clown shoes, fuck you too.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

Both @docbazac.bsky.social and I just suffered a heartbreaking parents v kids dodgeball loss to 5 and her after school class. We won’t be taking questions at this time but plan to regroup and come back stronger next time.

(real talk, both of us will be 💯 icing our shoulders in the morning)

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 3d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

This era in US history is going to be referred to as the “ok but you know that’s illegal, right?” era.

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 3d

Now listen, I’m no scientist/professor of public health or anything like that but I don’t think this is how it works?

A picture of RFK Jr. With his arms out giving a speech with the quote “We’re doing the studies to make the proof” posted on IG by Dr. Andrea Love.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3d

The point is they’re saying he’s not American.

But he is extremely American, as we all know.

But this is that war they promised.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

here to discuss the field mouse question, please welcome three different kinds of owl

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 4d

Alex Jones has asked the Supreme Court to immediately put his almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment on hold, citing the imminent threat of InfoWars being handed over to The Onion.

If there isn't a stay, "InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed," the filing says.

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 4d

(This was supposed to be a reply to your other post, 😂)

Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I like that!

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Michael Bazaconomicon 💀 🎃 👻 @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 4d

Highlander since Queen>>>>

Sons of Anarchy was pretty good as well.

Under the radar pick, I loved the theme song from Cardinal.

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Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Our "journalism"? Antagonize protesters.
Our hobby? Playing the victim.
Our heroes? ICE agents.
Integrity? Never heard of her.

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