It’s a world of mixed expertise and ai has made dunning Kruger a social contagion.

‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration’s cuts to science — whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.

Apparently a record number of scientists are getting into politics, which is very good, but my questions are: How many of them are good at science communication, and how many of them are highly trained in the social implications of their fields? Because those are all different kinds of training.

What does it mean to reclaim what was already taken under racial capitalism? Join us for Stealing Back the Archive, a critical theory class focused on bootlegging across colonial & digital histories.

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completely with you on this one. (in many other things, too. and also, this.)

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your three-bun moment of calm

This is a really big deal.

the best news. (via @jaykaydee.bsky.social )

…she was a self-described middle aged woman from the suburbs with no gay friends who walked into nyc’s ACT UP because she thought she could help. It’s correct that histories backgrounded her. But those of us who cared to look, we found her. Took note of her practices. And won’t let her be forgotten.

Dr. Iris Long died yesterday at the age of 91. It’s unlikely that you’ve heard of her. But she was the one who taught ACT UP members how to teach themselves the science. She created ACT UP’s drug tracking procedures, & she invisibly influenced much of today’s grassroots community health advocacy. +

Paddington in Throne of Blood (1957)

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1846

I will go to my grave hollering IF YOU TEACH PEOPLE WELL WHILE TREATING THEM WELL THEY CAN LEARN

The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: Preface To build new technology, we must imagine it first. Every technological marvel that humanity has ever come up with came into being by this process of imagination, of both individual and collective musi...

If you're interested in historical drones, I've got a whole article series going on the ancient history of drone tech....

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Hi! I don't think Toho has a bsky so I'll post it - my first commissioned work for all the official Godzilla channels and I handmade everything that isn't a toy. Enjoy xo

omg brucie, thank you. ✨🔥💓🔥✨

Paddington in Fitzcarraldo (1982)

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1824

Current work is as informed by my 2 decades of pre-PhD work as a designer, technologist, and artist as it is the PhD, but i likely wouldn’t have been let in the door, or had the legitimacy, at my current employer without the PhD.

PhD in Human and Social Dimensions of Science & Technology, dissertation focused on increasing collective survivability thru interdisciplinary collaboration. Currently work on various forms of nuclear safety and response, and acknowledging the people parts in complex tech such as energy systems.

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we could… work on this. maybe even lure @debcha.bsky.social down from the north for the adventure.

Thread!

Design and Disability advisory group process • V&A Blog One of the key phrases that is central to disability politics is ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’, and as an exhibition that firmly aimed to place disabled culture and identity at its core, it was...

Some reflections and process on working with our Advisory Group on Design and Disability - “generative friction” and how we meet to create access and ideas. www.vam.ac.uk/blog/project...

Yoko Kanno 13th February 2026 Playing Soul, RNB, Classical. Beloved Japanese soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno, famed for her jazz scores on series like Cowboy Bebop and Wolf’s Rain selects an hour of music for NTS, from French class...

radio mixtape from the composer of Cowboy Bebop www.nts.live/shows/guests...

Five questions for risk assessment A risk assessment, or threat model, helps you identity your digital assets and create a plan to keep them safe. Knowing what you're facing is key to ensuring you have the appropriate safeguards in place. Risk assessments change depending on your context, which makes them a great place to start when working on a new story. Start here • Ask yourself these five questions (remix to suit your needs): • Assets: What am I protecting? • Adversaries: Who am I protecting my assets from? • Adversary's assets: What might they be capable of? • Likelihood: How big of a risk is this to me now, based on who I am in the world? • Your resources: What can I do to protect myself?

the only opsec thoughts I will share on the timeline are: everyone’s needs vary because people face different risks. feel free to ignore anyone telling you there’s only one way, and take a little time to threat model your own situation. more here: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

watching the entirety of Andor season 2 (for the first time) on january 5-6, 2026, is a complicated choice / (and it turns out to feel like a choice of hope). #thingsThatMeasureTheDay

@rose-alibi.bsky.social !!!!! I’m so excited. thank you for joining us. we’re lucky to have you as one of our collaborators.

happy to be a support in any way possible / even remotely useful.

so thrilled for your success and looking forward to hearing about all your next adventures.

Schuyler!!! ✨🔥💓🔥✨, 🙇🏼‍♀️

Interactive AIDS Quilt The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”