Deborah Beckwin

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

www.wired.com/story/hundre... @wired.com

My meeting today with a website client.
“Do you need me to create the images for the landing pages?”
“No it’s fine, I’ll get AI to do them.”
“OK, what about the copywriting for all the post and landing pages?”
“No it’s fine, I’ll get AI to do it.”
Downed tools and took the dog for a walk.

Happy Summer Solstice! 🌞

The Craft of Science Writing A deeply sourced, inclusive guide to all aspects of science writing with contributions from some of the most skilled and award-winning authors working today.   Science writing has never been so critic...

Through interviews with leading journalists offering behind-the-scenes inspiration as well as in-depth essays on the craft offering practical advice, The Craft of Science Writing helps readers learn how the best science stories get made, from conception to completion. 🧪

Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government Rumman Chowdhury, a data scientist, nonprofit founder, and former director of Twitter’s machine ethics team, had strong words for Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during an SXSW panel on Thursday. “When your funding is frozen…

Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government

Could I Have ADHD? What to Know About ADHD in Adults — Chicago Psychotherapy PLLC We tend to think of ADHD as something that mostly affects kids. But in reality, plenty of adults are walking around with undiagnosed ADHD - sometimes for years - before they realize what they’re reall...

I love seeing clinicians like my former client talk about diagnoses like ADHD from a clinical perspective. www.chicagopsychotherapy.com/blog/adultadhd

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I attended this conference once years ago at MIT (so great, learned a lot) and I'm flabbergasted.

I really don't have words.

If you're a fan of the TV show Severance, did you know that Lumon Industries has a LinkedIn page? Praise Kier! www.linkedin.com/showcase/lum...

Why I’m Not Using Generative AI As a content strategist, copywriter, and marketer, keeping up with the latest tools is a part of what I do so that I can serve my clients better and more efficiently. But generative AI is not one of t...

I wrote about why I don't use generative AI. Took like 2100+ words to explain, but the TL;DR version is: it's unethical, it's a half-baked product (which I don't want to train), it guzzles too much electricity and water, and I'm still better😏https://deborahbeckwin.com/why-im-not-using-generative-ai/

Thanks so much for reading, Lauren!

Why I’m Not Using Generative AI As a content strategist, copywriter, and marketer, keeping up with the latest tools is a part of what I do so that I can serve my clients better and more efficiently. But generative AI is not one of t...

I wrote about why I don't use generative AI. Took like 2100+ words to explain, but the TL;DR version is: it's unethical, it's a half-baked product (which I don't want to train), it guzzles too much electricity and water, and I'm still better😏https://deborahbeckwin.com/why-im-not-using-generative-ai/

Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.

This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.

Just a reminder that Germany was the center of scientific progress until the Nazis suppressed, drove away, or killed all the non-Nazi scientists.

Interestingly, although this is Mitch McConnell's shit show, he also is a polio survivor, and he voted not to confirm this anti-science grifter. www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-...

Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.

More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the Royal Society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science

https://go.nature.com/3X092QN

This would make my mom, who was a public health nurse, very happy.

Phase raises $13M to speed up the UX design process with its no-code platform UX and UI designers work closely with engineers throughout product development to build and implement design concepts and wireframes for functional user interfaces. Regular communication, feedback and testing are required for the collaboration to work…

Phase raises $13M to speed up the UX design process with its no-code platform

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.

Major AI copyright news 🚨

Thomson Reuters has won its lawsuit against Ross Intelligence on summary judgement. News story here: www.wired.com/story/thomso...

I am so heartbroken. I got to know Elisa two years ago when she came to me with hundreds of emails of anti-trans legislators scheming around restricting trans rights. I helped get her story told by the New York Times and Washington Post. She deserved so much better.

RIP.

Lawmakers, health experts call on FDA to pull Hims & Hers Super Bowl ad Advocacy group and bipartisan letters urged the FDA to take action and pull the ad from running during Sunday’s game.

Guess I can’t escape writing about #SuperBowlLIX ads even if I’m not reporting on marketing! Lawmakers and health advocates have called on the FDA to remove Hims & Hers’ 60-second spot for potentially “misleading patients.” www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...

Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.

The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil, according to a report from Nature. 🧪

I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving

Fostering Personal Resilience in Times of Overwhelm — Chicago Psychotherapy PLLC While we cannot singlehandedly effect every political or social change that may seem urgent to us right now, we can control how we respond and maintain our personal power in the face of these challeng...

This year has been a tumultuous one here in the US. So here's some psychologically sound advice from clinical psychologist Dr. Caroline Adelman at Chicago Psychotherapy on how to be resilient in times of overwhelm. ❤️‍🩹

www.chicagopsychotherapy.com/blog/fosteri...

How I'm rolling in 2025 and beyond...

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”

The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers The Pentagon is rushing to block DeepSeek on its network after some employees used the service, which stores data in China. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers

It is a mistake to think of this as a lawsuit; it is a solicitation of a bribe, of protection money.