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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 11h

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7h

This is why those “who’s surprised?” comments really don’t move me because we act as if this is sectioned off into “politics” or “culture wars” and don’t affect the bedrock institutions in the society.

Notreal @susannyc.bsky.social · 9h

She is a school Counselor!!!!!!

From the school website identifying her.

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 7h

לעצטנס לײען איך אַ סך ייִדישע ליטעראַטור פֿאַר דערװאַקסענערס, שײנע און אינטערעסאַנטע זאַכן װאָס זײַנען גוטע שטיקלעך אַרבעט פֿאַרן מוח, אָבער הײַנט לײענט איך פֿון ״ייִדישער קינדער ג״ און ס׳איז אַזױ רויק און גוט לײענען יִידיש גלאַט אַזױ

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 7h

װי מײַן מאַמע האָט שטענדיק געזאָגט, ״דער טײַטשיש טײַך איז ניט קײן דײַטשיש טײַך״

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 9h

there's a very recent paper by @maureenkosse.bsky.social and Hall that's a bit of a spiritual successor to that one!

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 9h

little a kosher salami

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 9h

Deep in the Shaechter love card archives is a small box, the key long since thrown away, just labeled נאַשן

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 13h

“Do Americans use the word ‘nosh’?” has absolutely broken my brain

Post saying, “do Americans use the word nosh. I don’t believe that for a second.”

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 11h

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.

I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

docs.google.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 11h

every translation question on the yidforsh board is answered by reference to some obscure slavic word for like "the fifth button on a winter coat"

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 11h

they are in fact referring to a nosh in the "let's platonically have a snack" sense but i am THRILLED to learn that the britons are using it in that other sense as well, which i have never ever encountered

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 16h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 11h

The fun thing about translating Yiddish is now you have to translate from a half-dozen other languages 🥰

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 13h

like there is absolutely no way to not understand this as collective punishment, right? there's no fig leaf of it being about Hamas

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

bit.ly

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 13h

The UK!

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 13h

Hat tip to Ben Yagoda on the fact that, per google ngram viewer, the word was historically more common in British English than American English

Chart showing frequency of “nosh” becomes higher in British English from 1960 until very recently

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 13h

“Do Americans use the word ‘nosh’?” has absolutely broken my brain

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 13h

I would really like a pinch in the neck from Mister Spock

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 14h

שװעג שװעג שװעג

In geveb @ingeveb.bsky.social · 14h

Ready to show your love for In geveb as we cruise into our second decade? NEW tsen yor designs are available via our Redbubble shop--linked below! 🦚

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1748...

a white background with gold, bold lettering that says "tsen yor swag". There are three products depicted: a sweatshirt, a mug, and a phone case

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 1d

This little guy weighs 6.66 kilograms and it was rude of the vet tech to round it up to 6.7

Brown mini poodle lazing around on a bed with his head on a person’s hand

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16h

Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 17h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.

www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?

John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.

www.dailydot.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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