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ChatGPT may be polite, but it's not cooperating with you (theguardian.com)

23 hours ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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The Hobo Handbook (theparisreview.org)

3 days ago | nickcotter | theparisreview.org | newest

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Pakistan set to break temperature record (semafor.com)

a week ago | nickcotter | semafor.com | newest

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How to Measure an Apocalypse (jonn.substack.com)

a week ago | nickcotter | substack.com | frontpage

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Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

8

Clean energy manufacturers cancel projects as Trump-era policies take hold (manufacturingdive.com)

2 weeks ago | nickcotter | manufacturingdive.com | frontpage

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Trump DOJ Threatens Wikipedia's Nonprofit Status over Alleged 'Propaganda' (gizmodo.com)

2 weeks ago | nickcotter | gizmodo.com | frontpage

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[flagged] New study reveals wealth inequality was never inevitable (archaeologymag.com)

2 weeks ago | nickcotter | archaeologymag.com | frontpage

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PhD Timeline (xkcd.com)

2 weeks ago | nickcotter | xkcd.com | newest

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The new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700B Gov Payments (propublica.org)

3 weeks ago | nickcotter | propublica.org | frontpage

3

The "De" in "Decentralization" Stands for "Democracy" (techdirt.com)

3 weeks ago | nickcotter | techdirt.com | frontpage

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ICE-snitching app is promoting a meme coin (theverge.com)

4 weeks ago | nickcotter | theverge.com | frontpage

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FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Testing Requirements (fda.gov)

4 weeks ago | nickcotter | fda.gov | newest

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PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows (theguardian.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

2

How to respond when biomed science and global health is under existential threat (nature.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | nature.com | newest

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Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found (theguardian.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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We're Committing Cultural Suicide (coreyrobin.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | coreyrobin.com | newest

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[flagged] I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled (theguardian.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

3

Flying Saucers: An Opening Salvo of the Cold War? (tandfonline.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | tandfonline.com | frontpage

7

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows (theguardian.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

7

Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential (eenews.net)

a month ago | nickcotter | eenews.net | newest

2

YouTube's Weird World of Fake Movie Trailers (deadline.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | deadline.com | newest

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US warns French companies they must comply with Trump's diversity ban (reuters.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | reuters.com | newest

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No Great Shakes (kityates.substack.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | substack.com | newest

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Trump's attacks on universities get darker, with shadows reaching our shores (christinapagel.substack.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | substack.com | best

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Trump's 'climate' purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it (theguardian.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Don't Get Scammed Tips for Spotting AI-Generated Fake Products Online (bellingcat.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | bellingcat.com | newest

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You Deserve a Tech Union (ethanmarcotte.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | ethanmarcotte.com | newest

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Trump team 'survey' for overseas researchers prompts foreign interference fears (nature.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | nature.com | frontpage

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Britain Issues Travel Warning for US (newsweek.com)

a month ago | nickcotter | newsweek.com | frontpage

3

Bill Gates' Climate Group Lays Off US and Europe Policy Teams (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | bloomberg.com | newest

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Umass is rescinding all grad positions for this year (via Bluesky) (bsky.app)

2 months ago | nickcotter | bsky.app | newest

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Signal no longer cooperating with Ukraine on Russian cyberthreats, official says (therecord.media)

2 months ago | nickcotter | therecord.media | frontpage

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NASA eliminates chief scientist role, other offices (axios.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | axios.com | frontpage

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Cascading extreme weather events unleash billions in damages globally (japantimes.co.jp)

2 months ago | nickcotter | japantimes.co.jp | newest

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Hiring in 2025 vs. 2021 (YouTube) (youtube.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | youtube.com | newest

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WaPo columnist quits and accuses publisher of killing op-ed critical of Bezos (independent.co.uk)

2 months ago | nickcotter | independent.co.uk | newest

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Dad of detained tourist urges care on US visa rules (bbc.co.uk)

2 months ago | nickcotter | bbc.co.uk | frontpage

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Spotify's biggest sin? Its algos pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music (theguardian.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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You are witnessing the death of American capitalism (YouTube) (youtube.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | youtube.com | frontpage

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Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way (sfchronicle.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | sfchronicle.com | frontpage

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Billionaire Politicians: A Global Perspective (2023) (cambridge.org)

2 months ago | nickcotter | cambridge.org | newest

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In Severance, Office Perks Couldn't Be More Sinister (theoffcut.substack.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | substack.com | frontpage

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[flagged] The End of Weather Forecasting (thinc.blog)

2 months ago | nickcotter | thinc.blog | best

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Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists (theguardian.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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DeepSeek releases powerful new open-source Fire-Flyer File System (tomshardware.com)

2 months ago | nickcotter | tomshardware.com | newest

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Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers (reuters.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | reuters.com | frontpage

