Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026First word, top banner, front page, Sunday edition. Brutal 000
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In 2004 I volunteered with EMILY’s List to campaign for Kerry in hanging chad country Florida On that long sad car ride home I made some comment like “oh well it won’t affect our lives directly anyway” & got a talking to from a car full of queer women. A humbling, educational & formative experience 020
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“We’ve been sharpening knives & testing them on our flesh. They’re starting to pierce our skin. Should we continue sharpening & testing on ourselves? ‘A brutal bloodbath is imminent & we don’t know how to prevent it’ said Knife CEO while sharpening a 12 inch blade.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/s...nytimes.comAnatomy of an Autonomous Attack: 5 Alarming A.I. Capabilities (Gift Article)When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts imagined — a dangerous harbinger of what such bots could do in the future. 000
Reposted by Rory Solomongoggle @ayures.bsky.social · 01/09/2026theintercept.com/2025/01/28/p...theintercept.comProton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican PartyThe “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media. 1113
Reposted by Rory SolomonAndrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.alilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded. 541518621
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It’s the 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘦 episode where the guy wishes anything to beat the deceased pool champion of all time, so the champ comes back to life & loses on purpose, forcing the new guy to suffer a restless afterlife always having to return to face any challenger. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_...en.wikipedia.org 000
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I’m always here for a David Brooks takedown — the guy is just so eminently takedownable. Total vaporware punditry & Reader’s Digest thinker. 000
Reposted by Rory SolomonGil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/08/2026This is IT! “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy” drops tomorrow (8/18) 1st week sales are crucial to success. So: Give the tech fascists hell, make “The Nerd Reich” sell! Big things coming! Be a part of this moment—please buy it wherever you get your books. 29439180
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026You mean the big brains over at Amazon can't figure out how to scan a book without destroying it? They could if they wanted to! 100
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Some apt words introduced in print the year of my birth according to Merriam-Webster: attention deficit disorder, BFF, bodice ripper, dramedy, electroweak, enterprise zone, gap year, hepatitis C, off-grid, open mic, paragliding, pay-per-view, techno-thriller, telematics, trash talk, uncanny valley 100
Reposted by Rory Solomondorian @doriantaylor.com · 23/07/2026aside: an anecdote i like from computer history is how sql was originally conceived so suits could pull their own reports this is laughable for lots of reasons but the particular one i want to surface is the fact that the whole point of being a suit is somebody else pulls the reports for you 4549
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Tragedy and farce: Shock & awe … Shock & aw shucks 010
Reposted by Rory SolomonLeigh Claire La Berge @lclaberge.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"Full AI Communism," a phrase from the Wall St Journal this morning on whether China's vision of AI as a public good or Wall Street's as a private product will win the AI race. Good title for a book! 1106
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Why do we as a society even tolerate private equity? Just an entire industry premised on the idea of making everything else worse 033
Reposted by Rory SolomonBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A really interesting piece on reducing AI cheating in the classroom from a Professor of English and former Dean of Humanities at University of Utah. The solutions? Smaller classes, lower teaching loads for faculty, and in-person classes.hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.comHow to limit unauthorized AI use in the classroomA handy rule 17355103
Reposted by Rory SolomonBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Maybe if we stopped thinking of ourselves as so special and removed from broader labor dynamics, we'd actually have models for enacting the change we want to see. 1113
Reposted by Rory SolomonBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Some responses to this post have been so defeatist, basically saying "admin will never change and there's no money so we're fucked." I wish faculty feeling this way had a little more humility. Union organizers in the past were beaten and killed, but they worked on. Let's take our lead from them. 36012
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 12/07/2026TIL the CIA World Factbook was discontinued this past February. RIP. You got me through many games of Carmen Sandiego. It seems OpenFactBook may carry on its legacy, offering accessible geographical info with less imperialist ties openfactbook.orgopenfactbook.orgOpenFactBook - World Factbook Alternative | Country Data & StatisticsThe community-maintained successor to the CIA World Factbook. Free comprehensive data on 260+ countries: geography, demographics, government, economy, and more. 010
Reposted by Rory SolomonThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 08/07/2026You can, and almost certainly should, opt out of being part of Muse Image's new experiment in making the internet a worse and more invasive place.avclub.comInstagram about to start letting internet randos "remix" your photos with AIInstagram about to start letting internet randos "remix" your photos with AI 24334
Reposted by Rory Solomonjf789.bsky.social @jf789.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Now, we need to stop private equity from buying hospitals. It's a disaster waiting to happen, if not already here. 61118
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Educating myself about campus culture at my new employer & really enjoying the excellent journalism in the student newspaper, The Mac Weekly. themacweekly.comthemacweekly.comThe Mac WeeklyThe Student News Site of Macalester College 100
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 08/07/2026VR, AI, face computers … How many times is FB going to choke on poorly regurgitated old tech fantasies before people realize that maybe the rapey webpage guy doesn’t actually have any good ideas? finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...finance.yahoo.comZuckerberg Admits That AI Is Not Working Out the Way He ImaginedShocker. 0103
