Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done? Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.
That's tens of thousands of authors whose submissions can be desk-rejected from here on out, leaving some more room for the rest of us.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
woman standing with a bike in park Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.
Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.
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More investment by tombola. Fund local government properly.
While the EU continues to be addicted to catastrophic fossil fuels thanks to idiotic German Chancellors, Turkey is racing ahead of the EU with battery storage.
Would You Rather? Have your child ride to school in a: Protected Bike Lane People biking in a protected bike lane in a city Or Hi-Viz Vest kids in yellow vests in front of police officer
Would You Rather?
The new hit game for decision makers everywhere!
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
Fuck me, we’ve got serious people suggesting the solution to AI generating hallucinatory references in academic papers is to apply AI reference-checking.
No. Just stop it. Blacklist any academic who submits any paper with hallucinatory references.
Delighted our paper (with an amazing group of co-authors) is forthcoming in the APSR
Takeaway for Labour and other centre-left parties: fixing public services is key to reducing support for the populist right
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Just wow! To stop these flag-debasing "patriots", this woman gets under their van like it’s just another day at the garage. Hugely impressed by, and very grateful for, her bravery
FACTCHECK: GB News / Spectator owner Paul Marshall got criticised by Christian leaders for his channel's attacks on climate action, so he made a rare public intervention
But in his letter to the Guardian (pic) he makes 25 false, misleading or confused claims (!)
Receipts etc in next post
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"Three Takes on Low Fertility" is a great review essay by @emilymerchant.bsky.social of three recent books on fertility: After the Spike; No One Left; and Toxic Demography. Highly recommended! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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It is absolutely stupid that a major focus of policy response to the Iran War is on the planned 1p rise in fuel duty in September (watching Trevor Phillips interview Bridget Phillipson). Of no help now to anyone to abandon it. Shows how trivial our political debate has become.
"The president's case against wind are literally the rantings of an old man. I've seen grandpa Simpson make more sense."
screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA
My resignation letter
Money that was startlingly effective in saving lives now supporting the Dictators Club
U.S. President Donald Trump, an Orbán ally, has repeatedly endorsed the prime minister in his reelection bid. Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Hungary in the days before the election in a show of support for Orbán. Orbán’s campaign has revolved around aggressive anti-Ukraine messaging, and in recent days the government has accused Kyiv of deploying its secret services to influence the outcome of the election.
Hungary under Orban is a satellite state of Russia. Orban's election campaign has centered on attacking the country Russia invaded.
The US endorses all of this. JD Vance is going to Hungary before the election to help Orban.
The EU should be telling Hungarian voters - choose: East or West.
Manhattan's congestion pricing program has been a stunning success. Other US cities have noticed.
Could Chicago go next?
In @bloomberg.com, I explored. 🧵
Incumbent German electricity suppliers said in 1993 that renewables could not provide more than 4% of electricity in the long run.
In 2025, renewables provided 55.9% of Germany's electricity — 14 times the predicted ceiling.
Must read.
A military strategy guy writes: “There is a frequent mistake, often from folks who deal in economics, to assume that countries will give up on wars when the economics turn bad.“
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Everyone is receiving their Council Tax bill through the post at the moment.
The most hated tax.
But judging from the awful standard of ‘discourse’ in FB groups around the county - I can only urge as many people as possible to read/share this
Thanks!
cllrdrnathanley.substack.com/p/the-adult-...
"It is outrageous that people will be buying homes that are expensively heated with gas when we have perfectly good technology – heat pumps – that can be installed instead."
My comments @theguardian.com new homes in the UK still using gas heating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Once again a heartfelt thanks to David "cut the Green crap" Cameron and Nick "What's the point in a nuclear power plant that isn't ready until the 2020s" Clegg for their visionary political choices, whose consequences we get to enjoy today.
But rather fond of wide indentation, by the looks of it.
I didn't expect the day to start with a rabbit hole about indentation and 1960s typewriters. Three stars on the procrastination scale.
I'm sorry but the US President has access to the most advanced intelligence network in the history of the world, and his war powers can be constrained by Congress at literally any time.
You can't "trick him into a war" unless he, and Congress, choose to let you.
As we all know, the billionaire class is really invested in improving the life of the working class.
Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden.
The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite.
The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.
Happy #IWD. Women bear the brunt of the climate crisis. But men dominate climate decision-making, and mega-rich ones like Farage, whose party is backed by oil and gas, set the climate back.
I wrote this last IWD, but it's still relevant…👇
www.independent.co.uk/voices/clima...
