This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

Blue Ridge Public Radio has a vetted list of orgs to donate to: www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...

List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.

"Loss and damage" is what happens when efforts to reduce emissions and address climate risks have been insufficient for avoiding harm. Addressing loss and damage (e.g., via rebuilding) will be far more expensive than avoiding it in the first place. And so many things in this world can't be replaced.

Death toll from Hurricane Helene mounts as aftermath assessment begins

More than 50 people were reported dead across the southeastern U.S. and millions without power as forecasters braced for “catastrophic” flooding.

Western NC is experiencing an emergency as or more severe than any we have seen in the US in decades. The entire western 30% of the state is cut off from all outside help by motor vehicle, and many small communities remain cut off from all communication. 1/2

We're so fucked. "Our analysis of a selection of questionable GPT-fabricated scientific papers found in Google Scholar shows that many are about applied, often controversial topics susceptible to disinformation: the environment, health, and computing."

GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation | HKS Misinformation Review

Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI. They are often created with widely available, genera...

I dressed up as Maria Mitchell in 8th grade. Brought in cresent roll moons and butter suns as the food dish for our scientist pot luck

The Google AI isn’t hallucinating about glue in pizza, it’s just over indexing an 11 year old Reddit post by a dude named fucksmith.

Does anyone have a MACSQuant16?

Protect the children, ehh?

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The New Hampshire state House has passed a GOP bill ending requirement for children in daycare be vaccinated for polio and measles. Republicans control the House, Senate, and Governor’s office.

New Hampshire's GOP Is Taking a Stand—Against the Polio Vaccine

The Granite State could be the first to ditch polio and measles requirements for childcare.

An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. This is due to sequential grading biases and the default order of students' submissions in Canvas. #AcademicSky#EduSky#Bias

Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order

Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade.