Reposted by BennettMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If anyone here directly knows the folks at HappyCow and can help me get in touch, I would be so grateful!! 125
Reposted by BennettTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026these people axed their writing center 616254
Reposted by BennettMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just wanna note my appreciation for @marisul.bsky.social & @jasminsinger.com 🌱 Vegan/animal rights world media is important. And nothing compares to audio experientially for making it feel like they're in your home, at the table with you 1151
Bennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 17/09/2026It's obviously impt not to let the AI labs write their own regulation, but I feel like if Exxon researchers HAD spent the 1970s raising the alarm about CO2, some of us here woulda decided ""climate change"" was a monopolistic conspiracy against 3rd-world state-owned oil & working-class automobility 072
Reposted by Bennettkate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 29/08/2026as someone whose life was altered permanently from a concussion i think you should wear a helmet and no i don't think wearing one lets drivers "off the hook" or whatever. there's more than one way to hit your head while riding a bike. 1535623
Reposted by BennettLucia C. Neco (Luba) @luciacneco.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Definitely worth a read, and a great conversation starter with students! #philsci #philsky 392
Reposted by BennettFaith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“A prominent UW-Madison professor and artificial intelligence expert has resigned after an investigation found he violated a university policy on consensual relationships…Scheufele has since been hired by Arizona State University’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.” 21814
Reposted by BennettKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026UPDATE: Victor Marx says an anonymous out-of-state company made a “silly mistake” in a campaign finance filing listing him as the owner. Marx says he’s not the one profiting from his online campaign store selling merch and meetings with Marx for up to $1299. 5042793
Reposted by BennettMarina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 28/08/2026PLS READ: California's pro-housing turn is facing one of its hardest tests yet. The state is on track to create an exception to a law mandating that local govts allow more density on single-family lots for Altadena as it rebuilds from last year's fire 1/ www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comThe most sympathetic case for NIMBYism is still wrongWildfires leveled thousands of homes in California. Now the state could block even more from being built. 5296
Reposted by BennettZenz @therealzenz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Monday's special Madison Council meeting about the city's clearing of Willy&Baldwin worth a watch. Mayor says plans to clear it developed largely in secret to prevent a leak; city acted from safety concerns and increasing number of homeless rather than protesters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8h0...youtube.comCommon Council: Meeting of August 24, 2026YouTube video by City of Madison Wisconsin 143
Bennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 24/08/2026>cage-free reforms have been a good thing, because they have made a terrible system that we can’t simply wave away with a magic wand less bad. But more profound change will require consumers to demand something more than cheap animal products ~ @mbolotnikova.bsky.social 🎁 www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comCage-free eggs are worse for the climate. Does it matter?Here’s what to consider instead. 183
Reposted by BennettKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Victor Marx's campaign says its unlimited purchase merch shop selling a meetings with Marx for $1299 is legal because the money doesn't go to the campaign. So where does the money go? The campaign isn't saying. 56793215
Bennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 21/08/2026"The law also includes a surprising twist: You can get married under 18, but you can’t get divorced." The GOP state senator defending this on "parental rights" grounds has run unopposed twice in a row www.wpr.org/news/child-m...wpr.orgChild marriage with parental consent is still legal in Wisconsin. Republicans have blocked Democratic efforts to change thatDuring the most recent legislative session, Senate and Assembly child marriage bills sat in committees led by state Sen. Chris Kapenga and state Rep. Patrick Snyder. The bills died without a committee... 1125
Reposted by BennettMagdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AcademicSky @nature.com 34850
Reposted by BennettBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I don't think we should accept fundamentally right-wing framings about how people who work in offices don't have real jobs and are unmanly. 732318334
Reposted by BennettIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"if there was a cure to cancer they wouldnt sell it to you, to sell you chemo instead" (actual market): holy fuck these guys mightve cured melanoma BUY BUY BUY 241829362
Reposted by BennettRoadsides @roadsides.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Working on storage as infrastructure? Submit a proposal for an article, photo essay or other formats! @moritzkasper.bsky.social @saydrandle.bsky.social www.roadsides.net/collections/... #storage #infrastructures #circulation #data #sts 032
Reposted by BennettMark Pocan @markpocan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Questions for Congressman Tom Tiffany: 1) You voted to give data centers sixty eight billion dollars in tax cuts. Why? 2. You voted to ban Wisconsin from regulating A.I. for next 10 years. Why? Your “opposition” to data centers doesn’t stand up to your voting record, Tom. 🧐 12712
Reposted by BennettMarie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026OMG LADS LOOK AT THE WALRUSES TONIGHT 111166272
Reposted by BennettThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Democrats should start funding papers in news deserts 922639
Reposted by Bennettlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/08/2026the fact that there's a 🫑 emoji and an 🧅 emoji but no celery emoji shows as a society we still have a long way to go until cajun cooking is normalized in this country 381815208
Reposted by BennettDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What's the difference between this and a pig-butchering scam text, exactly? 082
Reposted by BennettBrad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 17/08/2026Tulane History is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of History and Political Economy. It's a joint appointment with Tulane's Murphy Institute and we're excited to continue our department's growth. Please share widely! tulane-ibqejb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...tulane-ibqejb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comDepartment of History and the Murphy Institute Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) in History and Political EconomyShort Position Description 114
