FWIW-I am proficient at prompt generation & understand how LLMs work, because I study AI. But I do not use these tools in my work, EVER. NOR in my daily life (save where enshittification adds them without my consent) And I could operate without them tomorrow-PERIOD. This is not a radical stance.

The point of higher ed is to help build & sustain vibrant societies NOT to win the (rigged from the start!!) Monopoly game we call our current economy This Administration making education policy is like what you would get if you put a bunch of Great White sharks in charge of stewarding seal safety

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

My grandmother had a copy of the Encyclopedia Brittanica & that shelf was one of my happy places growing up :)

S. Kramer@libraryephemera.bsky.social · 6d ago

Were you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?

"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

futurism.com

ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever. After months of releasing no detention data at all, the new numbers show a record 1,474 arrests a day in early July, the highest daily pace of the entire Trump administration. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-quietl...

ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.

austinkocher.substack.com

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

Justice Kagan: "So the Court ushers back in the same opportunities for quid pro quo corruption that the contribution limits were meant to check."

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH REPUBLICAN-LED CHALLENGE TO FEDERAL LIMITS ON SPENDING BY POLITICAL PARTIES IN COORDINATION WITH CANDIDATES

We celebrate the victories. (Even those which should never have been litigated in the first place.)

SCOTUSblog@scotusblog.com · last mo.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship

Having lived in DC for years & witnessed many MANY Smithsonian Folk Life Festivals, Solar Decathlons, protest rallies & other cultural events on the National Mall, the “Great American State Fair” looks bland & boring AF. What a mess.

I’ve only been here a handful of hours and already #FAccT2026 is shaping up to be one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended (And I say this as someone who’s been on the conference circuit for about 20 years) Kudos to the organizers & volunteers!

Wow, did this resonate

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last mo.

Generative AI is not only fundamentally based on the rejection of consent, but also *standards*. Artists have been micromanaged and hounded over individual pixels, academics fighting to defend every minute detail of their thesis, etc, and then are tossed away in favor of the get shit wrong machine.

What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

nature.com

Hearing news that George Washington University sold one of its campuses to Amazon for another hyperscale data center in the name of funding the future of its academic programs and… wtf are we even doing here? It’s like a forest selling its acreage to a lumber company & calling it an “investment”…

Log Cutting at a Sawmill

Alt: Log Cutting at a Sawmill

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💔 Rest in peace friend. Nursing Mutual Aid would not have been the same without you, nor will the world. Your impact will continue for generations to come.

yall this thread is everything good in this world 🐝

Petra Korlević@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

found a little buddy and brought her to a nice flower shrub, but why are her wings so mangled? :( #invertebrate

The kind of thing one might do if disaster capitalism is your grift.

NPR@npr.org · 2mo ago

The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Millions lose SNAP benefits as One Big Beautiful Bill’s stricter requirements kick in

SNAP enrollment has fallen sharply nationwide since the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer. More than 3.5 million people have lost access to the food assistance, as states implement...

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Celebrating the fact that Easthampton, MA voted to fund their schools, public libraries & EMS last night. Well done. www.westernmassnews.com/2026/06/10/e...

Easthampton votes for $6.9 million tax override

On Tuesday, residents voted for a $6.9 million property tax override

westernmassnews.com

Adding The Cleveland Clinic to my list of institutions that is content to spread misinformation & watch kids die, just as long as it’s politically expedient

This one got my blood pressure up You can practically feel the author’s self-righteous smirking come right through the page Then he chokes you with a condescending dig about “flexible” standards for faculty who “increase diversity”, after citing cases of 2 WOC Misogynoir trumped up as meritocracy

Jeffrey Insko@jeffreyinsko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

anybody who has ever served on a T&P committee anywhere knows this fucking guy

I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time. influence.citationneeded.news

Tech Influence Watch

Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.

influence.citationneeded.news

Yourself, but as a cartoon.

Matthew Noe@noethematt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yourself, but as a cartoon.

CALLING ALL MASSHOLES!!! The MA house will vote later today on the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act. It’s a good bill! Call your reps and tell them to support the amendments that @aclum.bsky.social is backing, and OPPOSE amendment 18, which would gut the bill FFTF.link/madataprivacy

These billionaire dudes really *really* want to “live” forever.

Doctor Who: Cassandra's 'Moisturise Me!'

Alt: Jeff Bezos in 1000 years as depicted in Doctor Who: A sentient piece of skin stretched on a frame with an animated face demands “Moisturize me!!!”.

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WIRED@wired.com · 2mo ago

With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope. www.wired.com/story/jeff-b...

Oh so it’s PSAs-about-Ebola serious. 😬

WHO@who.int · 2mo ago

Ebola disease is a severe, often fatal illness transmitting from animals to humans and between humans. Here’s what you need to know about how it spreads, the symptoms, and how to prevent infection.

Looking at these numbers in context of the monopolistic, king-making, surveillant power of these companies, makes me think the whole bubble *needs* to collapse. And to take these companies (+ NVidia!) with it.

Mike Elgan@mikeelgan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

Did you see this??? An entire 50 PERCENT of Democratic voters under 30 want the party to MOVE TO THE LEFT on transgender issues. Comparing with other issues polled, it's second only to healthcare as an issue younger voters want to see the party move left on.

You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...

Microsoft keeps reinstalling Copilot, so I found a way to rip it out of Windows for good

You can get rid of all those stubborn AI components for better privacy and performance.

howtogeek.com

Harriet - Pumpkin Spite@akaharriet.bsky.social · 8mo ago

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Science Magazine@science.org · 2mo ago

The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s

I’m a nurse scientist & I’ll be attending #FAccT2026 in Montreal for the first time in a few weeks. I’m eager to learn & make new connections! If you see this & would like to connect, let me know! Here’s a link to one of our more recent papers: www.nursingoutlook.org/article/S002...

Health Tech for the People (HT4P): A transdisciplinary research initiative focused on artificial intelligence tech ethics and design for health justice

Technologies animated by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning proliferate in nursing’s work and health care. Rapidly evolving AI technologies demand ethics and research infrastructure res...

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