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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

Ivy @ivyashe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is also important to note that Cornell doesn't have a journalism major. These are students who may not even plan to make journalism a career, but their dedication to the field is tremendous.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Despite the horrors, there’s been some great science this week. New cat and two brains!

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

when wikipedia launched, the idea that an encyclopedia could be reliably maintained by the public was a joke. now, it's a marvel, a remarkable resource, virtually the only website that remotely delivers on its potential and practically the last pleasant browsing experience on the internet.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey

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The open houses at the edge of disaster

What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nothing makes you realize the kids are alright more than sitting & talking with a couple dozen of them for a couple hours at office hours. It would be great if the Ranting Pundits convinced that they know What Is Wrong With Higher Education could meet these students full of great questions & ideas.

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Ivy @ivyashe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

-First summer job: Clerk at a bead store -Worked part-time at alpaca farm for 4.5 yrs -Packaged shortbread cookies in pretty boxes (holiday season only) -Cashier/prep at chocolaterie until it had to close in 2020 -Filled orders at used textbook warehouse -Scored state tests for CO and TX students

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Because there are two Americas*, we are underestimating the amount of psychosocial grief unleashed this past week Michael Wright Cassandra Wilson Dolly Parton Tim Curry Gloria Steinem In basically one week

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/08/2026

randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have

Screenshot of tweet by Eminem. Text of Eminem's post reads:

I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet, but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact on me. She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it. Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense. Rest easy Dolly. And thank you for the kind words.

Attached is an image of a classy and generous letter Dolly Parton sent to Eminem after missing a chance to meet him at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

From the Empire State Building Observation Deck: Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 24/08/2026

Here are some of the declines in international student applications and enrollment revealed in a lawsuit challenging new duration of status regulations that would limit the ability to offer some programs of study and create administrative bloat on campus. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Institution Grinnell College
Enrollment data 15.8 percentage point decline in international student yield from fall 2023 to fall 2026
Institution University of Illinois Chicago
Enrollment data 50 percent decline in admitted international students over historic levels
Institution University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Enrollment data 25.1 percent decline in international graduate applicants from 2025 to 2026 cycle
Institution University of Maryland, Baltimore
Enrollment data 37.9 percent decline in new international student enrollment from fall 2024 to fall 2025. Thirty-two students admitted for fall 2026 have withdrawn applications, and 14 have requested to defer their admission.
Institution University of Maryland, College Park
Enrollment data anticipated 30 percent decline in new international graduate students year over year
Institution University of Wisconsin–Madison
Enrollment data 10.9 percent year-over-year decline in undergraduate applications, and 27 percent year-over-year decline in graduate applications. Five undergraduate students who put down deposits have since withdrawn.
Institution University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Enrollment data 42 percent decrease in applications, 29 percent decrease in admissions and 38.7 percent decrease in enrollments year over year

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I just cannot imagine the stress of so many international students who have just started or are about to start classes at US colleges and universities having to deal with the prospect of a $100,000 fee for OPT.

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Ivy @ivyashe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

One of the most sobering stories I wrote for the Tribune-Herald was about this hospital. It is so isolated. People have to drive to Hilo for many medical things anyway, and now they can't...a double blow.

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Ivy @ivyashe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I am still in mourning about this

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I remember calling one of my friends on a landline telephone to let him know sportscenter had just aired the clip of Randy Johnson hitting the bird so he could catch it when they looped the show again an hour later

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/08/2026

This shift to computerized state tests was made possible by schools' adoption of one-to-one devices. Which mostly happened with Covid. And yet, we rarely discuss the possibility that computerizing tests--without first teaching computing skills--might've contributed to subsequent test score declines.

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Because the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.

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Jarrett Seidler @seidler.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

AI generated prospect lists require human-generated prospect list as inputs but are also very obviously going to kill off many of the jobs for the creatives who generate them, thus guaranteeing that in a few years all you’ll have is *bad* AI slop prospect lists

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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Her mind! This from @karenhao.bsky.social should be one of those inspirational quotes that a crafter does in needlepoint. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Finally, Claude or ChatGPT — what do you use?
Neither.

