Neysa Nevins

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Computational chemistry is cool (I discovered in 1987) #compchem #chemiverse #fediverse
Neysa NevinsMay 20, 2025
Teri KanefieldMay 20, 2025

In honor of the special occasion, I have a blog post ready: All About the Tenth Amendment.

(No, really, it IS all about the Tenth Amendment)

As always, posting here first. If you see any errors please let me know.

https://terikanefield.com/its-all-about-the-tenth-amendment/

It's All About the Tenth Amendment - Teri Kanefield

No, really, it is. The history of the Tenth Amendment explains [almost] everything happening in politics and government today. But before I get to the [scintillating] topic of the Tenth Amendment, I have an announcement: Today is the birthday of Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights. (I have created birth […]

Teri Kanefield
Neysa NevinsNov 3, 2024
Why I am Setting out on a Journey and Inviting You Along https://terikanefield.com/why-i-am-setting-out-on-a-journey-and-inviting-you-along/
Why I am Setting out on a Journey and Inviting You Along - Teri Kanefield

The Impetus for a Journey In September, I visited Chile for the Chilean Independence festivities and a reunion for my husband and his siblings. I learned, among other things, that an 84-year-old in-law, who is one of the sweetest people I know, admired Augusto Pinochet. She is also a fan of Donald Trump. She worked all […]

Teri Kanefield
Neysa NevinsJun 3, 2024
Show threadTeri KanefieldJun 2, 2024

I want to move away from writing about whatever is in the news and write more generally about the law, and even my legal work.

I think that helps people better understand the larger picture of how the law works, which in turn helps with understanding legal news.

Neysa NevinsApr 25, 2024
Timnit Gebru (she/her).Apr 25, 2024

This article is basically an illustration of our TESCSREAL bundle, Eugenics and AGI paper.

"And that’s when the man in the castle with the seven fireplaces said it.

“I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet.”

I’m taking the liberty of putting it in quotation marks, though I can’t be sure those were his exact words....Maybe he said “quiescent,” or “docile,” or maybe “powerless.” Something, certainly, along those lines."

https://prospect.org/power/2024-04-24-my-dinner-with-andreessen/

My Dinner With Andreessen

Billionaires I have known: Part One of a three-part series

The American Prospect
Neysa NevinsApr 17, 2024
Molly WhiteApr 17, 2024
really upsetting to see former Wikimedia Foundation director and CEO Katherine Maher getting targeted by the rightwing outrage machine in her new role as NPR CEO. she's wonderful, and NPR is lucky to have her. i hope they stand behind her.
Neysa NevinsApr 2, 2024
Show threadTeri KanefieldMar 31, 2024

I just wrote a book on Disinformation and included the election lies, so I don't say this lightly, but both of these tear at the fabric of a democracy:

(1) disinformation and misinformation
(2) the kind of outrage and fury that exacerbates polarization.

Unfortunately, both of those are profit driven.

maybe that should be next week's blog posts and I take off the rest of the week 😉

I spent an absurd amount of time writing this week's post because I knew I was going against the current.

4/

Neysa NevinsMar 18, 2024
Teri KanefieldMar 16, 2024

I have my weekend blog post ready.

You don’t have an affirmative Constitutional right to vote. (Did you know that?)

The right to vote was not (affirmatively) included in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, or any other Amendments.

Here's why (and what I mean):

https://terikanefield.com/the-right-to-vote/

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Once again, I ran out of time and didn't deal with the problem of that 500 error message. There are some plug ins I'm supposed to try.

If you get the message wait a few minutes and try again.

The Right to Vote - Teri Kanefield

First, some business. I have finished the series about misinformation and outrage in what I have been calling the MSNBC-CNN-Left-Leaning-Social-Media outrage ecosystem. Since last week, I linked the parts together, added a few sections, and revamped the conclusion. The series begins here. *  *  * And now, for this week’s topic: The Right to Vote […]

Teri Kanefield
Neysa NevinsMar 14, 2024
Stephan HackerMar 14, 2024
Great talk by Dmitry Ghilarov today at Leiden University @LED3hub. He talked about his group's exciting work on using cryoEM to better understand protein complexes in bacteria to study antibiotic action on DNA gyrases. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00904-1
Neysa NevinsMar 14, 2024
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Mar 14, 2024

Actor BD Wong will be in conversation with me at Symphony Space in New York City on Tuesday, April 16 at 8 PM, celebrating the publication of my new children’s book, MY LOST FREEDOM. Signed copies of my book will be available for purchase with event admission. Tickets are on sale now.

https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/george-takei-my-lost-freedom

An Evening with George Takei

Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and community through our programs and our commitment to literacy and education through the arts.

Symphony Space
Neysa NevinsMar 12, 2024
World Wide Web ConsortiumMar 12, 2024
35 years ago, on 12 March 1989 Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote “Information Management: A Proposal” outlining the World Wide Web.
Tim's vision outlined a future we are still creating:
"We should work toward a universal linked information system... to allow a place to be found for any information...and a way of finding it afterwards...
...we will be looking for a systems which are future-proof:
• portable, or supported on many platforms,
• Extendible to new data formats."
http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html
The original proposal of the WWW, HTMLized