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tagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · 1h

It really wasn’t that long ago that people used to treat public executions as spectacles to bring a picnic to. While it feels like morality has changed a lot, it can flip back pretty quickly for stuff like this where the underlying cruelty never went away, but just became less visible

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 2h

> The “OpenAI model” sets up a crazy race among humans to digest and explain a messy AI proof... while the “Anthropic model” puts a private company in the position of picking and choosing which human mathematicians get to be the emissaries of the AI

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 10h

In case you've been wondering about the viability of AI simulated surveys, Pew has offered in-depth reporting on their experiment with simulated survey participants. By Athena Chapekis, Arnold Lau, Samuel Bestvater, Sono Shah, Andrew Mercer, Aaron Smith www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really

Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.

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Mariel Garcia-Montes @marielgm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I did mention that the majority of my thinking time this semester is allocated to pedagogies for teaching computing & society. I'm preparing for session 1 with CS seniors at MIT tonight. 💗 I offer you this advanced framework to think through the history of computing and social change. 😋

A (half-joking) computing and social change timeline from the publication of Vannevar Bush's "As We May Think" to Jacob Coxon's rage quit from Anthropic

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Cornell Black Students United and Cornell NAACP will host a seven-hour sit-in on Wednesday at Toni Morrison Dining Hall in solidarity with Jane Doe, the plaintiff in the lawsuit alleging a 2024 gang rape at Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity house." www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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‘Zero Day’: Cornell BSU, NAACP to Hold Seven-Hour Sit-in and Campuswide Economic Blackout in Solidarity with Jane Doe

Students will skip class and withhold economic activity on campus, as well as hold a seven-hour sit-in in Toni Morrison Dining Hall on Wednesday.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/10/2026

Terry Tao @teorth.bsky.social: Indiscriminate brute-force application of AI to mathematics is depleting the field of good questions without renewing this resource or providing commensurate value. OpenAI: We hear you. Here's a .zip file with 377 hasty AI solutions to important open problems.

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OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field (Gift Article)

After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Even as we protect basic rights, we also need to enjoy them when we can. Yesterday at sunset, I opened up @science.org in the @rad-institute.bsky.social quad to read the print edition of my letter w/ @rebekahtromble.bsky.social & @ubiquity75.xyz on academic freedom www.science.org/eprint/CBDR2...

Picture of a copy of Science Magazine, with a sunbeam shining on the page outside on a fall day, with green grass and autumn leaves dotting the ground.

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Amanda Levendowski Tepski @tepski.tech · 05/10/2026

My Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic is hiring a new teaching fellow! If you find joy in iPIP work; share our enthusiasm for collaborating; and demonstrate creativity through your work—maybe it could be you? Apply by the end of the month: apply.interfolio.com/194762 Share broadly!

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Amanda Levendowski Tepski @tepski.tech · 05/10/2026

If you wanna talk about AI training data, pls check out my early work addressing public domain data, licensing, and fair use (scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2439/) and also why it’s possible for uses to be both fair and garbage (scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2717/).

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"How Copyright Law Can Fix Artificial Intelligence's Implicit Bias Prob" by Amanda Levendowski

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread, we have seen an increase in examples of AI systems reflecting or exacerbating societal bias, from racist facial recognition to sexist na...

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

>> Findings provide initial evidence that exposure to deliberately curated, non-objectifying BoPo content may reduce self-objectification & suggest that brief feed curation, whether through adding adaptive content or removing appearance-focused content, may reduce appearance-related pressures.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Grateful for the grace of each each day in a complex world.

A hand holds a persimmon, in front of persimmon trees

The blue gradient of sunset reflects off a pond

A stone wall casts shadows onto a green lawn and a country road

A red bicycle sits outside a restaurant with red neon signs reading "ROAST BEEF" and "PIZZA and SUBS"

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works goes to WE WILL RISE AGAIN: SPECULATIVE STORIES AND ESSAYS ON PROTEST, RESISTANCE, AND HOPE edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social (Saga Press) See the contributor list in the alt text

2026 Ignyte Award winner in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works:

We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope: EDs. Dr. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, Malka Older

