Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.

The great thing about AI is that if the claims made for it turn out to be false it will destroy the economy, and if the claims made for it turn out to be true it will also destroy the economy.

Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social. Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... With @yasmincurzi.com

Even if you benefit, you lose, because your neighbors will be worse off.

If attempted, this would constitute flagrant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

"This isn’t a coalition government; it’s a royal court. Trump is surrounded by courtiers who wield influence so long as they maintain his favor and not a moment longer. When is the last time he heard the word “no,” or was told, “I’m sorry, sir, you can’t”? "

We finally got our union made stickers for the @civictechallies.bsky.social! If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out! hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st... #civictech

This Friday (4/25), 11am EDT, we have the 1st webinar in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series. The month's topic is digital colonialism with @avilarenata.bsky.social (OKF) & Marília Maciel (Diplo). Free & open to the public, co-organized w/ @yasmincurzi.com. Register virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds"

"Lesotho's... 2.3 million citizens spend an average of only $3 on American goods and services each year not because they’re trying to cheat the United States but because they have very little money. And what of the stuff that Americans buy from Lesotho? Diamonds top the list."

Me talking to @felixsalmon.com about how the non-sensical claim that European VATs are tariffs and that we should retaliate with equal-sized tariffs is just a way to grab revenue to finance tax cuts tilted to the wealthy. www.axios.com/2025/03/31/e...

We’re potentially talking about a bigger increase in the effective tariff rate than Smoot-Hawley at a time when: 1.) Trade is a bigger part of our economy so the economic effects are larger 2.) Inflation is too high instead of too low (it was negative 2.7% in 1930 when Smoot-Hawley happened).

Tariff pain is not shared equally: The less money you make, the more Trump's proposed higher taxes on imports will hurt. That does not mean middle-class or wealthy Americans are going to escape unscathed.

Fresh op-ed from former NEC Director Brainard lays out how the combo of spending cuts & tariffs being considered easily swamp whatever gains low- and middle-income families get from tax cuts. Bottom 60% is worse off. This doesn't even include the tariffs being announced today.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

"Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State asking them to self-deport... It is not just students who participated in campus activism but also those who shared or liked ‘anti-national’ posts that are the target of these emails."

Sigh. scienceimpacts.org

Full Speech: Professor @tframpton.bsky.social at today's walkout at UVA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj29...

Hey Central VA and Valley folks. Take this fire weather warning seriously and spread the word.

Job alert: We’re hiring a post-doc research fellow to work with our Trustworthy Infrastructures program on a project exploring how post-industrial communities adapt to socioeconomic transformations driven by the tech industry. Learn more & apply by April 18! job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...

BREAKING: The Trump administration announced it's immediately pulling about $400 million in federal grants and contracts from Columbia University.

We put together a resource so you can track mask ban legislation and take action against it: www.stopmaskbans.com

This report is so important right now.