Really? What is the alternative in your life?
None. My mind.

You don’t feel it holds you back?
It actually liberates me.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ve thought for years that we should make kids’ 18th birthdays into big celebrations about being able to vote. There should be greeting cards! Info packets from from the Sec. of State! Slightly goofy red, white, and blue sheet cakes!

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

i am really gonna miss Sports Summer™

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

an idea's been rolling around in my head about how what we lose with assuming everyone wants "answers" & not search results is similar to what we lose when "route" is the only kind of map we encounter I won't get the academic terms right, but it's some version of skipping an essential abstraction

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I know its been said but Cabo Verde's astounding performance might actually be underrated

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I see her everywhere :(

An orange and black awning that says “Pausa” on a bar of the same name on the Lower East Sode of Manhattan. It in the ground floor of an old brick building, with orange umbrellas and green potted plants outside.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

No world cup soccer today? Already suffering withdrawal symptoms

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time

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Mal @guacs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

CABO VERDE UNDEFEATED IN REGULATION IN ALL WORLD CUPS

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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Old enough to recognize this as a data center

Lockable floppy disk holder from the late 20th century

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 29/06/2026

one of the reasons I think it's cool to continue teaching cursive is that you realize these guys scribbled and drafted just like us and you don't have to give these humans the weird demigod treatment

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So awful. This paper just won a Pulitzer and deserves another one for its coverage of ICE’s actions in Minnesota. A reminder that journalism layoffs have nothing to do with the quality of work. Minnesota Star Tribune eliminates 24 union jobs, primarily in newsroom www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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Minnesota Star Tribune eliminates 24 union jobs, primarily in newsroom

About 175 employees remain in the newsroom, according to spokesperson Chris Iles. The company announced layoffs and buyouts for additional employees earlier in June.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/06/2026

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

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Climate.us Home

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The basic question in translation is whether you're working word for word or sense for sense, the meaning; if the latter, what is the unit of sense-making at which you're operating - sentences, paragraphs, or the whole thing? How someone strikes that balance is what defines their translations.

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This weekend DoorDash tweeted about the World Cup but repeatedly tagged T-Pain, as if they were mixing him up with NZ soccer player Tim Payne. T-Pain got in on it too, acting confused. Turns out it was all a "partnership." No ad disclosure on any of the posts. www.theverge.com/news/954145/...

T-Pain on X: "Are you all okay??? @DoorDash stop tagging me in these soccer posts."
T-Pain: "I liiterally don't play soccer" quoting DoorDash saying "@TPain you gave everything out there tonight. we saw it."
T-Pain: The intern is gonna shit a brick when they realize. Quoting DoorDash saying "This is when the true goats show up @tpain the game is in your hands!"

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erin mccann @mccanner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I wanted this to be, like, an actual list of specific dogs by neighborhood: "Buster in Noe Valley" vs "Chompers in Soma."

A headline that reads "these are the most popular dogs in every san francisco zip code" underneath a photo of a very good boy who is some sort of black Shitzu Yorkie mix with a tongue that apparently doesn't fit in his mouth.

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 17/06/2026

Hope these guys have a good night

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 17/06/2026

People n here are going to self-select to 2010s Twitter but it’s actually late 2000s to early 2010s Facebook. A shockingly good platform for keeping in touch with actual, IRL friends, sharing photos, and organizing event that everyone actually used because it did what they wanted it to.

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I wish Grant Wahl was still here for this

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

also I know it is very corny to find guidance from sports figures but Jalen says here that you can imagine the worst case scenario but it's your job to make sure it doesn't happen and that sank in for me youtu.be/smwueNXA-CM?...

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Jalen Brunson reacts to OG Anunoby game winner & insane comeback with Inside the NBA

YouTube video by Chaz NBA

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

this World Cup we should stop asking 'is it coming home' and focus instead on 'are you coming to The Museum of English Rural Life'

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