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Cathy Davidson

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CathyDavidson.com. Advocate for active learning, student success. Author “The New Education” etc. Cofounder HASTAC.org ("world's first academic social network"--NSF). Science fiction fan. Lover of oceans. Opinions and typos my own. #SeaScrolling #Breathe .. more

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Cathy N. Davidson is an American scholar and university professor. She is a Distinguished Professor of English, Digital Humanities, and Data Analysis and Visualization at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York where she founded the Futures Initiative. .. more

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 20d

The @futuresed.bsky.social podcast is live on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0UN9... Why Does Innovation REQUIRE Equity? @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @shellyeversley.bsky.social

Episode 1:1 Why Innovation Requires Equity

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 9h

I'm right behind you. Walking, heavy laden, into the sea is a less sure way to drown than starting a new party . . .

Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 11h

New York City---and many of the elections this cycle---are the best refutation to the "abandon the party" folks. That's terrible strategy. For pete's sake, run for something, if you have to!

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Jay @itsjaymkay.bsky.social · 13h

For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Cathy N. Davidson, Alan Richardson , and 1 more Shannon Vallor, Cathy N. Davidson, Alan Richardson, Maksym Polyakov

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 14h

a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,

r/ExpectationVsReality u/Additional-Simple858 • 3d
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Al 'doctor' said my back pain is depression, not a slipped disc. Now physical therapy won't get approved.
Al Expectation

We are reviewing claim #&
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09/28/2025. Our records indicate the claim was filed under diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while the corresponding prescription and referral history list treatment for lumbar disc herniation (back pain).

Re: Incorrect Diagnosis in
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Per compliance policy, certain Al-generated fields cannot be manually updated by clinic staff and require vendor correction. We have escalated this to our vendor support team and opened ticket # . We'll notify you once we receive
confirmation or correction from the vendor.

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"A possible source of new information"--GB @vpterson.bsky.social · 15h

How to Be a Good Citizen When Your Country Does Bad Things www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen When Your Country Does Bad Things

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 17h

How I wish I felt today. #Breathe

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18h

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.

Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.

This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18h

It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 18h

Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 18h

I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Cathy N. Davidson, Melanie C. Green , and 10 more Diane Ravitch, Cathy N. Davidson, Melanie C. Green, Rebecca Tushnet, Michael W. Kraus, Laura Huenneke, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Robert B. Reich, Leah Stokes, Magda Teter, Manisha Sinha, David Darmofal

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Minority Whip Katherine Clark puts out a stinging statement on the senate deal. "A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today."

MALDEN, MA – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark issued the following statement on the Senate’s budget vote:

"A GOP budget that spikes health care premiums and everyday costs to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a grave betrayal of everyday Americans. That was true in July. It was true in September. And it remains true today.

“Republicans eliminated the ACA tax credits and slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid, $500 billion from Medicare, and billions from medical research. As a result, Americans are seeing soaring costs – doubling, tripling, and quadrupling families’ premiums. Democrats have called on Republicans to work with us to protect health care and lower costs since March. They’ve refused at every turn.

“Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress own this health care crisis. They own the pain of every American facing a premium hike. And they own the hopelessness of every parent who can no longer afford health insurance for their family.

“House Democrats are not giving up. The American people deserve affordable health care, we will continue to fight back on their behalf.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told.

This is the package:

- CR thru Jan 30
- A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill
- Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future
PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh for the love of

Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line

Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542

Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Politics Chicago
2025-11-08

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st.

Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Things are fine.

Flying at 8000 feet today
News
Captain says flying at 8000 feet (!) Newark to Savannah today instead of 34000 because of air traffic control restrictions. Everyone has to say seated including flight attendants. Never in my 40 years in flying has this happened … wondering what the view will be 😀

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d

"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees

Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

www.theatlantic.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The Trump administration told states to undo any steps to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if the states do not comply. It was unclear how that would affect the program.

Trump Live Updates: Airport and SNAP Benefit Disruptions Amid Shutdown

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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 1d

How to keep a grassroots movement thriving after the election is over: act.ourtime.nyc/sign-up?r=_N...

act.ourtime.nyc

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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 1d

Whispy clouds on my morning walk.

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Michelle @trailtotoday.bsky.social · 2d

Sunset this #Evening
#BlueSkyArtShow
#WeekSforShadows #AlphabetChallenge #OnlyBeautifulThings
#EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 2d

I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

Gordon Darroch @gordondarroch.bsky.social · 2d

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.