Reposted by Damir CosicWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11hThe Hague is far too good for Stephen Miller 431243395
Reposted by Damir CosicStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 8hToday's student rally at the historic Place de la Bastille. 118458
Reposted by Damir Cosicjon christian @jonchristian.net · 07/10/2026NEW: Meta is refusing to remove horrible AI-generated videos of graphic child abuse, including a baby being roasted in an oven futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comMeta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Facebook Videos of Graphic Child Abuse, Including a Baby Roasting in an OvenWe sent Meta 19 Facebook accounts sharing AI-generated videos of graphic child abuse. 24 hours later, it hadn't taken them down. 1113959
Reposted by Damir CosicKen Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 271579932
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026According to Gil Duran (the Nerd Reich), there was much more there. He shows that Vance accepted some of Yarvin’s extreme ideas and they also had a personal connection through Thiel. 041
Reposted by Damir CosicElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late. 652267523
Reposted by Damir CosicAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the Biden administration, l led the team that developed what was arguably the first White House “AI safety” framework, the AI Bill of Rights. David Robinson, author of this forthright and sobering essay about risk culture at OpenAI and in Silicon Valley was on that team. 10443188
Reposted by Damir CosicErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... 9489306
Reposted by Damir CosicKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422937968
Reposted by Damir CosicSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column. 771583645
Reposted by Damir CosicParkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is insane. 1763636904
Reposted by Damir CosicScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Essential reading from Steve Vladeck. And he's right, this is explicitly a regime of "deportation to torture," with the express approbation of SCOTUS. Are the justices committing serious crimes under international law? Yes. They are. And they appear to be proud to enable their dictator.open.substack.com254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture. 34827
Reposted by Damir CosicEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 13974417
Reposted by Damir CosicPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 421685446
Reposted by Damir CosicAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle 17553611060
Reposted by Damir CosicKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 653022990
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026just incredibly shameful. at every step, MAGA justices show that they support the cruelty and racism of this regime. 000
Reposted by Damir CosicNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nearly 40% of survivors who report to their schools are pushed out in one way or another—usually, at the urging of school staff who want them to leave. (In comparison, less than 1% of perpetrators are suspended or expelled.) 2314110
Reposted by Damir CosicNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31878638
Reposted by Damir CosicMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social on justice at Cornell: we have an institution that issues a suspension on track for deportation for someone engaging in free speech and protest on campus, but made rapists write an essay in private. 329075
Reposted by Damir CosicMiddlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This should have gotten a hell of a lot more news! The United States was the only NO vote at the Commission on the Status of Women, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday. America voted AGAINST women’s rights! healthpolicy-watch.news/us-isolated-...healthpolicy-watch.newsOnly US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy WatchPresident of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to 911479
Reposted by Damir CosicDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system. 15115911002
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026theguardian.comUS supreme court lifts restrictions on controversial voter databaseTrump and officials claimed it combats voting by noncitizens but critics said it could disenfranchise eligible voters 000
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I know, I was wondering about that too. Why would the court go along with it? 131
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I tried a few in the top 20, but the only two I liked enough to see all episodes are the Wire and Atlanta. 000
Reposted by Damir CosicJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25/09/2026In which my RNS colleague @bmietana.bsky.social tracks the "Rise of the Jim Crow theobros." Fascinating an unsettling reporting here, but this is a key line: "…along the way, they are turning outrage into cash." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...religionnews.comThe rise of the Jim Crow theobros(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ... 712357
Reposted by Damir CosicPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Georgia’s second-largest school district has abruptly banned Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from school library shelvesgpb.orgGeorgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials. 43512284
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Journal article references. LLMs often make them up. Not because they want to do it but because a made up reference is indistinguishable from a real one in their probabilistic world. A person can make this distinction with certainty. 000
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not because of different nature. I don’t claim to know why we know some things absolutely, but we do, and LLMs don’t. 100
