Pete Kinser
@petekinser.bsky.social
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Pete Kinser
@petekinser.bsky.social
· Dec 18
To explain the science of the flight of birds, it is necessary to explain the science of the winds, which we shall prove by the motion of the waters… understanding of this science of water will serve as a ladder to arrive at the knowledge of things flying in the air
— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Too often the truth-tellers get cast aside. Ironically, in this case, by the very subjects of his song. RIP, Todd. Thanks for telling the truth.
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Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male
YouTube video by Farm Aid
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November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Too often the truth-tellers get cast aside. Ironically, in this case, by the very subjects of his song. RIP, Todd. Thanks for telling the truth.
youtu.be/F5hlil50vi4?...
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When a party is doing everything they can to reduce the number of Americans voting in elections — and you still support that party — you are the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When a party is doing everything they can to reduce the number of Americans voting in elections — and you still support that party — you are the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Enjoy the only Rapture worth your time
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Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BlondieVEVO
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September 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Enjoy the only Rapture worth your time
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Signal amongst the noise. Media consolidation is bad news for Americans. coloradosun.com/2025/08/19/c...
9News parent company Tegna sold to Nexstar, which owns Denver and Colorado Springs Fox affiliates
Nexstar CEO says Trump administration initiatives repealing nearly 100 broadcast rules and requirements make the deal worth doing now.
coloradosun.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Signal amongst the noise. Media consolidation is bad news for Americans. coloradosun.com/2025/08/19/c...
Millions of poor Americans will have deep financial losses b/c of the policy Republicans advanced in the Senate—which reserves its greatest benefits for the rich & stripping health insurance, food stamps, etc from the poor.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Millions of poor Americans will have deep financial losses b/c of the policy Republicans advanced in the Senate—which reserves its greatest benefits for the rich & stripping health insurance, food stamps, etc from the poor.
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
No paywall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...
A universal truth — incentives drive behaviors. Common behaviors create culture.
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thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-business...
The Business of Betting on Catastrophe
World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investors turn calamity into capital.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
June 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A universal truth — incentives drive behaviors. Common behaviors create culture.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-business...
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-business...
Federal Funding Cuts to Colorado | Moving Colorado Forward
federalfunds.colorado.gov
June 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
On May 22, the House passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes significant changes to the Medicaid program and the Affordable Care Act, as well as additional provisions related to Medicare and Health Savings Accounts.
www.kff.org/tracking-the...
www.kff.org/tracking-the...
Tracking the Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill | KFF
KFF is tracking the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 federal budget bill, including new Medicaid work and verification requirements and a reduction in the expansion match rate for states that use their...
www.kff.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
On May 22, the House passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes significant changes to the Medicaid program and the Affordable Care Act, as well as additional provisions related to Medicare and Health Savings Accounts.
www.kff.org/tracking-the...
www.kff.org/tracking-the...
Reposted by Pete Kinser
An Intro to #DigitalHumanism
Digital humanists note a tendency to see and treat humans as machines. They assert this isn't so & defend humans—or at least humanistic definitions of humans—against what they view as the digitalization humans
DL or enjoy a 🧵
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#AI
Digital humanists note a tendency to see and treat humans as machines. They assert this isn't so & defend humans—or at least humanistic definitions of humans—against what they view as the digitalization humans
DL or enjoy a 🧵
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#AI
Introduction to Digital Humanism
This open access book presents digital humanism and addresses critical issues such as social bias, fake news, AI ethics, platform power, and surveillance.
link.springer.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
An Intro to #DigitalHumanism
Digital humanists note a tendency to see and treat humans as machines. They assert this isn't so & defend humans—or at least humanistic definitions of humans—against what they view as the digitalization humans
DL or enjoy a 🧵
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#AI
Digital humanists note a tendency to see and treat humans as machines. They assert this isn't so & defend humans—or at least humanistic definitions of humans—against what they view as the digitalization humans
DL or enjoy a 🧵
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#AI
Be anti-science all you want but using your iPhone to post those views is deeply ironic. Free to read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...
9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Be anti-science all you want but using your iPhone to post those views is deeply ironic. Free to read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...
This will be fun: I'll be speaking at the APA's conference in August. We'll delve into the integral role of psychology in shaping #humanityCenteredAI and how we can steer AI development to reflect human-centric values and meet societal needs. Save the date for #APA2025 in Denver, CO on Aug. 7, 2025.
May 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This will be fun: I'll be speaking at the APA's conference in August. We'll delve into the integral role of psychology in shaping #humanityCenteredAI and how we can steer AI development to reflect human-centric values and meet societal needs. Save the date for #APA2025 in Denver, CO on Aug. 7, 2025.
