the ghost of jessica fletcher
@spacemanspam.bsky.social
data analyst. aspiring writer. it's all show business.
in today's edition of "bullying works"
BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS.
www.wusa9.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
in today's edition of "bullying works"
for the last time. AI IS A PROBABILITY MODEL. IT IS NOT SENTIENT.
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
for the last time. AI IS A PROBABILITY MODEL. IT IS NOT SENTIENT.
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This is fascinating!!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An Inside Look at the NYC Subway’s Archaic Signal System
Vast swaths of the subway still rely on signal equipment from the Great Depression. A multibillion dollar plan, now at risk, hopes to bring the system into the 21st century
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is fascinating!!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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As the internet slowly dies, old media rises again. Remember local access TV? Some of it is amazing, like Jay Sugarman. He's a retired school teacher who hosts 'Museum Open House' where he visits New England museums. He's so charming and wonderful. This week I'm on it! youtu.be/YYTNulaQBaQ?...
Museum Open House: The Map Center
YouTube video by NewTV Community
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Saving for later
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THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
this administration has made me root for BigLaw, and that is unpardonable.
NEW: Jenner & Block files suit over Trump’s executive order targeting the firm
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
this administration has made me root for BigLaw, and that is unpardonable.
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If you don't know where to start, I've been compiling a thread of downloadable flyer/sticker designs (mine and others). It's a small thing but a good start: bsky.app/profile/pron...
Look, you can shake your head. You can call them "idiots". You can shame them. You can blame the news. Or you can talk to people. It is YOUR job to get them to know. Make a little contribution with your friend group.
Get some people together do some sidewalk fliering on a weekend. Put up stickers
Get some people together do some sidewalk fliering on a weekend. Put up stickers
March 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you don't know where to start, I've been compiling a thread of downloadable flyer/sticker designs (mine and others). It's a small thing but a good start: bsky.app/profile/pron...
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In this corner of the internet, hope and optimism abounds so here is your weekly round up of good things you may or may not have heard about.
A thread/
A thread/
March 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In this corner of the internet, hope and optimism abounds so here is your weekly round up of good things you may or may not have heard about.
A thread/
A thread/
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doing patchwork liberalism in a handful of countries for 75 years drove up human life expectancy by two and a half fold and income by twenty fold but then we let people read their neighbors thoughts online and now that’s over
March 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
doing patchwork liberalism in a handful of countries for 75 years drove up human life expectancy by two and a half fold and income by twenty fold but then we let people read their neighbors thoughts online and now that’s over
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wrote about how phoneworld is killing our political imaginary and making us profoundly miserable in this, a moment when we need to be stronger than ever www.late-review.com/p/the-eterna...
the eternal present
or: we need to destroy phone
www.late-review.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
wrote about how phoneworld is killing our political imaginary and making us profoundly miserable in this, a moment when we need to be stronger than ever www.late-review.com/p/the-eterna...
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Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
i will throw hands imminently
World War II veteran Medgar Evers, whom President Trump called “a great American hero,” has been erased from the Arlington National Cemetery website, which featured a section honoring Black Americans who fought in the nation’s wars.
WWII vet Medgar Evers erased from Arlington cemetery website
The U.S. Army purged a section of the Arlington National Cemetry website that honored Medgar Evers,
mississippitoday.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
i will throw hands imminently
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A highly relevant legal analysis about how courts can enforce contempt orders without relying on the executive branch.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A highly relevant legal analysis about how courts can enforce contempt orders without relying on the executive branch.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
Was going to wait for the book to reach my local library. Oh, well!
March 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Was going to wait for the book to reach my local library. Oh, well!
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Evergreen reminder: Executive orders are not laws. Do not act like or presume what's in them can automatically be done, or can be legally done. And always fight Trumpist/Muskist efforts to carry them out, politically and in the courts. And probably without the help of the Senate Dems, bc they suck
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Evergreen reminder: Executive orders are not laws. Do not act like or presume what's in them can automatically be done, or can be legally done. And always fight Trumpist/Muskist efforts to carry them out, politically and in the courts. And probably without the help of the Senate Dems, bc they suck
oh thank god
Here’s another win, from our favorite allergist @rubinallergy.bsky.social
We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target
So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen
We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target
So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen
We will have influenza vaccines for next season!
But what happened?
drrubin.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
oh thank god
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Just so you know you can email Schumer here
Contact | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Chuck Schumer of New York
www.schumer.senate.gov
March 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just so you know you can email Schumer here
Zirkzee MOTM or I riot
March 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Zirkzee MOTM or I riot
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Those clicks and pops aren't supposed to be there! Give your music a bath with this handy guide.
How to Clean Vinyl Records (Because They're Filthy!)
Those clicks and pops aren't supposed to be there! Give your music a bath with this handy guide.
wrd.cm
March 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I will never regret transferring from Barnard after my first year. Admin was and is feckless and callous.
Email from Columbia President Armstrong makes clear that admin still has no idea what it’s dealing with. No amount of “serious action to combat antisemitism” (read: punish Palestine activists) will satisfy the Nazis. They see universities as an enemy institution to crush underfoot.
March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I will never regret transferring from Barnard after my first year. Admin was and is feckless and callous.
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”