Good idea! Cheaper for most people as transportation and better for the environment.

Good thread by Scalzi (I’ve read and enjoyed his books). All writing is political. As an academic and scientist, I’ll note all science is political. Teaching is a political act. Hell your transportation choice is political. Where you shop (maybe local) is political. Understand your choices.

I bike and walk with the assumption that every driver is trying to kill me. We don't have to live this way. Instead of telling pedestrians and cyclists to be careful, we could redesign the infrastructure to make everyone safe and prioritize peds and cyclists.

gmail disabled spellcheck unless you let it do it's AI "smart features," which is pretty sneaky and mean. Anyone have a workaround?

So much agreement about the news and posts on April Fool's Day. Of course, if the news is about Trump, then you really should double check. If awful Trump behavior, it could still be true even on April Fool's Day. If it's supposed to be the day it finally happens, please check before sharing.

It is clear that the use of facial recognition software has and will continue to lead the false arrest of innocent people. People who are clearly innocent. It also wastes police time doing those investigations. Check Margaret Bull Kovera's work on this. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

The Millionaire’s Tax awaits @governorferguson.bsky.social’s signature. WA’s limited streams of revenue, & upside-down tax code, are unable to address the affordability crisis that impacts the health of Washingtonians. @wsna.bsky.social www.heraldnet.com/2026/03/27/c...

And yet, it’s the not having (and/or communicating) clear & ideologically consistent stances on *any*thing important that is the Dems actual problem.

I bike and walk with the assumption that every driver is trying to kill me. We don't have to live this way. Instead of telling pedestrians and cyclists to be careful, we could redesign the infrastructure to make everyone safe and prioritize peds and cyclists.

EXCUSE YOU, GOOGLE? so 2026

I'm rebuilding SIFT to reflect the new realities of the web. This is a bit of a rant about how the web has changed, but ultimately the job of a information literacy model is to adapt to the task environment, and that's what I'll do with SIFT mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/a-sift-reb...

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Congress could stop this. Don’t imagine that people in the Trump White House will listen to experts. Don’t expect them to thoughtfully consider ramifications.

Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #NoKings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.

We had a bandwagon. You could literally join the bandwagon. We marched beside it for a while. Good to see so many, in so many places, getting on the bandwagon.

Omgoodness I found my favorite sign in the metro station. #NoKings #LA

And following my own advice, Angie and I went to our local Bellingham No Kings Rally and March. 5-10 thousand but hoping to hear more accurate numbers. A thread with the favorite signs near us as we marched.

Wow. That finish by the Duke Women over LSU! Go Devils!

I’m gonna note this is incorrect. Routine rallies and marches help people understand where public opinion really is. Go. Say hi to your neighbors. And help show that lots, even most, people are opposed to the actions of this administration. People have false ideas of consensus. Disrupt that.

Just finished talking to students about why the humanities are even more important in this age of AI. Efficiency isn't always the most important goal. Reading carefully and knowing how to think critically is valuable on its own--even if that takes longer.

At least the Republicans are making it clear that they are to blame for the shutdown and immigration cruelty.

Going to see Raye next weekend. We’re kind of excited. And her new album sounds amazing. youtu.be/9ZKywzRJa_Y?...

Our research group in Bern has been awarded two @snsf.ch project grants! We will hire a number of new postdocs and PhD students. Congratulations to @jamiecummins.bsky.social @malte.the100.ci and @ndevito1.bsky.social whose project deepens the links between @bennettoxford.bsky.social and @unibe.ch

Fully funded PhD supervised by me and Naomi Sweller: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I think we have underestimated, by a lot, how much conservative business, political, and media folks have bought into the disinformation they spread. I used to think most knew they were lying and were doing so for power and money. Now I worry most have been sampling the drug too much. 1/2

Why does Word constantly want to save everything to OneDrive instead of where I opened documents? I have organized file folders on my computer, you thieving computer company. You can’t have my documents put into some randomly organized online space that you own.

