A flawed fix for social media’s harms - The Boston Globe The state’s approach could create new risks for users while letting tech companies off the hook.

🧵 I want to crack down on Big Tech as much as anyone, prob more than most. But the draconian and unworkable kids' online safety bill that the MA House passed earlier this month is not the way to do it. From @evangreer.bsky.social & me in today's @bostonglobe.com : www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/22/o...

Do Large Language Models know Which Published Articles have been Retracted? Large Language Models (LLMs) can be helpful for literature search and summarisation, but retracted articles can confuse them. This article asks three open weights (offline) LLMs whether 161 high profi...

New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872

#AI #Retractions #ScholComm

Creating Inclusive Metadata Using the Homosaurus - Choice 360 TIE contributor David Parker explores how to use the Homosaurus to ensure the creation of inclusive metadata.

enjoyed chatting with David Parker for an @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social / @ala-acrl.bsky.social blog about the #Homosaurus 🤗

www.choice360.org/tie-post/cre...

Susan Holt & Tim Houston are both pushing gas plants in the Maritimes right now.

Palantir's manifesto is a terrifying glimpse into tech-authoritarianism.

Defense firms should not be ideological vanguards.

Imagine Rheinmetall releasing a "German vision" for the globe.

Since when did weaponizing code come with a license to preach?

EU ‘right to repair’ laws may save millions of phones from landfill Smartphone manufacturers make their batteries hard to replace. Tough new EU rules will change that.

EU ‘right to repair’ law

The EU will soon require smartphone manufacturers to let users replace their batteries.

The tough new rules - endorsed by the European Parliament this week - could save millions of phones from landfill.

www.euronews.com/2023/06/22/n...

We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny Result of Guardian Australia experiment aligns with research showing social media automatically delivers troubling content to young men, largely without oversight

Here you go Surekha www.theguardian.com/technology/a...

"Promoting person-centred & rights-based approaches...provide information & support to all stakeholders who wish to develop or transform their mental health system & services to align with international human rights standards including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities." 🫂

Someone will always say "It's just a tool! When used appropriately its revolutionary!"

Yes, and so is morphine, when used appropriately by professionals. But we don't stick morphine dispensers in every home and carry one in our pockets, do we?

When fascism targets science, then collaborative & sustained science is part of the resistance.

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections. n.pr/3QfF8I1

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

ICYMI
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Oh it turns out that vanquishing the college student who uses they/them in their email signature is not bringing you the fulfillment that you hoped for? You are still working in your crappy and unfulfilling job, paying a mortgage you now can't afford, and dealing with your annoying kids... I see.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Climate science pals: How much methane abatement would be needed to reduce the risk of AMOC collapse to a tolerable level (e.g. <1-5%)? How much carbon dioxide abatement? Could you use those two results to define an exchange rate between CH4 and CO2, like a GWP but specific to this tipping point?

David Harvey on Marx in the age of finance capital - LSE Review of Books Ann Pettifor reviews The Story of Capital by David Harvey which re-engages with Marx’s Capital and the rise of finance capital above industrial capitalism today

Revisiting Marx in the age of finance capital: The Story of Capital by @davidharvey.org @versobooks.bsky.social reviewed by @annpettifor.bsky.social for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Driving Under the Cognitive Influence of COVID-19: Exploring the Impact of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Road Safety | Neurology ObjectiveThis study evaluated the association between acute COVID-19 cases and the number of car crashes with varying COVID-19 vaccination rates, Long COVID rates, and COVID-19 mitigation strategies.B...

“Findings indicate an association between acute COVID-19 rates and increased car crashes … comparable to driving under the influence of alcohol at legal limits or driving with a seizure disorder.”

www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Can some pseudoscience-loving doc pls write a book about how dairy is evil so that dairy free food will be available…? That would be great. Like that garbage ‘wheat belly’ book but about dairy.

As e-bike crashes send an increasing number of people to the hospital, cities search for solutions Cities look to registration, regulation and infrastructure improvement to cut number of e-bike injuries and deaths

As e-bike crashes send an increasing number of people to the hospital, cities search for solutions

“Researchers that have attempted to make the university’s connections –and potential obligations– to the Caribbean explicit say their efforts have been stymied. …“The conversation is not happening,” said Carla Martin, a Harvard professor of African and African American Studies. “We all have tried.””

There are so many cool churches in this town- I dunno why they gotta put the homophobic one in the most visible and highly travelled spot…

BOOM

Ew

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Leaders of more than 50 organizations in Alberta and across Canada, [..] have signed a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act to protect Canada’s public health care.

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Nova Scotia Museum Telling Nova Scotia’s extraordinary stories. What began as one museum of science and history in 1868 is today, a family of 16 sites & over one million artifacts & specimens.

The Nova Scotia Museum is excited to introduce our new websites—a modern digital space designed to share the stories, research, and collections that reflect our province’s heritage.

Explore the new look at museum.novascotia.ca

The Houston government doesn't take climate change seriously - Halifax Examiner It's just not possible to burn more methane and reduce GHG emissions.

The Houston government doesn’t take climate change seriously

Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

Carney unveils temporary cut to gas, diesel taxes after securing majority The measure, framed as response to rising energy prices, is expected to begin April 20 and remain in place until Sept. 7

Wouldn't a windfall tax on fossil fuel companies be more appropriate *and* increase govt funding? Cutting gas taxes is an excuse for austerity to come. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

AI wealth should serve the common good.

ECI’s Dr Francesco Fuso Nerini argues generative AI could create trillions, but risks concentrating benefits without policy action. He outlines ways to share gains more fairly.

➡️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-weal...

This is absolutely shocking… not surprising- but still shocking.

Is there a support group for people whose partners are obsessed with Angine de Poitrine? Asking for myself.