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People of Dubious Character Are More Likely To Enter #PublicService

A new working paper from researchers at the University of #HongKong has found that #Chinese graduate students who #plagiarized more heavily in their master's theses were significantly more likely to pursue #careers in the #civilService and to climb the ranks faster once inside.
#China

https://slashdot.org/story/26/01/05/1452249/people-of-dubious-character-are-more-likely-to-enter-public-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

People of Dubious Character Are More Likely To Enter Public Service - Slashdot

A new working paper from researchers at the University of Hong Kong has found that Chinese graduate students who plagiarized more heavily in their master's theses were significantly more likely to pursue careers in the civil service and to climb the ranks faster once inside. John Liu and co-author...

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jun 6, 2025

#FactCheck:
Latest #KamalaHarris #Book Was NOT Pulled From Shelves After Being Found 30% #Plagiarized

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/06/fact-check-kamala-harris-book-not-yanked-after-found-plagiarized.html

Fact Check: Latest Kamala Harris Book Was NOT Pulled From Shelves After Being Found 30% Plagiarized

Was the latest book by Kamala Harris yanked from the shelves after it was found to be 30% plagiarized? No, that's not true: The former vice president has authored three books as of June 2025, including the last two published...

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Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3 Jun 28, 2024

I'm nervous before every talk I give. I review my points and check references because I want to be true to the subject and audience. and I know that some in the audience are going to not trust me because I'm a #blackman and think that I've #plagiarized if my talk is "too good." #trump is not so encumbered. winging it is fine and if you get caught in a #lie double down and make a bigger one.

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jan 5, 2024

@br00t4c

🤣🤣🤣
#KarmaIsABitch:

"Mess! The #Billionaire Who Wanted #Harvard's #ClaudineGay Fired Has a Wife Who #Plagiarized

#NeriOxman, wife to #BillAckman, plagiarized parts of her doctoral #dissertation at MIT, according to a new report."

Via
#CandaceMcDuffie/#TheRoot.com

https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/111705566121214104

Bloody Stupid Johnson Nov 20, 2023

@dailyhaikuprompt - Frost

Frosty the Snowman
Was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe

And a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the Snowman

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry

Ok, I have a #confession: I didn't write these! I totally #plagiarized it from an old song 😳

Prof Felipe Gusmao Aug 27, 2023

A #fake #journal, algorithmic plagiarism and tricking #Google #Scholar

https://crowdid.hypotheses.org/1023

>A case of a fake journal that was picked up by Google Scholars bots and #algorithm, containing articles that were completely #plagiarized but assigned new titles, abstracts and authors.

#Science #ethics #philosophyofscience #epistemology

A fake journal, algorithmic plagiarism and tricking Google Scholar

A case of a fake journal that was picked up by Google Scholars bots and algorithm, containing articles that were completely plagiarized but assigned new titles, abstracts and authors.

Crowdid

Binro the Heretic (he/him)May 5, 2023

Honestly, the only nice thing I can say about Team #Riptide on #Battlebots is that they #plagiarized a good #robot.

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Mar 8, 2023

"#Coworker #plagiarized my paper, should I tell my boss we can all see he’s offline?"
https://www.askamanager.org/2023/03/coworker-plagiarized-my-paper-should-i-tell-my-boss-we-can-all-see-hes-offline-and-more.html

coworker plagiarized my paper, should I tell my boss we can all see he's offline, and more

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker plagiarized my paper I’m curious about an issue that happened to me a number of years ago

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Janne-Tuomas Seppänen Mar 7, 2023

I am about to write a #PubPeer post exposing a #Wiley -published #academic book chapter (and likely the whole book) where I can prove the entire content is #plagiarized, likely using a synonym-swapping algorithm.

But I don't want to get sued, or be unethical. I will notify the two #publishers of course, but does anyone have any other pointers?

Dave Spector Jan 27, 2023

Alternate title: “How to get shoved onto the tube tracks in one opinion column or less…”

https://apple.news/AksNsMRrASuCzM0HT-Iuw3Q

Still wondering how it is people cannot grasp 1) there’s no “ intelligence” in these so-called #AI system, 2) the output is composed/composited from #stolen/ #plagiarized #source #data,

And, lastly. 3) how Marriot can’t grasp he’s just a useful idiot pushing some #billionaire’s #enrichment agenda.

AI spells trouble for creatives — about time too — The Times and The Sunday Times

Vanity, egotism, a desire to be thought more interesting at parties . . . Perhaps I could have been more honest with the room full of students who wanted to know what had “inspired” me to go into journalism. But surveying those youthful faces, I felt compelled to strike an idealistic note. So yes, while it’s true that I love books and ideas, a spirit of guilty self-criticism now compels me to confess that I was also after a lifestyle. I wanted to join the “creative classes”. I wanted to pile