Congestion pricing lowers congestion (surprise), speeds travel, increases pedestrian safety, increases public transit use, leads to more people walking, lowers noise and pollution, and increases business revenue. So much winning! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

Are we one country? Will we remain one country?

Has he thought this through? So basically something that looks like the Epstein birthday card 'pube' squiggle on every dollar bill?

No Kings Protests! There are protests everywhere this weekend. You should go. Going is important to help disrupt false beliefs about consensus and provide evidence for where the actual consensus is. I've written about this a few times. Go to the protests. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...

I know this is a radical idea, but we could have actual humans teach the humanities, people who know and admit what they don't know and are deemed wise for their confession of ignorance and frailty.

Unionize. Faculty should unionize.

Important argument here. Right-wing leaders (Supreme Court Justices and congressional leaders) most likely don’t simply use disinformation to get things they want while they maintain some awareness of reality. In many cases, they’ve come to believe the media they consume. As we all do.

Or you could fully fund education from pre-K thru higher ed. You could reduce class size. You could provide equity in access to extra curricular activities and sports. You might have to tax a billionaire or two. But you could address actual needs in education. Or you can do nonsense for likes.

Certainly issues like teaching kids cursive is just the thing democrats should focus on. Fully fund education? Nah, make em learn cursive. Corruption in the Trump admin? Cost of living? Ice brutality? Wealth inequality? Supreme Court out of control? Nah, make em learn cursive. WTF

The design on the platforms cause harm. Many social media companies (Meta) don’t screen out child predators or fraudsters. They could. But it’s part of their business model. YouTube autoplay keeps people on longer and cues up more extreme and harmful content. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/t...

In my >25 years as a researcher, this is one of my favorite and most personally meaningful studies to come out of my lab: 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚: 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/4 #AcademicSky #EduSky #AI #HigherEd #SciComm

I traveled once without my laptop. Very anxiety provoking. And I couldn't answer any of the important, emergency emails I received. Like those reminding me to complete my review.

Washington state! Our WE-Bike Program managed thru @wsdot.wa.gov & funded thru CCA is back starting 3/30 w more rebates to make e-bikes more affordable. Learn more via the program website ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com & sign up for timely listserv updates public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...

This thread is great. Redesign our courses to fit the model of education we envision. Drop aspects that AI can replace and that lead students (and us) to engage in nonproductive cognitive offloading.

This reporting makes it look like Trump isn’t cognitively able to track and understand the complexity of the situation. For anyone who has worried about his potential cognitive decline, this is confirmatory evidence. Combine with his erratic claims about his plans? Not a comforting description.

Important case that Meta misled consumers about safety and did not work to identify and remove predators from their site. The product as designed is defective.

Our CEO, Javier, thought he earned a vacation ❤️ Thank you, Best Western, for hosting us and for suggesting these fun activities #ad

Really not a fan of the implication that people who are like "Hey, maybe a freakin' 90-year-old shouldn't run the house financial services committee" are being motivated by sexism and/or racism? But fine, let's review.

Trump cheats when voting

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. That’s it.

But I’m sure this can’t be the case for university leaders. When they’re impressed with corporate speak (and AI promises), they are undoubtedly engaged in thoughtful analysis and guiding us with wisdom. (Sarcasm, for anyone who doesn’t know me.)

I’ve had Elvis Costello’s Radio Radio in my head lately: “And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools Tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.” Although I remind myself that the current media is constantly trying to keep us angry at their preferred targets. youtu.be/eifljYPFW-E?...

Does anyone have a good recommendation for measuring political orientations internationally? Hoping to conduct a study across multiple countries and want my political affiliation questions to be relevant to each location Thanks!

What time is it when you need to see the dentist? Tooth-hurty (2:30) That’s the actual time I had for my appointment today and yes I made that joke for my dentist.