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Jesus. Excellent work by Michael Le Page, and utterly infuriating scenario. As Michael points out, the press release from Colossal called these dire wolves throughout. But now they want to argue that they never claimed that. Scandalous, really.
www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves
Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief scientist now concedes that the animals are merely modified grey wolve...
www.newscientist.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Jesus. Excellent work by Michael Le Page, and utterly infuriating scenario. As Michael points out, the press release from Colossal called these dire wolves throughout. But now they want to argue that they never claimed that. Scandalous, really.
www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
www.newscientist.com/article/2481...
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Famous paper saying AI boosts scientific productivity appears to have been completely faked in every aspect, may even have included the researcher faking a web domain to use as a source for the faked data (!)
via @kevinjkircher.com
thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...
via @kevinjkircher.com
thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...
AI, Materials, and Fraud, Oh My!
The red flags we should have seen earlier for a too-good-to-be-true paper on AI tool adoption at a materials research firm
thebsdetector.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Famous paper saying AI boosts scientific productivity appears to have been completely faked in every aspect, may even have included the researcher faking a web domain to use as a source for the faked data (!)
via @kevinjkircher.com
thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...
via @kevinjkircher.com
thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...
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This story fails to mention the reason they couldn’t open the doors to save the people who died. Cybertruck doors can’t be opened from the outside when the electrical isn’t working, like when they’re on fire.
New images released in deadly Thanksgiving Eve Piedmont Cybertruck crash
(KRON) — There are new details on the deadly Thanksgiving Eve Cybertruck crash in Piedmont. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has released videos and pictures from the scene where three you…
www.kron4.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This story fails to mention the reason they couldn’t open the doors to save the people who died. Cybertruck doors can’t be opened from the outside when the electrical isn’t working, like when they’re on fire.
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The only person who has ever seen what’s coming next is Tim Curry.
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The only person who has ever seen what’s coming next is Tim Curry.
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I am a goddess and I need a mortal man to bring me tribute (tacos)
February 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am a goddess and I need a mortal man to bring me tribute (tacos)
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Please stop posting stuff I don’t like. In the future try to do posts that I would enjoy
January 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Please stop posting stuff I don’t like. In the future try to do posts that I would enjoy
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yesterday I assembled an entire woodshed without even needing to consult the instructions
Today I will dismantle an entire woodshed
Tomorrow I will re-assemble an entire woodshed, this time while consulting the instructions
Today I will dismantle an entire woodshed
Tomorrow I will re-assemble an entire woodshed, this time while consulting the instructions
January 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
yesterday I assembled an entire woodshed without even needing to consult the instructions
Today I will dismantle an entire woodshed
Tomorrow I will re-assemble an entire woodshed, this time while consulting the instructions
Today I will dismantle an entire woodshed
Tomorrow I will re-assemble an entire woodshed, this time while consulting the instructions
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Today in 1986, Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, publicly issued a bold and unprecedented three-stage proposal for eliminating all nuclear weapons worldwide by 2000. Most of President Ronald Reagan’s advisers quickly rejected it as mere propaganda.
January 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today in 1986, Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, publicly issued a bold and unprecedented three-stage proposal for eliminating all nuclear weapons worldwide by 2000. Most of President Ronald Reagan’s advisers quickly rejected it as mere propaganda.
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I think it’s very important for Republican women to know that Pete Hegseth’s accuser is a married mom and a highly respected Republican aide, who went to the police immediately after the assault. They still don’t believe her. Your fascism will not save you from their misogyny.
January 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I think it’s very important for Republican women to know that Pete Hegseth’s accuser is a married mom and a highly respected Republican aide, who went to the police immediately after the assault. They still don’t believe her. Your fascism will not save you from their misogyny.
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I see some people are demanding we watch the inauguration and I'm all, motherfucker, I didn't watch his first one and spent four years actively avoiding the sound of his voice, what makes you think I'm going to do any different this time around
January 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I see some people are demanding we watch the inauguration and I'm all, motherfucker, I didn't watch his first one and spent four years actively avoiding the sound of his voice, what makes you think I'm going to do any different this time around
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if at checkout they had physically walked their customers through ordering from Amazon they could not have done a better job of driving people to Amazon
turns out making your stores hostile to customers to in order to solve a problem that doesn't exist outside of culture-war hysteria is ... bad?
