Melissa Marsh
@mmarshbird.bsky.social
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Melissa Marsh
@mmarshbird.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Ruby was a monster at the dog park today. I have yet to see another dog chase a ball with as much devotion as she does! 🐾
This is amazing. @katestarbird.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is amazing. @katestarbird.bsky.social
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Crushing to hear of more junior colleagues in the computer science & human-computer interaction (HCI) space whose NSF CAREER grants were terminated this week. I'm hopeful that philanthropic funders can find a way to support this generation of scientists studying online manipulation, bias in AI, etc.
May 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Crushing to hear of more junior colleagues in the computer science & human-computer interaction (HCI) space whose NSF CAREER grants were terminated this week. I'm hopeful that philanthropic funders can find a way to support this generation of scientists studying online manipulation, bias in AI, etc.
This is going to have huge implications on the future of science and research. So scary.
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is going to have huge implications on the future of science and research. So scary.
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The NYT's Steven Lee Myers and Stuart Thompson describe the machinery of misinformation (or what I prefer to call the "bullshit machine") that Trump and allies exploit to gain, maintain, and justify their power. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b...
Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The NYT's Steven Lee Myers and Stuart Thompson describe the machinery of misinformation (or what I prefer to call the "bullshit machine") that Trump and allies exploit to gain, maintain, and justify their power. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b...
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March 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I accept memes as reading responses in my undergrad social media class, and I thought @katestarbird.bsky.social and her fans would appreciate this one that a student created this week:
March 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I accept memes as reading responses in my undergrad social media class, and I thought @katestarbird.bsky.social and her fans would appreciate this one that a student created this week:
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I accept memes as reading responses in my undergrad social media class, and I thought @katestarbird.bsky.social and her fans would appreciate this one that a student created this week:
Some good news today…
Senate Democrats block GOP-led bill to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports | CNN Politics
Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions.
www.cnn.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Some good news today…
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The temptation to duck & cover & hope the attack passes over us can be strong. But ultimately, they'll come back around for all of us. They are out to destroy the American university, which they view as a threat. So we might as well stand up, speak out, & fight back while we still have the chance.
The National Academies remained silent about the destruction of American science. They did nothing for the scientists comprising their membership
They calculated that they would be spared if they didn't make themselves a target.
They will not be spared.
www.foxnews.com/politics/str...
They calculated that they would be spared if they didn't make themselves a target.
They will not be spared.
www.foxnews.com/politics/str...
'Structural racism': Top taxpayer-funded academy rife with DEI programs, hefty executive salaries
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has received millions of dollars of taxpayer grants while promoting a variety of left-wing causes.
www.foxnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The temptation to duck & cover & hope the attack passes over us can be strong. But ultimately, they'll come back around for all of us. They are out to destroy the American university, which they view as a threat. So we might as well stand up, speak out, & fight back while we still have the chance.
It’s not “great television” it’s people’s lives. I am mortified and embarrassed to be an American today. Ukraine is in my thoughts and prayers.
March 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It’s not “great television” it’s people’s lives. I am mortified and embarrassed to be an American today. Ukraine is in my thoughts and prayers.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Trump and Elon are destroying the Social Security Administration, and without staff & offices, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period.
I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU.
Please share it far and wide.
I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU.
Please share it far and wide.
February 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trump and Elon are destroying the Social Security Administration, and without staff & offices, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period.
I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU.
Please share it far and wide.
I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU.
Please share it far and wide.
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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
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This is what dictators do — they silence the free press and only let those who are on their side ask questions. apnews.com/article/trum...
The White House says it 'will determine' which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional ones
The decision departs from a century of tradition in which a pool of independent news organizations go where the chief executive does and holds him accountable on behalf of regular Americans.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is what dictators do — they silence the free press and only let those who are on their side ask questions. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.
February 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.
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The administration just deleted information & resources from its website on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women & violence against Indigenous women.
To the families of missing or murdered women: you will never be erased.
Linking resources below, please share:
The administration just deleted information & resources from its website on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women & violence against Indigenous women.
To the families of missing or murdered women: you will never be erased.
Linking resources below, please share:
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) - Native Hope
We’re facing a crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in the United States. Here's what you need to know about it.
www.nativehope.org
February 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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The administration just deleted information & resources from its website on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women & violence against Indigenous women.
To the families of missing or murdered women: you will never be erased.
Linking resources below, please share:
The administration just deleted information & resources from its website on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women & violence against Indigenous women.
To the families of missing or murdered women: you will never be erased.
Linking resources below, please share:
Jeff Bezos is an oligarch.
The essential grift with Bari Weiss style takes that falsely equate "free speech" or liberty with speech they personally like is pretending no one else is doing it. That's even more true of pro-corporate center right content. It's already a dominant perspective even at WaPo. Now it's even moreso
February 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Jeff Bezos is an oligarch.
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
Kates giving a talk today. In person at the UW or you can stream it.
If anyone is interested, I'm giving a talk today that covers 10+ years of my team's research and ends in the same place — the right wing media machine. I have another name for it, but you'll have to wait for my final slide. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...
2025 University Faculty Lecture
A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations
www.washington.edu
February 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Kates giving a talk today. In person at the UW or you can stream it.
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Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech
Jane Fonda was honored on Sunday night with SAG's life achievement award.
variety.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Please PLAY with me. Or at least pet me. Geez.
February 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Please PLAY with me. Or at least pet me. Geez.