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And if editors at academic presses and journals were to, say, circulate a blacklist of reviewers who submitted AI-generated responses, I wouldn't actually have a problem with that.
I assume they're using the state's figures, so you know.
An AI-generated peer review isn't peer review at all because AI is no one's peer.
And journal editors should never invite comment again from someone who submits an AI-generated peer review.
Folks, the use of AI to write reviews is a clear violation of peer review ethics + it endangers the authors' intellectual property rights. Don't do it.
Half of the students who applied for vouchers are already enrolled in private schools or are homeschooled.
Yeah, nobody saw that coming.
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Two Chinese women immigrants in the 1870s
🗃️ March 1875: Congress passed the anti-Chinese Page Act, targeting prostitutes, felons, and “coolies.” Using gender, marriage, race, and class as mechanisms for exclusion, the Page Act marked the onset of federal immigration control. 🧵1/7
Abstract cover with the title of the book, "The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing Mobility in the 19th-Century United States" by Kevin Kenny
The Page Act marked a decisive step in the shift from state to federal control over immigration. See "The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic" @academic.oup.com ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro... = 🧵 7/7
They're against it.
So if you see something over California that looks like some kind of super-secret government spy drone thingy, those are definitely Iranian.
However, Cornyn seems to be using the runoff campaign to create a ton of campaign fodder that Talarico can use against him.
Professors do not indoctrinate students in class but teach them how to think critically and openly.
In the wake of SB 37, University of Houston has introduced syllabi "checklists" and "certifications" to prevent so-called indoctrination in the classroom. This clearly threatens academic freedom.
If Paxton is nominated, Talarico has a good chance of winning. If Cornyn is nominated, he doesn't.
This poll also explains why the endorsement Trump promised a week ago hasn't materialized.
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There are options that could have improved the city's water access without doing harm to communities and the environment, but they needed to be raised and considered years ago. Now it's an emergency, and we're probably going to get forcibly rescued by the most harmful expedience possible.
When he complains about a failure of local leadership, he doesn't mean politicians and business leaders (who have definitely failed). He means environmental and community groups that have resisted and delayed desalination plans that will pollute the bay and disrupt neighborhoods.
Let's be clear: Abbott's priority is keeping the water flowing to businesses, especially petro and crypto, not to residents.
And the "solution" he ultimately imposes on Corpus Christi will be whichever is the most environmentally damaging.
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Or did Trump get a discount by buying surplus sizes in bulk?
lmaooooo sloppelganger
Same. Glad not to be robbed, but also kind of miffed that a few colleagues rated being robbed and I didn't.
I'm extremely relieved to find that my identity wasn't stolen for this repulsive Grammarly "expert review." Also, why wasn't it?
The Texas of Canada.
I didn’t have to use ChatGPT to know it tells you that you’re right even when you’re wrong. I’ve talked to people about their LLM usage, read reporting and studies about it, and seen what people have shared online. The idea that you HAVE to use something yourself to critique it is not always true
Trump is not the unfortunate victim of job “losses”; he is destroying jobs, especially manufacturing jobs. And in savaging medical and scientific grants and going to war with universities, Trump is further undercutting one of America’s greatest sources of long-term growth and productivity
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)
My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):
I.B. Singer dies, and now this.
If he can give (very) religious Texans a sense of inclusion in the Democratic party, I’ll give him a pass. He speaks their language. And his points do not align with the far right.
Let’s get one thing straight: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian.
Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.
I get that, he's about all religions. I'd prefer he were about none. The job he's running for isn't about religion.
Carter never concealed his faith, of course, but I don't recall he foregrounded it as much or deployed it defensively as much as Talarico does.
