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Knowledge Zone<p>Why Do <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eggs</span></a> Raise <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cholesterol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cholesterol</span></a> for Some <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/People" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>People</span></a> But Not Others? : Medium</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> Are About to Get a Huge Boost—From <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> : Misc</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> turn <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Skin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cells</span></a> directly into <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Neurons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurons</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CellTherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellTherapy</span></a> : MIT</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
Misha<p>The municipality of Amsterdam tried to build an "ethical" <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> model to detect fraud in welfare support.</p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Trouw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trouw</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/MITTechnologyReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MITTechnologyReview</span></a> and <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/LighthouseReports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LighthouseReports</span></a> together wrote an in-depth reconstruction of what happened.</p><p>My two cents:</p><p><a href="https://mishathings.org/posts/lessons-from-the-past/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mishathings.org/posts/lessons-</span><span class="invisible">from-the-past/</span></a></p><p>The article: </p><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/11/1118233/amsterdam-fair-welfare-ai-discriminatory-algorithms-failure/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/06/1</span><span class="invisible">1/1118233/amsterdam-fair-welfare-ai-discriminatory-algorithms-failure/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.amsterdam.nl/@gemeenteamsterdam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gemeenteamsterdam</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@Trouw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Trouw</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@mittechreview" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mittechreview</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
knizer<p><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 12/x<br>Fri HITCHCOCK - <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/RearWindow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RearWindow</span></a> @ MIT outside, free <a href="https://calendar.mit.edu/event/outdoor-movie-rear-window" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calendar.mit.edu/event/outdoor</span><span class="invisible">-movie-rear-window</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonFilm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonFree</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2228770/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2228770/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Anti-Israel slogan spray-painted on MIT building, vandalism under investigation, school says – Boston 25 News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AntiIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AntiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiSemitism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Boston25News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston25News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BreakingStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingStory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DirectActionMovementForPalestinianLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirectActionMovementForPalestinianLiberation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MITIsraelAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MITIsraelAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vandalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vandalism</span></a></p>
Allpoints<p>TIL, the MIT Museum has free memberships for Cambridge residents. I've been a resident for over a decade and didn't know that so expect there may be a few out there who could use this info too. </p><p><a href="https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/connection/membership" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mitmuseum.mit.edu/connection/m</span><span class="invisible">embership</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
earthling<p>The Contamination of the Earth A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age by Francois Jarrige, 2020</p><p>The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industrialisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrialisation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fractal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fractal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> : Medium</p><p>Former <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Researchers</span></a> advance a new <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Model</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> : MIT</p><p>Why does <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> look <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Purple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Purple</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yellow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yellow</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Orange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orange</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stunning</span></a> new <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satellite</span></a> image? : Live Sci</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions…along with banks and financial firms…, insurers, real estate firms and charities, which in violation of international law are making billions from the occupation and the genocide of Palestinians.”