Amelia McNamara
@amelia.mn
Associate professor of statistics and data science at the University of St Thomas. Into data visualization and reproducible research, obsessed with R. pronoun.is/she
website: amelia.mn
mastodon: @vis.social/@amelia
website: amelia.mn
mastodon: @vis.social/@amelia
I'm excited to bring my AI-skepticism to this fellowship with The Concord Consortium, and hopefully do some research about how (and whether) AI can be used to help with accessibility and teacher professional development.
concord.org/blog/two-tin...
concord.org/blog/two-tin...
Two Tinker Fellows will develop innovations in AI
Two Tinker Fellows will develop innovations in AI to support critical thinking and study learners’ inquiry moves.
concord.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I'm excited to bring my AI-skepticism to this fellowship with The Concord Consortium, and hopefully do some research about how (and whether) AI can be used to help with accessibility and teacher professional development.
concord.org/blog/two-tin...
concord.org/blog/two-tin...
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Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
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So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
I forgot to turn off my eBay saved search once I finished my collection, so I just got notice about this inexpensive copy of Tukey's collected works volume III, Philosophy and Principles of Data Analysis 1949-1964. www.ebay.com/itm/16812758...
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I forgot to turn off my eBay saved search once I finished my collection, so I just got notice about this inexpensive copy of Tukey's collected works volume III, Philosophy and Principles of Data Analysis 1949-1964. www.ebay.com/itm/16812758...
I think that one came out around 2018 or 2019? That's when I remember hearing about him.
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I think that one came out around 2018 or 2019? That's when I remember hearing about him.
Spent a moment pondering this and have come to the conclusion that must be your dog's name, and this has nothing to do with the senator from Vermont.
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Spent a moment pondering this and have come to the conclusion that must be your dog's name, and this has nothing to do with the senator from Vermont.
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You can't have a democratic society when the people with power or their violent enforcers have data privacy but the citizens have no data privacy protections.
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
You can't have a democratic society when the people with power or their violent enforcers have data privacy but the citizens have no data privacy protections.
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Creepy deep dive into ICE technology. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
ICE’s surveillance technology goes beyond facial recognition
Federal immigration agencies are using a vast surveillance network in Minnesota – from facial recognition technology to ‘stingrays’ that collect data by impersonating cell phone towers.
sahanjournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Creepy deep dive into ICE technology. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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we’re right about ai too
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
we’re right about ai too
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the only thing missing from the minnesota flag is our new motto
TEXT STOP TO QUIT
TEXT STOP TO QUIT
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
the only thing missing from the minnesota flag is our new motto
TEXT STOP TO QUIT
TEXT STOP TO QUIT
It is imperitive that weiner dogs be provided access to look out windows.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
It is imperitive that weiner dogs be provided access to look out windows.
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With much respect to the people who have posted "Parable of the Sower", I give you a different take on surviving disasters as a Minnesotan community: @naomikritzer.bsky.social's The Year Without Sunshine
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Minnesotans have all "studied the playbook."
(Please quote repost with your playbook, Minnesota. Have at it.)
(Please quote repost with your playbook, Minnesota. Have at it.)
January 26, 2026 at 11:18 PM
With much respect to the people who have posted "Parable of the Sower", I give you a different take on surviving disasters as a Minnesotan community: @naomikritzer.bsky.social's The Year Without Sunshine
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
I was at my neighborhood vigil on Saturday night, kicking myself for not reviewing Singing the Living Tradition so I could lead a song.
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I was at my neighborhood vigil on Saturday night, kicking myself for not reviewing Singing the Living Tradition so I could lead a song.
Here's Bentley. He was interrupted on his snow walk for a photo, which isn't as fun as sniffing things through the snow.
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Here's Bentley. He was interrupted on his snow walk for a photo, which isn't as fun as sniffing things through the snow.
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Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
Oh but it would be so funny
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Oh but it would be so funny
In case you need another reminder.
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
In case you need another reminder.
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Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
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people are like "what are we going to do with ICE agents if we defund the agency" and i think we should just put them in the camps we built for migrants and only let them out to be on game shows directed by mr beast
January 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
people are like "what are we going to do with ICE agents if we defund the agency" and i think we should just put them in the camps we built for migrants and only let them out to be on game shows directed by mr beast
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post the link for liam’s gfm verified by @jchavezmpls.bsky.social instead of something that will get you in trouble gofund.me/f13551c1e
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 AM
post the link for liam’s gfm verified by @jchavezmpls.bsky.social instead of something that will get you in trouble gofund.me/f13551c1e
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ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…
naomikritzer.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
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to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
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Say her name: Renee Good.
ICE out of Minneapolis and Minnesota now.
ICE out of Minneapolis and Minnesota now.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Say her name: Renee Good.
ICE out of Minneapolis and Minnesota now.
ICE out of Minneapolis and Minnesota now.
AWS powers the AI that ??? for the NFL!
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
AWS powers the AI that ??? for the NFL!