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Tom

@alttag.bsky.social

Not that kind of doctor. (PhD, Computer Information Systems) Reformed software developer. Job: Data policy, AI, research. Interests: Org behavior, education, law, economics. Opinions are my own.

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Tom@alttag.bsky.social · yesterday

She’s being charged with assaulting the National Giard members as they violated her constitutional rights by binding her wrists and pushing her to the ground.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d ago

The Fae: so we’re going to take you away from here and— Me: I accept! The Fae: and you won’t remember anything and you will not return for a century— Me: I ACCEPT HARDER

Olivia Waite@oliviawaite.com · 2d ago

Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 2d ago

I swear to God, part of the problem of literacy is that we make kids read SO MANY books like this. Of course they’re going to associate reading with misery! We put them in a Skinner box and shock them when they read, what did people THINK would happen?

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · 2d ago

Having ranted about school curriculum books, I’ve just seen my son’s summer reading list, and all I can say is “I was right”. A more depressing collection would be tricky to assemble. Are we actively trying to convey to kids the idea that reading is dismal and arduous?

Tom@alttag.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today’s “Do your fucking job” email, translated into business-speak: “I agree, your web site makes clear that your organization takes no ownership or accountability for delivering any level of service for submissions via the process you defined and over which you have full control.”

Unite For Veterans Coalition@unite4vets.bsky.social · 2d ago

Spending $1.4 billion on a deployment that shouldn't be is not spending taxpayer money wisely or is it serving the military well. The National Guard should not be policing the streets of America's cities. That is not their purpose. Let's send them home. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billion

The estimate, provided to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, covers the period from Oct. 1, 2026, through the end of the president’s term.

washingtonpost.com

Udi Ofer@uofer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal: DHS has been tracking down Americans at work and on the road who are critical of immigration policies, spending millions on contractors to surveil First Amendment protected speech and create political dossiers. Outrageous. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

wsj.com

Joey Fishkin@fishkin.bsky.social · 3d ago

When we don't adequately fund public universities, and instead force students to take out loans, what we as a society are really doing is borrowing money from the younger generation—their hard-earned future income—to fund a necessary project that benefits us all: building an educated society.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d ago

1. This is bullsh*t & an epically stupid policy completely detached from any empirical evidence: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 2. We could simply avoid this entire issue by <all together now> Funding. The. Damn. Public. Universities. Like. We. Used. To: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Scott McGrath@smcgrath.phd · 3d ago

🧪 Medical professionals are losing the attention war on YouTube. In a 3,958-video sample, independent creators produced the lowest quality content but captured the highest viewership using exaggeration. #MedSky

The credibility paradox: clickbait, engagement, and information quality in YouTube’s medical ecosystem - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - The credibility paradox: clickbait, engagement, and information quality in YouTube’s medical ecosystem

nature.com

Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 3d ago

Some people rhink being an academic is somehow related to universities, but no, it is about the distance between an opinion you hate and one you will fight for. An academic thrives in an environment of incredibly precise micrometer-thin nuances of raging disapproval and delight.

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 3d ago

"The attacks ... expose a dangerous mismatch at the heart of American cybersecurity: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹. We are asking small towns ... to protect essential infrastructure against hackers linked to other nations."

The attacks, tentatively attributed to Iran, expose a dangerous mismatch at the heart of American cybersecurity: The threat is geopolitical, while the defense is municipal. We are asking small towns — many with no dedicated cybersecurity staff members and little money to spare — to protect essential infrastructure against hackers linked to other nations. The danger was widely known. In April, U.S. government agencies — including the F.B.I., the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the E.P.A. — published an advisory warning that hackers were exploiting internet-connected industrial control devices across the country. On July 22 the
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d ago

This shift to computerized state tests was made possible by schools' adoption of one-to-one devices. Which mostly happened with Covid. And yet, we rarely discuss the possibility that computerizing tests--without first teaching computing skills--might've contributed to subsequent test score declines.

David Adams@daveadams.bsky.social · 3d ago

My daughter’s middle school never taught typing, but the computerized state standardized tests included a timed essay section to be completed in a tiny text area.

jenna newman phd@jennanewman.bsky.social · 3d ago

"’Burt demands that you talk to him,’ said Maria Aveni, a VT Kinney Drugs customer… ‘There's no option to use a keypad to enter what you want to, which has been the case w/other telephone interactions I've had. So it's more of a talk to Burt or don't get your drugs’.”🛟

“Near, the UVM computer science professor, said that regulations like the new Vermont law are inherently flawed simply because hey are based on consumer consent. Kinney Drugs, for instance, spreads its terms and conditions across 11 documents. • "I think that people absolutely do not understand what they're consenting to, and so basing our regulation and what we think is okay on the idea of consent is not a realistic solution to these kinds of privacy concerns nowadays," he said.”
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d ago

“The AI assistant, which Kinney Drugs named Burt, after its founder, was built by a third-party AI pharmaceutical company, Synerio. In the pharmacy’s terms, Kinney Drugs states that ‘Burt may not be accurate, complete or up-to-date and may be misleading or contain errors and omissions.’”

Mr. Snoofers@lardog.bsky.social · 5d ago

Retired Microsoft employee here - maybe we wouldn't have so many bugs if we a) were staffed properly for the scheduled work; and b) had focused on quality instead of delivering features. Managers that wouldn't give us time to fix bugs pre-AI are happy to use AI to submit bug fixes for devs to test.