<br>—Chris Hedges<br><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/profiting-from-genocide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/pro</span><span class="invisible">fiting-from-genocide</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/lockheedmartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lockheedmartin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/mit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/blackrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackrock</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>The Museum That Forgot What Made MIT Famous.</p><p>Once the MIT Museum was a sanctuary of substance, a sanctuary of wire and grit, a tribute to the restless engineering minds that reshaped the modern world. It didn’t rely on digital glitz to impress.</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/amirhusain/2025/06/27/the-museum-that-forgot-what-made-mit-famous/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/amirhusain/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/27/the-museum-that-forgot-what-made-mit-famous/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalmuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a></p>
Fede“La IA te apaga el cerebro”: el sensacionalismo ficción también.<p>Un estudio del MIT Media Lab viene siendo citado como prueba definitiva de que <strong>usar ChatGPT reduce la creatividad, apaga tu cerebro y genera una peligrosa “deuda cognitiva”</strong>.</p><p>Los titulares dicen que la “conectividad neuronal disminuye un 55%”. ¿La causa? Delegar tareas cognitivas en una IA.</p><p>¿La consecuencia? Tu mente se apaga. Tu autonomía se desvanece. Y si sos docente, probablemente ya estés criando cyborgs manipulables.</p><p>Ahora bien, vayamos por partes, como dijo Jack El Destripador:</p>El dato duro<p>Efectivamente, el estudio detecta que cuando estudiantes usan ChatGPT para escribir, muestran <strong>menor actividad cerebral medida por EEG (electroencefalografía)</strong>.</p><p>Ehmm… Bueno, esto es completamente esperable: <em>delegan parte del proceso</em>, y su cerebro responde con <strong>menor carga cognitiva</strong>. Esto es, piensan menos cuando usan una herramienta que resuelve parte del problema por ellos. Lo mismo pasaría si escribieran con una guía o copiaran un ejemplo. </p><p>Lo raro no sería que mi cerebro trabaje menos. Lo raro sería lo contrario.</p><p>¿Esto es malo, malísimo? No necesariamente.</p><p><strong>Menor actividad no significa daño, deterioro ni pérdida</strong>, sino una reconfiguración de esfuerzo.</p><p>Pero hay varios resúmenes que circulan por el Fediverso que lo presentan como si se tratara de un diagnóstico clínico irreversible.</p><p>También observaron (en el estudio) que quienes usaban IA recordaban menos lo que escribieron, citaban peor sus propios textos y sentían menos autoría. Pero, vamos, si yo le pido a una máquina que me ordene las ideas, escriba por mí y me ahorre el esfuerzo… ¿de verdad espero tener el mismo compromiso mental que si lo hago a pulmón?</p>“Deuda cognitiva”: metáfora brillante, conclusiones opacas<p>El estudio introduce el concepto de <em>deuda cognitiva</em>: cuanto más delegás, menos retenés, menos participás, menos te apropiás del proceso.</p><p>La imagen no es buena, es buenísima. Pero la lectura que hacen algunos “medios”, “colectivos” o particulares es bastante forzada: que <strong>la IA “te acostumbra” a no pensar, como si eso ocurriera solo por usarla</strong>, sin considerar el contexto, los objetivos o el marco pedagógico.</p><p>El resultado: un panfleto disfrazado de filosofía crítica que responsabiliza a la herramienta por el mal uso que hacemos de ella.</p><p>Como si fuera culpa del lápiz que no sepamos escribir poesía.</p>¿Dónde está el problema real?<p>Ciertamente, no en el uso de ChatGPT sino en <em>cómo, cuándo y para qué</em> se usa. Si el objetivo es aprender a redactar, y solo copio lo que me da la IA, no aprendo.</p><p>Pero eso no es “culpa de la IA”. En todo caso es consecuencia de <strong>la ausencia de una estrategia pedagógica, crítica y reflexiva</strong> que acompañe su uso.</p><p>La lógica que se viene aplicando en este tipo de “análisis” es la que permitiría decir que Wikipedia “atrofió” nuestra capacidad de buscar en enciclopedias. O que los correctores ortográficos destruyeron la ortografía. Y sin embargo, aquí estamos, escribiendo en voz activa.</p>Un estudio preliminar NO ES una verdad revelada<p>La autora del estudio, Nataliya Kosmyna, aclara que es un <strong>trabajo preliminar, aún no revisado por pares</strong>, y que decidió publicarlo por “preocupación”. </p><p>Perfecto. Eso es ciencia abierta.</p><p>Pero de ahí a decir que “la IA estupidiza”, hay un trecho bastante largo… y bastante sensacionalista. Y ni qué decir de que <strong>esto demuestra que la IA perjudica el aprendizaje a largo plazo</strong>.</p><p>No, en serio, ¿un experimento de cuatro sesiones es suficiente para hacer esa profecía?</p><p>Da la impresión de que lo que realmente demuestra es que cuando no ejercitamos algo, no se fortalece.</p><p>Spoiler: eso también pasa sin IA.</p><p>La IA no te estupidiza. Solo hace más evidente si querés pensar… o preferís evitarlo. El problema no es el modelo. Es el modelo de uso.</p>Pensar sigue siendo nuestra tarea<p>El estudio del MIT Media Lab presenta evidencias interesantes sobre cómo varía la actividad cerebral al usar LLMs como ChatGPT en tareas de escritura. Sin embargo, atribuir esas diferencias a un “daño cognitivo” o a una “pérdida de creatividad” es un salto interpretativo injustificado. Que una herramienta reduzca la carga cognitiva no significa que deteriore la capacidad de aprender o pensar, sino que reconfigura los modos de involucrarse con la tarea. Los efectos dependerán del propósito, del acompañamiento pedagógico y del uso que se haga de ella. La IA, como toda tecnología, no es ni buena ni mala por sí misma: amplifica lo que somos capaces de hacer con ella.</p><p>Pero si entregamos la escritura, la memoria y la creatividad a la IA <strong>sin ningún tipo de compromiso o reflexión</strong>, claro que vamos a atrofiar algo.</p><p>Pero eso se llama desidia, no inteligencia artificial.</p><p>Y es mucho más viejo que ChatGPT.</p> <p>El estudio pueden encontrarlo aquí: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872</a></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/ia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/mit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MIT</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/deudacognitiva" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeudaCognitiva</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/chatgpt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a></p>
