NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

Discount internet for everyone being poisoned by Colossus.

Once launched, they can't be unlaunched. Aloft they will extinguish the stars. When they fall and burn in the atmosphere they will destroy the ozone. 🧪 🔭

!!! we are starting "Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine" by Thomas Dekeyser this week. this week we're just reading the intro, so you still absolutely have time to get the book ASAP and join us.

What happens when communities speak out against #DataCenters? Here are 3 key takeaways from our recent convo on how organizing against AI data centers & infrastructure is being framed as a national security threat. Watch the full video to learn what's at stake. #TechJustice #DigitalRights

I am really proud to share the Stand Up for Science Foundation's new Impact Report on the OMB Rule Proposal--done by the brilliant @irenesufs.bsky.social @colesci.bsky.social and team! We've got such a great team at @standupforscience.net. www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, the clock is ticking. There are only 20 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Visit the link in our bio to take action!

Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...

On 1 July UTC, Local Contexts Strategic Advisor Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea) will present as part of the State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium hosted by @rbgkew.bsky.social. While in-person registration is closed, you can still join online. localcontexts.org/event/state-...

Join our livestream on Wednesday, June 17th diving into the escalating wave of censorship and targeted surveillance facing LGBTQ+ communities. eff.org/livestream-...

President Donald Trump opened three marine protected areas in the Pacific Ocean to commercial fishing with a proclamation on Thursday that he said will boost the U.S. seafood industry. https://to.pbs.org/43zqRJx

Just wrote 'mid-century Cold War' for a sentence in a scholarly article and realized that all this 'mid-century modern' design branding is like saying 'Cold War nostalgia furniture.' #violentmuch #noproblemshere #paxamericana

New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change “We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...

Hundreds of thousands of Albanians have been protesting for over a week to revolt against their corrupt govt as well as criminal slumlord traitor Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka for plotting to seize their land. Americans could learn a thing or two on how it’s done.

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

Elias Irizarry, a January 6 insurrectionist who later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense related to the Capitol attack, has now been appointed to a Pentagon policy position with responsibilities tied to counterterrorism and other sensitive national security matters.

Spotted in NYC

This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

NEW: I've uncovered an AI slop mill quietly backed by U.S. Special Operations to push military propaganda across Latin American and the Caribbean disguised as a lifestyle content brand. theintercept.com/2026/06/02/l...

From @debkrol.bsky.social and I: “Tribal leaders protest plans to close Tucson health care facility”

My comments to @nytimes.com on the "Uniform Regulation." “It means that all grants, not just science grants, are now subject to the rules that are defined by the White House, rather than by a technical agency." said Cole Donovan, the director of science policy and advocacy @standupforscience.net

The SEC has formally proposed scrapping the rule that would have required publicly traded companies to disclose their climate-related risks to investors.

The world’s leading AI labs are hiring philosophers to think through ethical edge cases and grand questions of mind and morality. Are they another instrument of hype?

What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ

www.zdnet.com/article/goog... What are your preferred no AI search engines? This former reference librarian is stymied finding pages and references that I know exist but which are deep-sixed by automated satisficing.

Out now and #openaccess: my paper „The imaginative #landscape of #AI: Locating #SiliconValley’s quiet #futuring” It’s based on my @com-ai.bsky.social media ethnography in the San Francisco Bay Area during the last 12 months. #pioneercommunities #AIsafety #AGI journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Federal judges on Tuesday temporarily blocked Alabama's plan to use a new congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/4dCa7FW

On censorship and wyt fear: " 'My job would be at stake'; 'Nobody was really hurt'; 'The Devil made me do it.' Aren't those the traditional excuses we seek? The lessons of Nuremberg have yet to be learned. But at least we are all trying. Each in her own way. I hope." -Nikki Giovanni (1988)

We mapped the world's hottest data centers. In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot

Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

“Sure, it will take some adjusting and there will be some moving pains, but unless you want to be forced into the Gemini lifestyle, it’s time to make a plan to get off Google and start packing your virtual boxes for greener pastures.” By @parismarx.com disconnect.blog/google-is-it...

As corporations race for the stars, we need international collaboration on space governance

For those following the murders at our Islamic Center of San Diego, please read a statement from community organization PANA. The news coverage is unrelenting and because Muslim families are mourning, the police and politician narrative fills the space www.panasd.org/statement-fr...

Don Moynihan: “Power, democracy, and clarity” electionlawblog.org?p=155833

NEW: President Donald Trump bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in tech companies and government contractors including Nvidia and Palantir. Some of those trades overlapped with regulatory decisions that were favorable to these companies. www.notus.org/money/donald...

For the record, this proposal specifically targets gender identity. You have until May 22nd to submit a comment

"Among the most important legal issues authors need to consider are that 'AI-generated text is not copyrightable, and knowingly failing to disclose AI-generated content in a copyright registration application can constitute fraud on the Copyright Office'"

could not imagine a more direct example of “environmental blackmail,” promising economic etc. benefits to communities of color if they accept local environmentally harmful operations. And the cynicism of doing so right now amid PR claims that being anti-data-center will hurt black communities

ah yes the right tail of the bell curve, the place where you will find towering intellects like those of Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth

Well, would ya look at that! NSF is going to send >10% of its current budget to industry (read: tech start ups) instead of universities…it’s as if the admin is trying to dismantle our basic science mechanism and use it as a start up fund for private companies 💁🏻‍♀️ www.nsf.gov/tip/updates/...

DOGE's impact: a new study looks at “the earliest evidence of the impact of cuts to USAID on the incidence of violent events” which suggests that “the radical cuts […] led to an increase in conflict in the regions that received the most aid from the United States.” www.404media.co/doge-cuts-un...

More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone go.nature.com/49Ppzxo

what’s the point of a government that allows this

President Donald Trump won't have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/48VZSLp

International criminal law has been silent on transnational repression, but the tools to disrupt this pattern of impunity may already be available, write Brandon Silver and Kate McInnes. Their recommendations on how to address this gap, here: #TNR #Iran #Accountability

New open access article looks at how the critical humanities literature on GenAI can contribute depth to #sociology. Referencing the great work of people like Julia Velkova @melhogan.bsky.social @zgtcooper.bsky.social Patrick Brodie and more compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

More than 2,500 scientists urged Congress to reinstate the members of the National Science Foundation’s oversight board, calling Trump’s sudden dismissal of all 22 members an “alarming attack” on research funding that could cede scientific ground to China.

I can’t wake up to this shit every single day. Btw, it’s the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.