Adam Kemerer

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[Grace Yarrow @YarrowGrace]

NEWS: Screwworm has been detected in Texas, USDA confirmed - marking a serious threat to US cattle and other animals

Larvae of the parasite were found in the umbilical cord of a 3 week old calf

Screwworm was eradicated from the US in 1966

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

Introducing: Survivors' Justice Initiative (SJI). SJI is a space for survivors of youth harm who are dissatisfied with the current adversarial processes to connect, heal, and inform our work. https://t.co/lXqbolYOX5

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Publishers have real questions about AI, but let’s be clear: @waybackmachine isn’t a backdoor for AI scraping.

For 30 years, it’s been built for people, not bulk harvesting. We actively monitor to prevent abuse. Learn more ⤵️
https://t.co/YKDkawYd5G

[Joe Eskenazi @EskSF]

If not for the Wayback Machine, I would not be able to find the articles I wrote between 2007 and 2017, because the publications either actively or passively killed their archives.

[WIRED @WIRED]

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. https://t.co/XWEZr6Q0DF

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

In the finale of Before They Could Dream, host Abd’Allah Lateef welcomes Donnell, Catherine, Eddie, April and James all back for an in-person roundtable discussion. Together, they reflect on the powerful stories shared throughout the series and synthesize the key insights.

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

https://t.co/LycIHC3lzq

[nature @Nature]

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests

https://t.co/SiIxVgJRZ7

[Eric Geller @ericgeller]

Really bleak stuff here. https://t.co/5yUXVQ4KXy

[Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum]

This is shaping up as the most consistent finding in housing studies: Building lots of luxury housing can reduce rents at the top of the market—but the people it helps most are renters struggling to afford even the least desirable units

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

A deliberate erosion of the scientific enterprise begins by eroding the workforce.

In 2025 alone, the U.S. lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s across 14 federal agencies. The brain drain is real.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

The pipeline that drives discovery - new knowledge and treatments for diseases that affect us all - is collapsing in the United States.

New NIH funding opportunities are down 91% this fiscal year.

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

Xavier was given a 25 year prison sentence at age 13. Now, he’s leading a national movement as the Executive Director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. We believe in the power of second chances because our leaders are living proof of them.

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

NOW LIVE: the first three episodes of Before They Could Dream! In Episode 1, we hear from the host, Abd’Allah Lateef, about his childhood in Philadelphia as a shy, athletic boy and the circumstances that led him to being sentenced to life without parole.

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

CFSY’s Eddie Ellis will be a part of a panel discussion alongside fellow juvenile justice expert @ProfKrisHenning, Senator @Willcsmithjr, moderated by @SentencingProj's Olinda Moyd, to discuss Maryland's current process of automatically charging children as adults.

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

For thousands of individuals sentenced as children, Montgomery gave hope. Now, nearly 1,300 children who were sentenced to life without parole have been released.

[Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth @theCFSY]

NEW REPORT RELEASE: A Decade After Montgomery v. Louisiana: Progress, Gaps, and the Promise of Meaningful Review for Children Serving Extreme Sentences. Read it here: https://t.co/jFahB5JkC9

[Georgia Coley @artwithinpod]

this is the kind of thing that overwhelms me to think about. what happens to a person's car when they're abducted? what if it's stolen? if you're detained for months on end, what happens to your house? and when you're released because it was a mistake, who picks up the pieces?

[Andrew Fleischman @ASFleischman]

Anyway, you've been living in a country with a fourth amendment for a long time. Don't throw away your umbrella because the rain didn't get you wet.