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It’s been one month since Rümeysa Öztürk was kidnapped by ICE in the middle of Somerville.

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

submitted 13 days ago • 1658 comments

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

submitted 29 days ago • 179 comments

People keep repeating "they can't do that, that's illegal" about everything that's happening, as if it were some kind of gotcha. But laws no longer apply. Without enforcement laws are just words on paper. If a mugger is stabbing you, is your reaction to tell them, "that's illegal, can't do that"?

submitted 30 days ago • 40 comments

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

submitted 34 days ago • 329 comments

I am very scared about the next few years but I actually have a lot of hope for America. Not confidence, not optimism, not expectation. But I have a lot of hope. We have an opportunity here to offer something new to the world by overcoming the struggles that are threatening to sink our ship rn.

submitted 36 days ago • 25 comments

AOC, @aoc.bsky.social, making the case for free speech alongside universal healthcare is so KEY for the left, because it's time progressives reclaimed the mantle of fighting for free speech from the faux free speech warriors of the right.

submitted 38 days ago • 443 comments

One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

submitted 39 days ago • 229 comments

Fellow Americans, are you ready to take to the streets yet? If not, ask yourself what else it will possibly take… because you’re about to lose the freedom to do so.

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Columbia student and New Yorker, Mahmoud Khalil - who was targeted and detained for constitutionally protected speech - should be home with his 8 months pregnant wife today. Not missing in ICE detention, unreachable by his lawyers. 1/15

submitted 49 days ago • 7 comments

It’s worth noting that the two bills were (1) banning cross-dressing / drag / pride parades, and (2) literally removing trans children from their parents. Both horrific infringement on free expression. In any sane world these would not have been given the time of day let alone gone to a vote.

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Top of @nytimes.com app and website right now. Trump critics muzzle themselves because they are afraid of retaliation, including physical threats to their families. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

submitted 52 days ago • 73 comments

Definitely do not email them lyrics to greenday songs, a cake recipe, your grocery list....Definitely do not waste their time. #PeoplesMovement #50501Movement #NoKings

submitted 52 days ago • 91 comments

He’s scared. It’s working. Show up. #standupforscience

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

submitted 56 days ago • 667 comments

Sorry not sorry to everyone who thought this would be primarily an AI Math research account I mean, it still is, but we live in a society etc

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Context that Corporate Media won’t say: Musk/Trump are firing anyone in a leadership position who is not a white male.

submitted 65 days ago • 9 comments

PSA that the AMS is currently running a survey with options to register your opinion about their support of DEI initiatives. If you’re a member, check your email and make your voice heard.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Polygraphs are pseudo-science at its worst, and it’s already shameful that the US government continues to use them for security clearances. Expanding to this new usage is wildly unjust, and possibly illegal.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

We are at 122 events and counting! Find your event at events.pol-rev.com. @polrev.bsky.social #therevolutionwillberelevised #fiftyfiftyone #50501movement

submitted 71 days ago • 53 comments

I’m taking this opportunity to download all my data, deactivate Twitter, and get my account permanently deleted. Join me!

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

The anticipatory swiftness with which certain organizations go along with attacks on diversity and rewritings of history suggests that maybe some of the folks in power think that these are genuinely good changes.

submitted 73 days ago • 8 comments

the gulf of America? oh, you mean the yawning void at the heart of our nation, the hole that can be filled only by recapturing a past glory which, perhaps, never even existed in the first place?

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse. Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.

submitted 75 days ago • 1370 comments

Boston, MA #fiftyfiftyone #50501

submitted 75 days ago • 11 comments

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

submitted 76 days ago • 475 comments

Exactly this. 💯 Let’s not get distracted — we need to fight all censorship, especially when it does relate to gender, race, marginalization, diversity, and inequity. These things MATTER -- science & society suffer when they are censored.

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Happy ICML deadline to all who celebrate 🍻

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 88 days ago • 3742 comments

📢 We’re recruiting Machine Intelligence PhD interns at MSR Cambridge (UK) 🌍💻 Check it out here — or connect with us at #neurips2024 this week! jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

A Detective's Guide to Graph Theory, a special presentation by AI Researcher at Microsoft Cambridge Rachel Lawrence (@rachel-law.bsky.social), was a success! Students grades 6–12 discovered key elements of graph theory in a night of fun activities. Sign up for the Dec. 15 event: momath.org/clocks.

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Super excited to see our project #JudgeGPT be recognized as a Microsoft Global Hackathon 2024 Executive Challenge Winner in the Hack for Society category. Big thanks to all our team members!

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Did you know that you can ignore constant factors and a bunch of other stuff? Big-O if true

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By way of introduction on this app, here’s what I’ve been up to lately… ✅ Finished my PhD at UC Berkeley (!) ✅ Started new job at Microsoft Research Cambridge (!!) ✅ Creating math outreach talks ✅ MSR Hackathon prize ✅ AMS math research communities on pure math ∩ ML Intrigued? Take a look 👉

submitted 160 days ago • 1 comment