Hmmmmm…

“Supreme Court seems open to allowing religious public schools, a major move that would redraw the boundary between church and state”

You know what I wish the more human-centered tech conferences would do right now?

Open up special tickets and speaking slots for scientists whose work is getting axed and whose fields are being obliterated right now. I bet you anything this would bring some radical insight to your audiences and incredible energy to your stages.

I can advertise this for you through my social science networks. I am seeing scores of brilliant young social scientists with years of relevant work grieve right now

Was in a discussion group tonight and we were talking about harms of a particular system, and got into a discussion about whether the harms were intentional or opportunism. And someone said something I liked so much that I asked if I could share it:

“The intent doesn’t matter while the harm is ongoing”

I was parked for an hour today while waiting for my ex to finish the appointment I drive them to, so I took the opportunity to make a new crow friend while I sat there.

#AlicePics #UrbanPhotography #Birds #Crow

“We must always be on the side of rock-throwers both imagined and real.”

RIP Joshua Clover

#FreePalestine #JoshuaClover #Resistance

i wouldn't be who i am today without Monty Python.

the first show i ever watched was the philosophers’ soccer match and it was life altering.

wasn’t even a pre-teen, but i was always an avid reader and i’d go thru my dad’s bookcase and read some of the philosophy and sociology books he’d kept from college and graduate school. we also had a full encyclopedia & atlas that i’d read like comics books.

so that night, i understood most of the jokes; and a blerd was born:

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-turns-50/

"A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were not the suspects the agents were looking for."

"... about 20 men, armed with guns, busted through the door."

"... they ordered her and her daughters outside into the rain before they could even put on clothes."

"Now, Marisa said they have, quite literally, nothing."

https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/