Summary of today's AI@UW keynote speech:
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Public Health valentine's day card
Spicy Valentine's Day cards from Seattle/King County Public Health this year:
publichealthinsider.com/2026/02/13/l...
I feel this shouldn't have to be said, but if you're running an @OpenClaw bot please don't let it spam GitHub projects with PRs and then write aggressive blog posts attacking the reputation of the maintainers who close those PRs simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/...
Rainier Ave in street mix with bus lanes bike lanes and sidewalks
A better Rainier Ave S is possible:
The Douglass-Truth Library Has How Unlikely a Name? A Little Simulation in Python
This is a story is about the Douglass-Truth Library, the surprising way it got that name, and a computer simulation inspired by that surprise. Maybe it will surprise you, too.
NEW: @rweingarten.bsky.social writes to new Target CEO to demand the company join calls to get #ICEOut of MN.
"I would like to meet as soon as possible to discuss how Target can effectively protect its brand and our membersโ investments in this unacceptable situation."
www.aft.org/news/aft-pre...
Legalize Plato!
Top-down decisions to censor, cancel, or flag classes at Texas A&M do not protect students. It harms their growth.
Brian Evans, @texasaaup.bsky.social president, believes in the studentsโ ability to stand up for themselves, and for the futures of their university and of Texas.
Alex was an ICU Nurse at the VA.
To choose that line of work, and to do it a VA, says everything about him and his selflessness.
What a profound and brutal loss for his family, community, patients and our country.
Every elected official should condemn this unequivocally.
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We are dedicating the International Journal of Population Data Science 2026 Special Issue to the use of Artificial Intelligence in Population Data Science research.ย The Call for Papers (CfP) for this Special Issue is here: ijpds.org/calls/ai
Testing Stochastic Simulations: Bayesian Fuzzy Checking in Python
A hands-on guide to catching simulations bugs with automated tests
A portion of Sen. Murrayโs statement reads: There needs to be serious oversight and accountability here. Trump administration officials must come before Congress and publicly explain their rationale andโimportantlyโjust what exactly they think happens next here. Republican leaders should not just shrug their shoulders and let the President bomb whoever he wants on hardly more than a whimโthey must join Democrats in pressing for serious accountability and insisting that the use of military force be authorized by Congress
Washingtonโs senior Sen. Patty Murray condemns what she calls Trumpโs unconstitutional regime change war.
Says there needs to be โserious oversightโ and โserious accountabilityโ but proposes no serious action. Just an emailed statement.
The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality has managed to get one more edition published this year: https://journalprivacyconfidentiality.org/index.php/jpc/issue/view/123
Happy new year to the editors!
The summer internship applications for OpenDP, the Open Differential #Privacy project, are on! Open to undergrads, grad students, and established professionals (Visiting Fellows).
Programs run from Jun 1 to Aug 7, at Harvard.
Read more, and apply by โฐ Feb 1: opendp.org/2025/12/15/o...
Just 3 more Republicans need to sign onto this petition to keep healthcare costs low for the next 3 years.
If you haven't already, please write to your lawmakers now and tell them to vote to keep the ACA tax credits.
I don't know that I'd run on it in 2028, but should Dems take back our nation we should immediately join the International Criminal Court to assure our war criminals are fairly tried and punished.
bsky.app/profile/crow...
When you ask voters to choose between corporate profits and protecting our neighbors โ itโs not even close. This year, Seattle voters chose the tax corporations to fund social housing (63%) and to pass the Seattle Shield Initiative to protect our neighbors (71%). Letโs keep it going!
With nearly all votes counted, progressive challenger Katie Wilson has won the election to be Seattle's next mayor. She is ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrell by a margin of 1,976 votes or 0.7%. There will be no automatic recount.
Katie Wilson won 61.2% of today's ballot drop to take a commanding 1,346 vote lead over incumbent Bruce Harrell in Seattle's mayor's race. This is over.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
When Bruce Harrell pulled a gun on a pregnant woman over a parking spot he was 37 years old, which is about the same age Katie Wilson was when she helped write and pass Seattle's Jumpstart tax, which brings in $300-400 million a year
My guy Girmay doesnโt only take the bus, he wants to work with me to make them faster and more reliable! Grateful for his partnership on this to deliver on better transit service!
And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trumpโs loyalty compact.
โPrinciples like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independenceโฆmust be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. ๐
#DefendHigherEd
JOIN OR DIE cartoon snake now featuring segments for MIT, PENN, UVA, Brown, Dartmouth and USC. Not colored in because they have not said no to Trumpโs loyalty oath (yet): AZ, Texas, Vanderbilt.
The snake is growing.
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Vanderbilt, Texas, AZโฆnowโs the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
And now UVA!! www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
MIT, Brown, Penn, USC and now UVA have all rejected the loyalty oath โcompactโ for โexcellenceโ in higher ed. Five of nine!
(I wonder if this decision was final before todayโs planned meeting www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...)
With no takers yet, White House sets meeting with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump
apnews.com/article/trum...
