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Dr. Aria Halliday

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Randolph Potts @rpotts-sawubona.blacksky.app · 7h
Timnit Gebru, 2026 Right Livelihood Laureate & pioneering AI researcher challenges the concentration of power in the tech industry, argues that behind "autonomous" AI systems are humans deciding whose data is used, what resources consumed, who owns the technology-and are responsible when harm occurs
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DD Wallace, PhD, MSPH @dra-wallace.bsky.social · 10h
I always have to run extra risk assessments across levels of the academy (not just at the department level).
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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 9h
I just hope it’s truly independent and not the usual shitshow of faking independence but hiring minions.
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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 8h
University just published the crime data (all are required to do so by October 1). So excited to chat with my students about it
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Tom Cruise: Cool Smile & Sunglasses Reveal
ALT: Tom Cruise: Cool Smile & Sunglasses Reveal
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
dots and muses and cute fuzzy surveillance tools!
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OpenAI debuts Dots AI agents in challenge to Meta’s popular Muse agent
OpenAI debuted its Dots AI agent at its DevDay 2026.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 29/09/2026
Despite one call to the police suggesting one of the deaths may be related to some form of overdose, there is no evidence yet available suggesting that the kratom recovered from both scenes was the cause of the deaths. www.mississippifreepress.org/2-university...
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2 University of Mississippi Students Found Dead, Causes of Death Unknown
Two University of Mississippi students were found dead in separate incidents on Sept. 21. Causes of death for each student are pending.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's the introduction to the new issue of the Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS), written by me and my co-editor Dr Alisha Lola Jones: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
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Editors’ Introduction
America is now in a moment—not its first—where backlash enjoys the full force of political authority. The lines between paramilitary and military, militia and police force, vigilante justice and the l...
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Only rich people are allowed to do social work, art, study religion, educate others, and create music is the uptick.
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I Was a Mess”: Barry Jenkins Revisits Moonlight, 10 Years Later www.vanityfair.com/story/barry-...
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“I Was a Mess”: Barry Jenkins Revisits 'Moonlight', 10 Years Later
Ahead of a rerelease of the Oscar-winning film, in theaters on October 2, Jenkins reveals the film’s emotional hold on him, the best-picture mix-up that sent him to therapy, and the challenges of the ...
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, 404 Media has learned. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Sccop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Dr. Christine M. Slaughter @cmslaughter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The figures in this post are sobering!
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/09/2026
At least 62 people have died after days of heavy rain and flooding in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, officials said. The state government said 46 people were injured and more than 1,000 houses were damaged after three days of heavy rainfall caused flooding in several districts.
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Heavy rain and flooding kill at least 62 in northern India
Officials say at least 62 people have died after days of heavy rain and flooding in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state. 46 people were injured and more than 1,000 houses were damaged.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 28/09/2026
patriarchy is humanity's oldest protection racket patriarchs: you should give up most of your power and freedom to us because the world is big and scary and dangerous and we will protect you from the danger also patriarchs: *are the danger*
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on earth." — Jimmy Carter #violenceagainstwomen
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Shellene Drakes-Tull @shellenedrakestull.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Caribana tabanca setting in yet? My Midnight Mas playlist started with 20 songs. It now has 60. Soca. Afrobeats. Dancehall. R&B. Mas. Music. Murder. This is what Midnight Mas sounds like: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #MidnightMas #Caribana #carnival
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026
More than 1 million people are taking weight-loss drugs without any apparent medical reason to do so, a new study found. And researchers say those findings are almost certainly an undercount.
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GLP-1 Prescriptions for People With No Medical Need Are Climbing
A new study identified more than 1 million people taking weight-loss drugs without any apparent medical reason to do so.
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don't buy American produce. Another example: Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada and the company tried to cover it up. #BoycottUSA #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 25/09/2026
Since 2022, the Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance has worked to empower communities to challenge harmful practices in the criminal legal system. This week they got a major win, after a judge ruled that Texas must air-condition all prisons by the end of 2029.
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The ‘lionesses’ who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won
A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
And this is why I won’t be updating to iOS27 on my devices or CPU.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 25/09/2026
“This grand jury result leaves us with more questions than answers. Nolan's family will not rest until we know what happened to him, and neither will we," Ben Crump said on Sept. 22. buff.ly/Rd1Zza4
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Crump Releases Full Independent Autopsy of Nolan Wells, Maintains That Questions Remain
Attorney Ben Crump released the Nolan Wells’ independent autopsy, a day after a grand jury returned no true bill in the investigation of Wells’ death.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
…I am rolling my eyes loudly.
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A Series of Hanging Deaths Has Black Families Demanding Answers capitalbnews.org/black-hangin...
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A Series of Hanging Deaths Has Black Families Demanding Answers
Over the past year, at least 10 Black people have been found hanging from trees, with some deaths ruled suicides that families question.
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder Detained at United Nations Netanyahu Protest www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder Detained at United Nations Netanyahu Protest
Fellow actor Caleb Hearon was also among the nearly 100 demonstrators taken into custody ahead of the Israeli leader addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
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Dr. Aria Halliday @drariahalliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today a student asked to see a picture of my baby. I keep thinking this is a result of social media’s parasocial nature because I never ever even thought about asking my profs about their family. This semester especially I feel like students are REALLY intrusive about my life.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/09/2026
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week above 7% for the first time since January 2025, the latest affordability setback for prospective homebuyers following a five-week run of rate increases.
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Mortgage rates climb for 5th straight week, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan above 7%
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week above 7% for the first time since January 2025, the latest affordability setback for prospective homebuyers following a five-week run of rate increases.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
This month's @motherjones.com cover is astounding. Reposted with alt text:
Cover of the September-October issue of Mother Jones Magazine: a white background with the words "50 years of fearless journalism" in black print, centered above the name/logo of the magazine in large Bright Red. Below that in black, the words "the southern strategy — jim crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."

