Sunday Taquitos #30: Flock This! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

The President wants to set up a $1.8 billion slush fund with taxpayer money for people he thinks have been wronged. Today, we introduced a bill to stop it. youtu.be/3v9ScR-L8FQ

Slotkin announces Drain the Slush Fund Act

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin

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They started with attacks on Black women. The DEI attacks explicitly mention harming unacceptable women . Their founding principles include subjugation of women . The misogyny is “increasing” , because the acclimation to other attacks mean this is how they get press

NPR@npr.org · 3mo ago

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed. n.pr/4tWJ12w

Instructure officially confirms they paid a ransom in this FAQ document: www.instructure.com/sites/defaul... I see that the document name says Privileged Confidential but this was linked on their website.

“The pervasiveness of digital media fosters a culture of immediacy and hyper-stimulation, which gives rise to fatigue, boredom and apathy concerning the effort required for seeking the truth. Education, by contrast, is a long journey requiring patience” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Since deleting Instagram from my phone, and limiting my overall social media time, life feels less noisy. I spend my down time in my garden with my dog, watching the birds outside, and actually taking in movies or shows because I am paying attention. It's nice. These apps steal our time.

done

Weird Alex@jackalpants.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

I really appreciate @elizabethwithaz.bsky.social's reflections on how she explored the social impacts of technology with her students by introducing them to the people - the ghost workers - whose labor makes “AI” systems possible. Read this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social and find the lesson at:

Introducing Middle School Students to "The Secret Ghost Workers of 'Artificial Intelligence'" — Civics of Technology

Upcoming Book Clubs: We’re reading The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms our Kids’ Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again by Jared Cooney Horvath. Join us on Wednesday, Ap...

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EdTech is NOT inevitable. Join the community. Share your work of resistance. www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/caregiv...

Caregivers Challenging Ed-Tech in Schools: An Invitation to Engage — Civics of Technology

Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: This one’s a little different. Our April Tech Talk will feature the theme of “Caregiver Resistance to (Ed)Tech.” It will be on Wednesday, April ...

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Imagine that a decade ago someone had told you that in 2025 Americans would be torrenting a handheld video of a Canadian television screen to see a 60 minutes broadcast about Trump‘s torture prisons.

I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back! linkletter.org/update-33-th...

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

אסתי | esti@estibass.com · last yr.

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

WE'RE FREAKING OUT! 🌈💫

While browsing a particular social network, I saw an announcement for a cfp whereby AI will be the first author with humans being second authors. It will be over reviewed, but the AI will be take first stab at review and if it passes it goes to human reviewers. 1/2

The pivot from “I’m building god” to “I’m building a jerkoff tool” is pretty funny

Reuters@reuters.com · 11mo ago

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi

if you want to understand what's going on in higher ed with the current administration, I think this provides some useful & insightful framing: youtu.be/FQwhGOhZRyE?...

What Trump is Doing to Universities

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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This is Kafka-esque

Mi nombre es Teo@toddkbailey.bsky.social · last yr.

They’re only going after criminals 🥴

They're gonna have to shut down the entire Department of Labor to improve these stats

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

For the CoT blog, @autumm.org writes about the meaning of Open Education in a world of AI. www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/from-ac...

From Access to Equity: Open Education in the Age of AI — Civics of Technology

Lots Happening at Civics of Tech! CONFERENCE! Our fourth virtual conference schedule is out! Head over to our conference page to preview the schedule and register for the conference. TEC...

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AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s statement on the forced resignation of University of Virginia President James Ryan:

Statement on the Departure of University of Virginia President James Ryan

The National AAUP stands with the University of Virginia Chapter of the AAUP, the Virginia AAUP Conference, and the University of Virginia Faculty Senate in condemning the Department of Justice’s assa...

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Today's blog: Natalie Milman investigates the erasure of the U.S. National Educational Technology Plans www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/deleted...

Deleted by Design? The Politics of Erasing Educational Technology Access and History — Civics of Technology

Dr. Milman examines the politics of deleting ed tech research from government databases and offers actions to ensure we have access to the history of the field.

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I spent months on this video about people worshiping ChatGPT, please watch and leave a comment and share if you can!! My YouTube channel is still so small that I lose money making these videos rn 😭. Every little bit helps!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCy...

ChatGPT Is Becoming A Religion

YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

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1/ Elon Musk wanted Texas legislators to create new crimes so people who fly drones or interfere with operations at SpaceX can be arrested. And he wanted to change who controlled the highway and public beach near SpaceX’s site so he can launch his rockets according to his timeline. He got them all.

McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care. It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.

One of my favorite works by Frida Kahlo is one of her least well known: this image of a red, white & blue window display made during her visit to Detroit in 1932. I take this mysterious work as a critique of patriotic imagery, the foreground elements juxtaposed with the empty, abandoned space behind

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

According to this article, Penn also agreed to ban trans women from competing in women's sports programs at all, and from using women's locker rooms. Just shameful.

Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social · last yr.

Penn cut a deal with Trump, will scrub Lia Thomas's record: "UPenn will restore to female athletes all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or similar recognitions which were misappropriated by male athletes allowed to compete in female categories." www.foxnews.com/sports/upenn...

Many students realize that “AI” use in academia leads to deskilling. Here is some of what they say themselves: www.voxweb.nl/en/they-are-...

They are not using AI: 'Avoiding it is actually really easy' - Vox magazine

It’s not easy for students or scientists to completely avoid AI. Some still try. They worry about AI’s energy consumption or have ethical concerns. ‘I want to communicate with real people.’

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BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.