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The war in Iran began with a dream of violence. The question now is whether that tyrannical emotional state, the utopia of violence, that brought us the war will be applied inside the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/utopias-of...

Announcing the release of the online, open-access edition of _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ (in Debates in DH series): dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/cri.... Editors: Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, James Smihties @jamessmithies.bsky.social). Print ed. appeared January 2026

This looks awesome! A data viz course from the authors of Data Feminism, @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social. So excited to teach with these materials! openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/data...

Excellent convo: knowledge, thoughtfulness, honesty, and clarity.

@heatmap.news how do I unsubscribe from your newsletter? No settings link; subscription page doesn’t signal where to go. Thanks.

Here's the latest. Fiction generated in two languages (French and English) originally shown scrolling at the World of AI exhibit at the Musée du Jeu de Paume in Paris last spring. The official pub date is March 10, 2026. rrose-editions.com/portfolio/pa...

US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties

We have entered the period of #water bankruptcy. www.circleofblue.org/2026/supply/...

Great book!

All of this Nobel funny biz deserves the 25th amendment!

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

Reminder: Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6. bit.ly/ccswg26 #critcode

Sharing this map again for no reason.

@rezekjoe.bsky.social in NYT: a thoughtful essay on the legacy of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” as we approach 250 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...

Trump is trying to sell the federal student loan portfolio so predatory companies & his billionaire buddies can keep profiting & preying on our borrowers. This is dangerous & unacceptable. @warren.senate.gov, @sanders.senate.gov & I are leading our colleagues and demanding Trump back down NOW.

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..." Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Get your flu, COVID-19, and routine childhood vaccinations for FREE this Saturday, October 18, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. No appointment necessary, walks-in welcome. Learn more at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.

Outreach? This euphemism has grown new teeth! #censorship As far as I know speaking truth to government power is what the 1st amendment protects.

Donald Trump's militarization of our city streets isn't about fighting crime or public safety — it's about consolidating power in his hands. What he plans to do with that, now or during the 2026 elections, should worry all of us.

What a rendering of the phenomenon! Thx.

I hope Kenvue, Inc, makers of Tylenol, sue!

And boycott their advertisers directly.

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

Anything—anything—u say against Israel can get u deported. Anything.No distinction between gvmt & the people.Just thinking “u shouldn’t starve people & then herd them into food depots & shoot them as they try to get food”— well,that description of murder not allowed. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...

This is what the NY Times chose to highlight from the Netanyahu/Trump meeting, compared to Al Jazeera. You decide which is the important news.

Another study (using drones) shows that extreme sea temperatures in 2024 triggered mass morality of corals on the Great Barrier Reef, compounding losses in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022. (And 2025). The higher the heat exposure, the greater the impact. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meanwhile, on the Big Beautiful Bill, @ryanlcooper.com points out that the one big area where energy tax credits are actually expanded is in ethanol and biofuels, which is demonstrably worse for climate change and a horrible use of land: prospect.org/politics/202...

Gives them permission to go after other sites… reminds me of the WMDs in Iraq.

UK? Eu? It's confusing, I guess.

FIRST ON MSNBC: Sen. Alex Padilla’s full 20 minute interview after getting forcibly removed from a DHS press conference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Gd...

This morning, I signed an Executive Order seeking greater transparency from ICE in response to secret police tactics we have seen. The City of Boston will regularly submit FOIA requests to DHS on federal immigration enforcement activity, to find out who they are detaining and arresting, and why.

#10Print #TenPrint #Maze #CreativeCoding #GenerativeArt

Israeli airstrike hits Beirut suburb despite ceasefire with Hezbollah

No words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Looking forward to reading this. Ought to be excellent!

Can someone in the Boston/Cambridge area invite Shannon to give this talk? Please!

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s layoffs across health agencies in recent days eliminated workers who handled FOIA requests at the CDC, FDA and the National Institutes of Health.

Remember, Trump is imposing these tariffs only because the Republican Congress is allowing him to.

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

While Republicans rush to pass a bill that'll allow Donald Trump and Elon Musk to take control of your money, Rep. Maxine Waters and I are calling on the SEC to investigate Trump's crypto business for conflicts of interest. Americans deserve better.

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

it's interesting that while Team Autocracy is in the saddle here in the US there are major protests and unrest across most of the home ballparks of Team Autocracy

Trump suspends shipments of produce and poultry to US food banks: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

BREAKING: We're filing a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to challenge the 'disappearance' of 48 New Mexico residents.

At @boston.gov, we've built a starter pack of all official City of Boston accounts. More teams are joining all the time and we're excited to see the Boston Bluesky community grow! You can follow all of our City teams right here.