Virginia state legislators are currently considering collective bargaining for state employees. This is super important to ensure a strong tradition of research, education and more in Virginia. If you have a minute, write in favor of this legislation here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

‼️ AI shapes how people get hired—but how much do we know about those tools? 🎤 We’ve launched the TARAI Index, a public database mapping AI use in 100+ recruiting technologies. 🤓 It helps practitioners and researchers explore how AI really works in hiring 👉 www.tarai.org

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

Student + early career journalists in Appalachia (or young folks who want to write): pitch 100 Days! Looking for stories w/ angles on young people, related to education & what's happening on campuses, politics, life & identity, & more. Rates start at $150 for opinion, $200-$400 for reporting.

Thrilled to announce that the great Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social will visit UVA on 10/21, 6pm, Old Cabell Hall! Join me for an exciting conversation with Karen and Seth Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social, with opening remarks by Dean Christa Acampora. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

Hey all, here's a post at @ssrc.org about how anti-trans talking points are getting wrapped into Google's AI search results. AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.

#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so

"Morgan Stanley’s climate forecast was tucked into a mundane research report on the future of air conditioning stocks"

New JP Morgan Climate Risk report out and even they are calling the insurance/property crisis the "doom loop" now

Amidst our current chaos, I've been very appreciative of this newsletter from @lizneeley.bsky.social, highly recommend taking a look ⬇️

American higher education now faces a perfect storm of demoralization, defunding, and delegitimization​. These attacks are not random or isolated; they follow a classic authoritarian playbook, and go beyond ordinary policy disagreements and have become an existential threat to the academic sector.

I've been researching how people find information about climate risk for a long time now - it's really hard! This NYT article looks like a really helpful resource for potential homebuyers (gift link): www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

From AI to OSINT, maps to the sports section, NICAR is a data journalism jubilee.

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks 
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter is out: "Someday, *any day*, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur – and there is no guarantee that there will be only one per annum."

This list has been really helpful when looking at Bluesky posts lately ⬇️

A Guide to Digital Safety in a Dangerous World

Public Library Ebook Service to Cull AI Slop After 404 Media Investigation 🔗 www.404media.co/public-libra...

Republican state legislators who say they want more accurate voter registration lists voted for a bill that would withdraw Georgia from a voter list accuracy organization. #gapol ajc.com/politics/geo...

Colorado wants to force insurance companies to help homeowners understand, mitigate wildfire risk

In an effort to keep tabs on climate stuff happening during the second Trump term, we've got a running tally going. Please send updates and tips if you've got em! drilled.media/news/trump2

The funding freeze has hit the *earthquake early warning system,* plus a GPS network used by aircraft www.science.org/content/arti...

New Georgia Project was once a cornerstone of the state’s left-leaning infrastructure, credited with registering tens of thousands of left-leaning voters who turned Georgia into a legitimate political battleground. Now, it's a shadow of its former self. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/onc...

A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant. I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester. Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/

California has a very strong anti-wildfire “home hardening” law on the books, but it’s never been enforced because insurance models can’t account for it — and because people *hate* what it tells them to do. Fascinating @emilypont.bsky.social story: heatmap.news/climate/los-...

Dutch government setting up climate risk information portal aimed at helping "financial sector [including credit rating agencies] to find information and data on physical climate risks for the Netherlands, such as floods, heat waves and other extreme weather conditions.”

Breaking news out of Kentucky:

'Research by veganuary suggests that over 80% of participants maintain large reductions in meat consumption, reducing their intake to half or even more, after six months.' Researchers reveal the long-term impact of people taking part in #Veganuary ⬇️ theconversation.com/does-taking-...

“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”

1/ A Republican judge who narrowly lost a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court is trying to get around 60,000 ballots thrown out based on a theory that some election deniers worried was too extreme: www.propublica.org/article/jeff...

NEW: Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he’s asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to “voter suppression.” By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

This is such a fun read. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a.... @mcsweeneys.net

NEW REPORT: How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue Among Republicans, 56% think climate policies usually hurt the U.S. economy. By contrast, 52% of Democrats say they usually help. 🧪

Syrians discovering the underground escape route, fleet of luxury cars, luxury clothing and fridges full of expensive food in Assad's palace. #Syria www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Senate Bill 382 has disaster relief in its title, but the legislation mostly deals with stripping authority from governor-elect Josh Stein and the state’s newly elected attorney general, Jeff Jackson, both of whom are Democrats. www.theassemblync.com/politics/leg...

As eviction notices start to appear and bills pile up in the 2 months since Helene, one church has stepped up to quickly provide people cash to cover rent wapo.st/3CWCOiw

Periodic reminder for anyone with a holiday baking agenda that UNC folks can get access to NYT Cooking through the libraries (!!): library.unc.edu/news/nyt-coo...

This is infuriating. "It never happened because the show 'didn’t want to delve into politics'... the Harris team got that reaction nearly 'across the board' when trying to book [Harris] on the same types of non-political media that happily welcomed Trump. www.thedailybeast.com/hot-ones-tur...

After Trump was elected, I started to wonder what could the grassroots, cities, and states do to move the needle on climate change without federal support. It turns out, a lot (gift link)

Just in time for Thanksgiving, here's my (actually short!) open access manifesto on why carbon markets & taxes are silly. When the target is 0, not fewer, emissions, we don't need a financial sorting function to find the "best" emissions to keep. The order of phase-out is a planning need.

For months, I've been reporting on the experiences of college RAs—pressures of the job, unionization efforts, what happens when the role of RA and the role of being a student feel at odds. For Esquire, a long feature on how RAs are fighting to reimagine the job:

Wild article from @triangleblogblog.bsky.social about The Local Reporter, our “relentlessly local” “newspaper” printing spammy stories by fake authors that link out to link farming websites, plagiarize legit articles, and reference activities in Orange County CALIFORNIA, not NC. Incredible stuff.

Georgia officials have dismissed all members of the state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which is charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women, in response to ProPublica's reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller.

“The five demands of their ‘Green New Deal for Schools’ campaign include safe and clean buildings, a ‘climate justice curriculum,’ free and healthy lunches, climate disaster plans that utilize school buildings as community-wide recovery zones, and pathways to jobs in climate-related fields.”

Seth's tool now lets you convert a starter pack into either a regular (content) list or a block (moderation) list! Thanks, @wandrme.paxex.aero

News: The Washington Post was on track to lose at least as much money as it lost last year—$77 million—even before 250,000 digital readers unsubscribed. nymag.com/intelligence...

I've thrown together a Starter Pack for the climate crisis-info crisis overlap. Lots of members from @caadcoalition.bsky.social, so do give them a follow. It's a work in progress, @ me if you'd like to be included! 🧪 🔌 💡 (@davidrvetter.bsky.social ask and ye shall receive...) go.bsky.app/J3783tF

Today, @carbonbrief.org has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution. The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies. interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-... THREAD 1/10