I’m at a car mechanic in Nebraska and once they found out I live in El Paso, one of the employees went home to get carne asada his family made this weekend so I could try some while waiting. I just know I’m about to have an incredible lunch.

Looks like APSA followed through on marking people as unregistered in the program. Honestly it’s kind of amusing to be looking through the program and seeing “unregistered participant” instead of name and affiliation on things. 😂

Per @asanews.bsky.social email, after being cut off by NSF, ASA is ending the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.

Claude Shared Chats Indexed by Search Engines Raise Privacy Concerns Public Claude shared conversations were discovered in Google and Bing search results, exposing resumes, company projects, and other sensitive… https://thecybersecguru.com/news/claude-shared-chats-google-search-privacy/

U.S.-based SPSP members: The proposed FY2027 budget would eliminate the NSF SBE Directorate, which supports approximately 5,000 scholars each year. Urge your elected officials to protect the SBE Directorate, with help from COSSA: https://ow.ly/5PKz50Zs2xI

I need someone in marketing research to explain what they’re finding with butter merch because this is the fourth store I’ve been in recently with butter clothes. I am fascinated.

This report by the numbers: - 412 verified incidents of serious injury from “less-lethal weapons” like tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets in the last year - A prior report identified 70 children with similar injuries Doctors say this is likely an underestimate.

‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds

Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’

theguardian.com

Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson. www.wired.com/story/predic...

Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town

Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.

wired.com

I just need everyone to know that at one point this weekend I got to watch a California sunset with a dog on my pool chair and it was fantastic. Happy summer, yall.

Make your profiles private if they aren’t already, y’all.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4w ago

“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”

Illustrated summary of the fourteen California Propositions on this year's ballot, which cover topics such as housing, elections, taxes, education, and healthcare! Individual slides at tinyurl.com/2026caprops and in the thread! 1/ 🧵✅

whoopsie

Hello from my drive across a big portion of the US where I saw a “choose democracy” sign in a 3,000 person Kansas town

yikes

5-4??? 6-3??? I might go disassociate for a while.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it. Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects birthright citizenship.

We’re recruiting OB/GYNs, sonographers/ultrasound techs & OB nurses for a paid study on communication in prenatal care. Eligibility form: $15. Some may be invited to a training video: $500. Sign up: redcap.uits.iu.edu/surveys/?s=X... Please share/repost.

Strong agree. It reinforces the extent to which the only consequences that matter are consequences for people who already have all the power.

Melissa Baker@melissabaker.bsky.social · last mo.

Apropos of nothing, one of my big media pet peeves is framing voting rights court decisions as a win or a loss for a certain political party/politician. Disenfranchising people is bad, period, & it is okay to talk about it that way instead of saying it is a loss for one party but a win for another.

Recently @mattlamb.bsky.social wrote up something for @spssi.bsky.social’s Foward newsletter about our (with @landgravephd.bsky.social) paper on linked fate and young Latino vote choice in the 2024 election. www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fu...

Apropos of nothing, one of my big media pet peeves is framing voting rights court decisions as a win or a loss for a certain political party/politician. Disenfranchising people is bad, period, & it is okay to talk about it that way instead of saying it is a loss for one party but a win for another.

Oh.

Science Magazine@science.org · last mo.

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

Shoutout to the group of guys in Mexico jerseys walking to the neighborhood bar watch party who gave me a tequila shooter when they learned I was quick walking my dog so I could get inside to watch the game 😂

Melissa Baker@melissabaker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gotta say, living two miles from the Mexican border when Mexico kicks off the World Cup is pretty legit. Neighborhood bar is giving out commemorative glasses, neighborhood pool is hosting a watch party, students who commute from Mexico talking about watch parties, & Mexico jerseys everywhere today.

Got called to do a survey by a big public opinion polling firm this afternoon. Big day for a political scientist.

Reunited with my neighborhood pool a few days ago and was reminded that El Paso is pretty great. Happy summer, yall.

Gotta say, living two miles from the Mexican border when Mexico kicks off the World Cup is pretty legit. Neighborhood bar is giving out commemorative glasses, neighborhood pool is hosting a watch party, students who commute from Mexico talking about watch parties, & Mexico jerseys everywhere today.

First day of my summer class today. A student asked a question essentially wondering if there was ever a time in US history where politics was like it is right now. It blows my mind that young adults don’t know anything other than this kind of stuff.

W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A real page on the White House website

We don’t have to watch the Thunder anymore this season. NBA fans everywhere:

Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

elizabethginexi.substack.com

Very helpful insights from @sciencecareers.bsky.social - worth a read for mentors and anyone else who wants to support early career researchers!

Science Careers@sciencecareers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Early-career researchers want empathy from their supervisors Survey of 2600 early-career researchers compiles traits of “ideal supervisor”. Read the full article by @klangin.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4dOkNS2

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

I’m at a coffeeshop and someone brought a typewriter and is currently writing with it. They’re relatively young & other possessions suggest they’re a university employee. I’d like to think this is sign they’ve had it with AI & this is their response.