NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

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If you need a little lift today, remember that 47 US states & 3 territories won $17 billion from Meta (& New Mexico separately won $375 million). The settlement requires several notable changes for kids. Great for class discussion! Summary: oag.dc.gov/release/atto...

Attorney General Schwalb Announces That Meta Will Pay Up to $17.1 Billion for Exploiting Kids with Intentionally Addictive Social Media Platforms

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Ohio State reception is tonight (Friday) 7-9 PM in Juniper B. Hope to see folks there, especially our alums! ❤️❤️❤️ #nca25 #nca2025

I'm at #NCA25 and will be at the #NCA2025 graduate fair in the Aurora Ballroom at the Ohio State booth (#55) from 2-3. If you're interested in pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D., stop by any time 1-4 to chat with faculty & students!

people gotta treat this behavior the same as we treat shitting on the floor

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11mo ago

www.wsj.com/tech/persona... Say what, now?

It’s no surprise that also today a truly huge grassroots effort is delivering THOUSANDS of petitions for SB1 to be put to a public vote. From what I’m hearing, it’s been unpopular across parties and all over the state — but has been news to everyone not working in HE. Watch this space…

Ohio legislators passed SB1 this spring (despite massive outcry). It goes into effect today. Here’s a tiny sliver of what’s happening #highered #DEI Specifics: compliance.osu.edu/focus-areas/...

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

To celebrate the end of #ica25, here are some massive cinnamon rolls. Of #python 🐍 #pythonista #herps #herping #pythons #invasive

If you’re leaving #ica25 today get to the airport early!!! It is CRAZY busy, even the Clear line is like 30m

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

Our Joint Reception with Communication Science and Biology, Game Studies, and Information Systems is happening tonight right after our HMC Business Meeting!! When: 6pm, Sunday, June 15th Where: Centennial B (Regency 3) Why: Fun and Networking! 😎🤖🥂

If you just finished your #ica25 obligations for the day and are wondering--yes, #NoKings protest is ongoing at the Denver statehouse.

Presenting on AI at #ica25 and want to publish your paper? Consider submitting to the special issue, "How does AI change communication?", in the Journal of Language & Social Psychology. Coeditors are Bingjie Liu, Renwen Zhang, and myself. Abstracts due Aug. 1 journals.sagepub.com/page/jls/cal...

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If you're at #ICA25, would love to see you at our Ohio State reception tonight 7:30-9:30 in the Hyatt Regency, Level 3, Mineral D.

In another of my semi-regular posts, for those who have recently gotten reviewer comments on qualitative studies (eg, #cscw2025) & want to know how to respond, check out this document that currently has 13 types of critiques of qual methods and ideas for responding. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them

Reviewer Critiques (Qualitative Methods) and How to Respond to Them Author: Jessica Vitak (+ anyone who adds to the document) About This Document (and a disclaimer) Reviewing is a highly subjective pr...

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Thanks to the panelists, moderator @dkreiss.bsky.social, and @icahdq.bsky.social for sponsoring the #ICA25 U.S. Academy Under Attack panel. Timely messages on sticking to our mission and sticking together while navigating these waters.

two sea otters are floating on their backs in a pool of water .

Alt: two sea otters are floating on their backs in a pool of water

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Headed to #ICA25! In the meantime, wondering if there are any #arachnologists or #scorpion experts out there who know the species of the critter below we found in Tuscany. Italian scorpion? #scorpions #invertebrates #arachnology #entomology 🦂

Be smarter than me and take the free 'mall ride' from Union Station to the hotels. #ica25. That was a long walk in the heat, with a backpack.

Listen up! It is baby bat season! Please, please, please keep your cat indoors overnight for next few weeks. Seeing multiple cat-damaged or killed bats, some with babies attached.😪 Bats can live >20 years and have just 1 baby/year, so now's a critical time. # bats #cats #conservation #wildlife 🦇

Happy #FrogFriday! Found a party of adorable marsh frogs in Thuringia, Germany. #herping #frogs #frog 🐸

It’s actually hard for me to imagine a more perfect nuclear weapon for kinship ties then the constant assumption of interpersonal recording without permission or consent. Is the atomic bomb of social cohesion.

🚨CFP Alert!🚨I'm one of the co-editors for the special issue "How Does Artificial Intelligence Change Communication?" for the Journal of Language & Social Psychology. Details in link. Please share. journals.sagepub.com/page/jls/cal... #academicsky #commsky

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For #TurtleTuesday, here's a large friend I found in the middle of a blind curve in #Kentucky. Shell just under 2 ft long. I had to park and run back about a quarter mile, and unfortunately I saw him get clipped by a truck before I got there. But, he was still moving... #turtles #herps 🐢

Eurasian magpies always look sharp. #birds #corvids #magpies #gdansk

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

I understand the overworked prof better than most, but as institutions, schools are going to have to play a longer game—widespread adoption of these tools by profs is going to devalue what they are selling. Destabilizing education is part of their overall fascist project.

The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

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If this isn't a cautionary warning for academics then I don't know what is. You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.

Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · last yr.

This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that 1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators. 2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.

My calendar tells me it's International Pygmy Hippo Day, so I needed to pay tribute with a collage of Moo Deng refusing to obey in advance, yelling in the face of her oppressors and causing good trouble

Terrible news for #wildlife and nature lovers, especially #birds and #birders. Due to a lack of funding, the visitors' center is closing and many services will be ending at the vital Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. Any rich bird-loving benefactors out there?🐦 www.fws.gov/refuge/bueno...

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

The 117,464-acre refuge is home to a wide variety of plants and animals. Visitors will find semi-desert grasslands, cottonwoods, and willow-lined riverbanks.

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