THiCC PI
@profdancy.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of IEng, CS & Eng @ PSU #CogSci, #AI, Critical Black Studies, Hum. Factors. AfAm. 1stGen. THiCC lab PI (https://sites.psu.edu/thicc). Incoming Co-Director @digblk.bsky.social. Co-lead at AI-SDM (https://www.cmu.edu/ai-sdm/). All opinions my own
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
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They will use every opportunity:
"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she is directing a pause in a 'diversity immigrant visa' program after it was revealed that the suspect had entered the U.S. through it."
Note: no change in gun policy.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she is directing a pause in a 'diversity immigrant visa' program after it was revealed that the suspect had entered the U.S. through it."
Note: no change in gun policy.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Brown University shooting live updates: Suspect, also accused of killing MIT professor, is found dead after manhunt
Follow live updates about the suspect accused in the Brown University shooting and an MIT professor's death days later, according to law enforcement officials.
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
They will use every opportunity:
"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she is directing a pause in a 'diversity immigrant visa' program after it was revealed that the suspect had entered the U.S. through it."
Note: no change in gun policy.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she is directing a pause in a 'diversity immigrant visa' program after it was revealed that the suspect had entered the U.S. through it."
Note: no change in gun policy.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
If students who follow assignment instructions only understood just how much their professors appreciate this simple task…
a group of men in suits and ties are sitting around a table having a meeting .
ALT: a group of men in suits and ties are sitting around a table having a meeting .
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If students who follow assignment instructions only understood just how much their professors appreciate this simple task…
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Let me add this: for years people have talked about me like I'm a science hater because I have been very vocally critical of astronomers and physicists who depend on colonial tactics to get their science done. But the reality is this machine that we fed was ALWAYS coming for us too, y'all.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Let me add this: for years people have talked about me like I'm a science hater because I have been very vocally critical of astronomers and physicists who depend on colonial tactics to get their science done. But the reality is this machine that we fed was ALWAYS coming for us too, y'all.
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Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
Underrated aspect of using those systems.
There's something else that I think is a highly underrated aspect of using AI run by companies. These things get all kinds of "instructions" that you can't see. There is no transparency around what companies like OpenAI do with your input. Or what additional context they send to the LLM.
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Underrated aspect of using those systems.
Another talk and great experience in the books. Been to Atlanta multiple times the last few years and have loved the experiences
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another talk and great experience in the books. Been to Atlanta multiple times the last few years and have loved the experiences
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If you replace woke/wokeness with decent/decency in almost any sentence it works
Conservatives rebranded bigotry and every time the media uses “wokeness” as a euphemism they are helping a movement that it quite literally erasing the history marginalized people’s role in American life.
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you replace woke/wokeness with decent/decency in almost any sentence it works
Wishing peace to those processing yet more mass shootings
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Wishing peace to those processing yet more mass shootings
Figured I’d wait to post anything for this, but I can’t tell you how excited I am for us to have the opportunity to be funded to do this work. We really do believe that our project connecting communities, digital archives of the early Black press, and human-AI systems will have a large impact
It has been so much FUN to think with @profdancy.bsky.social, @snblickhan.bsky.social , Tiffanie R. Smith, and @bcgl.bsky.social & many others. Getting to dream & plan alongside these courageous people has been a real ray of hope in this otherwise horrible moment.
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Figured I’d wait to post anything for this, but I can’t tell you how excited I am for us to have the opportunity to be funded to do this work. We really do believe that our project connecting communities, digital archives of the early Black press, and human-AI systems will have a large impact
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Constant surveillance and in return you don’t have to communicate with your family.
Amazon’s new Alexa aims to detangle household chaos, like who fed the dog and the name of that restaurant everyone wanted to try | Fortune
This is a “classic fight in my house,” said Panos Panay, SVP of devices and services at Amazon.
fortune.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Constant surveillance and in return you don’t have to communicate with your family.
Tell me why Gracie’s corner songs go so hard. They playin these songs in the club? People spongebobin and wu-tangin to some of these songs?
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Tell me why Gracie’s corner songs go so hard. They playin these songs in the club? People spongebobin and wu-tangin to some of these songs?
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The term "has historic roots, including Nazi ideology and, more recently, a violent conspiracy theory that’s inspired terrorist attacks in the US and abroad" www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The term "has historic roots, including Nazi ideology and, more recently, a violent conspiracy theory that’s inspired terrorist attacks in the US and abroad" www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...
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See also: science
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
See also: science
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I think the maddening thing here is many more critical folks who study info search, learning, etc could have (and have been) saying this. The process matters
I think the maddening thing here is many more critical folks who study info search, learning, etc could have (and have been) saying this. The process matters
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
I think the maddening thing here is many more critical folks who study info search, learning, etc could have (and have been) saying this. The process matters
I think the maddening thing here is many more critical folks who study info search, learning, etc could have (and have been) saying this. The process matters
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Previously, these belief systems tended to collapse under their own weight. Contradictions and memory gaps made them hard to sustain. Now the AI removes that friction, it produces timelines, summaries, and "forensic" explanations on demand.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Previously, these belief systems tended to collapse under their own weight. Contradictions and memory gaps made them hard to sustain. Now the AI removes that friction, it produces timelines, summaries, and "forensic" explanations on demand.
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This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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The concept of whiteness as "deputized" (h/t W.E.B. DuBois) is important for understanding the current moment.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The concept of whiteness as "deputized" (h/t W.E.B. DuBois) is important for understanding the current moment.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
The story of a college student calling ICE on service workers is not an aberration.
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I hope people understand that we're far past just setting shit 47 has knocked over back upright. This will be rebuilding: NEW legislation, new institutional knowledge, new case law even. This will take decades. Not 4 years, not 8.
Once he IS GONE, it will take a while but we will have a semblance of normalcy again. Kind of like what happened after he left the 1st time. But this time hopefully things will be put in place so we do not Ever go through this nightmare again.
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I hope people understand that we're far past just setting shit 47 has knocked over back upright. This will be rebuilding: NEW legislation, new institutional knowledge, new case law even. This will take decades. Not 4 years, not 8.
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Everyone arrested had work permits but ICE was in too big a hurry to let them show their paperwork and just disappeared them.
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Everyone arrested had work permits but ICE was in too big a hurry to let them show their paperwork and just disappeared them.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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The prospect of replacing people's already dwindling intelligence with an artificial one that they can control
has billionaires salivating
has billionaires salivating
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Not sure what happened to the original but here's a different reporter's summary
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"More than enough" Senate Democratic Caucus members to pass shutdown deal led by Shaheen, King and Hassan, source familiar with deal says
- CR through Jan. 30
- ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December
- Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future
- CR through Jan. 30
- ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December
- Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Not sure what happened to the original but here's a different reporter's summary
bsky.app/profile/burg...
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