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
January 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
if at checkout they had physically walked their customers through ordering from Amazon they could not have done a better job of driving people to Amazon
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this was an amazing moment. "We got all kinds of drunks and adulterers here! what's one more?"
Markwayne Mullin: "Senator Kaine, or I guess I better use the senator from Virginia, starts bringing up the fact that 'what if you showed up drunk to your job?' How many senators have shown up drunk to vote at night? ... how many senators have gotten a divorce for cheating?"
January 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
this was an amazing moment. "We got all kinds of drunks and adulterers here! what's one more?"
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No shit, Sherlock
CEOs get paid how much to come up with these ideas?
CEOs get paid how much to come up with these ideas?
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
No shit, Sherlock
CEOs get paid how much to come up with these ideas?
CEOs get paid how much to come up with these ideas?
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Republicans love and support the troops, which is why they’re rushing to put a totally inexperienced psychopath with a history of alcoholism and sexual abuse allegations in charge of their well being.
January 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Republicans love and support the troops, which is why they’re rushing to put a totally inexperienced psychopath with a history of alcoholism and sexual abuse allegations in charge of their well being.
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According to the conversations in Israeli media, one thing holding Israel back from a ceasefire was/is the concern that when western reporters and human rights groups are allowed in, the true scale of the crime will shock the global conscience in a way it hasn’t yet
January 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
According to the conversations in Israeli media, one thing holding Israel back from a ceasefire was/is the concern that when western reporters and human rights groups are allowed in, the true scale of the crime will shock the global conscience in a way it hasn’t yet
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While the GOP whines about "unqualified DEI hires" how do they explain this guy?
Duckworth: How many nations are in ASEAN?
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
January 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
While the GOP whines about "unqualified DEI hires" how do they explain this guy?
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I am once again begging you to understand that a man can be good at art AND a monster. Pretending once the truth comes out that the art was never actually that good only shelters the next monster.
January 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I am once again begging you to understand that a man can be good at art AND a monster. Pretending once the truth comes out that the art was never actually that good only shelters the next monster.
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If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.
Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 case
President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.
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The bewildering thing about this AI copyright debate is how rigid copyright rules are in many other areas. If you’re writing a novel and you want a character to sing one line of ‘Gimme Shelter’ in the bath, you have to pay the Rolling Stones about £5000.
January 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The bewildering thing about this AI copyright debate is how rigid copyright rules are in many other areas. If you’re writing a novel and you want a character to sing one line of ‘Gimme Shelter’ in the bath, you have to pay the Rolling Stones about £5000.
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Tonight was the Mars occultation with the moon and I am very excited to have captured the exact moment when Mars reemerge from behind the moon!🌕
#Moon #Mars #Occultation
#Moon #Mars #Occultation
January 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Tonight was the Mars occultation with the moon and I am very excited to have captured the exact moment when Mars reemerge from behind the moon!🌕
#Moon #Mars #Occultation
#Moon #Mars #Occultation
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If you’re not afraid of getting canceled, you fucking coward, why didn’t you let them print your name?
January 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If you’re not afraid of getting canceled, you fucking coward, why didn’t you let them print your name?
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A Trump quote for the ages from the special counsel's report:
"Mr. Trump made admissions that reflected his understanding that he had lost. In a private moment, Mr. Trump confessed to his family members that 'it doesn't matter if you won or lost the election.
You still have to fight like hell.'"
"Mr. Trump made admissions that reflected his understanding that he had lost. In a private moment, Mr. Trump confessed to his family members that 'it doesn't matter if you won or lost the election.
You still have to fight like hell.'"
January 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A Trump quote for the ages from the special counsel's report:
"Mr. Trump made admissions that reflected his understanding that he had lost. In a private moment, Mr. Trump confessed to his family members that 'it doesn't matter if you won or lost the election.
You still have to fight like hell.'"
"Mr. Trump made admissions that reflected his understanding that he had lost. In a private moment, Mr. Trump confessed to his family members that 'it doesn't matter if you won or lost the election.
You still have to fight like hell.'"
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Astounding how much simple incentives change people’s habits:
Nine lousy bucks completely erased traffic in Manhattan. 8:30am on 8th Ave looking south from 41st. Unlike last Monday, it's not cold or snowing today.
January 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Astounding how much simple incentives change people’s habits: