PghGrace
@pghgrace.bsky.social
politics, writing, hallyu. SFF reader. Big science fan. she/her
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🚨ATTN: PA VOTERS
On Election Day 11/4/25
🚨VOTE TO RETAIN to Democratic PA Supreme Court Justices: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht
🚨PHILLY
Re-elect DA LARRY KRASNER
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
On Election Day 11/4/25
🚨VOTE TO RETAIN to Democratic PA Supreme Court Justices: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht
🚨PHILLY
Re-elect DA LARRY KRASNER
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
PA election 2025: Supreme Court retention candidate guide
Three PA Supreme Court Justices are facing retention votes on Nov. 4: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht. Here's what you need to know.
www.spotlightpa.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨ATTN: PA VOTERS
On Election Day 11/4/25
🚨VOTE TO RETAIN to Democratic PA Supreme Court Justices: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht
🚨PHILLY
Re-elect DA LARRY KRASNER
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
On Election Day 11/4/25
🚨VOTE TO RETAIN to Democratic PA Supreme Court Justices: Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht
🚨PHILLY
Re-elect DA LARRY KRASNER
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
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Unfortunately, my policy on AI has grown by quite a few sources over the last year. Here it is for anyone who wants to adopt or adapt it for their courses. And if you have ideas, I'm all ears.
AI policy and guidelines - Joe McVeigh.docx
You are strictly prohibited from using Generative AI (GenAI) or Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Grok, for research or writing assignments. Any submitted wor...
docs.google.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Unfortunately, my policy on AI has grown by quite a few sources over the last year. Here it is for anyone who wants to adopt or adapt it for their courses. And if you have ideas, I'm all ears.
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If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
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Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.
July 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.
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Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
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Let's be clear about who some of these folks are and what their public positions have been - like Burke's position that women should not be seeking graduate degrees (and that gov't should not support them in doing so) www.heritage.org/education/re...
Education Policy Reforms Are Key Strategies for Increasing the Married Birth Rate
The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to 1.6,
www.heritage.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Let's be clear about who some of these folks are and what their public positions have been - like Burke's position that women should not be seeking graduate degrees (and that gov't should not support them in doing so) www.heritage.org/education/re...
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Congratulations, North Carolina. You’re on your own and your FEMA request is “not warranted.”
Read ⬇️
Read ⬇️
May 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Congratulations, North Carolina. You’re on your own and your FEMA request is “not warranted.”
Read ⬇️
Read ⬇️
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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how much of the DOGE-driven destruction of the nation’s research and development capacity is because these people are AI cultists who believe that we’re on the verge of creating a sentient general intelligence?
May 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
how much of the DOGE-driven destruction of the nation’s research and development capacity is because these people are AI cultists who believe that we’re on the verge of creating a sentient general intelligence?
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Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name
Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name.
More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name.
More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
May 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Your periodic reminder that "fancy fonts" on places like Bluesky are unicode & are a nightmare for screen reader users. DON'T use for your name
Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name.
More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
Not only that, good lucky having anyone search for you in the search bar by name.
More examples in the original post on Masto: toot.cafe/@aardrian/11...
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I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
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i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
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Pittsburgh is a city of immigrants. Consider supporting Casa San Jose in their important work:
casasanjose.salsalabs.org/casasanjosed...
casasanjose.salsalabs.org/casasanjosed...
Casa San Jose is a community resource center that advocates for and empowers Latinos by promoting integration and self-sufficiency through a variety of different programs. Thank you for your interest in making a charitable gift!
casasanjose.salsalabs.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Pittsburgh is a city of immigrants. Consider supporting Casa San Jose in their important work:
casasanjose.salsalabs.org/casasanjosed...
casasanjose.salsalabs.org/casasanjosed...
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"communities have the power to respond with humanity and practical solutions. As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together"
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"communities have the power to respond with humanity and practical solutions. As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together"
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
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Call it MAKE DRUG PRICES HIGH AGAIN, and it's unbelievably CRUEL & VILE that this is one of his first things as he steps into the White House.
Millions of low-income, people like me w/disabilities, seniors, veterans, children & MORE will BE affected by this order.
www.alreporter.com/2025/01/21/t...
Millions of low-income, people like me w/disabilities, seniors, veterans, children & MORE will BE affected by this order.
www.alreporter.com/2025/01/21/t...
Trump ends program to lower prescription prices, make disease therapy available
Trump reversed a Biden order that sought to lower drug prices and make gene and cell therapies for cancer and other disease treatment available to Medicaid patients.
www.alreporter.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Call it MAKE DRUG PRICES HIGH AGAIN, and it's unbelievably CRUEL & VILE that this is one of his first things as he steps into the White House.
Millions of low-income, people like me w/disabilities, seniors, veterans, children & MORE will BE affected by this order.
www.alreporter.com/2025/01/21/t...
Millions of low-income, people like me w/disabilities, seniors, veterans, children & MORE will BE affected by this order.
www.alreporter.com/2025/01/21/t...
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Ok, I'm committing to not screenshotting dogshit headlines from NYT, WaPo — instead amplifying great coverage from independent outlets like these:
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ok, I'm committing to not screenshotting dogshit headlines from NYT, WaPo — instead amplifying great coverage from independent outlets like these:
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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This was never about free speech. Zuck framed this week’s moves as a pivot toward Facebook’s roots in free speech, but that origin story is an utter lie. FB’s actual roots were in his nonconsensual use of other people’s private information for the reification of patriarchal hierarchies.
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This was never about free speech. Zuck framed this week’s moves as a pivot toward Facebook’s roots in free speech, but that origin story is an utter lie. FB’s actual roots were in his nonconsensual use of other people’s private information for the reification of patriarchal hierarchies.
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The wisdom of crowds. Ants making a clever maneuver.
From /r/BeAmazed/
p.s. Is that I candy?
From /r/BeAmazed/
p.s. Is that I candy?
December 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM
The wisdom of crowds. Ants making a clever maneuver.
From /r/BeAmazed/
p.s. Is that I candy?
From /r/BeAmazed/
p.s. Is that I candy?
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"The greatest trick the fossil fuel industry ever played was convincing us that the climate crisis is a suicide, rather than a homicide." - @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social #agu24
3 things the US climate movement must do differently
A majority of American voters are concerned about the climate crisis, but almost nobody votes based on it, writes Nathaniel Stinnett. If we don’t embark on a crash course to dramatically increase the ...
www.wbur.org
December 10, 2024 at 11:09 AM
"The greatest trick the fossil fuel industry ever played was convincing us that the climate crisis is a suicide, rather than a homicide." - @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social #agu24