My sweet Peanut who waves to the camera- was left 4a month alone in a basement is now set to be euthanized #nycacc bc she’s so shy no1 wants her! I need a NE FOSTER- it’s free 2foster her! Pls DM ME! If not could u pls repost this sweet, shy 🙈 girl! Pls help save her!

Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The best stock photo sources these days are very specific people who take photos of very specific things. This guy takes pictures of trains. All trains all the time. Only trains. Do I have to worry that one of these photos is AI? Nope. He would never disrespect a real train in that way.

There has been a LOT of research on misinformation over the last decade. In a new paper (for Annual Review of Psychology), @dgrand.bsky.social and I attempt to distill the key points of consensus, highlight major disagreements, and point to future directions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“It’s all fun until somebody puts out an eye.”

Some of the identified individuals the US killed in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific showed "no indication of involvement with drug trafficking." And even if they were traffickers, they'd be low level. Killing them would make virtually no impact on the cartels or drug trafficking into the US.

When Toni Morrison visited a class at Swarthmore, a student criticized her for not writing happier books. She told him, “Happiness is overrated.”

Absolutely devastating read. www.them.us/story/slain-...

The twist at about 44 seconds in is amazing. Gotta love local TV news!

Bleu 254148 Kill Command #NYCACC #RescueOnly He is a cute 4 yr old Social & affectionate in prev home, but easily aroused Leash biting Needs exp all adult home Help save Bleu! #Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt

😂 Needed this

A typically excellent CBS Sunday Morning piece on CBS News Radio (1927-2026), which is shutting down next week after 99 years. Why is a storied radio network that still has 700 affiliates being forced to close? Ask Bari Weiss and the beancounters at Paramount. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJM...

nycacc.app/browse/170916 Our Mocha is relisted to be murdered AGAIN #nycacc This girl can’t get a fucking break! NY NJ NH NE CT DE DC MD ME PA VA VT VA- free 2foster her! She’s urgent 🚨- She’s a good girl- she will keep you safe from hantavirus as she goes after little critters! Pls repost

An important point made in the article: proposals for "reforming" college often focus on expanding certificate programs (and/or making them Pell Grant-eligible or otherwise encouraging them) But those are precisely the ones that, with some exceptions (like construction certificates), don't pay off

Good article on a study examining whether college pays off (in Texas), incorporating the opportunity cost of lost workforce years & heterogeneity in type of degree, college, & major Answer: Payoff is v variable but strongly positive for BAs of all kinds, most AAs, & fairly few certificate programs

🆘DON’T KILL🐶GEORGIA Her human says affectionate Georgia ❤️ to lay on you. Afraid of loud noises, stuck in crowded shelter & very sick. She has pneumonia, vomiting, diarreah & not eating well. Was 65 lbs on April 17th, and May 5th was 52 lbs! If fostered, rescue org will cover vet $ 🙏Repost2find🏡

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😂 I”ve written these exact comments on student work at least 50 times in just the past two weeks.

What does it take to be a good news consumer? 🤷 🧵

Just look @ that huge smile💕💕💕 🙏REPOST POSEIDON🙏

OMG! That face! Someone take this pup home!

🆘Stop the silent kills! Over 40% of the dogs killed are silent kills, @nycacc.bsky.social are not gods, nor Kings. They don’t get to decide which dogs are killed without placement. Chalupa deserves a chance to find a 🏡

Found this photo on my phone while doing an “oh crap I’m almost out of memory” clean up. Don’t remember taking it, but it’s pretty cool. Might consider printing it and putting it on my wall.

ICYMI, our new paper offers advice to shark scientists (and others) who want their research to influence policy, but don't know enough about policymaking to effectively do that www.southernfriedscience.com/shark-scient...

Lots of posting about discovering books through BlueSky recently, but I’ve also come across a lot of interesting academic articles, some of which I’ve referenced in classes. I haven’t read this one yet, but I’m excited to see if there’s something that I can relate to my global news curriculum.

