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Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?

theguardian.com · Jul 13

Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

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Bill H. (@krusynth) · Jul 14
🔁 @JoeGermuska:

“social media is less like a neutral reflection of society and more like a funhouse mirror. … much of that distortion, it turns out, can be traced back to a handful of hyperactive online voices. Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets.”
theguardian.com/books/2025/jul

Jeff Horton :canada: (@jeffhorton) · Jul 13
🔁 @Lazarou:

Not a single mention of the Fediverse or alternatives to Twitter, just another journo whining about something we had all noticed years ago and did something about (ie: come to Mastodon)

#Twitter #SocialMedia

theguardian.com/books/2025/jul

Ron Dyck (@dyckron) · Jul 13
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Q. is social media toxicity a reflection of a small but highly vocal number of users who are passing in all of our chips?

Well not so much here, but over at those other places... maybe?

#SocialMedia #Mastodon

theguardian.com/books/2025/jul

BashStKid (@BashStKid) · Jul 13
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Q. is social media toxicity a reflection of a small but highly vocal number of users who are passing in all of our chips?

Well not so much here, but over at those other places... maybe?

#SocialMedia #Mastodon

theguardian.com/books/2025/jul

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Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity

fightforthehuman.com · Jul 13

Seven different people texted or otherwise messaged me about this study which claims to measure “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity.” You know, when I decided to become a psychological scientist I never imagined that “teaching research methods so we...

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Greg Wilson (@gvwilson) · Jul 14
🔁 @avandeursen:

Very thoughtful analysis by @grimalkina of the experimental design and results from the recent METR study on “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity”.

fightforthehuman.com/are-devel

#metr #cursor

Leah Price (@bookish) · Jul 14
🔁 @avandeursen:

Very thoughtful analysis by @grimalkina of the experimental design and results from the recent METR study on “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity”.

fightforthehuman.com/are-devel

#metr #cursor

Lana (@wlana) · Jul 14
🔁 @avandeursen:

Very thoughtful analysis by @grimalkina of the experimental design and results from the recent METR study on “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity”.

fightforthehuman.com/are-devel

#metr #cursor

Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina) · Jul 14
🔁 @avandeursen:

Very thoughtful analysis by @grimalkina of the experimental design and results from the recent METR study on “the impact of early-2025 AI on experience open-source developer productivity”.

fightforthehuman.com/are-devel

#metr #cursor

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PhD Position Symbolic AI and Reasoning Under Uncertainty

careers.tudelft.nl · Jul 13

PhD Position Symbolic AI and Reasoning Under Uncertainty

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Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal

bbc.com · Jul 13

The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

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Patrick H. Lauke (@patrick_h_lauke) · Jul 14
🔁 @bbcnewsfeed:

Extreme weather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office

The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

bbc.com/news/articles/c74w1gyd

(c) #BBC #News

Richard Ashwell (@RichardAshwell) · Jul 14

#ExtremeWeather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office

The UK is breaking heat and rainfall records increasingly frequently as its #Climate continues to warm, the Met Office has warned.

bbc.com/news/articles/c74w1gyd

#ClimateChange #Floods #Flooding #Drought

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Be Bolder, Not a Boulder

the-reframe.com · Jul 13

Advice to my fellow people of privilege on not being an obstacle. Part 1 of 2.

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Ari "Two Naps" Jackson (@arisummerland) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

Death by Lambda (@xdydx) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸 (@rpardee) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

The Dubster (@thedubster) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

Lisa Melton (@lisamelton) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

Alice Marshall (@AliceMarshall) · Jul 14
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

Jennifer Moore 😷 (@unchartedworlds) · Jul 14
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

skry (@skry) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

troy_friz_zell (@troy_frizzell) · Jul 13

This week's essay by A.R. Moxon @JuliusGoat is an examination of how people like me; white, cis, privileged, people like me, can be less of a problem and more of a helper in fighting the fascists.

If you are a old, white, cis dude (me,) it has solid advice for lifting others without centering yourself. Let's all read it and do better going forward.

#humanity #Democrats #USPol #Politics

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

GhostOnTheHalfShell (@GhostOnTheHalfShell) · Jul 13
🔁 @JuliusGoat:

I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle.

the-reframe.com/be-bolder-not-

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How to Make People Give a Damn

joanwestenberg.com · Jul 14

The Internet Is Dying for Something Real

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Moriel :transgender_flag: (@Moriel) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

the esoteric programmer (@esoteric_programmer) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

alcinnz (@alcinnz) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

Steven Rosenberg (@passthejoe) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

Lisa Melton (@lisamelton) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

roland (@roland) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

Skoo.bz :prami_pride_demi: (@skoobz) · Jul 14
🔁 @Daojoan:

If it doesn’t cost you anything, no one else will value it either.

