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Elena Glassman

@elglassman.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @ Harvard SEAS specializing in human-computer and human-AI interaction. Also interested in visualization, digital humanities, urban design.

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Ari Ofsevit@ofsevit.bsky.social · 5d ago

Why is Massachuetts' economy not doing well? If you ask Beacon Hill's Chip Elfner: "My mayor in Boston cares more about bicycle lanes than public safety." Hey Chip: why don't you ask the Gag family if bicycle lanes have anything to do with public safety? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/06/b...

‘The party is over’: Readers sound off on why Massachusetts has lost its mojo - The Boston Globe

Once a star performer, Massachusetts is losing ground to other states on job growth and new business creation.

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Lior Steinberg@steinberg.nu · last wk.

Here’s a study that will change the way you look at public space. Literally. Researchers from Brigham Young University asked participants to imagine walking through different nighttime environments and click on what drew their attention. The results?

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Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2w ago

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

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20's Plenty for Us@20splenty.bsky.social · 2w ago

For the 5th consecutive year child casualties have flat-lined at around 13,000 road casualties of age 16 and under. In what other area of life would the death or injury of 13,000 children be "acceptable"? The government has a Road Safety Strategy that aims to reduce child KSIs by 70%.

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Carolyn Bertozzi@carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 2w ago

We already do this and companies who want them are happy to pay for PhD student interns. Why do precious and limited NSF funds need to be deployed for this? Most PhD student pursue industry jobs anyways - that has always been true. Use NSF funds to support basic science that industry wont support!

Jonathan Wosen@jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 2w ago

With academic jobs few and far between, the NSF is testing a new approach to graduate education: Giving Ph.D. students industry experience — and dollars — as part of their training. For more, see my latest for @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/h...

Elena Glassman@elglassman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Really enjoyed returning for another AI and the news panel discussion on the Curiosity Desk @wgbh.org with Hiawatha Bray (The Globe) and Kathy Pham (HKS)! www.youtube.com/live/FYvdkj0...

Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Tuesday, July 28, 2026

YouTube video by GBH News

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Elena Glassman@elglassman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @wgbh.org Curiosity Desk show is great. I can't believe I just found out about it. Only in Boston? Thank you for hosting me to talk about human-AI interaction! Archived on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/oYI5usI...

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 3w ago

There is something zen-like about entering data, figuring out how to check on issues in stata, writing the code, fixing any issues, checking it again, and then having it all work. Even if I had 15 grad students, I would still want to do this.

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov · last mo.

After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.

StreetsblogMASS@mass.streetsblog.org · last mo.

“Everyone adored Louisa, and we’re all in shock and in disbelief and angry,” said BTD planner William Moose, one of Gag’s colleagues in City Hall. “She just cared so damn much about this city and was so invested in the work she did.” mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/10/l...

Louisa Gag, Longtime Street Safety Advocate, Identified as Thursday's Homicide Crash Victim - Streetsblog Massachusetts

Family members have identified the victim of Thursday morning's homicide crash near Roxbury Crossing as Louisa Gag, a longtime street safety advocate and transportation planner at Boston's City Hall.

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Sam@samd.bsky.social · last mo.

it’s kind of ironic that the French government better understands and captures the true aesthetics and ideals of America than the groyper weirdos at the White House posting cringe anti-American MAGAslop

Macron posting Statue of Liberty White House posting Christian nationalist slop
Samuel Bagg@samuel-bagg.bsky.social · last mo.

Basic idea is to build a library of institutional models, drawn from a wide range of historical, cultural, geographic, disciplinary, & organizational contexts, which serve goal of "anti-corruption" in a very broad sense: i.e., helping keep institutions tethered to purposes they are meant to serve.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The "Trump Kennedy Center" acted like Trump himself; they outright ignored binding contracts, bullied subcontractors, and seem to have outright stolen millions of dollars that pursuant to a binding contract they were only managing for the benefit of the WNO.

