Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 8hThe Anthropic settlement is an absolute clusterfuck that feels like it's being managed by AI not lawyers. If this is the future, opt me out! 031
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonAnna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Of course I agree with Kevin as we limp along at CUNY hobbled by decades of under-funding. It hasn't been costless. I am not feeling sanguine given the Dems even in blue states have decided public higher ed = vocational training. But will I stop pushing the Dems on it? No. 639157
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AAUP, AFT, and HELU have a plan draft! College For All, in expansion now for 2026 and 2028 www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...aaup.org 216448
Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 29/09/20261.23% of the Class of 2030 @ Carnegie Mellon is Black. As recently as 2023 it was ~4.5%. Similar trend for Hisp/Latino: from 12% in 2023 to 5.31% in 2026. White enrollment down to 16.78 from mid-20s & Asian up to 47.56 from mid-30s. International: 15.55%. 2+ races: 5%. the-tartan.org/2026/09/28/b...the-tartan.orgBlack, Latino enrollment at 11-year lowThis year, Carnegie Mellon welcomed 1,865 first-year undergraduate students to its Pittsburgh campus. Only 23 self-identified as Black. According to this year’s 15-day census… 053
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026Want to make it v clear that I was one of many, and credit @bparsia.bsky.social for pushing for this in his union capacity 341418
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895406928
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My sense is that a lot of this, from a lot of Republicans, is positioning in case they see an electoral wipeout. They want to claim that they're the reasonable ones, that the Trump II era has been an aberration and not (an admittedly accelerated) part of a logical progression. 77915
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Companies should be thrilled that universities are generally providing an educated workforce that is flexible and can tackle big problems. And historically, that’s been the case! That was the deal! But now companies want to tell universities how to educate people AND they don’t want to chip in any $ 12711
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2008, California admitted 140,000 people to prison. In 2011, it admitted 97,000. In 2019, before Covid, it admitted 34,000. That's a SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT reduction in admissions. Yet we almost never talk about California's remarkable Realignment reforms. 14319
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonThe Xylom @thexylom.com · 28/09/2026A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers. This week, a federal judge ruled that the state must air-condition all Texas prisons by the end of 2029. This story was first published by @19thnews.org.thexylom.comThe ‘Lionesses’ Who Sued To Get Air Conditioning in Every Texas Prison — And WonA group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers. 021877
Reposted by Jay D. Aronson19thnews @19thnews.org · 25/09/2026Since 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 2029.19thnews.orgThe ‘lionesses’ who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and wonA group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers. 04722
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonCandice Norwood @candicenorwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I've written a few stories for @19thnews.org recently about currently or formerly incarcerated women who described the harms they faced in U.S. jails and prisons, and have fought for new laws, policies and resources to improve conditions for others. I want to share their stories with you 🧵 14230
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026lol ‘we need guardrails to stop me’m.youtube.comWeekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.’s Threat to Humanity - SNLYouTube video by Saturday Night Live 0298
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction. 37931244
Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I know exactly why so few people in power are saying this, but why are so few people in power saying this??? 031
Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Such an amazing story! In the new world we create from the ashes of the current one, we will double down on funding scientific and humanistic work that helps us understand who we are and how we came to be. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...nytimes.comIn an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of LifeA scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet. 010
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Send this to every university President in the country. 361960440
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...newrepublic.comTrump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ HeelTrump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works. 792239640
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't regret canceling my Post subscription over Jeff Bezos' embrace of fascism, but the handful of real journalists who didn't jump ship have been doing some excellent work in spite of it all. It's a shame I can't read it. I'm hoping they all regroup at the Washington Sun 11505101
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026***Upcoming: "Asian Exclusion and the Battle for Birthright Citizenship"*** This conference contextualizes efforts to restrict and strip birthright citizenship from the children of immigrants ineligible to naturalize within the context of Asian American history. www.huntington.org/event/asian-... 12013
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that the Trump administration is trying to destroy the ICC in order to protect this man. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...nytimes.comNetanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai... 813659
Jay D. Aronson @jaydaronson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Haven’t laughed this hard in a minute…“We thank our glorious administration for their brilliant technical solution to a social problem. This is how it should be, because all social & political problems definitely have a technical solution, and usually we just need to pay for something involving AI…” 0104
