Dozens of AI disease-prediction models were trained on dubious data The models are designed to predict someone’s risk of diabetes or stroke. A few might already have been used on patients.

This is my unsurprised face: 😑
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds is to raise the ongoing issue of the lease of the UPP in Parliament this evening. Ms Dodds will say that she is speaking “to highlight the case of the Ultimate Picture Palace in my constituency, and the need for government support for community assets”. 🧵

Major pharmacology journals flag another 15 papers by scientist facing criminal probe Salvatore Cuzzocrea A leading pharmacologist in Italy accused of embezzling research funds is now the subject of coordinated editorial action by one of the field’s professional societies.  The…

A leading pharmacologist in Italy accused of embezzling research funds is now the subject of coordinated editorial action by one of the field’s professional societies.

Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach.

#dataviz

In a nutshell. 😊

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Would prfer to see “competent Starmer” and “fuck it, let’s try to get back into the EU Starmer” TBH.

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

LOL.

A photo of a rosy veincap growing from a mossy log. The mushroom’s cap is pink with a wrinkled texture. It has a drop of blood red liquid at its base.

Behold the rosy veincap! This species, which is considered inedible, is the only fungus in its taxon. It has a wide range & can be spotted worldwide, including in parts of N. America, Africa, Europe, & Asia. Have you ever seen one?
Photo: Dan Molter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

I was once a militant Jewish atheist.

Then I mellowed into ‘I don’t understand how intelligent people can believe any of this, but some do, so live and let live.’ Jewish atheist.

But now, seeing what the Trump Regime is doing I’m an ‘outraged on behalf of Christianity’ Jewish atheist.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

You’ve seen this before but the BBC has put it all together.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

without context, I though this was about a dog…..

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

Today is the 2 year anniversary of when I met the Ravens. They just checked me out from a distance then! Here is some of my fav footage: them courting, feeding each other, barrel rolling and some of their vocalisations. They are the most amazing birds and I am so lucky to have them!

Idk who did this comic but it's hilarious

As @goodlawproject.org have pointed out, among many others, Palantir is a company inextricably linked to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, and the Labour government as a whole. When they come out with scary shit like this it is time to cut ties, fast.
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A brown bodied bird on a rock with a darker colored tail and hind end. The head is naked and grey, like a vulture, with alert dark eyes looking at the camera from the side. From CuriousSpecies on Instagram

Meet the capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor), native to the northeastern part of South America.

They're a large passerine bird with a head that resembles that of a vulture, in spite of not being closely related.

But let's take a minute to talk about Capuchin friars...

(📷: CuriousSpecies, IG)

Trump’s “complicated relationship with the Bible” is a lot like my complicated relationship with Charlize Theron

An American doctor once said at a seminar that the difference between the US and UK attitudes to death is that in the US you fight with all possible resources to stay alive whereas in UK death is what happens at the end of your life.

Now realise same is true of retirement: see RBG, Biden, Trump.

Here’s the director of the NIH explicitly espousing populism over expertise as the means of determining priorities for federally science funding by leaning into the stupidest possible examples: ivermectin as cancer therapy .

Jesus to Trump: Relax, breathe deeply. This won’t take long.

let’s just really mess with it.
I am Neuroskeptic

For those keeping track at home. The Iranians have now blockaded the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US blockading it because the Iranians had blockaded it, in response to the US attacking Iran to ensure that the Strait which was fully open at the time wasn't blockaded.

Ian is smart, and he has integrity. You want to work with him.

They keep coming! Another retraction for professional #fraud Eliezer Masliah! Will he actually suffer any real consequences? He is happily retired, so it seems.