I’m the creator of KIP, a new pro-#democracy initiative that aims to provide next-gen #information #survivalskills and a sense making framework for the social age. Also, #thecassandraawards for best dot connectors. I’m a serial #entrepreneur with a track record of products and #education focused on #socialmedia, #informationliteracy, and digital #lifeskills. See my media tab.
This is my PhD thesis
I did not ask for this
I did not consent to this
I did not approve of this
I was not compensated for this
I would not have advised this
I do not like this
And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.
Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s next, expect an age of anxiety; expect the elimination of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of jobs; expect the decimation of liberal institutions to go on for all four years of Trump’s second term; expect government services to deteriorate; expect reduced funding of the safety net; and expect more homelessness, hunger and disease.
Expect poverty; expect the financial starvation of universities and of nongovernmental organizations; and expect unannounced raids, unreliable data and an America increasingly aligned with authoritarians worldwide.
Expect a pervasive climate of suspicion and a preoccupation with revenge. Expect more suffering, more fear, less security and less happiness.
In other words, expect the worst.
#USPolitics #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/trump-imperial-presidency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U4.8Mol.St36SiEOgZWc&smid=url-share
Dismantling the NOAA isn't just a travesty for the fired WKRs, it endangers ppl around the world.
The Trump admin has informed NOAA that 2 pivotal centers for weather forecasting will soon have their leases canceled.
One of the bldgs is the nerve center for generating nat. weather forecasts.
The #NOAA employee said the cancellations -along with recent layoffs, early retirements, & travel & hiring limitations- point to an effort to🚨dismantle the agency.
#USPol #Firings
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/doge-noaa-weather-building-leases-trump
Welp.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda #McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department that #Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle. https://apnews.com/article/mcmahon-senate-confirmation-education-trump-01b8ff1ea2dac16e3dbeafa7d1014dc3?taid=67c63c56cadfc60001daaf4f
I wonder how many of the "science isn't political" folks have changed their minds, or if any of them have.
The sound you're about to hear is the economy seizing up, grinding people and companies into the ground as Trump-mandated uncertainty about...well, everything becomes the central reality.
We'll be lucky if it's only a bad recession.
“The people I sat next to who were affected work on developing some of the most high resolution models in the world to better understand things like extreme weather, which impact communities all across the United States,” said Labe. “All of this excitement and energy and new ideas and technological advances and skills that they bring are lost from the outcome of this.”
The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change.
Apparently according to Bill McKibben, her report was pulled down 😢
https://kottke.org/25/03/jd-vance-chastised-by-vermont-snow-reporter
@GottaLaff We're racking up a lot of court wins, and these matter. Even if they defy the courts, public perceptions of that defiance will be impacted. And it keeps them busy defending stuff in court.
Keep ‘em coming
Via Katie Phang:
JUST IN:
Federal judge orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277069/gov.uscourts.dcd.277069.11.0_1.pdf
Thinking of Aaron Swartz today & I’m stuck on this photo - he & OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (both circled) each scraped 1000s of docs but one did it to make the knowledge free for all while the other did it to make $$$$ through probabilistic plagiarism. The US DOJ only came after one of them & the other is feted by tech bros and executives.
Thank you Aaron for so much, for RSS, for Markdown, for Creative Commons and more. I’m sorry our society failed you.
Certain social media accounts holding politics and media accountable shouldn't be dismissed; they need curation.
Here is one result: In 2019 and 2020 I captured quotes on Twitter and the larger narrative that emerged from them.
#elections2024 #civics
"Impact of #journalism on democracy and social movements: The role of journalism in influencing #democracy, social movements, and civic engagement, beyond just the dissemination of information, could have been underexplored.
"The intersection of journalism and education: The relationship between journalism and #education, especially in terms of media literacy, and how journalists can contribute to educational initiatives, might not have been a central theme.”
@mtechman Yes indeed this is important. Take care!
@wendinoakland Thanksss!
@xinit @Nazani @mconley Hi, this is the most engagement I've seen ever on this platform! 😅 Anyway, nice to meet you all. Not sure why it looks to you like I've not posted since January, I've posted here all year and can see it on my page. All best to you -- I hope it remains and grows, I chose this platform for a professional reason and that is how I am using it. Soonish I will leave my longtime home on Xtter and may be able to spend more time cracking in here. Thanks for answering!
I have an #idea. It’s good for people and good for #democracy.
I saw the failure of mainstream #media to report on important stories in an information war, and the rise of citizen #researchers who educated us and who are #writing the #history that will be read later, and I think they deserve #pulitzer-like #awards and accolades for their contributions. #thecassandraawards
Education - and “digital civics literacy”, what I’ve been talking about with KIP - as a countermeasure to #disinformation: new working paper from a Swedish psychological defense research institute. #newstudy #medialiteracy #infolit #psychology #defense #informationliteracy https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/sites/psychologicaldefence.lu.se/files/2024-11/Education%20as%20a%20countermeasure%20against%20disinformation_Eng.pdf
