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M Green

@narrprof.bsky.social
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Communication researcher and social psychologist studying how stories change minds (narrative persuasion). Personal account.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/09/2026
Buried lede: among those speaking out against this is Gregory Baylor, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, a major conservative Christian legal group: “The government shouldn’t punish people who pursue socially valuable callings just because in its judgment they don’t earn enough money.”
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
cbsnews.com
Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not a shock that DHS got key facts re alleged voting fraud completely wrong. The question is why do traditional news outlets often just run with initial press releases from DHS or Trump controlled agencies writ large as if they were legit and feature their framing in headlines, leads?
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
sending every palantir executive to The Hague is fine by me!
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the quintessential Bills fan emotional status. bsky.app/profile/loll...
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If the law stated REAL DAMN CLEAR that a frontier lab is found liable for punitive damages if its model escapes its sandbox and hacks shit, and if that law was robustly enforced, then the frontier labs would figure out how to build better sandboxes. This really isn't rocket science.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Two notes on this passage: -Aside from aligning the AIs so they, uh, properly serve humanity, the other thing you could do is set liability frameworks that make certain behaviors REAL DAMN EXPENSIVE for the model developers. Amodei is never gonna support that, because it'd be bad for him. But(...)
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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am grateful that Amy Acton is safe, and hope those who were injured recover quickly. What a terrifying moment. www.wlwt.com/article/amy-...
wlwt.com
Amy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injured
Amy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Shame on Mt. Sinai for capitulating with this settlement, which violates that legacy of inclusion, their own Hippocratic oath, and New York’s human rights laws. (3/3)
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Gender-affirming care saves lives, respects the rights of patients, and reflects that healthcare is supposed to be between providers and patients, not between providers and the Trump Administration. (1/3)
gothamist.com
Mount Sinai reaches deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minors
Mount Sinai is the latest in a string of U.S. hospitals to reach similar agreements with the Trump administration.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
at this point being a nazi edgelord online must be a prerequisite for working in the trump administration, no?
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Geoff Bowden @geoffbowden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My goodness.
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WIRED @wired.com · 31/08/2026
Archeologists are confronting an “unfathomable” loss as the US border wall is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites in Texas, many of which haven’t been fully studied. wrd.cm/46s8TtK
wired.com
Border Wall Construction Threatens 6,000 Years of History on Private Lands
Archeologists are confronting an “unfathomable” loss as border wall construction is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites, many of which haven’t been fully studied.
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Anne Zell @annezell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tenure-track Psychology position announcement! If you are passionate about teaching and mentoring undergraduate students and would be excited to teach Research Methods plus courses in your specialty area(s), please apply to our open position at Augustana University tinyurl.com/3au5y2zd #psychjobs
augie.edu
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Fossilized Tree Sap @amberrl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A piece of crop art that deserves more attention: Liberty Leading the People by Bethany Nagan, which earned a 3rd place ribbon. This is her first piece of crop art, and I think she used literally every seed in the catalog 😂. The parallels between this and the Guernica piece are beautiful.
Liberty Leading the People made of crop art. Liberty has been replaced with a loon, the French flag with Minnesota's flag, and the guns with resistance signs. It includes many other references and allusions to the resistance to ICE and Operation Metro Surge.Liberty Leading the People as shown in the Louvre.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Among the victims: a collab between USAID and NASA for flood prediction, early warning, disaster readiness, glacier inventories, and mapping dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal. These programs could have helped foresee or mitigate this week's glacial flooding catastrophe. 1000 victims and raising
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So they passed on the higher prices to us then pocketed them again with refunds. Just to be clear about what happened. Story: www.npr.org/2026/08/28/n...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Note the more immediate thing folks are missing abt these stories is that Elon was declared to have broken GA mail-in ballot law, he was referred for bribery prosecution (but not charged), and is being sued under two different theories, one stiffing workers, another fraud.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Wait, he gets to go immediately but a family with a 7 year old and a pregnant mom who was trying to self deport is held for a month?
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans check your voter registration, especially those in Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties. From the article: Suspended voter registrations span the whole state, but these Blue/Blue leaning counties are targets: Dallas: +129,000 Collin: 56,000 Denton: 56,000 Tarrant: + 73,000
newrepublic.com
Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race
If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.
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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I have served on this committee. “Professor Sisyphus joined the committee that was drafting the new strategic plan. They held planning meetings. Then they held listening sessions. Then they drafted a draft strategic plan. Then they held feedback meetings on the draft strategic plan…
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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
letsaddresstexas.substack.com
Texas Suspends 1.2 Million Voter Registrations Ahead of Midterms
Over 6% of Texas voters are flagged. Republicans are counting on you not checking your registration.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to recognize — and the article discusses this — that "underlying conditions" is a very broad category. You may have one even if you don't think of yourself as high risk. See long list here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/cl...
nytimes.com
What to Know About New Covid Vaccines for Fall 2026 (Gift Article)
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara falls in pink light
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There is so much amazing crop art this year at the Minnesota State Fair focused on the resistance to the ICE occupation we faced, this one in particular had me choked up.
Crop art with a whistle text says 