And then, framing those words, there are two sets of robes: to the left, the simple black robes of the Judicial Branch of the United States Government, as a Supreme Court Justice might wear; to the right, the white robes and hood of the KKK.

A white person's hand with cuff of business suit and shirt visible, reaches into the scene from the right, poised to grab the Klan robes.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
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Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
See you in L.A. bestie! In conversation with Sarah Kessler at USC on October 6! #Audiofuturism @fordhampress.bsky.social
Flyer for an event titled Audiofuturism and Out of Sync featuring andre carrington and Sarah Rebecca Kessler at the University of Southern California
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Michigan is giving an Israeli military company $1 million to build a hub in the same state where thousands of residents are watching Israel demolish their homeland. “I’m sure most Michiganders would agree that legitimizing war crimes for potentially creating 125 jobs is a moral catastrophe.”
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 20/09/2026
It’s the 53rd anniversary of the Battle of the Sexes. While this is the most famous thing BJK did in 1973, it was actually the culmination of one hell of a run of activism by her that year. I wrote about it 3 years ago for @texasmonthly.bsky.social: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
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The “Battle of the Sexes” Sparked 50 Years of Sports Progress
Billie Jean King's 1973 victory over Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome capped off a summer of momentous change led by the tennis great.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
americana (complimentary)
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Aw shucks: Dolly Parton corn mazes crop up in fields nationwide
Dolly Parton’s megawatt smile and big wavy locks are gracing cornfields across the U.S. and in Canada this fall
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19/09/2026
Our Fall 2026 catalog is here! New books from @jwashing.bsky.social, Noura Erakat and John Reynolds, Saul Williams, @khadijahqueen.com, Daniel Hosang, @hadasthier.bsky.social, @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa Redwine, Marwan Bishara, and many others!
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Haymarket Books Fall 2026 Catalog
Haymarket Books Fall 2026 Catalog
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Sarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Be the metaphorical herd of trampling elephants you want to see in the world.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The report, according to one of the sources, was ‘entirely false.’ But it also ‘almost started a war,’ the source said. Any US operation against a Chinese vessel could have risked spiraling into an armed conflict between the two nations.”
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 18/09/2026
The @aaup.org is offering a webinar on FOIA for better tech shared governance on Monday 21 September, led by @hellobrittparis.bsky.social and @jedbrown.org . Check your email for AAUP for signup!
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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This book is so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me holding a copy of THE MOST SECRET MEMORY OF MEN
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David Dennis Jr @daviddennisjr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I wrote about three tours and what they say about protest, the billionaire class and what *real* cancel culture looks like
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Macklemore, Chris Brown and Kanye West: Three tours in one America - Andscape
It's hard to follow the logic of Macklemore being removed from Ed Sheeran's tour while Kanye West and Chris Brown sell out big venues.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Save 30% on #NewBook "Forms of Worship" by Ayodeji Ogunnaike which tracks the history of how diaspora and mission Christianity transformed devotion to Yoruba deities from a system of forms of worship into the most popular indigenous African religion. buff.ly/NBnHojB
Cover of Forms of Worship: How Orisa Worship Became Religion in Nigeria and Brazil by Ayodeji Ogunnaike. The cover is purple with two photographs at the bottom. The left photograph is of a parade of people wearing colorful clothing and playing music. The smaller photo is of people in white looking up at a window. The title and subtitle are written in a white serif font in the top left. The author’s name is directly below in yellow. To the right is a printed fabric pattern in purple.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anyway, please read my book! I didn’t mean to pontificate toward that purpose but it does indeed offer an immense amount of intervention on this front!
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A Second Sight
"I have been waiting for a book like this, and I’m so glad it's here." — Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed Since the nation’s foun...
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hope this post will not seem self-serving, but wanted to share one student’s perspective on the importance of courses on race, ethnicity and gender studies. as.virginia.edu/news/we-aske...
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We Asked Young Alumni, 'What Class Rocked Your World?...
Here’s what four recent UVA graduates shared about the courses that impacted them the most.
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tagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
private equity brain rot in our universities means that paying for more humans to teach and research isn’t just unsexy, it lacks the get rich quick potential that the model depends on
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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men. “I was also worried that if I reported the rape it would make it more likely that my asylum claim would be refused.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men
Women say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecution of rapes, for fear of having their claims refused
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You know what gets a library perpetual access to a book??? Purchasing the physical book. I guarantee the publisher won’t come steal it back!!!
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