'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

I approve of the font options for customizing your Swiss Army Knife. I’d pick Futura… you?

As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.

Being a Luddite Is Fun Again

As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.

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Musk calls for the assassination of a reporter who embarrassed him with basic questions

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.

There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.

As a US citizen in Berlin, it's impossible to overstate how hard the Nazi and Stasi museums hit right now. The first few parts of *every* exhibit echo what is happening in the US. I know people are saying it, but seeing it here is different. 🧵

This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...

Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

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Great example of interactive exhibit design at the Disgusting Food Museum in Berlin. This box releases a terrible smell and captures how your reaction changes in photos. A delightful piece I'll use in my future interactive exhibit design teaching 👏🏽 disgustingfoodmuseum.berlin/en/disgustin...

Powerful data mural in Berlin: artist Susanne Kunjappu-Jellinek commemorates the 136 people who were killed while trying to escape over the wall from GDR. Each flower represents one individual, and the text highlights escape as a form of resistance. www.chronik-der-mauer.de/en/sites/184...

HUGE: This summer, countless scientists & technologists can travel to hug their families again after a federal court suspended a Trump administration censorship-at-the-border scheme targeting people working online safety. 🎉 Many thanks to all who worked on this 🎉 knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...

Federal Court Suspends Trump Immigration Policy Targeting Technology Researchers

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New work from SDU using Media Could to help study where Danes get their news in an election season, where political elites post (& partisanship), and related chatbot use. Great example of cross platform work to understand an information ecosystem more. findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/portalfil...

Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

This is the kind of World Cup reporting I love: local, contextual, and joyful in the way it connects us to our neighbors. This massive media event has been a welcome break from all the violent nationalist rhetoric in the US. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/22/m...

In Worcester, a Ghanaian community ready to celebrate the World Cup - The Boston Globe

At one eatery, Ghanaians opined about the meaning of the tournament ahead of Tuesday's Ghana-England match in Foxborough.

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Excited to share that we are now inviting proposals for our upcoming Critical AI Studies? conference at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social on Oct. 9&10, 2026. Please see the full CfP here: huml.ucsb.edu/conference. Submissions are due July 31, 2026. For questions DM me or @owenleonard.bsky.social.

Congrats to the DPLA for their new Humanity AI award 👏🏽 In "Community Data" I talk about libraries' data literacy work and support of my own creative data approaches. They definitely should "play a central role in shaping how artificial intelligence enters public life". dp.la/news/dpla-to...

Insightful new published work from my colleague Myo Chung & others "found that disclosing AI use does not reduce message, author, or source credibility". So helpful to learn more about the impacts of AI disclosures in news! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

To Disclose or Not to Disclose: How AI Use Transparency Increases Trust in Fact-Checking

This study examines how transparency about AI-assisted fact-checking shapes audience trust and misbelief correction. An experiment (N = 393) manipulating AI use disclosure levels (no disclosure, si...

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Funding Opp: We (Data Theatre Collaborative) wabt to see what you think community data theatre can be! With Association of Theatre in Higher Education we're offing pilot grants for faculty, students, artists, community orgs, and civic folks. 📆 Apply by Oct 1 www.athe.org/page/dtgrants

denying a visa to the man who imitates a statue of a man we assassinated

Bradford Pearson@bradfordpearson.bsky.social · last mo.

dog shit country, truly

Just a few days to get your Computation + Journalism 2026 submission in! "News Beyond the Newsroom" at *Northwestern* Oct 2nd-3rd. So sad I'll be missing this one. www.cj2026.northwestern.edu/cfp/

The Data Theatre Collaborative is prepping new community performances about food security for early Aug. So excited to be invited to rehearsals again, looking at SNAP and food bank data in the Boston area.

Remember that every Big Data / AI revolution is powered by an army of under paid global workers with strong domain specific expertise… the World Cup is no exception!

Tim Newman@tnewmsblues.bsky.social · last mo.

“The World Cup will put football’s data and AI on the largest stage there is,” @grohmannrafael.bsky.social said. “The football we watch runs on their work as much as on the players. None of it would exist without the workforce behind it.” restofworld.org/2026/fifa-wo...

For those looking at their NEH grant reinstatement, highly recommend looking at the Award Reinstatement Instructions, which are much more specific about what is/isn't a change of scope, what budget changes need approval (nothing w/in 25% of total award), & what staffing needs approval.

Jason Rhody@jasonrhody.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm actually finding these Award Reinstatement Instructions more useful than the Restarting doc. The Instructions are more specific about what they are actually asking for & what actually constitutes a change (& what doesn't!). Read carefully before starting. www.neh.gov/grants/manag...

Is your newsroom considering buidling a social media bot? Read the behind-the-scenes of how I made @ourcup.info to recommend ways you can connect with your immigrant neighbors around world cup games! On Storybench now www.storybench.org/does-your-ne...

Does your next data story need a social media bot? Here’s how to build one. - Storybench

The age of AI chatbots is upon us, but news innovators have been experimenting with the idea of chatting to get your news for decades. Social media bots, accounts that post automatically, are an…

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Amazing performance by 🇨🇻 with a draw against 🇪🇸!!! Boston has one of the biggest US populations of Cabo Verdians. So happy for my neighbors 🎉

DotNews@dotnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cabo Verde fans celebrated their 0-0 result v Spain at Dorchester’s Town Field

News: I’ll be doing this Professor thing for a while 😄🎉 Giant hugs & thanks to amazing partners, colleagues & mentors who’ve supported me and given me opportunities on the way to tenure. I hope I can meet the high bar to create impact & nurture future academics and practitioners across the domains.

Last night, we of @bostonwomenssports.com went to watch the Haiti v Scotland men’s World Cup match at Little Haiti Intl. restaurant thanks to a VERY fun app “Our Cup” @ourcup.info by @rahulbot.bsky.social! It tells you who your neighbors cheer for! dataculture.northeastern.edu/ourcup/#inte...

Big news! The rest of the year I'll be in Europe with the @uclab.bsky.social at FH Potsdam. My first sabbatical & I'm excited to catch my breath 😮‍💨 Are you in Europe & looking to book your fall speaker series? Invite me to talk about arts-based community data, computational journalism and AI, etc. 📬

The World Cup is on! I built a bot that recommends games to watch based on who lives near you in the US. Just mention @ourcup.info in a post with your zipcode and it'll reply in a min or two. Try it out & learn about your neighbors.

OurCupBot@ourcup.info · 2mo ago

Fans in 02144 (Somerville, MA) are cheering for 🇧🇷🇭🇹🇨🇦 Games to watch ⚽️🎉: Jun 12: CAN vs BIH @ 3PM Jun 13: BRA vs MAR @ 6PM Jun 13: HAI vs SCO @ 9PM 📖Get to know the team: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/29/brazil-world-cup-2026-team-guide

Hey @ourcup.info what World Cup games should I watch in 02144?