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New powers planned to search homes for stolen phones (bbc.co.uk)

3 months ago | nickcotter | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Google gives up on data voids (platformer.news)

3 months ago | nickcotter | platformer.news | newest

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UK delays plans to regulate AI as ministers seek to align with Trump admin (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Elon Musk's private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service (cnn.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | cnn.com | newest

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Shopify lays off team supporting Black, Indigenous and women entrepreneurs (thelogic.co)

3 months ago | nickcotter | thelogic.co | frontpage

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Probationary employees fired across Dept of Energy, impacting grid improvement (datacenterdynamics.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | datacenterdynamics.com | frontpage

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Researching climate change like standing in the path of an approaching train (nature.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | nature.com | newest

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Chernobyl reactor shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says (bbc.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | bbc.com | frontpage

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Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk's fellowship (nature.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | nature.com | frontpage

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Google Maps Admits Deleting Critical 'Gulf of America' Reviews (forbes.com/sites/dimitarmixmihov)

3 months ago | nickcotter | forbes.com | frontpage

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Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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US and UK refuse to sign Paris summit declaration on 'inclusive' AI (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Jeff Bezos fund ends support for climate group (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Natural fission reactors in the Franceville basin, Gabon (sciencedirect.com)

3 months ago | nickcotter | sciencedirect.com | frontpage

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments (statnews.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | statnews.com | frontpage

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Groups helping Americans find abortion pills report Instagram 'shadow-banning' (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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NSF Panels Cancelled (bsky.app)

4 months ago | nickcotter | bsky.app | newest

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AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament 'false starts' (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Contempt by Design: When Empathy Turns into Hatred of Everyday Life (2016) (medium.com/the-overlap)

4 months ago | nickcotter | medium.com | newest

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Amazon UK to stop selling Bloomsbury's books (thebookseller.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | thebookseller.com | frontpage

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Researchers seek to expand 'citizen scientist' testing of UK river quality (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Don't Call It an Office (jlowin.dev)

4 months ago | nickcotter | jlowin.dev | newest

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Big tech is picking apart European democracy (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Chinese officials reportedly discuss sale of TikTok in US to Elon Musk (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Meta Goes Mask-Off (platformer.news)

4 months ago | nickcotter | platformer.news | newest

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Water shortage fears as Labour's AI growth zone sited next to new reservoir (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Meta Surrenders to the Right on Speech (platformer.news)

4 months ago | nickcotter | platformer.news | newest

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UK Gov Open Consultation: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (gov.uk)

5 months ago | nickcotter | www.gov.uk | frontpage

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New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors' politics (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Russian gov sent in abuse request for Bellingcat to be removed mstdn.social (mstdn.social)

5 months ago | nickcotter | mstdn.social | frontpage

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Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk's fellowship (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Loneliness vs. Shared Cultural Perceptions (nature.com)

6 months ago | nickcotter | nature.com | newest

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Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Graphic novelist's Elon Musk book can't find UK or US publisher (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data (malwarebytes.com)

6 months ago | nickcotter | malwarebytes.com | best

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Prof who coined term presenteeism: employers who force staff back are dinosaurs (theguardian.com)

8 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned (theverge.com)

8 months ago | nickcotter | theverge.com | best

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90 Seconds to Midnight: US Judgement Day Aircraft over Europe (armyrecognition.com)

8 months ago | nickcotter | armyrecognition.com | newest

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The Chancellor's Excellent Questions (montanaskeptic.substack.com)

9 months ago | nickcotter | substack.com | frontpage

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Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief (theguardian.com)

9 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Keir Starmer confirms Online Safety Act to be reviewed after far-right riots (theguardian.com)

9 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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'Every building sits on a thermal asset' (theguardian.com)

9 months ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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The Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse (YouTube) (youtube.com)

11 months ago | nickcotter | youtube.com | newest

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German Organisations Leave Twitter (byebyeelon.de)

11 months ago | nickcotter | byebyeelon.de | newest

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No one wants to go to college anymore (YouTube) (youtube.com)

12 months ago | nickcotter | youtube.com | newest

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What Is Driving the Cyberpunk Renaissance (YouTube) (youtube.com)

a year ago | nickcotter | youtube.com | newest

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Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher (theguardian.com)

a year ago | nickcotter | theguardian.com | newest

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Pink Floyd slated after AI-created video wins DSOTM animation competition (guitar.com)

a year ago | nickcotter | guitar.com | newest

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The Madness of Millionaires (YouTube) (youtube.com)

a year ago | nickcotter | youtube.com | newest

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Pivotal Tracker subscription options are changing (pivotaltracker.com)

a year ago | nickcotter | pivotaltracker.com | newest

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Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesis to the test (psypost.org)

a year ago | nickcotter | psypost.org | best