This is so stark but true. Absolutely depraved.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

"For example, an applicant submitting a photo of their rear end suggests defiance toward authority."

This is how they should be remembered. 600,000 and counting deaths on their hands.

Tech's current model seems to be 1) overpromise to get financing 2) lend to each other 3) burn through unreal amounts of money 4) ruin existing products 5) embed it into as many sectors as possible 6) count on a bailout

I know context is everything but it's still disorienting seeing "law and order" become a progressive talking point and not a dog whistle.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

GoFundMe for Marta, the woman I filmed being forcefully detained in SLC airport. She is a mother of four and has a work permit legal through 2029. She and her sister were given no reason for her arrest, no due process. She needs funds to help defend herself.

My thinking on llm use in education is evolving all the time, but at the moment I don't see any sustainable solution other than some kind of old-fashioned moral education.

yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.

Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...

Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵

this link isn’t offering a solution; instead it’s saying that there is no easy solution. It is challenging to teach writing/critical thinking classes at this moment. I think of it as affirmation of why I’m frustrated right now. we're not crazy, the world is crazy. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

Remember kids, a shaveless day keeps the Hegseth away

I continue to sincerely want the term “Kavanaugh Stop” to be a badge of shame for the rest of Brett Kavanaugh’s days; the only bit of writing he’s known or remembered for; his sole contribution to the Law; for him to perceive, in little stabs of self-awareness, that this will be his rancid legacy.

Social media users adopt the toxic behaviors of ingroup members An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...

Imagine wanting your brain to be connected to the Internet.

This should be a far bigger story than it is. Mike Johnson is refusing the basic constitutional right of representation to hundreds of thousands of Americans.

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

I'm not commenting on scotus today because I have to focus on one dumpster fire at a time so as not to have a heart attack in my 30s. I will just say, today is a great day to learn more about Reconstruction. I'll keep recommending Black Reconstruction as one of my favorite books on the period.

Here is some findings from a survey experiment I did. We tested support for candidates based on support liberal democracy vs strengthening anti-corruption. Anti-corruption was much higher than traditional liberal democracy AND its resilient to partisanship!

Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences carlhendrick.substack.com/p/comfortabl...

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Once a cornerstone of online democracy, the humble hashtag is quietly vanishing — and with it, a little piece of user power, says @etymology.substack.com.web.brid.gy. 🔗 tinyurl.com/pzvxpstk TLDR 👇 #langksy #linguistics #digitalcommunication #digitaldiscourse

I really wish more Utahns knew how much the state legislature works to ensure their vote doesn't count. Every time I tell someone about the Prop 4 saga the reaction is shock and disbelief.

Hey SLC neighbors and Utahns. I know it's Friday afternoon and you probably have other plans, but will you do me a favor? The deadline to comment on the proposed redistricting maps is Monday, Oct 6. Will you leave your comments now, please? The instructions are below - laptop works better than phone

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

FYI, a prescription is no longer needed in Utah to get a COVID shot

One of the all time great games.

I believe that the experimental paradigm in "polarization research" should receive strong criticism for its thin conception of political culture. I make this argument in a new blog post. Experiments Can’t Reduce Partisan Animosity tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/experiments

Here is the reminder to update your institutional isomorphism slides

“When it comes to AI adoption, many companies aren’t guided by strategy but by ‘Fomo’,” said Haritha Khandabattu, senior director analyst at consultancy Gartner. www.ft.com/content/e93e...

This is cool but I'm also laughing imagining the process of coaches figuring out whether it's an inverted U.

The only way we're going to be able to have fair maps without the legislature undoing every popular initiative Utahns approve on the matter is by implementing proportional representation with a single state-wide district.

I mean what did Disney expect after we all watched Andor?

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

ah, well

Whats remarkable about these elite media institutions capitulating is we have grand juries in DC refusing to indict people on any charges, Trump is un 40% approval, Dems performing extremely well in special elections, and we are seeing the highest levels of mass protest in decades.

Clergy I know here in Utah (the LDS Church has a very robust welfare systen) have remarked on how many people are asking for help on mortgages

UPDATE: Republican legislative leaders say they will comply with new maps being drawn (now that the Utah Supreme Court rejected their stay). Utahns can give feedback on the maps starting Sept. 25: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

The LDS Church also made a press release (which is unusual) Wednesday telling people to cool it down.

A cool natural experiment using cellphone data finds that, when people relocate to more walkable areas, they walk more and are more active. Why does this matter? Because many related studies were affected by self-selection bias, where people who like to walk might choose to live in walkable places

The man in a hot dog suit administration

Worth a try, this strategy. Also worth writing through the voices of siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles who didn’t survive childhood due to the same diseases.

I think the term "structural racism" often gets stretched too thin, but here is about an abominably clear case as it gets.

The risk-reward calculus of academic research, the learned tolerance for failure, and the final boss of reviewer 2 was ideal psychological preparation for Silksong.

How can planners help increase support for park investments in communities undergoing gentrification? Rexford Osei Owusu and I find that policies that help maintain household affordability and social integration matter, especially for renters and people experiencing high psychological distress