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This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill

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O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.

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American Science & Surplus is fighting for its life. Here’s why you should care. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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The U.S. is desperate for doctors, but is turning away international med students. Visa hurdles and residency bottlenecks are leaving future physicians sidelined while the shortage grows buff.ly/z89IpOp

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NYC! We brought back Meet Your Mayor just in time before the June primary. The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out: buff.ly/1FJjfrXhttps...

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Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had insurance but couldn’t afford to refill his asthma inhaler after the cost jumped from $70 to more than $500. Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV

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I wrote about how America is likely to start feeling its first broad pain from the DOGE cuts and Trump firings this month as the agencies that help secure our summers—FEMA, NOAA, the National Park Service, and air traffic control—have been especially hard hit: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/prepare-fo...

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NYT, Page One: “Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.” @nytimes.com

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🧵 PBS and NPR have 45 days to salvage their federal funding — starting now. Trump's unusual "rescission" request has been sent to Congress, starting a 45-day clock for Congress to either approve or ignore the proposal.

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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

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@wnyc.org #IStandWithWNYC

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this is why local news in so many of its forms is so important. people in media who serve a community, not a national audience, who can build up decades of credibility. it's not just that he's speaking up but that there's a possibility people might listen. this is what's lost when you gut local news

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📣 We're hiring an Associate Professor of Digital Education to join the Critical Digital Education Research Group and lead the Digital & Social Change pathway of our MSc in Education. Interested? Apply now! 🔗 bit.ly/4kwmqFQ Deadline: 6 June #Edusky #HigherEdJobs

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“The TRUTH about TRAFFIC!” On June 5th, in Kingston, Ontario, we’re hosting a FREE “turning point” evening with the community that will smash myths & tell the hard, blunt truth about better mobility for everyone. Come live or watch on-line! My keynote + local panel. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-truth-...

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

This is in dead-red Florida. Hurricane season is starting. Veteran weatherman John Morales is rightly concerned that federal cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service means we’re flying blind into the storm — literally — and people are at mortal risk. Thank you for your courage, John.

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Don't miss our new NASA Science spending and economic impact resource at dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science.html — see space science spending in every state and congressional district and custom reports for each region. A unique resource.

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(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

submitted 4 days ago • 275 comments

What a wonderful resource on creating voter guides for local elections! Also, the latest roundup of book censorship news, courtesy of @bookriot.bsky.social. bookriot.com/how-to-build...

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Because Texas summers are brutal, I spend most of my time indoors while the sun is out, growing paler as the summer progresses, although I do enjoy being outdoors at night when the temps drop. I have come to refer to this as 'seasonal vampirism'.

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Uber sent push notifications yesterday to its users in Illinois telling them to call their state reps and oppose transit funding. The bill then stalled in the House so now CTA is on track to close 4/8 'L' lines and discontinue 74/127 bus routes, absent emergency action from the legislature.

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An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠

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brb going to visit this page and only this page for the rest of my natural life

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Interesting development

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Not dangerous criminals. Dylan, a high school student, came here legally. He showed up to court—and ICE grabbed him. The feds are asking judges to dismiss migrant cases. That dismissal strips legal status, turning people undocumented on the spot—then ICE moves in under “expedited removal.”

submitted 8 days ago • 142 comments

The NY Botanical Garden is "seeking a partner to develop a method and demonstration for systematically creating soundscapes that reflect the historical landscape ecology of specific locations across New York City, based on the research of The Welikia Project." See the "Work With Us" tag here:

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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

submitted 8 days ago • 346 comments

This is Duncan. He is a professional barkour athlete. Please do not try this at home. 13/10

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Totalling around 120 hours of observing time, this is the longest the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has ever focused on a single target. The deep field aims to probe the Cosmic Dawn, when the Universe was only a few million years old. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 🔭 🧪 ☄️

submitted 10 days ago • 36 comments

Defend the em-dash

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

This. You know what was good? Plain HTML pages with text and images and hyperlinks. Maybe a single banner ad at the top to fund it. Not something that loads literally gigabytes of random executable code from hundreds of different domains to show you one three-paragraph article and fifty video ads.

submitted 12 days ago • 10 comments

Happy 86th birthday to Sir Ian McKellen!

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One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Trump has announced his intention to end it all, saying the federal grant program amounts to "woke handouts."

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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

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As well he should

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"Paris Votes to Make 500 More Streets Car-Free With the passage of a referendum Sunday, Mayor Anne Hidalgo will amplify her ambitious moves to challenge car dominance and expand pedestrian access." Being Progressive. You know, @progresstoronto.bsky.social you show this to Rachel Chernos Lin.

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A delicious Sunday morning read - esp if you’re a New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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This is phenomenal. Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment. It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

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"DEI is not a passing trend or an optional branding tool, but a reflection of values — and values matter to modern consumers."

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Wise words from Mr. Rogers. We are all in this together. Let us all renew ourselves to strive for the common good.

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I can study all my life: Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities, with no tuition fees

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Just in case it’s 1980 and you’re on the fence about grabbing McDonald’s for breakfast, here’s a free BIC RAZOR!

submitted 13 days ago • 81 comments

Believe it or not, all three of these fish are the same species… the bluehead wrasse. Wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they transition from female to male over the course of their lives. Each phase can look radically different from each other as evidenced here #coralcitycamera

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Happy #Caturday !!

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Wait, we have to have poodles now?

submitted 14 days ago • 61 comments

'Summer Breeze' by Moy Mackay, Scottish textile artist known for her “felt painting” #womensart

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Calling all musicians! The Kay Pace Piano Lab just lost a 10k partner and need to make up the funds. Please contribute and share so the program can continue. #musicsky #edusky givebutter.com/zWC8lG

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After I published this story last week, I heard from readers, tech policy experts, even tech workers who were angry the tech industry was pushing this bill, and many sent thanks for reporting the story. I also lost paying subscribers, who, I surmise, prefer to think of AI as apolitical.

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Read this today ❤️

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