Corinne Weisgerber
@corinnew.bsky.social
Communication professor and technology enthusiast intrigued by AI. I teach and research all things digital media. My students call me the queen of social media. I love color and languages. From Luxembourg. Website: corinneweisgerber.com
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Ahrtal, Valencia, Texas. Fluten folgen auf Hitzewellen. Das sind keine Wetterphänomene. Das ist die Klimakrise. Sie fordert schon jetzt hunderttausende Menschenleben. Heute ist der EU-Gedenktag an die Opfer der Klimakrise. Wir setzen uns dafür ein, dass der politischen Symbolik auch Taten folgen!
July 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ahrtal, Valencia, Texas. Fluten folgen auf Hitzewellen. Das sind keine Wetterphänomene. Das ist die Klimakrise. Sie fordert schon jetzt hunderttausende Menschenleben. Heute ist der EU-Gedenktag an die Opfer der Klimakrise. Wir setzen uns dafür ein, dass der politischen Symbolik auch Taten folgen!
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New from me. Hope you’ll give it a read www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
Tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen in a private group chat attacked colleges for promoting diversity, saying they had discriminated against “native born kids.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New from me. Hope you’ll give it a read www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Now would be a really good time for the American Pope to chime in.
DHS posts explicitly Christian nationalist and violent video about how ICE/CBP is delivering the Lord's justice
July 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Now would be a really good time for the American Pope to chime in.
This story got me. A few tears might’ve slipped out… okay, probably more than a few.
No telling how many of these stories played out across Central Texas that horrible night.
No telling how many of these stories played out across Central Texas that horrible night.
When the storm flooded the family's house, it fell to mom Alissa to comfort her two young children. And so, when the house broke and plunged into the river, Alissa was the only one of the five adults close enough to grab the kids and try to keep them alive.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
www.texasmonthly.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This story got me. A few tears might’ve slipped out… okay, probably more than a few.
No telling how many of these stories played out across Central Texas that horrible night.
No telling how many of these stories played out across Central Texas that horrible night.
Just when you think they can't possibly destroy public education any more than they already have, Oklahoma goes "hold my beer!"
The Oklahoma state education department announced this week that it is partnering with the conservative media company PragerU to develop a new certification test for teachers relocating from “woke” states. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Want to Teach in Oklahoma? You May Have to Prove You're Not 'Woke'
The state is partnering with PragerU to develop an assessment for incoming educators.
www.edweek.org
July 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Just when you think they can't possibly destroy public education any more than they already have, Oklahoma goes "hold my beer!"
PragerU? Are you kidding me?
July 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
PragerU? Are you kidding me?
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I can’t believe this is real.
July 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I can’t believe this is real.
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This is true, and as much as Americans are comfortable and eager to avoid confrontation with their own government, it doesn't matter if their government wants a confrontation with them
Trump views his administration as being at war with the public itself. patch.com/california/l...
Humvees, Mounted ICE Officers And Soldiers Descend On LA's 'Ellis Island,' Face Protesters And Mayor
Around 100 soldiers and federal agents convened on the Los Angeles park Monday morning for an immigration enforcement operation.
patch.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is true, and as much as Americans are comfortable and eager to avoid confrontation with their own government, it doesn't matter if their government wants a confrontation with them
Devastating. The quantities of water that came down the past few days are just unimaginable.
Catastrophic floods struck Central Texas over the weekend, killing at least 81 people, including 28 children, and leaving dozens more missing as of Monday morning. Here’s what to know.
Floods in Central Texas: What We Know
At least 81 people, including more than two dozen children, died in the torrential downpour. Dozens more were still missing three days later.
trib.al
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Devastating. The quantities of water that came down the past few days are just unimaginable.
Honestly, I think this Venn diagram should be all the cover letter I need! 😆
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Honestly, I think this Venn diagram should be all the cover letter I need! 😆
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KXAN in AUSTIN, TX gets specific on which NWS jobs remain vacant after the Trump cuts — including “WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST”
“Ensuring ample and timely warning to Central Texas counties was among the chief responsibilities.”
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
“Ensuring ample and timely warning to Central Texas counties was among the chief responsibilities.”
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
July 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
KXAN in AUSTIN, TX gets specific on which NWS jobs remain vacant after the Trump cuts — including “WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST”
“Ensuring ample and timely warning to Central Texas counties was among the chief responsibilities.”
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
“Ensuring ample and timely warning to Central Texas counties was among the chief responsibilities.”
www.kxan.com/investigatio...
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The GOP tax bill is an "extinction-level event for higher education"
The provisions on student loans in Trump’s budget bill would dramatically limit access to student loans and loan forgiveness, resulting in the smaller and less accessible version of higher Ed that people like Chris Rufo have been calling for newrepublic.com/article/1970...
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.
newrepublic.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The GOP tax bill is an "extinction-level event for higher education"
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my wife (and her entire team) were fired from her nonproifit Seattle-area hospital two months ago because the Trump administration froze medicaid reimbursements, driving the hospital toward financial ruin
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
Spoke with someone who works with a public hospital system. His assessment of the effects of the GOP spending bill: “I think this is going to be a very apparent catastrophe, very quickly.”
