Antoine J.

There is so much anger in me for the "let it rip," "we don't need to mask/you don't need to mask" "All schools and universities must be in person" people, I think its possibly unhealthy for me

Archived link here, thanks to @jacky.wtf for sharing

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Boat That Opened Fire Was Carrying Cubans Living In U.S. Trying To Infiltrate Island, Cuba Says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that he was made aware of the incident with Cuban soldiers.

Cuba’s government said that the passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism

Flava Flav would never.

#Sousveillance

Screenshot of a Health Affairs Forefront webpage article. The headline reads, “New York City And State Have Passed AI Laws—Now Communities Must Lead,” by Oni J. Blackstock, dated February 24, 2026. Related topics listed at the top include artificial intelligence, decision making, public health, and health disparities. Below the title is a large header image showing a blurred medical/clinical background overlaid with white connected digital icons (including people, a microscope, a robot arm, a smartphone with a brain graphic, a wheelchair symbol, and an apple) surrounding a large central “Ai” symbol, suggesting AI in healthcare and public health.

The federal government is trying to deregulate AI.

In the last three months, both NYC & NYS have passed AI oversight laws. For these to be successful, communities need to lead and have decision-making power.

🔈Read my new op-ed on participatory AI governance!

www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Since there is no job market to speak of, the *only* reason for going to graduate school in History right now is to get paid (very modestly) to read and write for a few years.

Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

Great reporting last year from The Markup and @thecity.nyc themarkup.org/news/2024/03...

Arkansas set to impose nation’s strictest ban on sending books, magazines to prisons | Arkansas Democrat Gazette A ban on sending books and magazines to inmates in Arkansas prisons goes into effect Feb. 1, putting into place the strictest regulations in the country on sending outside publications to the incarcer...

A ban on sending books and magazines to prisoners in Arkansas prisons goes into effect Feb. 1, putting into place the strictest regulations in the country on sending outside publications to the incarcerated

The mirage of AI deregulation One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...

🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Poet Who Captured the Rhythms of His Communities After attending James Baldwin’s funeral, Thomas Sayers Ellis was inspired to create a collective for Black artists.

Rest in peace Thomas Sayers Ellis www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Students in need were paid $500 a month to stay in school. It worked. A photo of people standing around a school bus

New Mexico launched a state pilot program offering monthly $500 payments to teens who are homeless, to stay in school

“When you invest in people, they respond”

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Asked my youngest last night what he was listening to and he said “MF Doom, have you heard of him?” And I felt like I’ve done at learn something right as a father.

"We're going to stand up for Haiti because you taught the world about freedom and now it's time for us to return the favor." The next mayor of NYC knows his world history.

Okay, how do you use this thing?