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SFI - Modeling Moral Panic in the Mainstream Media
The presentation of my work for the second half of the Graduate Workshop on Computational Social Science at the Santa Fe Institute
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The presentation of my work from the last week of Santa Fe Institute's (@sfiscience.bsky.social) Graduate Workshop on Computational Social Science. Some may find it useful or entertaining.
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Chiropractic is like the evil twin brother of libraries. Institutions that are grandfathered in to American culture from a completely different era. One is a nice place to chill and read a book for free, the other is a place where you pay some guy to sever your spinal cord.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Chiropractic is like the evil twin brother of libraries. Institutions that are grandfathered in to American culture from a completely different era. One is a nice place to chill and read a book for free, the other is a place where you pay some guy to sever your spinal cord.
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Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
IC2S2 2026 | Burlington, Vermont
YouTube video by UVM Office of Research
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
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September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Last night our Tuesday crew completed their 260th consecutive distro for our homeless survival program.
We have distributed aid every Tuesday night in Downtown Boulder for the past 5 years, without missing a week, and without compromising our beliefs.
#Boulder #MutualAid #Colorado
We have distributed aid every Tuesday night in Downtown Boulder for the past 5 years, without missing a week, and without compromising our beliefs.
#Boulder #MutualAid #Colorado
September 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Last night our Tuesday crew completed their 260th consecutive distro for our homeless survival program.
We have distributed aid every Tuesday night in Downtown Boulder for the past 5 years, without missing a week, and without compromising our beliefs.
#Boulder #MutualAid #Colorado
We have distributed aid every Tuesday night in Downtown Boulder for the past 5 years, without missing a week, and without compromising our beliefs.
#Boulder #MutualAid #Colorado
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October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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a lot of political “scandal” coverage is just the media making a decision about whether public opinion needs a corrective
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
a lot of political “scandal” coverage is just the media making a decision about whether public opinion needs a corrective
I hate academic halloween wdym you're pandas the python library for data manipulation and analysis
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I hate academic halloween wdym you're pandas the python library for data manipulation and analysis
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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This week’s episode is INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, a 1984 case where the Court held that immigrants have constitutional rights, they’re just not allowed to enforce them.
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza
Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 10/21/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This week’s episode is INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, a 1984 case where the Court held that immigrants have constitutional rights, they’re just not allowed to enforce them.
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New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-calls...
www.404media.co/google-calls...
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-calls...
www.404media.co/google-calls...
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In other words, the real story of 2025 so far is a drop in far-right terrorism, NOT the rise in far-left terrorism.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio explained it best: "We won. We’ve got what we wanted."
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio explained it best: "We won. We’ve got what we wanted."
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In other words, the real story of 2025 so far is a drop in far-right terrorism, NOT the rise in far-left terrorism.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio explained it best: "We won. We’ve got what we wanted."
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio explained it best: "We won. We’ve got what we wanted."
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Bad Bunny, one of the biggest musical artists in the world, said he avoided the US in his tour because he thought ICE would set up ouside his shows.
Bad Bunny Says He Didn’t Include U.S. in Tour Dates Due to Fear of ICE Raids
Bad Bunny explained that he left the United States off his tour itinerary for fear that ICE 'could be outside [my concert].'
variety.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bad Bunny, one of the biggest musical artists in the world, said he avoided the US in his tour because he thought ICE would set up ouside his shows.
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
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THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
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another way to say this: fascism isn't about rules people follow, it's about categories people are in
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
another way to say this: fascism isn't about rules people follow, it's about categories people are in
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad
if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good
it's not about what you do, it's about who you are
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My mission in life is to make mutual aid a common practice in the US. A prerequisite of that is a kind of communal subjectivity.
I'm the board chair of Pact which fiscally hosts 15+ mutual aid orgs. I built Papertree as a community bank account. And now I'm building online tools for community.
I'm the board chair of Pact which fiscally hosts 15+ mutual aid orgs. I built Papertree as a community bank account. And now I'm building online tools for community.
September 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My mission in life is to make mutual aid a common practice in the US. A prerequisite of that is a kind of communal subjectivity.
I'm the board chair of Pact which fiscally hosts 15+ mutual aid orgs. I built Papertree as a community bank account. And now I'm building online tools for community.
I'm the board chair of Pact which fiscally hosts 15+ mutual aid orgs. I built Papertree as a community bank account. And now I'm building online tools for community.
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
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These people make more in a day, an hour, even in a minute than I do in a year.
But never in my 30+ year career have I had to do something a thousandth as degrading as what you see here.
But never in my 30+ year career have I had to do something a thousandth as degrading as what you see here.
Simpering cowards one and all.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
This is almost unbearable to watch.
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
These people make more in a day, an hour, even in a minute than I do in a year.
But never in my 30+ year career have I had to do something a thousandth as degrading as what you see here.
But never in my 30+ year career have I had to do something a thousandth as degrading as what you see here.
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Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.
www.404media.co
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
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There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
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my personal opinion is that the targets of that violence have more than earned the right to celebrate just by outliving him
September 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
my personal opinion is that the targets of that violence have more than earned the right to celebrate just by outliving him