Rae Hodge
@raehodge.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary oddling | Bylines: Salon, CNET, AP, BBC, NPR, and the Troublesome Creek Times |🎖US-UK Fulbrighter; Hon. Ky Colonel; broom-closet chaplain and priestess-of-necessity
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Some good news:
“In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.”
www.aaup.org/news/court-r...
“In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.”
www.aaup.org/news/court-r...
Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment
The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.
www.aaup.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Some good news:
“In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.”
www.aaup.org/news/court-r...
“In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.”
www.aaup.org/news/court-r...
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Publishers with AI licensing deals have seven times the clickthrough rate
But only a select group of publishers have deals with the LLMs. pressgazette.co.uk/comment-anal...
But only a select group of publishers have deals with the LLMs. pressgazette.co.uk/comment-anal...
Publishers with AI licensing deals have seven times the clickthrough rate
Publishers with OpenAI licensing deals benefit from a ChatGPT clickthrough rate almost seven times higher than those without agreements.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Publishers with AI licensing deals have seven times the clickthrough rate
But only a select group of publishers have deals with the LLMs. pressgazette.co.uk/comment-anal...
But only a select group of publishers have deals with the LLMs. pressgazette.co.uk/comment-anal...
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BREAKING Taiwan says 'will not agree' to making 50% of its chips in US
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
BREAKING Taiwan says 'will not agree' to making 50% of its chips in US
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Trump has deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops within the United States this year, according to exclusive figures provided to The Intercept by official military sources. interc.pt/3IMxHV7
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump has deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops within the United States this year, according to exclusive figures provided to The Intercept by official military sources. interc.pt/3IMxHV7
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Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.
Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment
The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.
www.aaup.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.
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New from 404 Media: ICE to buy tool that tracks locations of hundreds of millions of phones every day. Billions of pieces of location data. ICE previously stopped using data remotely harvested from smartphones. Now it's buying it again. Usually used w/o warrant
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE to buy tool that tracks locations of hundreds of millions of phones every day. Billions of pieces of location data. ICE previously stopped using data remotely harvested from smartphones. Now it's buying it again. Usually used w/o warrant
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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“If you call us fascists, we’re going to put you behind bars.”
Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“If you call us fascists, we’re going to put you behind bars.”
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This is what CBS staffers have told me about the possibility of Bari Weiss taking over the newsroom:
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘He lied to us’: CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison ‘can’t be trusted’
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers said new owner David Ellison has broken his promise not to “politicize” the network by installing a Trump loyalist as ombudsman, and courting The Free Press found...
www.independent.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is what CBS staffers have told me about the possibility of Bari Weiss taking over the newsroom:
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The U.S. federal government shutdown begins as a lapse in funds brings fresh uncertainty for the country.
Government shutdown begins as nation faces new period of uncertainty
The government shutdown has begun. And it’s plunging the U.S. into a fresh cycle of uncertainty. President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The U.S. federal government shutdown begins as a lapse in funds brings fresh uncertainty for the country.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine that dramatically BOOSTS the immune system’s ability to fight tumors- even WITHOUT targeting a SPECIFIC cancer type. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery AND radiation treatment.
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The lack of logic here is dizzying. Handing my personal data to a third party who may or may not secure it properly has zero impact on "keeping a child safe".
UK government asks everybody to stop using VPNs.
"everybody who's out there thinking of using VPNs...verifying your age keeps a child safe...So let's just not try and find a way around. Just prove your age."
- UK government
"everybody who's out there thinking of using VPNs...verifying your age keeps a child safe...So let's just not try and find a way around. Just prove your age."
- UK government
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The lack of logic here is dizzying. Handing my personal data to a third party who may or may not secure it properly has zero impact on "keeping a child safe".
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Wait, Ben Affleck was a beta tester for Warcraft III?
Source: Computer Games, September 2002.
Source: Computer Games, September 2002.
July 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Wait, Ben Affleck was a beta tester for Warcraft III?
Source: Computer Games, September 2002.
Source: Computer Games, September 2002.
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High Treason, by Jose Emilio Pacheco (about Mexico, but the sentiment extends)
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
High Treason, by Jose Emilio Pacheco (about Mexico, but the sentiment extends)
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Cloudflare’s CEO has shared that Google is sending 3x less traffic to publishers relating to how much it crawls their sites compared to 6 months ago.
But it’s better than OpenAI and Anthropic who send 40x and 1000x fewer users per page crawled than Google.
But it’s better than OpenAI and Anthropic who send 40x and 1000x fewer users per page crawled than Google.
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Cloudflare’s CEO has shared that Google is sending 3x less traffic to publishers relating to how much it crawls their sites compared to 6 months ago.
But it’s better than OpenAI and Anthropic who send 40x and 1000x fewer users per page crawled than Google.
But it’s better than OpenAI and Anthropic who send 40x and 1000x fewer users per page crawled than Google.
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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Just saying that if I lived anywhere near launch sites where space x rockets kept exploding, I’d start to worry what chemicals I was breathing in everytime one of these was incinerated.
"That's not good."
June 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Just saying that if I lived anywhere near launch sites where space x rockets kept exploding, I’d start to worry what chemicals I was breathing in everytime one of these was incinerated.
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The last few months have been the most impactful by 404 Media yet. Stopping ICE data access; triggering changes at AI companies, more. We continue to be the most impactful tech outlet on the internet, and our subscribers let us do this work. Here are some of those recent examples:
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The last few months have been the most impactful by 404 Media yet. Stopping ICE data access; triggering changes at AI companies, more. We continue to be the most impactful tech outlet on the internet, and our subscribers let us do this work. Here are some of those recent examples:
I know everything is happening too much right now but here is a plump lil wild bun in the hedge at my cousin's and she seems happy
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I know everything is happening too much right now but here is a plump lil wild bun in the hedge at my cousin's and she seems happy
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'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
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Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
June 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
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Hungarian police on Thursday banned the country's main Pride march from taking place in Budapest on June 28 but the capital's mayor vowed to hold it despite the decision ➡️ u.afp.com/SNjY
June 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hungarian police on Thursday banned the country's main Pride march from taking place in Budapest on June 28 but the capital's mayor vowed to hold it despite the decision ➡️ u.afp.com/SNjY
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WINNER!
May 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
WINNER!