"... heavy AI use in manuscripts is not random, but tracks institutional incentives. Authors at schools where counting publications matters most are the ones leaning hardest on the machines." www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

The Potteries #HeritageEmergency www.thetimes.com/business/com...

On this day in 1963, hundreds of Black children began a movement peacefully protesting racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, as part of the Children's Crusade and faced intense police brutality, sparking nationwide outrage.

Great to see the Chronicle publishing something that's not about AI or subtly boosting AI. Here's a message I can get behind, because it's true.

That’s quite a chart www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.

At midnight President Trump will be in further violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which requires the end of all hostilities after 60 days unless authorized by Congress. We just sent a letter to the White House and Congress reminding them of this deadline.

Michigan State Police are investigating after an MSU zoology student from Maryland that was getting ready to graduate was shot, by his mother's count, 17 times by police. 17 times.

Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg

The people who are upset that the SPLC made the Klan go bankrupt now control all aspects of government and finance, and are accordingly plotting revenge

Among many other things, generative AI is a labor rights issue. Professors are right to reject it and students are right to join the rebellion.

Trump’s net worth has nearly tripled in his second term, reaching $6.5 billion. His administration is the most brazenly self-enriching in American history. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart.

Americans have already paid $16 billion more for gasoline since the start of trump's illegal war.

Lets be clear. This is about stealing an election, this time, with SCOTUS on their side. House Speaker says, “you’ve got to keep the grown ups in charge.” GOP doesnt care what the voters want. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

BATTLEGROUND LOUISIANA! Message me if you qualify and would like to be a party plaintiff against Landry. #Resist

Man I thought Trump’s use of “emergency” declarations was cynical as hell but “we must interrupt an ongoing election to emergently undo voting rights for minorities” is fucken *wild*

And last time? It took over 100 years for Black communities to claw their way back to representation. 100 years. WE are not about to relive that. This is our fight.

🛑 NEW: Louisiana is being sued after suspending congressional primaries already underway — with plaintiffs warning the state is illegally nullifying votes to buy time for a new GOP gerrymander.

something about how the essential innumeracy of racism has seeped its way into every fucked-up and broken american institution really got me worked up today www.theverge.com/policy/92159...

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson: So what happened? I'm glad you asked. Yesterday, the Supreme Court eviscerated one of our nation's most sacred civil rights protections...This is an effort to silence the voices of millions of black voters and other voters of color.

No one could have foreseen this.

Red states officials across the nation are already calling for changes to congressional maps to be made as soon as possible — meaning the decision can and likely will still have an impact on President Trump’s push to predetermine the results of the midterms.

The gutting of the Voting Rights Act is shocking not just in its immorality but in the sheer and deliberate absurdity of the majority opinion. www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...

For my generation, the 1965 Voting Rights Act wasn't just a law but a statement that we were never again going backwards on race. I saw Black political power thrive in the '80s, and never thought I'd live to see the VRA get crushed What do we do now? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/supr...

This is a thread for historians: Our most important use of our professional skills is informing the public of our shared past, especially at times like this. Human histories of the costs of Jim Crow, what this all means in accessible terms, it needs to get out. Resources and publication options:

Louisiana Governor Landry set to cancel May 16th election on Friday, 5/1/16. Absentee ballots have already gone out and early voting is set to start 5/2-5/9 in Louisiana. He wants to cancel elections so he can redraw Louisiana's election map. This will eliminate two Black majority districts.

The PA Dems have a cat and the cat has whole little office and lectern, in a representatives office www.abc27.com/pennsylvania...

ALERT ALERT ALERT The @dukepress.bsky.social biannual sale has started and it’s even better pricing than usual this time

The Roberts Court majority may be pretending they don't know the Voting Rights Act is what ended Jim Crow and their decision to gut it is license to take us back ("again") to stealing power from Black voters, but Americans do:

"'One video of me was very modified from its original form—it was something I had uploaded to Canvas a long time ago. And then I saw many other videos of other faculty members … and I contacted them all. Not one of them told me that they had been consulted about this. They never heard of Atomic.’"

Chief Justice John Roberts will uphold birthright citizenship with some soaring decision and then shiv a longstanding statute with a poorly written decision by Alito. It is how he rolls.

I work for a public radio stationed licensed to the University of Kansas, and KU is doing a fundraising event where people can direct their pledges directly to a specific department. Long story short, we would get a bonus if we got a pledge from very, very far away during the hour of 2100 UTC/Zulu.

Hawaii could soon become the first in the nation to, in effect, undo Citizens United by resetting the powers granted to corporations. Get the details on this bold legal strategy ⬇️ https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-corporate-power-reset-that-makes-citizens-united-irrelevant/

Grassley warned last year in a floor speech - before the Iran war and the subsequent diesel and fertilizer price shock - that U.S. could see a wave of farmer suicides not seen since the 1980s.

Why the Tech Billionaires Are Aligned with Trump Fueled by profit motives, ideological radicalization, and elite self-victimization, America’s tech barons are aggressively taking the side of authoritarianism. But why now? My new piece:

Words fail. To my knowledge, an all-out purge like this is unprecedented in the 76-year history of the US National Science Board. Unclear what this means for the National Science Foundation and its purview (which includes the National Center for Atmospheric Research), but I'm feeling queasy.

Egads

That Gulf AI buildout looking a whole lot less appealing now huh

NEW: Donald Trump has released his national policy on AI, banning states from regulating AI development on their own land. It also protects AI companies from any liability when someone uses their tool to cause harm or break the law.

We are growing, and people are noticing it. If you’re faculty and not linked up yet, what’s holding you back? If not now, when?

IRGC Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi and his inner circle have repeatedly blocked attempts by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and other “pragmatist” officials to push the regime toward a more flexible negotiating position. More: isw.pub/IranUpdate04... Other Key Takeaways:

Four Epstein survivors discuss, in their own words, what made them come forward, the power of survivors banding together and where they want the movement to go

📚 #RecommendedReading

Right now, hundreds of people in immigration detention in AZ have filed habeas corpus petitions, which are legal challenges to unlawful detention. For many, it's now the only path to freedom from detention. But there’s a barrier that can stop them before they even begin: a $5 filing fee.

Meet “ASU Atomic,” a subscription platform that claims to offer customized learning modules for fee-paying users. None of the ASU faculty whose course materials were harvested for the module I generated were aware that their image, lectures, lessons, or other teaching materials are being used.

“We observed that, as opposed to their predecessors, young adults today seldom venture out to their local mead hall and socialize with tavern wenches,” said lead researcher Michael Kempe, noting that the study’s conclusions also align with a recent downswing in attendance at jousting matches.

Bootstrap Bio and Manhattan Genomics, which were pursuing human embryo editing to prevent serious disease, have shut down. www.wired.com/story/design...

Morning Sky. 9°C after early mist has cleared. Skylarks.

"Our Legacies of Enslavement team has found humanity and dignity, not blame or guilt, are at the heart of the conversation" #slavery #history www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

#OnThisDay 1066, and for the week that followed, Halley's Comet blazed across the sky, and was seen as a portent of doom.