Yes indeed. A nice gentleman called Josh Friedman said a weekend phishing attack had targeted me and 4,500 other accounts but that I was now back online - once I had changed my password. So all’s well that ends well…. Thanks for asking and indeed caring.

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I'm reviewing a paper this week, and the AI-infused writing is brain-numbing. I can't even figure out what the author is trying to say. I have to read some sections multiple times. Superficially, the words are fine, the grammar is perfect, but I don't know what it SAYS. Make it STOP.

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Dear random students writing me largely AI generated emails asking for a PhD spot: Please, just look up our department first. You will see we do not have a PhD program. Also my name is not "dear parcak" and you may nor address me in your email as Sarah. UGH *deletes another one*

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Fascinating new thing I learned today: leatherback sea turtles lay "empty" eggs (just albumin, no yolk or embryo) near the top of their nest, possibly so that nest predators eat them rather than digging down to the actual developing eggs. Around 1/4 of the clutch can be these spacer eggs!

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Q: You're offering 1% to whistleblowers for turning in what you're defining as fraud. The False Claims Act, which has been on the books since 1863, offers between 10 and 25%-- TRUMP: At 1% people will make millions and millions of dollars

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