RFK Jr is trying to push "functional medicine" quackery into medical school, using nutrition as a trojan horse.

He's the anti-Flexner.

There are other types of AI by the way, ones that fall under what would traditionally be the machine learning category, that don’t take massive data centers to run and that serve useful functions for data analysis.

Deterministic systems, for example.

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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

His psychosis was a mystery—until doctors learned about ChatGPT's health advice Doctors were baffled when a healthy man developed hallucinations and paranoia. The cause? Bromide toxicity—triggered by an AI-guided experiment to eliminate chloride from his diet. The case raises new...

The other half of the cases it put them *in* the hospital www.psypost.org/his-psychosi...

Lesson 9: Blue Links Matter Google now begins most search queries with an AI summary; in this lesson we explore LLMs as information retrieval tools.

Reading through @carlbergstrom.com’s Bullshit Machines. In LLM space, “go to the ED” and “don’t go to the ED” are actually pretty close, and both LOOK LIKE a valid answer. The goal of the bot isn’t to be right, just to convince you that it is. Whether you live or die is irrelevant.

Elon Musk to avoid deposition about DOGE, dismantling US foreign aid agency Elon Musk, ​the billionaire and former adviser to President Donald ‌Trump, will not have to sit for a deposition about his tenure leading the Department of ​Government Efficiency and his role in ​dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, ⁠a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

Elon Musk to avoid deposition about DOGE, dismantling US foreign aid agency reut.rs/4rcz13U

Amid the turmoil, Sam Beyda, a 24-year-old who has never previously worked in public health, has assumed a prominent role at the agency, according to current and former officials. While at the CDC, O'Neill was often absent, those officials said, and he deputized Beyda to run much of the agency's day-to-day operations for him, people familiar with the matter said. Beyda, a 2023 graduate of Columbia University, is based in Washington, D.C., but frequently travels to the CDC's Atlanta headquarters. An internal document in November listed Beyda as leading five of 16 new strategic initiatives, including updating the CDC's agencywide response to outbreaks and crises, downsizing animal research and enhancing surveillance of novel pathogens. Some longtime CDC staffers have credited Beyda with being a quick study and making an effort to ask questions and learn on the ioh Ona coninr novear And ofniol enid Pando

But others say Beyda isn't qualified for a senior role that is often filled by someone with a master's in public health or years of experience in the federal government. Beyda executed January's widespread grant cuts to state and local health departments that the CDC then quickly rescinded, people familiar with the matter said. The administration moved forward about two weeks later with roughly $600 million in grant cuts to four states led by Democrats, a move now held up in court. Beyda was also deeply involved in a chaotic wave of firings at the CDC during the October government shutdown, according to people familiar with the matter, which saw more than a thousand employees laid off only for hundreds to later be reinstated. Beyda is one of at least a dozen political appointees at the agency, representing a larger number than in previous administrations, according to two current employees. The new political appointees wield significant power over the CDC's

Letting a 24 year old lead hundreds of millions of grants cuts at CDC…

That feeling when you owe 53,173,939 refunds, with interest ...

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

The litigation over who has lawful control of the USIP building plays on, with the Trump administration maintaining control for now. But I'm proud @rcfp.org and I were able to obtain this footage and shed important light on DOGE's intentions when they entered the USIP building nearly one year ago.

My favorite thread on this app. #ScienceSky 🧪

As I get older I'm coming to increasingly radical views like "you have to do things to get good at them" and "you have to think about problems to solve them"

Absolutely disgraceful for the White House to combine videos of Call of Duty Clips with Iran Strike Footage

“Camp East Montana will remain open.”
Big news.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Camp East Montana will remain open': internal messages say Employees at Camp East Montana were told the massive detention center will remain open, internal messages obtained by the El Paso Times show.

Employees at Camp East Montana are being told that the massive detention Center in El Paso is not closing, internal messages obtained by the El Paso Times show.

My story:

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

White House responds to reports that Russia is helping Iran target US forces in Middle East One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

⚡️White House responds to reports that Russia is helping Iran target US forces in the Middle East.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview on March 6 that “whether or not this happened, frankly, it does not really matter,” dismissing the concerns.

The first Black woman in space carried more than experiments aboard the shuttle.

Mae Jemison’s journey from Chicago science museums to Space Shuttle Endeavour showed generations of girls what was possible.

History remembers the woman who reached for the stars.

#SheShed #V4V #WomensHistoryMonth

I didn't have plans for today. I did not realize that I would be attending a church service, a concert, and a political rally today. That's pretty good for someone who overslept.

Al Sharpton is looking sharp. I need to follow his diet.

The Grief We Won’t Allow What we lost when we stopped mourning the unvaccinated

The Grief We Won’t Allow
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This is objectively stupid if you've ever worked with students. It's totally outcome-based with no understanding of process, and no understanding of individual differences. Nobody who understands how research or teaching works would think this is informative.

Trump is now talking about attacking Cuba. Shame on Golden, Landsman, Cuellar, and Vargas for voting against the War Powers Resolution.

This is a fascinating article, and also a fine essay in American history.

El Salvador and Costa Rica Launch “Shield of the Americas” to Boost Regional Security and Cooperation. El Salvador and Costa Rica solidified their cooperation with a security agreement, focusing on intelligence sharing and crime reduction, as discussed by Presidents Bukele and Chaves.

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Trump's $10B suit against his own DOJ "raises the prospect of collusive litigation tactics," tax experts tell a judge, adding that it's "uncertain" if DOJ will "zealously defend the public." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I mostly just don't notice

but am just like, higha

I"m really terribad at that

I got slightly better, later

Any wait to read this book by my brilliant friend @weissmann.substack.com!

Let's do it again, then.