The Headlines Are Evil, and They're Bringing Us Down
https://writing.kemitchell.com/2025/05/29/Trump-Tariffs-Decision-Headlines
https://writing.kemitchell.com/2025/05/29/Trump-Tariffs-Decision-Headlines
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The Headlines Are Evil, And They’re Bringing Us Down
what the court actually said about Trump’s tariffs
Untrusted chatbot AI between you & the internet is a disaster waiting to happen
https://macwright.com/2025/05/29/putting-an-untrusted-chat-layer-is-a-disaster
https://macwright.com/2025/05/29/putting-an-untrusted-chat-layer-is-a-disaster
macwright.com
Putting an untrusted layer of chatbot AI between you and the internet is an obvious disaster waiting to happen
Superhuman performance of an LLM on the reasoning tasks of a physician
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10849
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10849
arXiv.org
Superhuman performance of a large language model on the reasoning...
A seminal paper published by Ledley and Lusted in 1959 introduced complex clinical diagnostic reasoning cases as the gold standard for the evaluation of expert medical computing systems, a...
Caffeine induces age-dependent brain complexity and criticality during sleep
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08090-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08090-z
Nature
Caffeine induces age-dependent increases in brain complexity and criticality during sleep
Communications Biology - Caffeine ingestion shifts sleep EEG towards higher complexity and criticality, flattening the 1/f slope and reducing long-range temporal correlations, reflecting enhanced...
US Economy Shrinks 0.2% on Weaker Spending, Larger Trade Impact
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/us-economy-shrinks-0-2-on-weaker-spending-larger-trade-impact
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-29/us-economy-shrinks-0-2-on-weaker-spending-larger-trade-impact
Bloomberg.com
US Economy Shrinks 0.2% on Weaker Spending, Larger Trade Impact
The US economy shrank at the start of the year, restrained by weaker consumer spending and an even bigger impact from trade than initially reported.
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider 'Funnull' as Top Source of 'Pig Butchering' Scams
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/u-s-sanctions-cloud-provider-funnull-as-top-source-of-pig-butchering-scams/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/u-s-sanctions-cloud-provider-funnull-as-top-source-of-pig-butchering-scams/
Krebs on Security
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams, commonly known as “pig…
U.S. Woman Dies from Mad Cow-Like Brain Disease That Lay Dormant for 50 Years
https://gizmodo.com/u-s-woman-dies-from-mad-cow-like-brain-disease-that-lay-dormant-for-50-years-2000603359
https://gizmodo.com/u-s-woman-dies-from-mad-cow-like-brain-disease-that-lay-dormant-for-50-years-2000603359
Gizmodo
U.S. Woman Dies From Mad Cow-Like Brain Disease That Lay Dormant for 50 Years
A woman's human growth hormone treatments in childhood may have sealed her fate decades later, according to a new case report.
White House releases health report written by LLM, with hallucinated citations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/well/maha-report-citations.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/well/maha-report-citations.html
NY Times
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.
High vitamin B6 doses over a long period could cause irreversible nerve damage
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-08/vitamin-b6-toxicity-peripheral-neuropathy-health-supplements/104793006
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-08/vitamin-b6-toxicity-peripheral-neuropathy-health-supplements/104793006
www.abc.net.au
Rising cases of vitamin B6 toxicity causing concerns for peak medical bodies
Vitamin B6 is present in thousands of products in Australia, but doctors are warning patients are risking lifelong damage due to overconsumption of the supplement.
RFK Jr's 'Maha' report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-studies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-studies
the Guardian
RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies
Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump team
Why do we get earworms?
https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/mahna-mahna-do-doo-be-do-do-why-do
https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/mahna-mahna-do-doo-be-do-do-why-do
Substack
♫ Mahna Mahna, Do doo be-do-do ♫ (Why do we get earworms?)
If we mention or even just allude to a catchy song, we risk having part of it playing on a loop in our head, for days on end. What's that about? And what can we do about it?
Germany eyes 10% digital tax on global tech groups
https://www.ft.com/content/39d4678d-a7e1-4fce-b8d8-eb799cfed3e6
https://www.ft.com/content/39d4678d-a7e1-4fce-b8d8-eb799cfed3e6
Ft
Germany eyes 10% digital tax on global tech groups
Proposed levy would affect companies including Google and Meta
What is currently the best LLM model for consumer grade hardware? Is it phi-4?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44134896
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44134896
Behavioral responses of domestic cats to human odor
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0324016
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0324016
journals.plos.org
Behavioral responses of domestic cats to human odor
People all around the world live with cats and cats engage in many social behaviors toward their owners. Olfaction is one of the most important sensory abilities in cats, yet its role in recognizing humans remains unclear. In this study, we assessed the role…