July 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
my wife (and her entire team) were fired from her nonproifit Seattle-area hospital two months ago because the Trump administration froze medicaid reimbursements, driving the hospital toward financial ruin
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
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People in Denmark will soon have the copyright to their own likenesses as a way to fight against deepfakes. What other countries have laws that govern the use of fake or AI-generated videos?
Which European countries have laws against deepfakes?
People in Denmark will soon have the copyright to their own likenesses as a way to fight against deepfakes. What other countries have laws that govern the use of fake or AI-generated videos?
l.euronews.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
People in Denmark will soon have the copyright to their own likenesses as a way to fight against deepfakes. What other countries have laws that govern the use of fake or AI-generated videos?
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We're living in a sci-fi movie - we're destroying our own life support system to feed the robots.
ACCENTURE REPORT: "The exponential rise of AI is having a dramatic & unsustainable impact on the planet’s energy use, carbon emissions & water consumption."
www.accenture.com/us-en/insigh...
ACCENTURE REPORT: "The exponential rise of AI is having a dramatic & unsustainable impact on the planet’s energy use, carbon emissions & water consumption."
www.accenture.com/us-en/insigh...
June 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We're living in a sci-fi movie - we're destroying our own life support system to feed the robots.
ACCENTURE REPORT: "The exponential rise of AI is having a dramatic & unsustainable impact on the planet’s energy use, carbon emissions & water consumption."
www.accenture.com/us-en/insigh...
ACCENTURE REPORT: "The exponential rise of AI is having a dramatic & unsustainable impact on the planet’s energy use, carbon emissions & water consumption."
www.accenture.com/us-en/insigh...
Ok, no more G.I. Joe action figures for these guys.
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
June 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ok, no more G.I. Joe action figures for these guys.
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“What’s at stake is far more than one presidency or one institution: it’s the role of our public universities as bastions of intellectual freedom, diversity of thought, and innovation in a democratic society.”
And Then They Came for the Intellectuals, II
Jim Ryan and UVA become latest casualties in war on Higher Education
deltoscano.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“What’s at stake is far more than one presidency or one institution: it’s the role of our public universities as bastions of intellectual freedom, diversity of thought, and innovation in a democratic society.”
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“A.I. is a technology of averages: large language models are trained to spot patterns across vast tracts of data; the answers they produce tend toward consensus, both in the quality of the writing, which is often riddled with clichés and banalities, and in the calibre of the ideas.”
A.I. Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts
Recent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original.
www.newyorker.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“A.I. is a technology of averages: large language models are trained to spot patterns across vast tracts of data; the answers they produce tend toward consensus, both in the quality of the writing, which is often riddled with clichés and banalities, and in the calibre of the ideas.”
Excellent article in @theatlantic.com
In the 19th century the 8-hour workday was envisioned as 8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, & 8 hours for what we will. In those 8 hours that were supposed to be ours, are we actually free? When did "what we will" become "what the algorithm wills"?
In the 19th century the 8-hour workday was envisioned as 8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, & 8 hours for what we will. In those 8 hours that were supposed to be ours, are we actually free? When did "what we will" become "what the algorithm wills"?
You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Excellent article in @theatlantic.com
In the 19th century the 8-hour workday was envisioned as 8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, & 8 hours for what we will. In those 8 hours that were supposed to be ours, are we actually free? When did "what we will" become "what the algorithm wills"?
In the 19th century the 8-hour workday was envisioned as 8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, & 8 hours for what we will. In those 8 hours that were supposed to be ours, are we actually free? When did "what we will" become "what the algorithm wills"?
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This image is now absolutely everywhere over European media lmao
June 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This image is now absolutely everywhere over European media lmao
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Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob Trump mit Aufkündigung des Iran-Deals 2018 wirklich einen großen Plan verfolgt hat, oder ob er einfach nur impulsiv alles niederreißen wollte, was Obama aufgebaut hatte. Letzten Endes egal, es ändert nichts an den Folgen…
This chart is absolutely essential.
It explains why Trump removed America from the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018.
Because it was *working*.
Trump needed a cause for war, so he manufactured it. This has all been in the works for some time now. He was never "weighing options."
It explains why Trump removed America from the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018.
Because it was *working*.
Trump needed a cause for war, so he manufactured it. This has all been in the works for some time now. He was never "weighing options."
June 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob Trump mit Aufkündigung des Iran-Deals 2018 wirklich einen großen Plan verfolgt hat, oder ob er einfach nur impulsiv alles niederreißen wollte, was Obama aufgebaut hatte. Letzten Endes egal, es ändert nichts an den Folgen…
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There is so much wrong with this, but let’s start with the fact that these men have no apparent federal identification. They could be trafficking.
June 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is so much wrong with this, but let’s start with the fact that these men have no apparent federal identification. They could be trafficking.
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It's unclear to me why the US Congressmen are not escorted by big armed cops to push through obstacles to them exercising their legal rights, and instead everyone now defers to the guys with no uniforms or badges or name tags to determine what is and is not legal?
In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.
June 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's unclear to me why the US Congressmen are not escorted by big armed cops to push through obstacles to them exercising their legal rights, and instead everyone now defers to the guys with no uniforms or badges or name tags to determine what is and is not legal?