Reposted by Lindsey BarrettTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11hIt’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work. 211145188
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 29/09/2026i don't think every institution in the united states should have all pushed the big red "ERODE FAITH" button in unison. what do i know though 1736
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 28/09/2026i don't think it's glib to say this: it's possible that nobody on earth cares less about consent than mark zuckerberg 860793
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The motorist community needs to clean up its act, especially if drivers expect taxpayers to keep building car lanes. 230133
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 26/09/2026It’s always silly when judges insist that they are magically nonpartisan and have no political beliefs, but it’s especially funny when you have a long track record of saying things like “ANY REPUBLICAN IS BETTER THAN ANY DEMOCRAT” (all caps in original)ballsandstrikes.substack.comTrump Nominee: For Ethical Reasons, I Cannot Discuss the Time I Called Biden a “Great National Nightmare”Lots of judges are Republicans. Not all of them are this loud about it. 819461
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026The free speech™️ people are at it again. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 19951261
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026there is some desperate core of me that cannot accept this armando iannuci-scripted hellscape as reality 1214
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettJeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 26/09/2026I assume each 6-pack comes with a copy of the collected works of Sheila Jasanoff. 251
Reposted by Lindsey Barrettleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli 5356161268
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ultimately what is killing higher Ed in the United States is not just hostile politics at the Federal level, but the greed and ineptitude of university leadership. 25712
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026On one hand, AI might cause nuclear annihilation in the dumbest way possible. But on the other hand, it is semi-almost-useful at making lists. Gotta take the bad with the good! 11438121
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettKPD Max von Sydnow @mpdeejay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's really fun to see people discover why everyone hates the Patriots. 322936
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Finding information and knowing things are different 1218845
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Prisoners paying off kids' school lunch debts speaks to the US's failures at so many levels. 411137
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 10/09/2026SpaceX was the first tech company to get immediate investment-grade rating after going public. OpenAI and Anthropic now pushing for same. Remind me where I've heard about collusion of ratings agencies leading to a crash? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comAnthropic and OpenAI bankers push for top-tier credit ratings post-IPOInvestment-grade designation would unlock cheaper financing for AI labs and their infrastructure partners 18610170
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 05/09/2026If you wanted to support home-makers you wouldn’t gut their healthcare in your big beautifully bill. This is just about further hurting working women. 095
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026DoD has its own research agency DARPA, which receives -5 billion in funding. A ten year contract to shift NIH funds to DoD is simply a budget cut to NIH. It’s also another example of how this Admin does policymaking by other means. 8240116
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In my Sociology of AI class, my students are learning just fine what GenAI gets wrong - emissions, env pollution, Global South labor exploitation & digital colonialism, and promoting tech oligarchy. All without ever opening up a GenAI program. 522037
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Still unbeaten. RIP 2570137
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Increasingly convinced this is the most important post 4481931993
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's cool how you can lose two different antitrust lawsuits and still not have to make any structural changes to your business at all www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/t...nytimes.comIn a Big Win, Google Won’t Have to Break Up Its Ad Tech Business, Court RulesIn a long-awaited decision, a federal judge said Google must change its ad tech business to address antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures. 411421
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026And this is why we need to help people stop focusing on a brand name and start hating the surveillance state as a whole. 91360559
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettMeredith Rose @mrose.ink · 29/08/2026Look. There is a reason that Sisyphus is, for many, the patron saint of activism. You will never reach the summit. The point is the climb. And once in a glorious, rare while, the boulder rolls back downhill… and stops a centimeter higher than it started. 98322
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026happy july 50th to all academics who celebrate 020
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026COINTELPRO never ended; it just became the modern surveillance state. 9848310
Reposted by Lindsey Barrettandy™ @andylevy.net · 26/12/2025writing a horror movie about a jewish exorcist whose catchphrase is “dybbuk stops here” 371414177
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026the devil’s advocacy bench remains overstaffed 0447
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Here's the thing--rather than replace Flock with the company that wants to put taser on drones, why don't we just spend all this money on addressing the root causes of crime and not just creating a massive surveillance theater stalking machine.404media.coCities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate ReadersRather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings. 64117
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettBrawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027 158363916435
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions 50105832737
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettPublic Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We're #hiring! Join us as Senior Policy Counsel/Analyst to help fight for an open internet & affordable broadband for all. 5+ yrs policy exp, DC or remote, $100K–$121K + benefits. Apply today at the link below: publicknowledge.org/policy_analyst 048
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026“Leonard Attorney Registration Fee,” which is also what chat gpt mumbles if you ask for its favorite philip roth character 130
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettHannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026If you have ever seen Lucy and thought “I want a dog like that,” and if you’re more or less in the Philly area, please please please consider fostering or adopting this sweet boy, Whimsy! new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...new.shelterluv.comWhimsy is available for adoption at Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)Check out Whimsy or one of the other animals for adoption at Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) 083
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026rigorously maintaining my 'don't overthink phrasing' early draft policy 010
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 13/07/2026I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.techcrunch.comA new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunchA hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy. 6137561689
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Wingnut welfare in academia. $8k to $12k for writing about vaccine injuries. Bonkers. 89326
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 11/07/2026Thank you as always to Soccer Computer for making the cool thing not happen retroactively 3784103
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026feels like a real landmark of impunity that major corporations are making federal crimes part of the interview process 5139851043
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Mamdani wants to make it easier for consumers to cancel gym memberships and magazine subscriptions…so, just like Trump’s authoritarian overreach. 762923432
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettEvelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It's hard to see or write a story about chill -- about what *isn't* said -- so it's important to pay attention to the visible signs. The Administration can silence a lot of speech without directly "censoring" anything. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...semafor.comExclusive: ‘The View’ throttles back political candidate bookings following FCC inquirySince February, the ABC daytime talk show has cut its bookings of candidates for office. 197
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettLuke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social · 02/07/2026FTC issued a draft statement declaring that if LLM developers incorporate anti-discrimination objectives--even if required by state law--they may be "deceiving" consumers who expect only "accurate" output. You can comment here: www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2... www.ftc.gov/system/files...ftc.gov 284
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 01/07/2026You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken 549711269
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026some computer princeling will swoop in with 3 zillion dollars to siphon this into his new favorite AI glop through some unholy maneuver the NIH’s lawyers swore was “insanely illegal” but somehow! happened anyway 1101
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m mad about today. I’m mad that justices can’t do the bare minimum to uphold the Constitution. I’m mad that the law and our history, which I have dedicated so much of my life to, is an inconvenience than an inheritance to many. I’m mad that the academy, which I love, rewards and enables it. 913547609
Reposted by Lindsey BarrettJerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I'm glad I'm going on vacation today and can take my mind on this stuff for a week. I didn't expect to be so angry after SCOTUS upheld birthright citizenship. A 5-4 split is shameful. And the "academics" who fabricated history to try and justify stripping people of rights are charlatans. 128628
Reposted by Lindsey Barrettjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026thomas simply couldn't join the opinion, this corrupt, misanthropic bigot had to throw in his two cents and put his bigotry into the record 11148311054