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Yep. The market problem writ large is exceptionally true in highered. But it won’t matter — and doesn’t matter — to those in charge right now because the point is to strip the institution.

A Worker-Led Alternative to Billionaire-Owned News in DC A Q&A with two founders of the 51st, a worker-led nonprofit newsroom launched after the closure of the beloved local outlet DCist.

"What we all need to agree and commit it to is that journalism is a public good. Journalism is a thing that we need. Particularly when it comes to local news."

For @inequality.org, @millsrodrigo.bsky.social interviewed two 51st co-founders, @abigailhiggins.bsky.social and @maddiepoore.bsky.social:

ChatGPT thinks your state is dumb. Or lazy. Or ugly. See for yourself. Making ChatGPT’s bias visible — and personal — is powerful.

NEW by me: ChatGPT thinks the South has stupider people.
It thinks sub-Saharan Africa has the worst-quality food on earth.
And it thinks the whiter your neighborhood, the more attractive the people.
New research lets you see ChatGPT's hidden biases about YOUR community. 🧵
bit.ly/4asLD0x

Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.

OpenAI fired a VP who opposed their erotica rollout (and had started a company-wide peer mentorship program for women), allegedly telling her it was because she discriminated against a man 🤔 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Sadly true and entirely on point. I really hope liberals can get it together for the midterms and the 2028 election. Hope springs eternal. 🇺🇸

Kairos is now accepting nominations for its annual awards! These include the Best Webtext Award (which doesn't have to be published in Kairos), the John Lovas Award (for an outstanding online academic project), Grad Students & Contingent Faculty Awards

I really thought they brought out hundreds of bushes and it turns out they were all people lol

This is the dystopian

Made the mistake of opening Twitter and everyone complains academic publication take time.

Another way to reframe our work: we find that GPT-4o was not ready for the public and that benchmarks couldn't predict the risks… and yet no one raised the alarm. Why?

You don’t “relish in” something, you just relish it. Which I only care about if you get it wrong in dialogue you have written specifically to signal that someone is super-sophisticated.

A couple weeks ago I told my partner that new terms of service were typical of social media.

Reader, this is not.

Also also also this is perfect for my 1984 talk at a community college next month

I like this analysis about productive struggle. I would add that higher education transfers knowledge so students do problem solving, to do something about the world they’re in. Ideally all coursework is a project in critical inquiry

It’s sad because the comments on YouTube are like “AMERICA!!” And I’m like Puerto Rico is . . . America . . .

Just checked out Turning Point’s counter halftime show. Most boring 10 seconds show of my life. Back to Bad Bunny lol

Elon Musk tweeted "whoever said money can't buy happiness really knew what they were talking about"

In my dissertation I wrote about the concept of the Golden Cage. People who hoard power are desperately miserable, trapped by their own minds in a system built on the myth that any of this is good for anybody. Anyways he just tweeted it out

What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise? If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do.

“A company that promises—however jokily—to do your thinking for you is, not even subtly, also threatening, somewhere down the line, to scoot you off the stage for good.”

Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:

👀

I hope not!

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If them white folk sit back and let their president tear down thee Kennedy Center that would be craaazy as hell.

DA WHALE.

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades Nearly 790 people, primarily children, have been infected in South Carolina's ongoing measles outbreak, officials report.

South Carolina's measles outbreak nears 790 cases — making it the biggest in decades www.livescience.com/health/virus...

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place. Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it." With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026. 7um Jing FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Credit: Bystander Matthew 19:14 John 11:35 There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

Tomorrow marks the first day of the 100 years of Black History Month. I will be Blackity Black Black all month. This is a PSA.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky

Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP's Slim Majority The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.

Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job