@OddLetters I would start with a note to the student’s advisor asking if the student had discussed your work with t…
Woo hoo! Yes, it's a silly and arbitrary way of measuring the success of a project. But it's also pretty cool. Are…
@elipariser I wonder if there's something to learn from rural areas that lean left, like where I live in western MA…
RT @kanarinka: I'm thrilled to announce the first draft publication of DATA FEMINISM - a book by myself and @laurenfklein for…
RT @h0d3r: My dear American friends, your vote wouldn’t affect your physical safety much, but it would certainly affect my fam…
RT @BrendanNyhan: Very hard to evaluate reports of long lines/logistical problems on the fly but we know from past elections that pat…
RT @mathewi: This isn't just an opinion -- based on research from @YBenkler and the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard: Blame Fox,…
RT @civicMIT: For election day: A Millenial's Guide to Civic Engagement, a zine from Anna Woorim Chung of @civicMIT and @mit_cmsw…
RT @emilybell: most striking about this 62 page report Facebook commissioned into its own activities in Myanmar is the fact that t…
@jbenton Or requiring the teaching of the dropped "R" in public schools, as the state tried to require in the mid-8…
@ariherzog I hope so, but it would require significant rule changes throughout the system. The current system gives…
@jbenton Question 6 is especially inappropriate in western MA, where we generally lack bodies of water large enough…
This is one of my key fears. Even prior to Trump, it's my sense that Americans on both sides of the aisle had been…
RT @BostonJoan: One outcome of a report like this could be the standardization of language as Facebook moves to moderate in Myanmar…
RT @kevinroose: Facebook just released a big, independent examination of its role in human rights abuses in Myanmar. Luckily, there…
RT @OpenSociety: "The investigative website @atlatszo estimates that more than 500 Hungarian media titles are now controlled by Mr.…
Excellent resources for people interested in the field of Public Interest Technology from Bruce Schneier -
R' Rachel and I (and Amy and Sandy and David and all the other wonderful adults in his life) did well...
RT @KendraSerra: "Overall, Facebook prohibited 11 percent of our park and parade ads [because of their resemblance to political camp…
"We're Massholes, not Assholes." My favorite ad of this political season, in support of a Yes vote on question #3.
Catherine (@kanarinka) is amazing, and you owe it to yourself to attend this if you're in portland and care about d…
RT @h0d3r: The longer young Silicon valley billionaires live, the more they deny death—with help from technology. Read my…
@emilybell @dangillmor not that i know of, but it's a lovely idea. you could do an easy opt-in one using QR codes,…
RT @haymarketbooks: “Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from ob…
RT @BrendanNyhan: "One Quitman resident, Debra Dennard, was charged with two felonies for helping her partly blind father fill out hi…
Our friends at @BKCHarvard are now open for fellowship applications. The year I spent as a Berkman fellow were the…
RT @mchris4duke: From @MIT president “ ... a recent draft of a government policy would redefine gender in a way that would erase the…
Okay, after 10 hours sitting in public libraries in Central MA, I'm caught up enough on emails, recommendations and…
RT @rashadrobinson: Broadcast news has a responsibility to focus on real threats to Americans, like voter suppression and the oppressio…
@deanna Jayne loves his long lead (50ft at present) and is getting much better about coming back even when there's…
RT @slpng_giants: “Just catching up with the news of the pipe bombs. Disgusting and sad (that they didn’t go off. And the Daily Beast…
RT @BostonJoan: Bannon schemed for years to bring together a global right wing. He uses social media and street movements to direct…
RT @SamanthaJPower: The man who said “I wouldn’t rape you because you don’t deserve it” to a congresswoman, who said “I would prefer th…
RT @GeorgeTakei: The difference is this: in 1942 when they came my family to march us out of our home at gunpoint, almost no one sto…
RT @velveteenrabbi: "But why did he do it?" my son asks in the car on the way to school. He's talking about #Pittsburgh...
RT @anildash: It’s important to understand that social media played a fundamental role in the global resurgence in fascism. We ca…
RT @jbenton: There are very few actions by news media that would do more to improve American political discourse than for local…
@h0d3r You should catch up with @alexishope on the question of how design swallowed the world. (And you should come…
RT @dweinberger: HIAS: "We were founded to help refugees who were Jews. We now help refugees because we are Jews." So we just donate…
The costume contest was called off due to weather, so we just did one at home. Harry Potter, Hagrid, Trelawney and…
RT @SitterNick: It's official: Central European University is off to Vienna - kicked out of Budapest by self-styled "illiberal demo…
RT @cwarzel: one takeaway from the meme van that shouldn't be super political is that the modern internet is a very dangerous pl…
RT @sullivanamy: This is the *other* gubernatorial race in which the GOP candidate is also the Secretary of State. Voter suppression…
RT @gscheiring: Orban's authoritarian regime slowly but surely banishes one of the country's most valuable assets: Central European…
There's no scientific basis for Trump administration discrimination against trans people, and @Joi from @medialab l…
RT @smotus: Before we move on to the next thing, please remember that our nation suffered a terror attack today, directed mainl…
RT @markberman: The FBI confirms that all five packages -- to Soros, Clinton, Obama, Holder and Brennan (via CNN) -- had return lab…
When you hear people ranting against globalism, keep in mind that they're, in part, participating in a decades-old…