I can't keep doing this 
I have to keep doing this
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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Studies have previously shown an association btwn tree cover & public health outcomes. The new study is novel bc it tracks how the tree canopy expands or contracts in response to development, natural disasters & other forces, &how those changes in turn appear to correlate to communitywide health”🛟🧪
“When it comes to urban trees, old is gold.
Many cities across the country, including New York, have been planting trees in neighborhoods where cooling shade has been sparse because of neglect in decades past. But a new study has found that simply adding trees is not enough: To get the most from tree cover, communities also have to preserve older ones.
Polt we take care of trees, they take care of us, and might even help save our lives," said Harrison C. Garcia, a student at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the lead author on the study. "They're not just a luxury. They're not just something to look at."”
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 27/08/2026
this is a very good and sobering thread
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A 30% cut to international enrollment is lights out at many public R1’s. And: once again, this is not bungling on the part of the administration, or unintended consequences. It is *precisely* the intention.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ok not to add to bike helmet discourse (except obviously adding to bike helmet discourse) but i got a foldable helmet a couple weeks ago (mine is from Fend), it actually fits in my work bag and the tote bags i use for bumming around town, and i have used bikeshare 3000% more since acquiring it
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Stealing from poor children is next level evil. When people tell me I will need to learn to forgive Republicans I think of things like this.
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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"But that decision would cause her a lot of stress, with the AI scribe making up the serious but false claim that Ms Green was taking illegal drugs." Criminalize systems that allow unchecked AI outputs. If a system this unreliable gets to act fully automated, send the people responsible to prison
abc.net.au
Doctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugs
Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
They lie about the progress of the war. They lie about the conditions of the troops. They suppress independent reporting. Welcome to Trump's and Hegseth's military. wapo.st/3UsenSA
wapo.st
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference
The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NSF's research spending is on a two-year cycle and will not expire in October, so the $1 billion can theoretically be spent in FY27. But there are serious legal questions about withholding so much, esp. without giving Congress notice. And the ICA covers deferrals, not just rescissions.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
nature.com
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
All of the NSF’s directorates are awarding fewer new grants, but the hardest hit is the social, behavioural and economic sciences (SBE) directorate, which the White House proposed eliminating in its 2027 budget request to Congress. SBE has so far awarded 84 new grants this year, about 11% of its average, mainly in areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience and decision-making. Much of its portfolio, such as sociology, archaeology, political science, economics and geography, has received zero new awards. “I don’t think they’ve realized yet that there’s no awards,” one NSF staff member says of researchers in those fields. “That’s going to be clear soon.”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
one of the most notorious ICE-boosting sheriffs (way before Trump) is facing a challenge in November that i want many people to know about, so allow me to reshare this occasionally! boltsmag.org/alamance-cou...
boltsmag.org
A North Carolina Sheriff and ICE Ally Faces Accusations of Racism—and a Challenger This Fall - Bolts
This story is produced as a collaboration between Bolts and NC Local. One Saturday in May, Shannon Long, a pastor running for sheriff in North Carolina, set up his campaign... Read More
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/08/2026
Wait a damn minute. The things Arday did, like the marathons, had been previously covered, with first hand primary sources, by English news orgs, contemporaneously?!?! And yet the Telegraph and others just kept repeating that he'd lied about them, despite tons of documentation they happened?! 🤬🤬🤬
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Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death
Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
its pretty telling how much silicon valley tech "innovation" is specifically products useful to shithead teen boys to harrass girls with
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is a data center story. Flock cams don’t do what they do without data centers to capture, store and sort info about your whereabouts. And you already hated data centers.
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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
Social media post, describing a routine…

> turns on my computer
> disables a new Al feature that was turned on by default
> opens my email
> disables a new Al feature that was turned on by default
> launches a software
> disables a new Al fea
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
I'm going to keep saying this until it's rote practice: If you are in official connection with let alone in charge of an archive of data, if is your professional & moral responsibility to secure that archive, as a backup or otherwise, against just such an emergency, so we're not Hoping some kid did.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There is an entire political movement and party that openly wishes to mug you, take things from you, rip food out of your children’s mouth, laugh at you, and if they feel like it which they often do, brutalize you and your family, and then go on tv and smear you or your memory. they want you to…
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I know everything feels terrible and doomy but I've been working on surveillance issues for most of my adult life and I have never seen so much energy, momentum, and concrete VICTORIES happening as what we are seeing right now on Flock cameras and facial recognition in venues. Keep. Going.
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Io Dodds 🌘🏳️‍⚧️♾️ @iododds.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Very proud to be making my @assignedmedia.org debut with this fascinating & farcical exposé! Someone — we don’t yet know who — has been bombarding the US government with blatantly machine-generated comments. All of them ask for one thing: make it harder for trans people to legally buy firearms.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
TONIGHT: @drannieandrews.com talks to @jonathancapehart.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
19thnews.org
Who is Dr. Annie Andrews? Senate candidate is in the spotlight after Lindsey Graham's death
The pediatrician and Democratic nominee is drawing national attention after Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death reshaped South Carolina's U.S. Senate race.
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vpcampbell.bsky.social @vpcampbell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Another podcast idea. Called "Things We Used to Know", and each episode features a proper academic who's lost their career due to the collapse of HE, rather than their own hubris, talking about their research. There would be tens of thousands of potential episodes from the last three years alone.
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