Philippe C. Baveye

Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false

"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."

My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:

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What’s Scariest About Donald Trump’s Cabinet Given controversial picks like RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and (new Cameo star) Matt Gaetz—along with the Elon-and-Vivek show—one might overlook Russell Vought, a low-key  appointee who coul...

I wrote about the handful of Trump cabinet appointees that keep me up at night

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

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Very tall stack of tractor tires entirely covering a speed radar on the side of a road in France

French ingenuity at its very best... Somebody got tired of getting speeding tickets, somewhere in Nouvelle Aquitaine (Western France). So he/she decided to cover the very tall (4 meter) speed radar entirely with tractor tires. Problem solved.

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Authorship for chatbots on scholarly publications: the time has not yet come n/a

Among researchers, there is currently a debate on the place that IA should take, with some people advocating that chatbots like ChatGPT or Bard should be allowed authorship on scholarly articles. For a strongly opposing viewpoint, see ese.arphahub.com/article/1396...

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