Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz

It is beyond insulting for @aaas.org to plan to host Brian Greene, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a plenary talk at #AAAS2026, then cancel it the day before, only for the replacement to insist Greene was a “good scientist” and that he wished we could all hear from him.

My award winning demonstration aka she laughed

My award winning demonstration

Mommy why do we all have bones?

Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ... TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance

North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/

I would not be surprised if something similar happened at NSF.

AI is not inevitable. If we had sane people in government that were not in thrall to billionaire tech CEOs, LLMs could be regulated, forced to obey existing copyright laws, and banned from places where their use is inappropriate, such as college classes. This should be a moderate position.

My whole job now is telling people, “we will have to see who wins the war but this is how it used to work.”

CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.

My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity

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Wait it was still at 600 something this morning no? Lmao wow

A screenshot showing: Shipped this month 391,365 Total Shipped 700,770

Also, for those who are following the adventures of the Little Whistle Federation That Could, we just passed 700,000 whistles shipped total.

Of those 700,000 whistles, more than half of them were shipped in these 14 days of February.

ICE Is Gearing Up to Build “Mega” Jails ICE is planning on spending $38 billion on the project.

ICE is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars on mega-prisons where the agency can disappear thousands of people.

It's $38.3 billion plan to launch a “new detention center model” would expand the agency’s detention capacity by 92,600 beds by the end of FY26.

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*If* the federal government actually retreats in Minnesota, I will never, ever let anybody forget that it was the people, not the courts, that made them do it.

An mRNA Refusal to File

"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"

Indeed.

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Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Moderna’s CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: ‘You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.’ Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”

They lifted it 8 hours ago

But then why is NM space still closed?

Santa Teresa airspace in NM still closed

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.

Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

This is what I think happened

You know how public universities have those places where furniture goes to die? Like because bought with public funds. So if you need stuff for your students offices or research space you can just go grab it? And sometimes you find treasures?

Herman Miller Office File Cabinets

From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis Against the gamblification of the world.

I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.

It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.

The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0

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What research shows gives you an edge is when you have high income and you have highly educated parents that then supplement your education outside your schooling when the kid shows interest in a particular topic. Like kid likes science mom calls her friend how works at the uni and has a lab

I have a PhD in education and I am not fucking equipped to homeschool my kid. Like if suddenly schools ceased to exist sure I would figure it out but like… this is such obviously propaganda.

a close up of a bunch of super bisexual glitter sparkle whistles. <3

I just spent a couple hours in the whistle inbox, inputting 39 requests. They ranged from 100 for a lady who wants to give them out at church to 3,000 for a large union. All over the country, but one common refrain: I want to help.

Thanks for helping us do this. 💓

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Wait what

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

I stand by my opinion that everyone claiming to not understand why anyone is against genAI in TYoOL 2026, or that anyone against it is just a hysteric incapable of reason, is a fucking faker.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

I can attest to this. I have a real ID. A real ID proves you are documented. Like for example my real ID expires exactly the day my visa expires. But is not a proof of citizenship.