Why not find your fav dummymander and throw some money that way?

Sam Wang@samwang.bsky.social · yesterday

Today I want to talk about my favorite dummymanders. In a dummymander, the geniuses behind the map have cut margins too close, and create vulnerabilities for themselves. tl;dr: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Here are four states that took it too far - and where you can make a difference.

“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Imagine your five year old in the car ICE shoots into. That child is all of ours. ICE out of NYC. ICE hands off our families. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE.

Never have I ever read an article with more passive voice and unwillingness to name WHO FIRED THE GUN.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another ICE shooting, in NYC abc7ny.com/post/person-...

I'm on page 605 of the Golden Compass trilogy with my 12 year old...reading aloud is STILL one of the best parts of being a parent. Still waiting for AI that'll fold laundry and sort socks for me so I can spend more time with my kids.

Neil Jackman@neiljackman.bsky.social · 4d ago

This guy just happily ditching one of the best privileges. I dont get it. I LOVE doing all the voices. Proper hamming it up with accents, throwing a bit of Alan Rickman, Brian Blessed, Sean Bean (Sharpe era), Alan Ford (Bricktop) etc. Baddies are *always* cockneys or posh southern English types.

The funniest thing on the internet. 😹

toilet bones@toiletbones.bsky.social · 6d ago

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

We all know Amazon is the devil - bookshop.org lets you support your favorite independent bookstores. Buy books during their anti Prime Day for free shipping - and this code gets you 20% off your order. refer.bookshop.org/kellyclancy

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Oliver Moran 🌻🇮🇪🇪🇺@oliver.ie · last wk.

This is amazing. Forget, "Is AI alive?" Deliberately seeing AI through the lens of 'Computational Demonology' is a fantastic idea!

Lolol

Iva Cheung@ivacheung.com · 2w ago

OCTOBER CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2026/10/read... #AmEditing

This weekend we were at an awesome play-in, and my daughter found a lonely pink unicorn that had been left behind. She asked the organizers if she could babysit it until its owner was found, and they said yes. So she named it Jessica. We went to a bookstore after the play-in, and once we got home...

Nothing bums me out more than being sent manuscripts to read that feel fake and come back 100% AI generated.

So proud of my brother Tommy, Ms. Mason’s lawyer : “Civic participation without fear of imprisonment is a cherished right that is critical to our system of democracy. The highest criminal court in Texas affirmed that right by letting the lower court’s acquittal stand,” said Thomas Buser-Clancy…

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him

Coolest thing I got to do all month!

AI Moratorium for NYC Schools@aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 3w ago

AIM was thrilled to meet with Minister Jakob Forssmed and the Swedish delegation today! We had a lively conversation about how to support kids in the US and Europe develop childhoods focused on play and learning, not on screens. We look forward to more conversations with our new friends! 🇸🇪🇸🇪

Get a goldfish.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w ago

“People with knowledge of the device, who declined to be named discussing the product, describe it as a ‘holdable’ rather than a wearable. That means it’s a small, dedicated device that people can pick up and talk to throughout the day.” 🙄

Proud of these kids!

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 3w ago

BREAKING: Just north of downtown Austin, students in Pflugerville walked out to protest the ICE shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. #ICEOUT

Ever wondered what we get up to in Slack? Running The Flytrap is a lot of work with many moving pieces and it's all done by real humans (despite Slack's repeated attempts to get us to activate its AI agent).

The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com · 3w ago

The Flytrap's content is 100% human-made and we are so proud of that! This will never ever change, but to continue doing this work, we need your support. And right now, you can support us by getting an annual subscription at 40% off. f.mtr.cool/3z1ntfogxo

Yeah you guys.

Jonathan Edward Durham@thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 3w ago

Sage advice

Hi friends! Can anyone get me this article by any chance? Calling it like we see it!: Our reflections, positionality, and vision for CRE's future. Thomas, Veronica G.; Bledsoe, Katrina L. Published in: New Directions for Evaluation, 2023, v. 2023, n. 180, p. 27, doi. 10.1002/ev.20573

My son once tried to make a playlist of Ed Sheeran to pump himself up for a swim meet...which led us to dub his music "songs to drown by."

Aarik Danielsen (he/him)@aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Ed Sheeran, perhaps best known for writing the kind of music that your second cousin chooses to play for the father-daughter dance at her wedding, cemented his status as a floppy-spine dummy this week by bending the knee to American billionaire idiot Robert Kraft." defector.com/massive-own-...

FWIW I also talk to New Yorkers every day who a) are madly in love with this mayor and b) CAMPAIGNED for Mamdani and then voted in the primaries, and c) can't afford the Vineyard during the summer. We both represent extremes, but my end actually works to build the world they want to live in.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4w ago

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The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com · 4w ago

As we rapidly approach our second birthday, I thought I'd highlight some greatest hits from our archives. Remember: Members have access to our entire back catalogue! In this fast-paced media landscape sometimes it feels like something gets read the week it comes out and then disappears...

Budgets are strong indicators of what is valued, and they also reflect hundreds of choices rather than one inevitable series of events. (Or you could say, "budgets are moral documents")

Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 4w ago

More than any higher ed development in recent memory, institutional subsidies for AI at R1 universities prove that austerity is a choice. It is not “too expensive” to invest in a humanities research infrastructure; rather, it is a choice that R1 universities make not to & subsidize AI instead.

My neighborhood! We got two trees last year in front of our house and they’re lovely. We badly need more shade and fewer cars.

Samantha Maldonado@smaldo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Bensonhurst is home to a large Chinese American population, and residents say the locations were laid out without warning or input from the community. They contend that the new trees could disrupt the neighborhood's feng shui. abc7ny.com/post/bensonh...

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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools@aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us!!

Welll, it happened. Just got asked how I was related to Lindsey Clancy.

It is absolutely worth $10,000 to my family to watch these people lose.

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · last mo.

Hoping to salvage midterms, Donald Trump makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins

Dems need to win the Senate by two.

Axios@axios.com · last mo.

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Fetterman is preparing to make a bombshell appearance tonight at the GOP convention in a video praising President Trump and Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Dave McCormick

Get yourself someone who looks at your state the way Mamdani looks at New York City.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last mo.

"You fucking losers would be lucky to have me represent this festering stinkhole."

Need plans for tonight? Listen to @drkysr.bsky.social and @kellyclancy.bsky.social talk about the historic AI win this week in New York City and what will come next as we build on this win. wbai.org/program/?pro... 7 pm, Talk Out of School, livestreaming on WBAI!

I'm a mother of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: here's what this guy needs to know about parenting with AI: --bring your kids to a bookstore or a library instead of letting ChatGPT write stories for them; --kids are being coached to die by suicide by these bots;

I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI

A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills?

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