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Michelle Mazurek
@mmazurek.bsky.social
330 followers 160 following 84 posts

security, privacy, people
pointy-headed academic, phillies enjoyer
still tomorrow's gonna be another working day / just trying to get some rest

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Sociology 13%
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poop @dude3000.bsky.social · 7d
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip · 12d
Hadn't realised that the third party review of Twitter's chat protocol had been published and wow github.com/trailofbits/...
github.com

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek, Jessica Vitak

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 15d
Signal will never message you like this.

If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.

DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
Message from "Signal Support" Dear User, this is Signal Security Support ChatBot. Our system has detected a recent login attempt to your account from an unrecognized device or location. As a security measure, we have blocked this attempt and sent a verification code via SMS to your registered phone number. If this was NOT you: To secure your account and block this unauthorized access, please reply to this message with the verification code you just received. If this WAS you: You can safely ignore this message. The login attempt will be automatically approved shortly. Thank you for helping us keep your account secure.

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 15d
The latest evidence that broadcasting people’s movements and intimate data in the Real-Time Bidding online advertising system is truly dangerous.

www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 16d
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 16d
We will live to see justice.

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Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 16d
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 16d
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Robert C. Richards, Michelle L. Mazurek , and 6 more

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 18d
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.

Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
themarshallproject.org The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · Dec 17
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek, Jessica Vitak

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 18d
UMD's College of Information is hiring lecturers in five areas: networking fundamentals, information design, security, programming and databases, and experiential learning. 3-3 load, $95k-$102k. I love working here. Asshole-free environment. Spread the word! Not on the committee but happy to talk.
Lecturer (Open Rank)
Job Description Summary & Additional Information Organization's Summary Statement: Position Summary The College of Information at the University of Maryland, College Park (INFO), invites applicati...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 19d
Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
Photographer @mostafabassim1 photographed this boy walking home alone with a snack being "randomly" approached by DHS. "After he was unable to produce documentation proving his citizenship, agents informed him that he was under arrest." He said, "Can I just go home?" Answer: No.

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Gavin A. Schmidt, Steve Peers , and 21 more

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22d
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

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Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social · 24d
Two-page proposal -> a great excuse to attend one of my favorite events of the year!
jcalandrino.bsky.social Joe Calandrino @jcalandrino.bsky.social · 24d
The extended deadline for the Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (#conpro26) is in just under a week (Jan. 21), so there's still time to draft a short (two-page) proposal. We're looking forward to this year's submissions!
conpro26.ieee-security.org
10th Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro '26)
The Tenth Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro '26) will explore computer science topics with an impact on consumers.
conpro26.ieee-security.org

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Joe Calandrino @jcalandrino.bsky.social · 24d
The extended deadline for the Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (#conpro26) is in just under a week (Jan. 21), so there's still time to draft a short (two-page) proposal. We're looking forward to this year's submissions!
conpro26.ieee-security.org
10th Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro '26)
The Tenth Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro '26) will explore computer science topics with an impact on consumers.
conpro26.ieee-security.org

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25d
Meanwhile those of us still employed in US higher education have to do required trainings about how collaborating with scientists from China is bad.
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25d
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.

And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Noelle E. Selin, Jesse H. Kroll, Simon J. Greenhill , and 7 more

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jan 10
This is a HUGE win…and one that happened because we ~collectively~ said “NO!”

But AAAS coming in and saying on record to the NYT “Science is doing ok. Things are not bad at all…” is baffling.

If things are hard for you as a scientist, please share in the comments.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Andy Tulin (oh no it’s my face again version) @andytulin.net · Jan 10
1. Never get into a land war in Asia
2. Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
3. Above all, never play 3 on 3 against Chelsea Gray in Miami

#UnrivaledWBB
Wallace Shawn cackles in The Princess Bride. Caption: haha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. He’s about to die.

