All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics

This, actually works. For me at least.

Gun restrictions work. This horrendous act could have been even worse.

Why do British people sing in American accents? @akilahhughes.com and @hankgreen.bsky.social cover it in the latest episode of Ask Hank Anything out now at YouTube.com/complexly

I'm going to have to check and double check my work here but at first glance it seems this line in the "MAHA" report is horrible misrepresentation of the study it cites (seen here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17667478/).

Gotta get my screencasting chops back, I'm rusty. But I believe in this toolbox too much to wait to get it perfect, so here is a first pass at a demo of my LLM "mega" prompt *SIFT Toolbox*, which turns your LLM from a chatbot into something more like a research assistant youtu.be/dTzukP7OLuA

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

This is a great resource for folks looking to protect themselves and their communities. Share with lgbtq+ folks in your networks, please.

Bleeding hearts seen on my walk. #bloomscrolling #flowerreport

I hope she fights it. There's no authority in law for the president to fire the Librarian mid-term, even if the president appoints this member of the legislative branch.

Who doesnt love infrastructure!

“IF YOU DONT USE AI YOU WILL FALL BEHIND!!” Dear god how far back can I fall?? We talking Black Michael Jackson or white Michael Jackson??? Do I need the actual Delorean or will the AI spin up the flux compacitor in my laptop?

well, i finally had to have the talk with my son. 📚

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride. If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.

A white man, 50, 60, 70 yrs old, doesn't need 37 billion dollars. They could be very happy with 2, 3, 4 billion.

the thing about the tates and trump and musk is that what they offer is the illusion of control and dominance and mastery. in truth, they are absolute slaves to their passions and their worst instincts, and they have paid for it in that they are literal degenerates

⚠️ The White House budget proposal would fully eliminate IMLS—the only federal agency for library services—in FY2026. This would gut access to information and opportunity, especially in rural areas. We can’t let this stand. apnews.com/article/trum... #FundLibraries

What an embarrassment. It’s wild that the official position of the US Government is now pro-Nazi.

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. — Joseph Addison (1672-1719) 🌱📷

Left unchecked, this man has the potential to be an accessory to and root cause of your child's unnecessary death. He's worse than the worst drunk driver ever.

‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’

This statistic blew my mind

All these bros conveniently forgetting that the U.S. government was instrumental in creating the Internet through NSF grants to universities and research hubs through the 80s and 90s.

Kennedy is among the most malevolent figures in all of American history.

Limestone University in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to get close to their last-ditch fundraising goal.

Spot on guidance from @mahabali.bsky.social about how to approach the endless AI stuff being thrown our way!

For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees. I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

this is what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has been saying, yeah Americans don't recognize their poor quality of life bc we've been able to mimic affluence and that's not going to be the case for most of us much longer

there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...

Hi Canada. I hope you have a good election tomorrow. Someone deserves one.

I don’t think anyone in tech believed that “prompt engineer” was going to be a real job. Better prompts improve results at the margins, sure, but not so much that years out we need classes of people performing that function and not at scale that replaces anything. www.wsj.com/articles/the...

The thing to understand is that an LLM is not in any sense reading and understanding your words. It is not interpreting and producing “factual claims”; it is interpreting and producing “completions that are possible.”

In other words, when you ask for example “do vaccines cause autism?” you are looking for information about whether a thing in the world (a vaccination) produces an outcome (autism). But the LLM can only answer “what words could sound right after this?”

Waste/fraud/abuse is the new F/M/K.

It is very difficult to watch entire ecosystems and communities of scholarship, research, public service, and hard work so easily and quickly dismissed, broken, and put into disarray. Godspeed @brettbobley.bsky.social @neh-odh.bsky.social ...

This—what Trump is doing now in trying to destroy American universities, research, and free speech while blaming it on pretend offense to the Jews is certainly the most profoundly antisemitic act I’ve seen from US government in my lifetime.

“the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied”

It's time to talk about how if people really want this American experiment aka "democracy" to survive, they will need to put bodies on the line to protect the vulnerable. Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.

I am thinking of every IMLS worker today.

Mark is beloved by millions of kids, which makes it particularly great that he’s teaching them how to inform their parents that Tesla is a danger to children. This is another one of those “we don’t need a ‘Rogan of the left’, we need normal men” examples.

What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

Everyone knows what happened here. Trump can only exist around people he can causally humiliate. Guys lie JD and Rubio. He wanted to do a ritual humiliation of Zelensky and Ukraine but Zelensky wouldn’t accept that and so Trump reacted like a stung bitch.

The Open Education Association Development Project is a new national initiative to advance the open education field in the US for the benefit of learners. Building on more than a year of community conversations, the project invites you to learn more and get involved! www.opened.org/posts/2025/a...

I'm excited to share that the Open Education Association Development Project is now live! I hope you join the mailing list and participate in the conversation! The Steering Committee will be actively working to make sure things are as transparent as possible as they develop.

It’s been amazing to be part of this development and I can’t wait to see where the community takes it!