Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14hWhY dOn'T peOPle jUSt dO It tHe lEGal WaY?! 311360
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 14/10/2026@dieworkwear.bsky.social Do you have any opinions on pivot sleeves on sport coats and suit jackets? Do you know any companies that make them? I want to be able to throw my hands in the air while dancing without my jacket riding up 000
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Unions need to practice what they preach and treat their unionized staff right. If union leadership would demand staff fight for something at the bargaining table for the members they represent, then leadership must also give that something to the staff who keep the union running. Solidarity. 🌹 1289
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 13/10/2026This is a tragedy. The women I know who have gone to this say that it was really important to them and was central to the support systems that helped them to get into tech. The annual Grace Hopper event is so important. I hope it comes back next year if not sooner. 000
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026this is bad 🧪https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandycarter/2026/10/13/for-women-in-ai-what-the-grace-hopper-celebration-cancellation-means/forbes.comWhat The Grace Hopper Celebration Cancellation Means For Women In AIAnitaB.org canceled the 2026 Grace Hopper Celebration weeks before it opened. Here is what the loss means for women in AI and the companies hiring them. 35218
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This speech, from an Iowa republican is on point. Worth the time to listen to the whole thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF9f...youtube.comIowa Senate Republican's epic speech against tax incentive billYouTube video by Bleeding Heartland 100
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New bro code: "Protect women. Respect women. Believe women." The code is accountability, human decency, human kindness, respect. It has to be. 452505506
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My first journal article is officially published! I am very excited to have it in my favorite journal, TOCE. A huge thank you to my co-authors Trevion Henderson and Alejandra Vasquez, to the editors at TOCE and to the reviewers for their vital feedback. Check it out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...dl.acm.org(In)Comprehensible Input and Explicit Instruction: A New Model for Programming Language Acquisition | ACM Transactions on Computing EducationScholars have argued that Programming Language Acquisition (PLA) is undertheorized, undermining the ability of educators and researchers to develop pedagogical practices, assessment and evaluation strategies, and research programs in introductory ... 000
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.” 833890677
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When 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. 20752441426
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An incredible read. It is fascinating to further understand the interpersonal and intra-national dynamics that have been driving the ongoing conflict(s) in the middle east. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comHow Biden Averted a War With IranIn April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack. 031
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026(Re)watching season 7 of Taskmaster, and watching James Acaster fail flamboyantly and gleefully, in his weird, awkward yet charming way, and I keep being reminded of his iconic rant on transphobia and edgy comedians www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqm...youtube.comWhat's Wrong? Too Challenging For You!? | James Acaster | COLD LASAGNE HATE MYSELF 1999YouTube video by James Acaster 1414522
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW BRAIN DROPPEDmed.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 232601780
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951581222
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism" 193194736
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675741286
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don't know what the Yudkowsky discourse is at the moment but he occupies a unique place in my brain. I really like HPMOR. I am a fan of the less wrong wiki. I think about "Three Worlds Collide" twice a month. I also think that man is NUTS. If its an Kaufma-esque bit, its hilarious 000
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFqj...youtube.comin the futureYouTube video by bill wurtz 000
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It's very easy to wear a suit and tie in any major city, even if the aesthetic has mostly disappeared from daily life, because there are people outside wearing pink tutus with Army boots. As usual, your liberation is connected to other people's liberation. 1447624768
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026theonion.comTrump Claims He Was Falling ManWASHINGTON—Saying America could frankly be more grateful for the enduring image he provided, President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he was the previously unidentified Falling Man captured midai... 412021316
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'd vote for the future where there's the option of a box that pops up when lazy nonsense appears and says "this looks like AI slop. Would you like me to find a piece written by a thoughtful human on this topic - something that's valued by other humans and is actually worth reading?" 18881132
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 10/09/2026LET'S GO! Solidarity to Tufts librarians unionizing with SEIU Local 888! 🌹tuftsdaily.comTufts librarians declare intent to form union, ask university for voluntary recognition - The Tufts DailyLibrary staff from across Tufts campuses have begun the process of unionizing, announcing at a rally Tuesday morning that over 70% of library staff have signed union authorization cards. 117049
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster 2103241824
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026It’s encouraging to see students call out these feckless admins www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...thecrimson.comWith AI Remarks, Deming Dismisses Integrity at Harvard | The Harvard CrimsonIf Deming truly hopes to build the “learning community” he heralds in his email, the absolute last thing he should do is legitimize cutting intellectual corners by advocating changes that accommodate ... 1408
