Priyam Das
@priyamdas.bsky.social
Pronounced pree-yum | she/her | Cognitive scientist and recovering academic | Passionate about lifelong learning, women’s health, public transit, & public libraries.
📍San Francisco Peninsula
📍San Francisco Peninsula
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November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Every year I teach first and second year students about Island Trees School District vs Pico, and every year they are shocked to find out that they aren’t actually entitled to First Amendment protections when it comes to the right to access information in libraries.
the supreme court might decide if libraries can pull books just because officials don’t like them. totally normal, right? one ruling could rewrite public libraries nationwide.
how are we still arguing about basic rights in 2025?
how are we still arguing about basic rights in 2025?
Supreme Court Set to Decide Whether to Hear Key Texas Book Banning Case
The petition to the high court comes after the Fifth Circuit, in a shocking decision delivered in May, held there was no First Amendment right to receive information in libraries.
www.wordsandmoney.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Every year I teach first and second year students about Island Trees School District vs Pico, and every year they are shocked to find out that they aren’t actually entitled to First Amendment protections when it comes to the right to access information in libraries.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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~40% of psyarxiv preprints contain links to open data in 2025 vs (e.g.) ~10% in 2019 (although in the latter case people mostly did not report this metadata): vuorre.com/psyarxiv-das...
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
~40% of psyarxiv preprints contain links to open data in 2025 vs (e.g.) ~10% in 2019 (although in the latter case people mostly did not report this metadata): vuorre.com/psyarxiv-das...
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A few hundred feet apart, yet worlds away politically, furious students at UC Berkeley protested the final stop of the conservative organization Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour,” hosted Monday night on what is known as the nation’s most liberal campus.
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A few hundred feet apart, yet worlds away politically, furious students at UC Berkeley protested the final stop of the conservative organization Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour,” hosted Monday night on what is known as the nation’s most liberal campus.
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
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it cures the blues, it saves the shoes
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
it cures the blues, it saves the shoes
I try to stick to one cup of tea a day but sometimes I want another, not for the caffeine but for the taste.
Herbal teas just don’t come close to a strong black tea. Might need to try out some decaf black teas (wish they could be truly decaffeinated!)
Herbal teas just don’t come close to a strong black tea. Might need to try out some decaf black teas (wish they could be truly decaffeinated!)
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I try to stick to one cup of tea a day but sometimes I want another, not for the caffeine but for the taste.
Herbal teas just don’t come close to a strong black tea. Might need to try out some decaf black teas (wish they could be truly decaffeinated!)
Herbal teas just don’t come close to a strong black tea. Might need to try out some decaf black teas (wish they could be truly decaffeinated!)
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“We are not going to fix this by forcing kids to sit through assemblies and calling it good, while the streets around schools are still over-wide and lack the separated bike lanes that make kids feel safe to ride,” Yiming Luo said during the meeting. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/c...
Calls for increased e-bike education evokes pushback in Foster City
As part of a growing trend calling for more e-bike education and regulation, Foster City hopes the San Mateo-Foster City School District will help conduct more training programs, citing safety
www.smdailyjournal.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“We are not going to fix this by forcing kids to sit through assemblies and calling it good, while the streets around schools are still over-wide and lack the separated bike lanes that make kids feel safe to ride,” Yiming Luo said during the meeting. www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/c...
Yo CA Dems can we get ranked choice voting now?
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Yo CA Dems can we get ranked choice voting now?
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Happy Monday, folks! I’m currently at San Mateo City Hall, where the council is hearing an item about the Hillsdale Mall redevelopment into a mixed use space with 1.4K new homes, office, and retail.
The house is packed, and there’s an overflow room. As usual: people are mad. 🧵
The house is packed, and there’s an overflow room. As usual: people are mad. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Happy Monday, folks! I’m currently at San Mateo City Hall, where the council is hearing an item about the Hillsdale Mall redevelopment into a mixed use space with 1.4K new homes, office, and retail.
The house is packed, and there’s an overflow room. As usual: people are mad. 🧵
The house is packed, and there’s an overflow room. As usual: people are mad. 🧵
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Went here to Jalebi Street for my mom's birthday tonight and it might be the best chaat I've had in the states?
