Sara Brown
@saramariebrown.bsky.social
Covering AI, data, and more at MIT Sloan. West Coaster living on the East Coast.
Thanks for seven great months of distraction, baseball!! Now where do I funnel my angst
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Thanks for seven great months of distraction, baseball!! Now where do I funnel my angst
The secret to Mariners baseball is to make the game go on so long that you aren’t sad when they lose, you’re just glad it’s over
October 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The secret to Mariners baseball is to make the game go on so long that you aren’t sad when they lose, you’re just glad it’s over
Everyone in that stadium who sat through the 18 inning Houston loss and also this game deserves compensation of some sort from the Seattle Mariners franchise
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Everyone in that stadium who sat through the 18 inning Houston loss and also this game deserves compensation of some sort from the Seattle Mariners franchise
AI transcription service defaults to CRISPR over crisper
September 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
AI transcription service defaults to CRISPR over crisper
They should remake Jaws but instead of sharks it’s ticks vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/08...
Vineyard Health Officials Investigate Powassan Case
Vineyard public health officials are investigating a preliminary case of Powassan virus – a potentially lethal infection that has only been found on the Island once before in the last 20 years.
vineyardgazette.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
They should remake Jaws but instead of sharks it’s ticks vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/08...
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This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon:
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon:
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
An event planner
A coal miner
An Uber driver
Tortilla maker
Barber
DoorDashers
Soccer coaches
Furniture-maker
Car washers
Taxi drivers
HVAC techs
Auto parts worker
Tire plant worker
and 240 more...
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
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The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.
By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
lataco.com/ice-raids-pe...
By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
lataco.com/ice-raids-pe...
July 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.
By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
lataco.com/ice-raids-pe...
By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
lataco.com/ice-raids-pe...
A look at where generative AI is replacing predictive machine learning, when machine learning is still the most effective tool, and how businesses are using the technologies together
Machine learning and generative AI: What are they good for in 2025? | MIT Sloan
While generative AI is widely accessible and useful, businesses need to know when to use other AI tools, like traditional machine learning.
mitsloan.mit.edu
June 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A look at where generative AI is replacing predictive machine learning, when machine learning is still the most effective tool, and how businesses are using the technologies together
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EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
June 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky
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NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
www.wired.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
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Seeing a redacted birth certificate of a two-year-old attached to a habeas petition is what broke me.
April 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Seeing a redacted birth certificate of a two-year-old attached to a habeas petition is what broke me.
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POWERFUL: "As we continue through Holy Week, my heart aches for my husband, who should have been here leading our Easter prayers. Instead I find myself pleading with the Trump administration and the Bukele administration to stop playing political games with the life of Kilmar."
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
POWERFUL: "As we continue through Holy Week, my heart aches for my husband, who should have been here leading our Easter prayers. Instead I find myself pleading with the Trump administration and the Bukele administration to stop playing political games with the life of Kilmar."
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🚨New in @plosone.org🚨
Corrections of misinfo are often ignored. What can drive engagement?
Twitter field exp & survey followups find
-Social ties matter: users more likely to engage w corrections from accounts who followed user
-Shared partisanship had smaller effects on engagement
shorturl.at/0Ycdp
Corrections of misinfo are often ignored. What can drive engagement?
Twitter field exp & survey followups find
-Social ties matter: users more likely to engage w corrections from accounts who followed user
-Shared partisanship had smaller effects on engagement
shorturl.at/0Ycdp
April 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨New in @plosone.org🚨
Corrections of misinfo are often ignored. What can drive engagement?
Twitter field exp & survey followups find
-Social ties matter: users more likely to engage w corrections from accounts who followed user
-Shared partisanship had smaller effects on engagement
shorturl.at/0Ycdp
Corrections of misinfo are often ignored. What can drive engagement?
Twitter field exp & survey followups find
-Social ties matter: users more likely to engage w corrections from accounts who followed user
-Shared partisanship had smaller effects on engagement
shorturl.at/0Ycdp
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The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Justice Department spent the weekend defying a federal court, and this morning Trump and his top officials revealed that they will defy the Supreme Court, refusing to take ANY steps to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador. We have passed the point of crisis: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Fact-checking works & broadly popular mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
@dgrand.bsky.social: “Contrary to recent claims from many political elites, the main problem with professional fact-checking is not bias or overreach. The problem is that professional fact checkers can’t keep up..."
@dgrand.bsky.social: “Contrary to recent claims from many political elites, the main problem with professional fact-checking is not bias or overreach. The problem is that professional fact checkers can’t keep up..."
