May 5-7 #Godot convention in #CambridgeMA, tickets still available $99+, multiple day event at Microsoft NERD by #KendallSquare / #MIT
https://conference.godotengine.org/US/2025/
H/T
to
@dunderbeckgame for the heads up!
#boston #massachusetts #programming
A Tufts international grad student was detained by ICE yesterday outside her apartment. Visa revoked. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.
Emergency Rally today Wednesday, March 26, 5:30pm, Powderhouse Square Park, Somerville
Greater Boston please come out! And spread the word
This does sound like a great thing, but will it be the last of it's kind coming from Gilead?
How much of this technology is on the Forbidden List because of common and innocuous words that offend fragile white men?
It comes from a loose coalition of #archivists & #librarians, who are standing athwart #history & yelling “Save!” They belong to organizations such as the #InternetArchive, which co-created a project called the End of Term Web Archive to back up the federal web in 2008; the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, or #edgi; & #libraries at major #universities such as #MIT & the University of #Michigan.
Most of the new inquiries are focused on colleges’ partnerships w/the #PhDProject, a #nonprofit that helps #students from underrepresented groups get degrees in #business w/the goal of diversifying the business world.
The group of 45 colleges facing scrutiny over ties to the PhD Project include major public universities such as #ArizonaState, #OhioState & #Rutgers, along w/prestigious private schools like #Yale, #Cornell, #Duke & #MIT.
Photographer who took well known photo of Mel King sues #MIT for using it without paying him
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/photographer-who-took-well-known-photo-mel-king-sues-mit-using-it
#Boston #lawsuits
@bazkie I am inclined to go to #infosecexchange but they also block Threads - The #mit server has a 500 limit so that's out.
Hummm - No wonder people have problems joining #Mastodon
Where is #JohnMastodon when you need him!?
I've released a new version of my MIT-licenced PHP dice-string rolling library.
New features include rolling fate dice like: `4dF` and optional strict validation.
여러분만의 #연합우주 서버를 Fedify로 만들어보세요!
Fedify는 #ActivityPub 프로토콜 구현을 도와주는 #TypeScript 프레임워크입니다. 복잡한 연합 프로토콜을 쉽게 구현하고 싶으신가요? Fedify가 도와드립니다!
주요 기능
런타임 지원
배우기 쉽습니다
오픈소스 #MIT 라이선스로 누구나 자유롭게 사용할 수 있습니다!
Build your own #fediverse server with #Fedify!
Fedify is a #TypeScript framework that simplifies #ActivityPub implementation. Want to build a federated server without the complexity? Fedify has got you covered!
Key features
Runtime support
Easy to learn
Available under the #MIT license—free and open source!
Thanks everyone who participated in the #live #interview with @kentpitman ! #computerScience #MIT #History #lisp #programming #TECO #emacs historical early computing education, being a "tourist" on the MIT computers and everything! #python useage creeps in there at the end.
https://medium.com/@screwlisp/live-interview-with-kent-pitman-incoming-216092e24f44
#MIT, #Brandeis, #Tufts and other universities sue to block federal slicing of research funding
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/mit-brandeis-tufts-and-other-universities-sue
#lawsuits
Sat 6pm - find some peace at #MIT with #meditation - with live music - free food and socializing after
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/musical-meditation-nights-1865 #CambridgeMA
#bostonWeekend 3/x
Opening Reception: Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great Learning
https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/opening-reception-pedro-gomez-egana-great-learning
Sat/Sun - AI Ethics Convention - Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast (teχnē) at #MIT #CambridgeMA: (#texnecon) - free(?), pre-registration required (as there's a food component).
h/t @ozdreaming
#BostonWeekend 19/x
Coming up this weekend (1-2 Feb) in #CambridgeMA: TeχnēCON (#texnecon)
Tech Ethics eXchange NorthEast (teχnē), a collaboration between the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University, and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics and Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard University, is pleased to announce the third TeχnēCON, an interdisciplinary conference on research and teaching on the ethics of technology.
TeχnēCON unites leading minds at the intersection of ethics and AI for a critical examination of technology’s future. From AI alignment and automated decision-making to digital immortality and responsible NLP development, this conference bridges theoretical insight with practical implementation. Distinguished speakers will explore how we preserve important values while advancing innovation, tackling urgent challenges in generative AI, misinformation, and digital ethics. Join educators, researchers, and practitioners in shaping the future of responsible computing.
TeχnēCON 2025 will be held on the MIT campus, February 1 & 2, 2025, 9 am-5 pm, at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building, at 51 Vassar Street, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, but pre-registration is required. This event will be live streamed[...]
Elite #Coffee
"Inside a multimillion-dollar lab at the #MIT… #Grossman (professor of Materials Science and Engineering) and his students use an electron microscope and an infrared spectrometer to research whether microwaving your coffee physically makes it worse."
Coffee is far from Grossman’s specialty 
, but he teaches students to roast and brew coffee beans, then use the Department lab to uncover the physics and chemistry hidden within each cup.
Whether #chatgpt or #deepseek, expensive energy intensive or cheap…either is an #ai #bullshitpropagator (quoting somebody smart at #MIT)
