i hate the fact that you can no longer assume colleagues that you shared views on AI/collaborated with in the past still hold similar views now. so many people in my broad circle are now llm evangelists

My neighbor spotted ICE on our block last night, right near the Hyattsville @pgcmls.bsky.social location. Unmarked SUV driven by an guy in a flak jacket. Stay vigilant #Hyattsville 🧊

Boredom is an underrated affect as an impulse for critical work. Jeroen de Kloet is not afraid to say he's bored @jeroendekloet.bsky.social and this is a good thing! Take a read of his important and personal call to revisit creativity, resilience, and else: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

I really REALLY need to write that book about how human sacrifice was a rare but globally occurring historic practice which really wasn’t that much different from the mass, exemplary, state violence practised by Vance’s ancestors (and contemporary minions, arguably).

Happy Halloween 🎃👻

Great Baltimore Lantern Parade and Dia de Los Muertos Festival 2025 baltimorebeat.com/photostory-g...

She also has an Instagram where she links to numerous people covering the Darfuri genocide. See: www.instagram.com/p/DOmb5ZNEivJ/ For other ways to help out: linktr.ee/decolonizesu... Also see Decolonize Sudan's efforts to start a boycott against the UAE: decolonizesudan.org/resources (2/3)

We need more eyes on Sudan - the Darfuri genocide is horrific, and there's plenty we can do. I recommend giving Sara Elhassan, aka BSonBlast, a follow. She's been covering the Darfuri genocide for years, and has compiled a list of ways to help ppl amidst genocide: linktr.ee/bsonblast (1/3)

Today's quick update [Oct 29]: - RSF drone strikes reported in Altina, North Darfur; the town hosts a large number of displaced people from Elfashir & other parts of Darfur. - Reports that over 460 people were killed in RSF attack on Saudi Hospital in Elfashir. #KeepEyesOnSudan

this is so chaotic

Employees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are unionizing. LACMA United will represent over 300 workers across all eligible departments within the museum in a bid for “fairer compensation, expanded benefits, and increased transparency.”

the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results

Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday, the UN reports, amid a takeover of the North Darfur capital by Rapid Security Forces this week.

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I've been working for many months on this article on Silicon Valley's under-the-radar role in bringing AI into schools across the US. I really hope you'll read it — here's a gift link — but I'll tell you some of the highlights in this thread. (1/x)

The boat:

Tomorrow night 6-8 pm EST. Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided. www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...

🙏🏿 St. Elizabeth. 🙏🏿 all of Jamaica. and all the Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5 as it nears Jamaica.

Melissa has intensified into a category 4 hurricane and could develop further to become a category 5 as it approaches Jamaica.

Smdh Hollywood is so fucking racist man 😭

shoutout to misty copeland

🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR: Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility. Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...

this idea that one need abandon principles to stave off fascism looks funny in the light when juxtaposed with the reality that one of the things fascism conceals around (the idea of, not saying it’s actual, but the idea of) fidelity to principles.

From what I can tell, the last time the White House had what could be deemed “major” architectural changes that fundamentally altered the structural integrity and blueprint of the building was 1952.

Game 7. That was what’s awesome about baseball. I legit like both of those teams, but someone had to lose. Happy for Toronto. Sad for Seattle. Whew.

I just thought Canvas was down for my class (frantic emails from students). But no, it’s down down.

Storytelling is an art. The journey is part of the art. The method of delivering a reveal or twist is an art. An art that someone passionately weaved to create, not just a story, but an experience. It pisses me off to no end seeing people try to destroy that art and experience.

THIS. I genuinely cannot wrap my head around it.

Federal agents arrested 11 rideshare drivers at O'Hare Saturday, the second time agents have targeted workers who are the "backbone" of the city's transportation network, an advocacy group said. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/19/b...

St. Louis native Shamari Jackson began studying mortuary science after her boyfriend was fatally shot. Now she uses her work as a form of therapy.

when there’s a direct action w/ a bit more smoke (diversity of tactics, right?), i only hope that many who were out yesterday will push back against the way their declared “peacefulness” will (and it absolutely will) be used to justify intense violence against ppl deemed insufficiently “peaceful.”

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

i think today is one of those days where it’s not the time or place for me to say what i think. at least that’s the message i’m getting.

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

I mean all the work black folks all over the world have done and you refuse to read it and think with it.

Black Crossword is a free mini crossword puzzle that places emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora. baltimorebeat.com/black-crossw...

Y’all, be on the lookout for this upcoming documentary!! The Baltimore Beat is not only the most important newspaper in my hometown right now, but it represents one of the most important efforts at grassroots news coverage in the country.

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

51. So much is still ahead of you at that age. This life thing is so brutal. Fuck.

what if i told you, legally speaking, that the president is indeed an elected/constitutional monarch, and is in fact very much king like in terms of the powers that come with the job?

This year I wrote a book about how Columbus colonized the Caribbean in 1492 - not what is now the US mainland. My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.

Reading Miss Majors Speaks was an incredibly moving experience last year. I can't recommend this book enough for those unfamiliar with her work. Rest in peace 🖤

"Doctors at Adventist Health White Memorial [..] told LAist that hospital administrators are allowing [ICE] agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care." #California #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Relevant today, as always.

Ah, so there’s yet *another* variant of McWhorter and TCW out there? sheeesh

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.