Alessandro M. Angelini
@aangelini.bsky.social
I think and write about cities, big and small. Professor @ Johns Hopkins University
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
newyorker.com
Northern Venezuela was struck by two devastating earthquakes on June 24. The full extent of the catastrophe is still unfolding. CORE is on the ground doing vital recovery and humanitarian work. Please donate to support this effort. I pledge to match any contribution. www.pledge.to/venezuela-ea...
Baltimore Blaugrana Venezuela Earthquake Relief Fundraiser
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Real talk, World Cup edition: If I really wanted to rig a soccer competition, I wouldn’t rely on what might happen in the games themselves.
Attention all you cheapskates for democratic living: You can now get 40% off my colleague @anandian.bsky.social 's wild trip through these United(?) States, *Something Between Us* (discount at checkout, h/t @stanfordpress.bsky.social ). Get a copy, read it at the beach. www.sup.org/books/anthro...
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ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...
We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’
"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."
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AI lives and dies by its training data. Many of the leading LLMs have already scanned the entire internet and are still hungry for more. Meta’s patented system would give it unprecedented access to the movements, moods, and interactions of its users.
Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds
Imagine a wearable device that records every moment of your day and makes suggestions based on your mood.
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Well, we may have lost but at least we look like we cheated
A donation fund for disaster relief in Venezuela You don't have to be a fan of FC Barcelona or soccer to give. An anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations, so your contribution will effectively count as double if you give now. www.pledge.to/venezuela-ea...
Baltimore Blaugrana Venezuela Earthquake Relief Fundraiser
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Venezolanos: Es una página sencilla para publicar si están bien, buscando a alguien, encontrar ayuda o reportar cosas, si quieren ayudar pueden compartirla es todo anónimo. reportaven.com
Reporta - Reportes del terremoto en Venezuela
Plataforma comunitaria y anónima para reportar que estás bien, pedir ayuda o informar lo que ocurre tras el terremoto en Venezuela.
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Ok you guys. Here’s the deal. The M7.1 in Venezuela was upgraded to a M7.2. AND it was followed shortly by a M7.5. Not good.
There's gotta be a Centennial Edition in the works
“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.” - Werner Heisenberg
In “My Neighbor the Gringo,” @aangelini.bsky.social and Gareth A. Jones explore the different meanings of convivência in Rio de Janeiro’s self-built communities transformed into tourist accommodations over recent decades.
Human authors! A little justice for you: search this database to find books that the tech company Anthropic has stolen to train its AI model. You're entitled to $1500 per work. Seems like authors deserve more - Anthropic is valued at $183bn... secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Remember that time celebrities were rumored to be buying real estate in Rio favelas? I got an article officially out in the new issue of Cultural Anthropology! Special thanks to my co-author Gareth A. Jones and the editorial team at @culanth.bsky.social journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...
When the Trump administration eviscerated the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health office in Morgantown, WV in April, they abruptly shut down life-or-death services for coal miners with black lung. One of those miners decided to fight back—and won. inthesetimes.com/article/west...
A West Virginia Coal Miner Just Saved NIOSH’s Black Lung Program
A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory Health Division after a veteran coal miner filed a class action lawsuit argui...
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Awful headline wording but fair play to the students www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
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"Life is the adventure of molecules. And there’s nothing else." apnews.com/article/form...
Q&A: Jose Mujica on Uruguay’s secular history, religion, atheism and the global rise of the 'nones'
In Uruguay, a small nation of some 3.3 million people, more than half identify as “nones” – atheist, agnostic or other religiously unaffiliated – the highest portion in Latin America.
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Na Argélia sob domínio francês, Frantz Fanon era psiquiatra e membro ativo da Frente de Libertação Nacional. Agora, um novo filme retrata seu compromisso com a luta anticolonial.
Os anos de Frantz Fanon na Argélia no cinema
Na Argélia sob domínio francês, Frantz Fanon era psiquiatra e membro ativo da Frente de Libertação Nacional. Agora, um novo filme retrata seu compromisso com a luta anticolonial.
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One more item in the long list of stuff that amounts to a radical mass experiment on humans - yet there seems to be no control group www.livescience.com/human-behavi...
The constant surveillance of modern life could worsen our brain function in ways we don't fully understand, disturbing studies suggest
We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world — even unconsciously
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UnitedHealth is apparently claiming copyright ownership over images of Mangione and Deny, Defend, Depose on t-shirts and other merch. www.404media.co/email/49070e...
Copyright Abuse Is Getting Luigi Mangione Merch Removed From the Internet
Artists, merch sellers, and journalists making and posting Luigi media have become the targets of bogus DMCA claims.
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