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phd student in cs at princeton researching ethics of algorithmic decision making she/her 🌈 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetry-news/63112/the-ford-faberge-by-marianne-moore
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DHS now threatening *all* of Harvard's international students with loss of legal status. Just beyond the pale. #edusky #academicsky #phdsky #highered

submitted 31 days ago • 37 comments

This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.

submitted 50 days ago • 206 comments

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

This article--on the systematic dismantling of the NIH, NSF, and CDC--is a must-read not only for researchers and clinicians but for anyone who has ever gotten a vaccine, taken medication, read the results of a research study, or gotten tested for Covid, flu, or STIs. www.science.org/content/blog...

submitted 101 days ago • 22 comments

18f was driving accessibility and ease of use across government services. career technologists who put aside the high pay of SV to make forms and processes easier for every day americans.

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting "You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women

submitted 107 days ago • 50 comments

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

submitted 116 days ago • 502 comments

Breaking news: The FDA approves updated coronavirus vaccines targeting new variants. Everyone 6 months and older should receive one, the CDC recommends.

submitted 268 days ago • 22 comments

a supermarket that only sells soup called a soupermarket

submitted 457 days ago • 0 comments

I co-wrote an article that just came out in Medical Humanities! It uses text mining to examine how "vagina" is wrongly used to signify the vulva and the entire female genitalia. Access it for free here: bit.ly/Mh-vulva

submitted 502 days ago • 4 comments