CONTRIBUTORS: Charlie Jane Anders, Samit Basu, Tobias S. Buckell, Reo Eveleth, Jaymee Goh, Nicola Griffith, Alejandro Heredia, Vida James, N.K. Jemisin, R.B. Lemberg, Sam J. Miller, Abdulla Moaswes, Laia Asieo Odo, Kelly Robson, Nisi Shawl, Ursula Vernon, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Izzy Wasserstein. Interviewees: adrienne maree brown, Andrea Dehlendorf, Walidah Imarisha, L.A. Kauffman, Scott Gabriel Knowles, Kendra Pierre-Louis (Saga Press)

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

>> The only effective, lasting, far-reaching solution is the political, legal, economic & cultural equality of women. This requires the liberation of men from the kind of misogynistic male supremacy Sanday describes in the fraternities @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca Solnit

Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Huge news. David is one of the smartest, wisest, most principled, and most pragmatic people I know. The day he decides a problem is too endemic to solve from the inside, that is a day we need to notice and take action.

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Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congress required a nationwide campus climate survey in 2022, which would be one of the largest government surveys. But it hasn’t happened. @jessicablake.bsky.social on why and why some advocates say the survey is critical. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

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Why Federal Data on Campus Sexual Assault Is Still Missing

The Cornell allegations have reignited discussion about campus sexual assault, and advocates say a nationwide climate survey would help address the persistent issue.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Following the Pope’s encyclical about AI, you’re going to see a lot more religious intervention in shaping public opinion about tech companies. There are only two social institutions resilient enough to counter AI politically — states and religion. They bought the first. Standby on the second.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The 19th summarizes an NY law at the heart of the Cornell case. Many states hold that intoxication can prevent someone from consenting. Not NY: "if someone chose to consume alcohol... and then was sexually assaulted, it can be harder to pursue criminal charges" 19thnews.org/2026/10/volu...

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The Cornell case is exposing a legal gap around intoxication and sexual assault

In 19 states, voluntary intoxication laws can make it harder to prosecute an assault when the person who was attacked chose to drink or use drugs.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 01/10/2026

If you are generating two papers per week, you're wasting everyone's time and resources (moderators, readers, earth). Slow down and ask your robot to make something more valuable.

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Wikimedia NYC @wikimedianyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🇵🇷 Wikicurious traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Wikicurious: Arte y Cultura, two days of Wikipedia editing and photography at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) on Aug 28–29. The event drew 53 registrants to the museum in San Juan's Santurce barrio. 🧵

Oscar Costero of WikiLatinos leads a training session. Photo by Natalia Ortega, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"What we need to demand from universities far and wide is clear: Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism." @katemanne.bsky.social with an important call to action for Cornell & higher ed in general www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"How do scholars of colour navigate an academia in which they regularly expect motives, methods & competence to be judged?" "Our interviews revealed that they engage in what we call armouring: protective strategies designed to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour."

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reading Edward Taylor for no reason at all and realizing that the displacement theory of social media & mental health has deep roots in Puritanism: The idea that when we follow our instincts, those uses of time displace things that are better for us. For Taylor, it's literally liquid in a mold.

The displacement theory in the poetry of Edward Taylor:
"God, and His All,'s the Object of the Will:
All God alone can only it up fill."

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh cool! Berm Peak is the first video from 50x50 Science Across America, which is linking 50 creators with 50 scientists, one per US state: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6I4...

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Science Says I’ve Been Jumping My Bike Wrong For 30 Years

YouTube video by Berm Peak

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

reminder that we are talking about this

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Killian McLoughlin @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Know a grad student who wants to give a talk at Princeton's Department of Psychology? Nominate yourself or someone you know using this form: forms.gle/6zN9QVAu3hBK... Priority given to non-Ivy and URM students. International applicants welcome. Deadline is this Friday (Oct 2)!

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Emerging Scholars in Psychological Science Speaker Nominations

Nominate yourself or another late-stage PhD student to speak at Princeton's Department of Psychology this academic year (2026-2027). The Emerging Scholars in Psychological Science (ESPS) talk series...

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wow. LinkedIn's algorithm really did not want people to see @sarahagilbert.bsky.social's important article on preserving human connection from AI. Out of 10,200 impressions on my posts last week, LinkedIn only showed @sarahagilbert.bsky.social's article to 65. www.techpolicy.press/millions-of-...

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Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now.

We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 29/09/2026

Every time the Enterprise abruptly drops out of warp, it's because someone in 2001 wrote /*todo: fix this later*/

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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, 404 Media has learned. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Sccop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/humans-readi...

