Earlier this year I was seeking funding to investigate a hunch that Amazon was using AI for union-busting. Turns out that hunch was correct. www.opendemocracy.net/amazon-ai-su...

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Whats in the papers? E.mbrace Trial, Bonten et al.: In this large phase 3 trial of older adults, ExPEC9V did not demonstrate efficacy in preventing first IED caused by ExPEC9V O-serotypes, despite generating robust and sustained antibody responses. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #UTISky

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Brendan Larsen from Ngāmotu in Aotearoa and a member of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society took this stack over a couple of hours and estimates 14000 satellite trails. This is how bad it is now, it's set to get much much much worse - and then we lose Low […] [Original post on river.geek.nz]

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This week's #TidyTuesday is about frogs and toads. AmphibiaWeb lists 8,018 species. Six families hold 54% of them, and one genus, Pristimantis, has 631. Code: https://github.com/gkaramanis/tidytuesday/tree/master/2026/2026-week_42 #RStats #dataviz

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With prediction markets, any drug approval decision could become mired in accusations of corruption and manipulated results. Such reactions could further erode public trust in scientists and scientific institutions. #chemsky 🧪

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