Reposted by Professor Vibesdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/06/2025i cant stop laughing at everything about this sorry 7774171381
Reposted by Professor VibesLance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's naive to think it's a coincidence that the concerted assault on universities came right at the moment university admins were starting to take sexual violence and racism seriously. 110229
Reposted by Professor VibesSarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gift link to the article, where I was one of 37 "experts" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.com30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts (Gift Article)Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around? 153
Reposted by Professor VibesLaurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I appreciate this, which articulates some of what was frustrating me during the peak of DOGE activity. DOGE was never compatible with producing public good because their motivations and methods were structurally opposed to the public's 114046
Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Canned anchovies what is wrong with y’all. Anchovies are meant to be a delicious umami hint put into sauces like caesar or Worcestershire not soaked in oil then baked on cheese 000
Reposted by Professor VibesProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” said one.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 16843371
Reposted by Professor Vibesbatkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I don't want to go to work tomorrow or ever again in perpetuity throughout the universe as well as retroactively since the dawn of time. 822130
Reposted by Professor VibesThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 27/09/2026Scientific studies often say researchers “controlled” for certain variables. But what does that actually mean? A statistician explains what “control” means and how it can help you judge reports of new research:theconversation.comWhat does it mean to ‘control’ for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explainsUnderstanding what a ‘control’ is can help you decide for yourself how insightful new studies are. 01611
Reposted by Professor VibesDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 751388334
Reposted by Professor VibesMitchell Hammond 𓆙 @bipedalbastard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026hades 2 doodlin' 2871811320
Reposted by Professor VibesMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not 7065621330
Reposted by Professor VibesLex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products. 321700504
Reposted by Professor VibesMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This just keeps getting bigger.bbc.co.ukOpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and CensusOpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises. 63657304
Reposted by Professor VibesPolitics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 10830561211
Reposted by Professor Vibesdr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The ACLU and Amnesty International have published an exhaustive, 322 page repoter about student (and faculty) speech being under attack around the world. www.aclu.org/publications... 110659
Reposted by Professor VibesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity. 213350818
Reposted by Professor VibesBolts @boltsmag.org · 25/09/2026“I’ve been getting ready to vote,” says Djvan Carter, who is incarcerated in Maine, where prisoners never lose the right to vote. “But the facility itself, the administration, they don’t help us or guide us. It’s all on us.”boltsmag.orgMaine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - BoltsMaine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process. 213560
Reposted by Professor VibesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump invited his billionaire pals to the state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping last night. Since he’s been back in office, the wealthiest households have gained 8,000 times more wealth per household than the bottom 50% of households. It’s clear who he governs for. 631657770
Reposted by Professor VibesCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“.. Though the message makes no reference to Cuba, the request is for continued military planning aimed at Cuba, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity ..” @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-gro... 35320134
Reposted by Professor VibesKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is heartbreaking to read: “Najya was asking what I’d accomplished by not choosing the “best” school for her. And the honest answer is, I don’t know. When it comes to the choices my husband and I have made about public education, these days I feel that I failed both my values and my child.”nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 2347
Reposted by Professor VibesHeather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yet another example of how AI can be useful *once you already have deep knowledge and experience in a field* whereas using it as a student actively prevents the acquisition of that knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Has Made Me a Better Doctor. It’s Made Med Students Worse. (Gift Article)I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts. 59823
Reposted by Professor VibesMid-Hudson Valley DSA @mhvdsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our movement is growing, and now is our time! MHVDSA members voted overwhelmingly to support an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez run for president. As we face a crisis on every front, home and abroad, we cannot cede ground to a politics of yesterday. Join DSA today and join the fight! 211721
Reposted by Professor VibesMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026“In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 is brutal,” ChatGPT told the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter about the shotgun. “Close quarters is its playground.” From our new investigation:motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 413562
Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The instagram algorithm knows I like my cats dummy thicc 000
Reposted by Professor VibesMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Girl dinner 6674691657
Reposted by Professor VibesBerny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There is no psychiatric treatment powerful enough to break the right's collective hallucination about 2020. Like, literally none of this even came close to happening. 811955296
Reposted by Professor VibesMorgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is getting shared wide but the changes noted are just the bog-standard result of getting ChatGPT or similar to edit a photo. Because it can’t actually edit the photo, it just recreates it entirely based on your new prompt, and often does weird shit in the background. Ineptitude not conspiracy. 262
Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you don’t ever want kids getting your tubes tied is also a great preventative care against cancer 010
Reposted by Professor VibesNPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students. n.pr/3TS9SARn.prThe Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff sayEducation staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students. 20306125
Reposted by Professor Vibesdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026every day it seems a brand new sentence is written to describe the state of the world 531780341
Reposted by Professor VibesDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s not that this story has not gotten attention, but this is the sort of story that Fox and NewsMax would have turned into a cultural touchstone under a Dem by running for weeks, darkly hinting at a conspiracy 11818163
Reposted by Professor VibesMother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026The Trump administration has become a place where very odd politics around both gender and “wokeness” are constantly on display.motherjones.comThe Trump administration’s hard-on for AI, explained“No dooming. America will be AI DOMINANT!” 68424
Reposted by Professor VibesLyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Great piece by my friend Brian Goodman. The Last Days of the Danube Institute www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...thedriftmag.comThe Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal BudapestBy Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times. 1165
Reposted by Professor VibesUnique Liker @americaonline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Dying at "fair market value instead of underpriced MSRP" 50905101
Reposted by Professor Vibestinybaby @tiny.baby · 22/09/2026the guys who run into target at 6 am and steal pokemon cards from children are all mad because pokemon is just printing more now 352728393
Reposted by Professor VibesJessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Stunner of a thread, stunner of a story, dive in here: 827589
Reposted by Professor VibesProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113386022
Reposted by Professor VibesJack Santucci @jacksantucci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“That relationship has been evident since 2008 and it decidedly is not a product of Trump-era politics… [and] should be understood as elite politics catching up with the public rather than leading it.” 053
Reposted by Professor Vibesrenata 🎷🐅 BRIS ILLUSTRATION FAIR OCT 3-4 ✨ @gremren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026print party SET for this weekend 🖼️✨ 18321
Reposted by Professor VibesBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Over the five years following a sexual assault, victims’ employment falls by 6 percentage points and annual earnings decline... These effects persist for at least a decade and correspond to a 15% decline in employment, 17% earnings loss, and 28% rise in anti-depressant use" 011757
Reposted by Professor VibesJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...thedartmouth.comOp-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector PangramSchnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.” 711480490
Reposted by Professor VibesDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't have the energy to rebut everything in this piece, but it reaffirms the impression that these people did not know or care how government works and never bothered to find out. The reporter's framing is pretty credulous "many people disagree" with stuff that is easy to fact check. 281397341
Reposted by Professor VibesTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 21/09/2026Two ICE incidents over the weekend are reminiscent of the peak violence during mass deportation operations back in the winter PLUS a major court ruling should temper some of the worst elements of the administration's brutal third-country deportation policy.talkingpointsmemo.comICE Involved in Two Violent Incidents Over the WeekendTrump’s Mass Deportation Op Grinds On We start today with two incidents... 05023
Reposted by Professor Vibesphil @philjamesson.com · 20/09/2026when i start ruminating on the boxed cereals which destroyed my memory, nothing can help me sleep. not even getting in full military regalia 502324266