Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!
Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
@bmitra.bsky.social
Information Retrieval Researcher ✊🏽🍉🕊️ | Pronouns: He/him Homepage: https://bhaskar-mitra.github.io/
Republicans didn’t take long to get the open bigotry going
This doesn't include government spending so it's actually about half the estimated oer household cost calculated by Moody's. Either way, the price is going up.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
This is 💯 not true. It is never a choice between ‘taking big tech’s money and doing nothing’. A stronger moral imperative is NOT to take the money and the strings attached to it - particularly if you do not and cannot yet understand the implications
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h ago“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
After initially resisting, Elon Musk's X now following through on Saudi requests to block content www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdom
Exclusive: More than 60 accounts on X have been made unavailable in Saudi Arabia, after similar action on Snapchat and Facebook
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Amazing reporting from @breachmedia.ca Canadian universities running a secret surveillance network, keeping tabs on students opposing genocide Vile The top brass of all these institutions should apologize & resign immediately #cdnpoli
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d agoNew reporting from @breachmedia.ca shows that Canadian universities operated a secret national effort to coordinate surveillance and policing of anti-genocide activism and encampments. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
"....in Alberta, the secretly-coordinated effort, which would culminate in militarized raids at multiple universities, would involve not just police but also an official from Danielle Smith’s UCP government."
The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 6d agoA new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
I went to the encampments at UBC to deliver supplies and interview the students and they were incredible brave and articulate on the subject. Willing to risk everything to do whatever they could to try and stop the genocide. Disgraceful they would be treated like criminals
The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 6d agoA new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
From what I’ve learned about how Canadian Reddit works, the moderators either work for PR firms, political parties, and/or lobby groups And everyone’s working overtime to suppress critical reporting #cdnmedia
Euan Thomson@drugdatadecoded.ca · 5d agoAny ideas on why the moderators of r/UCalgary would remove this story from the feed by two different posters two days running? breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
it’s important to have “someone such as an attorney” around to ask direct questions about stuff like this
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · yesterdayis this good:
I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Many platforms are more afraid of being called woke than they are afraid of letting nazis in. The truth is that no one likes hanging out with nazis, not even nazis. If you give them Twitter and everyone else leaves, they would still not be happy. They will then want to go where everyone else is.
Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · last mo.Yep. One of the most disgusting things about the US is that at most points in US history, white people could insult other white people, just by suggesting that they care about other people. So white folk deny it. "I'm not an n-word lover, but..." "I'm not PC, but.." "I'm not woke, but..." 🤷🏿♂️
The racist trope is similar to the Blk male trope of violence and misogyny against (white) women. This trope for Muslim men is more prevalent in the uk who talk about grooming gangs of Muslim men. This is to distract from the gangs of men assaulting women are wealthy Epstein friends
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · yesterdayPerhaps the most incredible headline of this cycle.
This is New Jersey. The ridiculousness of these cosplaying ICE Nazis is off the charts.
Another person conducting ICE abductions in New Jersey has been identified: Mike Smith of Warrington, PA, described by Jersey Counterinfo as “41 years, is married, is a homeowner, has two children, and is a Disney Adult.” He evidently is a U.S. Marshal: jerseycounterinfo.noblogs.org/nj-ice-agent...
Once again for those at the back: ‘Don’t speak ill of the dead’ is about your great aunt Elsie, who liked a long gin with a short tonic at elevenses, and blew your inheritance money betting on the horses. Speaking ill of absolute monsters is a moral obligation, actually.
No one is going to give the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that knowledge will help set you free. – Assata Shakur
yooooo this needs to be flagged to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada!
Not (A.) I.@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d agoSo, I find it pretty problematic that the Canada Revenue Agency is recording conversations btwn citizens & agents for the purpose of training their AI. A recorded message informs you of this prior to speaking to an agent and there is no opting out. You have to give your SIN, DOB, address etc. 🤯☠️
Really off-topic, but I’m never gonna be able to think of the brand name Hugging Face without thinking of this lol
Face Hugger Alien
Alt: Face Hugger Alien
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CBS News Sacramento@cbsnewssacramento.bsky.social · 2d agoCEO of AI firm Hugging Face calls last month's hack by OpenAI model "very weird and unprecedented"
💢REPORT | Since the ceasefire was announced in Gaza last Oct., Israeli forces have killed 1,250 Palestinians, including 270 children, 134 women, & 38 elderly people, & wounded 4,110, including 1,147 children, 700 women, & 175 elderly people. The report shared by the Palestinian side w/ mediators...
when we say all this is loser shit we mean it’s literally the shit of losers
W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social · 3d agoCunningham was a superstar in high school and cannot deal with the fact that she’s an incredibly middling role player who comes off the bench in the WNBA and simply isn’t a relevant player. The only way she can get any attention is by vocally hating trans people.
Today!
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 5d agoAltman proclaiming the “singularity”; the Guardian publishing blather about possible AI consciousness; OpenAI and Anthropic blaming their cybercrimes on “rogue models”—the nonsense is coming fast and thick. Time for another MAIHT3k livestream with me & @alexhanna.bsky.social: Mon, Aug 3, noon PT
Last week I presented a keynote at #SIGIR2026 titled "Emancipatory Information Retrieval: Towards Critical IR Theories and Practices". Slides: bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/emanci... I went in nervously excited but several people appreciated talking openly about this topic. A quick thread. 🧵 1/
