"The Jazz Pictures the FBI Silenced---Fearing for her safety, Lisette Model buried her photos of artists like Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, but a new book reveals them to the world" hyperallergic.com/the-jazz-pic...
I wrote a short blog post about this paper, reflecting on my own time as a @carpentries.carpentries.org Software Carpentry instructor blog.stephenturner.us/p/ten-simple...
So, so sorry. What a dear little puppy!
MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates have the opportunity to do something so hilarious right now. There are 300 recently unemployed journalists who would love the opportunity to help them fight the darkness that is consuming our democracy.
Just a reminder to consider the Library of Babel Group. We have projects afoot and opportunities to network with like-minded folks. www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
Made a conscious decision to focus on AI/bigtech in early 2025 and I'm glad I did
It's a systemic attack on both the means of climate action (evidence-based facts, the written / spoken word, visual communication) and the ends (trying to stop fossil fuel use). I think it's starting to sink in, now
Some much-needed good news, including
• renewables overtake coal as source of electricity globally
• new oceans protections pledged in the High Seas Treaty
• landmark litigation to facilitate accountability for climate breakdown
• indigenous wins at COP
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www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
A thread describing an absolutely fascinating project about the Deep History (and meaning) of Ukraine. x.com/Mylovanov/st...
#bondi
Now across the border in South Australia #liveness at #ASCILITE2025
Poster on way to #ascilite25 @wentale.bsky.social
Very funny 🤣 -- great crypto-chart @crikey.com.au fyi @infobeautiful.bsky.social
Winter is coming ... end of UK summer time means #lthechat is at a more Australia-friendly time
Huge congrats to a real ed-tech hero, @linkletter.org, who survived a five-year legal odyssey after he posted a critique of Proctorio on social media. linkletter.org/update-33-th...
I so admire Ian's bravery in the face of corporate bullying. Kudos and congrats, Ian!!!
Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.
My friends, they have lost the flag.
Class is in session! Thanks, @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social, for this analysis of the importance of this moment.
"This is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography." Yes!
#nokings
Portland frog brigade
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
I'd love to see someone try to estimate just how much time and money has gone into research that is either fully undermined by reliance on LLMs or fully pointless --- because obvious if you start from an understanding of what LLMs actually are.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
I thought you were a dozen people!
This is wild. I’ve never heard this story before.
USA Government is targeting people who just want things to be normal.
Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video) open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
bubble dance party
governments right at the bottom ...
