The front page of this morning’s Spokesman-Review, Aug. 2, 2026, the day after one of the worst wildfires in Washington state history. More than 600 structures, mostly homes, have been lost in the #OldTrailsFire. Read local news.

So in the last two weeks EIC of Science and a famous science communicator have lost massive amounts of credibility because of their reliance on LLMs... Some examples of how to lose trust with your audience to share with my students I guess.

"Enrollment data posted on archives of Illinois Tech’s website show a loss of approximately 1,200 international graduate students between the fall of 2024 and 2025 — a significant decline for a school that enrolled 7,500 students overall last year."

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 5d ago

today in demolishing higher ed is economic sabotage, bonus racism 160 workers fired because regime hates international students www.wbez.org/education/20...

And blame Fauci rather than prepare for the next pandemic.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last wk.

Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...

Given that we are all upset today about Anthropic-shredding-books, I’ll add that I address this here, and it’s part of the same infrastructure threatening the preservation and profession of history but people don’t want to talk about that if the same industry is paying for their research.

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · last wk.

“AI has become a blunt instrument in the enterprise to impose precisely this form of sanctioned ignorance about America’s past...Taken together, [Trump’s & Musk’s] plans amount to a one-two punch, history in the hands of the corporate state.” My latest on AI & history: www.salon.com/2026/07/28/t...

Deportations are death sentences. "[The couple was] killed weeks after González de la Cruz self-deported to be with her husband, who was deported last year. Their 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body. The child showed signs of dehydration." www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

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For Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary, sharing this interview I did with ADA's primary author Tony Coelho last year at @motherjones.com. He shared the importance of bipartisanship in getting it across the line. Something that seems impossible now. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The ADA is turning 35—and it's in Trump's crosshairs

Tony Coelho, the Americans With Disabilities Act's main author, sees a new wave of threats looming for disability rights.

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Going on a trip? Don’t let COVID-19 crash your summer plans. Wearing an N95 mask protects you from respiratory viruses like COVID-19. Consider wearing a mask in indoor and crowded places like airports and planes. Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses

Today's the 1 month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela. I have a #painting in this fundraiser for Yo Tengo un Sueño, which has supported Venezuelan youth in underserved communities for 10+ yrs. 100% of proceeds will be donated, offers welcome. www.artsy.net/show/rancho-... #art

Bernie hasn't tried this on here yet but here he is doing free marketing for OpenAI. He has been captured by the worst people in AI for a few years now and has been parroting company hype talking points instead of guarding against them. It’s like the public is being assaulted from all sides.

When power is rooted in disinformation, data become a threat. apnews.com/article/eeoc...

US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment ...

apnews.com

After reading about this in April I switched from Paxil (paroxetine) to fluvoxamine. I definitely sleep more. Simple stuff still knocks me down but maybe I recover faster? Would recommend trying for anyone with Long Covid, CFS, etc.

Longtail News@longtail-news.bsky.social · 2w ago

Feed: "Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily" Published on Sunday, July 19, 2026

Taylor Farms also owns and runs Earthbound Organics, which is available in nearly every grocery store across the US

val@trickycrayon.com · 3w ago

This framing is so disgusting and irresponsible. Yes, Taylor Farms supplies Taco Bell. THEY ALSO SUPPLY TONS OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. People will take "avoid Taco Bell" as the lesson which is NOT HELPFUL. www.wcvb.com/article/cycl...

OMFG

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 3w ago

B. F. Skinner tried to test his teaching machines on Black children in Harlem to prove the product's profitability. Now this: "The school district serves roughly 1,300 students, including 32 percent who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native and 79 percent who are economically disadvantaged."

🧵 Our team is about to launch our 4th Annual Summer Design Institute for Climate Teacher Education. We will have 30+ faculty & instructors from dozens of teacher ed programs in WA state working to integrate #ClimateJustice into their courses & programs. You can learn more here: climateteaching.org

I'm not sure most people understand that the proposed OMB rule is not just about NIH. In addition to scientific research, it would cover federal grants that also fund healthcare, public health, education, housing, clean water, transportation, and job training. Total $1.1 trillion.

