A recent article about changes at NSF under the current administration. The article is a nice summary of what has happened in the last several months. www.science.org/content/arti...

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If this is implemented and stands in the courts, significantly fewer international graduate students will come to American universities because it will be nearly impossible to get a job in the U.S. after graduation. Another major hit to the U.S. higher education system

The new reality that is emerging in Texas is that certain topics or ideas are simply off the table in the classroom. The censorship of academic speech and entire fields of knowledge in service to an ideology poses an unprecedented danger to the future of higher education. #AcademicFreedom

"Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five 'Aryan' actors and cabaret announcers [...] on the grounds that 'in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism [...].'" www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

"Samsung is calling it a pilot program for now, which—I kid you not—is meant to 'strengthen the value' of owning a Samsung smart fridge." www.theverge.com/news/780757/...

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.

"It’s a beautiful fall day. Look at the fall."

The WebAssembly 3.0 spec is complete! webassembly.org/news/2025-09... This includes major features like GC, 64-bit memories, exceptions, and tail calls.

"The investigation will continue to deepen the facts [...]," the Federal Police said in a statement reported by local media. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I was reminded that today's date, written in common American notation, is 3^2 / 4^2 / 5^2. Happy squares day, everybody!

Yesterday's episode of "This American Life" included a segment featuring the Black Student Union at the University of Utah. www.thisamericanlife.org/867/college-...

Jay Lepreau died seventeen years ago today. Learn about his academic legacy: doi.org/10.1145/1496...

Absolutely delighted to announce Richard Eisenberg Karine Even-Mendoza Emily First Ben Hardekopf Lindsey Kuper @stefan-marr.de @calebstanford.bsky.social have been chosen as Distinguished Reviewers for OOPSLA 2025. Over 100 dedicated reviewers, but they stood out even in that amazing group!

Today in email: "We're sending this email to inform you that we're sending this email to inform you that we're still working on this case internally and we'll continue to monitor it with you."

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The Tor Project has released an official VPN app that allows Android users to route all their traffic through the Tor network play.google.com/store/apps/d...

“Numbers always tend to benefit the left” is kinda a stunning admission. The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

I'm renaming it back to Department of Defense with equivalent authority. Your move, Mr. President.

The outstanding Salt Lake Acting Company is one of the venues listed in this article in The New York Times (gift link). Come see "The Roommate" at SLAC in October! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/t...

The latest Modest Proposal.

My Programming Language Pragmatics videos on Syntax have been fun! The latest video closes the series, covering * Connections between parsing techniques and automata theory * Parsing error recovery with panic mode * Generalized LR parsers & Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs) youtu.be/OHrvh6D9uEk

1/ Super-excited to release the first complete rewrite to the Pyret home page in 10 years, corresponding to major language improvements! So many cool new things, let me give you a brief tour: ↵ pyret.org

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"So why not ad-supported deadbots too?" www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

used to be you could get an indictment against a ham sandwich. now you can't even indict a guy who throws a ham sandwich. folks, www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

My hands are slightly tingly after preparing roasted Hatch green chiles. So worth it. 🌶️

A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!

Interesting how so many projects are now improving docs & error messages "so LLMs can understand." 🤖 Was making them clear for humans not a good enough reason already?

The courts had something to say about Utah’s highly gerrymandered congressional maps: They’re illegal. Fix them

"...Utah violinist John Shin was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday. 'Shock—and at the same time, not surprising,' said family friend Gabriel Gordon. 'This is the direction that our country has been headed in.'" www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

It's me. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08...

Wake up.

This seems pretty great. www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsyl...

"Interns Gone Wasm." Khan Karimov, my PhD student, talks about his summer internship work at F5 in this podcast. #webassembly #wasm #fuzzing youtu.be/OhybI5aUy5M

Betteridge's Law example of the day— "If I Know that a Student Carries a Firearm, Am I Obligated to Meet with Them in Person in a Private Space, Such as My Office, for Faculty Consults?"

"Karen's Guide gives well-meaning allies ideas on how to 'Use your privilege for good'. Compiled from various listed sources and a little bit of personal experience." zinesforever.com/z/karens-gui...

The path.

Kudos to Snowbird for implementing this shuttle during Oktoberfest. In a country where zoning often prescribes parking minimums at bars and restaurants, this is a breath of fresh air

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Want to know more about programming languages? Here's the intro to my first Programming Language Pragmatics talk! Watch the full video on YouTube, then learn more about languages through our textbook and my series of short, accessible videos. Playlist: tinyurl.com/PLP5vids

Today in DNS tricks. #genai % dig @ch.at "who was mark twain" TXT +short "Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an American writer and humorist born in 1835. He's best known for his novels \"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer\" and \"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,\" which are [...]"

Released today: the second video in my Programming Language Pragmatics series, covering Compilation, Interpretation, and Environments! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrmo... Going forward, I'll post a video 3 times a week. Please share the series with anyone who might benefit!

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

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