Disrupted Science

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Never have market narratives been more narrative Spooky story released; stocks fall

@karaswisher.bsky.social Um, "very good research group" would do actual research, not vibe narratives. Please correct yourself. www.ft.com/content/e32d...

Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund.

Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars).

Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science.

To what end?

Song: “In the Ghetto” Elvis’ first socially conscious song, it gets new life amid continued relevance

Song of the week.

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Agree. Also, dumb to think "agentic" aspects won't compromise military intelligence assets or national security.

Embedding unreliable AI deep into the source code of the military without human oversight is the single stupidest thing we could do as a species.

And that is *exactly* what the United States is about to do.

Opinion | A Vaccine Skeptic for Surgeon General Casey Means won’t restore confidence in public-health advice.

“The menagerie at the Department of Health and Human Services keeps getting stranger,” writes the WSJ Edit Page, in this scathing column about the crank who could become our next surgeon general.

www.wsj.com/opinion/case...

This Week’s Texted Discoveries We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch

What were we texting about this past week? Find out!
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Vile.

America needs a Surgeon General who follows the science, not trending conspiracies and pseudoscience. Tell your Senator to vote against Casey Means as our nation’s doctor!

“Give me the keys to your Lamborghini, and I'll get a driver's license.”

Pod: Insurgents vs. Incumbents From MAHA to Sense About Science, there’s a new kind of upside-down here

New episode up, where we discuss @standupforscience.bsky.social, @aaas.org, and more, mostly around the benefits of embracing the new insurgents seeking to make science work well again.
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Means claiming she has no awareness of the proposed and unethical HBV study is itself disqualifying. She's an ignoramus who isn't keeping up with public health issues.

@drtomfrieden.bsky.social and @openevidence.bsky.social are partnering as new tech/AI imperialists in Rwanda, extracting local knowledge under the guise of “here to help.” Maybe get USAID reinstated instead? Really help kids and people with food and stuff? Not just extractive tech BS?

You should be far more skeptical. @openevidence.bsky.social has tons of problems, including promoting eugenics-aligned pseudoscience, pay-to-play supplements, and various conspiracy theories. See the-geyser.com for receipts.

Statement from Stanford School of Medicine on Alum Casey Means Casey Means, MD, has been nominated to serve as the United States surgeon general.

This statement is an embarrassment for Stanford. Don't embrace power if it helps usher in a world without vaccines and birth control.

med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

And it will still be meaningless.

Always a big day when we earn a Maxwell K. Riggsbee, Jr., cartoon for a post! www.the-geyser.com/llms-like-to...

Another peek inside the book. Pre-order your copy today!
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LLMs Like to Make Faker CVs One even entices users to be increasingly deceitful and fool editors

Fake CVs, trying to fool editors, and encouraging users along the way. These LLMs are trouble.

www.the-geyser.com/llms-like-to...

Preview of tomorrow’s post:

Reducing human value to what we can be trained to do is straight up technofascism. Every fascism has its suhumans. To technofascists, humans are the subhumans.

The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.

- Robert M. Pirsig

Wow!

Who cares?

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Song: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” An all-purpose rebellion anthem, the song still sends a charge through a room

Song of the week.

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Asked an LLM to create a Valentine, and this is what it came up with.

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

JAIGP = Steamy Garbage A journal for AI-generated papers is attracting hot AI romance and mockery

A new “journal” for AI-generated papers proves funnier than expected.

www.the-geyser.com/jaigp-steamy...

OpenEvidence Takes Colostrum AI slop can start with OA slop, and OpenEvidence is willing to spew out both

@openevidence.bsky.social takes colostrum, absorbing commercial interests at the same time. @this-is-mallory.bsky.social @derekberes.bsky.social
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