Just in from Aurorasaurus.org! 🎆🌌

Rhymes with Christine Borgman's work on the distance between data creators and data reusers arxiv.org/abs/2402.07926

guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀

Maybe a long shot but if anyone is going to be even tangentially involved in the negotiations at COP30 in Brazil and is willing to answer a quick question or two (anonymously if you prefer!), please reach out, Signal is davelevitan.26 or my email is easy to find.

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social I laid out a tech agenda for Mayor-elect zohrankmamdani.bsky.social that resists surveillance and extraction while advancing his goals for affordability, dignity, and justice.

After the Arena Bioworks news I will publicly state that anyone bolting to a buzzy shop like that out of tenure or a high level industry job should negotiate buyouts like an SEC football coach

Effective politics requires relationships & community. Today’s parties only think about harvesting individual votes, not recognizing that the social investment will actually get them more votes & build long-term support. Good parties go even further by integrating into community life year round.

Rob Chavez gives the helpful/correct answer below, but here's another thought: Your preprint gets to be your director's cut. Put that baby on OSF or Zenodo and add a link in your figure caption.

I'm in Rome, a city I'm given to understand has some history (Carnap once visited). I look forward to trying out their world famous pineapple pizza delicacy.

OMG. Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com

lol. lmao.

More impressive than Hudson and Essex posting 3:1 and 4:1 margins for the Dems, Sherrill is leading (35% in) in Monmouth County. And if the GOP is struggling to hang onto the Shore, there’s a think piece to be had in that.

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

THE FAULKNER BOWL LFG

The thing about governance is, there's always a way in.

Neon Big Boy Sign at No Reserve

Always here for access and benefit sharing as an inspiration

Sometimes i get sad at those “I wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there

“Arch Manning leads Texas to a signature upset win over Vanderbilt” is not an alert I really expected to get in this lifetime

That's the stuff Duke.

Friend, I’m not sure I’m gonna make it.

really looking forward to sunset at 4:39 tomorrow 🖕🖕🖕

Thank you to @economist.com for the chance to write this week about philanthropic freedoms -- the freedom of expression, the freedom to give, the freedom to invest. These rights are enshrined in the First Amendment. They have been bedrock for more than 2 centuries. And they are now under attack.

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

gave out old Bluesky invite codes to trick or treaters this year. they set my lawn on fire and called me a bitch

So happy. So peaceful. Zero idea she’s about to be put into a bee costume #hiBetty

Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off

This really is beautiful work.

Quick thread of the many crabs named for Halloween related topics. This one is Gecarcinus quadratus, aka THE Halloween crab 🦀 1/

Please be sure to check your kid's candy VERY carefully. I just found an unbalanced centrifuge in a Snickers bar. 🍬☠️💥

Honestly it's a good thing there's no negative psychological consequences to everything being casinos and upsells everywhere you look, all the time, in all of society

Excited to be attending the Foundations for the Digital Commons today in Portland ME! I'll try to liveblog highlights here :)

The reason it’s only a problem when you go to college and develop a *left wing* sensibility for these types is they see being a moderate conservative as the default, normal position for any normal person to have.

"Following the jewel heist at The Louvre, Weiss suggested they interview Dan Brown."

how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35

This year Demis Hassabis predicted AI could cure all disease in a decade. But other scientists like Claus Wilke & Derek Lowe say biology is far more complex, or progress will be limited by clinical trials & economics. In a new 4hr podcast episode of *Hard Drugs*, we answer: Will AI solve medicine?

Ahahahahahahahaha

The last best time to leave Twitter was when they reinstated and monetized the account of someone distributing CSAM. The second best time is now.

After facing vocal community pushback, the Knox County Commission postponed a vote on two ordinances that would have required local nonprofits receiving county grants to pledge not to serve undocumented immigrants. tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/28/k... @tennesseelookout.com

“Now, I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t the powerful dark magic that hums beneath the earth a little unsettling? Short answer, yes.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-d...

Our Long National Nightmare (anime version)

RWR

When i was a kid and at a big family gathering, Aunt or Uncle was who you stole a cigarette from Cousin was who you smoked it with

I was probably 15 when I stole this from my dad. The clarity and simplicity of it all www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmDS...

We’re running out of titans, man bsky.app/profile/jazy...

In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/

Good thread from @signal.org CEO, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social underscoring our critical dependencies on a few key orgs, and an increasing challenge in organizational and national resilience. We have a lot of work to do. cc @gate15.bsky.social

This also arrived today, to distract me from other reading. And thank you, @samuelmoore.org, for the kind acknowledgement at the start. It sounds as though I will enjoy this intellectual provocation.