Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
@chanda.blacksky.app
Theoretical Astro/Physicist: https://chanda.science First book: https://tinyurl.com/DisorderedCosmos BUY MY NEW BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/EdgeOfSpaceTime Blog: news.chanda.science all Black/all Jewish. 🏳️🌈/agender/woman. Posts by/for me🖖🏽
Daughter of a gas man with the same question!!
Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 6h agoI was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
I can't stop thinking about this movie! There were multiple times the film made me feel something akin to being startled from a dream, and the accompanying confusion as my brain tried to put my reality back together. I'm not sure if or when I've ever experienced this in a film before.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · yesterdayI’m gonna be thinking about Digger for a very long time, and I suspect the critics who didn’t like it, didn’t like it for the same reasons they didn’t like Mickey 17, which was great Also just hand Riz Ahmed the Oscar now
The first thing I thought about when I saw this is one particular single shot scene in Digger, whewwwwwww That movie took such a big swing at liberals lol
CNN@cnn.com · 6h agoEuropean officials are holding crisis talks as the United States piles pressure on the region to tap into its emergency stocks of diesel to cool surging prices – or face a possible ban on US exports of the fuel. https://cnn.it/4dStcET
Good end-of-FY coverage by the Times. The amount of unspent funds has wiggled but it was pretty clear for some time now that NSF was simply not going to spend a substantial portion of its congressional appropriation this year.
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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I was literally thinking about this movie on the toilet when I woke up in the middle of the night to pee!! One thing that only struck me hours after watching was how things I thought were flaws in Tom’s first act performance were actually brilliant, subtle hints about the twists to come. 😲
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · yesterdayI’m gonna be thinking about Digger for a very long time, and I suspect the critics who didn’t like it, didn’t like it for the same reasons they didn’t like Mickey 17, which was great Also just hand Riz Ahmed the Oscar now
New Episode out today featuring a powerhouse lineup of incredible voices in the Star Trek community. Guest cohost @chanda.blacksky.app and @matthewcimone.bsky.social interview the @syfysistas.bsky.social! sites.libsyn.com/501853/the-s...
TrekTivism: The Syfy Sistas Feat. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
We are joined by the SyFy Sistas who just launched the new round of the SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund! The Sistas have been a huge inspiration and a direct catalyst of our podcast. In this episode Tamia Har...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 9h agoI was lucky enough to guest host @trektivism.bsky.social when Heather had something to attend to which means I got to help interview THE @syfysistas.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Episode out now, listen everywhere you find podcasts or check it out here: sites.libsyn.com/501853/the-s...
I was lucky enough to guest host @trektivism.bsky.social when Heather had something to attend to which means I got to help interview THE @syfysistas.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Episode out now, listen everywhere you find podcasts or check it out here: sites.libsyn.com/501853/the-s...
TrekTivism: The Syfy Sistas Feat. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
We are joined by the SyFy Sistas who just launched the new round of the SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund! The Sistas have been a huge inspiration and a direct catalyst of our podcast. In this episode Tamia Har...
sites.libsyn.com
buy @chanda.blacksky.app's book! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein ...
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My take away from Rufo’s latest move to attack Indian Americans is that he is running out of ideas, and it makes sense. He’s running out of victims to attack because there are only so many groups out there.
This is why state and local elections matter!!! www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
Lambda Legal’s new LGBTQ+ Bill of Rights goes on offense by using tactics perfected by the right
The civil rights legal organization will adopt a conservative playbook by pushing model legislation, starting in 20 states whose leaders support equality, CEO Kevin Jennings tells The Advocate.
advocate.com
Every single newspaper that reported that Jane Doe “changed her story” should be rushing to publish retractions right now. This case should be a lesson in taking a DA’s victim-blaming statements at face value. Victims do not report to the police because they thought nothing happened to them.
Ok what’s the real story here? Union busting? Trying to get higher paid people to quit?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterdayTSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
I want to read a discussion of OG Quantum Leap through the lens of queer theory
meanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · yesterdayCalifornia governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
of COURSE newsom is pro pervert glasses lol like please be less predictable sir
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · yesterdayCalifornia governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
Cop is subject of community complaints (including for punching a driver in the face during a traffic stop). Local newsroom files a public records request about him. Eugene, Ore says sure thing, that’ll cost $2.5 million and take at least 44,000 hours to complete. My latest for @theintercept.com:
Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
theintercept.com
Folks, we are 10 signatures away from this petition hitting the target when Change.org will deliver it to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission - won’t you help Columbus kids trick or treat on actual Halloween instead of some random Thursday? www.change.org/p/let-centra...
Sign the Petition
Let Central Ohio Kids Trick-Or-Treat on Halloween!
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Benjamin McKean@blmckean.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's October so I am once again sharing my favorite spooky story: in Central Ohio, local governments team up to ban kids from tricking or treating on Halloween* - not a dystopian YA novel but reality! Sign and share my petition to end this nonsense. * when it falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
I’m gonna be thinking about Digger for a very long time, and I suspect the critics who didn’t like it, didn’t like it for the same reasons they didn’t like Mickey 17, which was great Also just hand Riz Ahmed the Oscar now
Breaking news: The family of Renée Good has sued the U.S. and officials for her death. “Renee’s death was not an accident,” lawyers for Good’s family said, adding its aim was to “silence anyone who dared to raise their voice in protest.”
Renée Good’s family sues Trump officials, saying death was ‘not an accident’
The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.
washingtonpost.com
Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...
What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing
Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…
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New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Still true. Time to pre-order @timnitgebru.blacksky.app's new book, DEEP UNLEARNING: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U...
Deep Unlearning
Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—deliveri...
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Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 2w agoReading proofs from book & remembering what I wrote in 2015: "I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.”
It’s not a cover . It’s a continual plan that people including @unbreaking.org have been tracking for over a year and that was in Project 2025 Everyone got comfortable with being anti DEI And even when Hegseth says it they avoid it unbreaking.org/issues/equal...
Equitable Federal Workforce: Timeline — Unbreaking
Documenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone.
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Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d agoHegseth's plan to "downsize the top brass" is nothing but cover for a plan to eliminate women, Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities from the ranks of the generals and admirals and replace them with political commissars that he will handpick. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
That Bannon says that about Newsom should be the kiss of death for his nomination prospects. Definition of an acceptable nominee is someone who is Steve Bannon's worst nightmare.
Vanity Fair@vanityfair.com · 2d ago“Having Gavin Newsom as president wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world,” says MAGA philosopher Steve Bannon
People often ask me, "How is it being in Ohio?" knowing the attacks on higher education are acute here. But the fact is, nowhere is safe. Here's a story about senseless and devastating budget cuts in Minnesota. There is no political party that seriously defends higher education in the U.S. today.
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d ago“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
This tech is based on stolen labor, then I reject it. This tech intensifies racism, sexism, and class exploitation, then I reject it. This tech exploits workers in the Global South, then I reject it. This tech exacerbates env & climate problems, then I reject it. All these rationales are valid!
