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William PietriIn the 15+ years people have been promoting blockchains, this flowchart remains undefeated.

Kevin BeaumontUnited States Disappeared Tracker<a href="https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map</a>

evacideI did a lot of talks on student surveillance last year, including talks aimed at college administrations trying, to convince them that turning the campus into a surveillance state was not a good idea. I have not been invited to do a single talk on student surveillance in 2025 for some reason.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/universities-students-search-warrants.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/universities-students-search-warrants.html</a>

Dan GoodinA prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XiaofengWang</a> Xiaofeng Wang<a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a>

Ars TechnicaComputer scientist goes silent after FBI raid and purging from University website Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social</a>

Steve HermanHere’s tonight’s 60 Minutes piece on the silencing of the Voice of America. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-america-sunday-on-60-minutes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-america-sunday-on-60-minutes/</a>

Prof. Sam LawlerThe complete bliss of a new hay bale (they were actually making yummy noises while stuffing their faces into the bale to get the best parts, super cute)

JonathanBernie Sanders @SenSanders • 2d We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.Elon Musk @elonmusk • 2d I keep forgetting that you're still aliveChongsCalls @ChongsCalls The richest person in the world shitting on the nicest person in the world is capitalism summed up in two tweets.

George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”

Pottery by OsaI live in a coastal town and draw tons of inspiration from water. We went for a swim today and I could feel the relieving effect the crisp water had on my body. Like everyone, I worry about plastic. There’s always some type of litter at the beach. In a few months, it will be hurricane season during which time we have to confront the raw power of nature and the consequences of living out of balance. I’m here for it all, good & bad, peaceful & terrifying. I’ve never felt so connected to a place.

Church of Jeff<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artists</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joewos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/joewos</a>

Old Book IllustrationsCrown imperial. Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/crown-imperial/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/crown-imperial/</a>

John OverholtI’m not going to say there’s a lot of overlap between digital preservation librarianship and knitting, because this post says it more clearly than I ever could. <a href="https://digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-478c48009521" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-478c48009521</a> Via <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Researchbuzz</a>

Nowhere GirlI find it weird how many people refuse to believe we live in a racial and gender caste system whose wealthy white nobility control both major political parties. White Americans are so heavily propagandized and so inclined to go along because they think they're proximal to power.