A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

The most fun workshop of the year!

Tinker, Tailor, Trust: How Developers Create Privacy Policies With and Without AI | Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

New research from our lab, appearing at #CHI2026:

We studied how mobile app developers create privacy policies, with and without AI. The strategies varied, but plenty do just open an LLM and ask it to write a privacy policy for them.

🚨 NSF is already quietly eliminating the SBE Directorate, despite Congress’ mandate that NSF support the behavioral & social sciences.

Steps to counter this are in motion.

If you
- have an SBE proposal under review
- serve on an SBE grant panel

You can help! Fill out this form: shorturl.at/xuKw2

WE DID IT!

Our illegal union @uam-umd.bsky.social is a lot less illegal today. 12,000 contingent faculty in MD just won the right to collectively bargain. Life-changing win for teachers and students. Only happened bc thousands of people worked together to beat our bosses in the statehouse.

We do now know the NSF is proceeding with dissolving the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Congress might reverse it, but it is now already underway. YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO SBE. Program officers are being moved to different parts of the agency. Call your Congress member

Next year, in a world where we are all a little more free.

A small blond child crying heartbrokenly in the stands as Duke men's basketball loses the 2004 ACC championship to Maryland.

A tradition unlike any other (posting this picture when Duke goes out)

I’m glad Duke learned absolutely zero lessons from last years massive clutch-time disaster collapse in the closing moments of a huge NCAA Tournament game

Reminder that the call for workshops is open, with a deadline of this Thursday, March 26th. Workshops are split between Sunday and Monday this year, so you have some options for how to use one or both of those days.

soups.page/workshops.html

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to put on a tactical vest and go to the newark airport at 6 am on monday. your order is to wander around like a confused oaf. when a mom drops her sandwich at jersey mike's and scares you, pull out your gun and start shooting. good luck soldier

2026 Caspar Bowden Award - Nominations OPEN! 🏆
Know a groundbreaking PETs paper? Nominate it:
- Eligibility: Papers published between Apr 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2026.
- Deadline: May 08, 2026
- Nominate: submit.petsymposium.org/award2026/
Info: petsymposium.org/award/cfn.php
#PETS2026 #CasparBowdenAward

Today the bill granting collective bargaining rights to Maryland's non-tenure track faculty passed out of the Senate!

Unfortunately while certain groups of non-tenure track faculty are omitted, today's vote brings us closer than ever to granting all faculty the rights already enjoyed... [1/3]

it’s a guy running circles on an aircraft carrier that’s in motion

dying laughing at the strava data for the guy running laps on the french carrier

thinking about the hero of this game for Team Venezuela, Eugenio Suárez, and his comments about ICE’s effect on Latino baseball players just last week

In nine months MLB owners are going to tell you they need to shut the sport down because places like Miami are small markets with few baseball fans

Adjunct faculty at UMD schools deserve collective bargaining rights - Maryland Daily Record Commentary: Adjunct faculty at University of Maryland seek collective bargaining rights through legislation to improve pay, etc.

Adjunct faculty at UMD are fighting for union rights — and fair pay. Teaching 4+ classes/year for $57K, no benefits, and juggling family life — all while deans earn 6x more. HB 0106 could change that.
@aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @uam-umd.bsky.social
#Unionize #FairPayForFaculty

Pitch location for the final at bat of the WBC semis, way low

That pitch missed by 4 inches

Remember, boys. This is baseball. We are not here to have fun, enjoy anything, or create happiness in ourselves or the crowd. We are here to grind our teeth and stare at people until they submit to our will. Much like Judge Dredd. Now go out there and be like the military.

Looking forward to the era of AI social science: the data is AI-generated, the paper is written by AI, the paper is reviewed by AI, and summarized for students and researchers by AI.

Phillies and Jesús Luzardo have reached an agreement on a five-year extension worth $135 million, sources confirm to The Athletic. First reported by Jeff Passan and Jim Salisbury.

Governments worldwide turn to age-based access control to Internet services to protect children. More than 370 scientists call for a moratorium until there is a good understanding of their feasibility, effectiveness, and societal impact:

csa-scientist-open-letter.org/ageverif-Feb...

A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)

Directorates to follow

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In a statement to The Crimson, Summers wrote that the decision to leave was “difficult” and that he remained “grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago.” “Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues,” he added.

When academia's stars mistreat people, they're "punished" with relief from teaching, mentoring, and service responsibilities. This frees them to spend more time on the more valued work of research. And dumps less valued responsibilities onto colleagues, making it harder for them to become stars.

It was so cool to go to this townhall in @senbillferg.bsky.social's district, see just how many university workers live there, and learn that, after stopping ICE, the top issue was union rights for USM workers. A million thanks to brilliant videographer Josh Davidsburg for capturing it all on film.

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier

Hadn't realised that the third party review of Twitter's chat protocol had been published and wow github.com/trailofbits/...

Message from "Signal Support" Dear User, this is Signal Security Support ChatBot. Our system has detected a recent login attempt to your account from an unrecognized device or location. As a security measure, we have blocked this attempt and sent a verification code via SMS to your registered phone number. If this was NOT you: To secure your account and block this unauthorized access, please reply to this message with the verification code you just received. If this WAS you: You can safely ignore this message. The login attempt will be automatically approved shortly. Thank you for helping us keep your account secure.

Signal will never message you like this.

If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.

DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.

UMD's College of Information is hiring lecturers in five areas: networking fundamentals, information design, security, programming and databases, and experiential learning. 3-3 load, $95k-$102k. I love working here. Asshole-free environment. Spread the word! Not on the committee but happy to talk.

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.

The latest evidence that broadcasting people’s movements and intimate data in the Real-Time Bidding online advertising system is truly dangerous.

www.wired.com/story/ice-as...