Some notes on this: If the White House is claiming that this is the "current practice," we know that that means the "narrow carve-out" is whatever DHS wants it to be. It is not narrow. Additionally, I note that churches are not in the enumerated list of "sensitive locations." Are they included?

"I’m grateful to have someone articulate so clearly how AI will not in any way shape or form save educators time or exertion. In fact, all AI will do is require that we work more, harder, and on the parts of our job that shouldn’t even be our job."

MEANWHILE ...THREAD from #ChrisOWiki on #Russian FRONT. Soldiers must donate to buy BODY BAGS for their comrades. x.com/chriso_wiki/... 1/ A sign of how things are now on the Russian front lines: Russian volunteers declare success after raising enough money to buy a truckload of body bags.

"35% of undergraduate women reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact during their time at Cornell, an increase from the 23%...in the 2023 survey. Eight percent of undergraduate men reported nonconsensual sexual contact in 2025, compared to 9% in 2023." www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Annual reminder: if you’ve been accepted to multiple graduate programs and are still deciding, please let the ones you’re definitely not going to know as soon as possible! -Someone who got into his PhD off the waitlist the day after the deadline

If you scan the news page, you'll see 2 stories from ExxonMobil's FUD department concerning sea level rise and wind turbines. I'm gonna say that they need to change the name to ExxonMobil Family News.

Aldermen, school board members, even the governor are not allowed to do this, why should legislators? Today, in honor of #SunshineWeek, I re-introduced my bill with Rep. Clint Anderson that would ensure legislators follow the same open records law as other gov't officials. It's your right to know!

Most advertisers use geofencing and cell phone location data. Already. I discussed this with an advertising executive last night. The subject was how it's misunderstood by car dealers so it's mostly ineffective.

👀 Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent resigns, saying: “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.”

It's the 60th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)! We've created a brand-new resource all about how YOU can exercise your #RightToKnow because democracy only works when people can see what their government is doing 🔎📂📄 #SunshineWeek

I like the idea of Bernie Sanders telling Bill Cassidy to hold a hearing to correct all of the misinformation that RFK Jr. has spread. The problem is that for many, once they grab hold of anti-vax beliefs, it’s almost impossible to dislodge them. This is why what RFK Jr. does is so dangerous.

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And away we go. Here’s @stefanoschen.bsky.social’s story. 🎁 🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...

the proud boys' lawyer thinks he redacted the email addresses of the over 2000 people who donated to the fundraiser for the lawsuit, but here's the thing: no he did not lol

What do you think the run up to The Matrix looked like with computers needing more and more power? The movie's solution was silly, but the setup wasn't.

It's time. I've opposed this conversation for a decade, as the legal standard hadn't been met. Now the standard for launching a criminal investigation clearly has been—and the Democrats *can* and *must* launch their own probe so they are ready (if facts warrant) to impeach Trump for Treason in 2027.

Pete Hegseth lashed out at a CNN story on the failure to adequately plan for Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. But I looked at the story he's criticizing. He's full of shit. He's mischaracterizing the reporting: newrepublic.com/article/2077...

Come join #WAVU it’s a great place for cool, collaborative and interdisciplinary virology!

The people that said they didn't have quotas? Turned out they did. The judge asked.

Some news, as they say, very relevant for Women's History Month: I'm writing a book! It will focus on the women who developed the first effective pertussis #vaccine, Pearl Kendrick & Grace Eldering, but also examine what happened with that vaccine in the years since their death. /1

I didn't have this headline on my IR bingo card.

"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning" got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing

Kathleen was asked by a coworker about how they could learn more about the ASL Interpreters Union, which is organizing workers who serve Deaf people making phone calls. Kathleen's manager overheard. Two days later, she was fired. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Ok, let's pretend it's a Freaky Friday, and I am not myself. The Patreon was never about money, it was simply that I didn't want the material to be too easily available. It deserved a bit of gatekeeping, it's important content. But I am working on getting back to Ukraine, so let's put it --

It’s easy to imagine Paxton as the candidate of Trump’s heart; the fellow bad boy he’d love to endorse. But Cornyn also has Trump appeal: He looks like a TV version of a senator. Who will get the nod? 🤷‍♀️ Either way, Talarico is well positioned to win. #TXSEN www.thebulwark.com/p/paxton-vs-...