Not emotionally. Not intellectually. Not reputationally.

Skin in the game is so much more than a principle.

It's the price of being taken seriously.
joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-ma

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How GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance

glp1digest.com · Jul 13

Patients look healthy on paper. Two years later, they're high-risk again.

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hnbot (@hnbot) · Jul 13

GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance
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- 18 minutes ago | 3 points | 0 comments
- URL: glp1digest.com/p/how-glp-1s-ar
- Discussions: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
- Summary: GLP-1 medications are impacting life insurance by creating "mortality slippage," where insurers misclassify individuals as low-risk due to improved health metrics during treatment. However, when treatment stops, health indicators often return to pre-treatment levels, making the individual high-risk again. This can lead to significant financial losses for insurers. To address this, insurers are changing their assessment methods, such as asking more specific questions about weight loss medication use. Some insurers are also forming partnerships with companies that can help improve patient retention on GLP-1 medications, potentially creating multimillion-dollar deals. Simple solutions like 3-month medication bundles and behavioral nudges could improve retention and benefit both patients and insurers.

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How AI can make us better decision-makers, with Cassie Kozyrkov

theverge.com · Jul 14

Decoder guest host Jon Fortt and Cassie Kozyrkov, Google’s former chief decision scientist, on the role AI will play in future decision-making.

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Princeton study maps 200,000 years of Human–Neanderthal interbreeding

sciencedaily.com · Jul 13

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled history. Modern humans and Neanderthals didn’t just cross paths; they repeatedly interbred, sha...

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David Penfold :verified: (@davep) · Jul 13
🔁 @rayckeith:

"Scientists often estimate population size by looking at genetic diversity. In general, more variation in the genome suggests a larger group. But when Akey’s team applied their tool, IBDmix, they found that much of the apparent diversity in #Neanderthal DNA actually came from genes inherited from modern humans, who had far larger populations. With this new insight, scientists lowered their estimate of the Neanderthal breeding population from about 3,400 individuals to roughly 2,400.Taken together, these findings help explain how Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil and genetic record around 30,000 years ago.

"I don't like to say 'extinction,' because I think Neanderthals were largely absorbed," said Akey. His idea is that Neanderthal populations slowly shrank until the last survivors were folded into modern human communities.…"
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

AnnaAnthro (@AnnaAnthro) · Jul 14
🔁 @rayckeith:

"Scientists often estimate population size by looking at genetic diversity. In general, more variation in the genome suggests a larger group. But when Akey’s team applied their tool, IBDmix, they found that much of the apparent diversity in #Neanderthal DNA actually came from genes inherited from modern humans, who had far larger populations. With this new insight, scientists lowered their estimate of the Neanderthal breeding population from about 3,400 individuals to roughly 2,400.Taken together, these findings help explain how Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil and genetic record around 30,000 years ago.

"I don't like to say 'extinction,' because I think Neanderthals were largely absorbed," said Akey. His idea is that Neanderthal populations slowly shrank until the last survivors were folded into modern human communities.…"
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

Moritz Negwer (@moritz_negwer) · Jul 14
🔁 @rayckeith:

"Scientists often estimate population size by looking at genetic diversity. In general, more variation in the genome suggests a larger group. But when Akey’s team applied their tool, IBDmix, they found that much of the apparent diversity in #Neanderthal DNA actually came from genes inherited from modern humans, who had far larger populations. With this new insight, scientists lowered their estimate of the Neanderthal breeding population from about 3,400 individuals to roughly 2,400.Taken together, these findings help explain how Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil and genetic record around 30,000 years ago.

"I don't like to say 'extinction,' because I think Neanderthals were largely absorbed," said Akey. His idea is that Neanderthal populations slowly shrank until the last survivors were folded into modern human communities.…"
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

noplasticshower (@noplasticshower) · Jul 14
🔁 @rayckeith:

"Scientists often estimate population size by looking at genetic diversity. In general, more variation in the genome suggests a larger group. But when Akey’s team applied their tool, IBDmix, they found that much of the apparent diversity in #Neanderthal DNA actually came from genes inherited from modern humans, who had far larger populations. With this new insight, scientists lowered their estimate of the Neanderthal breeding population from about 3,400 individuals to roughly 2,400.Taken together, these findings help explain how Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil and genetic record around 30,000 years ago.

"I don't like to say 'extinction,' because I think Neanderthals were largely absorbed," said Akey. His idea is that Neanderthal populations slowly shrank until the last survivors were folded into modern human communities.…"
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

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