Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Me: Thanks so much for finding [something very rare]! Research librarian: No problem. Here are [ridiculous number of even more rare resources] for a deeper dive, #librariansareawesome 000
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like. 453244616018
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 401523709
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1344044793
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/09/2026"Just as our museums have a responsibility to the public, the public has a responsibility to our museums. Members of the public should take an active part in their museums....They are ours to shape."lnk.thebulwark.comHow to Save the SmithsonianThe institution was born of debate and chance. Surviving today’s culture wars requires grounding its mission in open inquiry, shared inheritance, and the objects in its collection. 012332
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/08/2026The Kennedy Center will eventually have to be demolished unless President Trump is allowed to save it, Justice Dept. lawyers representing it said in a court filing, marking the first time Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect of demolishment.washingtonpost.comDOJ says Kennedy Center could be demolished if Trump’s plans are blockedThe filing marks the first time President Donald Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect that the Kennedy Center itself could be demolished. 110296100
Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Beauty in bronze and cream. Mushroom rosette #fungifriends 0182
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comA Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in ThereA trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information. 3418561081
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonBrian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Step 1: Quietly put face recognition code on millions of phones Step 2: Insist that you could not possibly answer any questions about that face recognition feature because it "doesn't exist" Step 3: Have your CTO describe the face recognition in great detail on a podcast. from @couts.bsky.socialwired.comHere’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence. 8393153
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonWIRED @wired.com · 05/07/2026A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose.wrd.cmClaude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music FestivalA researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose. 1122272
Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 28/06/2026To this day, Harpers Ferry, John Brown and his men are living in many heads rent free. #harpersferry #shenandoah #potomac #johnbrown 020
Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I am going to call this a Shenandoah Mud Violet. I figure this is a small way to confound the algorithm. 🌱 1392
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/06/2026EFF’s Threat Lab confirmed @WIRED.com’s finding that Meta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses.eff.orgMove Fast, Surveil ThingsMeta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses, according to new reporting by Wired. EFF’s Threat Lab was able to confirm that the facial recognition cod... 14313206
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonNose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Life changing #booksky 1076474870
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonTimothy Cornell @timothycornell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026www.justice.gov/d9/2026-05/u... Lawyers in their 40s who graduated from Yale and Columbia Law and worked for Latham & Watkins, Gotschal Weil, Sidley Austin & Goodwin Procter, now facing insider trading charges for tens of thousands in trades.justice.gov 183
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026What I wish for everybody to remember when Canvas comes back online: The reason OUR data can be held for ransom is because Instructure, their owners (KKR private equity & Dragoneer venture capital), & our own employers (see ASU Atomic) monetize it. It's Canvas that hacked education & stole our IP. 242052767
Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Haven't written a blog post in a while - do these flowers help? Comments on the US v. Heppner case. gaytonlaw.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/p... 020
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonCapitol Hill Books @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026It’s about to get wild this Saturday. 296
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Witness the engineering marvel of Mercedes-Benz Stadium as its retractable roof closes like a blooming flower, overcoming unique challenges along the way. 3425
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026NEW: The French government has disclosed a data breach at the agency that manages national IDs and passports. Stolen data could include full names, dates and places of birth, mailing and email addresses, and phone numbers. The number of affected individuals is unclear.techcrunch.comFrance confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens' IDs | TechCrunchThe French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents, announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens. 02111
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026TODAY @ 4 -- Rick Atkinson on the revolution as war. Friends would you share? This series is meant as a resource for teachers, journalists, non-specialists/ specialists alike-- and folks who always want to learn more. Last week @rezekjoe.bsky.social kicked off this series and I learned a lot! 01118
Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Listening to Meghna Chakrabarti & Anand Giridharadas on 88.5 about Epstein Class series - thinking this class has profound similarities to the international enslaver class circa late 1500s - ? not dependent on place but rather funded by wealthy people around the world & complicit institutions 000
Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A nice thing yesterday. I received a call from a human regarding a reservation and was NOT directed to an online reservation service. #personaltouch 000
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonBen Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The American Revolution was global. 🇫🇷 In Ep 432: We explore how France and Spain tipped the balance 🇫🇷 Next Week: The Marquis de Lafayette returns in a special Revisited episode 🇭🇹 In 2 weeks: The Chasseurs-Volontaires of Saint-Domingue Start the series now: benfranklinsworld.com/432 021
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonDr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall (she/her) @lindstorian.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Important to note that bearing witness is something people have done since long before video existed. We bear witness by listening, but sharing the stories, by refusing to let them be distorted or ignored. We do not have to watch execution videos to do that. 116655
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe Baffler @thebaffler.com · 22/01/2026Donald Trump is erasing American history. And as @kwistent.bsky.social explains in our new issue, we’ve only just begun to reckon with what the U.S. government did to Native children.thebaffler.comSerious Reservations | Kristen MartinThe Trump administration’s erasure of Indigenous history serves a larger project—yet another plunder of land. 2149
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The photo of the camera flying through the air is such a powerful symbol of the efforts to document the atrocities. I usually am dim on sofa activism. But when you share people's efforts to document the Minneapolis situation, you are helping. Share. Widely. 2326148
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting. 602524744
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonFuture of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Shoutout to small venues & promoters, small studios & pressing plants, small labels/publishers, small booking/ management firms, small publicists, small record shops, small instrument/gear shops & manufacturers, LPFM stations, and small music publications. Small is beautiful! #SmallBusinessSaturday 0243
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @kexpmusicbot.bsky.social · 21/11/2025 🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow Bill McClintock: 🎵 Peter Gabriel and Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Your Sledgehammer)" #BillMcClintock ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify 011
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @kexpmusicbot.bsky.social · 21/11/2025 🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow Zeds Dead: 🎵 Channel Flipping 2 (Only You) #ZedsDead ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify 011
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonBloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 14/11/2025Authors accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of copyright infringement over its downloading of their works to train its generative AI models can obtain more discovery from the tech giant, a judge ordered days after expressing skepticism over the request.bit.lyMeta Ordered to Produce More Documents in Authors’ AI LawsuitAuthors accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of copyright infringement over its downloading of their works to train its generative AI models can obtain more discovery from the tech giant, a judge ordered days after expressing skepticism over the request. 011
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonLe Monde @lemonde.fr · 03/11/2025Etats-Unis : l’aide alimentaire sera réduite en novembre en raison de la paralysie budgétairelemonde.frEtats-Unis : l’aide alimentaire sera réduite en novembre en raison de la paralysie budgétaireLe gouvernement va utiliser 4,65 milliards de dollars d’un fonds d’urgence pour financer les versements liés au programme SNAP, principal programme public d’aide alimentaire du pays, qui bénéficie à 42 millions d’Américains. Cette enveloppe couvrira environ « 50 % des aides des foyers éligibles », selon le ministère de l’agriculture. 2810
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown. We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine. 8939801255
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/10/2025Two federal judges admitted that their offices used artificial intelligence to draft factually inaccurate court documents that included fake quotes and fictional litigants, prompting a call for new regulations on AI use in federal courts. washingtonpost.comFederal judges using AI filed court orders with false quotes, fake namesThe head of the Senate Judiciary Committee blasted the two federal judges for the erroneous filings and called for new regulations on AI use in federal courts. 1215871
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonSarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 28/10/2025This morning’s hype anthem 228873
Reposted by Cynthia GaytonGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/10/2025The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies. Trump just won’t release it. 440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price. 10647601561
Reposted by Cynthia Gayton50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 24/10/2025This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it. They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started. 1039116056914