A new report for Spain's government shows exciting paths forward for democracy at work. Come to this @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social "Alternatives to capitalism" seminar to hear about it from @isabelleferreras.bsky.social, who led the report's committee, and @benbraun.bsky.social, report co-author

ROFLing. Trump honestly doesn't realize it's only half about little flying gadgets. The other half is experience which we ain't got.

he is the most intellectually dishonest person ive ever spoken with who did not formerly work for a bernie sanders or a republican.

This child utters it without irony. "I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero."

Tell me again why you think AI will be successful. These ads appear on prominent news websites. Nobody cares that it makes them look like idiots. Perhaps they are.

As a species, we are incapable of regulating stupidity. I saw the same text with the photo of a beet this morning.

There are (sort of) two kinds of coders: those who see it as just a well-paying, stable job, and those who do it on nights and weekends because they love it, and it’s part of their identity. *Both* are under attack from bosses trying to put them out of work... www.anildash.com/2026/03/13/c... ...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men. Via New Republic

I’m as liberal as they get it but I will support the right’s demand that people who engage in or incite terrorism on US soil should lose their citizenship and be deported BUT on one condition. That is we begin with every MAGA terrorist involved in Jan 6 starting with trump. Deal?

South Burlington residents formed a human tunnel to rescue a three-year-old from an ICE raid without a warrant.

Ant highway stretching across the driveway. More in alt text.

This thread is fascinating. It appears the lead author is this guy (who does have a degree in physics from ~50y ago), who puts their affiliation as MIT. I wonder what @mit.edu thinks of their fine institution being associated with this. Or are they a faculty member? 🧪⚒️ royalglobal.us/artists/jona...

[2] … adults [even identifiable ones] equate some event to Hollywood. I have to try & work out are they trolling, children, ignorant or just completely non-empathetic. It’s particularly noticeable when I do threads on artists to share my favourites. It feels like a slap in the…

They've been coercive from the get go. They are currently robbing the great grandchildren of their first victims.

NEW: Russian forces have deported Ukrainian civilians from Sumy Oblast border settlements to Russia in at least two separate incidents since late December 2025. 🧵(1/8) Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...

The cure for ignorance is not information. It's humility and curiosity. Facts can be easily dismissed. What motivates people to gain insight is recognizing gaps in their understanding and wanting to find out more. The root of lifelong learning is knowing how little we know.

Medieval Markets & Fairs in England & Wales: remember the excellent dataset published back in 2003? I've given it a snazzy new interface, incorporating various updates which were made following publication. Separately, I'm working on extending it to 1846... ihr-digital.github.io/markets-and-...

HALF OF GLOBAL LNG TANKERS STRANDED IN THE GULF About 20 LNG carriers — nearly half the global charter fleet — are stuck in the Persian Gulf, as conflict restricts passage through the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship brokers. Around 20% of global LNG exports come from Gulf

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And yet legislation preventing our state Health Department from reaching out to these populations is happening. Actual legislation. This week. OMG horrible.

Failing to do an essential duty of the office. OTOH his fanbois are already prepared for unexpected discomfort as long as it pisses off their targets.

Questioning yesteryear's Alexa.

The AMS 37th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology is coming up in three weeks. It will be my 12th time at this biennial conference (starting in 2004), and 3rd time attending it in San Diego. [1/4] @amstropical.bsky.social

How fascinating. Because they started this s*** in August. And suddenly, within a week, they deactivate it. Quite the sign of how experts don't actually use Grammarly and thus hadn't noticed until last week? And how stressed Grammarly is about potential law suits now that we do realise.