Reposted by Pete Kinser
Why we need federal AI regulations now!
Attempt to modify #Colorado's groundbreaking #AI law halted amid industry opposition. The attempt to make revisions to a controversial first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence law passed in 2024 was quashed on Monday in a motion from the bill’s co-author.
Attempt to modify #Colorado's groundbreaking #AI law halted amid industry opposition. The attempt to make revisions to a controversial first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence law passed in 2024 was quashed on Monday in a motion from the bill’s co-author.
May 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Why we need federal AI regulations now!
Attempt to modify #Colorado's groundbreaking #AI law halted amid industry opposition. The attempt to make revisions to a controversial first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence law passed in 2024 was quashed on Monday in a motion from the bill’s co-author.
Attempt to modify #Colorado's groundbreaking #AI law halted amid industry opposition. The attempt to make revisions to a controversial first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence law passed in 2024 was quashed on Monday in a motion from the bill’s co-author.
@disneyplushelp.bsky.social — signed up and figured out your monetization problem. 10 emails to complete a signup. 10. It's 2025.
April 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@disneyplushelp.bsky.social — signed up and figured out your monetization problem. 10 emails to complete a signup. 10. It's 2025.
"trump is shackling the greatest institutions in American life. We have nothing to lose but our chains."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. (Gift Article)
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"trump is shackling the greatest institutions in American life. We have nothing to lose but our chains."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Erasing information is a stage in a certain type of political movement. Any guesses on which type of political playbook this comes from?
April 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Erasing information is a stage in a certain type of political movement. Any guesses on which type of political playbook this comes from?
These tariffs will cause deaths. So we now know for sure that human-in-the-loop will not stop AI from causing harm. Unbelievably reckless - many would suggest criminal.
Read: These people are not serious and stupendously ignorant.
www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
Read: These people are not serious and stupendously ignorant.
www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
www.theverge.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
These tariffs will cause deaths. So we now know for sure that human-in-the-loop will not stop AI from causing harm. Unbelievably reckless - many would suggest criminal.
Read: These people are not serious and stupendously ignorant.
www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
Read: These people are not serious and stupendously ignorant.
www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
Turns out librarians know how to read, understand how laws are created, and respect the checks and balances afforded to our country via a lesser-known and clearly unread document to the current administration known as the Constitution of the United States.
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-letter-im...
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-letter-im...
In Letter, IMLS Advisory Board Says Its Core Activities Cannot be Slashed by Executive Action
In a letter to the agency's new acting director, the National Museum and Library Services board said it stands ready to help "support and strengthen" the agency's mission as mandated by law.
www.wordsandmoney.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Turns out librarians know how to read, understand how laws are created, and respect the checks and balances afforded to our country via a lesser-known and clearly unread document to the current administration known as the Constitution of the United States.
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-letter-im...
www.wordsandmoney.com/in-letter-im...
"This effort, focusing on datasets rather than web archives, collects and will make available hundreds of thousands of government datasets that researchers depend on. This work joins the efforts of many other organizations who preserve public knowledge."
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01...
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01...
Preserving Public U.S. Federal Data | Library Innovation Lab
lil.law.harvard.edu
March 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"This effort, focusing on datasets rather than web archives, collects and will make available hundreds of thousands of government datasets that researchers depend on. This work joins the efforts of many other organizations who preserve public knowledge."
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01...
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01...
This energy re: the hollowing out of federal services that’s being done with the very clear intention of picking winners aka privatizing your government.
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Larson Demands Answers from Musk-Trump and House Republicans on Social Security
YouTube video by Rep. John Larson
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March 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This energy re: the hollowing out of federal services that’s being done with the very clear intention of picking winners aka privatizing your government.
youtu.be/0MJDxvPL-EI?...
youtu.be/0MJDxvPL-EI?...
Compare government websites before and after the current administration. govdiff.com
GovDiff — Compare Government Websites Before and After Trump
govdiff.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Compare government websites before and after the current administration. govdiff.com
One example of library and information science heros’ recent work. Thank a librarian the next time you meet one. The fascists can’t erase what they can’t catch. Keep going.
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Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.
www.404media.co
March 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
One example of library and information science heros’ recent work. Thank a librarian the next time you meet one. The fascists can’t erase what they can’t catch. Keep going.
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
To explain the science of the flight of birds, it is necessary to explain the science of the winds, which we shall prove by the motion of the waters… understanding of this science of water will serve as a ladder to arrive at the knowledge of things flying in the air
— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
December 18, 2024 at 1:12 AM
To explain the science of the flight of birds, it is necessary to explain the science of the winds, which we shall prove by the motion of the waters… understanding of this science of water will serve as a ladder to arrive at the knowledge of things flying in the air
— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
— Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
