Reposted by Judith DonathThe PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026damn he really was right about everything 0669 0
Reposted by Judith DonathEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7142371023 0
Reposted by Judith DonathJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The next morning, The Times changes its headline to insult all its readers. No, #BrokenTimes, we are not all clueless. This guy is. But you give him free publicity without exposing his racist history and the eugenicist roots of his followers. That's clueless. 34220 0
Reposted by Judith DonathTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 01/09/2026The real question is, are they paying these creators for stories in their favor? We already know they’re pushing out the free and independent press. Is this yet another attempt to hide their failures? So much for the “most transparent Pentagon in history.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian rolesConservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights. 1622170 0
Reposted by Judith DonathKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“All of the speculation and hype around A.I. is hiding the fact that the technology isn’t just large language models or agents or data centers. It is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of technological innovation.”nytimes.comOpinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy. 412151 0
Reposted by Judith DonathJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations. 40201774899 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Disapproved by Trump" signs should be copied and pasted on libraries, comedy shows, lectures halls, pollinator gardens etc. It's today's Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval 191 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The planet is scorching, the air unbreathably smoky. And our Federal government has now stripped bike lanes and pedestrian protection from its list of best safety practices--they want "projects that promote vehicular travel." www.newsday.com/long-island/...newsday.comTrump administration strips bicycle lanes, pedestrian protections from proven safety listLong Island traffic experts said the changes aren't based on data and could affect what projects are funded. 000 0
Reposted by Judith DonathRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week. Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states. Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable. 35166182941 0
Reposted by Judith DonathThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/07/2026CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt 4567741791 0
Reposted by Judith DonathEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Are you annoyed with the anthropomorphizing language being used in the "AI" discourse, but not sure how to talk about this stuff without it? @nannainie.bsky.social and I have got you covered: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...buttondown.comHow to talk aboutEmily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the... 13388182 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The start of a special new branch of combinatorial geometry 000 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This country is going to be bankrupt by then. We will be lucky to have basic services, and everyone will be mad that they seem so much worse off under a Democratic president that they'll vote in another Republican disaster 380 0
Reposted by Judith DonathAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 14/06/2026how very dare you 328744 0
Reposted by Judith DonathEddie Yang @eddieyang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026New paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers. 25879450 0
Reposted by Judith Donathdsearls @dsearls.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Nobody understands the war between honesty and deception better than @judithmedia.bsky.social, who will be speaking here at Indiana University and live on Zoom tomorrow at 4pm Eastern. Tune in and register (it helps) here: events.iu.edu/bloomington/...events.iu.eduThe Alchemy of ConfidenceJoin us for an exciting talk given by Hardvard faculty fellow Judith Donath as part of the “Beyond the Web” salon series piloted by Ostrom... 012 0
Reposted by Judith DonathProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is why Russ Vought defunded USAID, attacked NEA and NIH, caused CPB to commit suicide, is defund the Dep’t of Eduction, is trying to kill the CFPB, has attacked NIH and NSF, tried to kill the IMLS, closed the Kennedy Center and just yesterday took over the Presidio to turn it back to a prison. 12926266 0
Reposted by Judith DonathAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense. 251189624362 0
Reposted by Judith DonathWendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028. 46101102819 0
Reposted by Judith DonathAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/04/2026BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...rpc.state.gov 6927431428 0
Reposted by Judith DonathRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 547166637524 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Not to mention voting them into the Presidency 000 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A megalomanical president with diminishing mental capacity, surrounded by Apocalypse-seeking end-time Christians, at war with an ancient Moslem country, with mega-tons of destructive power at his fingertips theintercept.com/2026/04/04/p...theintercept.comFar-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy WarBy making the case that the war with Iran is a holy crusade, the evangelicals around the president are making it impossible to end. 000 0
Reposted by Judith DonathRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/04/2026 "I don't want to happen but it probably will" is classic abuser language: "look what you made me do." Except it's not on the scale of a household, but of a nation of 90 million and millennia of civilization..... 28957258 0
Reposted by Judith DonathGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down. 490167914907 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 06/04/2026At least wear the enforcement section of the Geneva Conventions 131 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 05/04/2026And how much of the top-level military command has been replaced with by Hegseth with compliant sycophants? 020 0
Reposted by Judith DonathGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This should be an impeachable offense. I understand that we’re way past any of that, but that shouldn’t stop us from naming it. 14284363015 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"no one is stupid enough to..." Fool me how many times? 010 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Nice symmetry with the heightened cautions many nations are issuing re travel TO the United States 000 0
Reposted by Judith Donathevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 22/03/2026For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.orgA Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US BorderWe wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting mate... 3117571304 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Like acknowledging a broken clock is right twice a day🕛 001 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 15/03/2026yes, especially once there is no oil and the electric grid has failed and groklets run the internet 110 0
Reposted by Judith DonathEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media. 16755622460 0
Reposted by Judith DonathRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works. 355183185094 0
Reposted by Judith DonathDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 14/03/2026Inside the Department of War are two wolves: "We've shut down the Colleges of War because book learnings are woke, gay, and irrelevant to war fighting." "How come no one told us the Strait is important, there are different kinds of Kurds, Iran is big, and air power historically doesn't win wars?" 12598402543 0
Judith Donath @judithmedia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It's a great article! One line popped out (topic for another article?) "There’s no way to automatically check a legal brief written by A.I. for hallucinations — other than face total humiliation in court." But why do they not use LLMs to play opposition & help debug briefs, not just write them? 110 0
Reposted by Judith DonathMor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Good summary in the coverage by @cornelluniversity.bsky.social: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...news.cornell.eduAI assistants can sway writers’ attitudes, even when they’re watching for bias | Cornell ChronicleCornell Tech researchers found that writers who used biased AI auto-suggestions saw their views gravitate toward the AI’s positions without their realizing it — even when they were made aware of the b... 12912 0
Reposted by Judith DonathThree Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 12/03/2026No, “AI” is not a Stochastic Parrot 🦜 @mmitchell.bsky.social writing on how people dramatically misunderstand the "stochastic parrot" critique. medium.com/@margarmitch...medium.comNo, “AI” is not a Stochastic Parrot 🦜I’ve recently come across a new flavor of AI denialism making the rounds. 39743 0
Reposted by Judith DonathAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 12/03/2026every quantitative measure is actually a stack of qualitative assumptions in a trenchcoat 16878243 0
