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@niftylinks.bsky.social
I like to share things and learn things. Hence Nifty Links.
Mostly on [Mastodon](https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks), bridging back and forth between here and there.
Mostly on [Mastodon](https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks), bridging back and forth between here and there.
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We're sharing materials with Colleges/Universities to have screenings on campuses and discussions about our country's founding. Then join us for a live virtual Campus Conversation about The American Revolution on 11/19. @historians.org @aacu.org @pbs.org Materials are here: shorturl.at/1qlka
October 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We're sharing materials with Colleges/Universities to have screenings on campuses and discussions about our country's founding. Then join us for a live virtual Campus Conversation about The American Revolution on 11/19. @historians.org @aacu.org @pbs.org Materials are here: shorturl.at/1qlka
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MIT engineers have designed a programmable drug-delivery patch that could help the heart heal after a heart attack. The flexible hydrogel patch mimics the body’s own healing timeline, restoring heart function far more effectively than traditional treatments. buff.ly/2Cbzjg9
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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A new patch could help to heal the heart
MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
MIT engineers have designed a programmable drug-delivery patch that could help the heart heal after a heart attack. The flexible hydrogel patch mimics the body’s own healing timeline, restoring heart function far more effectively than traditional treatments. buff.ly/2Cbzjg9
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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During Soviet control of east Germany, the regime used a network of citizen informants and spies—Staatssicherheit, or “Stasi” for short. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans willingly participated, informing on their neighbors, coworkers—even family members.
Imagine if they’d had the internet.
Imagine if they’d had the internet.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
During Soviet control of east Germany, the regime used a network of citizen informants and spies—Staatssicherheit, or “Stasi” for short. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans willingly participated, informing on their neighbors, coworkers—even family members.
Imagine if they’d had the internet.
Imagine if they’d had the internet.
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It starts with this LinkedIn post. Jim Brown is president of a contractor consultancy and a former longtime ICE official. He says he is looking for former law enforcement/military for an upcoming project www.404media.co/contractor-p...
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It starts with this LinkedIn post. Jim Brown is president of a contractor consultancy and a former longtime ICE official. He says he is looking for former law enforcement/military for an upcoming project www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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I see a lot of people talking about the Catholic churches part, which they should be, but a DOJ attorney in New York says the Trump administration is specifically planning holiday raids on mosques and liberal synagogues "in the wake of" Mamdani's win
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I see a lot of people talking about the Catholic churches part, which they should be, but a DOJ attorney in New York says the Trump administration is specifically planning holiday raids on mosques and liberal synagogues "in the wake of" Mamdani's win
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What the heck is this at the LA times... 🤔
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What the heck is this at the LA times... 🤔
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Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
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Loved this conversation with @davidpierce.xyz and Cory Doctorow, especially as it made a really human articulation of how @eff.org is relevant to normal users’ concerns on the internet. youtu.be/pwq1oNgrKN8
Cory Doctorow wants to fix the internet | The Vergecast
YouTube video by The Verge
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Loved this conversation with @davidpierce.xyz and Cory Doctorow, especially as it made a really human articulation of how @eff.org is relevant to normal users’ concerns on the internet. youtu.be/pwq1oNgrKN8
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I'm having the students in my American Revolution class watch the Ken Burns doc. Has anyone seen any interesting or notable responses to it from MAGA world? My sense is that so far the response from the right has been to just not engage and hope it all goes away...but I might be missing something.
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm having the students in my American Revolution class watch the Ken Burns doc. Has anyone seen any interesting or notable responses to it from MAGA world? My sense is that so far the response from the right has been to just not engage and hope it all goes away...but I might be missing something.
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Old enough to remember when "the war on Christmas" was saying "happy holidays."
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Old enough to remember when "the war on Christmas" was saying "happy holidays."
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A current sex trafficker scandal on top of, you know, the other one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A current sex trafficker scandal on top of, you know, the other one
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Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
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Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
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The revelation is in a bipartisan letter shared with 404 Media. It is addressed to the owners of the country's major airlines urging them to stop this warrantless access www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The revelation is in a bipartisan letter shared with 404 Media. It is addressed to the owners of the country's major airlines urging them to stop this warrantless access www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
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New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are sell...
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
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This is the Gig Surveillance Economy: ssrn.com/abstract=388...
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is the Gig Surveillance Economy: ssrn.com/abstract=388...
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The court's decision offers a reprieve for the entire University of California system, as well as a clear pathway for any other university that wants to fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on research and education.
UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump’s university attacks
Government can’t use funding threats to override the First Amendment.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The court's decision offers a reprieve for the entire University of California system, as well as a clear pathway for any other university that wants to fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on research and education.
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These agents had better be saying "Merry Christmas," and not "Happy Holidays" as they drag brown people and their children out of church pews.
bsky.app/profile/this...
bsky.app/profile/this...
The Trump Department of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over the holiday season.
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
These agents had better be saying "Merry Christmas," and not "Happy Holidays" as they drag brown people and their children out of church pews.
bsky.app/profile/this...
bsky.app/profile/this...
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WCNC: 'Heavy-handed': Border Patrol arrests 2 US citizens in Charlotte for allegedly warning others of operation
Two women are accused of honking their horn to alert others that Border Patrol troops were in the area.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video shows Border Patrol agents arresting two U.S […]
Two women are accused of honking their horn to alert others that Border Patrol troops were in the area.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video shows Border Patrol agents arresting two U.S […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
WCNC: 'Heavy-handed': Border Patrol arrests 2 US citizens in Charlotte for allegedly warning others of operation
Two women are accused of honking their horn to alert others that Border Patrol troops were in the area.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video shows Border Patrol agents arresting two U.S […]
Two women are accused of honking their horn to alert others that Border Patrol troops were in the area.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video shows Border Patrol agents arresting two U.S […]
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Clair Obscur will win big at The Game Awards not because it's good (it is, though! 👍) but because it best represents The Game Awards overall ideal of what "Gaming Taken Seriously" looks like as a concept/argument in the current moment, which is what always wins.
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Clair Obscur will win big at The Game Awards not because it's good (it is, though! 👍) but because it best represents The Game Awards overall ideal of what "Gaming Taken Seriously" looks like as a concept/argument in the current moment, which is what always wins.
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the day the crosswalks died
JFC, this is so utterly lame.
JFC, this is so utterly lame.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
the day the crosswalks died
JFC, this is so utterly lame.
JFC, this is so utterly lame.
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The Guardian: What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/what-ai-doesnt-know-global-knowledge-collapse
#ai #llm #darkages
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/what-ai-doesnt-know-global-knowledge-collapse
#ai #llm #darkages
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Guardian: What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/what-ai-doesnt-know-global-knowledge-collapse
#ai #llm #darkages
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/18/what-ai-doesnt-know-global-knowledge-collapse
#ai #llm #darkages
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Since Braun's use (and admission) is post-2004, I treat that very differently than 90s/early 00s use, though I believe that's a factor to weigh, rather than a binary disqualifying one. it would be enough to knock me off a coin flippy choice if I thought he was closer to Berkman.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Since Braun's use (and admission) is post-2004, I treat that very differently than 90s/early 00s use, though I believe that's a factor to weigh, rather than a binary disqualifying one. it would be enough to knock me off a coin flippy choice if I thought he was closer to Berkman.