Scot Evans
@evanssd.bsky.social
Associate Prof, University of Miami, bass player, enemy within. Born at 317.73 ppm.
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More cowardly bending of the knee from another US institution who should be showing that they would win in court against a government seemingly made up of the worst “lawyers” in the country.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
More cowardly bending of the knee from another US institution who should be showing that they would win in court against a government seemingly made up of the worst “lawyers” in the country.
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I interviewed Aftyn Behn, who is running in a special election in TN7 — if you know anyone in the district, please remind them to vote for Aftyn.
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
Feed Kids. Fix Roads. Fund Hospitals.
Aftyn Behn
jesspiper.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I interviewed Aftyn Behn, who is running in a special election in TN7 — if you know anyone in the district, please remind them to vote for Aftyn.
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...
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More white men have been guilty of mass shootings/killings than any other race, gender, or nationality in this country...combined.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
More white men have been guilty of mass shootings/killings than any other race, gender, or nationality in this country...combined.
Just saying.
Just saying.
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According to the latest polling from Emerson, @aftynbehn.bsky.social is statistically tied in the special election for Tennessee 7th District.
If you know someone in this district, encourage them to vote on Dec. 2.
She is a fearless fighter for the working class.
Support:
www.aftynforcongress.com
If you know someone in this district, encourage them to vote on Dec. 2.
She is a fearless fighter for the working class.
Support:
www.aftynforcongress.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
According to the latest polling from Emerson, @aftynbehn.bsky.social is statistically tied in the special election for Tennessee 7th District.
If you know someone in this district, encourage them to vote on Dec. 2.
She is a fearless fighter for the working class.
Support:
www.aftynforcongress.com
If you know someone in this district, encourage them to vote on Dec. 2.
She is a fearless fighter for the working class.
Support:
www.aftynforcongress.com
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
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We can & should disagree about all kinds of things in higher ed, but we can only do this <after> we all agree that the lawless authoritarian attacks are both lawless & authoritarian & must be categorically opposed by our leaders. <Nothing> universities did pre-2025 warranted any of this. Full stop.
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We can & should disagree about all kinds of things in higher ed, but we can only do this <after> we all agree that the lawless authoritarian attacks are both lawless & authoritarian & must be categorically opposed by our leaders. <Nothing> universities did pre-2025 warranted any of this. Full stop.
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🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.
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Vaccines don’t cause autism.
No matter what the 🧠🪱 says.
No matter what the 🧠🪱 says.
Penn and Teller on Vaccinations
YouTube video by UltraMiraculous
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
No matter what the 🧠🪱 says.
No matter what the 🧠🪱 says.
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Keith Boykin solves the Trump Problem in under 2 minutes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Keith Boykin solves the Trump Problem in under 2 minutes.
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ABC Mary Bruce deserves a Pulitzer Prize for asking the Saudi Prince this question:
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
ABC Mary Bruce deserves a Pulitzer Prize for asking the Saudi Prince this question:
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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"If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot… teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else." - @warren.senate.gov
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot… teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else." - @warren.senate.gov
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
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we should take teaching more seriously
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
we should take teaching more seriously
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I resent spending my time rooting around user interfaces to turn off the AI. I should track these as billable hours and invoice Sam Altman. Wasting my time in a way slaveholders could have only dreamed of owning my labor.
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I resent spending my time rooting around user interfaces to turn off the AI. I should track these as billable hours and invoice Sam Altman. Wasting my time in a way slaveholders could have only dreamed of owning my labor.
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I refuse to believe that Larry Summers' expertise and skills are indispensable in any way. Please find another economist and policy expert, @americanprogress.bsky.social. There are loads out there.
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I refuse to believe that Larry Summers' expertise and skills are indispensable in any way. Please find another economist and policy expert, @americanprogress.bsky.social. There are loads out there.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
sign.moveon.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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AI : asbestos. Powerful analogy. @noethematt.bsky.social
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
AI : asbestos. Powerful analogy. @noethematt.bsky.social