Derrick Cogburn
Scholar. Teacher. Sailor: Full Professor @AmericanU @KogodBiz & @ausis | Director idppglobal.org and internetgovernancelab.org | Data scientist doing #TextAnalysis #NLP using #AI #ML #LLMs #Python #RStats #Positron #HPC #a11y #CSCW #HCI
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnEven as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses to use their influence to help stop his immigration policies. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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- Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnGrijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand. There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, “Swear her in.” They wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise. Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system you’re protecting really is.
- Kenny Loggins Slams Donald Trump for Using ‘Danger Zone’ in AI Video Bombing No Kings Protesters With Poop: ‘I Request That My Recording Is Removed Immediately’ - Variety
- I wondered how long it would take for this response to the unusual meeting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- I’m really looking forward to moderating this event tomorrow. My colleagues and I in the @internetgovlab.bsky.social and @idpp.bsky.social are going to have an engaging discussion.
- Thanks for sharing this article. We identified some interesting trends in #CRPD and #Disability rights implementation globally, regionally, and nationally. We have much more data to analyze are excited about our upcoming Lightning Talk on Nov 5 at the World Bank’s Law, Justice & Development week.
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- Senate tries to overcome vote-a-rama, infighting to pass megabill - Reuters “”Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!," Musk posted on X.”
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- This is a powerful piece by Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
- This was my immediate concern when I first heard about the plane.
- Ditto
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnHere is an example of explainable machine learning models (decision tress, random forests and regression) using the #tidymodels #Rstats framework in an important problem: predicting cat adoption: jmsallan.netlify.app/blog/explain...
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- Roaringly Acknowledge Organizations with ROR IDs in DESCRIPTION ropensci.org/blog/2025/05...
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- No kings, queens, monarchs, and nobles in this country…
- Congresswomen Crocket’s analysis of the top five problems of this first 100 days.
- Smile
- Well done all!
- One if by land, two if by …
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnThe head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
- Progress.
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnYou set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnIt always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
- Indeed; this is an important question. I look forward to reading the post.
- AI has the potential to enhance education for underprivileged groups. How can we ensure equitable access to AI-driven learning? #Education #AIEDU
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- Houston upsets Duke!
- Let’s go Coogs!
- Today is opening day for the Global Disability Summit (GDS) in Berlin. Many of our colleagues and collaborators for @idpp.bsky.social and @internetgovlab.bsky.social are participating in person. I encourage you to tune in to the livestream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8O...
- Good morning from the Chesapeake Bay!
- Wonderful news. Terrible that it cost so much. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Well said Ron! www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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- Reposted by Derrick CogburnAs Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
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- “The university said that it will now focus on student-facing programs, including expanding financial aid, maintaining certain multicultural student spaces and supporting cultural and ethnic events on campus.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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- I just finished the first episode of Number 1 on the Call Sheet. A new limited series on AppleTV+. It was fantastic.
- Hmm
- Opinion | Open letter: we call on Columbia to stand up to authoritarianism - The Guardian
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- Predictions about AI workforce developments. apple.news/AgrzitWLJTzi...
- Congratulations!
- Always be a Derrick (Derek) when you can!
- Reposted by Derrick CogburnIn a world of Matts, be a Derek.
- What a great response from Senator Kelly.
- What a wonderful tribute. Thank you.
- I was very impressed with Jay. Outstanding job. #Bluesky is the only social app I use daily. youtube.com/live/B7OwcXC...
- The discussion at SXSW with @jay.bsky.team was outstanding. Well done on all fronts. I’m so glad I found #Bluesky! mashable.com/article/blue...
- Judge temporarily blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who was arrested at Columbia University - CNN
