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🔗 linkblog: How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration
This is what my employer cut ties with.
🔗 linkblog: Palestinian deaths in Gaza rise above 50,000 as Israel expands its military campaign
50,000 is roughly as much as all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Kentucky. The whole university gone.
🔗 linkblog: Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
Let’s all support the Internet Archive—that goes for you, too, publishers.
🔗 linkblog: They look like Nazi salutes. Here's why some people think they're a joke'
Acknowledging the ambiguity in Musk’s salute is important: not to let him off the hook, but to recognize how much more dangerous things are when they’re ambiguous than when they’re straightforward.
🔗 linkblog: Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons'
One more thing right out of the Twitter playbook from DOGE: Firing people without understanding how important they are.
🔗 linkblog: In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder'
If there were such a thing as a good army fighting a good war, it would be the Allies in World War II. It’s wildly irresponsible to overlook the awful things done by that army in that war for the sake of holding both up as “good,” though.
🔗 linkblog: How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer'
Who benefits from AI? Who doesn’t?
🔗 linkblog: What Musk's Twitter takeover could tell us about a possible government appointment'
I’m currently reading Extremely Hardcore and can’t wait to read Character Limit. The Twitter purchase alone ought to dismiss any serious ideas that Musk could do this kind of work.
🔗 linkblog: AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change'
This sucks so much—and encapsulates our world’s obsession with financial success over environmental health.
🔗 linkblog: Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting'
I had forgotten Kentucky did this, and that just makes me more mad.
🔗 linkblog: Eurovision 2024: Here are the songs with the best shot at glory'
Love to see Eurovision coverage from US news outlets.
🔗 linkblog: How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game'
Really interested in this game.
🔗 linkblog: After years of trying, the U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws'
I have a scar from a nearly 20-year old table saw injury, and that made this fascinating to read.
🔗 linkblog: How anti-vaccine activists and the far right are trying to build a parallel economy'
Gab’s been showing up more in the news lately, so I guess I should dust off some of that Gab data I have and move it closer to publication.
🔗 linkblog: Hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students'
Audrey Watters was warning about something like this almost a decade ago. It’s time for edtech folks to step up and recognize that technology in schools goes far beyond that exciting new classroom tech—and that we can’t do something about stuff like this if we’re overly focused on efficiency and effectiveness.
🔗 linkblog: Palestinian death toll in Gaza soars past 25,000 with no end to war in sight : NPR'
1,200 deaths is an enormous tragedy. What does that make 25,000 deaths?
🔗 linkblog: With war raging in Gaza, Christmas in Bethlehem has been canceled : NPR'
As I’ve written before, I’m skeptical when Christians see the Middle East uniquely through the particularities of our beliefs and tradition—there’s so many ways that can (and does) go wrong. Yet, if we’re going to sing and preach about Bethlehem this year, we ought to use modern Bethlehem to get us thinking about a better world for the West Bank, Israel, and Gaza.
🔗 linkblog: 'Shameless': Reporters Without Borders rebukes X for claiming to support it : NPR'
Kind of hilarious, actually, but in the depressing way that most Twitter news is these days.
🔗 linkblog: Ranked choice voting: what it is and where it might be next : NPR'
I wasn’t aware of these critiques of ranked-choice voting. The right-wing hand-wringing about it is obviously ridiculous, and I still believe more RCV is the way to go, but I appreciate more nuance in the conversation.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk restores X account of Alex Jones : NPR'
Musk keeps digging his hole deeper and deeper.
🔗 linkblog: Trump's not-so-secret plans for unprecedented power : NPR'
Some worrying information here.
🔗 linkblog: This Palestinian American professor leans on his Quaker faith during conflict : NPR'
I’ve been wanting to learn more about the Quaker faith, and this example only reinforces that.
🔗 linkblog: Gary Oldman returns as Jackson Lamb in 'Slow Horses' Season 3 : NPR'
So excited to watch this!
🔗 linkblog: A longer Advent helps some Christians prepare for more than Christmas : NPR'
Love this article. This year, I’ve been craving Advent since Halloween ended, and I’ve seen a justice and peace element to Advent since I first started celebrating it, so there’s a lot for me here.
🔗 linkblog: Sellers say Amazon undercuts their prices, charges high fees : NPR'
Amazon: also the worst.
🔗 linkblog: Why a search engine that scans your face is dangerous : NPR'
Facial recognition is the worst.
🔗 linkblog: Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift : NPR'
Vanessa Zoltan is great, and I love what she shares here.
🔗 linkblog: Clarence Thomas accepted even more gifts from billionaires, new report finds : NPR'
This… just keeps getting worse. All justices, regardless of political stripes, need to ensre they aren’t being influenced.
🔗 linkblog: DeSantis slammed over Trump attack ad over LGBTQ rights : NPR'
This is disgusting and reprehensible. I refuse to watch the video myself, but it sounds like it wouldn’t be out of place on the Gab groups I’ve looked at for research projects.
🔗 linkblog: In WWII, a segregated U.S. Army deployed to fight Hitler — and brought Jim Crow : NPR'
I had never heard about this story before. It’s tempting to think of World War II as “a good war,” but stories like this complicate it. How is this blatant racism compatible with fighting against the Nazis?
🔗 linkblog: People are arguing in court that real images are deepfakes : NPR'
Very interesting look at some of the less obvious implications of generative AI.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk threatens to re-assign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company' : NPR'
I feel like I say this whenever I post a link to a Twitter story, but I honestly can’t believe how dumb this stuff gets sometimes. Also, is Musk going to give someone else control of @ldschurch?