"NSF employees are now concerned that the $1 billion of withheld funds will not be released. If they are not, the combination of withheld funds and clawbacks would result in funding cuts of more than 30% for most directorates compared with their planned spending for 2025"

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 4w ago

New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Dems chasing a mythical Great White Hope and refusing to take the South seriously even when Black women like Stacey Abrams delivered proof of concept and because IT IS THE RIGHT AND JUST THING TO DO are two sides of the same problem www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

i appreciate this thread deconstructing the labor fantasy underlying the AI hype. it has made total sense to me that the labor fantasy has had a particular grip on US capitalists. it shares logics of slavery. no pesky human needs or moral quandaries to consider as we extract, produce, accumulate

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4w ago

But the biggest difference between a machine and a person is *moral consideration*. A person deserves and demands moral consideration: for their wellbeing, their feelings, even their bladders. A machine gets none of this: you can curse it, kick it, snap out orders without please or thank you. 12/

Concepts are never politically innocent. We must call things what they are. It's not polarization; it's the radicalization of the political right. Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S153... @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

There is one week left to submit comments on a proposed regulation that would significantly reshape how federal agencies award, manage, and oversee research grants. AERA encourages members to submit comments by the deadline on July 13. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

AERA Urges Members to Weigh In on Proposed Federal Grantmaking Rule That Could Reshape Research Funding

AERA Urges Members to Weigh In on Proposed Federal Grantmaking Rule That Could Reshape Research Funding

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For more than 3 years, I’ve been chronically ill. So beautifully said & captures why I’ve returned to speculative fiction & poetry "There’s no…course of treatment for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue & pain, long Covid...no drug to take that’ll restore you to who you once were. There’s only narrative”

Oliver K. Langmead@oliverklangmead.bsky.social · last mo.

Susanna Clarke on illness www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

"Send the Mexicans home, make the blacks work." The "philosopher" of the tech-fascist movement

@ilanahorn.bsky.social I’m revisiting your 2015 article with Kane and — apart from being really interesting, especially Table 1 — I’m struck once again by how good and clear your writing is. Another great example of how work can be theoretically rich and easy/fun to read. Hope you’re staying cool

Black girls are already adultified in schools-being seen as older, less innocent & more sexualized. Bans on trans girls are going to catch cis Black girls in hypersurveillance & hyperpunishment. Protect trans girls and kids. Protect Black girls. Fight against trans bans. Fight for trans kids

Here's why you should care about the trans athletes case today: Because if discrimination on the basis of gender identity doesn't violate equal protection, trans people can be segregated, outed, denied medical care, denied housing, denied jobs, and excluded by the government.

Lots of us pointing out the unsupervised algorithmic decision & $39.95 charged for blank page that says, “This article has been withdrawn due to article violation.” But Springer Nature also killed an editorial that the editor-in-chief of Naturwissenschaften planned to write about the retractions.

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · last mo.

Truly bizarre story of how two papers from the 1940s by physics pioneer Max Planck have been "retracted" from Naturwissenschaften, potentially by an algorithm, for anachronistic "plagiarism" issues, leaving the current editor baffled (but it is Springer Nature so.... www.science.org/content/arti...

Nobody wants this to happen except two administrators. The president and the provost. Sound familiar. It's happening everywhere. They're cutting whatever they can get away with. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

EWU trustees vote unanimously to end gender studies, urban planning and 7 other majors

The decision, made by the Board of Trustees following recommendations from the provost and president, comes after months of petitions, public testimonies and official faculty recommendations in favor ...

spokesman.com

I went to the NAE's webinar on the proposed OMB changes. The intention of this is to stop scientific progress in the United States and cause the financial collapse of research universities. There is no other explanation for the proposed changes.

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · last mo.

Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The federal government is making nearly $800 million available to help tribal nations expand broadband and digital inclusion. The application window for both programs runs from June 17 to September 17, with awards anticipated to begin in spring 2027. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/eco...

NTIA opens $790M in new tribal broadband and digital inclusion funding

The NTIA is making $790 million available for tribal broadband infrastructure, digital inclusion and workforce development through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program and a new Native Entities…

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