The new restaurant slinging the best Indian street food around share.google/qj0S4wly0Day...
The new restaurant slinging the best Indian street food around share.google/qj0S4wly0Day...
The new restaurant slinging the best Indian street food around
Jalebi Street in the Upper Haight has top-notch chaat, as well as a sweet spiral of sugar that's arguably the country's best.
share.google
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Went here to Jalebi Street for my mom's birthday tonight and it might be the best chaat I've had in the states?
The new restaurant slinging the best Indian street food around share.google/qj0S4wly0Day...
The new restaurant slinging the best Indian street food around share.google/qj0S4wly0Day...
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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Speaking of, I saw an incredible pumpkin today
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Speaking of, I saw an incredible pumpkin today
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in my post-academic era i have become extremely scathing of the way academia considers papers to the primary outcome of intellectual work, and refuses to give credit to academics who write software or build other tooling. in industry we very rarely read your papers; but we always use your software
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
in my post-academic era i have become extremely scathing of the way academia considers papers to the primary outcome of intellectual work, and refuses to give credit to academics who write software or build other tooling. in industry we very rarely read your papers; but we always use your software
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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In case you don't know already, the journal Open Mind has a Bluesky account that automatically posts new papers:
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In case you don't know already, the journal Open Mind has a Bluesky account that automatically posts new papers:
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
went from not knowing how to ride a bike in august to biking ~6 miles this past weekend on a flat, paved bike trail
my bike handling skills are still that of a complete beginner but I’m just proud of myself for being able to keep my balance and ride for a long time!
my bike handling skills are still that of a complete beginner but I’m just proud of myself for being able to keep my balance and ride for a long time!
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
went from not knowing how to ride a bike in august to biking ~6 miles this past weekend on a flat, paved bike trail
my bike handling skills are still that of a complete beginner but I’m just proud of myself for being able to keep my balance and ride for a long time!
my bike handling skills are still that of a complete beginner but I’m just proud of myself for being able to keep my balance and ride for a long time!
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One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
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Finished up #TransitMonth2025 this evening riding home on the @rideact.bsky.social 51B 🚌. #1 on rides among Bay Area elected officials, #2 on distance after BART District 4 Director Robert Raburn!
We both go a lot of places but I don't live in walking distance of BART, so I take more bus rides 😅
We both go a lot of places but I don't live in walking distance of BART, so I take more bus rides 😅
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Finished up #TransitMonth2025 this evening riding home on the @rideact.bsky.social 51B 🚌. #1 on rides among Bay Area elected officials, #2 on distance after BART District 4 Director Robert Raburn!
We both go a lot of places but I don't live in walking distance of BART, so I take more bus rides 😅
We both go a lot of places but I don't live in walking distance of BART, so I take more bus rides 😅
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Motion passes! The Parkline Project will move forward. 800+ new multifamily homes coming soon (well, in like ~5 years when all is said and done) to a Menlo Park near you!
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Motion passes! The Parkline Project will move forward. 800+ new multifamily homes coming soon (well, in like ~5 years when all is said and done) to a Menlo Park near you!
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I’ve even encountered the explicit notion that everybody has to collect data *because* it’s such a pain in the ass — super expensive and involved, and then you can’t find anything bc of course nobody has the resources to appropriately power studies. Most pointless rite of passage.>
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’ve even encountered the explicit notion that everybody has to collect data *because* it’s such a pain in the ass — super expensive and involved, and then you can’t find anything bc of course nobody has the resources to appropriately power studies. Most pointless rite of passage.>
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Who could possibly care that much? Well, here’s your answer…
“About 1,000 posts in that first 24-hour period called on people to stop eating at Cracker Barrel, and 49% of those posts got flagged as likely coming from bots.”
“About 1,000 posts in that first 24-hour period called on people to stop eating at Cracker Barrel, and 49% of those posts got flagged as likely coming from bots.”
September 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Who could possibly care that much? Well, here’s your answer…
“About 1,000 posts in that first 24-hour period called on people to stop eating at Cracker Barrel, and 49% of those posts got flagged as likely coming from bots.”
“About 1,000 posts in that first 24-hour period called on people to stop eating at Cracker Barrel, and 49% of those posts got flagged as likely coming from bots.”