Michelle Mazurek

The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life.

It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.

Donald Trump’s executive order banning Federal Government telework yielding results.

SOUPS 2025 Mentoring Program The Twenty-First Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2025), August 10–12, 2025, Seattle, WA, USA.

@sauvik.me and I are co-chairing the SOUPS mentoring!

If you are attending SOUPS, consider signing up to be a mentor or a mentee. It's a wonderful way to connect with others.
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I always find it interesting which other values we are expected to sacrifice in the name of "civility" ...

Straightforwardly admitting "we're afraid of retaliation given that we depend on federal money" would at least have the advantage of being true?

Shame on CMU -- incredibly embarrassed today for my alma mater. According to this mealy-mouthed excuse letter, "No Rapists on Our Campus" constitutes "polarized, one-sided messaging" -- I guess we should equally promote welcoming rapists? Both sides, right? www.cmu.edu/leadership/p...

Fence fight: CMU orders students' anti-Trump message painted over ahead of president's visit Hours before President Donald Trump was scheduled to arrive at Carnegie Mellon University for an energy summit, the school administration early Tuesday ordered the painting over of a provocative anti-...

the chilling of speech on college campuses is wild, and it's happening directly because people fear the government (Trump) will punish us if we say things he does not like. this is gross.

triblive.com/local/fence-...

Kyle.

Me when the paper I'm reading has a sample size of 82 and reports 18.293% of participants did something...

Please meet @kyleor.land if helpful!

That there’s a police state.

I’ll be here today to present our cancelled grant where we were working with volunteer moderators of @AskHistorians and other communities to develop a tool that would help support their work. We mentioned misinformation as a challenge mods grapple with and suspect that’s why it was cancelled.

(late, because I was watching on delay)
ZACK WHEELER!

"They took hospitals and health care away from you so they could build concentration camps for immigrants."

Zack Wheeler.

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

America's national science agency officially homeless

It is worth reminding every American today that the people who hid Anne Frank were outlaws. The people who sent her to die in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were law-abiding citizens.

according to conservatives on the court, the constitution does not protect your right to your own body but does enable the government to ship you off to a foreign gulag without any hope of return

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

With almost no exceptions, every single cybersecurity breach occurs via mechanisms the technology industry knows how to fully and robust defend against, but didn't

“I regret to inform you that the National Science Foundation (NSF) did not consider your proposal referenced above. Proposals submitted to NSF must be complete and conform to the proposal preparation requirements contained in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide, the Grants.gov Application Guide and/or special requirements in the program solicitation under which they are submitted. Your proposal was administratively screened and was not considered for review because the area for which you are seeking support is inappropriate for NSF funding. See the Introduction, NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide Chapter I.B and/or the program solicitation to which you applied for further information. If you would like further information concerning this action, please contact the cognizant Program Officer whose name, e-mail address and telephone number are provided below.”

A fun twist: a second email has arrived, listing a different reason. No explanation was given as to why advancing biological research and infrastructure isn’t “appropriate for NSF funding.”

A screen shot of an email reading: Dear Dr. Gill, Jacquelyn, I am writing to let you know that given the current budgetary projections and recent adjustment of NSF’s over-arching priorities, NSF/BIO will not be making any new awards through the Biology Integration Institutes Program. Therefore, the solicitation has been archived, and NSF has returned your proposal without review so you can re-submit it, or portions of it, to appropriate BIO programs that currently are receiving new proposals, if you wish. Sincerely, Jim Deshler Division Director (Acting) Division of Biological Infrastructure

Last February, I led a proposal submission that encompassed six months, hundreds of hours, four institutions, a massive team, and and 256 pages. NSF just informed us that the entire Biology Integration Institute program was archived and our proposal would not even be reviewed.

With a form email.

More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.

Hm interesting bit from Sen. Cassidy's floor speech endorsing RFK Jr

www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Imagine putting on all this tactical gear and latching onto a military assault vehicle so you can storm a minimall on Sepulveda and apprehend a line cook at family restaurant.

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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.

The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

The Big Beautiful Bill Could Decimate Legal Accountability for Tech and Anything Tech Touches | TechPolicy.Press To understand how the so-called “AI moratorium” will destroy state laws and the internet, consider the literal meaning of its text, writes David Brody.

The House’s 10-year ban on state AI regulation would wreak havoc on our country. The language is so broad that it could upend everything from state privacy law to contract law. It could even break the internet. I will do everything in my power to stop it. www.techpolicy.press/the-big-beau...