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Claudia Scholz

@claudiascholz.bsky.social
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employee: University of Virginia School of #DataScience founder: #DataJustice Academy member: United Campus Workers of Virginia former employee: Spelman College, Trinity University Mastodon: claudia@cville.online

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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Justice Louis Brandeis:
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The great thing about AI is that if the claims made for it turn out to be false it will destroy the economy, and if the claims made for it turn out to be true it will also destroy the economy.
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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social. Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi... With @yasmincurzi.com
Poster of the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series, featuring the fifth event: "Data Work and Political Participation." It has a white background with red letters on top, and white letters on a red background in the middle.
The poster lists the speakers: Milagros Miceli (DAIR Institute) and Tatiana Dias (The Intercept Brasil), as well as the moderator, Yasmin Curzi. The event takes place on October 29, 11am EDT. It is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia. There are two logos at the bottom: UVA DTD Lab and UVA School of Data Science.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Opinion | The Human Cost of Javier Milei’s Assault on Science and History
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Even if you benefit, you lose, because your neighbors will be worse off.
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How much will you save or lose with Trump’s ‘big’ tax bill?
How will Trump’s tax bill affect your finances? Check out its effects using this calculator.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Opinion | Drop the 1990s tactics. Here’s how Democrats can win today.
Compelling candidates who run against the political establishment can save the Democratic Party from Trump.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Opinion | Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Live Updates: U.S. Enters War With Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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The Tick Situation Is Getting Worse. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Opinion | Obama Isn’t Going to Save You
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Video shows Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from DHS news conference | CNN Politics
Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California was confronted by security and forcibly removed from a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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‘This is coming for everyone’: A new kind of AI bot takes over the web
As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI chatbots.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Research Update: Okra, fenugreek extracts remove most microplastics from water - American Chemical Society
Researchers report in ACS Omega that okra and/or fenugreek extracts attracted and removed up to 90% of microplastics in ocean water, freshwater and groundwater.
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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
If attempted, this would constitute flagrant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
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Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
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Dr Rebecca Hall WakeProductions @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade | Judith Levine
The media has focused on the price tag and potholes. But history may mark 14 June as the ceremonial birth of US fascism
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Millions of Americans hit with bad credit after missed student loan payments
More than 2 million Americans’ credit scores were dinged suddenly by student loan delinquencies. Now they’re struggling to navigate pricier loans and housing uncertainty.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Today on TAP: Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
"This isn’t a coalition government; it’s a royal court. Trump is surrounded by courtiers who wield influence so long as they maintain his favor and not a moment longer. When is the last time he heard the word “no,” or was told, “I’m sorry, sir, you can’t”? "
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Opinion | One Moment That Foretold It All (Gift Article)
The most consequential day of Donald Trump’s second term came before it even began.
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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 25/04/2025
We finally got our union made stickers for the @civictechallies.bsky.social! If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out! hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st... #civictech
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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This Friday (4/25), 11am EDT, we have the 1st webinar in our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series. The month's topic is digital colonialism with @avilarenata.bsky.social (OKF) & Marília Maciel (Diplo). Free & open to the public, co-organized w/ @yasmincurzi.com. Register virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer for the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series. It features abstract patterns in the colours white, dark purple and light purple. There is a QR code for registration and the following information:
Digital colonialism, April 25, 11:00-12:15pm EDT
Renata Ávila, Open Knowledge Foundation
Marília Maciel, Diplo Foundation
Moderated by Yasmin Curzi
Co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia
Logos: UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab and School of Data Science
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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At Least 6 Hospitalized After Shooting at FSU: Live Updates (Gift Article)
The police said one person was in custody after gunshots were reported at the student union building. A shelter-in-place order was lifted after university officials said the threat had been “neutraliz...
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds"
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DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group
A representative of DOGE met with leaders of the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Opinion | Have food prices changed since Trump’s inauguration? We are tracking it.
In partnership with Numerator, we’re tracking inflation over more than 30 essential ingredients for your daily food consumption.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Understanding DOGE and Your Data – Ash Center
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"Lesotho's... 2.3 million citizens spend an average of only $3 on American goods and services each year not because they’re trying to cheat the United States but because they have very little money. And what of the stuff that Americans buy from Lesotho? Diamonds top the list."
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Opinion | The Childish Tariff Formula That Will Reshape the Global Economy (Gift Article)
Trump said repeatedly that the tariffs are “reciprocal,” but that’s not true. The rates were calculated using a childish formula based on trade imbalances.
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Me talking to @felixsalmon.com about how the non-sensical claim that European VATs are tariffs and that we should retaliate with equal-sized tariffs is just a way to grab revenue to finance tax cuts tilted to the wealthy. www.axios.com/2025/03/31/e...
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We’re potentially talking about a bigger increase in the effective tariff rate than Smoot-Hawley at a time when: 1.) Trade is a bigger part of our economy so the economic effects are larger 2.) Inflation is too high instead of too low (it was negative 2.7% in 1930 when Smoot-Hawley happened).
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Axios @axios.com · 02/04/2025
Tariff pain is not shared equally: The less money you make, the more Trump's proposed higher taxes on imports will hurt. That does not mean middle-class or wealthy Americans are going to escape unscathed.
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Trump tariffs would hit lower-income Americans hardest
Tariffs are another blow to people struggling with higher prices.
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Fresh op-ed from former NEC Director Brainard lays out how the combo of spending cuts & tariffs being considered easily swamp whatever gains low- and middle-income families get from tax cuts. Bottom 60% is worse off. This doesn't even include the tariffs being announced today.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State asking them to self-deport... It is not just students who participated in campus activism but also those who shared or liked ‘anti-national’ posts that are the target of these emails."
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Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism - The Times of India
US News: The US Department of State has asked hundreds of international students, including Indians, to self-deport over alleged campus activism. Learn about the visa revocations and government polici...
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Opinion | Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia
Investing in scientific research and development is vital to U.S. security.
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Jim Duncan @jimduncan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Sigh. scienceimpacts.org
Charlottesville City looks to lose $35 million as a result of federal health research cutsMap showing Albemarle looks to lose $35 million as a result of federal health research cuts
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb (Gift Article)
The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Masked agents whisk away Tufts student from sidewalk, video shows
The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves through the academic community.
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Em Gunter 顧安 🍉 @emgunter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Full Speech: Professor @tframpton.bsky.social at today's walkout at UVA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj29...
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Full Speech: Professor Thomas Frampton at UVA Walkout [26 March 2025]
YouTube video by Em Gunter
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Opinion | What is DOGE’s Real Goal? (Gift Article)
Santi Ruiz, a senior editor at the Institute for Progress, examines what DOGE has been trying to accomplish in its first few months.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Hey Central VA and Valley folks. Take this fire weather warning seriously and spread the word.
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Job alert: We’re hiring a post-doc research fellow to work with our Trustworthy Infrastructures program on a project exploring how post-industrial communities adapt to socioeconomic transformations driven by the tech industry. Learn more & apply by April 18! job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Trustworthy Infrastructures
New York, NY
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Axios @axios.com · 07/03/2025
BREAKING: The Trump administration announced it's immediately pulling about $400 million in federal grants and contracts from Columbia University.
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Trump yanks $400 million from Columbia over allegations of antisemitism
The Trump administration accused Columbia of failing to address "persistent harassment of Jewish students."
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 04/03/2025
We put together a resource so you can track mask ban legislation and take action against it: www.stopmaskbans.com
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Stop Mask Bans
Take action to stop mask bans.
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Claudia Scholz @claudiascholz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This report is so important right now.
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