Allison
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i accidentally became an information scientist and developed nuanced opinions about the construction of truth at a terrible time
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
i accidentally became an information scientist and developed nuanced opinions about the construction of truth at a terrible time
An institution with a spare $30mil for this can feel free to save a bit more by not sending me any more mailers requesting alumni donations.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An institution with a spare $30mil for this can feel free to save a bit more by not sending me any more mailers requesting alumni donations.
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Something crazy about the US and international copyright enforcement regime is that they consistently criminalize digital archiving when it is done for pro-social reasons, but consistently protect the reuse of archived materials by other parties when it is for commercial reasons
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Something crazy about the US and international copyright enforcement regime is that they consistently criminalize digital archiving when it is done for pro-social reasons, but consistently protect the reuse of archived materials by other parties when it is for commercial reasons
“But what if he can’t do everything he ran on?“ Hi from another city where our mayor’s ambitious agenda on housing and transit has been stalled by a visionless centrist administration in the statehouse. We just reelected her uncontested. People can understand multiple things at once.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“But what if he can’t do everything he ran on?“ Hi from another city where our mayor’s ambitious agenda on housing and transit has been stalled by a visionless centrist administration in the statehouse. We just reelected her uncontested. People can understand multiple things at once.
In the glow of all tonight’s beauty it seems impossible we still have Erin Murphy on the Boston City Council and yet.
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In the glow of all tonight’s beauty it seems impossible we still have Erin Murphy on the Boston City Council and yet.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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A publicly-sourced archive of more than 10,000 national park signs and monument placards went public as part of a massive volunteer project to save historical and educational placards from around the country that risk removal by the Trump administration.
🔗 www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
🔗 www.404media.co/save-our-sig...
‘Save Our Signs’ Preservation Project Launches Archive of 10,000 National Park Signs
More than 10,000 images of signs, placards, quotes, photos and more are part of the crowdsourced effort from over 300 national park and monument sites around the U.S.
www.404media.co
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I’d like to amplify others’ pleas to *please* acknowledge and build upon the work of librarians and other organizers — @heykellyjensen.bsky.social, @tasslyn.bsky.social, @everylibrary.bsky.social, et al — who’ve been tracking *all of this* and developing expertise for YEARS.
Help us investigate book bans across the USA.
404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.
🔗 www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.
🔗 www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America
404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.
www.404media.co
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’d like to amplify others’ pleas to *please* acknowledge and build upon the work of librarians and other organizers — @heykellyjensen.bsky.social, @tasslyn.bsky.social, @everylibrary.bsky.social, et al — who’ve been tracking *all of this* and developing expertise for YEARS.
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i literally don't understand what this money would be for and where it would be going and i also don't understand why that information doesn't appear in these articles. who exactly would be paying what to exactly whom for which precise reason? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
i literally don't understand what this money would be for and where it would be going and i also don't understand why that information doesn't appear in these articles. who exactly would be paying what to exactly whom for which precise reason? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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Made this cute little website over the past month in my spare time. So many fish have been drawn!!! No idea where they're all coming from. A real field of dreams moment :)
July 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Made this cute little website over the past month in my spare time. So many fish have been drawn!!! No idea where they're all coming from. A real field of dreams moment :)
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Jason Stanley, philosopher and expert on fascism said “You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why YOU are safe.”
July 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Jason Stanley, philosopher and expert on fascism said “You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why YOU are safe.”
Kind of annoyed to have to share Having a Good Mayor, the only thing about Boston that could make New Yorkers wish they were us. But it’s fine.
June 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Kind of annoyed to have to share Having a Good Mayor, the only thing about Boston that could make New Yorkers wish they were us. But it’s fine.
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The suit includes the legal definition of Shrek
June 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The suit includes the legal definition of Shrek
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this timeline is fucking wild
May 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
this timeline is fucking wild
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okokok, what about a game like blue prince but it's an adaptation of piranesi
April 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
okokok, what about a game like blue prince but it's an adaptation of piranesi
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Felt like screaming at your tracker screams this winter? This year’s season patch will scream into the void for you!
April 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Felt like screaming at your tracker screams this winter? This year’s season patch will scream into the void for you!
It feels bananas that my nice, normal, boring job is caught directly up in all this. Just why on earth.
Breaking News: Trump officials blame a mistake for setting off the tectonic confrontation with Harvard. nyti.ms/4ioHtIT
April 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It feels bananas that my nice, normal, boring job is caught directly up in all this. Just why on earth.
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Jenny Holzer, The Beginning of the War will be Secret
April 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Jenny Holzer, The Beginning of the War will be Secret
I just saw David Lynch’s Dune again and I can’t get this image of a towering gilded gate into a spaceship out of my head.
April 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I just saw David Lynch’s Dune again and I can’t get this image of a towering gilded gate into a spaceship out of my head.
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Universities need to band together, go to court, and use their endowments to get through the next four years -- or let Donald Trump and his minions take over everything. Those are the only choices.
April 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Universities need to band together, go to court, and use their endowments to get through the next four years -- or let Donald Trump and his minions take over everything. Those are the only choices.
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and to be honest I found various acts of conformity to be both startlingly foreign and impressively intimidating. A guy setting a trash can on fire is one guy feeling feisty. but a thousand strangers sitting down in neat rows apropos of nothing is a veiled threat.
April 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
and to be honest I found various acts of conformity to be both startlingly foreign and impressively intimidating. A guy setting a trash can on fire is one guy feeling feisty. but a thousand strangers sitting down in neat rows apropos of nothing is a veiled threat.
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This feels like it might be a trap…but I really love Cheezits.
April 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This feels like it might be a trap…but I really love Cheezits.
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Me snuggling in just like Anna Hennessy’s team…wishing I also could get tucked in with cute cozy blankets. (But okay with my indoors situation.)
April 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Me snuggling in just like Anna Hennessy’s team…wishing I also could get tucked in with cute cozy blankets. (But okay with my indoors situation.)