Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/05/2026AI people are too dim to grasp how much they are despised. 361117134
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown | Discussionchrisbrunet.comThird Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown; Hundreds of Papers At Risk of Retraction"This is not a series of coincidences; it is a blatant, industrial-scale quid pro quo." 022
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/04/2026CHRIS MURPHY: You fired half the department! LINDA McMAHON: That's hindsight MURPHY: What does that mean? 50170701927
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 23/04/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social [Texas cont] In an additional attempt to suppress LGBTQ+ speech, the policy includes STUDENTS: "no degree-culminating student research within the TTU System will be permitted to center on SOGI topics,” thus extending "Don't Say Gay" to dissertations and theses. 2/2erininthemorning.comTexas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ TopicsThe ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis. 16280141
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Your push notifications can betray your privacy. Here are the settings you can enable to do something about that: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.orgHow Push Notifications Can Betray Your Privacy (and What to Do About It)A phone’s push notifications can contain a significant amount of information about you, your communications, and what you do throughout the day. They’re important enough to government investigations t... 111049
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 344362847566
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is. 14725698616891
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/04/2026“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”hatchmag.comTrump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceLate Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ... 823621726
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 17/03/2026The US is no longer a liberal democracy, according to the top global watchdog on freedom and democracy. We're falling fast, and are now classed the same as Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru www.v-dem.net/documents/75...v-dem.net 53185383300
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 10/03/2026He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comWhistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new jobThe Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia... 552183961
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946. 194107033230
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data" This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11 5323011006
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 20/02/2026Opinion | Have you encountered higher ed's absurd compensation practices? Tell us about it. chroni.cl/3MESDPOchronicle.comOpinion | Higher Education’s Compensation CharadeWe’ve come to accept illogical, unjust, and occasionally insulting pay practices. Why? 043
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2026“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.” This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate." #TrumpSyndicate 592130105205
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 06/02/2026A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."nytimes.comSo Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket 16570178
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Also I find those moments in-between to be the most insightful. When the guard comes down a bit during that walk, or that coffee, that's when I learn the most about a candidate. 020
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Committees seem to forget that the interview is a two-way street. Yes, the hiring org is a position of power but the interviewee is also trying to determine whether the org is a good fit for them. 120
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 05/02/2026The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...simonwillison.netSpotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond FarewellSomewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they … 17359892152
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Full video: youtu.be/AVvKLT2q2Vs?...youtu.be"They Called Us Bodies" – Ali Rahman Testifies on ICE Assault & Detention Horror | DRM News | AC1FYouTube video by DRM News 05025
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 03/02/2026apnews.com/article/euro...apnews.comFrance dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the USEuropean governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives. 010
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020." 8623054013368
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/01/2026Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth. 11737401644
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Time for change @melinalaska.bsky.social · 25/01/2026He was shot while on his knees protecting a woman. He was unarmed… say what you want… we can see. 19561233
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Walz: "It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaigned claimed another life. I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening. But I have a strong statement here for our federal govt: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word." 752877808
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it." 8624492514044
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks: 302171805436
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN" 16034381516046
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 10/01/2026WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...wsj.comVideos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to ShootingsA WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July. 17093615100
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/01/2026“Folks have warned for years about the mission creep of surveillance infrastructure systems like (automated license plate readers) and this propensity for them to be abused, and we’re seeing those risks manifest today,” EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @pressdemo.bsky.social.pressdemocrat.comPublic safety must-have or threat to civil liberties? Debate over Flock license plate reader cameras has taken hold in North BayFlock Safety cameras are now fixtures in the region, and while law enforcement touts their crime fighting boost, the technology has also raised privacy and civil liberties concerns. 214755
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 08/01/2026via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook 23572213109
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 08/01/2026I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end. 21936311314171
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028. 15928746521345
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see. 273235066711
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” 236142823783
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan jonrev @jonrev.com · 07/01/2026If you have the space, means and collection: a northern Texas warehouse full of proto-Redbox VHS vending machines from the mid-1980s is being evicted. The machines are free and whatever isn't taken will imminently be scrapped. www.facebook.com/commerce/lis... 491062611
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/10/2025If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.eff.orgMeet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect CellularRayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators 6239162
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43709649437475
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2025And when things get tough (they will) just keep putting one foot in front of the other and picture yourself at the finish line. You got this! 110
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Congrats! Fellow librarian here and I just graduated with my doctoral degree. Word of advice: a good dissertation is a finished dissertation. There will be plenty of time to perfect or expand upon your research after. 110
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/06/2025MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker. 5088653164
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/06/2025When I tell you Los Angeles is an occupied city/county, this is what I mean… Yesterday, ICE agents showed up to a regular Saturday swap meet with armed Marines and a military helicopter overhead, like it’s a fucking war zone. 47174563383
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this 531176185489
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying. 29244664714426
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 14/05/2025Amid DEI Crackdown, Students Hold Their Own Affinity Graduations Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3GTitwtbit.lyAmid DEI Cancellations, Students Hold Affinity GraduationsColleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. 0146
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I passed the oral defense of my dissertation yesterday. Yay! So today a work colleague gifted me a toy of Doctor Smith from Lost in Space 🤣 I may have to start a collectionmedia.tenor.coma black and white photo of a man looking at a paintingALT: a black and white photo of a man looking at a painting 130
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/04/20251. The White House has just released a "fact sheet" where it announces that 8 fake "experts" are about to release a federal report opposing transgender care. It also announces investigations on manufacturers has begun. Subscribe to support my journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...erininthemorning.comWhite House Teases Fake Anti-Trans "Report," Announces Investigations Have BegunA new fact sheet released by the White House Monday morning confirms the imminent release of a "Cass review" type report. It also announces investigations have begun. 712023732
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025It's like I've been saying - do not obey in advance. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...insidehighered.comEducation Department’s Anti-DEI Guidance BlockedSeveral colleges scrubbed their campuses and websites of DEI-related language and shuttered offices in order to comply with the letter's sweeping demands. 010
Dr. Jonathan @jonathansmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I submitted my dissertation last night! Next up, the defense. The finish line is in sight. 020
