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John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social · 19h

"No university can present every possible outlook in equal measure, nor should it." thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/10/10/s...

Should a university provide a platform for “every perspective”?

Davidson College sociologist Gerardo Marti reflects on Donald Trump’s “compact” with higher education institutions. Here is a taste of his piece at Inside Higher Education: &#8230…

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like a disruptive business opportunity 😎

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𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆 𝖓𝖊𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 5d

link

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 4d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 6d

DoD is surely too big for a cyber insurance policy, but imagine the price hikes after cutting infosec training

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 6d

Mastodon is probably the easiest?
But there are tons of server applications - this may be a useful list
codeberg.org/fediverse/de...

delightful-fediverse-experience

A curated list of server applications supported on the ActivityPub Fediverse and related standards.

codeberg.org

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 6d

A disturbing timeline for a disturbing timeline

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8d

3c) Want to take the opportunity to share this great article from @truthout.org about racism/fascism and The Punisher character

Marvel’s “Punisher” Was a Hate Symbol Long Before Police Co-opted His Character

The Punisher has long been embraced as a classic superhero, but his comics spread reactionary ideology.

truthout.org

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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 7d

You may think you’re ready for the absurdity of the enormous squid sculpture in the Charlestown Navy Yard where different animals are perched on its tentacles, but I assure you you are not.

A giant sculpture of a squid with animals sitting on its tentacles.

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 6d

Going soon because of this post 🙏🏻

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 8d

Regime grabs immigration lawyer's phone at Logan
www.universalhub.com/2025/regime-...
#Boston #lawsuits

Lawyer (on left) talks to regime agents before they seize his phone at Terminal C

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 8d

Something about this "I Tried the Trend: My Personal Experience with Metal Hair Bands for Men" web page feels wrong

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 10d

Yep

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sheep @sheep.bsky.social · 10d

RELAX CYBERSECURITY TRAINING?!?!?!?!

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10d

SECRETARY OF WAR
1000 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1000
SEP 3 0 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP
DEPARTMENT OF WAR AGENCY AND DOW FIELD ACTIVITY
DIRECTORS
SUBJECT: Reduction of Mandatory Training Requirements to Restore Mission Focus
The Department of War is committed to enabling our warfighters to focus on their core mission of fighting and winning our Nation's wars without distraction. Mandatory Department training will be directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in frequency, or eliminated
To ensure these actions are implemented expeditiously, I direct the Military Departments
to work, in coordination with the Components listed herein, on the following actions:
• Chief Information Officer of the Department of War:
- Narrowly tailor Records Management training to Service member roles and allow flexibility in training delivery.
- Relax the mandatory frequency for Cybersecurity training.
- Automate information management systems to eliminate training requirements.
• The Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security:
- Relax the mandatory frequency for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUT)
training.
• The Assistant to the Secretary of War for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency:
- Remove Privacy Act Training from the Common Military Training (CMT) list.
• The Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness:
- Eliminate mandatory frequency for Combating Trafficking in Persons refresher training after appropriate legislation is enacted.
- Consolidate mandatory training topics, as appropriate.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11d

"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 13d

I think the 👉 broke the URL identifier so the link isn't click-able?

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Margot Atwell @margotatwell.bsky.social · 13d

Today, I'll be doing an event in Somerville, MA with @allshewrotebks.bsky.social and Full Body Cast will perform fan favorites from Rocky Horror. Then tomorrow, I'll be back in Brooklyn and talking with @jeannethornton.bsky.social and @magsvisaggio.com Mel King and Anton Solomonik. #rockyhorror

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 13d

Please stop showing me anything about Ezra Klein. Irrevocably opting out of “Ezra Klein”

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Brandon Kennedy @bicycleidiot.bsky.social · 14d

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee.
You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 14d

A request, not for me but to help a student.
Would anyone have the pdf of Aideen
Irelands 2017. The Broighter Hoard: Mythology, Misrepresentation and Mystery 1. In Place and Space in the Medieval World (pp. 87-102) ?
Please beep me here if you have. Would be mavely appreciated

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 17d

It was very important for me to get autistic people's reaction to this. That should be the norm when it comes to reaction pieces that touch on autism.

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 15d

Can the task tests be replicated outside OpenAI?

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 16d

Though cooling costs will be lower than in the sunbelt, I suspect land and electricity are not cheap enough

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golby @golby.bsky.social · 17d

Interested in Mac security research, reversing macOS malware, or detection engineering?

Jamf Threat Labs is hiring! We're looking for passionate individuals to join our team and and help push the boundaries of Apple security.

- Brno, Czechia
- Austin, Eau Claire, Minneapolis

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 17d

There was no need to lash the power bricks to the bottom of each shelf, that's pure esthetics

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