Asking the press to get it right on Trump’s threat to democracy is not remotely the same as being in the tank for Biden. To equate the two makes everyone dumber.

Greg Sargent conducts this argument — with examples — better than anyone I have read so far. newrepublic.com/article/181353…

India and most emerging markets in Asia suffer from large swathes of Medical deserts - areas where population healthcare needs are unmet partially or totally due to lack of adequate access or improper quality of healthcare services.

Majority of population travels 100+kms to…

The entire peer review system is already getting filled with AI. We know people are using AI to write papers, but they are also using it for reviews…

…and as this clever paper shows, it is actually affecting the peer review process - AI reviews lead to higher acceptance rates!

Ex-Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan — a Republican — says he's voting for President Biden in 2024 and hopes other Republicans will join him.
 
'Unlike Trump, I've belonged to the GOP my entire life. This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a…

A full military incursion into Rafah will plunge the crisis into unprecedented levels of humanitarian need. A ceasefire is urgently needed for the sake of humanity. #Gaza

The Novo Nordisk Foundation is partnering with Wellcome and the Gates Foundation to tackle global health challenges and build healthier futures, especially for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

“By pooling the vast experience and unique expertise of each…

Heart breaking! His courage saved million of lives and he is punished for sharing data that was used to characterised SARS-CoV-2 and develop vaccines and diagnostics. When the world will stop punishing scientists for sharing crucial data? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Read it. George Stephanopoulos states plainly the very thing media critics have been asking for. Via Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

If the Republican justices invent any level of “official acts immunity” for the transparent purpose of protecting Trump, the only acceptable position for Biden to take is that sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. He should put them on notice now. offmessage.net/p/democrats-pr…

Interestingly, while helping a student do some research on anthropomorphism in the AI domain, I found this useful discussion in one of the Nature Reviews journals which helps me to contextualize earlier discussion with Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her /1

Appreciate more. There may come a time where the everyday things we complain about or that frustrate us are things we long for.

How can university administrators send police to arrest their own faculty en mass, and expect any normalcy afterward? “When you get out of jail, would you please serve on this committee?”

'The largest contributor was Coca-Cola, which accounted for 11 percent of the branded plastic pollution worldwide.' washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Alito: 'If an incumbent who loses a very close, hotly contested election and knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter…

So in the last 24 hours:
* Texas MAGA governor uses police in riot gear to break up a teach-in
* MAGA Speaker of the House calls on national guard to be used against students
* Trump lawyer argues that the President can order assassination of political rivals

Excited to be offering Economic and Social Research Council grants of £280k to £800k for work using AI-powered research tools to address major social or economic issues.

The funding can be used for research, methodological development, and research infrastructure.

Find out more here:
ukri.org/opportunity/es…

Hi all. Nerdy policy wonk who follows Congress closely weighing in with a thread on legislation (getting no media coverage) moving rapidly through Congress that targets US non-profit orgs, with the immediate & explicit target being orgs involved in Palestine protesting.

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Good morning with good news: Global EV sales grew 25% in Q1 2024, with IEA saying 2024 global EV sales will be ~17 million or 1 in 5 cars sold.

In 2024, China's EV sales are projected to leap to ~10 million or ~45% of car sales.

Robust sales growth!
iea.org/news/the-world…

'The conservative movement must stop defending free markets' - Heritage Foundation chief of staff.

Again, as a 2001-2011 Heritage alum, I do not even recognize what they've become. It's certainly not conservative in any meaningful, traditional sense.

Moderna has deployed 400 GPTs for things like contract checking & research.

I spoke to a couple other Fortune 1000 firms that have also deployed GPTs internally. I am actually a bit surprised at how much internal experimentation is happening.