Jodi Sita
@jodi-sita.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Academic Lead of Learning and Teaching. 🧠🫀🫁🦴👁️🦉🤓 🦘🎓
Tweets: own views: She/her
Tweets: own views: She/her
I’ve been furious at Elon’s actions with DOGE and the impact it's had on Tesla and EVs. But I think that maybe he wasn’t just reckless — maybe he was played. Fossil fuel billionaires needed Tesla weakened — and he walked straight into their trap.
#EVs #ClimateCrisis #ElonMusk
See 2/2 for link
#EVs #ClimateCrisis #ElonMusk
See 2/2 for link
April 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’ve been furious at Elon’s actions with DOGE and the impact it's had on Tesla and EVs. But I think that maybe he wasn’t just reckless — maybe he was played. Fossil fuel billionaires needed Tesla weakened — and he walked straight into their trap.
#EVs #ClimateCrisis #ElonMusk
See 2/2 for link
#EVs #ClimateCrisis #ElonMusk
See 2/2 for link
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Link to paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does nudging higher education students improve attendance and does it matter? A quasi-natural experiment
The effects of student absenteeism on educational outcomes are well documented, with most studies showing a significant, negative effect on student pe…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Link to paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Just a reminder that anyone can nominate books for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Only a week left to do so -- nominations close at midnight Pacific on March 31.
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just a reminder that anyone can nominate books for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Only a week left to do so -- nominations close at midnight Pacific on March 31.
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Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY!
That’s where we are now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
That’s where we are now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
March 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY!
That’s where we are now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
That’s where we are now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
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Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
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Check out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours!
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
GitHub - shandley/awesome-virome: A listing of software, tools and databases useful for virome analysis
A listing of software, tools and databases useful for virome analysis - shandley/awesome-virome
github.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours!
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
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The insanity!
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy is now suggesting that everyone should get measles.
Kennedy is advocating contracting measles OVER being vaccinated.
Yet another alarming reminder that RFK Jr. is a danger and a failure in his new position as head of HHS.
Faced…
Kennedy is advocating contracting measles OVER being vaccinated.
Yet another alarming reminder that RFK Jr. is a danger and a failure in his new position as head of HHS.
Faced…
March 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The insanity!
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A metric that reflects reality and the @bluesky platform as the preferred one to transmit science publications with collegial communication
Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.
About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot
March 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A metric that reflects reality and the @bluesky platform as the preferred one to transmit science publications with collegial communication
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Here's the second.
How many people who are so eager to save time on a review that they use an LLM to summarize their own notes are going to take the time to install a local LLM? Versus how many will think "well, I'm in a hurry and how would anyone ever know?"
This is profoundly irresponsible.
How many people who are so eager to save time on a review that they use an LLM to summarize their own notes are going to take the time to install a local LLM? Versus how many will think "well, I'm in a hurry and how would anyone ever know?"
This is profoundly irresponsible.
March 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Here's the second.
How many people who are so eager to save time on a review that they use an LLM to summarize their own notes are going to take the time to install a local LLM? Versus how many will think "well, I'm in a hurry and how would anyone ever know?"
This is profoundly irresponsible.
How many people who are so eager to save time on a review that they use an LLM to summarize their own notes are going to take the time to install a local LLM? Versus how many will think "well, I'm in a hurry and how would anyone ever know?"
This is profoundly irresponsible.
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The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. The Education Department accuses colleges of discriminating against white students.
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
www.insidehighered.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. The Education Department accuses colleges of discriminating against white students.
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The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
guides.lib.virginia.edu
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
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Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, Professor Alice Bradbury @ioe.bsky.social explores why there has been such an increase in schools running food banks, and the impact it has on children, parents and school staff.
theconversation.com/when-youve-g...
theconversation.com/when-youve-g...
‘When you’ve got nothing in your belly, you can’t concentrate’: teachers on the food banks they run in schools
Teachers’ main justification for running a food bank was the moral imperative to support families who needed it.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, Professor Alice Bradbury @ioe.bsky.social explores why there has been such an increase in schools running food banks, and the impact it has on children, parents and school staff.
theconversation.com/when-youve-g...
theconversation.com/when-youve-g...