40. The result was chaos. Gifts went unprocessed or unacknowledged, donor benefits went unfulfilled, and donor communications went unanswered. WNO staff had to perform work the Kennedy Center had agreed to provide, trying to protect donor relationships and to preserve WNO’s fundraising pipeline. WNO employees performed multiple job functions at once and worked extended hours to maintain basic operations. 41. WNO also lost all visibility into its own financial activities by fall 2025, when the Kennedy Center implemented new financial-management software. Under the prior system, WNO staff had direct visibility into most of the WNO Financial Accounts. After the transition, WNO could no longer see posted revenues, expenses, contributions, fund balances, and other entries. WNO repeatedly requested that the Kennedy Center restore that access, but it never did, forcing WNO to create and maintain its own spreadsheets and attempt to reconstruct its own finances. 42. At the same time, the Kennedy Center’s financial reporting became delayed, incomplete, and largely inaccessible. For months, and despite repeated requests, the Kennedy Center failed to provide the regular financial reports and fund-balance information required by the 2024 Agreement, forcing WNO to operate on stale and incomplete information last provided in March 2025. As a result, WNO could not reliably track new donor gifts received by the Kennedy Center on WNO’s behalf or confirm that such contributions were properly credited to the WNO Financial AccountsF. The Kennedy Center Does Not Return WNO’s Financial Assets or Provide an Accounting Consistent with the 2024 Agreement 57. However, despite repeated requests made in the course of meetings, calls, and emails over the following weeks and months, the Kennedy Center did not return any of the funds in the WNO Financial Accounts and did not provide a complete accounting in accordance with the 2024 Agreement. 58. Based on financial information previously provided by the Kennedy Center and WNO’s internal records, and after accounting for WNO Direct Expenses not yet offset by WNO revenues and other support according to the terms of the 2024 Agreement, WNO estimates that the Kennedy Center is withholding at least $17,101,186 in WNO financial assets. Those include funds held in or attributable to the WNO Endowment, the WNO BSRF, the FFIE, and other earned and contributed income that the Kennedy Center collected or maintained for WNO’s benefit. 59. In the months since the January 9 termination—which the Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees unanimously confirmed on March 16 by resolution authorizing its Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel to negotiate the terms of the disaffiliation on behalf of the Center— the Kennedy Center has not returned any of WNO’s financial assets, has refused to state whether it intends to return any of those assets, and has not provided an accounting consistent with the 2024 Agreement.
Liz Dye@lizdye.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment. WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

49. On January 8, the Kennedy Center’s Chief Financial Officer sent an email to WNO’s General Director and Board President asserting for the first time and, contrary to the terms of the 2024 Agreement, that the funds in the WNO BSRF belonged to the Kennedy Center. In addition, the CFO disclosed that the Kennedy Center had used those funds—funds that the 2024 Agreement expressly required to be held for the long-term benefit of WNO—to collateralize the Kennedy Center’s own line of credit. 50. The next day, on January 9, 2026, the WNO Board voted to terminate the 2024 Agreement. WNO’s Board President and Board Chair immediately notified the Kennedy Center of that decision in a letter to Mr. Grenell and requested that the parties begin unwinding the affiliation.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICE's flight taking persecuted people from safety into a civil war is on its final leg to the Central African Republic, a country so dangerous the United States recommends all Americans avoid traveling there for any reason whatsoever. So much for supporting the people of Iran.

Reuters: US deports Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, lawyer says By Robbie Corey-Boulet June 12, 202610:21 AM EDTUpdated 3 hours ago
ICE Flight Monitor@iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The ICE Air flight (OAE2272) has just departed Ghana and is now en route, likely stopping in Central African Republic next. This flight is carrying Iranians, Afghans and others granted protection by a U.S. IJ.

Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beyond gutter size bike lanes, here are other reasons why they aren’t used: - painted lanes along a busy, dangerous road - lanes disconnected from a network - lanes going to no meaningful destination (eg in industrial areas) - some painted lanes in very low density residential areas

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There are absolutely bike lanes that are not heavily used. But the correct response is to analyze why they're not being used, instead of saying, "Let's rip them out!" It turns out that a strip of a paint on an otherwise busy road doesn't make people feel safe and make them want to bike.

ACLU@aclu.org · 2mo ago

The World Cup could see racial profiling and discrimination by law enforcement, invasive social media screenings, searches of electronic devices, suppression of speech, and more. Fans, players, journalists, and everyone must know our rights and the risks.

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup: Know Your Rights, Know Your Risks | American Civil Liberties Union

If you’re attending the 2026 World Cup in areas impacted by the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdown. Know your rights — and your risks — before you go.

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Darren Buck@bikepedantic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A bike planner died on his community’s streets, and I wish that this was a unifying moment for the transpo practitioner community to come together to demand networks of all-ages facilities for people on bikes. Not ITS or robocars or bulbouts. All-ages bike facilities. RIP Riley O’Neil.

After driver doored CDOT planner Riley O'Neil, 35, on bike in Bridgeport, causing his death, advocates demand City install protected lanes to prevent such killings - Streetsblog Chicago

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Elena Glassman@elglassman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @wgbh.org Curiosity Desk show is great. I can't believe I just found out about it. Only in Boston? Thank you for hosting me to talk about human-AI interaction! Archived on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/oYI5usI...

Boston Public Radio, The Curiosity Desk, & The Culture Show Live Tuesday, June 2, 2026

YouTube video by GBH News

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Ari Ofsevit@ofsevit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My brilliant wife @elglassman.bsky.social is going to be on real honest-to-goodness terrestrial radio on WGBH 89.7 at 1 o’clock to-day. Tune in! (You whippersnappers can probably figure out how to listen on this newfangled “internet” too.)