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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 6d

"ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds." www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

www.wired.com

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 6d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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sjdm-tweets @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social · 11d

Today's HotFresh recommended paper is:

Pleskac, T. J., Kyung, E. J., Chapman, G. B., & Urminsky, O. (2025). Blinded versus Unblinded Review: A Field Study on the Equity of Peer-Review Processes. Management Science. doi.org/10.1287/mnsc...

Blinded versus Unblinded Review: A Field Study on the Equity of Peer-Review Processes | Management Science

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Sep 27

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Sep 10

We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · Aug 29

Italy is doing something interesting with it's admission to medical school. Anybody with a high school diploma can enrol for the first semester (actually two months of intensive all day coursework). They take three course: Chemistry, Biology, and Physics. Mostly taught remotely.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Aug 28

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), top Dem on the Senate health committee, on this evening's chaos at CDC:

“We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."

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iupsychbrain.bsky.social @iupsychbrain.bsky.social · Aug 27

🧠📝 New research from PBS Professor Tim Pleskac explores the pros and cons of author anonymity in peer review.

🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio.

#psychology #iub #iubloomington #research

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ruby Sales, who Daniels saved, went on to get degrees at Tuskegee Institute, Manhattanville College, and Princeton University. She's still alive

Daniels' murderer, who killed Daniels and wounded another activist (a Catholic priest), was never convicted and died peacefully in his late 80s

Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of a brave man dying for what was right. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...

Jonathan Daniels - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

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https://spectator.sme.sk/travel/c/3-free-things-to-do-in-bratislava-for-the-next-seven-days-2

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

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https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/322-selected-slovak-film-of-the-century

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

So it goes.

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

But also today, next door, Russian tanks & bombs kill Ukrainians under the cynical guise of "de-nazification" to stop them turning West. Slovakia's government is again a pawn of Russian totalitarianism, cloaked in new ideology, but playing the same game of controlling & destroying people's lives.

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's a meaningful vindication: nearly a lifetime later, art, individual freedom and democracy are triumphant over totalitarianism.

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

That movie, which my father acted in and helped write, was chosen as the best Slovak film of the century three years ago, and today was shown in the central plaza in Bratislava to commemorate the anniversary of the invasion.

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

A movie, called 322, was being filmed at the time in Bratislava, about the absurdity of the lives everyday people were subjected to at the time. It wasn't about Communism, but just the fact that it held up a mirror to an unfree society was enough for it to be banned.

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Oleg Urminsky @olegurminsky.bsky.social · Aug 22

A story: 57 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded then Czechoslovakia, to stop the modest liberalization and increased tolerance for western perspectives that had been occuring. The invading soldiers were told that the country needed to be saved from Nazis who had taken over.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Now THIS is field work

Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · Jun 29

Researchers have replicated an ancient and arduous voyage with respect to the settling of the Pacific in a canoe crafted with Paleolithic tools. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Paleolithic seafaring in East Asia: An experimental test of the dugout canoe hypothesis

An experimental voyage suggested the presence of functional boats and advanced navigational skills in the Paleolithic.

www.science.org

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · Jun 23

Along with his text he sent me this. Ps: Dems, he’s a 21 yr old white male attending college in South Carolina. Get on this. Stat.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Jun 23

Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.

Me, via “One First”:

161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case

The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.

www.stevevladeck.com

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · Jun 21

The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.

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Dilip Soman 🇨🇦 @dilipsoman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Sorting matters! @ericjjohnson.bsky.social @olegurminsky.bsky.social @katymilkman.bsky.social @angeladuckworth.bsky.social

Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · Jun 20

What will best #nudge people to buy healthier #food online?
- #Nutrition visual aids
- Customizable #search
- "Sort by" #defaults

In one experiment, only changing default sorting from alphabetical to healthiness helped (N ≅ 1k).

doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

#webDev #edu #health

The visual aid (and introductory information from the article).

The experimental design, with a screenshot of the control sorting compared to the healthiness sorting.

Effects on people's purchasing behaviors.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Jun 11

If you are an academic institution that has a dismissed ACIP member- it is time to grow a spine. Not speaking out will not spare you from this administration, but speaking out will at least shed light on what is happening to people who are not aware.

The ousted members of the ACIP are reeling from their unexpected dismissals, and many are laying low at the request of academic institutions that fear reprisals from the Trump administration.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Jun 8

The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy.

The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.

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Journal of Consumer Research @jcrnews.bsky.social · Jun 5

The June issue of JCR is now up on consumerresearcher.com, with a special section on "Gen AI and Consumer Research".

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