The Constitution says the government needs a warrant before accessing our private data — but they have repeatedly used Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to bypass that requirement.
Call 833-946-2258 now to tell Congress to protect us against further invasions of our privacy.
Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest?
Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything."
A short 🧵:
Salt Lake City
🇺🇸 🏒 Captain hilary knight : “The joke was distasteful & unfortunate— Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior. It's not my responsibility… It’s a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats.”
Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
Older photo of Dolly Parton holding a kitten. Dolly is wearing a flowy purple garment. The kitten is back with white mittens
There’s so much Miller on the timeline, cleansing with Dolly Parton and a cat ✨
All course syllabi and calendars are done 😮💨 That only accounts for maybe 10% of my spring semester prep, but it’s 10% I didn’t have yesterday.
tech/AI has always been about profit maximisation and world domination at all costs (even if it means the end of democracy) only now, thanks to the rise of fascism, they can say the quite part out loud
“I’m cooler online.”
~ Me when I see students who have taken my online classes register for an in-person class.
Don't apologise for your dog showing up during the Zoom, apologise for hiding him all this time
I miss living here.
JUST IN: Judge Dianna Gibson has just refused the Utah legislature's request to stay her own ruling on redistricting. That's an important step on the way back to the Utah Supreme Court: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
So too is "are your syllabi ready?"
Adding this to my lessons on AI, disinformation, and plagiarism ✔️
Not one of my collaborators bringing in Bluey toys when my toddler crashed our Zoom meeting 🥹😭
"Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task"
TLDR: AI makes participants worse in all areas. It's basically brainrot. See below.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
If Congress doesn’t fix the GENIUS Act, billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos could launch stablecoins that track your purchases, exploit your data, and squeeze out competitors.
These billionaires will come begging for a taxpayer bailout when it inevitably blows up.
Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights.
So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️:
www.wired.com/story/editor...
yep! unpaywalled:
Yes but it’s *maybe* a step up from clip art
At my niece’s softball game, one player used a Dr. Dre song for her walk-up, and I just want to give her folks a nod of approval. Peak millennial parenting.
The way that Yelena and Ghost call John Walker out on his shit is perfection.
I regularly say “cool beans” when a student shares progress on a project.
Next week, we’re learning about mis/disinformation in my summer writing course. The Star Wars fan in me is seriously considering assigning Mon Mothma’s speech from Andor for the Canvas discussion.
youtu.be/8JiIriDZy3g?...
Three women in graduation robes smiling at the camera
So stoked to see our brilliant students graduating from the Prof/Tech Writing and Tech Writing & Digital Rhetoric programs at @utahtechu.bsky.social ! It’s been an honor working with these students!
