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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 2h

Haha yes I really meant that I have no idea what Vandy’s financial calculus is!

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 1d

Some background on the "Qatari Emiri Air Force facility" planned in the western U.S. --> sofrep.com/news/qatari-...

Qatari Fighter Jets Over Idaho?

Folks in Idaho will be seeing F-15Q fighters with Qatari air force markings and no, they are not lost.

sofrep.com

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 19h

Haha wut????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 22h

No clue about what motivates Vanderbilt!

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 22h

My initial thought is don’t hold your breath!

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

MIT became the first university to reject the Trump administration’s compact of demands, after its president Sally Kornbluth said the school already “meet or exceed many standards outlined” by the federal government.

MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

Very curious to see what the public schools do. They seem to have been chosen strategically...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

More of this. Signing this authoritarian devil’s bargain would betray higher education’s independence and the pursuit of knowledge.

Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects "the Compact"
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

I honestly would not be surprised if some of the schools agreed to the deal.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know about this. I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of the public schools on the list accepted the deal and who the hell knows what Penn is going to say...

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED

Screenshot from link that reads: The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects "the Compact"
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Black families tend to have strong preferences against nursing homes, usually driven by concerns of inadequate care. Seeing that Black nursing home patients have significantly worse outcomes, and that they are driven by *within-nursing home* differences in care, confirms this suspicion.

NBER @nber.org · 1d

Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 1d

A picture of the cover of the most recent issue of wired magazine a parody of those silly pictures of famous people sitting around a card table playing poker with all of the major tech Titans and Donald Trump portrayed as dogs, which is the other variation on the image. The title is tech went all in now what?

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 17d

Death County is a Signal Award finalist. If you’re so inclined, please go vote for it for listener’s choice.

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PennLive @pennlive.com · 3d

From @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social:

The transfer of medical services at the Dauphin County jail from PrimeCare to Mediko happened last week but not without an “unprecedented” level of obstruction by the former provider, according to Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas.

Dauphin County jail’s new medical provider deals with ‘obstruction’ by company it replaced: ‘It puts people at risk.’

PrimeCare’s CEO said they provided the necessary information, but Mediko’s CEO said he was "disappointed" by how things have gone.

www.pennlive.com

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 2d

Please vote for Josh’s amazing podcast, Death County, PA!! It is truly amazing!

Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Voting ends Oct 9

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Voting ends Oct 9

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