A new list of endangered historical sites, released by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, includes *five* National Parks Services Sites. If you are traveling this summer, consider heading to one of these sites and taking some pictures to add to the #SaveOurSigns collection.

Most Endangered Historic Places - National Parks and Beyond

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released their list of 11 most endangered historical sites, which includes sites across the country that are physical reminders of the fight to ensure…

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1/ Five cases of New World screwworm have now been confirmed in the U.S., Texas has declared an emergency, and Canada immediately restricted livestock imports. Most people had never heard of screwworm until last week (or maybe just now). That's because we eradicated it from the U.S. in 1966.🧵

Top leaders at the American Diabetes Association have resigned in wake of the huge outpouring of support for the 5 scientists — incl an ADA flagship journal editor — that the ADA forcibly removed from the annual meeting for disturbing an editorial from the ADA’s own flagship journal.

Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting

Resignations included the organization's president-elect and scientific sessions chair

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🧵 U.S. Supreme Court filings reveal the real-world consequences of laws, informing decisions such as Loving v. Virginia. 125,000+ such records & briefs are now accessible due to a gift from @WolfLawLibrary.bsky.social at William & Mary Law School. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

Opinion | Loan Caps Will Steer Students Toward Riskier Private Lending The hope is that graduate loan caps will put pressure on institutions to lower costs. But the caps could cost students much more in the long run. By Eileen Connor: https://bit.ly/4tiqtcV #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Will be working through the weekend to grade finals. Not Canvas university.

It's why library professionals are undervalued.

Anna Holmes@annabookwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This, ladies, gentlemen, and others, is why information science is a formal discipline with a strict ethical requirement. One of the requirements of library/archive professionals is providing accurate information. If you set up something to auto-index that you cannot demonstrate the accuracy of—

I realize I grew up working for free. I'm not talking about true unpaid labor. But I volunteered to do a lot of work.... and still had time to make mix tapes. It was a balance.

Feeling this one very very personally.

Phillip Maciak@pjmaciak.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The "death" of English departments and other liberal arts fields is not about their obsolescence but about the fact that they're being actively *killed* by institutions that don't value them on principle, not because of any evidence. Glad ppl are catching up. www.nybooks.com/online/2023/...

Link.

Models and pricing for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Docs

See per-token pricing for the models available in GitHub Copilot and reference rates for additional usage across plans.

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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 3mo ago

Free newsletter: The economics of AI don't make sense. Monthly subscriptions to AI services are scams that represent a product that is impossible for OpenAI and Anthropic to provide long term, and AI data centers are an economic disaster at scale. www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/

Free newsletter: The economics of AI don't make sense. Monthly subscriptions to AI services are scams that represent a product that is impossible for OpenAI and Anthropic to provide long term, and AI data centers are an economic disaster at scale. www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/

AI's Economics Don't Make Sense

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That's a thing.

Models and pricing for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Docs

See per-token pricing for the models available in GitHub Copilot and reference rates for additional usage across plans.

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And after Seth cuts you, I will wear red to your funeral.

Seth Rudy@sethrudy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jane Austen died 20 years before Victoria became queen, therefore NOT VICTORIAN NOT VICTORIAN NOT VICTORIAN I WILL FUCKING CUT YOU NOT VICTORIAN

Should you be in a position to assign hand-written exams by time using blue books... please read up on dysgraphia first. I have a list of requests on the subject of timed exams and blue books. But I'm starting here.

The White Sox have won at Kauffman. Repeat: The White Sox have won at Kauffman.

"the point [of a university education] is not supposed to become an adept user of corporate tools."

A 🧵about one of the best academic journal articles I’ve read in a while (those who know me know I read this stuff for fun and as part of purporting to be something of an “independent scholar”) - a paper by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social about the state of academic publishing muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

If you like data, or making things with textile crafts (sewing, knitting, crochet, weaving, etc.), I've finally written something up about data visualization with textiles. More words coming over the next few months! #DHmakes

Data Visualization with Textiles

This site is notes and drafts that may someday become a Handbook of Data Visualization with Textiles.

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The reaction of Dr Kelsey Young at the Science Desk was one of the best things in the feed but I'd also like to acknowledge the dude in the lower left corner of the control room view doing his own little dance of joy during Jeremy Hansen's discussion of his corona observations. #Artemis

Re-wrote Covid to implicate public health and vaccine research. Again called out disability as disqualifying. Disclosed a cancer diagnosis as laughable. Small swipes but not disconnected to creation of generational trauma for millions of victims. www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...

Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19

Covid 19 Origins - Lab Leak THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the

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if anyone is interested, here are some talking points we've put together on the CU ChatGPT deal, for the sake of educating our friends, colleagues, students, staff, admin, etc. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Talking Points on CU-ChatGPT

Talking Points on CU-ChatGPT On December 15, 2025 the CU System signed a one year contract with Open AI for $2.1 million, with plans to launch a system-wide ChatGPT Edu access for faculty, staff, and ...

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Still doing cancer and apologizing to everyone who built all those movements today. Cannot deal.

My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity www.axios.com/local/boulde...

CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access

Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.

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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).

"These would include those that foster an appreciation for the country “through uplifting and positive narratives." Let's assume the obvious points. But also, some people find that recognizing the complexity, struggle, and violence *to be uplifting.* This also obvious point needs more attention.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 6mo ago

NEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle. But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.

@50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org When do the busses arrive in every state to transport very willing and trained individuals to MN? How many people can we place in one state?

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/

I long for a world in which you can catch up with a month-old unread magazine* without it seeming like a quaint artifact created by people who didn't yet know about the current horrors. *"Magazines" are collections of articles and essays printed on paper and distributed on a regular schedule.

Thousands of people attended a vigil near the scene of the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Video by Aaron Lavinsky and Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Photos by Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Continuing coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

There’s a special kind of grief many of us are feeling tonight. Because it didn’t have to be like this.