Ed Bottomley

In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research

Good piece on the unholy mess that is Grokipedia… www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

View of Michigan Central Station seen between lush green foliage on a clear day.

Michigan Central Station

Anyone else remember these? "Global Hypercolor"

A mural of Captain America holding a can of Big Gus Cola, painted on a brick wall.

My fave of all the Detroit graffiti I've seen...

Image of a text excerpt describing a video commissioned by Larry Kolb featuring Ali's speech during his visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan, highlighting a person in traditional clothing listening intently in the audience.

When Muhammad Ali met Osama Bin Laden?! Wow...

Two children smiling in front of a Christmas tree, with gifts visible beneath it. One child is wearing a colorful t-shirt and white pants, while the other is dressed in a black top and red skirt.

I haven't always been a fashion icon.

Phil Bottomley obituary Other lives: Second world war veteran who landed with the King’s Regiment (Liverpool) on Juno beach on D-day

Proud of what my grandpa did in Normandy every day. Even more so today, the 81st anniversary of #DDay: www.theguardian.com/world/2017/f...

Quick analysis of links to journal articles on Bluesky versus X, we find that (from May 2025 pubs) Bs is now clearly dominant, 77k to 65k. Threads as yet unknown #altmetrics #science

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946

What an extraordinary story. I just hope the “RAF veteran” who sold this to Harvard wasn’t my grandpa! 😩 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Elon’s Harem, Trump v. Harvard, and Zuckerberg on the Stand Pivot · Episode

@profgalloway.com: “The funding of research at universities has been the greatest investment in history.” open.spotify.com/episode/5Uh4...

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The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.

Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

Exclusive: how the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making

“Trump briefly considered firing Waltz… more angered by the fact that Waltz had the number of Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic – a magazine he despises – than the fact that the military operation discussion took place on an unclassified system” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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‘A computer’s joke, on us’: writers respond to the short story written by AI Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has declared its new model ‘good at creative writing’. We asked writers including Tracy Chevalier, Kamila Shamsie and David Baddiel if they agree

I find articles like this one deeply depressing: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

How can we cut wasteful pre-surgery testing? Pre-operative tests in low-risk surgical patients dropped sharply, and safely, after a quality improvement effort aimed at reducing inappropriate care.

There's a lot of talk about the need to reduce waste in healthcare.

Our teams are doing more than talking. Read about one effort to reduce unneeded pre-surgery testing, which succeeded so well it's now being rolled out to hospitals statewide: michmed.org/MyGjq