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Prof. Amanda Wise Aug 23, 2023

Eric Topol Aug 17, 2023

There are now 4 very large cohorts showing how Covid is associated with increased the risk of developing autoimmune conditions. The latest demonstrates that vaccination significantly reduced the risk.

Prof. Amanda Wise Aug 18, 2023

Emma Power Aug 13, 2023

The housing system is failing older people, but it doesn't have to be. In our report, launched last week, we enumerate the scale of the problem and what needs to happen to make change @haag https://theconversation.com/ageing-in-a-housing-crisis-growing-numbers-of-older-australians-are-facing-a-bleak-future-209237

Ageing in a housing crisis: growing numbers of older Australians are facing a bleak future

An ageing population is caught in a perfect storm of rising house prices and rents, falling home ownership rates, mortgage debt carried into retirement, insecure rentals and a lack of social housing.

The Conversation

Prof. Amanda Wise Aug 18, 2023

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Philip N Cohen Mar 8, 2023

" #ChatGPT exhibits something like the banality of evil... It summarizes the standard arguments in the literature by a kind of super-autocomplete, refuses to take a stand on anything, pleads not merely ignorance but lack of intelligence and ultimately offers a 'just following orders' defense, shifting responsibility to its creators."

Prof. Amanda Wise Aug 15, 2023

Lawprofblawg Aug 13, 2023

What is the most ridiculous thing that your university requires you to put in your syllabus?

#AcademicChatter #lawtwitter

Prof. Amanda Wise Aug 15, 2023

Alex Hanna Aug 11, 2023

New from @emilymbender and I in @sciam on the junk science powering "AI" research and circular citation networks:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-to-focus-on-ais-real-harms-not-imaginary-existential-risks/

AI Causes Real Harm. Let’s Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype

Effective regulation of AI needs grounded science that investigates real harms, not glorified press releases about existential risks

Scientific American

Prof. Amanda Wise Jul 20, 2023

Thesiswhisperer Jul 15, 2023

Thanks for all the interest in my post on social media this week - interviewed about it by Geraldine Douge on ABC radio this morning. #goals! https://abclisten.page.link/ZcHPPaH1vk8EzuAB6

'Enshittification' and social media for academics - ABC Radio National

Academics are often encouraged to get on social media to promote their work and drive up citations. But a process called 'enshittification' is making this increasingly useless.

ABC Radio National

Prof. Amanda Wise May 11, 2023

The Conversation AU + NZ May 11, 2023

How many tobacco lobbyists end up in government, and vice versa? It’s a lot.

About half of people involved in tobacco lobbying held positions in Australian governments before or after working for the tobacco industry.

Researchers reveal findings about the extent of this close relationship:

#Auspol #Australia #Government #Tobacco #Research #Health

https://theconversation.com/we-worked-out-how-many-tobacco-lobbyists-end-up-in-government-and-vice-versa-its-a-lot-205382?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1683781141-1

We worked out how many tobacco lobbyists end up in government, and vice versa. It's a lot

About half of people involved in tobacco lobbying held positions in Australian governments before or after working for the tobacco industry.

The Conversation

Prof. Amanda Wise Dec 13, 2022

S. Winfrey Dec 11, 2022

In 1933, Nazis led torchlit mob into the square and looted the library of the adjoining -Universitat. 40,000 people cheered as they burned over 20,000 books by mainly Jewish, communist, liberal and social-critical authors. Many years later, a panel of glass was set into the ground to mark the spot. It’s a window. Leaning over you can look into a room below. The room is white, lined from floor to ceiling with plain shelves—an empty library. The sort of world we’d live in if the fanatics had won.

Prof. Amanda Wise Dec 12, 2022

Alice Marshall Dec 12, 2022

SENATOR MERKLEY INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO BAN HEDGE FUND OWNERSHIP OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

Wall Street control of large portions of housing markets across America drives up rents, limits homeownership opportunities

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/senator-merkley-introduces-legislation-to-ban-hedge-fund-ownership-of-residential-housing

Senator Merkley Introduces Legislation to Ban Hedge Fund Ownership of Residential Housing | U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon

Prof. Amanda Wise Dec 12, 2022

Angie Rasmussen

Dec 12, 2022

I guess I’m going to start using this more, now that Twitter is becoming both morally and functionally unusable.

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