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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 5h

I can imagine. I should've said: I loved the quip, but regret the truth behind it :(

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 13h

UNC is one of the brightest spots in LIS and nothing I have read about this forced merger makes me feel like decisionmakers care.

They're jumping onto a bandwagon, hoping to "career readiness" HE, and are willing to ruin the reputation of everyone involved to make conservative politicos happy.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

"School of AI" blech

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 13h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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gregorg @greg.org · 6h

he says science disinformation is driven by the "Five Ps": plutocrats, petrostates, publicists, and passive press, which is kind of a lame way to get to 5, especially when Penn provosts is right there...

Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 6h

Now just a minute here.

So this guy was a vice-provost at Penn, and dropped that position because he couldn’t speak truthfully on matters of science in that role at Penn. But he’s staying on, at Penn.

Seems to me that if this is how Penn operates then everything about it is poisoned.

archive.ph

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 6h

These jobs often go to the poor sap who draws the short stick… or the junior person who’s bullied into it :)

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 6h

Now just a minute here.

So this guy was a vice-provost at Penn, and dropped that position because he couldn’t speak truthfully on matters of science in that role at Penn. But he’s staying on, at Penn.

Seems to me that if this is how Penn operates then everything about it is poisoned.

archive.ph

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9h

A columnist still at WaPo.

Headline: "Yes, Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize."

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t mean to minimize his sacrifice, but seriously: stepping down from an admin position — at a uni where the rite of passage into admin is soul desiccation — isn’t exactly heroism. I remember when a student congratulated me on my directorship. I had to explain: thanks, but this is not an honor 😉

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 11h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11h

We’re doing studies to prove it (* not how studies work)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17h

Without comment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 8h

Ha! I’m sure I had one of those decks, too! :)

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11h

Perry asks the govt's counsel if they would potentially seek to send other state's national guard to Illinois if she used narrower language for the restraining order.

Counsel says yes.

"Ok, then I'm gonna go with the broader language," Perry says.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11h

She says deploying national guard members untrained in de-escalation would "add fuel to the fire the defendants themselves have started."

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 11h

my institution is also going in this direction. alums and current students got a survey over the summer asking us to pick the new name for the (already merged) compsci/datasci/infosci school, most of them mentioned AI, zero mentioned libraries

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 13h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 8h

I encountered this in one of my NYU newsletters; includes lots of zoom events!

NYU Detention and Deportation event series; use QR code to access full info

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 8h

I regretted missing this show @ SFMoMA, but it's coming to NY! "This December, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present 'Art of Noise,' an exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past century."

“Art of Noise” Exhibition Tracing History of Music and Design to Open at Cooper Hewitt | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

This December, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “Art of Noise,” an exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking designs that have shaped how people experience music over the past cen...

www.cooperhewitt.org

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 13h

They’re targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James for one reason: she had the courage to hold Donald Trump accountable.

This is political weaponization of our courts, plain and simple—and proof that when you stand up to corruption, they come for you.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 10h

Letitia James is a former public defender and public advocate. She's spent most of her career on the side of the marginalized and underprivileged. And let's be honest: Trump is attacking her because he doesn't want Black women in positions of authority in this country.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 13h

I’m not autistic, just a parent to an autistic kid w/ fairly significant support needs, but I personally find it very frustrating to see so many people fixated on preventing, reducing, or “curing” autism and neurodiversity instead of talking about inclusion + getting folks whatever support they need

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, Kelly ❤️

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, Jennifer 🙏

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11h

I almost feel guilty celebrating good things amidst such widespread atrocity, but I just have to acknwldg what a gift it is to be teaching back in this city: it feels so meaningful; the vibe is so good (…and I feel so satisfyingly *competent*, after 3yrs of feeling like a failure in the wrong place)

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