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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 7h

"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher" ed.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 4d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Hughes eventually responded in what Weiss called the longest article they've ever published. And his response, they had to know I was going to parse, was also riddled with easily checkable errors.

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The retconning of George Floyd: a coda

A response to Coleman Hughes and Avak Howsepian

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 3d

“Israel has found its weakest enemy, Hamas, the most intractable, perhaps because defeating an idea is never easy... An intensely interconnected society, where the collective, forged in school and through military service, is fundamental, now debates whether it has lost its way and its ideals.”

Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 3d

This is excellent: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...

Israel at War With Itself

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 3d

This is excellent: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...

Israel at War With Itself

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 5d

You can listen to my recent interview with WBUR's Here & Now:
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Undercounted: The hidden deaths in America’s jails : Here & Now Anytime

Over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023, about 1,000 people died annually in U.S. jails. Nearly one-third of those deaths don't have a cause of death, according to an analysis of federal data by...

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Jess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 7d

Far Side cartoon. One gorilla grooms her gorilla friend and notices something amiss. "Well, well-another blonde hair....
Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 7d

perfect. this is it.

ai is a political project, arguing about its usefulness as an office tool misses the point

dylan @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 7d

$Across the top of the image is a fractured black rectangle where the left half is labeled "Frame: F is happening!" and the right side is labeled "Negation: F is not true!" left side of the box: "AI*" is so useful, it's revolutionizing everything. *massive, generative commercial "AI" models. right side of the box: "AI" capabilities are overblown, it's mostly slop. Below the box is a large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "Frame F" fragment. In a box next to Kirby is the text: Kirby. K is happening. That's why they're saying F. In the pink box is the text: "AI" is functioning to fuel mass surveillance, exploitation of workers & the environment, and the consolidation of wealth and power on a massive scale.$

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 7d

As if the Administration's treatment of Abrego Garcia wasn't already cruel enough, Moshannan Valley Processing Center has been the site of extensive problems, from sexual abuse of a detainee by their chaplain, to excessive force, to a detainee's death. www.inquirer.com/news/ice-imm...

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 7d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
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AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 7d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 8d

"I knew there were supposed to be cameras all over that jail. I reached out to a lot of people when it first happened, including different news organizations and nonprofits...

I wasn’t going to be able to sleep at night until I found out what happened to my brother."

Pushing for Answers After a Loved One Dies Behind Bars

After a family member passes away in prison or jail, people are often left with basic questions. To get answers, they have to get creative.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8d

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 8d

Spent many (many!) hours pulling legal explanations and apologies from lawyers who were caught using AI that hallucinated in which they explained to a judge why they used AI. The explanations are astonishing and extremely good:

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18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It

Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.

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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center @the-ilrc.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️TW: death, miscarriage, neglect in detention

This year has been the deadliest in ICE detention since 2018. Advocates are raising alarms about preventable deaths, rising suicide attempts, & lack of medical care.

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In ICE Detention, Rising Deaths and Neglect: ‘They Wouldn’t Really Do Anything’

Recent incidents include a man who died awaiting surgery in Georgia and a woman’s miscarriage in California. Meanwhile, suicide attempts are rising.

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 9d

Legit thought this was @theonion.com: 58 Million Pounds of Corn Dogs Are Recalled Because of Wood in the Batter www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

58 Million Pounds of Corn Dogs Are Recalled Because of Wood in the Batter

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 9d

AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 10d

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9d

New from me: A "heterodox" writer took a week to teach himself immigration law, then reprimanded me for daring to suggest that Trump is violating the due process rights of immigrants.

He's wrong -- about pretty much everything.

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As Trump vows to end asylum, a tech bro site valiantly defends him -- from accusations that he wants to end asylum

An editor at the "anti-woke" site Pirate Wires scolds me for criticizing Trump's immigration policy. He has no idea what he's talking about.

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 9d

For folks interested in the whole interview, which is 90 mins long and with Katie Couric: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kT_...

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Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 13d

Civility Is a Fantasy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16d

New: The Trump family is now worth an estimated $10 billion, having nearly doubled its net worth since last year’s election.

@danalexander21.bsky.social, @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com

Here's How Much The Trump Family Is Worth

President Trump just had the most lucrative year of his life. But percentage-wise, his three sons—Don Jr., Eric and Barron—did even better.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18d

A man caged by ICE was found dead in his cell inside a Long Island jail 18 hours after arriving there.

Sources: ICE detainee dies at Nassau County jail; investigation underway

The man was being held under a partnership between Nassau County and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which the county provides 50 jail cells for immigration detainees and receive...

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