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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As a start, we made a federal expenditure tracker to monitor outlays. You can see that USAID is at zero.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
February 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
As a start, we made a federal expenditure tracker to monitor outlays. You can see that USAID is at zero.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
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Countries are not businesses
Citizens are not employees
Citizens are not employees
February 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Countries are not businesses
Citizens are not employees
Citizens are not employees
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DOGE's takeover of critical government agencies & data systems is probably the scariest and most under appreciated aspect of Trump's new term (to date). They've fanned out & gained access to sensitive systems & personal data for tax refunds, social security, student aid, small businesses & more. ⤵️
Musk staff have access to student aid data now.
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
DOGE's takeover of critical government agencies & data systems is probably the scariest and most under appreciated aspect of Trump's new term (to date). They've fanned out & gained access to sensitive systems & personal data for tax refunds, social security, student aid, small businesses & more. ⤵️
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In summary, we could not have fewer regrets about becoming ex-X...
If you want to get your department / org off X, guide here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-t...
If you're new to Bluesky, another guide here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Thanks to all of our new community!
If you want to get your department / org off X, guide here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-t...
If you're new to Bluesky, another guide here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Thanks to all of our new community!
It’s time: how to get your department off X
With a flurry of HE professionals leaving the platform, here’s how to notify your followers and provide alternative options for staying up to date
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In summary, we could not have fewer regrets about becoming ex-X...
If you want to get your department / org off X, guide here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-t...
If you're new to Bluesky, another guide here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Thanks to all of our new community!
If you want to get your department / org off X, guide here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-t...
If you're new to Bluesky, another guide here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Thanks to all of our new community!
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I see "anticipatory obedience" everywhere right now, and it's really key for us (also in Europe/worldwide) to plan ahead and be ready to resist, bc these trends seem to come with a few years lag after the US (think populist, fascist-friendly gov't takeovers):
www.aaup.org/report/again...
www.aaup.org/report/again...
Against Anticipatory Obedience
The statement that follows, prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance and Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, was approved for public...
www.aaup.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I see "anticipatory obedience" everywhere right now, and it's really key for us (also in Europe/worldwide) to plan ahead and be ready to resist, bc these trends seem to come with a few years lag after the US (think populist, fascist-friendly gov't takeovers):
www.aaup.org/report/again...
www.aaup.org/report/again...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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In order to ensure diversity of thought, the Trump administration has banned NOAA from saying "black" and "ethnicity."
(Shout-out to the fools who got taken by "free-speech" and "diversity of thought" lies from conservatives. You helped this along).
(Shout-out to the fools who got taken by "free-speech" and "diversity of thought" lies from conservatives. You helped this along).
To comply with Trump's executive order on DEI, workers at NOAA have been instructed to deactivate specific agency materials containing the following keywords, per memos I obtained:
February 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In order to ensure diversity of thought, the Trump administration has banned NOAA from saying "black" and "ethnicity."
(Shout-out to the fools who got taken by "free-speech" and "diversity of thought" lies from conservatives. You helped this along).
(Shout-out to the fools who got taken by "free-speech" and "diversity of thought" lies from conservatives. You helped this along).
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What??????
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What??????
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Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here
Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved
Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved
How to Access the EOT Web Archives
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search
Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search
Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here
Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved
Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved
Reposted by Jodi Sita
How to Access the EOT Web Archives
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search
Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search
Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
December 9, 2024 at 6:38 PM
How to Access the EOT Web Archives
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search
Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search
Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
The 'Future of Jobs Report 2025' highlights the evolution of work and education. With AI transforming core skills needs to analytical thinking, AI expertise, resilience, and creative thinking. Here Amanda Bickerstaff challenges you to consider how will you prepare? www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
Amanda Bickerstaff on LinkedIn: #aieducation #ailiteracy #futureofwork | 38 comments
The World Economic Forum just released their Future of Job's Report for 2025. As we are in the process of updating our trainings with the new findings, we… | 38 comments on LinkedIn
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January 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The 'Future of Jobs Report 2025' highlights the evolution of work and education. With AI transforming core skills needs to analytical thinking, AI expertise, resilience, and creative thinking. Here Amanda Bickerstaff challenges you to consider how will you prepare? www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...