Rutgers Unions Win Academic Freedom for All Unit Members Traditionally limited to full-time faculty, academic freedom protections will now extend to librarians, postdocs and clinicians at Rutgers. But without accompanying job security, adjuncts could still be vulnerable. https://bit.ly/4zKEHqE

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Please watch this video of @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Timnit Gebru (the ultimate Ai expert, imo) as she explains all the bullshit of the cult of tech billionaires behind Ai. I wish this would go viral. I wish clips of this interview were everywhere, like when Ezra Klein interviewed Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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Nothing more energizing than talking to 400 freshmen who all have read your book! Been coming down to UC Santa Cruz since 2016 as Unflattening has been their common read. And yes, at the end, I did get all of them to draw for my grids & gestures activity!

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We are too busy debating about protecting conscious chatbots to do anything about biodiversity.

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For those saying Christian Nationalism isn’t very… Christian (including on Thought for the Day, OF COURSE) - Christianity has been nationalistic/imperialistic since the 4th century. Bishops actively sought more engagement with and buy-in from the Roman Empire, and supported its military efforts… 1/2

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