It took me such a long time to come around to Sonny Rollins, but once I did, a whole world of sound opened up to me. Crying genuine tears at the news of his passing. So grateful to have shared the world with him. God bless the man, he had his own.

"NJ Governor Sherrill says she’s been denied entry into Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark... Roughly 300 detainees had gone on a hunger strike to protest conditions they describe as inhumane." DHS denies the strike is happening. 🎥 from @nj.com: www.instagram.com/reel/DYxIJaO...

When people complain about Bluesky being a bubble well hell yeah it’s a bubble. It’s a bubble of people who fucking read. Found several new books in this thread and followed one of the authors.

Well this is exciting: my award-winning book The Secret Life of Data is coming out in paperback! As of today, you can pre-order it at @bookshop.org or wherever else fine books are sold:

Well, Bob Dylan turns 85 today. I started making these birthday playlists for him when he hit 80. If you're Bob-curious, or a casual fan who wants to dive deeper, there's some cool stuff in this thread for you to check out. And for today's birthday, something a little different...

LOL revisionist history is not a good look for public media

Fascinating read.

Empirical evidence of the degradation of news media in the MAGA era

Jr. must have known this, ergo he didn't want rapist dad at the wedding.

Disable beamforming on your WiFi router.

The Secret Life of Data, turns out the entire internet stack is one giant surveillance machine edition

I love visuals that show what's actually happening. I wish our military would save us, but I'm starting to think that won't happen.

This is what the internet is for

Having adult kids is weird. I asked my 22yo what he wanted for his birthday and he said a vacuum cleaner.

Swiss illustration (1956) showing Hitler as a devil shaking hands with Klansmen. www.reddit.com/r/Propaganda...

Reality bath from @gelliottmorris.com: Given Biden approval rating & inflation/consumer sentiment, "the surprise of the [2024] election is that Harris did as well as she did...the Dem nominee was on track to lose the popular vote by 4 points. She lost by 1.5." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-dnc-au...

Anyone who has never been to NYC thinks it’s the place you are most likely to have everything stolen from you at gunpoint where in fact it’s the place someone will chase you six blocks to return your dropped pack of gum and not even wait for a thank you

Five words I never, ever, ever, ever dreamed I would utter: I agree with Mitch McConnell (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

My university just emailed to say that, after several years of frozen salaries, faculty get to compete with one another for a share of the 3% merit increase this year, and let me tell ya folks, I am EXCITED

My brother-in-law was a clue on Jeopardy and I am kvelling like crazy

NEWS --> The Democratic National Committee just posted the long-suppressed autopsy into the 2024 loss: democrats.org/wp-content/u...

The replies to this thread... 💀

As an author of a book with a major NB character, allow me to say: fuck these bozos

Fixed it for you, @nytimes.com

Every social news feed by every US federal agency is an ongoing national embarrassment. Did a human being even bother to eyeball this slop before posting? Or is the total ignorance and lack of care the point?

1% techlash schadenfreude, 99% relief that terminators are still a few years away

New dataset published: this is the audio + transcripts of AI-generated podcasts using NotebookLM to analyse how it "translated" source documents from different times and cultures. My favourites are the 20 podcasts generated from an empty PDF. The paper about it is in press. doi.org/10.18710/RNT...

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When you've captured the DOJ and the Supreme Court, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the treasury.

this is a masterpiece

definition of chutzpah

The sad, amazing truth is that there's plenty of everything for everyone. Billionaire hoarders just won't share until we make them.

I got my doctorate at USC, and managed to learn a ton and write a great dissertation without having an AI-infused experience.

@au.dk is hiring 3 postdocs (2 yrs) on personality cults & strategic communication in autocracies, led by Jakob Tolstrup & Alexander Baturo. They're looking for profiles with text-as-data, survey experiments and/or Chinese politics experience. Start fall 2026. Looks like a great opportunity!

Practice data kindness, don't share your contacts with every big tech firm in town

go and work w @alpar.bsky.social in copenhagen for a 2y postdoc on comparing llms and humans on metaphor processing (including eye-tracking fun stuff): employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...

Not all heroes wear capes, but some use shower curtains as sails 🫡

The Piracy Crusade, inconvenient truth edition

do it

Please remind me why I keep paying taxes

This is THEFT. There is no other word for it. They are stealing almost $1.8 BILLION dollars to pay Trump‘s allies, despite knowing that these people are not legally entitled to any money and be laughed out of court if they filed a lawsuit for money damages.

I was broken up with by a dear friend last year and that shit still hurts like hell.

Is it the official policy of the US Dept. of Homeland Security that no Jews serve there? If not, who is the “we” defined by belief in Jesus Christ as savior? Or does the “our” refer to the Americans whose security the Department has a duty to protect, none of whom are apparently Jews?

Hey #DC people: forget about the jingoistic zealotry taking place on the National Mall. Instead, join @writersforda.bsky.social for an afternoon of poetry, history, and politics. Plus, I'll be playing some music with @duniabest.bsky.social. Bethesda, May 31st 2pm www.eventbrite.com/e/reimaginin...

In a healthy democracy, this would be front page news and grounds for immediate congressional investigation and impeachment.

The secret life of data, fingerprint edition

Infrasound, which is inaudible, is the new enemy.

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

If Jews are colonizers in both Europe and Israel, where are we colonizing FROM?

no further questions