Anna Ritz
@annamritz.bsky.social
Computational biologist & computer scientist. Teacher, mentor, spouse, parent. Getting through life one step at a time.
Thoughts are my own. She/her.
Thoughts are my own. She/her.
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Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.
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NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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We're hiring multiple faculty positions! Full time positions in CS for 1 or maybe 2 years.
We care about and support both teaching and research, and past visiting faculty have gone on to TT R1 and SLAC jobs. We're located near Philadelphia.
Happy to answer Qs!
www.haverford.edu/provost-comp...
We care about and support both teaching and research, and past visiting faculty have gone on to TT R1 and SLAC jobs. We're located near Philadelphia.
Happy to answer Qs!
www.haverford.edu/provost-comp...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Haverford College invites applications for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science.
www.haverford.edu
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 AM
We're hiring multiple faculty positions! Full time positions in CS for 1 or maybe 2 years.
We care about and support both teaching and research, and past visiting faculty have gone on to TT R1 and SLAC jobs. We're located near Philadelphia.
Happy to answer Qs!
www.haverford.edu/provost-comp...
We care about and support both teaching and research, and past visiting faculty have gone on to TT R1 and SLAC jobs. We're located near Philadelphia.
Happy to answer Qs!
www.haverford.edu/provost-comp...
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If you recruit great, creative students, this kind of stuff just appears on whiteboards and makes everyone happy.
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
If you recruit great, creative students, this kind of stuff just appears on whiteboards and makes everyone happy.
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For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
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The number of children in ICE detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration. We analyzed data obtained by the Deportation Data Project and found that ICE held around 170 children on an average day under Trump.
Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term
With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The number of children in ICE detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration. We analyzed data obtained by the Deportation Data Project and found that ICE held around 170 children on an average day under Trump.
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Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.
Happy first day of spring semester classes. My first lecture slide had a typo, my first programming lab had GitHub permissions issues. Onwards and upwards.
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Happy first day of spring semester classes. My first lecture slide had a typo, my first programming lab had GitHub permissions issues. Onwards and upwards.
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If you are a scientist funded by NIH and agree that if the HHS/NIH bill is held hostage by linkage for funding to DHS/ICE, we need to shutdown both and save lives, its time to speak up. Right now, with a few exceptions, the silence is deafening
As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
If you are a scientist funded by NIH and agree that if the HHS/NIH bill is held hostage by linkage for funding to DHS/ICE, we need to shutdown both and save lives, its time to speak up. Right now, with a few exceptions, the silence is deafening
Ok, I finally made it here. Took a couple years. Maybe it's not a good idea, maybe we're past the bluesky hype, but "past the hype" is where I thrive. I came here to say that ICE needs to get off our streets, out of our schools and homes, and stop killing people and abducting people.
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Ok, I finally made it here. Took a couple years. Maybe it's not a good idea, maybe we're past the bluesky hype, but "past the hype" is where I thrive. I came here to say that ICE needs to get off our streets, out of our schools and homes, and stop killing people and abducting people.