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Update. After said ๐—ป๐—ผ to the Trump compact (yesterday), the Chronicle of Higher Education asked the other eight targeted universities for their reactions.
chronicle.com/article/what-cou
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"Asked for reactions to MITโ€™s announcement, spokespeople for Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University had no new information to share. The other recipients โ€” the Universities of Arizona and Pennsylvania โ€” didnโ€™t respond."

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Update. After said ๐—ป๐—ผ to the Trump compact (yesterday), the Chronicle of Higher Education asked the other eight targeted universities for their reactions.
chronicle.com/article/what-cou
()

"Asked for reactions to MITโ€™s announcement, spokespeople for Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University had no new information to share. The other recipients โ€” the Universities of Arizona and Pennsylvania โ€” didnโ€™t respond."

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Update. just became the first university to reject Trump's compact. Here's the letter from MIT President to faculty, dated today.
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regar

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Trump tries bribery.

"Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign โ€˜Compactโ€™ to Get Funding Preference."
nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/poli

"The White House on Wednesday sent letters to nine of the nationโ€™s top public and private universities, urging campus leaders to pledge support for President Trumpโ€™s political agenda to help ensure access to federal research funds."

, , , , , , , ,

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Iโ€™m n 1971 the first coin-op video game โ€œGalaxy Gameโ€ by Bill Pitts sought to commercialize Steve Russellโ€™s PDP-1 game Spacewar! Has moved into our new large systems gallery.

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Atlas-OS/Atlas: ๐Ÿš€ An open and lightweight modification to Windows by and , designed to optimize performance, privacy and usability. - , or Atlas, is an open-source project ( / )that enhances by conveniently applying privacy, usability, and performance optimizations, all while maintaining functionality and customizability.

Get Linux or waste time with this ? Intriguing.

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@johnzajac

banned their class president from her graduation ceremony for saying this:

โ€œAs scientists, engineers, academics and leaders, we have a commitment to support life, support aid efforts and call for an arms embargo and keep demanding now, as alumni, that MIT cuts the ties [to Israel]โ€

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@johnzajac

banned their class president from her graduation ceremony for saying this:

โ€œAs scientists, engineers, academics and leaders, we have a commitment to support life, support aid efforts and call for an arms embargo and keep demanding now, as alumni, that MIT cuts the ties [to Israel]โ€

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Reunited MIT-MC.ARPA with a page of the Boston Globe once taped to its IO cabinet. ITS

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Reunited MIT-MC.ARPA with a page of the Boston Globe once taped to its IO cabinet. ITS

A news paper page from the Boston globe that was taped to the front of the KL-udge
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A note from David Moon
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Today I learned about the existence of MIT's giant flywheel, which reportedly has a right of way easement across Cambridge in case it ever falls off track and rolls into the sea. There would be no stopping it.

mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/

Also, I learned what a flywheel is.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel

What a world!

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"The mix-in revolution: How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Labยญโ€”and made a lasting mark on programming."

technologyreview.com/2025/02/2

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"The mix-in revolution: How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Labยญโ€”and made a lasting mark on programming."

technologyreview.com/2025/02/2

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Krononaut Moon ๐ŸŒ•๐ŸŒ‘๐ŸŒ• 2025 Mar 14

@KronoMoon_TotalLunarEclipse@aus.social

Time Travel: obscure & cryptic little ad in Artforum Magazine from 45 years ago proves more relevant today than back in 1980.

, , or , it's an invitation to make contact with Time Travelers โ€” or Visitors from the Future(s) โ€” at what some call a landing reception. Today, the ongoing work of The Krononaut Moon Project continues at full steam on & .

๐ŸŒ  ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ›ธ

The historic ad appeared in the magazine's 1980 Jan issue, announcing a gathering to occur two years later on 1982 Mar 09, inviting or to beam down to . The hundreds of attendees at the night's festivities were documented by a reporter. Later, others would organize their own inter-dimensional meet-ups in , , and . (All were landing receptions of type-1.0. See links below & on our other @KronoMoon pages for details.)

The Artforum ad can be found in collections and on the "Time Travel" page of .

๐Ÿ”— Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel
๐Ÿ”— Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Welcom

Baltimore's event was timed for a full & a rare alignment in 1982, known to as a . It was the prototype for today's more evolved type-2.0 "experimentations, observations & celebrations" taking place under the shadow of the โ€” the night of the . There will be 3 in 2025 & 2026, with the next one coming up on 2025 Mar 14 07:00, barely months away.

โ›โ› On the Night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,
Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships. โœโœ

All sentient beings are welcome to join us in connecting with the , the , and your & . Even folks who gripe that this is utter absurdity are invited (despite the of a few enlightened ). Or, you might choose to spend a peaceful evening by yourself under the , on a , at the , or in your own . The more diverse are these experimental approaches, the greater the likelihood of meaningful contact. Or, you could bring along your friends & colleagues, your grandparents & grandkids, your & (and don't forget a for lots of @KronoMoonPhotos). Watch the skies for , , or a from the . Who can know who might show up? The will be shining bright on that night, before it goes dark, and then shines bright again, all in an hour or so. Participants will be contributing to the greater body of Community Time Travel Research. Become a fellow on 2025 March 14, wherever you are.

๐ŸŒ• ๐ŸŒ‘ ๐ŸŒ•

Krononauts in the
๐Ÿ”— NYTimes.com/1982/03/11/us/the-

Krononauts podcast on Pushkin.fm & TheLastArchive.com
๐Ÿ”— Pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-a

Krononauts on Medium.com & @WriteUndertheMoon
๐Ÿ”— Medium.com/write-under-the-moo

๐Ÿ”— KronoMoon.org

Graphic from a small text-based ad in the 1980 Jan issue of #Artforum #Magazine, white letters on black . Copy starts with "Welcome The People From The Future, March 9, 1982." Original size is 4.5 x 2.5-inches. 

The message is that it's inviting readers to a "reception" or "landing party" for #TimeTravelers, or #Krononauts, that was scheduled for 2 years after the publication date of the magazine. 

The ad also includes phone numbers and a PO box which are all long-defunct now. The irony / humor / concept is that we are looking at this from 45 years in its future, just as real Time Travelers will one day look at it from a more distant future(s), and they could elect to travel back to #Baltimore #MD #US on 1982 Mar 09. This kind of documentation (now on #Mastodon & #Fediverse) is crucial to the successful operation of the experiment. 

Links on Wikipedia:
๐Ÿ”— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WelcomeKrononauts_Artforum_Jan1980_p.90_800x600.png 

๐Ÿ”— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel
ALT text detailsGraphic from a small text-based ad in the 1980 Jan issue of #Artforum #Magazine, white letters on black . Copy starts with "Welcome The People From The Future, March 9, 1982." Original size is 4.5 x 2.5-inches. The message is that it's inviting readers to a "reception" or "landing party" for #TimeTravelers, or #Krononauts, that was scheduled for 2 years after the publication date of the magazine. The ad also includes phone numbers and a PO box which are all long-defunct now. The irony / humor / concept is that we are looking at this from 45 years in its future, just as real Time Travelers will one day look at it from a more distant future(s), and they could elect to travel back to #Baltimore #MD #US on 1982 Mar 09. This kind of documentation (now on #Mastodon & #Fediverse) is crucial to the successful operation of the experiment. Links on Wikipedia: ๐Ÿ”— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WelcomeKrononauts_Artforum_Jan1980_p.90_800x600.png ๐Ÿ”— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel
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This is excellent news :)

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