Asst Professor Psychology & Data Science @ NYU | Working on brains & climate, separately | Author of Models of the Mind: How physics, engineering, and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain https://shorturl.at/g23c5 | Personal account (duh)
Grace Lindsay
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A federal judge blocks President Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employer H-1B visa applications (CNBC)
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They finally apologized, thankfully
If you haven't seen, there is a petition against all this nonsense c.org/tLqp4xpdg8
"[T]he same tools that can be genuinely useful for research can also be destabilizing for education," professor @laurenaulet.bsky.social says. "‘AI helps me code’ does not straightforwardly translate into ‘AI is good for universities.’” www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
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“Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?”
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Yikes, @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social is majorly at fault here. And they're lying in their statement (there were clearly more than just "event security" involved).
You would think that trying to stop the wholesale destruction of American biomedical research would count as a "productive" part of "advancing diabetes science"
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That's not a headline you expect to see
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Data & Society
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government- wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, co...
There's been a good amount of coverage of this, but I don't think the average person knows how big of a deal this is.
If you have a retirement account or 401k, you will likely end up supporting SpaceX's stock whether you like it or not.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/t...
