Jeremy Cherfas

Interesting article on whether LLMs are writing PubMed articles, that seems to conclude that on balance they aren’t. Yet. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a linguistic analysis, says nothing about the quality of the articles, no matter who might be writing them.

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/

I wouldn’t be sad if all the mosquitoes in the world went extinct. Does that make me a bad person?

The cold reality is that Brexit has merely shown that the United Kingdom has no one to blame for its problems but itself.Unmissable analysis from Fintan O’Toole in Foregin Affairs. The UK has a chance at reinvention, and it will not be easy, but it has to try.

Is this the most interesting newsletter ever?

No, of course not. But it does give me the opportunity to pour scorn on sub-editors who question everything.

Say Yes to ETN 242: Ontological uncertainty.

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A nice article extolling the virtues of do-less gardening, both in the garden and on the planet, which I definitely appreciate. I will just say that all this is much more difficult with pots on a terrace, circumstances even less natural than a garden.

First time in my puttering I think I have a need to normalise my CSS. Any hints as to the best of the many options out there gratefully received.

Just the facts …… not that the facts will change those whose minds care nothing for truth of any kind.

Tragically, Emeritus Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg has still not seen fit to correct the egregious howler he perpetrated in 2008, to which I drew attention back then. Talk about being a non-influencer.

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Really great to see this little comic from Lucy Bellwood. A couple of panels to update some of the information would be the cherry on the cake.Is Ceiba operational yet? The website doesn’t say, but I don’t think so.