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Professor Vibes

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It’s vee_bat from the site formerly known as twitter. She/her. I share cute art and cat photos… and lots of politics posts. PhD.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
i cant stop laughing at everything about this sorry
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It'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.
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Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gift link to the article, where I was one of 37 "experts" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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30 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?
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I 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
A table contrasting civic tech and DOGE across roots, points of entry, motivation, role of government, structure & leverage, view of law/change, approach to public employees, and assumptions about building change. In general civic tech is more incremental, people focused, and bottom-up, while DOGE is technology-focused, anti-government, and top-down
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 28/09/2026
A woodcut of a bird beside the text "pretty sure i'm dead and this is hell"
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Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Canned 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
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
Even 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.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After 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...
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batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I 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.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 27/09/2026
Scientific 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:
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What does it mean to ‘control’ for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explains
Understanding what a ‘control’ is can help you decide for yourself how insightful new studies are.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
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TV 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.
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Mitchell Hammond 𓆙 @bipedalbastard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
hades 2 doodlin'
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I 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
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026
Watch 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.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This just keeps getting bigger.
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OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So 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...
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‘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.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 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...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
context. 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.
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Bolts @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.”
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Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - Bolts
Maine 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.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump 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.
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Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a guy is putting on his jacket, getting ready to leave his apartment. He says, “gonna go get some ice cream.” Panel 2: the guy peeks around a corner into another room in his apartment. In the room, there is a monkey with glowing eyes floating in a large, shimmering, blue tube and some unusual technology lining the walls. The guy asks, “you want anything, omniscient monkey in hypersleep?” Panel 3: answering his own question, the guy scoffs, “psh! Duh… banana flavor.”
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Carl 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...
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こまちみゆた @comatimiyuta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
脇芽のけいとう
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This 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.”
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In 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.
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yet 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...
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Opinion | 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.
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Mid-Hudson Valley DSA @mhvdsa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our 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!
Red background with yellow cloud-like graphic. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's face in foreground, surrounded by big text that reads RUN AOC with small text on top that reads Mid-Hudson Valley DSA says
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Mother 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:
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The instagram algorithm knows I like my cats dummy thicc
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There 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.
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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This 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.
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Professor Vibes @profv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you don’t ever want kids getting your tubes tied is also a great preventative care against cancer
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NPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026
Education 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/3TS9SAR
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The Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff say
Education 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.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
every day it seems a brand new sentence is written to describe the state of the world
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’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
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
The Trump administration has become a place where very odd politics around both gender and “wokeness” are constantly on display.
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The Trump administration’s hard-on for AI, explained
“No dooming. America will be AI DOMINANT!”
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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Great piece by my friend Brian Goodman. The Last Days of the Danube Institute www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
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The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Horoscope from The Onion: You'll be living like a king this after you contract syphilis and marry a relative
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Unique Liker @americaonline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dying at "fair market value instead of underpriced MSRP"
Three posters crying about how they can't scalp pokemon cards any more
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 22/09/2026
the guys who run into target at 6 am and steal pokemon cards from children are all mad because pokemon is just printing more now
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stunner of a thread, stunner of a story, dive in here:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. 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 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Jack 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.”
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renata 🎷🐅 BRIS ILLUSTRATION FAIR OCT 3-4 ✨ @gremren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
print party SET for this weekend 🖼️✨
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Brendan 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"
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
convicular
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The 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...
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Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell 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.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I 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.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 21/09/2026
Two 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.
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ICE Involved in Two Violent Incidents Over the Weekend
Trump’s Mass Deportation Op Grinds On We start today with two incidents...
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phil @philjamesson.com · 20/09/2026
when i start ruminating on the boxed cereals which destroyed my memory, nothing can help me sleep. not even getting in full military regalia
image of a woman in bed wearing military regalia with several bars and medals pinned to her lapel
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