Who’s Afraid of Mussolini’s Ghost?
Not too many, it would seem. Good, short article on the far right in Italy today and its relationship with historical Fascism.
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Links I liked
RADIKAAL: Kim Lane Scheppele on Viktor Orbán’s Hungary
This is excellent 👆
Thread by @dsmerdon on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
ChatGPT is very good at inventing credible-sounding research papers – stuff that could, at first glance, be real, but isn’t. Here is a long thread about what is probably/possibly going on behind the scenes. Long story short: don’t trust this machine. It’s the AI equivalent of a man that is both mediocre and overconfident.
GPT and my own career trajectory
Food for thought here
Weekend Wisdom
It’s Friday afternoon, some algorithm surfaced this for me, and I could not agree more. Share with those who need to hear this.
Chatbot politicians: artificial intelligence and “next level” populism
It was probably only a matter of time. To use the technical term: FFS
Maria Sobolewska and Rob Ford on Brexit
In the run-up to Christmas, I missed this excellent Radikaalpodcast episode with Maria Sobolewska & Rob Ford (not a 🍁) talking about their Brexitland book. Hosted by Cas Mudde, definitely worth a👂.
Get off my lawn! Are journal demands for “novelty” creating a culture of low-level academic dishonesty?
This article on the Duck by Dan Nexon, about rather unfortunate consequences of the publish/perish incentives,makes some very good points
Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
When I was a boy, the sea off Sellafield was supposed to be the most radioactive body of water in the world. No idea if this was true, but this article about the past, present, and unfortunately very, very long future of Britain’s nuclear fuel industry is excellent.
Pinging Mastodon instances | Sociology, Statistics and Software
This small experiment is quite interesting, because it reveals a tiny bit of Mastodon’s network topology. I remember that I saw one of Brendon’s test posts.