MD makes a public health argument while overlooking all of the well-documented public health harms of both electric cars and a car-centric country in general. Doesn't he know we already have solutions to this problem? Or does he just not like trains, buses, and bikes? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...

Two things missing from this article: • This is only true if you drive. My bus/bike/train commute has only gotten better. • It defines “Seattle highways” as mostly suburbs with mostly horrible transit. It’s almost like we know the solution but aren’t willing to say it. www.axios.com/local/seattl...

When I talk about crowdsourcing bigotry, this is what I mean. The OU case is an anti-trans campaign, full-stop. Confected outrage generated by a well-funded group of elites (far-right GOP) applying pressure to other elites (university admin).

I was re-reading this 2020 piece I wrote about the decline of academia and the need to reinvent it. Now, the forces driving its premises are only stronger. What's changed is the opportunity: 5 years ago, no one wanted to hear about reinvention; now our survival demands it. medium.com/bits-and-beh...

Take that fight or flight you just felt, pause, and consider spending an hour listening to two people who hate each other listen to each other instead. They don't agree at the end, but they understand each other, and they're ready to do the hard work to build compromise. youtu.be/z-bdrPXOYy8?...

My passport is valid, or valid until expired, or invalid if not aligned with regulation, or valid until expired, or maybe not valid at all. Not a fun way to return from Finland, and not promising for my ability to travel. www.erininthemorning.com/p/state-depa...

I went to eastern Finland, to have scholarly thoughts about teaching and learning computer science. What I noticed over four days: medium.com/bits-and-beh...

My take on what’s missing from prevailing discussions about AI and CS education, and how we should move forward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_fu...

Definitely read @everjay.bsky.social's new article, "Deconstructing Conceptions of Rigor in Computer Science Education." It examines the many conflicting (and often problematic) ideas about the concept, especially between students, K-12 teachers, and higher education. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Cell phone is a homophone of self own

I’m going to Finland for www.kolicalling.fi, but also tiny coffees, a short break from leadership, and some much needed distance from U.S. chaos.

Once again, Ketanji makes justice plain. Meanwhile, my passport expires soon. Let the harassment begin s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

How am I doing? I’m fine. Overwhelmed, angry, anxious, distraught, resolved, hopeful, confused, eager, pissed, grateful. You know, “fine”.

This is a nice representative snapshot of research sentiments in the U.S. right now. It’s dismal, and a pathetic self-own by our idiot in chief. youtu.be/yLvO070E_dI?...

It’s really cool when the world is like f*ck you queers and the rest of the world is like… Labubu

Nothing like having a group categorically exclude you due to a state's anti-trans legislation, and then with the most sincere of smiles, say "We'll miss you!" 🤮

The Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the UW Information School to support the launch of the UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment. ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...

🐸⚔️ 🐸❤️ 🐸☮️ 🐸🐸

I want to be on the street today. But I’m once again sick, resting up, to fight another day. Zzz

Touch grass; feel blades; grope green

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

This was a fun interview about research impact! I never achieve all I want, but I always try.

Always helpful to check in on my hometown’s “hellscape” status. isportlandburning.com

I’m off to a Dagstuhl workshop for the week, on creativity, programming, and generative AI. I’m excited to about charting this space with a great group for the week! Apologies in advance for all the slower email replies and other delays. www.dagstuhl.de/seminars/sem...

I had a lovely visit today at Lewis and Clark College, back in my home town. It was great to experience its lovely community, talk about justice work in CS, and connect with students and faculty around the future of CS!

Oh hi Texas, fuck you again. Love to all the kids and adults harassed and attacked in the coming years. Maybe I’ll join you next year in my trip to Austin. Pee on the capitol, anyone? www.axios.com/local/housto...

Once again, fuck Texas, and love and solidarity to all the Texans resisting its bullshit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

In case you haven’t followed along, Erin’s got a nice catalog of recent escalations on trans rights and safety in the US. And I’m feeling it at home.

This city is at times the safest place to be, and at other times not safe at all. It is increasingly a destination for hate speech and hate crimes. Time to get strong, together. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

They were always going to be bullshit machines; it’s in the architecture. The question continues to be in what contexts a bullshit machine is valuable, rather than destructive, and whether net, those contexts justify the destructive uses. That is ultimately a moral question, not an engineering one.

Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us www.them.us/story/trump-...

I think someone might have forgotten to send me my woke mob radical leftist trans terror cell membership card. Is there a meetup? Are there cookies? Can I bring my cat?

PSA from your neighbor youtu.be/JMuJcrolgUA?...

Lots of reasons to be skeptical about content like this (bothsidesism, platforming, and cringey terminology), but I like how it scaffolded perspective taking, organically centered love, and modeled openness to listening and learning. youtu.be/mQlarHFPoaM?...

It's getting cold in here. Let's turn up the heat. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

"Technocreep" book launch tonight at 7 p.m.! There will be a discussion with editors Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social and contributors Marjan Khatibi, Vernelle A. A. Noel, @hayri4.bsky.social, @erinmcel.bsky.social, and @drjessolivares.bsky.social. www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47682

Any predictions on the 2028 Dem campaign slogans? I predict “open for business” and a smarmy white man with oily hair

I spent much of today trying to describe my research plans without alerting the thought police, communicating to my national research community through indirection and code. This is not science, nor is it America, and it is definitely not “great.”

What happens when post-op trans women lose access to HRT? • Rapid bone density loss, including fractures from basic falls • Menopause (hot flashes, fatigue, brain fog) • Forced detransition and depression The U.S. government just did this to its own employees and their family members, on purpose.

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the US government just banned federal employee insurance policies that cover gender affirming care, and from listing providers that provide gender affirming care. This will cause death, chronic disease, and despair across the US. www.opm.gov/healthcare-i...

I had a fun detour this morning doing a 5-minute live segment on AI education classrooms on our local news. It was a nice chat with Washington state Superintendent Chris Reykdal @chrisreykdal.bsky.social. Thanks to reporter Abby Acone for the invite! youtu.be/0mBJAlL_Vxo?...

I spend a lot of my time thinking about the future of AI in education, and about the role of comedy in our public discourse. We are trying to bring both of these conversations to #SXSW2026. Would appreciate everyone's support! Please vote and share. sepehrvakil.substack.com/p/our-sxsw-2...

I spent my sunny Saturday afternoon imagining the future dystopia we’re barreling towards. I don’t know why I do this to myself, but here it is, in case you’re in to that sort of thing. amyjko.medium.com/will-the-u-s...

It's been obvious for a while that they were headed in this direction, & this attempt almost certainly won't go unchallenged, but you need to understand that this is & has been America's Lysenkoism moment knocking on the door, & it has to be resisted every way it can. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

“Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic” So I can’t possess a grant because I’m trans? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

how about we know nothing, except how to boss around robots, and they can live our lives, only worse, and we can pay for the privilege, while we stare off into space, wondering about the purpose of life, and productivity

The NSF CISE directorate now has a Computing Education Research program! nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Good news for every CER researcher who had to explain to their CS department head why they can't "just submit a Small"

I’m excited for Jayne, Rotem, and Megumi to share our work imagining futures of CS education with youth tomorrow at ICER! Youth have some radically different visions from the status quo of K-12 CS education: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...