James Akers<p>I visited MIT and Harvard a few days ago. I aspire to be a masters student at Media Lab one day. It was neat seeing the Sol Lewitt at MIT, and the Argo floats. <br>I have always wanted to see the Blaschka creations and they truly are stunning. Created to help botanists study all the plants in the world and have them always be in bloom , they are made of glass with some wire and a little paint here an there... but pretty much all glass. And they made them with oil powered lamps with foot powered bellows to boost up the flame. Perhaps some of the most impressive glass objects commissioned over the course of 50 years from father and son. <br>I timed my visit to align with summer, when campus feels different and most of the faculty I want to talk to are out of town traveling. I gotta return when things start back up. <br>Big thanks to my friend Anna at Harvard for hosting and giving me a little dog walking tour of Harvard. </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/newengland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newengland</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/glass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glass</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/mit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mit</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/sollewitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sollewitt</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cambridge</span></a></p>
Toni Westbrook<p>On our way to lunch at the delicious Mamalehs, my wife noticed "Hello World" in the windows of one of the Draper buildings. I said "oh, they must be nerds" until I saw the null terminator at the end, then i corrected "Oh, they must REALLY be nerds!" <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Boston judge orders one regime agency to permanently ditch policy limiting how much colleges get paid for supporting federally funded research<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boston-judge-orders-one-regime-agency-permanently-ditch-policy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/boston-j</span><span class="invisible">udge-orders-one-regime-agency-permanently-ditch-policy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tufts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tufts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IndirectCosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndirectCosts</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>MIT, other universities sue regime again over arbitrary slashing of research funding, this time by Department of Defense<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/mit-other-universities-sue-again-over-arbitrary-slashing-research" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/mit-othe</span><span class="invisible">r-universities-sue-again-over-arbitrary-slashing-research</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a></p>
trndgtr.com<p>Bradbury, Heinlein, &amp; Dice - Michael Saylor on JP <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heinlein</span></a></p>
BrunoMcGee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RealJournalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RealJournalism</span></a></span> Senator Padilla, an engineering <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> alum who has "worked across the aisle" to enhance/preserve federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> response in the West, is one of the most mild-mannered Democratic Senators you could ever meet. His ill-treatment at the hands of DHS flunkies is obscene.</p>
BrunoMcGee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@IveyJanette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>IveyJanette</span></a></span> Senator Padilla, an engineering <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> alum who has "worked across the aisle" to enhance/preserve federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> response in the West, is one of the most mild-mannered Democratic Senators you could ever meet. His ill-treatment at the hands of DHS flunkies is obscene.</p>
BrunoMcGee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Senator Padilla, an engineering <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> alum who has "worked across the aisle" to enhance/preserve federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> response in the West, is one of the most mild-mannered Democratic Senators you could ever meet. His ill-treatment at the hands of DHS flunkies is obscene.</p>
knizer<p><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonWeekend</span></a> 26/x<br>Sun <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SWAPFEST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWAPFEST</span></a> is back at <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> - come early and bring cash, folks start packing up by 1pm. Here's an excellent roundup of May's from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GamesMissed</span></a></span> - but check out the <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/swapfest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swapfest</span></a> tag for other great finds.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/114530333597889092" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@GamesMissed/1</span><span class="invisible">14530333597889092</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/BostonGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonGeek</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/oldTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldTech</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> #</p>