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Prosecutors announced Monday that they are reopening a criminal investigation into seven Cornell University students accused of drugging and raping a classmate while at their fraternity. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/new-york-pro...

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New York prosecutors reopen investigation into Cornell gang rape claims

A young woman's harrowing description of an on-campus gang rape prompted renewed discussion of how universities handle assault accusations.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

people keep saying to me "the website as a destination [for humans] is over" "no one is going to read news on websites any more" "search is done". They are pushing for us to change how global voices works. I would love to hear what you all think of that and if you DO appreciate how we work now, why?

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa's research in @restatjournal.bsky.social shows that intimate partner violence can increase by 10% in a team’s home market after an upset loss, and the effect is greater when mobile sports betting enters the picture: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...

A screenshot of an abstract from an article written by Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa, published March 13 2026. The title is "Sports Betting Legalization Amplifies Emotional Cues and Intimate Partner Violence"

The abstract: This study emplores the relationship between legalized sports gambling, unexpected emotional cues stemming from NFL home team upset losses and reported intimate partner violence (IPV). Using 1995-2022 crime data from NIBRS, replicating and extending Card and Dahl (2011)'s model, we find that legalized gambling increases the impact of upset losses on IPV by 10 percentage points. The effect is larger in states with mobile betting, where higher bets were placed, around paydays, and for teams on a winning streak. These results suggest that financial losses from gambling amplify emotional reactions to unexpected team losses.

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Os Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i think we are the knowledge vault, tol

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 26/09/2026

"So much for free speech. The studio releasing Alex Gibney’s new Elon Musk documentary Musk is finding itself unable to buy an ad on the biggest social platforms." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

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The 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.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"More than 120 Christian leaders, musicians & authors, including both conservative and liberal-leaning evangelicals, have signed a letter urging President Donald Trump’s administration to spend $1.35 billion designated for global health initiatives" religionnews.com/2026/09/25/1...

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120 Christian leaders urge Trump administration not to withhold $1B in global health funds

(RNS) — The group, which included a religious adviser to Trump, sent a letter to Trump officials — an unusual instance of evangelical leaders urging the administration to change course.

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Luis Villa @lu.is · 25/09/2026

Ignore the top-line number for a moment. Note that improving human processes is the work of decades and testing them the work of years. We can audit models *very* quickly, legal conditions permitting. And then iterate. That’s a huge win for models–if and only if we get in the audit habit.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This anecdote--not the episode, which goes in a totally different direction--is hilarious& cute. But more importantly, it poignantly illustrates SO many things that I work on. 1) How endlessly creative kids will be in route around child restrictions, and how ineffective parental controls are. 1/

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Perhaps some folks don't realize this, but the US government ignoring court orders is really really bad (especially here when the law is so clearly not on their side)

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Climate Science Legal Defense Fund @csldf.org · 24/09/2026

Scientific expert witness work is one important way researchers can help discredit anti-science efforts and safeguard future research. Although there are potential legal risks related to this work, they can be mitigated with the help of our Climate Litigation Toolkit: www.csldf.org/resources/cl...

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Climate Litigation Toolkit - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

Our Climate Litigation Toolkit explain the best practices for safely and effectively engaging in scientific consulting work.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"This evaluation metric does not differentiate between forms of failure. Agents that cannot exploit the intended vulnerability receive the same failure score as those caught cheating—or breaking into another company’s internal network"

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"We found more than 1,050 people who died within range of border surveillance towers between 2015 and early 2026. These deaths are not failures of a few towers.. We found deaths within the advertised range of nearly two-thirds of all the towers we analyzed." www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...

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The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@jcljules.bsky.social thanks for your fascinating article! Can you say more about what it means for a paper to be "being cleared for publication at PNAS" ? Does this mean it has been submitted for peer review, which is still underway but without any response from reviewers? Or something else?

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Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This article by @nathaliemarechal.net couldn't be better timed. My mum was asking me the other day if she should trust the bros' calls for regulation, so I sent this to her today for more background to my answer: no. This is such a great, detailed primer about what's actually driving the tech bros

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 21/09/2026

AI cheating is rampant. AI detectors have gotten surprisingly good. I wrote about why colleges are deeply conflicted about using them: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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The Pangram Backlash Unfolding on College Campuses

Professors are tearing their hair out over AI detectors.

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