Reposted by Ashley Shewsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 4hI have many great colleagues at Toronto Metropolitan University however i regret to inform them that one of their recent alums has conjured up the sickest burn imaginable, which is to pronounce TMU as "Temu" 1121
Reposted by Ashley ShewBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 12hAbsolutely 💯 Agree…. If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome. 391572292
Reposted by Ashley ShewRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 6hThe Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 27342841190
Reposted by Ashley Shewelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 3hso is this about thriving on hate clicks or do the ppl who run this publication genuinely hate academia? 3276
Reposted by Ashley ShewCishoot Billionscare @bennettelder.net · 3h"I am very poorly today and stupid and hate everyone and everything." Darwin when his friend Kreayshawn shows up before sunrise and asks if he's ready to Galapagos Hard. 161
Reposted by Ashley ShewThe Xylom @thexylom.com · 9hA joint study by Yale University and George Mason University found that those who are disengaged, doubtful, or dismissive of climate change tend to highly trust healthcare providers on the subject — even more than public officials from agencies like NASA and news organizations. (Published 2025)thexylom.comThe Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With PatientsLeveraging trust built over time, doctors hope to depolarize the issue and break through misinformation. 04010
Reposted by Ashley ShewElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next. 511427234
Reposted by Ashley ShewChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6hOk what’s the real story here? Union busting? Trying to get higher paid people to quit? 3948098
Ashley Shew @ashleyshoo.bsky.social · 14hI teach in 2 different buildings. In the one near the library and liberal arts, there’s fresh chalk every week for everyone’s use supplied by housekeeping. In the one that’s in an engineering building, there are no markers, and, if I leave markers for others to use, they are taken. 130
Reposted by Ashley ShewWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 18hwhenever we get close to seeing a systemic problem with policing, media rushes to frame it as a training problem. however, police culture is at the core of its mistreatment of victims and rape cases. policing is a tool of white supremacy AND *male* supremacy 5826244
Reposted by Ashley ShewDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 18hHardly a surprise Hegseth is saying this stuff so publicly now, when one of the Pentagon influencers has: • Called women a "pestilence" • Praised dictators like Pinochet and Franco • Said only people with children should be allowed vote www.wired.com/story/a-pent...wired.comA Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western CivilizationKurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting. 48564188
Reposted by Ashley ShewClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WAREHOUSE 13 MY BELOVED I miss that era of light procedurals with a speculative fiction twist. we need more CAPERS 1271
Reposted by Ashley Shewemmie malone 🏳️⚧️ @emmiemalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My department is hiring for a TT position in philosophy of technology! The job ad is pretty self-explanatory, but I will emphasis that this need not mean working on ai, we’re very open to other kinds of tech! I am also happy to answer any questions anyone might have! philjobs.org/job/show/32281philjobs.org Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology, San Jose State University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology, San Jose State University An international database of jobs for philosophers 31810
Reposted by Ashley ShewSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62330741091
Reposted by Ashley ShewEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/10/2026Going to be honest this might be my favourite headline of the AI bubble 341264210
Reposted by Ashley Shewaslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 01/10/2026An absolute hero. I am SO fucking proud to be a nurse and among such courageous people. Please spread the word of this Florence Nightingale level bravery. I hope that a way to support her legal fees becomes evident soon. Thank you, Chloe 🫶 211426
Reposted by Ashley Shewgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 423148765
Ashley Shew @ashleyshoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Last big push for mailers and materials for campaigns. If you want to support my friend and colleague Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown in their bid for Maryland’s 7th District House of Delegates, here’s a link where you can contribute now: secure.actblue.com/donate/brown...secure.actblue.comDonate to Ly Xinzhen Brown for DelegateShow your support with a contribution. 021
Reposted by Ashley ShewFazia Rizvi @faziarizvi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This nurse was a hero in the face of fascism and racists persecution, and hopefully someday we'll be able to see that in clear and unequivocal language. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comNurse charged with helping man in hospital escape from ICE custodyFBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in Michigan 0307
Reposted by Ashley ShewCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.democracynow.org/2026/9/30/he...democracynow.orgCalifornia Bans Law Enforcement Agents from Using Electric Shock GlovesCalifornia is banning local, state and federal law enforcement agents from using gloves that can release painful electric shocks to people in custody. The ban will take effect next year and remain in ... 412432
Reposted by Ashley ShewJustin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You ask for an example of good design that centers humans. I don't think it exists yet, and more to the point, I don't think we've really tried. 051
Reposted by Ashley ShewJustin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On the one hand this is obviously utopian. But at the same time, it represents a different concept of how humans relate to tools, and how tools relate to humans. I'm suggesting that we will be more successful if we incorporate accessibility into design from the beginning, not tweaking and iterating. 261
