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Kenny Smith

@kennysmith.org
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Adventuring with @laurensmith.bsky.social. Cyclist, reader, swimmer, diver, builder, blogger, voiceovers. On the side: professor of communication studies. www.kennysmith.org Omnes hic sumus discere.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
#RatepayerProtectionAct
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Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Music is inherently social and prompt-based genAI of any medium will never be able to fully square this circle without presenting yourself as just a straight cornball.
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NPR @npr.org · 3h
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say. n.pr/3VnwOIG
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Police questioning can shape a sexual assault case. Their approach is often wrong
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 5h
My plan to keep the communists occupied was wildly successful
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 7h
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 3h
If @atrupar.com puts this on TikTok it becomes a posture challenge.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h
I spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”
usatoday.com
Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 7h
You miss 💯 of the bikes rides you don’t take
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Mackcrypto: Think About It
Alt: Mackcrypto: Think About It
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 4h
What is a good way to keep me from the theater or subsequent at-home streams? I read Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” differently with each passing semester.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 8h
mangled fluorescent flex post on a bike lane with tire tracks behind
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 4h
They. Keep. Falling. For it.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 4h
I’ve been thinking and talking lately about how stories circulate (or don’t) in our evolving, often-diffuse, media ecosystem. Independents, specialities, niches, etc. Now and then a story pushes through those membranes. Breaking containment, as it were. KSDK’s Mark Maxwell offers today’s example.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 8h
Maybe this will finally get us to understand that enrollment/majors arguments are political weapons, not something to engage with seriously.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Adam Brooks @adamrbroooks.bsky.social · 8h
SCOTUS looked at the harm of people being dumped in foreign lands, and the harm of the government not being able to disappear people… and sided with the government.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 4h
“Work? Ewwww,” he added.
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John Jackson @jpj.bsky.social · 8h
Not that it will make a bit of difference, but big-time sports are a boondoggle for cities. theconversation.com/cities-keep-...
Text reading: "In an analysis of the economic impacts of sports stadiums over four decades, through the early 2020s, researchers found little to no economic benefits for taxpayers or communities, including per capita income. Other research has concluded that effects on job growth have similarly been negligible."
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Michael Mirer @michaelmirer.bsky.social · 9h
Eric Schmitt is confused by news of a Liberty victory last night. The college football team doesn't play until the weekend.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 4h
Some people lack a real sense of self-reflection. It must make for an easier life, no matter the cut of your suit.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 4h
Every journalism professor, ever, implored their students to follow the money. Every editor, ever, has offered the same commandment. It has never let down a single scribe.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 8h
Manchester City guilty over Premier League charges after £900m of ‘sham’ contracts. The “financial doping” scheme allowed the club’s owners to pump large sums of money into the team without appearing to exceed the league’s spending limits. [theguardian.com]
theguardian.com
Manchester City guilty over Premier League charges after £900m of ‘sham’ contracts
Manchester City breached Premier League financial rules by creating ‘sham’ contracts to help inflate revenue and reduce costs by more than £900m over a nine-year period, an independent commission found
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Kevin Lerner @klerner.bsky.social · 17h
As a card-carrying member of the Daily Pennsylvanian Alumni Association, I should probably say something snarky about the Cornell Daily Sun. But no. Hooray for independent student journalism! Even at (and right now, especially at) Cornell. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 18h
Q&A with two Cornell Daily Sun student journalists on breaking the news of a suit alleging seven students raped a woman, followed by a fiery editorial, and more (Andrea González-Ramírez/The Cut) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 19h
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 23h
god bless student journalists
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 23h
How is this even a thing? HOW IS THIS EVEN A THING?!!!!
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
wow suddenly everyone hates a surprise party
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
doomsdayscenario.co
The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026
Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.
theverge.com
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This article is completely wrong, for so many reasons. His own data do not show what he claims they show. As well, Treating writing as a way of thinking long predates the 1970s, despite the author's claims. Utter nonsense. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.
If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 21h
Put this up in class today. Had to explain what it was, first.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026
I’m over the whole trend of people at rich private institutions telling the rest of us what’s important in higher ed. And by “rich private institutions,” I’m including Vanderbilt, WashU, and the American Enterprise Institute.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The byline left up there like a head on a spike outside a castle
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John Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Um, undergraduate women are *pissed off* about Cornell. It's evidently all over their reaction video social media. Like I just had an almost hour-long discussion about it in a Freshman seminar. They're paying attention and they're mad.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.
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Michael Mirer @michaelmirer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Blinks in 2008 Financial Crisis
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I will take pleasure in publishing a rape victim’s name” tells you all you need to know about the person who says it.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 29/09/2026
sEe wE’Re GoOd aCtORs. MonEY PlEAse!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 29/09/2026
It’s surprising, but not at all surprising, that federal employees also only get the one-year buy-off when someone figures out the mainframe’s login in is “password1234.”
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Hacker Cat: Hacking the Planet
ALT: Hacker Cat: Hacking the Planet
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 29/09/2026
Do you know anyone in the Senate?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Kate Jewell @katejewell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What Kevin said. And public media (which can be housed at universities- esp regional publics)!
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 29/09/2026
I love mariachi. There was a place in my hometown on the statewide circuit of a touring band. Went every week to watch them work the tables. They took requests. They learned the school fight songs. They had a good “Beat It.” They shredded “Devil Went Down to Georgia.” kennysmith.org/audio/dwdtg....
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Jeff Zimmerman @jeffwzimmerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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