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Just jumped across from Twatter before the shit hits the fan there, to see what it's like here. Interested in all science, maths, technology, pretty much everything in fact. Politically to the left. Hoping to meet some interesting people and learn new things.

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Call it "the broken ladder": Labor market hardships for entry-level workers t.co/tnPrJPhN83

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January 6, Missing Persons, Exonym Atlas, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, June 2, 2026

NEW RESOURCES Lawfare: The Justice Department Erases History; Lawfare Restores It. "Last week, the Justice Department began systematically removing material from its web sites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan....

researchbuzz.me/2026/06/02/jan

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I am currently installing e/os on my FP3+. Will my phone survive?? We'll see in a moment.

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The long-awaited "Leiden Declaration" on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics is now live and seeking signatories: leidendeclaration.ai/

This declaration stemmed from a workshop in Leiden University last September on "Mechanization and Mathematical Research", where it became clear how important it was in the age of AI to make explicit the goals and values of the mathematical community. Many of these goals have long been left implicit, being disseminated informally from advisor to student, or through mechanisms such as the peer review process. So long as the community was largely driven by internal decisions, this implicit system sufficed, and we only needed to share a few explicit goals with the broader public, such as working on unsolved problems, discovering new mathematical phenomena, or applying mathematics to the sciences or other real-world situations.

But in an era where increasingly powerful AI can be set to optimize (or over-optimize) many of the goals that are explicitly presented to them, such an informal state of affairs becomes inadequate, and so the Leiden working group gathered extensive input from the mathematical community to find consensus on what we truly value in mathematics, and how we recommend individual mathematicians, mathematical institutions and external organizations to act. I myself contributed some feedback to an early version of the declaration, but was not part of the working group. (1/2)

just got suspended on X - someone vexatiously reported me for 'inauthentic behaviour': i'd been going through a few threads telling bot accounts, trolls & copypastas to 'go away' (various words to that effect) & then blocking them. so ironically i've been suspended for alleged 'inauthentic behaviour' whilst blocking actual 'inauthentic behaviour'. go figure. back here after 3 years. :(

RT @skdh
For this video we have looked at what applications are currently under development and I added some wild speculation about where things will be going in the near future. (Check out the voice simulator that imitates me almost perfectly.)

youtube.com/watch?v=jKx0XwJAj3

RT @CarolineLucas
Whatever your views on monarchy, arrest of anti-royalist campaigners for exercising right to peaceful protest is chilling. Many of us warned about exactly this when govt rushed thro the illiberal public order bill. This is not what democracy looks like inews.co.uk/opinion/most-draco

RT @oldjumpers
Like the 2012 Olympics inspiring young people to take up rowing or judo, many will be watching the coronation and be inspired to become royalty themselves.

RT @libertyhq
If you're protesting the :

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
KNOW THE RISKS
KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE

📲SAVE these legal advice bustcards

📡SHARE with other protesters

🖊️WRITE phone numbers on your arm

🦺FIND Legal Observers for assistance

🤫"NO COMMENT" without lawyer

RT @HayshamTaz
This is the sad truth of Britain today under the Tories, we had to pay for my 90 year old mum to see a dentist as she was in a lot of pain, no dentists taking on NHS patients, it’s a disgraceful situation The sooner we can get rid of this Tory government the better
twitter.com/elliebwick/status/

RT @mikegalsworthy
🔥 East Anglia Bylines discovered 3 polling stations where staff confirmed they’d been instructed that voters without voter ID were to be sent away, if possible, before entering the polling station, so they wouldn’t have to have the rejections recorded. eastangliabylines.co.uk/exclus

RT @Reuters
UK PM Sunak's Conservatives rejected by voters at local elections reut.rs/3LYrAf7

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