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

"If students complained that the course had too much science and 'science' was in the course title, drink."

Seen on my evening walk with Ginny. Don’t know the name for these, but they’re pretty. Feel free to educate me.

Urgent pup! Needs a northeast foster home asap!

Just finished project presentations for my 1st journalism & emerging tech course, in which I asked students to imagine the future of journalism, & I wish I could share some of their interesting ideas here, including “news lounges” & “perspectives content.” This has been one of my favorite classes!

🆘THEY’RE GOING 2 KILL🐶KING DEE DEE He came to ACC, friendly, tail wagging& seeking attention. King Dee Dee lived happily w/kids &other 🐕‍🦺. During his 🐕‍🦺 greet, he playbows. He ❤️ baths and car rides. Easy to leash, he’s eager to go out, grateful for butt scratches, & trying to cooperate 🙏Repost2find🏡

🆘DON’T KILL 🐶GAMBIT Pure sweetness, a volunteer says of Gambit, flagged for cruelty, w/a “gentle, wary nature…But he’s learning how to trust & prefers to stay close to people when in the yard or hanging out in a room w/ staff in the shelter…unfazed by other dogs& people on walks” 🙏Repost 2find🏡

In every academic book there is a secret second book hiding in the footnotes. Sometimes it is the first draft that had migrated there to escape the revisions. Sometimes it is the author's tortured secret rebuttal of their own claims, and sometimes it is the incipient form of the their next book.

The concept and efficacy of “nudges” is contested, but regardless, this discussion on the issues facing the news ecosystem is worth reading.

Apropos of current music discourse, and because apparently no one can agree on which generation we belong to, what’s the definitive cohort song for people born in 1980 and only 1980 (in the U.S.)? I’m afraid the answer might be “I Believe I Can Fly,” but this might also be a contender:

Rosco 251864 Listed TBK 5/12 #NYCACC #RescueOnly He is a very cute 1 yr old puppy 🐶 Social with staff, allows all handling Found at gas station Low threshold for arousal Needs exp all adult home Help save Rosco! nycacc.app/browse/251864 #Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt

MOVHA doesn’t like small animals- Including mice- She can save u from Hantavirus! Go get her! Save her! She will save you!

This is an interesting piece and connects to a convo i was having with friends yesterday, about how one of my challenges recently is persuading students that I want *their* thoughts and analysis about things, and that it coming *from them* is the entire point. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I always enjoyed hearing about these sorts of things from my mother and Icelandic grandmother. Especially since my Christian amma doesn’t believe in hidden folk, but also seems to accept that, yep, of course the road has to detour around a boulder rather than move it because of mythological beings.

GAMBIT would make a great addition to your Mother's Day! Please consider him.

non academics be like what are your plans for the weekend

the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history

Reupping this piece because it’s so good.

For those who haven't read it yet, here's his Pulitzer-winning piece from last year. Stunning work and he started writing it within days, which as a compartmentalizer who writes my way through things, I feel in my bones.

The big cig is something else. When I was learning to do video/docs for YouTube in the mid/late 2000s, I did one on Lake Merritt & the effort to keep it clean. It’s an amateur production, but I think it captured Dr. Bailey’s passion for taking care of the lake. This breaks my heart on his behalf.

“One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”

If we play our cards right, soon we’ll be able to send handguns through the postal service but not birth control or ballots

Rewatched this show as an adult a few years back, and it was still great. I have a thing for quirky tv, which already puts Pete & Pete in my list of all-time favorite shows. This tidbit makes it even better.

Millennials and Gen Xers may recognize this song as the main title of "The Adventures of Pete & Pete". But what Polaris didn't dare tell Nickelodeon, for fear of losing the gig, is that the song is about the Kent State massacre. The titular "Sandy" is Sandra Lee Scheuer.

It makes me very sad when I include an Easter egg and nobody notices, because nobody looked at the thing the Easter egg is in.