Parris Sammut
@parrissammut.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student at Yale interested in language, epistemology, normativity.
Sometime lawyer.
Sometime lawyer.
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this is the most faculty thing i've ever seen
The transcript of the faculty meeting that cost Katrina Armstrong her job leaked because nobody at Columbia was able to configure Zoom to prevent transcription.
freebeacon.com/campus/what-...
freebeacon.com/campus/what-...
March 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
this is the most faculty thing i've ever seen
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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
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It's a myth that universities are predominantly liberal or left-leaning. We see this at Columbia. Arts and humanities depts are tiny enclaves. As soon as financial interests are threatened, the "apolitical" and "value free" parts of the institution immediately reveal their politics and values.
March 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's a myth that universities are predominantly liberal or left-leaning. We see this at Columbia. Arts and humanities depts are tiny enclaves. As soon as financial interests are threatened, the "apolitical" and "value free" parts of the institution immediately reveal their politics and values.
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Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi
Now under Trump, the NIH says it is cutting ~$9 billion in federal research grants supporting medical research ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's diseases.
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi
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In 2010, anti-copyright activist Aaron Swartz hanged himself after being prosecuted to the full extent of the law for making copyrighted academic publications freely available. Today, academic publishers are insisting those copyrights be lifted to feed the corporate AI slop machine.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
In 2010, anti-copyright activist Aaron Swartz hanged himself after being prosecuted to the full extent of the law for making copyrighted academic publications freely available. Today, academic publishers are insisting those copyrights be lifted to feed the corporate AI slop machine.
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soon-shiong is pulling the elon musk strategy of fighting bias and standing up for “free speech” by censoring everything he doesn’t like and openly simping for donald trump
Scoop: Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong killed an editorial that was critical of Trump's Cabinet picks, weeks after he blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris by the LAT editorial board www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:17 PM
soon-shiong is pulling the elon musk strategy of fighting bias and standing up for “free speech” by censoring everything he doesn’t like and openly simping for donald trump
Awaiting the exodus of sports related accounts from the other place so I can finally delete it. This space has a great community of academics and political journalists but I also need my feed populated by shorts of goals on a Champions League day.
November 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Awaiting the exodus of sports related accounts from the other place so I can finally delete it. This space has a great community of academics and political journalists but I also need my feed populated by shorts of goals on a Champions League day.
First draft of the dissertation prospectus submitted and hit with an overwhelming sense of dread.
November 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
First draft of the dissertation prospectus submitted and hit with an overwhelming sense of dread.
When I gave up maths as a 16 year old in high school, the thought I would spend a semester teaching Yale undergrads set theory, transfinite numbers, and basic calculus, topology, measure theory, probability and decision theory would’ve appalled and petrified me and here I am, appalled and petrified.
November 17, 2024 at 10:10 PM
When I gave up maths as a 16 year old in high school, the thought I would spend a semester teaching Yale undergrads set theory, transfinite numbers, and basic calculus, topology, measure theory, probability and decision theory would’ve appalled and petrified me and here I am, appalled and petrified.
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The NYT has produced a handy list of literally the last things I want to do
November 14, 2024 at 9:23 PM
The NYT has produced a handy list of literally the last things I want to do
I’m beyond my coursework years, but whenever course registration opens I’m always giddy choosing which classes I can sit in on.
November 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I’m beyond my coursework years, but whenever course registration opens I’m always giddy choosing which classes I can sit in on.