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I think the bifurcation point was the cancellation of the Jazz @Thunder NBA game at tip-off after Rudy Gobert tested positive. That led to basically a cascade of sports cancellations.

MAGA's Election Interference Flip Trump is weaponizing foreign threats after gutting the infrastructure that fought them.

After 4 years vilifying disinformation researchers for having the temerity to study information threats to democracy, Trump is suddenly raising the banner of “foreign election interference” to attempt to justify his unlawful actions at home & abroad.

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Heads up #MediaLiteracy and #NewsLiteracy folks. If you only teach lateral reading, your students would miss this because their results would indicate NYT is a reliable source. Teach students to analyze legacy media outlets, too! 🍎 📚🗺️

A Digital Delusion? — Civics of Technology Civics of Technology Announcements Upcoming Book Club: We’re reading Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Cultivating Justice and Joy by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie Heat...

If you're interested in trying to make sense of a book that's become quite popular in the fight against Big Tech in schools by invoking the work of Jonathan Haidt alongside the Luddites, then the next @civicsoftech.bsky.social book club is for you. We'll gather on Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm ET.

A Digital Delusion? — Civics of Technology Civics of Technology Announcements Upcoming Book Club: We’re reading Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Cultivating Justice and Joy by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie Heat...

Have you heard about "The Digital Delusion?"

We have thoughts about it.

We'd like to hear your thoughts about it.

www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/read-th...

go out in the streets as we are dropping bombs. a brilliant call to action.

Reporters should ask the administration -- if a foreign power bombed the United States, would they expect the American people to respond by suddenly demanding the Trump administration be removed from power, or would there be a different reaction?

Especially if the bombs had hit a girls' school?

No justification, no authorization from Congress, and no clear objective.

But none of that matters to Donald Trump — and apparently neither do the safety and lives of American service members.

I was literally pulling up the FBI indictments of the Iranian hackers two days ago for a forthcoming article ab this 🫠

Trump dismantled the entire infrastructure that disrupted this op! Kate and Stamos and I were sued by America First Legal — case is entering its 3rd year. These fucking hacks.

Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms A practical guide for teachers and students navigating the complicated intersection of artificial intelligence, education, and justice Artificial intelligenc...

Coming up this week!

Join our book club on Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie Heath.

March 4th at 8pm EST

Register on our Events page: www.civicsoftechnology.org/events

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This month's Tech Talk is on Thursday March 5 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Join the community and talk about whatever is on your mind!

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What the Father of Black History Can Teach Us About Technology Danielle A. Davis Canty, Esq., says that while technology may be miseducated, we do not have to be.

Historian Carter G. Woodson showed that when systems are designed and governed without the people most affected, inequality is not a mistake – it is the expected result. Technological inequality, in this context, is not surprising. It is predictable, writes Danielle A. Davis Canty.

Coming from NY, Rikers Island has been a known scandal since forever. Everyone on every side of the debate acknowledges it. But nothing changes, despite a proposed closing date of 2027. If these camps go unchallenged and the new ones get built, we will never get rid of them.

Deliberation can wait: How civic litigation makes inquiry critical Scholars of citizenship education have long regarded deliberation as the default framework for democratic discussion in the classroom and beyond. Turning to the history and theory of rhetoric, we q...

I co-authored a lengthy theoretical article that dug into some of the rhetorical history of deliberative pro/con framings for my home field of social studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

UT’s Women's and Gender Studies won a department. Then politics closed in UT faculty say women's and gender studies is a long-established discipline that’s being gutted and defined without their input or voice.

“The level of fear mongering is at a fever pitch,” said Lina-Marie Murillo, a professor in reproductive health. “They’re going to lose a deeply engaged and educated citizenry, but I think that’s what they want.” 💯

www.statesman.com/news/educati...

Our Time Amongst the Luddites — Civics of Technology Civics of Technology Announcements Upcoming Book Club: We’re reading Critical AI in K-12 Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Cultivating Justice and Joy by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie Heat...

In today's @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog, I join @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social to reflect on what we've learned while writing about the Luddites over the last three years. We share thoughts about Luddism and education, collaboration, and writing for different audiences.

Texas Universities Going All In On Censorship And Anti-DEI Policies The racism and disrespect are real in Texas, as the University of Texas adopted policies rooted in anti-Blackness and authoritarian control.

“The people who claim kids are being indoctrinated in school are the same people who only want one narrative taught about gender, race, U.S. history…” said Colton Llenos, a UH graduate. “To them, simple exposure to other forms of thinking counts as indoctrination.” 🔥

newsone.com/6850655/texa...

The UT System's New 'Controversial Topics' Policy Is About Policing Knowledge When politically appointed regents and administrators determine which topics are “germane,” academic freedom quietly shifts into political compliance.

“Scholarship that challenges white supremacy, colonialism, or state violence is labeled as divisive. Programs rooted in Indigenous, Latinx, and Black knowledge are consolidated, put under review, or dismantled. The result is not balance—it is containment.“ 🔥

www.texasobserver.org/ut-system-ne...

Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave

After my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to respond to trauma. We can all take part | Rümeysa Öztürk I was detained for co-writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression

ICE unlawfully arrested & detained Rümeysa Öztürk after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian op-ed as a PhD student. Her recent op-ed reveals the trauma she faced.

Cases like this led the AAUP to sue the Trump admin in AAUP v. Rubio. We won the lawsuit & protections for non-citizen students & faculty.

Coworker Laid Off Solely For Performance-Related Reasons Warns AI Coming For Everyone

Coworker Laid Off Solely For Performance-Related Reasons Warns AI Coming For Everyone https://theonion.com/coworker-laid-off-solely-for-performance-related-reasons-warns-ai-coming-for-everyone/

Alpha School, an “AI-powered private school” that heavily relies on AI to teach students and can cost up to $65,000 a year, is AI-generating faulty lesson plans that internal documentation finds. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/students-are...

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

UT Regents To Vote on Sweeping Course Restrictions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

🔔PRESS RELEASE: UT System Board of Regents to vote on new course content restrictions just days after UT Austin collapses ethnic and gender studies departments. 👇

aaup-texas.org/blog/f/ut-re...

I Hope this Blog Post Finds You — Civics of Technology Civics of Technology Announcements New! Technology Audit Curriculum: This activity provides a structured way to surface the ethical dimensions of technology tools. Drawing on four analytic ap...

"The question I keep coming back to isn’t whether individual teachers are wrong to use these tools, but what it means that such tools now exist in the first place..."

Today: Brad Robinson writes about human connection and "synthetic affect."

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I Hope this Blog Post Finds You — Civics of Technology Civics of Technology Announcements New! Technology Audit Curriculum: This activity provides a structured way to surface the ethical dimensions of technology tools. Drawing on four analytic ap...

"But the Email Family Tool isn’t just clearing a teacher’s desk of onerous tasks to make room for meaningful connections. It’s effectively automating, at least partially, those connections [and] reconfigur[ing] what it means for teachers, students, and families to be in relation." - Brad Robinson.

Musk advocates white monoculturalism

We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.

There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.

Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.

Don't Create the Torment Nexus

Not a new observation, of course, but one that keeps coming back to me.

I thought we'd all agreed this was bad.

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public.

“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...