Eric Eide
@ericeide.bsky.social
Research Associate Professor, University of Utah Kahlert School of Computing • Personal account • Opinions my own, not employer's • RTs not endorsements
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
"'This is our job,' said the Rev. Kristina Sinks... She later explained via text message that she believes it is the job of clergy to 'advocate for the oppressed, the vulnerable, and those dehumanized by any forces of evil and oppression.'" religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"'This is our job,' said the Rev. Kristina Sinks... She later explained via text message that she believes it is the job of clergy to 'advocate for the oppressed, the vulnerable, and those dehumanized by any forces of evil and oppression.'" religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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President Trump is planning a formal dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his trip to Washington, a man the U.S. intelligence community concluded approved the killing and dismemberment of Post opinion columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
White House plans dinner for Saudi prince scrutinized in journalist’s killing
Trump’s formal dinner for Mohammed bin Salman marks a dramatic step in the public rehabilitation of a man once condemned as a pariah.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
President Trump is planning a formal dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his trip to Washington, a man the U.S. intelligence community concluded approved the killing and dismemberment of Post opinion columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Great job, everybody; well done. ("Well done" indeed.) >Slow clap.< www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Great job, everybody; well done. ("Well done" indeed.) >Slow clap.< www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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📢 Applications for the 2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program are now being accepted! For full consideration, applications are due by Friday, November 21, 2025.
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
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Summary in thread. 🧵
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November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📢 Applications for the 2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program are now being accepted! For full consideration, applications are due by Friday, November 21, 2025.
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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"'People send me back their the season brochure shredded in an envelope and say: "Never, never, will I return: while he's in power."'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Washington National Opera may move out of Kennedy Center due to Trump ‘takeover’
Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts center
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"'People send me back their the season brochure shredded in an envelope and say: "Never, never, will I return: while he's in power."'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨!
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨!
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
An update: bsky.app/profile/ricc...
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
An update: bsky.app/profile/ricc...
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While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
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Dr. Mustaque Ahamad is coming to the Kahlert School of Computing.
He will discuss the evolution of cybersecurity into an academic field and share insights from his entrepreneurial background.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 13th! The lecture will begin at 3:40pm with refreshments at 3pm
He will discuss the evolution of cybersecurity into an academic field and share insights from his entrepreneurial background.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 13th! The lecture will begin at 3:40pm with refreshments at 3pm
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dr. Mustaque Ahamad is coming to the Kahlert School of Computing.
He will discuss the evolution of cybersecurity into an academic field and share insights from his entrepreneurial background.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 13th! The lecture will begin at 3:40pm with refreshments at 3pm
He will discuss the evolution of cybersecurity into an academic field and share insights from his entrepreneurial background.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 13th! The lecture will begin at 3:40pm with refreshments at 3pm
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🌟 This year's Utah AI Summit (hosted by @utahcommerce.bsky.social) features 2 @utah.edu speakers: Penny Atkins, our director of research & science, and Masood Parvania, director of the Utah Smart Energy Lab & professor of electrical & computer engineering. Learn more: aisummit.utah.gov
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🌟 This year's Utah AI Summit (hosted by @utahcommerce.bsky.social) features 2 @utah.edu speakers: Penny Atkins, our director of research & science, and Masood Parvania, director of the Utah Smart Energy Lab & professor of electrical & computer engineering. Learn more: aisummit.utah.gov
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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Have expertise with functional programming, interpreters, and Web technology? Like Rust, wasm, etc.? Looking for a job with a great team (like @adamchalmers.com )? Please see this job ad, and share with others you might know!
zoo.dev/jobs/4619187...
zoo.dev/jobs/4619187...
Zoo: Software Engineer, Language Development
A remote position now hiring at Zoo
zoo.dev
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Have expertise with functional programming, interpreters, and Web technology? Like Rust, wasm, etc.? Looking for a job with a great team (like @adamchalmers.com )? Please see this job ad, and share with others you might know!
zoo.dev/jobs/4619187...
zoo.dev/jobs/4619187...
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Raising money for the Utah Food Bank because — waves hands frenetically — the current situation.
Here’s a link:
www.justgiving.com/page/slsees-...
And if you donate $50 or more, DM me and I’ll send you one of my SLC coffee cups! Wow — what a deal!
Let’s feed some hungry Utahns!
Here’s a link:
www.justgiving.com/page/slsees-...
And if you donate $50 or more, DM me and I’ll send you one of my SLC coffee cups! Wow — what a deal!
Let’s feed some hungry Utahns!
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Raising money for the Utah Food Bank because — waves hands frenetically — the current situation.
Here’s a link:
www.justgiving.com/page/slsees-...
And if you donate $50 or more, DM me and I’ll send you one of my SLC coffee cups! Wow — what a deal!
Let’s feed some hungry Utahns!
Here’s a link:
www.justgiving.com/page/slsees-...
And if you donate $50 or more, DM me and I’ll send you one of my SLC coffee cups! Wow — what a deal!
Let’s feed some hungry Utahns!
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🤔 Do you have questions about your experiments on POWDER? Sign up for office hours on Friday, November 7. 🍂 calendly.com/powderwireless
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November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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🎃 Trick or treat!
💀 We're handing out chills with THE SKELETON DANCE (1929), the bone-rattling classic where skeletons swing & sway till dawn! 🦴
Get it & more #PublicDomain goodies in our #SpookySeason Collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/@ste...
#Halloween
💀 We're handing out chills with THE SKELETON DANCE (1929), the bone-rattling classic where skeletons swing & sway till dawn! 🦴
Get it & more #PublicDomain goodies in our #SpookySeason Collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/@ste...
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎃 Trick or treat!
💀 We're handing out chills with THE SKELETON DANCE (1929), the bone-rattling classic where skeletons swing & sway till dawn! 🦴
Get it & more #PublicDomain goodies in our #SpookySeason Collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/@ste...
#Halloween
💀 We're handing out chills with THE SKELETON DANCE (1929), the bone-rattling classic where skeletons swing & sway till dawn! 🦴
Get it & more #PublicDomain goodies in our #SpookySeason Collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/@ste...
#Halloween
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📢 Applications for the 2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program are now being accepted! For full consideration, applications are due by Friday, November 21 2025.
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
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Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
CyberPowder Fellows Program - 2026
Website for Powder
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October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📢 Applications for the 2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program are now being accepted! For full consideration, applications are due by Friday, November 21 2025.
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
Program info and application form: www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2...
Summary in thread. 🧵
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Political Scientist here: the entire point of a constitution is to outline the rules so that political officers cannot "go around it"
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Political Scientist here: the entire point of a constitution is to outline the rules so that political officers cannot "go around it"
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why are klingons so offended by bad kerning
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
why are klingons so offended by bad kerning