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Mor Naaman

@informor.bsky.social

8.2K followers 930 following 550 posts

Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.

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Mor Naaman is a professor of information science at Cornell Tech. He is the founder of the Connective Media Hub and director of the Connective Media degree program. Naaman is known for foundational work on tagging behavior on social networking sites, the use of sites such as Twitter as social awareness streams, and real-world identification from social network activity. His research in these areas has been cited over 12,000 times on Google Scholar. .. more

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 13h

Violating it, though? the answer seems to be "kind of"?

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 13h

My friend at the scene: "we will never forgive Hamas and Netanyahu who brought us to the point where we stand in the Square and clap for the daughter and son-in-law of that lunatic"

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 13h

Follow-ups from Kushner and Ivanka, got their cues, neither mentions Netanyahu (lots of Trump, of course)

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 13h

Witkoff rn in the big public protest at the Hostage Square in Tel Aviv:

"Trump..." [loud cheers]
"Netanyahu..." [loud boos, cannot continue]

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 16h

He tried to shout "Patrick". If you see a brown and white terrier, say hi (to the owners)!

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 17h

Just got sent a video from a friend whom I think is on the same mountain as we speak!

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 17h

For context, and metaphor, this is the same guy who put a large penis-shaped building in the middle of SF.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18h

Long-time liberal and tech billionaire Marc Benioff just declared for Trump and said troops should be sent to SF.
“At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard why
her mouth was wide open.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18h

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 18h

This post violates my pet peeve -- don't list a date without a day-of-week if you want people to sign up -- but this protest is the most important thing you can do this coming SATURDAY.

You've posted on Bluesky enough. We need everyone on the streets. #nokings

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 1d

💯x💯

by @lkfazio.bsky.social and @brendannyhan.bsky.social

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.

Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.

www.msnbc.com

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1d

Well played, @theguardian.com
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 2d

I ❤️
NY

I 😡
AI

(ads on the W4 Street NYC subway station, last night)

Friend AI subway ad defaced with "Don't support those who profit off loneliness" graffiti

Friend AI subway ad defaced with "call your mom" graffiti

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Reposted by Nancy Kanwisher, Mor Naaman, W Grant , and 1 more Nancy Kanwisher, Mor Naaman, W Grant, Kate Jackson

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

www.nokings.org

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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Erich Fromm, Will Jennings , and 10 more Richard S.J. Tol, Erich Fromm, Will Jennings, Mor Naaman, Tom Clark, Rosemary A. Joyce, Philip N. Cohen, Laurent Pech, Johann N. Neem, Ben Tonra, Melissa Sweet, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Reposted by Mor Naaman, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild , and 5 more Mor Naaman, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert C. Richards, Michael D. McDonald, Richard M. Carpiano, Dan Immergluck

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

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Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 11 more Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Mor Naaman, Jennifer Dill, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Michael Zimmer, Erol Akçay, Dean Eckles, Ann Bartow, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dan Immergluck, Timothy D. McBride

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 8d

Evil (administration) and genius (presentation and story, both heartbreaking).

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 8d

He should have yelled it a little louder but at least he is telling it like it is. Good follow (here, and more conceptually)

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

This is simple. Congress should not willingly pay the bills to fund the most serious assault on political freedom in our lifetime - an assault that may collapse democracy as we know it if we don't fight back.

Reposted by Mor Naaman, Magda Teter, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Mor Naaman, Magda Teter, Nathan P. Kalmoe, James M. Thomas

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 9d

The university needs a "broad spectrum of viewpoints"—which the DOJ will obviously enforce as HIRE MORE CONSERVATIVES—not only in the university as a whole, but "within every field,
department, school, and teaching unit."

In other words, hire right-wingers in anthropology, Af-Am Studies, art, etc.

Signatories commit to rigorous, good faith, empirical assessment of a broad spectrum of viewpoints
among faculty, students, and staff at all levels and to sharing the results of such assessments with the public;
and to seek such a broad spectrum of viewpoints not just in the university as a whole, but within every field,
department, school, and teaching unit

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 9d

A different kind of slop there

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 10d

A testable hypothesis, perhaps!

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 10d

Yep that is our future

(Also: cites our research although in an ever-so-slightly wrong way).

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10d

Workslop is AI output that looks polished but is hollow on closer read, leaving the receiver to decipher it to find any actual substance.

With companies pushing AI everywhere, we’re drowning in empty content no one bothers to read before spreading. Instead of AI boosting productivity, it kills it.

Workslop is oozing into every corner of America's white-collar offices — Business Insider

Office workers everywhere are awash in

stocks.apple.com

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10d

Workslop is oozing into every corner of America's white-collar offices — Business Insider

Office workers everywhere are awash in

stocks.apple.com

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 14d

Well played, @macalestercollege.bsky.social, well played.

The eligible teenager in my household was definitely won over.

Letter from Macalester College. The envelope window literally reads: "blah, blah, blah, small class sizes, blah, blah, great academics, blah...".

Reposted by James Grimmelmann

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 14d

For instructors out there: a very cool set of AI Course Policy Icons by Cornell's GenAI taskforce, to be used in combination for your syllabi or assignments.

Inspired by @creativecommons.bsky.social and available w/ a CC license. Sample icons attached here.

teaching.cornell.edu/generative-a...

ANY-AI icon: (Any Tool, Any Use, Any Time) to use in policy of GenAI use in a course

AT (Approved Tools Only) icon to use in policy of GenAI use in a course

UA (Use with Attribution) icon to use in policy of GenAI use in a course

AS (Assignment-Specific) icon to use in policy of GenAI use in a course

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 15d

Lol. They definitely researched this very well

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 15d

"very upset and angry" is correct. The government is breaking another (implicit) contract. Science and society lose again.

Science Magazine @science.org · 15d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 15d

"the mayor’s office told her initially that she was overreacting" 🤦‍♂️