Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 04/08/2026For the last few years, Brown's been shaken by (externally caused) crisis after crisis. For a brief moment all was calm, and then Pres Paxson announced that next year will be her last. I am sad... Grateful that she steered this ship away from choppy waters for as long as she did. Thank you, Chris! 030
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 28/07/2026California bars are doing WHAT?? And this is in 2026 (not 1984) HOW? 010
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaAnna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I am enjoying working on my plenary talk: Networks, Supply Chains, and Variational Inequalities for an exciting conference: Mathematics for the Real World next month in Odense, Denmark and Kyiv, Ukraine simultaneously. Many thanks to the organizers for inviting me. Info here: icmu.ua/en/events/ap... 061
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Latest in @theatlantic.com . Ukrainians are striking sites around Moscow. They are having strategic and economic impact, but their real target might be Putin. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comUkraine’s Plan to Unnerve PutinRecent drone attacks in the Moscow area reveal a multifaceted strategy. 231880
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Awesome news! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/t...nytimes.comTuring Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography 121
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This was a blast, and fun to emcee. Thanks, @browndailyherald.bsky.social, for a great article on our Spotlights event! www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...browndailyherald.comInaugural ‘Scholarship in the Spotlight’ event highlights applied mathematics, sociology, French and Francophone StudiesFaculty members from the three departments presented their programs’ histories and research. 031
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaEPIC @epic.org · 13/02/2026An article in the NYT today revealed Meta’s plan to take advantage of current political turmoil to sneak facial recognition into their smart glasses without enforcement bodies or privacy advocates noticing. But EPIC has noticed—and is ensuring that enforcers do, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...nytimes.comMeta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses 21817
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaAlexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I’m Alex Vindman and I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Chaos, corruption and sky-rocketing costs are crushing ordinary people, while the billionaires and career politicians profit. I stepped up when my country needed a soldier and now I’m stepping up again to fight for Floridians. 21341121098
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Those of us who have experienced living in a country with censorship (in my case, the USSR) know very well that it is precisely the stuff "they" don't want you to see that is ultimately most watched. Thanks to Bari Weiss's rookie mistake, *everyone* has seen this segment by now. 030
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 19/12/2025NYTimes: he's been found dead. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...nytimes.comUpdate from Glenn Thrush 010
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 14/12/2025My family and I are OK, but we live on campus and this is very scary. brown.edubrown.eduBrown University 3130
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/11/2025This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...theatlantic.comTrump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not PeaceWho would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine? 32192314244
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 22/11/2025The IACR in the news. We made a mistake, and the lesson is: Even cryptographers can't successfully run a relatively small online election that respects the secrecy of the ballot. Don't try this in national elections, people! @verifiedvoting.orgnytimes.comCryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results. 0125
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaAlexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸 USA! 🇺🇸 My favorite moment from yesterday’s #NoKings protest, veterans around me and a crowd of thousands of protestors chanting USA! 19767122
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaConor McDonough @conormcdonough.com · 18/10/2025#NoKings in Providence, Rhode Island #nokingsri 965894
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 05/10/2025 The turmoil last Spring was only the beginning...theatlantic.comA Deal That Would End Universities’ IndependenceThe free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction. 052
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaVerified Voting @verifiedvoting.org · 18/08/2025No president can decide how Americans vote — that power belongs to the states. Verified Voting wants to remind you that most voters already use paper ballots, & real solutions mean audits, cybersecurity & support for local officials. Read our statement: verifiedvoting.org/statement-ex...verifiedvoting.orgElection Veteran: No President Has The Authority To Run Elections 042
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 31/07/2025I am so honored to join @verifiedvoting.org's Board of Advisors! 120
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Identity/credential services should not be snooping on us. #nophonehomeaclu.orgDigital Identity Leaders and Privacy Experts Sound the Alarm on Invasive ID Systems | American Civil Liberties UnionSignatories, including the ACLU, warn officials of “Phone Home” feature of digital IDs that allows the government to track people’s daily lives 031
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaLance Fortnow @lance.fortnow.com · 23/05/2025The Economist runs a cover story on Trump's war on science www.economist.com/le... while the New York Times breaks down the NSF cuts www.nytimes.com/inte... 0114
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 22/05/2025First they hit us with cuts to Federal grant funding. Now they are hitting us by imposing taxes on endowments. What makes America truly great, what has, over centuries, made it a hub of thought and innovation, is what's targeted here. The Senate must stop this -- call your Senator now! 131
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaShriram Krishnamurthi @shriram.bsky.social · 01/05/2025My colleague Tom Doeppner retired after 49 years of teaching at @BrownCSDept. On his last day of class, a whole bunch of faculty and staff showed up and sang a song we made for him. You can feel the love! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2254...youtube.comA Song For Tom Doeppner At His Last LectureYouTube video by Brown CS 2322
