Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20hCRANE, a UK cybersecurity research network, used AI to desk-reject 50% of proposals before human review, including one on the risks of trusting AI models in voice analysis from Lancaster University forensic linguist Claire Hardaker. This seems like AI doing the right thing in protecting itself. 🙃science.orgU.K. funder uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals—leaving researchers dismayedThe AI-based assessment, which wasn’t explicitly described in the funding call, has raised privacy and fairness concerns 59429
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh virgogrlfl.bsky.social @virgogrlfl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So basically any three guys with a mask can pick up a woman and throw her in a van and we’re all supposed to think this is legal? 726136
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The olive harvest season has barely begun, and already Palestinians have been killed, beaten, shot at and driven from their land, while their trees, homes, vehicles, crops and equipment have been attacked by Israeli settlers. 22515
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Insanity 😡 19193013219
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 16582216
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026'Storm light' by UK contemporary printmaker Mikki Bowers #WomensArt 72086346
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Major flash flooding in Spain yesterday. In Madrigueras (Albacete), 142 mm fell in just 2.5 hours, killing one woman, while many others had to be rescued. These "DANA" events are not uncommon, but record warm Mediterranean water now provides further 'fuel' to them. www.eltiempo.es/noticias/mad...eltiempo.esMadrigueras bajo el agua tras caer 142 l/m2La localidad albaceteña sufrió el viernes una de las riadas más importantes que se recuerdan desde mediados del siglo pasado. 15743
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #Spain right now #StopJackdaw #StopRosebank @andyburnham.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Has everyone seen this??? I had not and I loved it! 1427254
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AIPAC decided they were going to set a record on the amount of money they spent against me in the primary election. $70 million. Do you know what we could do with $70 million? 18863532070
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is great to see. I hope there are real actions that follow. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSweden must apologise for harm done to Sami people, says state-backed reportTruth commission accuses country of failing Indigenous people, amid rising tensions over land rights 000
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026abolish the death penalty 383149522
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Counterpoint: Bring me your fatties, your weirdos, your radicals yearning to breathe free. 1913580389
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Cornell 7 we’re all talking about? That story was broken in the work of Cereese Qusba, who is a reporter at The Ithaca Voice and a news editor at The Cornell Daily Sun, two independent newspapers. She is still herself, a student at Cornell University. 9654190
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The invisible labor (often performed by women and marginalized folks) that keeps organizations afloat remains hidden and uncompensated. But those musing about AI's "transformation" of work have probably always benefited from this kind of labor in all parts of their life and don't see it as work. 019740
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The current huge story about the gang rape at Cornell University, a crime originally brushed off and covered up by the administration, is SOLELY the product of the student paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, which doggedly pursued the story. Not the NYT or CNN. An independent student paper. #Cornellcornellsun.comLETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Cornell Won’t Listen, We WillThe Sun's Editor-in-Chief Sophia Dasser '28 calls on the Cornell community to share its reactions to the Chi Phi lawsuit and the University's response, on the record, for a permanent public archive. 8578167
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They are in fact contemptuous of the idea that I would go out and talk to people about how they use a technology or observe them trying to use it. Just hostile to the very concept of there being an end user. 259149
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I could go on and on but they are always going to pretend they don’t understand what I’m talking about. Because they have to not understand it. But talking to actual people is still worthwhile unless you intend to bludgeon them into compliance which… 550921
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 30/09/2026I don’t know any woman friend (or family member) who hasn’t been sexually assaulted or molested. Including myself. 917619
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Jordi @jordimagrinya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A Barcelona hi han 785.757 habitatges(2021). 240.409 estan en mans de propietaris amb més de 3 hab. D’aquests, 140.902 son de propietaris que en tenen més de 12. I 59.893 de propietaris amb més de 50. Ho anomenen problema de l’habitatge, perquè espoli és massa curt. I tot legal… 12011
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just listened to an interview with Grand Master Flash where he described he process for sifting through records. He went on vibes and covers sometimes. And produced a whole new genre of music 000
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471432196
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Kungunna @gabefloren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026PFDs are out and I know it because of the extra cart that each family is pushing around Costco today making it twice as hard to make it through 053
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164715555
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Light a Light🕯️ @kerzen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why women chose the bear. #rapeculture substack.com/@patchoulipm...substack.comPatchouli PMc (@patchoulipmc)📸 0125
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 30/09/2026No bear has ever doxxed a rape victim 257392
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I can’t believe this is still going. I go to bed, wake up, people in new time zones have found it. I go to work, go to the gym, have dinner…it is still going. Amazing. 100
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Put another way, to be legible enough for AI to be useful to most families, they would have to stop communicating as the family they have known, never had to overtly think about, and become something stranger and coarser that has no cultural foundation. Why would I do that? 936143
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“They’re too young to ride" Nope. They’re ready to ride, it’s our cities that aren’t ready. 1147378
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Optimized for AI family just sounds horrible. Couldn’t imagine something worse. 000
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt 21615307
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Café Fútbol @cafefutbol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026¡España campeona del Mundial femenino sub20! Tras empatar 0-0 en el partido, y no haber goles en la prórroga, las nuestras se han impuesto 4-3 en la tanda de penaltis. Enhorabuena a jugadoras y cuerpo técnico 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #U20WWC #futfem 25428
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026JFC. Healthcare in America keeps getting bleaker 020
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think we need to differentiate between “AI uses a lot of water!” (not necessarily bad on its own) and “AI stresses local water supplies” (a potentially real issue). The distinction is important because even “modest” use can cause serious issues, especially given the locations of data centers 17618100
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane. 5340113
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I would just like to say for the record we have so many problems to solve in the world and driverless cars do not address any of them. I am so not here for this. 020
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The time to act is now 🚨🚨🚨We are launching an urgent petition against escalating Israeli settler terror targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and resisting forced displacement and annexation. Read, sign and share. standtog.org/47kn8Bk 13825
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As a reminder, she’s the Secretary of Education not the Secretary of Labor 1161675266
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 26/09/2026Study of 115 studies: "We find strong and positive average treatment effects on 10 of 13 outcomes: monthly household total and food consumption, monthly income, labor supply, school enrollment, food security, psychological well-being, total assets, financial assets, and children’s height-for-age."basicincome.orgU.S. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) publishes meta-analisis of Unconditional cash transfers | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network 26534
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16992943068
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Arctic Goddess @arcticgoddess.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ldakát Káá Léelk'w "Everybody's Grandfather" carved by Nathan Jackson was an outdoor display at the UA Museum of The North @uafairbanks.bsky.social is now on display inside. Beautiful preservation project. I'm glad it's back on display! 2213
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Fonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gigantesca manifestación ahora mismo en Madrid contra el desahucio de Maricarmen y por una vivienda digna. Comienza una acampada en la Puerta del Sol. Impresionante. 221268500
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that. 101319221
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On Sukkot, Jews step outside the solid walls of the home and into a tent to remember the vulnerability of wandering in the wilderness, and to celebrate the harvest. This is a humbling period of impermanence and simplicity. 14111
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In the cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation, do you think French bureaucrats are saying to themselves, "Well, that's a few thousand pensioners that we no longer have to pay"? It's as good an explanation as any for the lack of action.lemonde.frFrench health authority reports almost 8,000 excess deaths over heatwave-struck summerWhile the French public health authority's latest figure, 7,919 excess deaths from late May to August 20, was still not final and could rise further, it already gave a striking indication of the impac... 1113544
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026We call this a concentration camp, your honor. 13469952304
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That’s America’s mayor. 134324
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO DO Hold large corporations accountable. Distribute the proceeds to the workers. Rinse, repeat. 6879199