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Mor Naaman is a professor of information science at Cornell Tech. He is the founder of the Connective Media Hub… more

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Computer science 43%
Physics 15%
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Richard S.J. Tol, Erich Fromm , and 10 more

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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild , and 5 more

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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings , and 11 more

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Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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informor.bsky.social
Evil (administration) and genius (presentation and story, both heartbreaking).
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He should have yelled it a little louder but at least he is telling it like it is. Good follow (here, and more conceptually)
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d
This is simple. Congress should not willingly pay the bills to fund the most serious assault on political freedom in our lifetime - an assault that may collapse democracy as we know it if we don't fight back.
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Magda Teter, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more

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This is simple. Congress should not willingly pay the bills to fund the most serious assault on political freedom in our lifetime - an assault that may collapse democracy as we know it if we don't fight back.
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Daxton R. Stewart

fishkin.bsky.social
The university needs a "broad spectrum of viewpoints"—which the DOJ will obviously enforce as HIRE MORE CONSERVATIVES—not only in the university as a whole, but "within every field,
department, school, and teaching unit."

In other words, hire right-wingers in anthropology, Af-Am Studies, art, etc.
Signatories commit to rigorous, good faith, empirical assessment of a broad spectrum of viewpoints among faculty, students, and staff at all levels and to sharing the results of such assessments with the public; and to seek such a broad spectrum of viewpoints not just in the university as a whole, but within every field, department, school, and teaching unit
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informor.bsky.social
A different kind of slop there
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 22 more

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Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
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A testable hypothesis, perhaps!
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Yep that is our future

(Also: cites our research although in an ever-so-slightly wrong way).
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 6d
Workslop is AI output that looks polished but is hollow on closer read, leaving the receiver to decipher it to find any actual substance.

With companies pushing AI everywhere, we’re drowning in empty content no one bothers to read before spreading. Instead of AI boosting productivity, it kills it.
Workslop is oozing into every corner of America's white-collar offices — Business Insider
Office workers everywhere are awash in
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman

carnage4life.bsky.social
Workslop is AI output that looks polished but is hollow on closer read, leaving the receiver to decipher it to find any actual substance.

With companies pushing AI everywhere, we’re drowning in empty content no one bothers to read before spreading. Instead of AI boosting productivity, it kills it.
Workslop is oozing into every corner of America's white-collar offices — Business Insider
Office workers everywhere are awash in
stocks.apple.com
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by Mor Naaman

informor.bsky.social
Well played, @macalestercollege.bsky.social, well played.

The eligible teenager in my household was definitely won over.
Letter from Macalester College. The envelope window literally reads: "blah, blah, blah, small class sizes, blah, blah, great academics, blah...".
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by Mor Naaman — Reposted by: James Grimmelmann

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For instructors out there: a very cool set of AI Course Policy Icons by Cornell's GenAI taskforce, to be used in combination for your syllabi or assignments.

Inspired by @creativecommons.bsky.social and available w/ a CC license. Sample icons attached here.

teaching.cornell.edu/generative-a...
ANY-AI icon: (Any Tool, Any Use, Any Time) to use in policy of GenAI use in a course AT (Approved Tools Only) icon to use in policy of GenAI use in a course UA (Use with Attribution) icon to use in policy of GenAI use in a course AS (Assignment-Specific) icon to use in policy of GenAI use in a course
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Lol. They definitely researched this very well

by Mor Naaman

informor.bsky.social
"very upset and angry" is correct. The government is breaking another (implicit) contract. Science and society lose again.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 11d
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
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by Mor Naaman

informor.bsky.social
"the mayor’s office told her initially that she was overreacting" 🤦‍♂️
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, Monica G. Turner, Ben Bond‐Lamberty , and 7 more

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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman

ethanz.bsky.social
They're founding a new organization - Stand Together for Higher Ed - which is organizing a national webinar on reclaiming the narrative on October 29. For more on the org and the webinar - www.standtogetherhighered.org
Stand Together
www.standtogetherhighered.org
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by Mor Naaman

informor.bsky.social
Excited for this event at Yale in a few weeks -- lucky to have a speaking slot in which I (in peak academia) will question* the very premise of the event by saying that we just don't have, or use, the right signals for our social and information systems.

*"Problematize", I guess
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Johan Ugander @jugander.bsky.social · 25d
📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
New Directions in Social Algorithms Research on October 16-17, 2025 at Yale University
As social media algorithms increasingly mediate social experiences, there has been a rapid increase in research on the effects of how these algorithms are configured, alternatives to engagement-centri...
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by Mor Naaman — Reposted by: Karen Levy

informor.bsky.social
If your community is thinking about Community Notes, we have some notes to guide your Community Notes thinking right here. #CommunityNotes
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travis lloyd (træve) @travislloydphd.bsky.social · 15d
New preprint! Crowdsourced Context Systems (CCS) like X's and Meta's Community Notes are popping up on various social media platforms. How can we better understand, critique, and design such systems?
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Reposted by: Mor Naaman, James Grimmelmann, Karen Levy

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New preprint! Crowdsourced Context Systems (CCS) like X's and Meta's Community Notes are popping up on various social media platforms. How can we better understand, critique, and design such systems?
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by Mor Naaman

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For more on the topic

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies review – how AI could kill us all
If machines become superintelligent we’re toast, say Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. Should we believe them?
www.theguardian.com
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by Mor Naaman

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AI Doomerism is selling on the New York City subway. I guess the subway *is* unsafe
NYC subway ad for the book If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies.
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Pissing from the springboard, volume 644,473

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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by Mor Naaman

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"They had a choice, and they chose tyranny."

My colleague @jtlg.bsky.social is indeed a lawyer but he keeps it plain, short, and simple here.

3d.laboratorium.net/2025-09-20-d...
Disney Is Dead to Me
We had a family discussion last night and decided to cancel our subscription to Disney+ and Hulu. It was an easy choice, because it was such a clear-cut case. Jimmy Kimmel’s supposedly awful comments ...
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by Mor Naaman

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More illustrative version here -- two time ranges, and with "Cancel Netflix" as control, plus showing that the Disney backlash also trickled sideways to Hulu cancellations. #canceldisney+
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: Mor Naaman, David Lazer, David R. Miller , and 1 more

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Personalist regime tries to set up another mechanism of control. Silicon Valley firms will be subject to the whims of the mad king.
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 17d
The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.
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Fireworks. Saw them out my window
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Do you have a total:helpful chart?
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