"ChatGPT, how does one spark the Kessler Syndrome?"

Nekima on the Target boycott.

ICE Comes To Shakopee. This is what happens when governmental terror comes to Everytown, USA. For @rollingstone.com archive.is/BBvVQ

Apple seriously enshittified Keynote. Which open source options should I use to replace it? It would need to handle vector graphics and my nitpicky design requirements...

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"Trump’s new order, inaugurated with his assault on USAID, is now corroding America’s influence and standing and leaving global leaders with little choice but to treat the United States as an erratic adversary rather than a stable ally." (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

Donald MacKenzie on visions of infinite scaling in tech: "AI’s scale doesn’t matter just to specialists. The rest of us are being taken on a ride along the logarithmic curve too." (NB Mackenzie seems to have taken the hint from Shapin and is now writing essays for LRB, hurrah!) #sts #envhums #envsoc

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.

started getting instagram ads for mira's toddler-sized gas masks while putting together this article. also, at the same time, saw videos of that preschool getting tear gassed. no we will not be adding a section on the best gas mask for toddlers www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The ADL found that Grok was the most anti-semitic chatbot in its testing -- and did its best to minimize that finding, because everyone is afraid of Elon. @miasato.bsky.social runs it down www.theverge.com/news/868925/...

Be brave, like Minneapolis.

Yes, please. And TAKE MY MONEY!

Damn proud of Minnesota.

The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.

@kenmartin.bsky.social this is how Democrats lose credibility. I thought you would know better and would have been on top of this a long time ago.

Today's murder courtesy of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

-22°C, not factoring in windchill. Minnesota FTW.

As long as everybody's talking about Denmark, here's a fun fact! Denmark is ranked by GEFRI as having the most future-ready education system in the world. gefri.educationfutures.com/countries/DNK

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.

Exclusive: IMF's Georgieva says central bank independence critical, backs Powell reut.rs/3NtsrYv

If that isn’t shaped like a K, what is it?

Notes from an editor: If you're going to submit a literature review, at least include citations to literature reviewed.

Kimmel last night, after playing sound from Minneapolis Mayor Frey: @jimmykimmel.com

This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting. You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”

This is madness.

Zohran Mamdani on why improving quality of life for New Yorkers isn't about money, but about will

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On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison. Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

At the top of the Global Education Futures Readiness Index, Denmark leads at 81.98, with Korea close behind at 79.60. Singapore (78.63), Switzerland (78.09), the Netherlands (77.84), Hong Kong (77.86), and Sweden (77.30) also sit in the top tier. educationfutures.com/post/2025-ge...

ICE agents tackled & arrested a 20 y/o Somalian-American man in Minneapolis Tuesday & “detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity. The man who was arrested said that the agents had trouble finding the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Ft. Snelling.”

“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.” Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.

ICE is not making Shakopee safer. End Operaton Metro Surge now.

Trump’s xenophobic comments about Somalis in Minnesota are disgusting, hateful, and unbecoming of the President of the United States. I’m proud to stand alongside @ilhanmn.bsky.social and the Somali community. Read her op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/ilhan-omar-somalia-trump.html

AI tools entering schools come from a small group of firms that set the terms of access, define the rules of interaction, and influence how knowledge circulates. This is colonialism. educationfutures.com/post/how-big...

My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?

Imagine if this was your idea of a good time. Wow.

At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers. This is today's actual house editorial.

Anybody else notice the crazy ton of trackers the post office places in its website? cc @rogueusps.bsky.social

Quite the space weather this evening over Minnesota.

So.... my Facebook feed is getting flooded with AI generated videos, promoting/celebrating right-wing violence. Somebody is paying for this, and Facebook made the decision to let the content run.

What happens when we gamify cheating in schools with AI? This “ethical cheating” transforms curiosity and mischief into critical literacy. Educators can integrate the platforms into their classrooms through guides, activities, and resources that connect play, analysis, and technological ethics.

Education under threat: Is innovation the key to resilience? Read my blog! www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/opinion-and-...

The guy on the floor is America.

“ @fightforthefuture.org highlights Flock's involvement in releasing surveillance footage to ICE… escalating raids & deportation operations…Flock has also provided data to law enforcement to investigate people traveling out of state seeking abortion medical care.“ www.cnet.com/home/securit...

GEFRI en Argentina: "El Gefri invita a leer la educación no como un área aislada, sino como el núcleo de la capacidad de adaptación de un país. Desde esa perspectiva, Argentina combina una población preparada con un Estado poco apto todavía para sostener esa preparación en el tiempo."

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Eagle Lake Observatory last night.