HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Result! Just received from Grammarly: "Hi, Thank you for reaching out. After careful consideration, we have decided to deactivate Expert Review while we reimagine how to make it more useful for customers and more respectful of the experts whose work it surfaces." 1/ 🧪💙📚 🗃 #academicsky

ICYMI, @thecoalition.bsky.social @knightcolumbia.org & @protectdemocracy.org filed a new First Amendment lawsuit earlier today challenging the Trump admin's denial of visas to tech researchers, tech workers, fact-checkers. Here's a post explaining why we're suing. mailchi.mp/knightcolumb...

Moderate Democrats with columns in newspapers are constantly saying the Democratic Party is way too liberal on "social" issues. Moderate Democratic voters in real life do not feel this way. With some polling data from @gelliottmorris.com and @dataforprogress.org. newrepublic.com/article/2074...

The Coalition for Independent Technology Research is standing up for free speech and against a government Censorship Policy that is threatening every American’s right to understand how technology impacts them, their children, and so much more. www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

"Now is the time. Right? Now is the time to learn about these technologies...to push back against them." - @alicetiara.bsky.social 🎧 Start listening today on your fave podcast platforms: captivated.buzzsprout.com/2569769/follow #CAPTIvatedPodcast #PodcastRecommendations #AI #Podcast

"We ask that the leaders of the business world in the US--some of whom it has been our privilege to teach--speak out now, act now, in defense of democracy....[T]here is no conflict between their responsibilities as CEO and their responsibilities as citizens. The cost of silence is incalculable."

If I was gunna wake up at 5, but now I’m good & wide awake at 4 … I should just call it & get up, right?

#ncga incumbents could look like they could lose: Democrats: Reps. Carla Cunningham (Mecklenburg), Nasif Majeed (Mecklenburg), Shelly Willingham (Edgecombe) – all voted with GOP on veto overrides (1/2) #ncpol

With 95% of precincts reporting, Phil Berger still losing to Sam Page. A victory by Page changes the nature of NC politics, period.

Every time I read a “x LLM is better at doing my job than I am” article, it turns out the person writing the piece is at best 50th percentile for their job. My theory is these people are trying to position themselves as AI pros because they know they’re going to get fired soon

Anderson Clayton is a BOSS

North Carolina Republicans have only needed a single Democratic defection in the state House to override the Democratic governor’s vetoes this term. One unreliable Dem already resigned in disgrace a while back. Another 2-3 losing their primaries is a big deal

Wow: In the early vote, it's a blow-out *so far*. Rodney Sadler, the progessive pastor and activist, leads state Representative Carla Cunningham 75% to 18%. (Stay tuned as we see how the Election Day vote compares, but that's an ominous start for the incumbent.) Context:

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Some of y’all should consider a vibe shift ✌🏼Chasing URL shares to literally reply guy seems like a bummer of a way to spend your time.

Pretty stable opinion on the Iran strikes. No rally around the flag bump for POTUS, and much less popular than previous wars when they started www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-trum...

I wrote my dissertation on all the ways in which news media used social media to represent public opinion in elections -- and all the democratic problems with it. But prediction markets are a whole 'nother level of wildness. The good news? @parkerbach.bsky.social & I are already planning our study.

This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts.

Zero dignity opposition party. You can be there yelling or you can be absent but there is no honor in this nonsense civility show. I swear they'd attend their own executions politely

Once more for the journalists in the room - “there is NO professional or personal use case for being on Twitter in 2026” (actually X, but still)

After winning Olympic gold, the men's team partied with Patel and got an invite to the State of the Union from Trump, who said he’d “probably be impeached” if he didn’t invite the women’s team. www.jezebel.com/womens-u-s-h...

THIS. AI might work for a lit review if you are testing some tired, obvious relationships. It is not going to build theory for you, especially drawing upon disparate literatures and epistemologies.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

OK, I am listening to The Daily on the files, which I knew would be a mistake. Barbaro just said one of the most astounding things has been the accountability that these men who are mentioned have faced — what fucking alternative universe is he living in? I want to go to there

What are you doing for fun on a Friday night? Oh, me? I’m just reading more about all these basic-ass creeps in the Epstein files and wishing all the coverage of it didn’t talk about how “powerful” and “special” these people were.

Me, rn

The stupidity of this god forsaken timeline

If you know the moral thing for an organization to do, feels important to state it, even if you recognize that the org likely won't do it. We should recognize the way that powerful orgs historically capitulated to censorship and suppression. Shame only works when we remember the transgressions.

My research w/ @albertsonb2.bsky.social shows that raising alarm about election procedures WITHOUT offering solutions is harmful to confidence in elections. Voters: If you are worried about the U.S. Midterm elections, make sure to vote early in the voting window, either in person or in the mail.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

omg I’m so bored — is it Benito o‘clock yet?!

This is the America I believe in.

Officials in authoritarian regimes frequently make absurd false statements in public to signal their loyalty

As a totally anecdotal measure of how normies are fed up: I’m on a peloton Super Bowl ride right now where 80 people are riding with #AbolishICE as their leaderboard tag

The only lead that matters is the one when the buzzer goes off baaabbbyyyy! GDBATH 🩵🩵🩵

He started a rumor that he’d leave the bucks, then people spent millions betting on it. Suddenly he comes out as a Kalshi owner. Honestly the NBA should sanction him, this is so corrupt

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein was spiritually a Blue Devil

GDTBATH BAAAABBBBYYYY

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting: Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop. Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

8 mins in & I already hate that Boozer — it’s as if I’ve hated him my whole life

UNC v Dook fit check Shirt ✅ Pants ✅ Shoes ✅ RJ Davis socks ✅

I will speed into the air! I will speed downhill! I will speed downhill face first! I will speed with blades! I will sweep sweep sweep sweep sweep. *gentle clunk*

@shannimcg.bsky.social, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who studies the role of social media in politics," nails it. "Even if [the X posts are] still accessible in some kind of archive, it still puts up a greater barrier in terms of having access to that information."

The Winter Olympics are a lot more about almost dying than the summer ones, tbh

Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."