T. Lacy
@tnlacy.bsky.social
Loves/affinities: History, HigherEd, Writing, Humor, Great Books, Liberal Arts, Books, Bulls, Cubs, LOTR, etc. History PhD and p-t instructor (US, intellectual/cultural/edu). I do not *directly* discuss politics here (sorry!). Opinions are mine alone.
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T. Lacy
@tnlacy.bsky.social
· Jul 18
Please pardon my followers-to-following ratio. I had to give up my old account (due to harassment) in March and have been rebuilding over the past 3-4 days among historians, history educators and teachers, philosophers, and thinkers.
When I'm listening to a playlist and Fleetwood Mac's *The Chain* comes on, my attention is broken, in favor of the song, every. single. time. ..."Listen to the wind blow, Watch the sun rise ... Run in the shadows, Damn your love, damn your lies..."
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When I'm listening to a playlist and Fleetwood Mac's *The Chain* comes on, my attention is broken, in favor of the song, every. single. time. ..."Listen to the wind blow, Watch the sun rise ... Run in the shadows, Damn your love, damn your lies..."
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Sources: Orioles matched Phillies’ offer to Kyle Schwarber; Reds also were at five years. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Orioles matched Phillies’ contract offer to Kyle Schwarber: Sources
The Orioles offered a five-year, $150 million deal, the same terms Schwarber agreed upon to return to Philadelphia.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sources: Orioles matched Phillies’ offer to Kyle Schwarber; Reds also were at five years. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
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One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
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i'm glad that stem colleagues now care that university administrators' claims of departmental "profitability" are all bullshit now that it's coming for them but a little solidarity while the humanities endured this for decades would've been cool
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
i'm glad that stem colleagues now care that university administrators' claims of departmental "profitability" are all bullshit now that it's coming for them but a little solidarity while the humanities endured this for decades would've been cool
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Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecords essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? The #NotesAndRecords essay award is now open for entries until 28 February 2026. Visit our website find out more: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM
All of my skepticism, phobias, and reactionary responses about high-tech have been affirmed over the past 2-3 years. I had a sustained period (15 years?!) of sometimes uncalibrated enthusiasm about social media, but even that has been undermined. (Yes, I realize the irony of expressing this here.)
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
All of my skepticism, phobias, and reactionary responses about high-tech have been affirmed over the past 2-3 years. I had a sustained period (15 years?!) of sometimes uncalibrated enthusiasm about social media, but even that has been undermined. (Yes, I realize the irony of expressing this here.)
Econ/investment post:
Why would anyone buy a U.S. government bond these days? How can anyone have full confidence that U.S. will stand behind its historical promises, economic and otherwise, when so many precedents and promises are being overturned?
Why would anyone buy a U.S. government bond these days? How can anyone have full confidence that U.S. will stand behind its historical promises, economic and otherwise, when so many precedents and promises are being overturned?
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Econ/investment post:
Why would anyone buy a U.S. government bond these days? How can anyone have full confidence that U.S. will stand behind its historical promises, economic and otherwise, when so many precedents and promises are being overturned?
Why would anyone buy a U.S. government bond these days? How can anyone have full confidence that U.S. will stand behind its historical promises, economic and otherwise, when so many precedents and promises are being overturned?
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Srsly
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Srsly
Ha!
People who put little antlers on their cars: we aren’t stupid, we can still tell they are cars
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ha!
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Right wingers are creating a white supremacist international.
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Right wingers are creating a white supremacist international.
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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Right on.
"Just keep saying it's 'controversial'" is a tactic that has played well for conservatives and badly for America since at least the Scopes Trial.
"Just keep saying it's 'controversial'" is a tactic that has played well for conservatives and badly for America since at least the Scopes Trial.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Right on.
"Just keep saying it's 'controversial'" is a tactic that has played well for conservatives and badly for America since at least the Scopes Trial.
"Just keep saying it's 'controversial'" is a tactic that has played well for conservatives and badly for America since at least the Scopes Trial.
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St Nicholas of Myra, Francis Street (for the day that’s in it!) in Dublin - church by John Leeson, lovely modernist school by JJ Robinson, and a sculpture of St Joseph framed with urban greenery!
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
St Nicholas of Myra, Francis Street (for the day that’s in it!) in Dublin - church by John Leeson, lovely modernist school by JJ Robinson, and a sculpture of St Joseph framed with urban greenery!
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Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
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“The Baltic Sea region is facing an increasing range of threats, including suspected hybrid attacks from drones, alleged sabotage of underwater infrastructure and a steady flow of ageing oil tankers in the form of shadow fleet ships carrying crude oil from Russia.”
Swedish navy encountering Russian submarines ‘almost weekly’ – and more could be on the way
Moscow ‘continuously reinforcing’ its presence in the region, says Swedish chief of operations Capt Marko Petkovic
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“The Baltic Sea region is facing an increasing range of threats, including suspected hybrid attacks from drones, alleged sabotage of underwater infrastructure and a steady flow of ageing oil tankers in the form of shadow fleet ships carrying crude oil from Russia.”
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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2025 tested us. 2026 will define us.
This year challenged our communities and everyone fighting for civil rights, racial justice, and democracy. Our community still spoke out, filed lawsuits, demanded accountability, and showed up at the polls.
In 2026, we need your continued support. ⬇️
This year challenged our communities and everyone fighting for civil rights, racial justice, and democracy. Our community still spoke out, filed lawsuits, demanded accountability, and showed up at the polls.
In 2026, we need your continued support. ⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
2025 tested us. 2026 will define us.
This year challenged our communities and everyone fighting for civil rights, racial justice, and democracy. Our community still spoke out, filed lawsuits, demanded accountability, and showed up at the polls.
In 2026, we need your continued support. ⬇️
This year challenged our communities and everyone fighting for civil rights, racial justice, and democracy. Our community still spoke out, filed lawsuits, demanded accountability, and showed up at the polls.
In 2026, we need your continued support. ⬇️
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/