Kate Averett

Meta hopes you won’t notice their privacy invaders because you’re busy resisting authoritarianism. Prove them wrong. They’re part of the same fascist protect.

Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students

“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”

UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.

This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...

The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.

bsky.app/profile/pron...

in other words, yes it is. Quit TikTok.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:

-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc

Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson
and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“Yes, we’re helping ICE kidnap your neighbors and cops surveil your communities but also every now and then we might find a dog.” — Ring

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

I love good dancing/choreography/staging of a performance so much.

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

This was so good.

Billie Holiday avoids making political statement, sings Strange Fruit instead

Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist

So far it’s a tie between Greenday and Brandi Carlisle.

second sentence of the SI article about rickea is a run through of the abusers stats. if you're a journalist, don't do this. it doesn't matter how many sacks he had!! if you're including that you suck!!

Rickea Jackson was the 4th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft. Wikipedia: In her rookie season, started in 35 of 40 regular season games, and averaged 13.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists. She was named to the 2024 WNBA All-Rookie Team.

Women's lives and accomplishments matter!

He was picked in the first round by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2025 NFL Draft, and the runner-up for Defensive rookie of the year. Pearce had 10.5 sacks during his rookie year, the most by a Falcons rookie since Micah Parsons (Dallas Cowboys) in 2021.

We've seen this before, the implication that this man's brilliant future will be jeopardized because of his crimes. But what about Rickea Jackson, herself an incredibly accomplished athlete!

Falcons’ James Pearce Jr. jailed after police chase, domestic incident with WNBA player: Cops NFL star linebacker James Pearce Jr. was arrested Saturday after fleeing a domestic dispute and crashing his vehicle during a police chase, according to Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez.

I'm going to be thinking of Rickea Jackson and hoping that she is safe and has people to care for her. but also want to fucking note that in this news article about two very accomplished athletes, only the information about the perpetrator was given.

www.local10.com/news/local/2...

I was just a few points away for AGES! Finally got there, though!

Boston Ballet part 2

The Boston Ballet accepted the challenge!

Need a mood boost?

Watch the Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrate the Seattle Seahawks being in the Super Bowl

I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.

It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.

What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.

Negotiations with New York State for a new UUP contract began today! The Negotiations Team has been working hard on a comprehensive set of proposals, and team members were looking forward to getting to the table.

Thank you to the Team!

Read more here: uupinfo.org/communicatio...

The reason "Abolish ICE" scares them so much is because it speaks to the power of political imagination. Our political imagination has been intentionally suppressed in favor of the stagnation and inertia of the short-term profit economy's political desires. This is existential as well as physical.

Hey @schumer.senate.gov please tell me EXACTLY what a body cam is gone do for this baby girl.

Put it in record . Because I want it read at your reckoning

Luckyyyyyyy!