This is stunning. Thank you for sharing.

Michelle Obama: You were doing the people's work, rescuing our economy, expanding health care, ending a war, ordering the bin laden raid, saving an auto industry, winning a peace prize.

Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do"

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

This was an absolutely wonderful ceremony. I can’t wait to visit the library.

We had a wonderful conversation. Thank you for making the recording available.

I’m looking forward to our conversation. Please join us!

Join us June 11 for a FREE live webinar featuring @derrickcogburn.bsky.social broadcasting from the UN, exploring how AI, data, and digital technologies are strengthening disability rights and civic participation. 📅 June 11 ⏰ 10 AM ET 💻 Free Registration: bit.ly/3Q3t5gZ

Join @ausis.bsky.social Professor & @idpp.bsky.social Executive Director @derrickcogburn.bsky.social for the launch of the CRPD data dashboard and mobile app next Tuesday at the UN! Register here, or scan the QR code below, to attend the event remotely: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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The Canvas hack is a new kind of ransomware debacle - WIRED

The landing technique of Swans 🦢

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

The vast majority of that capital came from Alphabet's Waymo, which announced a $16 billion raise in February. https://bit.ly/4dmxWmf

We took a Waymo in Los Angeles, twice, and absolutely loved the experience. I can’t wait until they are approved for the DMV. Part of what I liked about it was the screen showing how much data the car was taking into consideration, constantly. Cars, pedestrians, trash cans, pets, etc. I felt safe.

Professor and Co-Director of AU’s Internet Governance Lab @derrickcogburn.bsky.social unpacks what a jury decision that found Meta and YouTube negligent for social media harms means for the future of tech in this new Q&A. https://bit.ly/3Omqgae

I just noticed this update on GitHub. Have others been thinking about this announcement, and your choices? I think we will opt out. github.blog/news-insight...

That was thoroughly enjoyable! Outstanding.

Ok, that “neighbors” commercial by Rocket is probably my favorite so far.

Even as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses to use their influence to help stop his immigration policies. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

No matter their industries, many successful women swear by incorporating exercise into their daily routines to boost energy and mental health.

Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track

Grijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand. There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, “Swear her in.” They wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise. Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system you’re protecting really is.

Kenny Loggins Slams Donald Trump for Using ‘Danger Zone’ in AI Video Bombing No Kings Protesters With Poop: ‘I Request That My Recording Is Removed Immediately’ - Variety

I wondered how long it would take for this response to the unusual meeting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m really looking forward to moderating this event tomorrow. My colleagues and I in the @internetgovlab.bsky.social and @idpp.bsky.social are going to have an engaging discussion.

Thanks for sharing this article. We identified some interesting trends in #CRPD and #Disability rights implementation globally, regionally, and nationally. We have much more data to analyze are excited about our upcoming Lightning Talk on Nov 5 at the World Bank’s Law, Justice & Development week.

“without a stated reason” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Thank you. Our research team at @idpp.bsky.social and beyond enjoyed working on this project, and used @posit.co #positron for our #rstats and #python coding along with a suite of #GenAI tools. Very interesting insights on #CRPD implementation at global, regional, and national levels.

Q: You said the Epstein docs are a hoax that Dems are perpetrating against Trump. You said he didn't sign that check or card. What's the theory since these docs came from Epstein estate? LEAVITT: I did not say the documents are a hoax. I said the entire narrative surrounding Epstein right now is

Senate tries to overcome vote-a-rama, infighting to pass megabill - Reuters “”Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!," Musk posted on X.”

Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

The Chicago Tribune is embarking on a road trip to revisit Route 66 ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the iconic roadway, which spanned eight states and three time zones, stretching from downtown Chicago to the Pacific Ocean.

This is a powerful piece by Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

This was my immediate concern when I first heard about the plane.

Ditto

Here is an example of explainable machine learning models (decision tress, random forests and regression) using the #tidymodels #Rstats framework in an important problem: predicting cat adoption: jmsallan.netlify.app/blog/explain...

Accessibility week is incoming! On Tuesday I'm speaking at London Web Standards alongside @craigabbott.co.uk and Matthew Atkinson. Grab a ticket👇 londonwebstandards.org/events/lwsma... #LWSMay2025 #GAAD

This cover art is really epic

Roaringly Acknowledge Organizations with ROR IDs in DESCRIPTION ropensci.org/blog/2025/05...

Researchers run an experiment with AI bots in the r/changemyview subreddit, and Redditors are not happy-rightly so, IMO; astonishing that this study got ethics approval at all. (It got approval from the relevant university but was not authorized by Reddit mods or admins.) bgr.com/tech/researc...

No kings, queens, monarchs, and nobles in this country…

Congresswomen Crocket’s analysis of the top five problems of this first 100 days.

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