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Harvard did the right thing!nytimes.comHarvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration DemandsFederal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful. 140
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaPaul Gowder @gowder.io · 11/04/2025COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back 159103883342
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 11/03/2025It ought to be clear by now that we are all going to the dogs, and antisemitism is only a pretext. (FWIW, I'm a Zionist.) Our only option is whether we do so with our heads held high, or whether we will first sing a swan song to their tune. I strongly prefer the former. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...ed.govU.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and HarassmentThe Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil... 020
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2025After three years of failure, Putin can’t win on the ground, but he can win in his enemies’ heads—if we let him. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comPutin’s Three Years of HumiliationThe Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it. 391760497
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/02/2025So I won US election but lost German. Plusses. Minuses. 422178250
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/02/2025"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible" The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today. snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...snyder.substack.comAppeasement at MunichWorld Wars, Past and Possible 621830750
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaJoseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @josephhall.org · 13/02/2025I'm proud to be among 107+ security experts and organizations calling on the UK Home Office to abandon its push for backdoors into encrypted services. Weakening encryption puts everyone at risk. Read the letter and join the fight for digital security.globalencryption.org 58830
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaEPIC @epic.org · 11/02/2025🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵 Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u... 413256
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaEPIC @epic.org · 28/01/2025#DataPrivacyDay reminds us about the importance of protecting personal information in our hyperconnected world. EPIC is proud to fight every day for digital transparency, privacy, and data safeguards. Join us in the privacy movement & protect your data by checking out the data privacy tips below. ⬇️ 3107
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaStefan Dziembowski @stedziembowski.bsky.social · 21/01/2025The videos and slides from the Warsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024 are now live. YT playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Website (with slides): ideas-ncbr.pl/en/events/pq...youtube.comWarsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024 - YouTubeThis playlist contains recordings of lectures from the Warsaw IACR Summer School on Post-Quantum Cryptography 2024. The event took place on July 15-19, 2024,... 0155
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaTimothy Edgar @timothy-edgar.bsky.social · 19/01/2025If we are serious about the national security risks of Chinese spies (or anyone else) getting our data from social media, banning TikTok won't do it: we need a real privacy law. My interview with @victorblackwell7.bsky.social and Amara Walker on @cnn.com video.snapstream.net/Play/ayGtaqd...video.snapstream.netCNN SUN 1_19_25__TIMOTHY EDGAR -CNN This Morning Weekend-2025-01-19.mp4Powered by SnapStream Cloud Sharing 001
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaTimothy Edgar @timothy-edgar.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The American people deserved better than this rushed Supreme Court decision on the #TikTok ban that ignored the viable alternatives we outlined in our national security scholars brief. My BBC interview with @anitaanand.bsky.social. www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...bbc.comTikTok updates: TikTok faces ban in US by Sunday after Supreme Court rejects appealThe Supreme Court has decided to uphold a law that would ban the hugely popular social media app in the US. 101
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaTimothy Edgar @timothy-edgar.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Whatever the risks to privacy and national security of #TikTok there are better alternatives that don't violate free speech. My interview with the Harvard Gazette. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...news.harvard.eduIs TikTok’s time nearly up? — Harvard GazettePrivacy and cybersecurity law expert examines national security, First Amendment issues as popular video website faces legal deadline. 001
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaLance Fortnow @lance.fortnow.com · 06/01/2025Cynthia Dwork and Ingrid Daubechies among the recipients of the National Medal of Science. www.whitehouse.gov/b...whitehouse.govPresident Biden Honors Nation’s Leading Scientists, Technologists, and Innovators | The White HouseToday, President Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation—our nation’s 1155
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 11/12/2024This is an organization that I very strongly support and urge you to do so, also. 030
Reposted by Anna LysyanskayaThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/11/2024Are we doing it right? #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/CTZvmGD 🖊️ @jasonadamk.bsky.social 1142537513
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 09/07/2024Thank you, Ben! That is exactly who they are. 020
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 19/06/2024Cryptographers comment on the EU Digital Identity Wallet architecture and reference framework: github.com/eu-digital-i...github.comCryptographers' Feedback on the EU Digital Identity’s ARF · Issue #200 · eu-digital-identity-wallet/eudi-doc-architecture-and-reference-frameworkThe EUDI Wallet Team of the European Commission invited subject-matter experts (i.e. cryptographers) to participate in a Webex meeting on June 5th or 6th, 2024, in which the team presented their cu... 1115
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 29/05/2024The word "incremental" should not be the kiss of death that it is. All research is incremental: increment by increment, you make progress! Katalin Karikó on how the discovery that brought us the mRNA Covid vaccine was received (from her memoir "Breaking Through," HIGHLY RECOMMEND): 011
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social · 04/04/2024Please urge your Representative to sign the discharge petition to vote on the aid to Ukraine. 020