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Please let’s all start using this coinage and let this be his most lasting legacy in the public consciousness … that and the lesson learned to never make this kind of compromise again. 021
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Friends & colleagues, I'm very pleased to announce that this fall I'll be starting a new job at Macalester College as Assistant Professor of Media & Cultural Studies. Events at my current institution haven't left much space for sharing good news, but I hope we can also celebrate light in dark times 8992
Reposted by Rory SolomonDaniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing. 8191072766
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Definitely one of the more interesting & intellectually dishonest figures in US politics. According to this review he manages to celebrate the US cause in WWII & endorse fascism. Elsewhere Trump's VP has the audacity to criticize Bill Clinton's "moral failings" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | JD Vance Is Worried 200
Reposted by Rory SolomonAAUP @aaup.org · 25/06/2026Are the many “Intellectual Freedom Centers” being placed on college campuses nationwide really just mandatory ideological indoctrination centers? 🤔 #AcademicSky 79661
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026They’re talking about abundance but we’d rather have a Bund 110
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 24/06/2026How many Jews shouting ‘genocide’ will it take until everyone understands that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism? 010
Reposted by Rory SolomonHeather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool 502243435591
Reposted by Rory SolomonBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/06/2026I mean without occupy there was no Bernie 2016 and without Bernie 2016 there was no dsa as it is today and without dsa as it is today there's no Mamdani. Highly unlikely an AOC, but also Bernie 2016 on that one. 1878
Reposted by Rory SolomonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 4639991572
Reposted by Rory SolomonJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026To the “AI is useful” crowd, it might certainly be in theory, but we can’t ignore that it is being shaped by right wing extractive logics mired in cultural hierarchal commitments, that have very little interest in a utility that serves a broader social good. 6476117
Reposted by Rory SolomonTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“The AAUP and AFT condemn the federal indictment of fifteen Minnesotans—including Erik Davis, former president of the Macalester College AAUP chapter—for defending their community during the violent ICE occupation of Minneapolis earlier this year.” www.aaup.org/news/indictm...aaup.orgIndictment of Minnesotans for ICE Protests a Threat to DemocracyThe AAUP and AFT condemn the federal indictment of fifteen Minnesotans for defending their community during the violent ICE occupation of Minneapolis earlier this year. 011646
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Absolutely legendary video. It’s incredible they got this whole rap crew to so many iconic Bay Area spots. Kids today will watch and assume it’s AI or at best green screen 151
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Incredible. My students & I experiment with commands like these in my Radical Software class when we craft keystroke injection attacks, scripting that pretends to be a human user. Here this is using a CAPTCHA, supposedly the test of a real human at the keyboard, to mímic the scripted attack 1113
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026American political discourse is written on an Etch-a-Sketch and the goal of every political campaign is to tickle the populace so hard they inadvertently shake it clean 043
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The professor made it hard for the guy to be there 010
Reposted by Rory SolomonRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Feels like a lot of STEM guys believed coding was the hardest thing a human could do, and assumed that once somebody invented an AI that can code, it would follow naturally that the AI can do all of the lesser non-coding things that other dumber people were doing 371705317
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This thread pretty well tracks what has been happening at @thenewschool.bsky.social so far with its “Center for American Experience” 1143
Reposted by Rory SolomonMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 30/05/2026Sure are a lot of ways to succeed in academia by making yourself…useful. 182
Reposted by Rory SolomonAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/05/2026Here’s the story, and it’s not good: www.newschoolfreepress.com/2026/04/16/i...newschoolfreepress.comInside the Center for the American Experience, The New School’s controversial new “nonpartisan” hub — Part 1 - The New School Free PressThis story was updated on April 17 at 8:23 a.m. Introduction The Center for the American Experience (CAE), a new center promising “nonpartisan dialogue and fearless debate,” is coming to The New Schoo... 24228
Reposted by Rory SolomonPaul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My great colleague and former student, History professor Dr Emma Park, was summarily fired to make room for this bullshit. 2206
Reposted by Rory Solomoncass @cassiusa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026As of this morning, @thenewschool.bsky.social is de facto replacing its History department with a “Center for the American Experience,” which is funded by private and undisclosed donors. The New School has been New Colleged, and there’s no GOP to blame here. Our anti-fascist identity is over. 24500202
Reposted by Rory SolomonShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 03/06/2026“19 full-time faculty members, 10 of them tenured, were told… that they’d been laid off… Dozens more have taken early-retirement or buyout offers… Among those laid off Monday was Sanjay G. Reddy, a professor of economics + prominent critic of the university’s financial management.”chronicle.com‘It’s Just Been Agony’: Facing a Big Deficit, the New School Begins LayoffsOne of New York’s most prominent universities has handed layoff notices to about 15 percent of its employees, marking its latest measure to rectify a $48-million budget deficit. 56235
Rory Solomon @rorshock.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Goonies 3 is going to be a bunch of kids trying to find an uncle’s old USB key rumored to have a long lost bitcoin on it 020
Reposted by Rory SolomonChica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Infuriating that we don’t know the criteria for firing FT faculty at #thenewschool. 2153
Reposted by Rory SolomonMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 28/06/2025NEW: People are being involuntarily committed to psychiatric care facilities — and even ending up arrested or jailed — after becoming fixated on ChatGPT and other chatbots and spiraling into psychosis. futurism.com/commitment-j... 1002340890