In New York, nearly two in three voters across the state favor Zohran Mamdani's promise to provide universal government-funded child care and would support the mayor-elect's plan to pay for it by increasing taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year, a new poll found.

If you're a published author, you're probably on here!

U Chicago AAUP fights back docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...

I'm sure this is a serious social issue (on which I'm not qualified to comment) but I did find this genuinely hilarious: 'The company is yet to experiment with creating plus-size women, claiming "the technology is not advanced enough for that".'

Is the theme of 2025 giving people things they never asked for, don’t want, and will make life just a little bit worse?

What do monsters have to do with science? Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas about humanity have been shaped by encounters with that which did not quite "fit". @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #HPS #history #monsters

Really important clarifications here by @chanda.bsky.social about Wages for Housework. People do love to package such influential and radical feminist work as "history" with a tidy end date.

Meta is building something the size of Manhattan to try to create superintelligence but we already have a superintelligent thing the size of Manhattan and it’s Manhattan and all of the people in it

Billionaires are convinced AI is on the verge of making new scientific discoveries because they don't understand how AI chatbots work.

So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com

Trump surrenders in his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and an Iowa pollster, in which he claims he suffered mental damage as a result of a poll showing Kamala Harris doing well, but not winning, in Iowa. It's one of a dozen lawsuits of this sort that he filed as ostensible cover for bribes.

Like yes this. Get out in front of this. MANY students I’ve taught just in the last year - at VIRGINIA TECH!!! - are sick of AI crap

I have literally never seen a graph like this once in all my years of being an election sicko 18-24 always lags, always, it’s just a natural law of politics and this is the guy they want to throw out of the party?!

One thing that is really noteworthy about so many of these "great ideas" about AI and the classroom is that it is clear they haven't actually asked instructors what would be helpful or effective.

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

If you're about to post something mean about Andrew Cuomo, I urge you to pause, take a deep breath, and think of something even meaner.

Democrat Billie Butler has won a special election for the NH House by a 55-45 margin, very close to Harris' 55-44 margin in 2024. Butler, a trans woman, was the target of vicious anti-trans attacks by Republicans. Background on the race: www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/p...

New infographic: State leaders across government have critical roles to play in managing the development, acquisition, use, & ongoing monitoring of AI in public service delivery. But too often, decision-making is siloed in technology offices / positions. cdt.org/insights/sta...

Note to dem politicians: Hillary's vote for the Iraq war seemed like the safe play at the time & cost her the presidency twice

I hear the questions about Mamdani’s management experience, think about what I’ve seen of him in this campaign, and recall Obama’s response when confronted with the same doubts: “Look at my campaign.”

the thing with Mamdani is that he’s obviously an incredible political talent - the campaign he’s run has been extremely impressive even if you don’t like his policies the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes

So odd that Congress is so willing to have their power usurped and stripped from them.

Sometimes people ask if for me as an educator the most frustrating part of “AI” is students cheating and like yeah I don’t love that but I’m much more worried about their brains atrophying than whether they’re being honest in my class

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

One thing that's so great tra la la about being a woman in America at this moment is seeing how many people across parties and industries simply do not care about multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Just do not see it as a dealbreaker. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...

This truly is an irresponsible and gross endorsement.

The fundamental problem with GenAI as a practical tool for actual use cases is that its entire infrastructure and founding paradigm is premised on appearing to do the work by itself, which makes it definitively impossible to actually harness it for human intent

Everyone: don't rank Cuomo, a serial groping disgraced grandmother killer New York Times: don't rank Mamdani, a visionary young man

My most disturbing thing is when my grandparents died from it

You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.

Generative AI companies have stolen from everybody with the implict belief that nobody would actually have the balls to sue them for doing so, and as a result have acted with a blatant disregard for copyright law. They thought big corpos would want to pay them. They were wrong.

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

They get it.

AI-first strategies are presented as ‘productivity boosters’ and ‘cost-saving tricks,’ but often pose serious risks for companies, employees, and the public. I wrote about it today:

In case you haven’t read the report, here are the headings of the report’s conclusions into Andrew Cuomo’s behavior.

The child in this trustee’s scenario? Faculty. Who submitted their tenure files for consideration in accordance with the terms of their employment. Both sides have a responsibility in that contract, one to submit and one to review. I hope everyone really hears this.

If you’re worried about the impact of individual eating habits, just wait until you hear about the ecological impact of militaries insideclimatenews.org/news/1801202...

I’ve noticed an uptick in dismissals of the concerns of teachers about AI. Some say that it’s *their* job to find a way to evaluate work that AI can’t replicate. I would just ask that you talk to real teachers and really listen. I’d also suggest reading a bit about writing and the brain.

I know I’ve been harping a bit on this, but a journalistic institution that would defend a patently absurd and racist claim such as “Chinese women have small fingers” rather than simply admit error and correct is fundamentally unwell.

"...amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated."

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

Pub Day *today* for EMPIRE OF AI— Karen Hao’s @karenhao.bsky.social deeply reported, many-years-in-the-making book on Open AI—which Sam Altman hopes no one will read. So let’s all read it. • bookshop.org/p/books/empi... 🎩to @moonalice.com, which is how I learned of it—and to Bluesky, for existing.

Wonderful talk with @annawainwright.bsky.social about Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in the Italian Renaissance #skystorians #history #genderstudies #Renaissance #EarlyModernist #ItalianLit newbooksnetwork.com/widow-city

I just watched Alondra Nelson in conversation with Cathy Davidson last week on AI and the implications for teaching and knowledge production. She is amazing and thoughtful and brilliant and right on the money here.

Going insane reading this Politico story about Musk's AI servers poisoning the air of a 90% Black community in Memphis followed immediately by this Washington Post story about states lining up their own communities to host the next ones

“We are told repeatedly that AI will eventually help us solve social issues, including climate change...while AI infrastructures are right now burdening communities and undermining climate goals,” D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social tells @leximcmenamin.com @teenvogue.com. www.teenvogue.com/story/chatgp...

Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter

It's not discussed enough that NASA is one of the world's largest climate change research organizations and alongside NOAA the entire world relies on this research infrastructure (which yes I am aware is ironic given how much the US is the epicenter of the climate change problem) 🧪