@aakashs.bsky.social and I have written an opinion piece in today’s The Indian Express. Our original title was “Startups as Reasons of the State: Why India Fails to Imagine New Techno-Futures.” Please do read and share your thoughts. Thank you! indianexpress.com/article/opin...

The exhibition featured this great 1968 National Film Board of Canada documentary: "Examining the arduous work of assessing and documenting the geographical landscape, including sampling and analysis of soil, forestry, timber, wildlife, resources, industrial sites, and many other aspects..."

“'This LLM got a 92% on a PhD-level history exam, up from 56% last year!'... Even more obscured right now in the conversation about AI and intelligence is that PhD-level work is not just about correct answers. It is more about asking distinctive, uncommon questions."

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

what could POSSIBLY go wrong

"As nice as it is to support your local library right now,... those steps will not make an impact on fed-level threats like this. Continue to do those things, but know that it is your responsibility as a citizen in a representative democracy to speak up + w/ your fed level legislators right now."

"Tombow's surprising success with Japan's first premium pencil, along with the ambition + competitive spirit of midcentury manufacturers, led to the most intense period of development the global pencil industry has ever seen. We call it the Golden Age of Japanese Pencils." This is totally my jam.

In this post Kelly provides great list of easy steps you can take: sign the EveryLibrary petition, call your senators + reps (use 5Calls!). Protect our state libraries, tribal libraries, interlibrary loan, digital equity, vital grants to libraries of all species... 📣 And please spread the word!! 📣

Clearest proof yet that the Trump admin uses "DEI" to mean "nonwhite people doing something impressive and getting credit." Navajo Code Talkers made a big difference in WWII. The Axis had more trouble translating their language than cracking codes. And it's not like the Navajo owed the US anything.

Subject: Urgent: Protect Library and Museum Funding — Oppose Elimination of IMLS

In addition to this script, use data such as in this report www.imls.gov/publications... to give specifics of how IMLS benefits your state/community.

“Although a later study commissioned in 1990 by the Secretary of Energy found the data in the original report did not support the report’s conclusions, Reagan nonetheless used the report in his day to justify school privatization.”

Broccoli in rural Bihar!!

PARC is announcing the 2024-2025 Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarship for women of Palestinian heritage pursuing a PhD in the humanities or social sciences. One-year awards of up to $25k for any expenses associated w/ pursuit of the degree. Info sesh 10/18, deadline 1/8: www.parc-us-pal.org/tanya-baker-...