This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Our Town Board just unanimously approved a local moratorium on data center development. This reinforces Gov. Hochul's Executive Order and goes a bit further. We the people made this happen.

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Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d ago

The rest of your natural life—and then some. That's how long we'll be cleaning up the mess of Trump and MAGAism. The nation as it was before is lost. It won't return. What we seek to save now isn't what used to be. It'll be something else altogether. It'll be what we make it.

This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...

@mossmallfarm.bsky.social Hello, Mohammed and friend!

One estimate "CloudFlare, the Internet security and performance giant used by millions of websites worldwide, says the crossover occurred in June, with bots generating 57.5% of webpage requests." fortune.com/2026/07/23/d...

Turns out Dead Internet Theory was right: AI agents are eating the Web, growing by nearly 8,000% and rewiring the Internet's business model | Fortune

Multiple cyber firms agree: bots outnumber humans online, challenging advertising, analytics and security systems designed around human visitors.

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#TeamFauci

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · last wk.

Mark this well. A public servant who performed admirably in a crisis is being publicly persecuted, maybe prosecuted. Govt websites are being given over to propaganda. Fake medicines are being praised while lifesaving vaccines are lied about. Slanderous grifters cackle their triumph. Despicable.

10 years ago today Americans nominated a woman for President but America lost its collective mind and now women die from... miscarriages.

Anthony Fauci should sue Peter Navarro for defamation. I’m not saying this hyperbolically, I mean it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Peter Navarro on Maria Bartiromo's show lies with impunity that "it's an indisputable fact" that Fauci "created that virus" and "killed people"

Abolish ICE. Grateful to stand in solidarity with my neighbors outside ICE HQ this afternoon, remembering those who have been killed by ICE and CBP.

Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w ago

The use of extremely online memetic aesthetics to support far-right political goals is like something out of Walter Benjamin’s nightmares.

Definitely be Like Bob😊🇨🇦

Texas Nun detained by ICE speaks out: "For me, a nun, not to go to mass on Sunday, not to receive communion, it was very, very heartbreaking for me. Even when I told him, 'can I go to mass? Can I just attend mass? Can I receive communion?' And the answer was no."

I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila

"Unhumans argues that liberals pose an existential threat and must be dealt with severely. Trump’s decision to adopt these talking points signifies that he’s considering extreme measures."

The Nerd Reich | Silicon Valley Tech Extremism [Unofficial]@thenerdreich.com.web.brid.gy · 3w ago

"The daylight may always come, but it does not come for everybody and it does not come on time." -- James Baldwin

Another day, another government climate agency pointing out that unchecked data centre growth directly impacts climate targets 🫠 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Vaccines do not cause autism.

The Supreme Court has amassed extraordinary power while public trust in the institution has plummeted. State lawmakers should call on Congress to pass term limits for justices — a reform that would strengthen democratic accountability. bit.ly/3Tdzl7e

Model State Resolution Urging 18-Year Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

State lawmakers should call on Congress to enact Supreme Court term limits. 

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Could we not catch our breath and take a lesson here? one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5903...

🔊 Listen Now: OpenAI says AI models hacked into another AI company without being instructed

Morning Edition on NPR One | 6:09

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"Data center leases, GPU supply contracts raise liabilities at Meta, Oracle, Nikkei study shows" asia.nikkei.com/business/tec...

Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65tn on opaque AI funding

Data center leases, GPU supply contracts raise liabilities at Meta, Oracle, Nikkei study shows

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Gee. Shame. What if, hear me out, we stopped talking abt this new and unreliable tech as if it was the most inevitable thing in the world?

Futurism@futurism.com · 2w ago

It's a bloodbath.

I had more to say, and I have a last name, but here we are. Gov. Hochul is more open to AI and to data centers than I am, but she's willing to have the conversation, so that is a start.

Hochul discusses data centers, AI with Town of Tonawanda residents

Governor Kathy Hochul discussed her moratorium on the construction of data centers in New York State.

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Absolute epidemic of feelings over facts going on right now.

Dr. Todd Arrington@btarrington.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” ~President John F. Kennedy, 1962. Image: CBS.

People deserve good jobs and a broad education that is about a lot more than preparation for employment.

Sunday morning pause in the garden.

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

Absolutely trash fire of a statement by Citizens Bank's lawyers and PR team. 'You know, we couldn't debank the Gestapo; that's against policy. But we are so committed to the communities the Gestapo targets. How dare you suggest otherwise.'

Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 3w ago

First, we’d like to make clear we have no problem with the business of private ICE prisons. Second, how dare you question our commitment to immigrants.

“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”

Forbes@forbes.com · 3w ago

Wildfire smoke is dense enough in a handful of states that experts recommend masks for those who can’t stay indoors.

Dear @shamlet.bsky.social, I think this is the visual for the point I was trying to make earlier, alas.

Tod Maffin 🇨🇦@todmaffin.com · 3w ago

Once again, my friend Rob Cottingham nails it.