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Sarah Rispin

@scrispin.bsky.social
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Lecturer, Duke University. Teach about ethical implications of big data, social media and AI. Striving to live in a reality-based world.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 22/05/2025
The US may never recover from this. Germany certainly hasn't. "Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Look for the local Riverkeeper(s). They enlist citizens in water quality monitoring.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/05/2025
“I will not yield to disrespectful men.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Buried in the House's 1,000-page tax-and-budget bill: a provision banning federal judges from enforcing contempt of court rulings over a wide range of court orders open.substack.com/pub/walterol...
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Wild: House bill would strip courts of contempt enforcement power
In the ongoing public discussion about whether the courts will try to rein in the Trump administration’s lawlessness, or will prevail in a resulting showdown if they do, the story that follows has bee...
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 18/05/2025
A giant banner of Trump is now ominously hanging at the front of the Dept. of Agriculture. It's not the kind of thing American presidents do. It's more in line with what you typically see in places like North Korea -- and it's the latest sign that America might be sliding into autocracy. #Velshi
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Big Donald Is Watching You: Sliding into autocracy under Trump 2.0
A giant banner featuring Donald Trump’s photo just went up at the front of the Department of Agriculture. A military parade is being planned for his birthday, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. His cabinet members shower him with praise every time they have a meeting. These are not the kinds of things that normally happen in the United States. It’s more in line with how autocratic leaders display their power in oppressive nations like North Korea and Iran to constantly remind people who’s in charge. But now that it’s starting to happen here, we have to acknowledge it and recognize it as a sign that America is sliding into autocracy.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting. Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...
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After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling—including why it effectively freezes AEA removals for the foreseeable future and its (much) broader potential impact on *all* attempts to bring nationwide challenges to Trump policies:
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151. The Supreme Court's (Alien Enemies Act) Patience is Wearing Thin
A very quick breakdown of Friday afternoon's quietly significant ruling slapping down the lower courts in the Northern District of Texas Alien Enemies Act litigation—and what it means going forward.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Coincidentally, when my daughter was a toddler, she used to literally make demands of the wind and the sun. (“Tell the sun to come up!” “No wind, stop blowing.”)
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Parke Wilde @parkewilde.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
You probably have seen this week's news release from MIT, after a review, expressing "no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and in the veracity of the research." economics.mit.edu/news/assurin...
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Assuring an accurate research record | MIT Economics
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Northeastern freshmen named Big Balls?
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The best responses I’ve seen dig down to what profs really want students to learn through writing, and are structured to enable that. (My approach so far has been to lean on, and then personally check, outlines and pin cites. This will evolve.)
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Breaking news: DOGE is now targeting the Government Accountability Office, a congressional agency. GAO is fighting back: "We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders." @notusreports.bsky.social obtained the email detailing what's happening, sent just an hour ago. www.notus.org/congress/dog...
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DOGE Is Now Targeting GAO, and the Congressional Agency Is Fighting Back
“We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders,” GAO staff were told in an internal email sent Friday.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Really good point.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Blake E. Reid @chup.blakereid.org · 13/05/2025
Well, this is a hell of a metaphor for generative AI
A final note. Directly put, Plaintiff’s use of AI affirmatively misled me.
I read their brief, was persuaded (or at least intrigued) by the authorities that
they cited, and looked up the decisions to learn more about them – only to find
that they didn’t exist. That’s scary. It almost led to the scarier outcome (from
my perspective) of including those bogus materials in a judicial order. Strong
deterrence is needed to make sure that attorneys don’t succumb to this easy
shortcut.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Our latest investigation, with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reveals the real identity of the man behind Mr Deepfake, the notorious site where non-consensual deepfake pornography is published www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat
Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Posting this to highlight the good work being done in the scholarly community on these advances even as they are hawked by e.g., a protagonist of Careless People. Scholars are already creating work that can be the starting point of important conversations around this and other tech.
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The Dark Side of AI Companionship: A Taxonomy of Harmful Algorithmic Behaviors in Human-AI Relationships | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In an example of perfect timing, this paper exploring the downsides of AI "companionship" is being presented at CHI 25 as we speak.
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The Dark Side of AI Companionship: A Taxonomy of Harmful Algorithmic Behaviors in Human-AI Relationships | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Nicely stated. And so, drinking the koolaid is exactly the overlap in the Venn diagram of MAGA and Big Tech.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 01/05/2025
Trump’s first 100 days are a blueprint of cruelty, chaos, and corruption. We put it all on display—because silence is complicity, and we choose action.
Senator Markey laying down signs on Capitol Hill lawnGrid of 100 actions Trump has done in 100 days on signs laid out on Capitol Hill lawnClose up photos of signs labeled with Trump’s actions in 100 days
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social says the Trump administration’s plan for blanket interagency data-sharing runs afoul of the Privacy Act. @propublica.org
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Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees...
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Click-through non-consent agreements.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The accusation here—that Big Law is hypocritical for complaining about the EOs—is specious and misleading. Law firms have a 1st amendment right to free association. They can pick their clients, and law partners. Trump violates that right when he tries to punish them for their past choices.
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Opinion | Many Big Law Firms Shun Conservative Clients
They denounce Trump for targeting causes he opposes, but they’re guilty of the same thing.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Even better when you read their backstory. (Two DC moms creating dresses with space, cars & trucks, and other non-stereotypically girly prints for their kids and other kids to wear.)
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About Us
Hello! We are Rebecca Melsky and Eva St. Clair, the co-founders of Princess Awesome & Boy Wonder. It’s nice to meet you! We live in Washington, DC, and run our little company from our laptops and ...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/04/2025
"The president has no power to set federal election policy." — Eliza Sweren-Becker Read: bit.ly/4izsJHm
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thank you for this succinct statement. 📌
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Showing kindness in-person is so important, especially now.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
NEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…” Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Law Student Firm Pledge
This pledge is being organized by law students collaborating across several law schools to counter the lawlessness of the Trump administration and major firms' cowardice in responding. We are the fut...
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It doesn't matter what the rest of the sentence says, the opening 10 words in themselves are the scandal: "President Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate ... "
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
EOs cannot overturn laws, refs, or court decisions. The only reversal they can make is to reverse policy for running the executive branch made in *prior EOs.*
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
NEW: NEJM has gotten (and responded) to the letter reported on last week that the DOJ sent some medical journals “We support the editorial independence of medical journals and their First Amendment rights to free expression," EIC Eric Rubin wrote. 🧪🩺 www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n...
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New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias
Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, NEJM has received a similar inquiry as well.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I don’t want to repost anyone saying this but Trump absolutely did not “repeal” or “change” or anything similar to the civil rights act. EOs are not law. even then, he’s talking about disparate impact, not the whole act. it’s a big deal but it has no more legal effect than a memo.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Every day I feel like just screaming out, “That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works!”
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I may or may not have spent a lot of time explaining this to my father (again) tonight.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Isn’t a really good headline just a well distilled thesis statement after all?
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Perfection.
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Jack Goldsmith @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Executive Functions is hiring Summer and Fall interns. open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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Executive Functions Is Hiring!
Summer and fall interns
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The Trump administration: working hard to make you ill every single day. www.agweek.com/news/policy/...
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US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
Effective Monday, the agency suspended its proficiency testing program for Grade "A" raw milk and finished products, according to the email sent from the FDA's Division of Dairy Safety.
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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This cybersecurity news is not good: "Two top cyber officials resign from CISA" therecord.media/two-top-cybe...
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Two top cyber officials resign from CISA
Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek both posted on LinkedIn Monday morning that they were resigning from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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Sarah Rispin @scrispin.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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