Rahul Bhargava

If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.

Just unspeakable assholery.

Awesome! So cool that there is one. Hope it goes well.

Not sure if there are any local upcoming FixIt Clinics (Boston had some). I'm happy to take a look to see if it is something easily identifiable like a blown heating coil or such. DM me if you wanna investigate together 🕵🏽‍♂️ YouTube is a gold-mine of repair videos.

ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

Yesterday, the Deportation Data Project posted new FOIA data on ICE arrests through October 15 and it’s staggering how much it instantly disproves every claim the Trump admin has made about targeting “criminals” during its splashy arrest operations.

Here’s arrests in Illinois since April.

Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media About the Opportunity About the Opportunity The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media,…

Northeastern is hiring! **Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media**. I'm particularly interested in bringing in some candidates with critical lenses on these issues. Thanks for any help amplifying to candidates and networks. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

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My heart goes out to all my Somali neighbors and immigrants whose lives are now in danger because of these hateful racist comments.

There wasn't a way to see if the 3 tix I wanted are from one reseller and thus will be in the same place, or if they are from 3 different sellers. How did they not build that feature in. Makes the Marketplace is a non-starter for small sets like families. I'd *have* to get picked in a lottery round.

The suspicious language on FIFA's marketplace says "Please note that your seats, once assigned, may not be adjacent or near one another and seats assigned within the same ticket category may be located in different rows, sections or locations in the Stadium"

Who has best guides for World Cup tix options? I had to dig on Reddit to understand that if you buy a set of tix on FIFA Marketplace you're _not_ guaranteed they will be seated together... terrible option for families. Any news outlets summarizing all this small print for fans? @bostonglobe.com?

line chart showing increase in usage from 2011 through 2024, with over 25 papers per year recently

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map showing the archive is used to study countries all over the world

How are researchers using @mediacloud.bsky.social online news archive? "This breadth of academic citations show Media Cloud has established itself as a key piece of digital public infrastructure". Emily Boardman Ndulue summarizes academic use in latest blog post www.mediacloud.org/blog/analysi...

I spent a few hours trying to debug a Python Scrapy/reactor issue with Claude AI... ended up with logs everywhere and no bug fix. So I went back to tried and true StackOverflow: 2nd result had the fix from 2024. Thank you "wRAR" for sharing your solution 👏🏽

Treylon Burks’ one-handed miracle catch draws comparisons to Odell Beckham’s Giants grab Odell Beckham’s Jr’s miracle grab in 2014 may remain the best NFL catch this century, but Treylon Burks’ effort on Sunday pushes it close

First time I'm seeing a Bluesky embed used on the @us.theguardian.com. News embeds of social media conveys normalcy and legitimacy to platforms, so it's intriguing to see it. (also a *sick* grab from the team I grew up cheering for!) www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...

The Feeling is Mutual A pop-up interactive exhibition exploring how and why we come together as community At the Boston Cyberarts Gallery Green St. Orange Line Stop • 141 Green St., Boston • Free Admission Friday Dec 5, 6-7:30 (Opening Reception with Refreshments) Sat Dec 6, 11-5 Thu Dec 11, 11-5 Fri Dec 12, 11-5 Sat Dec 13, 11-5

The Feeling is Mutual A pop-up interactive exhibition exploring how and why we come together as community What brings us together during hard times? What makes us want to, or not want to, interact with each other? This all-ages pop-up interactive exhibition explores these fundamental questions about the connections we build across cultures, perspectives, and experiences. Six participatory installations invite you to interact with tactile and digital objects about how we build community and experience things together. Our gestures, spices and empathy connect us. Our physical spaces, soundscapes and clothing bring us together. We invite curious learners of all ages to dig deeper on the science and experience of being together. We’re more alike than we think, and connections are always in reach. Pieces by Olivia Bouscaud, Sebastian Gonzalez Quintero, Isabelle Hou, Lea Lang, Karlee Malcolm, Nicole Miller,  Lain Orndorff, Ava Raskin, Jeewon Shin, Lauren Violette, Nadia Youssef and Haolan Zhang. This is the final exhibition show for the Northeastern University "Interactivity in the Educational Museum" course, taught by Prof. Rahul Bhargava. At the Boston Cyberarts Gallery Green St. Orange Line Stop • 141 Green St., Boston • Free Admission Friday Dec 5, 6-7:30 (Opening Reception with Refreshments) Sat Dec 6, 11-5 Thu Dec 11, 11-5 Fri Dec 12, 11-5 Sat Dec 13, 11-5

Boston event 📆 My "Interactivity in the Educational Museum" course is doing a popup final show at the Boston Cyberarts gallery. Join us to play with these hands-on pieces that all explore how and why we come together as community! "The Feeling is Mutual". Opening reception this Fri, Dec 5th 6-7:30

AP Trump MRI results Make a year-end gift Sign in AP Top 25 Stockton shooting Lane Kiffin Nick Fo POLITICS Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Sunday, Nov Read More Updated 5:33 PM CST, November 30, 2025

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💥 Northeastern University in Boston is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Network Science & Communication! Joint appointment with Communication Studies & College of Science. Review of applications begins 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Please share!!
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Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Little things: “We constrain our imaginations when we subordinate our creations to names owned by fascist tycoons.” (@anildash.com) It’s a newsletter, or a blog. Their amazing content is finding new audiences. So many better ways to say this. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...

Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Information+ Conference 2025 Interdisciplinary practices in information design and visualization 14–16 November 2025Boston, MA USA

Watch party 🎥🎉! The talks from @infoplusconf.bsky.social this year have already been posted online informationplusconference.com/2025/talks/

Trapped by what they know: Young adults’ algorithmic cynicism Teaching young people to trace why certain stories trend or how recommendation systems work can build a shared sense of how truth circulates online.

"Greater algorithmic knowledge did not necessarily translate into healthier online behavior" - my colleague Myo Chung helping us tease out how youth conceive or and interact with algorithms online, summarizing her latest paper for @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/trap...

For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.

“.. The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls ..

“.. Trump’s sexist comments are an attack on women’s dignity — and by making them, he strips the presidency of its dignity too.”

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YouTube video by Irish Mick celtic fans BELLA CIAO song brilliantly sung v Real Madrid! 6/9/22

Random World Cup qualifier note: I've heard the anti-racist + anti-Nazi anthem Bella Ciao a few times from crowds. I *really* hope people bring trumpets to play it during this summer's World Cup in the US. 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
Here's a rendition from Celtic fans in '22: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5dC...

Screenshot of the website, showing a hand interacting with a data visualization on a touchscreen

The Computation+Journalism Symposium is less than a month away cplusj2025.com See the full agenda cplusj2025.com/agenda/ and register here events.miami.edu/event/cplusj... ($150 for professionals, $30 for students) #dataJournalism #dataViz #dataVisualization

How public involvement can improve the science of AI | PNAS As AI systems from decision-making algorithms to generative AI are deployed more widely, computer scientists and social scientists alike are being ...

Can public involvement in AI evaluation improve the science? Or does it compromise quality, speed, cost?

In @pnas.org, Megan Price & I summarize challenges of AI evaluation, review strengths/weaknesses, & suggest how participatory methods can improve the science of AI
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2026 Higher Learning Program Open Call for Concepts The Mellon Foundation invites institutions of higher education to submit applications for research and/or curricular projects. Deadline to register is December 1, 2025.

Mellon continuing interesting line of funding higher ed. Call for projects that focus on "Unruly Intelligences" or "Normalization and Its Discontents". Important funding for humanities that "supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural & historical import." 👏🏽 www.mellon.org/article/high...

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

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If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.