Reposted by Jay D. Aronson🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121625149
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This @bostonglobe article by Brooke Hauser is pretty close to gold standard for reporting on the kind of AI abuses too many trivialize as “messy.” But I don’t have a gift link so I can share with all! Can someone do that? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/25/m...bostonglobe.com‘Tremendous hypocrisy’: Dartmouth provost accused of using AI to write op-ed about AI use - The Boston GlobeThe news comes as the Ivy League school celebrates its 70th anniversary as the birthplace of artificial intelligence. 75518
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonCatherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...fnl.mit.eduHow We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter 6357166
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonNBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/09/2026NBC News' Claudio Lavanga asked Pope Leo if he had anything to do with Chicago White Sox 'miraculous' historic ride to the playoffs during the pope's flight to Paris. 1135186
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonCella @cellllla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Please join us at Carnegie Mellon University and online on October 2nd, 2026 for the Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit, a statewide convening to consider the opportunities, challenges, and governance of AI infrastructure development in Pennsylvania. RSVP here: communityaisummit.org 22616
Reposted by Jay D. Aronsononekade @onekade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cops put this woman in solitary for three days on the strength of Flock "evidence" that she had killed people in a hit and run. Her car, meanwhile, had zero visible damage. But cops told her the "damage" was consistent with the accident. They believed Flock over their own eyes. 16468164
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonDavid Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...nytimes.comManchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breachesCity were charged by the Premier League in February 2023. 1601221382
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674883139
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonNick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hey. If the nyt invited you to be part of a focus group what would you do as a bit? 334104547
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.’ This is a CEO openly confessing to a level of acquired mental indolence that, were he not coddled 24/7 by an army of paid underlings, would make him incapable of living independently and feeding himself. He’s fine with it. Your kids won’t be. 7340106
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58854721498
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...npr.orgHow unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 citiesAlternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well? 5756270
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Instead of hot takes & uninformed opinions, Blacksplained asks a scholar, expert or person who knows things to tackle ONE ISSUE from a Black perspective: This week, in her one & only interview, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Blacksplains "The Article."dlvr.it‘The Article’ Blacksplained by Nikole Hannah-JonesMichael Harriot sits down with The New York Times journalist and author of “The 1619 Project” for her first (and only) interview about the article that broke the internet. 28024
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271467747
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 24/09/2026I propose a moratorium on news stories describing AI* tools as “going rogue” as if they have intent and moral agency. Instead, let’s describe the events in terms of the companies’ negligence. 312631
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nikole Hannah Jones will be interviewed by her daughter for an episode of “This American Life” airing on September 27 at 7pm CTthisamericanlife.orgThe Argument - This American LifeTen years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an essay about her decision to send her daughter to a segregated, low-income school. The essay was influential on parents and policymakers, and Nikole spent a ... 1739697
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Deep dives like this really put into perspective what Chief Justice Rehnquist was doing in 2000 when he resurrected the Court’s precedents of the 1870s and 1880s, writing that their authors “had intimate knowledge and familiarity with the events surrounding the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.” 10715242
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng 12652551584
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice. Rather, they are narratives based in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, and wishful thinking about imagined future digital humans." - @timnitgebru.blacksky.app + @emilymbender.bsky.social 213743
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 23/09/2026Thanks to Jasmine Garsd at NPR for taking the time to talk to us about ICE’s solicitation for “mobile detention facilities” across Pennsylvania.npr.orgICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities." 612676
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NYT tech reporter sings the praises of Meta Muse. It can do everything for you! Even set your fantasy football lineups! My dude... you know that's called "cognitive surrender," right? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/t... 921187164
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The moment the AI company is asking you for your bank account data, that’s what we call a “clue.” That’s the ore they’re mining from you. That will become the basis for surveillance-pricing you on everything you buy in the future. Including those groceries 530671
Reposted by Jay D. AronsonSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TRADE: I give Meta: My bank account information, my email inbox, etc. What could be the worst that can happen, right? Meta gives me: Grocery scheduling and optimizing my fantasy draft. Who says no? 624332