(typo, should be "Baltimore is the new DC")
07.03.2026 01:53
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(typo, should be "Baltimore is the new DC")
I wasn't enjoying the "Baltimore is in the new DC" comments floating around. Baltimore is Baltimore, Baltimore is the greatest, always has been, always will be. I appreciate @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social for saying as much.
Panel and Q&A - Johns Hopkins, AEI, and “Viewpoint Diversity”: What Universities Owe to the Truth Last year, Johns Hopkins University announced its partnership with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a right-wing think tank known for its significant contributions to the articulation of conservative American politics in the past decades. At the same time, universities nationwide are under fire for pushing left-wing ideology, lambasted for discriminatory "cancel culture", and lacking viewpoint diversity, resulting in slashed federal funding and extreme censorship across the board. What should we make of this institution's partnership during such a strenuous time for academic institutions? This event brings together a panel of speakers to discuss questions of academic diversity, the role of think tanks in university settings, and other impacts we might expect from Hopkins' new partnership with AEI. Join us for a moderated panel discussion to learn about AEI and interdisciplinary and community perspectives on Johns Hopkins' partnership. Panelists will include Lisa Siraganian (Comparative Thought & Literature), Nathan Connolly (History), Ana María Rule (Environmental Health and Engineering), and an organizer with Sacred Parks and Waterways. Moderators are graduate workers April Ma (Political Science) and Sonia Dhawan (Environmental Health and Engineering) followed by a Q&A session. This event is co-sponsored by the Chloe Center and Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE 197). Monday, March 9 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Levering Great Hall
Does anyone have any explanation for why N*rman L*brecht is so psychotically obsessed with Yuja Wang
Attention small business owners: @baltimorebeat.bsky.social is now offering pay what you can ads! baltimorebeat.com/paywhatyouca...
Philip Glass pulled an Amy Sherald! 💛
Today would have been Nina Simone's 93rd birthday. 💛
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"Soon, the new AI building will loom over the glassy Agora Institute, which will by then, he expects, be busily saving democracy. He thinks that if a student had put this detail into a short story—AI casting democracy into its shadow—a writing instructor would have cut it."
A tour de force by my colleague @francoisfurst.bsky.social.
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No thank you.
“He got Me Tooed” “He got Epsteined” amazing that people have re-invented the police passive for rapists.
UMM THE ORIOLES JUST DROPPED A 30 MINUTE VIDEO OF THE GUITARIST FROM TURNSTILE CHATTING WITH PETE ALONSO
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Just got an email from Zoom plugging their "AI Companion," so I immediately looked up how to disable it and disabled it. In case you're interested...
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Looks like @baltimoresun.bsky.social readers may see more AI-produced news stories like the ones published last week that @baltsunguild.bsky.social quickly denounced as SLOP. tinyurl.com/yaafhvd8 Sun management: "To ignore this powerful tool would be a mistake.”
I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
Thanks! I managed it in about 40 minutes when it was at the Whitney, but it would be great to have at least that much time (especially for my wife, who is seeing it for the first time).
Folks who have been to the Amy Sherald show at the BMA, how long are the windows of time to spend in the exhibit? It looks like only 30 minutes?
I meant to share this over here (HT @leegee.bsky.social). I understand why one might want a camera, but the proliferation of these police- and ICE-friendly devices – and the way they are promoted and used in my predominantly-white neighborhood – is terrifying.
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I share this with my students as an example of listening not just with an excellent ear but with one's whole body, mind, and heart.
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Young people do appear less polarized than older populations. While older respondents are more likely to report avoiding conversations with people who hold opposing political views, younger respondents are more likely to say they have engaged in conversations across political differences or made efforts to get to know people with opposing views. Related questions reveal further differences in how generations view political opponents. Older respondents are more likely than younger respondents to describe members of the opposing party as "evil" or "less than human."
This is from a recent Johns Hopkins study. And yet, universities frequently condescend to students about the need to engage with people who hold different views.
hub.jhu.edu/2026/02/09/s...
More than an AI girlfriend factory, a Baltimore company wants to ease loneliness
A short piece I wrote in memory of Whitney Houston, who died 14 years ago today.