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We can, at least for some categories of statements. There are no such categories for LLMs. Everything is probabilistic, which is why the hallucinations problem is so difficult to solve. It’s inherent to how they are built. 100
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Knowing the facts plays a key role in human reasoning. If we’re talking about LLMs’ “reasoning”, we have to consider what it means that their “knowledge” of facts is probabilistic. 110
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A key feature of human cognition is that, for some types of statements we can determine with absolute certainty whether they are true or not. There are no such statements for LLMs. Every determination they make is probabilistic. 100
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is not getting at my question. Sure we can measure the rate at which an LLM distinguishes facts from fiction and that rate is probably better than chance. But if we are talking about LLMs’ “reasoning” and how different it is from human reasoning, we have to go beyond that. 100
Damir Cosic @damircosic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Where do you stand on LLMs’ ability to distinguish facts from fiction? 110
Reposted by Damir CosicProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412114136090
Reposted by Damir CosicAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026DC locals, come join us for a screening and a panel discussion this Thursday! 27831
Reposted by Damir CosicThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wilber’s attorney: “Wilber has a bullet lodged near his spine and is losing feeling on the left side of his body.” #AbolishICE @DoorDash 19539981880
Reposted by Damir CosicTruthout @truthout.org · 21/09/2026A UN report has concluded that the U.S.’s boat strike campaign in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean has violated international law and “plausibly” amounts to crimes against humanity, a label reserved for the worst human rights violations in global conflicts.truthout.orgUN Report Finds US Boat Strikes Violate International Law, Are “Plausibly” Crimes Against HumanityThe report says that the US must prosecute those responsible, suggesting murder charges. 317886
Reposted by Damir CosicRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Toxicologist here. If you have a working liver and kidneys then you are already “detoxing.” Supplement use is one of the leading causes of liver and kidney failure. The only thing you’re getting rid of when you fall for these predatory wellness grifts is your money. 20691262
Reposted by Damir CosicBen Johnson @ailaexecdir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026DHS purposely broke the asylum system and now has the audacity to blame immigration lawyers & AILA for the wreckage. AILA won’t stand for the false claims, rather, we stand for the highest standards of professional responsibility. 215937
Reposted by Damir CosicJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17/09/2026Two notes here: 1. Hard to convey how unusual it is for an admin to be pitted against this many religious groups in *so many different ways* all at the same time in court. The Trump admin is an outlier here. 2. I’m a religion reporter, but unclear why this trend hasn’t gotten more attention. 825695
Reposted by Damir CosicChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In response to my @talkingpointsmemo.com story, the Florida Democratic Party issues statement calling on Florida GOP leaders — Ron DeSantis, Byron Donalds, and Ashley Moody — to take a stand against Marshall Rawson. "We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor... 10331116
Reposted by Damir CosicMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started 23086351532
Reposted by Damir CosicErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"In the video, 45-year-old Rahiem Kubisty is heard saying, “I need an ambulance.” An officer responds, “What do you need an ambulance for, big dog?” followed by, “You ran from us,” and, “Stupid bitch,” and again, “You ran from us. You’re lucky you didn’t get more.”"21alivenews.com21Investigates: Suspect’s family, witness challenge FWPD actions in viral arrestTwo Fort Wayne police officers are off patrol and on restrictive duty after video of an arrest surfaced on social media over the weekend. The suspect’s family says officers crossed the line into retal... 1112138
Reposted by Damir CosicJanai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026VICTORY! The Supreme Court held the Postal Service CANNOT enforce restrictions on mail-in voting that would have disenfranchised countless voters after LDF and co-counsel blocked the rule on behalf of a coalition of nonpartisan organizations. When we FIGHT,we WIN! www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...naacpldf.orgU.S. Supreme Court Blocks Postal Service From Restricting Mail BallotsCourt leaves a preliminary injunction in place through the November election; USPS cannot withhold mail ballots from voters In a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, the U.... 25016
Reposted by Damir CosicNBER @nber.org · 14/09/2026Federal flood buyouts help households adapt to climate risk. But households of color receive at least 6 percent less compensation, with stark differences in where families relocate, from Kay Jowers, Lala Ma, and Christopher D. Timmins www.nber.org/papers/w35726 097
Reposted by Damir CosicKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground. 543757840
Reposted by Damir CosicAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe wrong platform for scienceDaniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu... 7531283
Reposted by Damir CosicTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026The last few days is like a DDOS attack from these companies 🙄 I just finished drafting an op-ed and then see another OMG Machine god is going to kill everyone 😱 post Ok walk me through the step by step action this super intelligent chatbot takes to render everyone us extinct? 481126234