Dr. Jonathan
@jonathansmith.bsky.social
librarian, technologist, Ed.D.
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If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
June 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
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When I tell you Los Angeles is an occupied city/county, this is what I mean…
Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone.
Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone.
June 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When I tell you Los Angeles is an occupied city/county, this is what I mean…
Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone.
Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone.
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🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states.
There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this
There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this
June 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states.
There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this
There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Amid DEI Crackdown, Students Hold Their Own Affinity Graduations
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3GTitwt
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3GTitwt
Amid DEI Cancellations, Students Hold Affinity Graduations
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting.
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Amid DEI Crackdown, Students Hold Their Own Affinity Graduations
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3GTitwt
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3GTitwt
I passed the oral defense of my dissertation yesterday. Yay! So today a work colleague gifted me a toy of Doctor Smith from Lost in Space 🤣 I may have to start a collection
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May 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I passed the oral defense of my dissertation yesterday. Yay! So today a work colleague gifted me a toy of Doctor Smith from Lost in Space 🤣 I may have to start a collection
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1. The White House has just released a "fact sheet" where it announces that 8 fake "experts" are about to release a federal report opposing transgender care.
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
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It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
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White House Teases Fake Anti-Trans "Report," Announces Investigations Have Begun
A new fact sheet released by the White House Monday morning confirms the imminent release of a "Cass review" type report. It also announces investigations have begun.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1. The White House has just released a "fact sheet" where it announces that 8 fake "experts" are about to release a federal report opposing transgender care.
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
It's like I've been saying - do not obey in advance. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Education Department’s Anti-DEI Guidance Blocked
Several colleges scrubbed their campuses and websites of DEI-related language and shuttered offices in order to comply with the letter's sweeping demands.
www.insidehighered.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's like I've been saying - do not obey in advance. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
I submitted my dissertation last night! Next up, the defense. The finish line is in sight.
April 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I submitted my dissertation last night! Next up, the defense. The finish line is in sight.
Seeing MPOW called out in Al Jazeera was not on my bingo card www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The great collapse of US higher education has begun
Budget cuts, culture wars and enrolment crashes are pushing American universities off the edge.
www.aljazeera.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Seeing MPOW called out in Al Jazeera was not on my bingo card www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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It seems we're at that point in our descent into fascism that the Republican administration is arresting judges?
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by FBI for allegedly helping undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest'
A Milwaukee County circuit judge has been arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant "evade arrest," according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
abcnews.go.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It seems we're at that point in our descent into fascism that the Republican administration is arresting judges?
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-han...
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Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
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AI may be an existential risk simply because the human mind and society as currently constructed is simply incapable of judiciously using it at scale by undeliberative people and everything turns to slop as its permission structure of incompetence and 1-shot tries effuses into culture and pipelines.
State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor
State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor
Using AI-developed questions written by non-legally-trained psychometricians represents 'an obvious conflict of interest,' critics say.
www.latimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
AI may be an existential risk simply because the human mind and society as currently constructed is simply incapable of judiciously using it at scale by undeliberative people and everything turns to slop as its permission structure of incompetence and 1-shot tries effuses into culture and pipelines.
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Senator Van Hollen flew to El Salvador to meet with the Salvadorian VP & find out how we can get Abrego-Garcia home.
He says "I'm simply asking the president to open the door of CECOT & let this innocent man walk out.
The Trump admin is clearly in violation of American court orders."
Impeach now!
He says "I'm simply asking the president to open the door of CECOT & let this innocent man walk out.
The Trump admin is clearly in violation of American court orders."
Impeach now!
April 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Senator Van Hollen flew to El Salvador to meet with the Salvadorian VP & find out how we can get Abrego-Garcia home.
He says "I'm simply asking the president to open the door of CECOT & let this innocent man walk out.
The Trump admin is clearly in violation of American court orders."
Impeach now!
He says "I'm simply asking the president to open the door of CECOT & let this innocent man walk out.
The Trump admin is clearly in violation of American court orders."
Impeach now!
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The Trump administration’s coercive tactics to defund Harvard unless it adopts ideologically driven reforms reveal a broader strategy: transforming education into a tool of state propaganda, at the expense of academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
April 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Trump administration’s coercive tactics to defund Harvard unless it adopts ideologically driven reforms reveal a broader strategy: transforming education into a tool of state propaganda, at the expense of academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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Opinion | The Case for Boycotting @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
An academic boycott is something faculty can do now, Gary Wilder writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3E5Sdhn
An academic boycott is something faculty can do now, Gary Wilder writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3E5Sdhn
The Case for Boycotting Columbia University (opinion)
An academic boycott is something faculty can do now, Gary Wilder writes.
bit.ly
April 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Opinion | The Case for Boycotting @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
An academic boycott is something faculty can do now, Gary Wilder writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3E5Sdhn
An academic boycott is something faculty can do now, Gary Wilder writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3E5Sdhn
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...
Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations
More universities are discovering that international student visas were cancelled last week, causing growing concern and confusion at UCLA and other California campuses.
www.latimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
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"It’s bad enough being a failing empire. Let’s not also be a delusional failing empire. Let’s at least have some dignity about our situation."
Here's a start:
Here's a start:
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"It’s bad enough being a failing empire. Let’s not also be a delusional failing empire. Let’s at least have some dignity about our situation."
Here's a start:
Here's a start:
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.