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When most online content comes from AI, human writing might become more valuable, not less. A researcher who studies #AI explores what gets lost when writers rely too heavily on language models to do their thinking. buff.ly/dACqbK3
More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI – is human writing headed for extinction?
As AI floods the internet with text, it could mean human voices will matter more – not less.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Loneliness is now considered a public health crisis. An international team of public policy researchers has created the first official health guidelines for tackling it, and the recommendations go beyond just telling people to socialize more. buff.ly/8T9c240
We created health guidelines for fighting loneliness - here’s what we recommend
Guidelines for social well-being can help health care providers identify when someone is socially isolated and provide goals and standards for policymakers.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Very interesting research and new developments re trials
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Check on the price of Viagra too
NFL Sunday ticket is now discounted to just $48 for the remainder of the season, which might as well be a recession indicator.

For context: if pricing were prorated based on the number of remaining regular season games, the current pricing would be closer to $147 for the remainder of the season
NFL Sunday ticket is now discounted to just $150 for the remainder of the season, which is as sure a sign as any that consumers are cutting back on their spending. The NFL *loathes* leaving money on the table
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Jeffries and other Democrats in Congress are missing the zeitgeist in a huge way. It’s painful to watch their relevance die when they could transform.
In a country where the cost of living rises but wages don't, where illness can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” trib.al/YmIjeGU
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to lead the charge.
trib.al
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Aging comes with big decisions, and most Americans aren’t ready.

A geriatrician lays out what to know about long-term care costs, advance directives and choosing a caregiver, and why it’s crucial to start planning earlier than later: buff.ly/GhxfmC1
Americans are unprepared for the expensive and complex process of aging – a geriatrician explains how they can start planning
Addressing the financial and personal aspects of aging proactively helps to ensure that you will receive the care you need – and want – as you age.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Political attacks on universities are eroding academic freedom, and that threatens the global research collaborations behind major scientific breakthroughs.

There’s a positive correlation between protections for academic freedom and the quality and quantity of STEM research.

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Research breakthroughs often come through collaborations − attacks on academic freedom threaten this vital work
Academic freedom grew strongly after World War II, with greater university funding, protections and autonomy, yet global data now shows a decline.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Traditional health insurance" pre-ACA didn't cover pre-ex, had annual/lifetime caps, didn't cover important things like having a baby, led to many declaring bankruptcy when they got sick. Even then, ~50M had no insurance at all because they still couldn't afford it. They clogged ERs to get care.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A NY University project is tracking lawsuits of low merit filed by the rich and powerful to punish citizens and the press for exercising their 1A rights. They’re called SLAPP claims – Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. This is a growing threat from Trump and other foes of free speech.
www.nyu.edu
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.

(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
1/3 NYT has produced a reporting masterpiece, timeline of DOJ conversion into Trump personal law firm. Must read, however long. No paywall—NYT shld make this free. If news is first draft of history, scholars will look back on this & see how we, the frog, were
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thread 🧵
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Franklin LaVeale Anderson was the University of Colorado Law School’s first known Black student in 1896, and you can see him in the class photo, but his name is absent from degree records.

A librarian’s archival dive is helping restore these erased histories of Black law students
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November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino left Chicago on Thursday, reports say. blockclubchi.co/4i6s29U
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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