Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 40mIt’s not like reminders are even required, but yeah. 000
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 16hI have an anthropological observation: decent people have SO much pent up rage now from the evil of Trump1, Covid, Biden's fecklessness, Trump2, AI, Iran etc- it is a deadly laser beam of rage and everyone it its path will be destroyed. Cornell rapist ghouls are the dam breaking. Watch. 113714
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 15hSI stands for Sports Illustrated, and it is already taken. Sorry, dudes, I don’t make the rules. 240
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 17hCornell has an 11.8 Billion dollar endowment. She should get her tuition back and much more. statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025102...statements.cornell.eduUniversity endowment gains 12.3% in FY 2025 | University Statements | Cornell UniversityCornell University contains seven undergraduate colleges plus the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Law School, the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, the Weill Cornell Medical Col... 020
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 18hAt this point, the Cornell administrators involved also need to face consequences. 0112
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some posts get quoted, screenshot, and filed for possible memorialization in embroidery or cross stitch. 0102
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026This the most anti-American administration in history. Destroying everything good about us, growing all that is bad. 1520563
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsMatt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We actually don't hate this administration enough 12475732351
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. When “frontier” started getting deployed in context of AI, I thought “Were there no humanities majors in the room?” Maybe some marketing team thought it romantically evoked pushing boundaries/space exploration. But it also connotes lawlessness, exploitation of people and resources, even death. 414936
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here: 131860899
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsPete Manzo @pmanzo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yes, I think CUNY and other 4-year public colleges, like the Cal States, ranked highest for economic mobility, I read somewhere (I think here or linked here: www.brookings.edu/articles/opp... Free public education should go K-16, including trades or certificate programs, if students preferbrookings.eduOpportunity engines: Middle-Class Mobility in higher education | BrookingsSelective four-year colleges are the workhorses of upward mobility for the middle class. 16013
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsBrian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A 48% drop in employees at National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Yikes. 7514221
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just putting this out there. If Democrats win the midterms, we need a full-court press to reverse the damage Russell Vought and RFK Jr. have caused. No half-measures will do. Put on your big boy pants and get to work. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comTrump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused. 25537188
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I need someone to explain to me how smelling salts became a thing for athletes because my only prior exposure to them is in the context of women in 19th century novels fainting or having an attack of “the vapors”: “Quick , fetch the smelling salts!” 210
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026touche. "Defendants do not dispute that the reason ChatGPT and Copilot are 'good at news' is because they trained on stolen news content." /6 4982166
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsJennifer Smith Weber @allthingsjennifer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You know your from WNY when you SING ALONG TO EVERY WORD OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM! #GoBills 141
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsTProphet @tprophet.org · 16/09/2026Remember how Tehran's city-wide cameras were compromised by Israeli intelligence? They were able to use the Iranian regime's own infrastructure against them to guide attacks during the initial days of the war. It was likely due to a security error like this. The potential impact can't be overstated. 031
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices. 633175667
Reposted by Laura M Williamscremevax👩🏻💻🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦 @cremevax.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. Last week I […] [Original post on infosec.exchange] 2711
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsPublic Health Action Network @publichealthaction.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A surge of COVID-19 infections is happening in multiple states in the U.S. and has been building for the past month, according to the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative, led by @michael-hoerger.bsky.social. The PMC produces weekly COVID-19 heatmaps of the U.S. based on wastewater data. 33318
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8576732174
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsMark Trushkowsky @marktrushkowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026More beautiful quilts from the Minnesota State Fair. 2/3 11709204
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsPhillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026No matter how you refine your questions, the chatbot will generate responses reflecting what the greatest number of users are likely to want to hear, which tends to be close to what they think they already know." A great, painstaking piece. www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...hnn.usAI Is an Anti-Primary Source MachineReal voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. 37632
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsZantie @zantie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Weekly update of #RespiratoryIllness activity in #WashingtonState including #COVID-19 #Influenza and #RSV Metric | COVID | FLU | RSV % Pos. {King} | down | up | up % ED Visits | up | up | down Hosp. ADM | up | up | down Hosp.+ICU | down | up | up [1/2] 121