Reposted by Ashley ShewJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The way I have seen children fly down busy roads on these lately makes me so unbelievably scared for them. Busy roads, no helmets, scary speeds. Disaster waiting to happen.mcall.comE-scooters are too dangerous to recommend, Consumer Reports saysConsumer Reports said e-scooters were much faster than when the devices were first tested. 8428
Reposted by Ashley Shewertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Unboxing day! Over a decade in the making, NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE (PENN Press) is a material object. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way. For sale on October 20. @pennpress.bsky.social 1024050
Reposted by Ashley ShewDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026"ohhh noooo it's toooo powerful! it's gonna hack ur dudes!" style fear-hype for the governments, "invite this adorable bastard demon into your home; we super swear it can't and won't steal your true name (PII)" style lies for the plebs 512340
Reposted by Ashley ShewElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Three Florida counties have declared emergencies over Dengue Fever because the state is experiencing the most locally-transmitted cases since they began collecting the data 17 years ago.cbs12.comFlorida counties declare local emergencies as dengue cases riseDengue fever is here in Florida, prompting several Florida counties to issue a state of emergency for the mosquito-borne disease. 1111963
Reposted by Ashley ShewJustin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shane Ross at Virginia Tech created a simulation of what 500k orbital data centers, as proposed by SpaceX, would look like from your home latitude sdross0.github.io/orbital-data...sdross0.github.ioWhat would orbital data centers look like from your sky?500,000 satellites from SpaceX's FCC filing, two published brightness models and the real stars, for any latitude, date and time. Computed in your browser. 39164
Reposted by Ashley ShewKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12471331371
Reposted by Ashley Shewcageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026and, as a friend of mine pointed out recently, doing those small "menial" admin tasks helps keep our brains in shape. I don't think it's healthy to outsource our thinking. I don't want any robots doing household tasks for me unless it's literally washing the dishes & doing the laundry & stuff 5659
Reposted by Ashley ShewAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026i am such a broken record on this but it's a good thing to - know how to write your own emails - know how to find food you can make/eat - discover travel destinations - communicate directly w/your health care providers without just capitulating to whatever "AI" says/does 526458
Reposted by Ashley ShewAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026much discourse today about using/automating AI for "household tasks" and suchlike but mostly it just bums me out because yes, it's a hassle to do a lotta things! but also those "lotta things" include tasks that enrich (or benefit) our lives -- from cooking to travel plans to doc appts 1417519
Reposted by Ashley ShewElizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a great PSA for *not* using Gen AI for your health information: “If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise… if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection… A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.” 051
Reposted by Ashley ShewAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026A return to the pre-Trump federal research funding infrastructure would not be a good thing for the humanities. Better than what we have now, but still woefully inadequate to the scale of humanities research needed to address major social problems from AI to global warming. $1 billion NEH!! 0354
Reposted by Ashley ShewAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026Democrats defend "science," but what they really should be defending is "wissenschaft." No major social problems - from global warming to AI - can be solved without non-commercial research across multiple fields, including the social sciences and humanities. Really wish the party understood this. 513836
Reposted by Ashley ShewRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard 443239413
Reposted by Ashley ShewKelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet. 814186528
Reposted by Ashley ShewThe Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Never doubt the positive effects of participating in online social communities with medically fragile hermits. Moral support, fundraising, networking, etc. can have outsized positive effects on lonely people like me who really, *really* need a win. #ShareGoodNewsToo #MutualAid #HelpSky 0249
Reposted by Ashley ShewJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1454421445
Reposted by Ashley ShewAndrew @andykoesy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think Schmitt and his team just got confused with a simple mix-up...Iowa Hawkeyes with Caitlin Clark...Clark Kellogg called a couple Atlanta Hawks games...Clark Griswald's company made a cereal crunch enhancer and also lived in Illinois, which is next to Iowa...simple mistake really. 1151
Reposted by Ashley ShewSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sen. Dick Durbin, top-ranking Judiciary Democrat, reacts to Eric Schmitt's moment, calling it "so embarrassing" for the institution. "We want to get the facts straight. I'm sorry the senator said that." Durbin, a 30-year incumbent, says he's never seen an error like that before. 2627159
Reposted by Ashley ShewS.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet? 18773991853
Reposted by Ashley ShewErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comRiley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding ClaimsGaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete. 1465024968
Reposted by Ashley ShewEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a survivor reading between the lines of this very carefully written story it sounds like Jonathan McKinsey was a trans man in an abusive and controlling marriage who was targeted for violence repeatedly by his ex-wife and her parents and eventually murdered. But as a reporter? I can't be sure.nytimes.comCouple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76. 1149298
Reposted by Ashley ShewElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comCouple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76. 281756572
Reposted by Ashley ShewDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895439936
Reposted by Ashley ShewCasey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026God I hate being right. 141534416