Resistance
THE RESISTANCE LAB
Nazis Come for Colleges
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.
The American Association of University Professors reminds Indiana University about due process
Three Yale professors are leaving for Canada. They all blame President Donald Trump
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
Alabama Won’t Say Alireza Doroudi’s Name. We Must.
The Iranian PhD student is one of several abducted by ICE in the past month—a pattern we cannot become numb to.
Americans are beginning to fear dissent. That’s exactly what Trump wants
'A hostile state': Why some travellers are avoiding the US
When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed
At international academic conferences recently, one sees an interesting trend. Some American participants are travelling with “burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else. They are concerned about what might happen when they return home.
‘Can I travel?’: U.S. green-card holders cancel trips, on edge after detentions
Queer and trans people are arming themselves. Should I?
Capitulation
NASA Wipes Graphic Novels About Women Astronauts From Its Websites
Brands spend nominal sums on X ads to keep Elon Musk happy
"It’s not because the brand safety risk has gone away. But the far greater risk is that a comment [from Musk] in the press sends your stock price tumbling, and instead of a multimillion-dollar risk you’re facing a multibillion-dollar risk."
Other Politics News
Big questions surround AOC as insiders ponder the future of progressivism
Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
Musk gives away $1m cheques ahead of Wisconsin's Supreme Court election
Measles outbreak worsens as Texas cases rise 20% in 3 days
Microsoft uses AI to find flaws in GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox bootloaders
Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders. The newly discovered flaws impact devices relying on UEFI Secure Boot, and allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the device. Exploiting these flaws would likely need local access to devices.
AI Experts Say We’re on the Wrong Path to Achieving Human-Like AI
The majority--86% of 475 respondents—said that simply scaling up current approaches to AI will not be sufficient to yield AGI.
Microsoft's killing script used to avoid Microsoft Account in Windows 11
For the moment, you can still manually add the BypassNRO registry value.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Safely rewriting that COBOL code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.