Reposted by BennettSarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Amphibian illustrations from ‘Abbildungen zu Oken’s Allgemeiner Naturgeschichte für alle Stände’ by Lorenz Oken. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1843. University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Special Collections. #naturalhistory #Amphibians #Salamanders #animalart 1103
Reposted by BennettWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 18/08/2026you get scolded for taking a longer shower because Adolf McKulak in the Central Valley literally has a semi-feudal right to use as much as he wants to grow some of the most water intensive crops in the world, often for export overseas 111142156
Reposted by BennettStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It’s pretty hard to implement an electoral system that’s categorically worse than the one we already have, but top-two manages to do that 927058
Reposted by BennettSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty. It's not. It's agriculture. 7236461228
Reposted by BennettSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026And here's the best part: "Tehee but at least agriculture uses the water to make food!" Uh, you'd be surprised! Farmers are INCENTIVIZED TO WASTE WATER. To use more than we need, to grow thirsty crops in deserts, etc. A whole lot of that massive ag water use DOES NOT MEANINGFULLY GROW FOOD. 181039214
Reposted by BennettKent Lind @camasonian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We have data on this. The blue is all the non-ag human use: 18866171
Bennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 18/08/2026The choice between becoming a "let people build things" libertarian or a "speed limits are fascism" libertarian is yours 030
Reposted by BennettCon Flambers @themagicconch19.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Long suspected that these texts and emails are designed to prey on the elderly, and Adam Bonica here documents it in meticulous detail. Underrated thing that is harming trust in the party in a huge way. Highly recommend this piece. Amazing to see that he was threatened with legal action for this. 142
Reposted by BennettLOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Speed cameras should be a thing but they should be forced to discard all license plate data not related to a speeding incident. The state should secretly try to buy this data and flay the CEO if it exists 713216
Reposted by BennettMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/08/2026I'm listening, I'm learning. Safety first, NYC. 852345334422
Bennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 17/08/2026"An 85-year-old retiree in [OH] made more than 7800 donations totaling over $648000 to Democratic causes, more than double the estimated value of his home. A 91-year-old woman in a senior living facility in Indy donated over 25000 times, over $250000, burning through money she may need for care" 030
Reposted by BennettOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763132016
Reposted by BennettOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I've watched the right use this communication strategy (and close cousins of it) my entire life - and of course, it is much older. quick examples: "solar panels fail at night", "not all men" etc. In each case a true statement is made, yet each is a case of the bad kind of propaganda. 2/ 62424257
Reposted by BennettWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I think characterizing all this as the result of the “culture war,” as FIRE does, is wildly inaccurate. But this passage rings true: the problem with massed online attention is that it seizes your identity and turns you into a caricature for people to performatively attack or defend. It’s awful. 1011417
Reposted by BennettPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026the concern with the Arday story isn’t the fact of the media coverage, it’s the volume. it’s perfectly reasonable that there would be some coverage of the story, and basically indefensible that there was as much as there was. 352377236
Reposted by BennettJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Random but if you worked for Us Weekly or Entertainment Weekly between 2015 and 2022 please DM me I have an important project. 05825
Reposted by BennettMike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026countofcounting.substack.com/p/data-on-ru...countofcounting.substack.comData on rural communities and their racial makeup could be suppressed under Trump administration’s orderRURAL AREAS AND small communities are at risk of having their data suppressed under a new order issued by the Trump administration’s Commerce Department, limiting the types of privacy protections stat... 112
Reposted by BennettSam @samd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026it’s pretty frustrating how all of the dumbest leftists on Twitter are boosting the Tiffany campaign’s deceptive clipping to get points against Crowley 1016113
Reposted by BennettKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026BUT WHAT ABOUT HER EMALS www.wsj.com/us-news/trum... *her is the USS George H.W. Bush, EMALS is the new and better electromagnetic catapult system Trump has ordered discontinued in favor of old steam catapultswsj.comExclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Older Tech on Aircraft Carriers, Costing BillionsThe Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults. 1522858
Reposted by BennettMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Does anyone have a good guide to reading academic history articles for new undergrads? I want to really drill down on reading skills this year but many students have never read anything longer than a page, and that's just alien to me. Help? 137428
Reposted by BennettNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Society taken over by grown adults still bitter about college. I didn't get into my first choice! I was assigned a reading I didn't like! Something I said got criticism and dirty looks instead of praise! I'm still annoyed about that argument we had! That is now the basis of institutional policies. 361117172
Reposted by BennettJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I had a great time talking with @annhandley.bsky.social @cloeax.bsky.social and @sashastiles.bsky.social at the @wbur.org festival about AI /creativity. The transcript of our chat is now posted and here's something I said that is central to how I've been thinking about AI /1 1278
Reposted by BennettPaul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is a long and detailed internal analysis of why 'race realist' Nathan Cofnas was hired by University of Ghent despite his apparent lack of qualifications for the job. 212542
Reposted by Bennettjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 15/08/2026Just thinking back on the role of overt white supremacists in fueling mainstream news stories about higher education scandals. 211846
Bennett @bennettmcintosh.com · 15/08/2026Wow, the OMB/NSF's attempt to eliminate the National Center for Atmospheric Research (among many other cuts to CO) sure seems to not just be climate denial but part of a coordinated effort to punish CO for convicting Tina Peters of tampering with voting machines www.denverpost.com/2026/08/14/c... 010