Online content moderation: What works, and what people want | MIT Sloan
Fact-checker warnings work and are broadly popular, and other insights about social media moderation from an MIT expert.
mitsloan.mit.edu
March 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Fact-checking works & broadly popular mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
@dgrand.bsky.social: “Contrary to recent claims from many political elites, the main problem with professional fact-checking is not bias or overreach. The problem is that professional fact checkers can’t keep up..."
@dgrand.bsky.social: “Contrary to recent claims from many political elites, the main problem with professional fact-checking is not bias or overreach. The problem is that professional fact checkers can’t keep up..."
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.
March 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center stands to lose $125 million in funding under the NIH cuts www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center stands to lose $125 million in funding under the NIH cuts www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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putting out this call again: folks at DOE, EPA, FERC, OSTI, EIA etc who want to securely chat with a reporter.......my signal is mollytaft.76
(perhaps goes without saying but don't use work networks or devices to reach out)
(perhaps goes without saying but don't use work networks or devices to reach out)
February 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
putting out this call again: folks at DOE, EPA, FERC, OSTI, EIA etc who want to securely chat with a reporter.......my signal is mollytaft.76
(perhaps goes without saying but don't use work networks or devices to reach out)
(perhaps goes without saying but don't use work networks or devices to reach out)
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Buried in yesterday's Interior Department Secretarial Order on "Unleashing American Energy"* is an attack on birds, indicating the reversal of "Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; Revocation of
Provisions," 86 Fed. Reg. 54642.
www.doi.gov/document-lib...
Provisions," 86 Fed. Reg. 54642.
www.doi.gov/document-lib...
SO 3418 - Unleashing American Energy | U.S. Department of the Interior
SO 3418
www.doi.gov
February 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Buried in yesterday's Interior Department Secretarial Order on "Unleashing American Energy"* is an attack on birds, indicating the reversal of "Regulations Governing Take of Migratory Birds; Revocation of
Provisions," 86 Fed. Reg. 54642.
www.doi.gov/document-lib...
Provisions," 86 Fed. Reg. 54642.
www.doi.gov/document-lib...
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🚨OpEd+data: Meta is out of step with public opinion🚨
Zuck cut moderation b/c he said people no longer want it. But he's wrong!
We polled 1k Americans and most people, including majority of Reps:
i) want content moderation
ii) don't want Community Notes w/o fact-checkers
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Zuck cut moderation b/c he said people no longer want it. But he's wrong!
We polled 1k Americans and most people, including majority of Reps:
i) want content moderation
ii) don't want Community Notes w/o fact-checkers
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
January 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🚨OpEd+data: Meta is out of step with public opinion🚨
Zuck cut moderation b/c he said people no longer want it. But he's wrong!
We polled 1k Americans and most people, including majority of Reps:
i) want content moderation
ii) don't want Community Notes w/o fact-checkers
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Zuck cut moderation b/c he said people no longer want it. But he's wrong!
We polled 1k Americans and most people, including majority of Reps:
i) want content moderation
ii) don't want Community Notes w/o fact-checkers
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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Did you miss our symposium last week on Aligning Innovation and Equity in the Digital Economy? A recording of the event is now available, including opening and closing remarks by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#EconSky
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#EconSky
Aligning Innovation and Equity in the Digital Economy - YouTube
In January 2025, we hosted a public event at MIT that brought together policymakers, practitioners and scholars to explore how we can align innovation and eq...
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Did you miss our symposium last week on Aligning Innovation and Equity in the Digital Economy? A recording of the event is now available, including opening and closing remarks by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#EconSky
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#EconSky
Was that an earthquake I just felt in Arlington, MA?
January 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Was that an earthquake I just felt in Arlington, MA?
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If you are
1) a federal civil servant/contractor ordered not to release scheduled data or reports, or
2) an academic who has lost access to government data in the past week
...please get in touch. I'm happy to keep our conversations confidential.
crampell[@]washpost[dot]com
1) a federal civil servant/contractor ordered not to release scheduled data or reports, or
2) an academic who has lost access to government data in the past week
...please get in touch. I'm happy to keep our conversations confidential.
crampell[@]washpost[dot]com
January 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you are
1) a federal civil servant/contractor ordered not to release scheduled data or reports, or
2) an academic who has lost access to government data in the past week
...please get in touch. I'm happy to keep our conversations confidential.
crampell[@]washpost[dot]com
1) a federal civil servant/contractor ordered not to release scheduled data or reports, or
2) an academic who has lost access to government data in the past week
...please get in touch. I'm happy to keep our conversations confidential.
crampell[@]washpost[dot]com
Who didn’t vote for Ichiro 🕵️♀️
January 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Who didn’t vote for Ichiro 🕵️♀️