Jennifer McIntosh
@jennifermc.bsky.social
An Alaskan living in Barcelona | Here mostly to learn and amplify | mom of twins | lover of snow and mountains | pharmacist and public health by training
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I would prefer protection from predatory pricing and mandated easy refunds, thanks!
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I would prefer protection from predatory pricing and mandated easy refunds, thanks!
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Video footage shows Israeli bulldozers forcibly uprooting hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in Qaryut, a village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Video footage shows Israeli bulldozers forcibly uprooting hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in Qaryut, a village south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
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Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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You must react everyday to what is happening. But that is no way to write a book or a sentence.
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
You must react everyday to what is happening. But that is no way to write a book or a sentence.
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
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BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
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I mean we are absolutely in a place now where the only solution to this information disorder is for everyone to constantly evaluate the source of information. Never trust a chatbot, but also don't believe a video unless you know and trust where it comes from.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I mean we are absolutely in a place now where the only solution to this information disorder is for everyone to constantly evaluate the source of information. Never trust a chatbot, but also don't believe a video unless you know and trust where it comes from.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
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It really cannot be stressed enough that if we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It really cannot be stressed enough that if we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
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And despite the fact that the department has large endowments and loyal alumni, and despite the fact that the department has brought in a lot of external funding. They can't change their minds in a few years and try to bring back something that took 150 years to build. It's devasting.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
And despite the fact that the department has large endowments and loyal alumni, and despite the fact that the department has brought in a lot of external funding. They can't change their minds in a few years and try to bring back something that took 150 years to build. It's devasting.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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Do listen to this @standing-together.bsky.social
podcast episode from 3 weeks ago if you want to form an informed opinion about the calls to boycott them. It is a very illuminating conversation about that call and how it relates to their work on the ground
[find it wherever you get your podcasts]
podcast episode from 3 weeks ago if you want to form an informed opinion about the calls to boycott them. It is a very illuminating conversation about that call and how it relates to their work on the ground
[find it wherever you get your podcasts]
Why Don't You Use The Right Words?
YouTube video by The Long Answer Podcast
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Do listen to this @standing-together.bsky.social
podcast episode from 3 weeks ago if you want to form an informed opinion about the calls to boycott them. It is a very illuminating conversation about that call and how it relates to their work on the ground
[find it wherever you get your podcasts]
podcast episode from 3 weeks ago if you want to form an informed opinion about the calls to boycott them. It is a very illuminating conversation about that call and how it relates to their work on the ground
[find it wherever you get your podcasts]
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Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
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*stares indigenously*
We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
*stares indigenously*
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Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces kill 357 Palestinians in 50 days of ceasefire
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
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Native kids are being punished more harshly in juvenile courts compared to white kids. In Washington state, Native & Black kids are less likely to be offered diversion instead of prison time.
Native kids in WA less likely to be offered jail alternative
Lawmakers and researchers push for new tracking measures as racial disparities and decentralized practices shape youth justice outcomes
www.investigatewest.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Native kids are being punished more harshly in juvenile courts compared to white kids. In Washington state, Native & Black kids are less likely to be offered diversion instead of prison time.
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Of the thousands of characters on TV between 1987 and 2007, TWO were Native American. One of those was Elaine Miles’s character on Northern Exposure. Last week, the actress was detained by ICE after they called her tribal ID “fake.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Of the thousands of characters on TV between 1987 and 2007, TWO were Native American. One of those was Elaine Miles’s character on Northern Exposure. Last week, the actress was detained by ICE after they called her tribal ID “fake.”
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Imagine the art and culture and writing we could have if we had universal basic income
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Imagine the art and culture and writing we could have if we had universal basic income
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Good news in #LandBack. Over 10,000 acres near Lake Tahoe was returned to the Washoe Tribe! The former ranch was purchased with a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board. www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe to be returned to California tribe
The grant toward purchasing the land was part of an $87 million funding package.
www.sfgate.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Good news in #LandBack. Over 10,000 acres near Lake Tahoe was returned to the Washoe Tribe! The former ranch was purchased with a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board. www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
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Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.