New dataset that describes social media activity of a very large group of US elected officials: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

echoing @jeremydfoote.com, really appreciate the kind words @haimson.bsky.social :D it remains one of my favorite pieces - and has really made vague questions about scale and how to think about it sit in the back of my head for years!

I'm co-organizing #CSCW NE, an in-person regional gathering for people in Northeast America, alongside some folks from Stevens, Rutgers, and Princeton. If you want to come hang out (especially if you can't make it out to the full conference in Bergen this year), RSVP at cscw-ne.hci.social!

hello - i would love to see this too, if you're okay with sharing more broadly!

"In connection with “A Manifesto for Wikimedia Rsrch: Critically Studying Media as Infrastructure”, [we call] for rschrs to critically examine Wikimedia's role as global knwldg infrastructure[, which involves] historicizing [its] epistemology [+] recognizing the dispossession of the commons..."

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”

Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

Like unhappy families, each microblogging site is batshit insane in its own way.

if you're in the US and despairing about people being pulled off the street, you need to find your nearest immigrant defence/deportation defence group and learn how to do stuff like this
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

the turnout for nyc @standupforscience.bsky.social
was incredible!! some snapshots —

#academicsky #standupforscience

:) come hang!

Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”

www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

Book Ban: Trump Floats Law to Target Books Critical of Him

Trump continues to attack free speech

if you're also going to be at the NYC one, lmk - let's meet up!! if not, you can find your local event here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

i must disappoint Taylor Swift! i fear

Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

"The govt’s unique structure + position allow it to play a distinct role from the private sector... Focusing on near-term returns will not make public investments more efficient in the long run. It merely eliminates the govt's unique advantages to advance scientific research for the public benefit."

As the #ParisAISummit is happening today, we share another in the #TechTakes series based on
@inyoungcheong.bsky.social's presentation at the conference.

READ ➡️➡️"Balancing Free Speech & Safety: Envisioning a Human-Centered First Amendment for AI Regulation" freedom-to-tinker.com/2025/02/11/b...

The first take features @peterhenderson.bsky.social @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social, @andresmh.com,
@inyoungcheong.bsky.social, Mihir Kshirsagar & @dominsta.bsky.social

👀 👉 🗯️ freedom-to-tinker.com/2025/02/07/i...

#TechTakes - Brand new CITP Blog post just dropped 👀 "It Wasn't Me: #DeepSeek denies they stole anything, but is their model still a cost revolution?"

📢 This is part of a new series called #TechTakes, where CITP researchers comment on tech news & tech policy.

freedom-to-tinker.com/2025/02/07/i...

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.