John Parrish
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What is good, Phædrus, and what is not good... need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
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Interested in science careers? @uwmadison.bsky.social grad students and postdocs are invited to join us at the Discovery Building Nov. 19 to chat with scientists who have careers in policy.
Careers & Beers: Science and Policy - WARF
UW-Madison grad students and postdocs are invited to enjoy drinks and appetizers while networking with community members and explore alternative science career options after graduate school through…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Interested in science careers? @uwmadison.bsky.social grad students and postdocs are invited to join us at the Discovery Building Nov. 19 to chat with scientists who have careers in policy.
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A U.S. Army garrison in Germany’s largest state briefly offered community members seeking food aid amid the government shutdown an online referral to German public resources.
The list of five German support organizations was removed sometime Wednesday.
The list of five German support organizations was removed sometime Wednesday.
Referral to German food aid resources disappears from US Army Garrison Bavaria website
The list of five German support organizations appeared on the “shutdown guidance” web page of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria but was removed.
www.stripes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A U.S. Army garrison in Germany’s largest state briefly offered community members seeking food aid amid the government shutdown an online referral to German public resources.
The list of five German support organizations was removed sometime Wednesday.
The list of five German support organizations was removed sometime Wednesday.
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Amid high coffee prices, a bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate rejects Trump's punitive tariffs on Brazil wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/28/r...
US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike • Wisconsin Examiner
Amid high coffee prices, a bipartisan Senate vote rejected Trump’s national emergency triggering steep tariffs on goods from Brazil.
wisconsinexaminer.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Amid high coffee prices, a bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate rejects Trump's punitive tariffs on Brazil wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/28/r...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Sweden is running a national experiment in AI, offering free access to AI tools at a population level in the hope of boosting its economy and tech literacy. Chris Stokel-Walker reports from Stockholm on how the country's bold bid to democratize AI is unfolding.
What Happens When You Give Millions of People Free Access to AI? | TechPolicy.Press
Initiatives in Sweden and UAE to provide population-level access to AI tools could be just the beginning of a new AI revolution, reports Chris Stokel-Walker.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sweden is running a national experiment in AI, offering free access to AI tools at a population level in the hope of boosting its economy and tech literacy. Chris Stokel-Walker reports from Stockholm on how the country's bold bid to democratize AI is unfolding.
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Isthmus sat down with deputy city engineer Chris Petykowski to get some answers on things we all might want to know during the construction on one of Madison’s busiest arteries.
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It's happening! How to be prepared for John Nolen Drive construction
A city engineer has answers to your questions about the construction project on Madison's most scenic artery.
isthmus.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Isthmus sat down with deputy city engineer Chris Petykowski to get some answers on things we all might want to know during the construction on one of Madison’s busiest arteries.
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🗣️ We're hosting an archival version of "plainlanguage.gov" to help make sure this trusted resource remains available to folks who need it.
plainlanguage.gov | Home
Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications.
plainlanguage.18f.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🗣️ We're hosting an archival version of "plainlanguage.gov" to help make sure this trusted resource remains available to folks who need it.
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The right wing media machine incentives the constant production of “evidence” to fit their frames. News influencers “work” by selectively amplifying content that aligns w/ their frames/goals. The left seems to be catching on, but they need to do more than just solicit content, they need to reward it
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The right wing media machine incentives the constant production of “evidence” to fit their frames. News influencers “work” by selectively amplifying content that aligns w/ their frames/goals. The left seems to be catching on, but they need to do more than just solicit content, they need to reward it
Clearly the SECDEF should get fired for this performance.
September 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Clearly the SECDEF should get fired for this performance.
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Thousands of homes, businesses and communities across the country are disqualified from internet access funded by the Biden administration under new Trump administration rules via @stateline.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/09/22/r...
Fewer households, businesses will get high-speed internet under revamped federal plan • Wisconsin Examiner
Under new rules, thousands of homes, businesses and community buildings across the country will be disqualified from internet access.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thousands of homes, businesses and communities across the country are disqualified from internet access funded by the Biden administration under new Trump administration rules via @stateline.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/09/22/r...
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What are the fastest-growing jobs in Wisconsin and which industries are shrinking? Eight data visualizations from @wisconsinwatch.org examine projected changes in the number of nurse practitioners, data scientists, wind turbine techs and other types of jobs that can be found around the state.
How are jobs in Wisconsin projected to change over the 2020s and into the 2030s?
This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. When Wisconsin Watch launched a new pathways to success beat focused on jobs and job training .....
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September 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What are the fastest-growing jobs in Wisconsin and which industries are shrinking? Eight data visualizations from @wisconsinwatch.org examine projected changes in the number of nurse practitioners, data scientists, wind turbine techs and other types of jobs that can be found around the state.
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John Oliver: "While get the appeal of thinking just one more concession, one more payoff might safeguard your independence or let you live to fight another day, it's worth asking at what point have you compromised so much that
the thing you're supposed to be defending is gone."
the thing you're supposed to be defending is gone."
Trump vs. Higher Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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September 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
John Oliver: "While get the appeal of thinking just one more concession, one more payoff might safeguard your independence or let you live to fight another day, it's worth asking at what point have you compromised so much that
the thing you're supposed to be defending is gone."
the thing you're supposed to be defending is gone."
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Back to school travel forecast:
August 24–28 will be very busy on campus with UW Housing move-in, Thursday night football at Camp Randall, plus major construction. Expect delays, detours and full lots.
