🦔A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks. The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and the University of Fellowship of the Ring, and stated mid-paper that the entire thing was made up. Google's Gemini told users it was caused by blue light. Perplexity cited its prevalence at one in 90,000 people. ChatGPT advised users whether their symptoms matched. The fake research was then cited in a peer-reviewed journal that only retracted it after Nature contacted the publisher. My Take The researcher made the papers as obviously fake as possible on purpose. The AI systems didn't catch it. Neither did the human researchers who cited it in real journals, which means people are feeding AI-generated references into their work without reading what they're actually citing. I've covered the FDA using AI for drug review, the NYC hospital CEO ready to replace radiologists, and ChatGPT Health launching this year. All of that is happening in the same environment where a condition funded by a Simpsons character and endorsed by the crew of the Enterprise was being presented as emerging medical consensus. The people making these deployment decisions seem to believe the pipeline from research to AI to patient is more supervised than it actually is. This experiment suggests it isn't supervised much at all. Hedgie🤗 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Shahin Vahedparast was the other protester who was executed by hanging in Iran today. He was 31 years old. And that’s almost all we know about him. Because the internet was cut by the regime and sources tell us that his family was threatened into silence. You get hanged for the crime of protesting with empty hand in 21st century and some still call this regime a normal government. Many more are waiting to be executed for the same reason. Please, don’t get used to this. Don’t scroll past it like it’s normal. It’s not. Use your voice. Because your voice still matters and it might be the only thing that can stop the next execution. 💔

🚨 Missing: Maddison, 16, from Worthing Last seen Friday just before 10.30pm.👤 5’5”, shoulder-length hair (black on top, red underneath), nose piercings both sides 👕 Black hoody, black leggings, black trainers📍 Links to Brighton, Chichester & London📞 Call 999 NOW if seen – quote serial 1262 of 03/04#Missing #Worthing #SussexPolice

Wow @GB_KITCHEN @DeliverooHelp where’s the gourmet in a dried up end of a onion, the end of a tomato with no centre and a small limp piece of lettuce - like the old bits from the bottom of a salad drawer or maybe the compost bin! Disappointing #burger

The execution machine of the Islamic Republic of Iran is running at full speed. We shall not forget the innocent lives lost — and those who are still in prison today, facing execution. They need our voice. Iranian patriot Amirhossein Azarpira, 24, from Zarrin Shahr, Isfahan, is in grave danger. He has been charged with 'Moharebeh' (Enmity against allah) and faces execution. He is undergoing severe torture to extract forced confessions. Be the voice of the voiceless before it’s too late. #امیرحسین_آذرپیرا

🚨 Sussex Police Missing Teen Appeal – Please Share 16-year-old Grace Nicolaou has been reported missing. She was last seen at 7pm on Monday (23 March) in Lutterworth town centre and may be heading towards Brighton. Grace is 5’3”, slim build, olive complexion, black hair in a ponytail. Last seen wearing a grey/black tracksuit, long beige cardigan, carrying a small black handbag. If you’ve seen her or have any info, call 101 quoting incident 566 (23 March).

The New Imperialism is alive & well

Mohammad Afghanchi is only 18 years old. A talented football player with his whole life ahead of him, Mohammad was arrested during the Jan 2026 protests. Now, he faces a death sentence in a sham trial. #IranMassacre‌

Let me explain what just happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4 a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

RT @MPSHammFul: We are appealing for help to find a missing woman from Shepherd's Bush. Mary Lou, 22, was last seen earlier today wearing…

A message from Afghan woman to everyone who stands with us- "Thank you so much for your kind and heartfelt words. Your support and solidarity truly mean a lot to us. Knowing that people in different parts of the world see us and care about what Afghan women and girls are going through gives us strength and hope. I am an Afghan woman. My name is Nura and I am 26 years old. Like millions of other women and girls in Afghanistan, I grew up with dreams and hopes for my future. We wanted to study, work, build our lives, and live with freedom and dignity. Today, life has become very difficult for many Afghan women. Many of our rights, opportunities, and freedoms have been taken away. But despite all these challenges, we are still holding on to hope for a better future. We believe that one day Afghan women and girls will again be able to study freely, work, walk outside without fear, and build a life based on their own choices. I also kindly ask you to raise your voice with us and stand with Afghan women. Your support can help bring attention to our situation. Since many of us are not allowed to work, continuing our education has become very difficult. We especially need support for internet access so we can keep learning and studying online. Messages like yours remind us that we are not alone and that the world has not forgotten us. Thank you for standing with the women and girls of Afghanistan and for keeping hope alive."

🚨 Famous Iranians are being kidnapped for opposing the Islamic Regime. Retired national footballer Rashid Mazaheri posted a video, calling Khamenei “Satan” and condemning the Regime’s massacre of 53,000 protesters. Then, he disappeared. Islamic Republic agents raided his home, kidnapped him, and seized vast amounts of personal property. That was 17 days ago. His wife has been begging for his return, and exposing the Regime herself for taking her husband. There has been no official response from the Islamic government, as they have a long history of extrajudicial detentions and executions. It isn’t just the Iranian women’s football team. It isn’t just Rashid. There are countless other innocent Iranians being silenced by the Islamic Regime. No one is safe. Not the Iranian women’s football team. Not Rashid Mazaheri. No one.

Please dear pals look out for our beloved friend Bramble 🐾 he is missing in SO45 4LP He is on medication so needs to be found asap. We all miss him so much and want him back safely with his mum ❤️🏡❤️

The DOGE deposition videos have been banned on YouTube and they're being suppressed here as well. Elon Musk hates free speech

One of the DOGE staffers leading Elon Musk’s DEI purge of the US government says he believes it was appropriate for inexperienced twenty-somethings to be cancelling millions in government grants. Click the link in bio for more 🔗

3 massive Chinese fishing trawlers are plowing through Southern ocean following whale feeding routes These vessels can haul around 10 tons of krill an hour, taking the food that whales rely on Decades of fighting whaling, only for China to show up and empty whales’ food instead

RT @TheSWPrincess: ICE did it again - released a detainee far from her home without notifying her family. Three days after having an ankl…

ICE detain business owner—steal $21,000 in cash. He was driving to bank to deposit cash from his business—where locals wire money to relatives in Latin America. Now faces deportation with no way to recover the money. "We're told there's no body cam—no way to track it," lawyer explained. Pio Figueroa says that ICE only feeds detainees 2 times a day—and the conditions inside detention center cause many to get sick. The incident occurred in Russellville, Alabama.

Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by US analytics software company Palantir. A coalition of human rights, health and patient organisations, and unions sent out the plea to NHS trusts by email bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s481…

Apropos: 'NHS joint chair 4 major hospitals Matthew Swindells pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform while also advising company ft.com/content/6c548670-0f3e… via @ft