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Why is there no chocolate in my office? When I work from home, the baking supplies are at least an option. 010
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsUS Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Revolutionary Feminist Gloria Steinem Passes Away at 92 The founder of Ms. magazine became known as the face of second wave feminism. ...newrepublic.comRevolutionary Feminist Gloria Steinem Passes Away at 92The founder of Ms. magazine became known as the face of second wave feminism. 063
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026“University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.”abc7chicago.comUniversity of Chicago Law to ban phones, laptops in classroom for first-year students in new AI planUniversity of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy. 1130089
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026AI is not inevitable. resistance works!motherjones.comMamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schoolsKids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday. 2852721075
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026“The Los Angeles Unified Board is banning student access to AI tools on district-provided laptops and tablets. The announcement comes after the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to limit screen time for students in June.”lamag.comLAUSD Bans Students From Using AI on School DevicesLAUSD has blocked about 378,000 students from accessing generative AI tools on district-issued laptops and tablets. 3489131
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026For those keeping score at home, the United States is now without an Army Secretary, Army Deputy Secretary, and Senate-confirmed Army Chief of Staff -- all in the midst of an ongoing War with Iran that everyone in D.C. has quietly conceded Trump already lost. 4832201180
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsLake Ontario! Live! @lake-ontario.live · 01/09/2026Current* conditions near Fair Haven, NY: 051
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsLaura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 30/08/20262/ And you will then be haunted by the fact that we don’t know the names of the anonymous someones who wrote the songs that became this song in the 1870s. And it will all just underscore that Dolly operated in the ancient tradition of the bards. 031
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 30/08/20261/ If you mainline enough Dolly Parton content, you will encounter the footage of her singing “In the Pines” with her parents, and you will become obsessed. And you will consume all of the other versions by Lead Belly, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Nirvana, and Robert plant & Allison Krause. 140
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsBuffaloResearch.com @buffaloresearch.com · 29/08/2026For the unfamiliar, the Welland Canal runs parallel to the Niagara River and was built because Niagara Falls blocks ships from sailing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. By bypassing the Falls, ocean-going vessels can enter the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway. 143
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Fact check: Pfizer has been approved as well as novovax. Looks like they’ll all be shipping “within days” Up to 60% of Americans will likely qualify Here is the HELLA LONG list of “preexisting conditions” which includes stuff like depression or simply being physically inactive.cdc.govUnderlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19Learn risk factors for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and actions to take. 11455159
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsWyunker @wyunker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is a wonderful read. Thank you for sharing it. Rest in Power, Dolly Parton. 💔 001
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsW. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton did so much for so many when many people, especially those in power, chose to do the opposite. She showed how Appalachia is so much more than the stereotypes that people promote; that there are depths & diversity to the hills, hollers, & mountain tops. Thank you for everything, Dolly. 0112
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea) 293121264191
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsNathan Casebolt @nwcasebolt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026who could’ve predicted people would hate people who said people are obsolete 071
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsErin Templeton @eetempleton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026What will you do with an English major? Anything. Everything. You’ll better understand the seeds of creativity … the more expert you’ll be at shaping stories, at persuading, & I can’t imagine any profession in which better communicators aren’t better off www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | College Students Worried About A.I. Should Study the Humanities (Gift Article)The future’s a riddle. Shakespeare isn’t. 083
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/08/2026In Gary, Indiana, without refrigeration insulin supplies are being spoiled, and people who depend on oxygen cannot pump it from their tanks due to lack of electricity. A public health disaster. 471683775
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Wish I still lived in Michigan so I could vote for him. 000
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsSandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Great writing is bad writing plus time, plus the three raccoons who look into your window and see you drinking whisky and sobbing inconsolably over your bad manuscript, then after you pass out on the floor, they creep in and rewrite all your work. 2037257
Reposted by Laura M WilliamsCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17/08/2026Every time someone says "but how will we afford it?" I want to ask them how we are affording it now, and in many cases, the answer is that we aren't. 191833503
Laura M Williams @williamslauram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Things I'm now insanely grateful for: 💉My kids are old enough that they got all of their vaccinations before that got blown up by clowns now in charge. ✒️They're also old enough to have learned to write well pre-AI. Writing is thinking. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...nytimes.comWhat Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills. 020