Plan ahead and explore alternative travel options: transportation.wisc.edu/2025/08/14/b...
August 24–28 will be very busy on campus with UW Housing move-in, Thursday night football at Camp Randall, plus major construction. Expect delays, detours and full lots.
Plan ahead and explore alternative travel options: transportation.wisc.edu/2025/08/14/b...
August 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Back to school travel forecast:
August 24–28 will be very busy on campus with UW Housing move-in, Thursday night football at Camp Randall, plus major construction. Expect delays, detours and full lots.
Plan ahead and explore alternative travel options: transportation.wisc.edu/2025/08/14/b...
August 24–28 will be very busy on campus with UW Housing move-in, Thursday night football at Camp Randall, plus major construction. Expect delays, detours and full lots.
Plan ahead and explore alternative travel options: transportation.wisc.edu/2025/08/14/b...
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The Cap Times looks at challenges facing UW-Madison. Federal cuts to research funding tops the list, with enrollment concerns, changes to federal financial aid, campus budget cuts, faculty workload requirements related to pay raises, student athlete pay and the provost search rounding out the list.
UW-Madison’s seven major challenges this fall
Trump cuts, budget reductions, financial aid changes, a new era of college sports, pay raises and more loom over Wisconsin's flagship university.
captimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Cap Times looks at challenges facing UW-Madison. Federal cuts to research funding tops the list, with enrollment concerns, changes to federal financial aid, campus budget cuts, faculty workload requirements related to pay raises, student athlete pay and the provost search rounding out the list.
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Students will soon be flooding into Madison, and of course they’ll need to know who serves the best hamburgers in the @uwmadison.bsky.social area. We’re here to help.
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The Best Campus Burgers | On Wisconsin
Revisiting the restaurants that have sustained generations of meat-eating Badgers.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Students will soon be flooding into Madison, and of course they’ll need to know who serves the best hamburgers in the @uwmadison.bsky.social area. We’re here to help.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/the-best-cam...
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NEW: Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NEW: Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.
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love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.
IG nytimes
IG nytimes
August 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.
IG nytimes
IG nytimes
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Don’t forget the time, though, that Vos and Walker gutted tenure & effectively did a $250M dollar for dollar transfer of money from the university system to the UW Budget Cut Arena in Milwaukee.
Scott Walker Cut $250 Million From Wisconsin Colleges. Now He’s Blowing $250 Million on a Basketball Arena.
In July, Wisconsin governor and presidential candidate Scott Walker signed a budget that slashed $250 million from his state's higher education system....
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June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don’t forget the time, though, that Vos and Walker gutted tenure & effectively did a $250M dollar for dollar transfer of money from the university system to the UW Budget Cut Arena in Milwaukee.
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The Joint Finance Committee is set to vote on UW System funding — alongside seemingly every other remaining state agency — tomorrow.
A look from me at where the UW System has been over the past two years and what's at stake:
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A look from me at where the UW System has been over the past two years and what's at stake:
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Professors wary as Republican lawmakers look to slash UW budget
The UW System requested $856 million from the state over the next two years. Republicans are unlikely to fulfill that amount.
isthmus.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Joint Finance Committee is set to vote on UW System funding — alongside seemingly every other remaining state agency — tomorrow.
A look from me at where the UW System has been over the past two years and what's at stake:
isthmus.com/news/news/pr...
@isthmusmadison.bsky.social
A look from me at where the UW System has been over the past two years and what's at stake:
isthmus.com/news/news/pr...
@isthmusmadison.bsky.social
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
June 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
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Bill Riggins manages @uwmadison.bsky.social’s Subzero Ice Center, where interest in hockey and figure skating has surged. Learn about his “theme skates” and other creative strategies for drawing crowds.
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The UW’s Coolest Job | On Wisconsin
Bill Riggins ’98, MBA’17 expertly manages the ice for campus skaters.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bill Riggins manages @uwmadison.bsky.social’s Subzero Ice Center, where interest in hockey and figure skating has surged. Learn about his “theme skates” and other creative strategies for drawing crowds.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/the-uws-cool...
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/the-uws-cool...
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Two men arrested in Washington state with an arsenal that included dozens of guns, explosives and body armor, along with Nazi paraphernalia, were former military members who attacked a soldier with a hammer while stealing gear from Joint Base Lewis-McChord last weekend, investigators say.
2 arrested with arsenal and Nazi paraphernalia after base robbery were ex-military, prosecutors say
www.stripes.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Two men arrested in Washington state with an arsenal that included dozens of guns, explosives and body armor, along with Nazi paraphernalia, were former military members who attacked a soldier with a hammer while stealing gear from Joint Base Lewis-McChord last weekend, investigators say.
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Apologies for being “that guy,” but Ford dealerships often did put copies of The Dearborn Independent on the passenger seats of the cars they sold.
This is the problem with X in a nutshell. You fundamentally can't trust the product, because the owner will trash it's functioning in an effort to make the world match his batshit views. It's as if Henry Ford was not just antisemitic, but stitched anti-semitic propaganda into every Model T.
Oh my god
May 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Apologies for being “that guy,” but Ford dealerships often did put copies of The Dearborn Independent on the passenger seats of the cars they sold.
As a soldier during Advanced Individual Training, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency schoolhouse taught from this textbook, authored by one of my professors @uwmadison.bsky.social
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May 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As a soldier during Advanced Individual Training, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency schoolhouse taught from this textbook, authored by one of my professors @uwmadison.bsky.social
www.wiley.com/en-us/Remote...
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