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Cynthia Gayton

@squizzi3.bsky.social
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Attorney, educator, public historian, documentary filmmaker

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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me: 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
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Indeed.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI 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...
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‘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."
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions" and "largest theft of labor in human history" 👀👀
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Autumn Slug Bunk Shroom #fungifriends
Slug sandwuched between tree bark and turkey tail mushroon,
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As 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.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
😥
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The 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."
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How to Save the Smithsonian
The 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.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/08/2026
The 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.
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DOJ says Kennedy Center could be demolished if Trump’s plans are blocked
The filing marks the first time President Donald Trump’s allies have explicitly raised the prospect that the Kennedy Center itself could be demolished.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sunset ground cloud #fungifriends
Puffy pink and cream colored mushroom
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Beauty in bronze and cream. Mushroom rosette #fungifriends
Large mushroom that looks like a rose with bronze and cream colors growing above a deep green leaf.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Idk - already told everyone what it does in the name - Fable.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
😥
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Fun! Haven't heard this before.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
idk - maybe require "opt-in" - this is ridiculous - endless/infinite monitoring.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
NEW: 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.com
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Hoyle Hat Co. Pioneer Square #Jimothy
Image of pork pie hat in the window of a custom hat company in Pioneer Square in Seattle with a burnished image of Jimothy
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Step 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.social
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Here’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.
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WIRED @wired.com · 05/07/2026
A 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.
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Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
A 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.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3i3...
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Omar Takes The Stand | The Wire | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Will check them out! Thanks.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🙌
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Anna Julia Cooper? www.savannahtribune.com/articles/wom...
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Women’s History Month Anna Julia Cooper – The Savannah Tribune
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"But your ability to read, review, correct, explain, and *answer for* code and for the development process is key." Yes! This thread was right on time for me today!
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
👀
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sidney Bechet - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUPN...
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Sidney Bechet - Premier Bal (French TV version)
YouTube video by Nick Dellow
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
😎👀
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
To this day, Harpers Ferry, John Brown and his men are living in many heads rent free. #harpersferry #shenandoah #potomac #johnbrown
Photo from Harpers Ferry West Virginia overlooking the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where John Brown, who studied Toussaint, Vesey and Turner, brought his cause and his men in 1859.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Extremely rare ...
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I am going to call this a Shenandoah Mud Violet. I figure this is a small way to confound the algorithm. 🌱
Small pale lavender 6 petal flowering plant flourishes along the Shenandoah. River.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It is always the tulip bubble isn't it?
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The language and cultural bias is worth serious study. Looking forward to reading this.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
☝️
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Duck family at the reflecting pool last week.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is awesome. I can feel it!
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I often hear that footnotes are a distraction - for me the footnotes do invite further investigation - usually my favorite part of most court decisions.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/06/2026
EFF’s Threat Lab confirmed @WIRED.com’s finding that Meta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses.
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Move Fast, Surveil Things
Meta 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...
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Embronzed now Caged - Music and Harvest
Music and Harvest bronze cast statute facing Lincoln MemorialText at base of Music and Harvest statute - "A gift from the People of Italy to the People of the United States of America."
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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Life changing #booksky
Dont let anyone talk you out of buying that 1 book at the bookstore. Those 3 books could be the most life changing 10 books you’ve ever gotten
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🙌
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Always an interesting ethics discussion differentiating between what is legal/illegal, ethical/moral when students from other countries are in the class. Having those different perspectives and legal differences instructive. Thanks for posting!
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Useful read.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Fungi Fringe #fungifriends #lichen #sycamore
Green lichen on damp sycamore tree trunk which has two holes created by woodpeckers that look like eyes with eyelashes and the lichen looks like bangs.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Regular pilgrimage from school for fries and mayonnise.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Lively discussion this evening - congratulations!
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Timothy Cornell @timothycornell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.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.
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
became obsessed with common milkweed fragrance at Seven Bends Virginia State Park and go there every year - intoxicating - but willing to smell others! www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/...
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Seven Bends State Park
Seven Bends State Park is a day-use park providing public access to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It features two hand-carry boat launches, picnic areas, one single family-sized picnic shelt...
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Cynthia Gayton @squizzi3.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
which smells the best if you had to choose?
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What 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.
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