abolishing the domestic terror group ICE is the moderate position at this point

is this good

I've been thinking about it and Mega Raichu X is Electric/Fighting and Mega Raichu Y is Electric/Flying. Y uses its unusually long ear protrusions to flight.

Sometimes a paper is just a boring read. Struggling through one paper and switched to another and blasted right through it 🤷🏾‍♂️

Go see Superman. End of post.

Woke up feeling electric. Bought a house yesterday and Mamdani won! (Don't live in NYC but it fills my soul to see ghouls lose and progressive policies that will help people win)

Incredibly bad (changes to N.S.F. funding for math):

It looks like I won't be at SIAM DS. Heavier class term + Senior Projects + Burnout + House Hunting probably makes it so that it is not a great idea to make that trip. I will still be doing the SIAM Annual Meeting in Montreal though.

I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing. "That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done." "That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."

Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

People can’t process the fact that we’re all only temporarily abled. Ableism is so ingrained that disabled people have been placed firmly in the “other” box. Blamed for their condition. Excluded. Everyone believes it won’t happen to them. It can. It likely will. Engage in disability justice.

big shadow docket decision coming: can the us government exile you to a torture prison overseas vs no it can't

The Cognitive Costs of Long Covid www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... @ahandvanish.bsky.social @zalaly.bsky.social @jannamoen.bsky.social @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social by @richardsima.bsky.social

Lolo is another person having a very rough situation with GoFundMe right now- if you can help with her new account

They are taking away the right to protest. They are taking away the right to express political opinions. They are taking away the right to protect your health. These are all fundamental human rights. Do not be silent about losing them.

Democrats have their lowest approval rating ever in history because they are doing everything right and have good strategy and it’s the leftists that are wrong

My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...

It’s time to mask back up (N95 or better please!) Resistance is easier when you have your health. Coping with fascism, climate change, supply chain disruptions & food shortages will be easier if you have your health. Disabled people need your solidarity. Protect us & protect yourself. Mask up

I’m sharing a Palestinian family every day and today is Muhammad. Muhammad is the father of this sweet little baby Hind who is only two and has spent almost the entirety of her life in chaos. He’s lost his home and their family is living in a threadbare tent. If you can help please do ❤️

Things COVID has proven: 1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely. 2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to. 3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury. 4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.

Nearly 1 in 10 report they have Long Covid. The study "adds further evidence of the unfairness of Long Covid", with people who are "already disadvantaged in society more likely to be affected" www.bbc.com/news/article...

So Meta jacked multiple editions of my two books to train their AI. They even ingested the Spanish-language version. I don't recall granting permission. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

We uncovered in 2024 that Chicago police was breaking a law requiring it to report police stops to state: It had failed to report ≈ *200,000* (!) stops. Here: boltsmag.org/chicago-poli... Chicago police finally concedes this, in new Sun-Times investigation: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

I would very much prefer if a company needs to reach out to me for a call they would text me first. I need to be prepared to talk on the phone. Massive phone anxiety for real.

“Healthy control data showed no such decrease… the observed decrease in cardiorespiratory fitness after a SARS-CoV-2 infection is attributed to the infection itself and could not be reasoned by other pandemic circumstances from the time of data collection.” journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fu...

"Studies continually find that yes, COVID is impacting the immune system." #LongCovidAwareness @juliadoubleday.bsky.social

I feel crazy when I look at papers that talk about how long COVID is damaging people's health and when I look at data from FRED demonstrating a rise in disability in the civilian labor force and basically no one around me is taking any precautions against C19.

Somehow missed this 2022 UK paper exploring responses to radical right parties (RRP) and whether accommodation - i.e. "beat" them by repeating a version of their tale actually worked electorally. Short version: Nope. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here is a letter I have *drafted* that I (as a person not at Columbia) would like to send to Columbia faculty. I'm posting it here before sending for two reasons: - In case you have suggestions - In case you want to borrow/use it yourself Plz consider leaving me thoughts below and also sharing.

After making it through all my third review pre tenure review stuff, I have the teaching yips. I am just teaching poorly these days.

🚨 With data restrictions being used to oppress, critical thinking about data is more impt than ever. My piece with a @qside.bsky.social colleague is out in @insidehighered.com. Though written before the EOs (with just a quick pre-press update), it's HIGHLY relevant today. I hope you read and share.

People really out here acting like a genocide announces itself like “Hello my honey hello my darling, I’m a Holocaust” They don’t walk up to you and introduce themselves as “I am a genocide.” You have to recognize the pattern and name it yourself. This is what Raphael Lemkin wanted us to do.

I really do not understand why we do not do more to keep kids safe. It is so sad to see this many kids suffer. Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests abcnews.go.com/Health/long-...

Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan. But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."

According to this survey, 80% of adult New Yorkers with Covid experienced symptoms lasting one month or longer

For me: 1. Another Crab's Treasure 2. Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice Trilogy (kinda cheating by putting these together) 3. Paper Mario TTYD 4. Cassette Beasts 5. Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga (replayed but it is still amazing)

Reminder that one of the most important times to wear a mask is right now during holiday season travel. Transits hubs are high risk as many people travel while they are sick. A high quality mask like an N95 will help protect you and help ensure you don't miss out on valuable time with loved ones.

If I got my info correct then NSF LEAPS won't be due until early spring. That makes my winter break so much more chill.

We should stop saying things have become "political" when we mean "divisive". Literally everything is political.

The manhunt for the United Healthcare shooter demonstrates something that I've tried to explain many times over the years, and that data shows is true: increasing police presence in a Black neighbourhood, usually *increases* the murder rate in that neighbourhood.🙂🙃 Wait... What?! Yes. Seriously.

Nancy Mace’s bill HR 10186 will not just impact people working in Congress - it applies to everyone working on their broad defn of federal property, leased or owned. This means, my science friends, national labs, the NIH, FFRDCs, NOAA, etc. Even if you are in a state such as MA with protections