Jolly Confused
@riteofpassage.bsky.social
Doctor, teacher, gardener, political junkie, history nerd, europhile.
Martin Luther King said "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." I hope he's right.
Martin Luther King said "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." I hope he's right.
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
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BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Our rights are slipping away. Young women nowadays have less rights than my mother did in the 70’s.
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our rights are slipping away. Young women nowadays have less rights than my mother did in the 70’s.
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
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Trump is obsessed with the term "groceries," but does he even know what they are?
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump is obsessed with the term "groceries," but does he even know what they are?
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Confirmed: House Democratic leaders have decided to use a stock trading ban bill as a campaign issue rather than actually pass something that had the GOP support to advance.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
prospect.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Confirmed: House Democratic leaders have decided to use a stock trading ban bill as a campaign issue rather than actually pass something that had the GOP support to advance.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
Jeffries' team is actively discouraging participation in the bipartisan bill and warning outside groups too.
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I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
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Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
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A sea otter pup was reunited with its mom with the help of The Morro Bay Harbor Department in California~the rescuers played recordings of the otter pup's cries for 2 hours in the area where they found it so that the mom could find her baby~🤎
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A sea otter pup was reunited with its mom with the help of The Morro Bay Harbor Department in California~the rescuers played recordings of the otter pup's cries for 2 hours in the area where they found it so that the mom could find her baby~🤎
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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The Kennedy Center was given its name by an act of Congress after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Pretty sure its current board, which includes revered fine arts dignitaries like Laura Ingraham, Pamela Jo Bondi, Maria Bartiromo, and Lee Greenwood, can't undo that law.
Pretty sure its current board, which includes revered fine arts dignitaries like Laura Ingraham, Pamela Jo Bondi, Maria Bartiromo, and Lee Greenwood, can't undo that law.
December 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Kennedy Center was given its name by an act of Congress after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Pretty sure its current board, which includes revered fine arts dignitaries like Laura Ingraham, Pamela Jo Bondi, Maria Bartiromo, and Lee Greenwood, can't undo that law.
Pretty sure its current board, which includes revered fine arts dignitaries like Laura Ingraham, Pamela Jo Bondi, Maria Bartiromo, and Lee Greenwood, can't undo that law.
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Trump's face droops as he struggles to stay awake during another on-camera event
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Trump's face droops as he struggles to stay awake during another on-camera event
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Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
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Palo Alto, California, has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties. Greer Stone, a councilman, plans to introduce legislation that would restrict the way the town’s wealthiest homeowners can operate.
Palo Alto Confronts Billionaires Over Their Housing Compounds
The Silicon Valley college town has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Palo Alto, California, has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties. Greer Stone, a councilman, plans to introduce legislation that would restrict the way the town’s wealthiest homeowners can operate.
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
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I wish the Brexit dinosaurs would stop this "Erasmus is for posh kids" crap. Half the young population goes to university, these days, in UK and most of EU. And most of the half that doesn't is also eligible for Erasmus+, which covers schools, further education, adult learners and in-work training.
December 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I wish the Brexit dinosaurs would stop this "Erasmus is for posh kids" crap. Half the young population goes to university, these days, in UK and most of EU. And most of the half that doesn't is also eligible for Erasmus+, which covers schools, further education, adult learners and in-work training.
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It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK?
Four and a half million children are growing up without basic necessities in the UK.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Trump on Venezuela: "Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had -- they took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back."
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump on Venezuela: "Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had -- they took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back."