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past. 5599433392
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialim nicebat 👼🦇 <— CATSCRATCH FEVER 🌡️ @nicebart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026evergreen 101366447
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 02/09/2026Editorial: The death of Jason Arday must prompt deep reflection go.nature.com/4h5J0Gmgo.nature.comThe death of Jason Arday must prompt deep reflectionUniversities and media organizations need to scrutinize their roles in the events that led to this tragedy. 54811
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Im assuming Helen Lewis, and Alexander Kustov, and Stephen Pinker and the Warmke Brothers, and media outlets on both sides of the pond will now spend the next few weeks tearing Ariely's entire life apart in hundreds of articles and social media posts? You're saying no? Huh. 15920
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Man, shit like this is genuinely hurting my soul. youtu.be/N5YDkQ6oFcEyoutu.beI Visited a Railroad Museum that was all AI Slop - and this is why it's so badYouTube video by Great Basin Car Shops 271321177
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I spent the summer of 2009 in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica with Dr. Janzen. I learned so much from Dan, including that I didn't want to be an ecologist. He is an amazing man with an incredible legacy and well worth reading about. Check out "Green Pheonix" by William Allen to learn more. 000
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity" timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...timesofindia.indiatimes.comMeet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversityDaniel H. Janzen is a biologist whose career has blurred the traditional boundaries between field ecology, evolutionary science and conservation. 52335573
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is the way to think about that absolutely preposterous "she was neutral" CNN take on Dolly Parton. 14312
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/08/2026Annie Andrews: "What she [Darline Graham] said there was that her healthcare plan is, 'you should work hard until you die' ... I believe Darline's parents deserved better." 627122153230
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/ 311380589
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 25/08/2026youtube.comEmbracing new technology #shortsfeed #animation #shortsYouTube video by Brio shorts 000
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 25/08/2026BREAKING NEWS: Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her singular performing career spanned seven decades and only grew in prominence over all of that time.n.prDolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80The artist was a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture. 45989184
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063893311002
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Some people are so universally beloved that I think we shouldn’t be told when they die. Let us figure it out eventually but never receive confirmation. We should always be able to idly speculate that somehow there’s a chance they *could* still be alive 13030300
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Luddite and redneck are two words that should not, and we're not originally insults. Luddites destroyed the machines taking their jobs and rednecks were unionists who took part in an armed strike. Both complicated histories but from many mouths, either word could be a compliment 010
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialblair @blairaf.com · 18/08/2026There's no such thing as rogue AI, whenever you see this term the subject is actually rogue AI developers www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...wsj.comHow AI Models From OpenAI and Anthropic Went RogueWatch to learn how an AI agent escaped “sandboxed” environments and hacked a separate company—leading to calls for regulation. 48732198
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Here’s the thing about Y2K, the ozone layer, etc. The most leftist—in the sense of *valuing labor*—thing you can do is reject the brainwashing that tells you that heroism is running into a burning building and not the slow, patient, boring, unglamorous work of *preventing* disaster. 101353481
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This will be my last year of grad school. That is simultaneously so exciting and so terrifying. 001
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 11/08/2026“The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab” www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the-onl… > Using generative AI inherently exposes you to the risk of career-ending accusations of plagiarism. carlsonlab.bioThe only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson LabOver the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la... 26424
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialmatthew @pahuski.com · 10/08/2026The ads alone are worth the price of The Onion’s print edition 6298421364
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 09/08/2026“Mea Culpa - Dark Hours — Terry Godier” blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea… > it became clear to me that the web app I had launched using Claude was strikingly similar to his open source project, even reproducing a bug he had later fixed blog.terrygodier.comMea Culpa - Dark HoursLast week I launched a project called Dark Hours, which was a website utility to give you an idea of what could be seen in the sky that night. A developer who … 911424
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical." 586191595909
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026My heart is full. Our community showed up. The fight's not over but it's easier knowing how many people are outraged and want justice for an international grad worker. You can help by signing the petition: act.seiu.org/a/tufts-comm... 0157
Reposted by @nw0428.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎 776237418786
nw0428.bsky.social @nw0428.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My first 4x3. I like it July 22, 2026 131 points • No mistakes 🟨🌟🟨 🟩🟩🌟 🌟🟦🟦 🟪🌟🟪 4x3.fun4x3.fun4 × 3 000
