Sara Vogel

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

The tool might actually be helpful if it was framed as a supplement rather than a replacement... sigh

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles “The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles

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intro image for "Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni

poem for "Legacies" by Giovanni

Morning! We're going to skip the last Poets.org selection because, as @heymrsbond.com rightly pointed out to me and @thevogelman.bsky.social, "Nikki Giovanni has to appear in a month where we talk about poetry."

So that's what we're doing! Today's #PoemADayJuly:

"Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni

Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid

They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.

There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

“And ultimately, what I fear,” Mamdani said, “is that if this is what Donald Trump and his administration feel comfortable about saying about the Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City, imagine what they feel comfortable saying and doing about immigrants whose names they don’t even know.”

WATCH: Brad Lander responds to Mayor Eric Adam's statement on his arrest by ICE agents.

Origami: The Case for Slower, Smarter STEAM Education Why I’m rethinking 3D printing, Lego, and what ‘making’ should really mean in STEAM education.

“I’ve been thinking why the Maker movement lost its momentum. Maybe it’s because we rushed to make it without taking the time to understand. Real learning —the kind that sticks —takes time. Time is in short supply in most schools, squeezed out by pacing guides, test prep, and competing priorities”

Loving the series so far. How many WBCQ listeners are estimated -- enough to make it worth the expenditures? Why not just post religious and conspiratorial content online? I'm also confused about why, if the FCC gave Alan the frequency in the 1990s, they wouldn't have any oversight on the content?

"This route involves two transfers and provides a straightforward path from your starting point to Times Square."

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To travel from Myrtle Avenue and Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn to Times Square in Manhattan via subway, follow these steps: Board the M Train at Myrtle Avenue–Broadway Station: Enter the station at Myrtle Avenue and Broadway. Take the M train (Queens Boulevard Local / 6th Avenue Local / Myrtle Avenue Local) heading toward Manhattan. zynamicgroup.com Transfer at 14th Street–Union Square Station: Ride the M train to 14th Street–

Union Square. At this station, transfer to the L train (8th Avenue Local) toward Brooklyn. Travel to 8th Avenue Station: Ride the L train to 8th Avenue. At this station, transfer to the C train (8th Avenue Local) toward Brooklyn. Arrive at Times Square–42nd Street Station: Ride the C train to Times Square–42nd Street. Exit the station to reach Times Square in Manhattan.

This route involves two transfers and provides a straightforward path from your starting point to Times Square.

A tourist was trying to follow directions provided by ChatGPT to get from Manhattan to Brooklyn. I told her to throw them in the garbage... I have no idea where she would have wound up....

The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

the lie of an objective, neutral summary runs parallel to the lie of the objective, neutral reporter

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Katie's right, but I want to nuance the issue.

Students come into college with an understanding of writing that is mechanical and algorithmic. It mistakes mastery of the basic form of an essay for using that form to articulate that point. Part of this is due to the culture around student writing.

My Brain Finally Broke Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.

Jia Tolentino writes about how Donald Trump and “his lieutenant content-generator Elon Musk” harness the internet to damage our sense of the real.

Yesterday, I joined my brilliant colleagues at #AERA2025 for a panel, "AI and Educational Justice: A Critical Conversation." An audience member asked for more concrete ways to resist the imposition of AI on teachers/students - ahem, Trump's EO on AI - and I wanted to expand on my answer. 🧵

A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week

Today is the day that funding expires for ERIC with no renewal at all. After that, there will be no new updates to the indexing of the database. This is bad for all of Education research #EduSky #AERA2025

hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

I am choosy about the assignments where I give detailed feedback. Low stakes assignments promote practice, no need for feedback, just worth points if they did it. Peer feedback on a checklist/ rubric. Fishbowl writing workshops around a point of concern many students had in their writing.

Wow... you are bringing me back. And when Snapple started having vending machines in NYC schools, same issue! But this is way worse...

this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview

New York Dept of Education says it will not comply with the US Dept of Ed's order to certify their schools are getting rid of DEI programs.

"We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...

Whoever pulled the trigger on the decision around Amber WHCD knew to do it on a damn Saturday morning fully knowing we tape on Friday nights and wouldn't be able to talk about this week. New @HignfyUS up now on @StreamOnMax w/ Guest Sam Seder & Sam Jay.

Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."

16K views · 51 reactions | “Not this time.” Listen to Rachel Paradis, Columbia University nursing student and longtime JFREJ member, talk about the Trump administration’s effort to scapegoat Jews in t... “Not this time.” Listen to Rachel Paradis, Columbia University nursing student and longtime JFREJ member, talk about the Trump administration’s effort to scapegoat Jews in their authoritarian &...

"The trump Administration is stoking anti-semitism in the name of combating anti-semitism, and we must not comply...we won't be your scapegoats" - Rachel Paradis, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social

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HANDS OFF! RECORD A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT WHY YOU'RE SHOWING UP ON APRIL 5TH! Use hashtags: #HandsOff or #WhyApril5 Share what you've made at: bit.ly/April5socials

We want to spread the word about the nationwide mobilizations on April 5. Tell us why you will be taking to the streets: bit.ly/April5socials

Progressive group calls on Democratic City Council candidate to return money from Republican donors The candidate, Maya Kornberg, has closer ties to one of those donors than previously disclosed.

🚨Right wing billionaire money pouring into NYC council races against women of color.

Proud of @indivisible.org and @goodbetash.bsky.social and his "run of the mill Jews" team for pushing back

www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

When Republicans attack our education system, they're attacking our future.

We won't let them silence marginalized voices, erase historical facts, or limit our children's potential.

Dont Defund Public Schools

I hated this @nytimes.com opinion feature. Not only was it lazy -- consequential and impactful for what? For who? Based on what criteria? But it dismisses issues their readers might find as consequential and impactful as their whole lives.