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Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social · Jan 9
Today, like every day, is a good day to support Food Justice DMV. www.foodjusticedmv.org/what-we-do
What We Do — Food Justice DMV
Food Justice DMV is an all volunteer organization dedicated to delivering food and standing in solidarity with thousands of immigrant neighbors in the District of Columbia, Marlyand and Virginia area....
www.foodjusticedmv.org

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · Jan 8
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · Jan 8
When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."

Here is her winning poem:

www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
Macklin, Renée Nicole
Renée Nicole Macklin, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs. Macklin is a poet, and in 2020 was an undergraduate in the English Department at Old Dominio…
www.porkopolis.org

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Michelle L. Mazurek

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Jan 5
bad news for fans of children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Michelle L. Mazurek, Paul Nightingale

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Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · Dec 29
"Memory Safety for Skeptics," published in the ACM Queue.

Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Memory Safety for Skeptics - ACM Queue
queue.acm.org

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Dec 29
Whoever wins Eagles-Bills should get to throw their offensive coordinator into an active volcano as a reward

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Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social · Dec 26
Bring me the prestige-TV Vorkosigan adaptation! (cc: @kyleor.land )

Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Robert C. Richards, Michelle L. Mazurek , and 6 more

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · Dec 17
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org

Reposted by Michelle L. Mazurek

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Eerke Boiten @eerkeboiten.bsky.social · Dec 17
Professor careers.dmu.ac.uk/job/Professo... and Associate Professor careers.dmu.ac.uk/job/Associat... roles available at De Montfort University. Closing 18 January. Contact me (eerke.boiten@dmu.ac.uk) to discuss. Prof interviews 1 April.
Professor of Cyber Security
Professor of Cyber Security
careers.dmu.ac.uk

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · Dec 16
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
Screenshot of a paper entry: Fictional Failures and Real-World Lessons: Ethical Speculation Through Design Fiction on Emotional Support Conversational AI Authors: Faye Kollig, Jessica Pater, Fayika Farhat Nova, Casey Fiesler (There are tabs with "abstract" and "summary" and "summary" is selected.)

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Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social · Dec 16
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Text reads: About synthetic panels Recruiting the right participants for a study can be difficult. You may not get the exact demographics you need, and the shorter the deadline, the less sure you can be that everyone will answer on time. One possible solution can be to use synthetic panels. Synthetic panels are powered by a first party proprietary AI model developed here at Qualtrics. Our synthetic panel is trained on thousands of responses from a variety of demographic backgrounds in order to more accurately predict how certain populations would respond to a survey. Our synthetic panel is based on the United States General Population, and is only available in English. This panel comes with ready-made quotas and target breakouts in order to represent your chosen population and make it easy to launch your survey right away. Text reads: Question-writing best practices To get the most reliable and actionable results from synthetic audiences, consider these question-writing best practices: Ask forward-looking and attitudinal questions. Synthetic panels perform best with perceptions, preferences, and intent-based questions. For example, “How likely are you to try…?” Synthetic panels are less applicable for studies on past behaviors, detailed recall, brand recall, or awareness questions. For example, “When did you last visit…?” Text reads: Discussion The current study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the TPB when applied to health behaviours which addressed the limitations of previous reviews by including only prospective tests of behaviour, applying RE meta-analytic procedures, correcting correlations for sampling and measurement error, and hierarchically analysing the effect of behaviour type and sample and methodological moderators. Some 237 tests were identified which examined relations amongst model components. Overall the analysis indicated that the TPB could explain 19.3% of the variance in behaviour and 44.3% of the variance in intention across studies. This level of prediction of behaviour is slightly lower than that of previous meta-analytic reviews which have found between 27% (Armitage & Conner, 2001; Hagger et al., 2002) and 36% (Trafimow et al., 2002) of the variance in behaviour to be explained by intention and PBC.

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Michelle Mazurek @mmazurek.bsky.social · Dec 16
Truly an amazing evening to find myself between days 1 and 2 of hosting a workshop teaching junior faculty about the NSF review process...
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Dec 16
Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
hleisthen.bsky.social HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · Dec 15
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Dec 16
Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
hleisthen.bsky.social HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · Dec 15
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org