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Aaron Graham of Loyola University of Chicago is seeking people of color who plays online video games for a survey on their experiences of gaming and gaming communities luc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I suppose we just forgot what checks and balances are, eh?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

It was quite a thrill to speak to more than 120 different students and faculty from around the African continent, all asking the curious question: what are we missing when we think about academic publications? This connection would not have been possible without @icahdq.bsky.social. =)

Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC)@gpccomm.bsky.social · 4d ago

Earlier today, Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social spoke with more than 120 students and early career scholars from Kenya, Nigeria, and other African nations on dispelling myths about academic publishing.

We're doing it again! If you're in the Syracuse area, we're looking for play-testers for an in-development Atari game. Y"all -- this is a fun one. =) Details: bit.ly/SyracuseXAtari

I'm absolutely thrilled to get back to my alma mater, Michigan State University (+ Communication Arts and Sciences, for the Communication Science Future. The draft schedule is out, and it's making me feel good about progress in our field. Read more: commscifutures.com/schedule/

Conference Schedule | Communication Science Futures

Schedule and agenda for Communication Science Futures

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I'm sincerely curious to know what US interests we are "protecting" by delaying my students' visas to pursue their PhDs? Been doing this ~20 years & I've seen more delays and rejections lately than I ever saw in the past. Also curious to hear more abt that "small gov't" I grew up learning about.

When “hate click is still a click” is your editorial strategy:

For the @apnews.com, how is it possible that this story doesn't conclude any information about the remarkable shortage of truck drivers we have had in the United States for at least a decade? Treating this like a zero-sum game makes no sense. C'mon man. apnews.com/article/mili...

White House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdown

The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military.

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Now if you'll excuse me? A classic "I'm in my forties and I'll be damned if I'm going out on Friday" night. 🤣🍻🧡

I'll tell you why. Because corporate surveillance has never been about safety or security. It has always been about the consolidation of power, protection of profit, and the petty grievances of the super-rich. Join @fightforthefuture.org's campaign to ban the use of AI surveillance at concerts!

Ban Facial Recognition at Live Events

Artists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.

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WIRED@wired.com · 2w ago

MSG owner James Dolan insists that the facial recognition system deployed at his venues is an essential security measure. So why was it disabled during one of the year's most high-profile events: the pre-wedding celebration of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? www.wired.com/story/for-ta...

What if we told you that your efficiency tool isn't making things efficient? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive

There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...

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So the next day, during their lunch break at school, the students lawyered up. Find out what happened next here: www.wired.com/story/epstei...

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out

An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

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"Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19" by @mzinshteyn.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cali...

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...

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Ready to rock with Rock-O-Ball? Rock-Ola really knew how to brand in the 1930s. Even this miniature skee ball-alike soars with a fun name like that!

#DonaldTrump has announced a 50% tariff on many Canadian goods. 💰 In our survey earlier this year, 77% of people across 36 countries disapproved of the way Trump was handling #tariffs.

Also, creating scales of "brains" or "intelligence" is a red flag for eugenicist (and TESCREAL) philosophy. >>

Elon really is the most American capitalist person ever. Foreign white supremacist who constantly fails at everything he does just to fall upwards into more success.

"The convention theme is not clearly reflected in the submission, which, unfortunately, resulted in some points off." Bold notes from a reviewer when unless there's been a *major* cultural & literal shift at #NCA26 there is zero requirement for a submission to "meet the theme." Thanks, chuckles.

#NCA26: "Here's the hotel block, get at it." Missing? The actual conference schedule. C'mon man ...

Fun weekend harvesting some old PC parts to get much-needed hard drive backups for our research team. I laugh in the face of an austerity budget. ;p (Also, it's fun. Very fun).

Taym did all the heavy lifting here! The further I progress in my career, the more I feel let down by the standard curriculum. Topics such as generalization and representativeness are discussed a lot, but usually in vague terms and without awareness of the great work happening in other fields.

This is fantastic. Sincerely appreciate @dingdingpeng.the100.ci and their team consistently applying rigor to some of the "textbook critiques" that get dropped by reviewers/editors looking for a scuff but not bringing receipts. Must add to any research methods curriculum, y'all. =)

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2w ago

Link to the paper (it's open access!): compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... >

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

Imagine watching your neighbour's house burn down and, instead of helping, complaining about the smell of the smoke.

Found this in my pocket and ... I got nuthin'

And among so many things, I keep asking - what purpose does this serve, in the end? Who are we protecting and what are we gaining? What is the actual point of any of this, beyond the cruelty and flex of power? And is it worth our accelerated decline of soft power on a global stage?

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Another reason why you should be so remarkably cautious of AI-assisted science writing: I fed Google Gemini a known bad argument and ask for a review. When Gem thought I wrote the argument, it told me how to fix the argument and defended the practice as "just part of what makes science hard."

New rule: whenever anyone has a conference call in a public place and doesn't use headphones, we're all invited to contribute our opinions.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says the reason the Maine ICE agent who fatally shot a man on Monday wasn’t wearing a body camera is because federal agents still don’t have them. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

Susan Collins Says Maine ICE Agents Still Don’t Have Body Cameras

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