Dr. Melissa Ocepek
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Academic LIS Scholar, Foodie, and Friend!
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ProPublica
15 days ago
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICEās Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1770868805&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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jennifer uncoolidge
16 days ago
Someone used image generators to make (and monetize) a fake OnlyFans account of this feminist content creator, and theyāll likely never see any consequences. āMany of the people messaging her about the fake OnlyFans account were men trying to get access to itā
www.404media.co/grok-nudify-...
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'The Most Dejected Iāve Ever Felt:' Harassers Made Nude AI Images of Her, Then Started an OnlyFans
Kylie Brewer isn't unaccustomed to harassment online. But when people started using Grok-generated nudes of her on an OnlyFans account, it reached another level.
https://www.404media.co/grok-nudify-ai-images-impersonation-onlyfans/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
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Hypervisible
about 1 month ago
āSafety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history.ā
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Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System
Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.
https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ring-cameras-ice
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Grades are in which I think means Iām officially on sabbatical!!!
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Is it just me or is grading final projects before sabbatical the worst???
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Currently the only algorithms Iām cool with right now is the YouTube one that new my first time opening the app in months was to watch the SkarsgĆ„rd on SkarsgĆ„rd Variety actors on actors.
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Hypervisible
3 months ago
āIn a time of purported crisis, the AI chatbots needlessly introduced friction at a moment experts say it is most dangerous to do so.ā
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Chatbots are struggling with suicide hotline numbers
Almost all chatbots The Verge tried failed our test of mental health safety features.
https://www.theverge.com/report/841610/ai-chatbot-suicide-safety-failure
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Jen Chaney
3 months ago
NEVER CHANGE, ETHAN HAWKE
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Jason Bailey
3 months ago
I love Quentin Tarantino's movies, they're a vital part of my career and my life, and every time he does a podcast or gives in an interview it's a sharp reminder of the genuine intellectual danger of spending 30 years of your life with everyone around you treating you like a genius at all times
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Sonja Drimmer
3 months ago
Iāve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. Iām forecasting a little of the proposal that
@cnygren.bsky.social
and I advance in a piece thatāll be out soon but hereās where Iāve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
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Gerrit De Vynck
3 months ago
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
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Going to start asking men who claim that āai is the defining technology of our ageā how do we know itās not the Real Housewives.
3 months ago
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I LOVED Death by Lightning and it made me want more shows about long dead presidents and political figures I have never thought about.
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Mark A. Hanson
4 months ago
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a š§µ 1/n Drain:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain:
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly:
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
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Lynne Stahl
4 months ago
We (Wesleyan University) are hiring a Social Sciences Librarian, with an emphasis on economics, philosophy, religion, the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and the Center for Prison Education. More info here:
wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
#LibJobs
#LISJobs
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Social Sciences Librarian
The Olin Library is an active partner in Wesleyan Universityās liberal arts mission, an inclusive, idea-driven space where curiosity, scholarship, and creativity converge. Serving a community of facul...
https://wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/details/Social-Sciences-Librarian_R100969
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Iāve been rewatching The Leftovers and I think you all should join me for two reasons 1) this is some great art that AI could never and 2) watching beautifully drawn characters deal with a world that doesnāt make sense feels very cathartic right now
4 months ago
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What are conferences doing to weed out AI slop???
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I canāt imagine why peer review is collapsing when every time I review for major conferences in my field the papers read like they were barely read by a human much less written by one.
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Alisa Bokulich
5 months ago
#HPS
#STS
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Petra Boynton
5 months ago
Hidden within this propaganda is also the subtext that many people are picking AI for relationships because they really struggle to find, meet and safely connect with other people who aren't messed up and/or abusive.
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Library Futures
5 months ago
Maybe you can't read Ray Carver at work, but you CAN talk about AI, and we've got the webinar series you've been waiting for. Join
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
, Christa Albrecht-Crane, and Library Futures this Thursday 9/25 for the first installment!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Abbie Richards
5 months ago
THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
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Miriam Posner
5 months ago
Librarians are on the front lines of dealing with the harm these systems are inflicting.
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
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This is it!!!
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6 months ago
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Fromthemixedupdesk
6 months ago
Here are some YA Indigenous books recommendations! Please subscribe to my Bindery to support Indigenous publishing (itās free)
boozhoo.binderybooks.com
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Governor JB Pritzker
6 months ago
Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.
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Mike Dickison
6 months ago
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to
@ellenrykers.com
for pointing me to it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing
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britt paris
6 months ago
Rutgers LIS is hiring in information policy, ad here:
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258...
Applications due 10/15. Rutgers - in NJ - is a good place ot be, given the state of things. Strong union. Close to NYC and Philly. Holler if you have questions.
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Governor JB Pritzker
6 months ago
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals ā Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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This does a great job expressing how Iām feeling about AI right now. It doesnāt do the thing people think it does and at some point Iām starting to question my own understanding of this bullshit.
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6 months ago
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Iām one of them!!!
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Dr. Carol Tilley š³ļøāš
7 months ago
If youāve ever read or discussed Fobaziās work on vocational awe in librarianship, you know a small bit of what sheās contributed to the world. Help her and her wife make it through this tough time.
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Darryl Mott
7 months ago
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about: Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Charles Logan
7 months ago
Seems a good time to remind folks that next week is
@civicsoftech.bsky.social
's free, virtual conference. The theme is "Communal Resistance to Artificial Systems" and the keynotes are š„š„š„ because they are Audrey Watters and Chris Gilliard. More info at:
www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
7 months ago
Them: It's not about race, it's about class. Hopkins: Ok, we're making a class-based policy. Them: We still don't like it, because what we actually meant was...
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Prospect Magazine
7 months ago
The AI debate is following a problematic pattern of technological inevitability. Because it is technically possible, we jump to the conclusion it is inevitableāand desirable, writes @ethanz.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
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An AI-enabled world isnāt inevitable
How much change are we willing to accept in return for an AI future?
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/ai/70476/an-ai-enabled-world-isnt-inevitable
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Carl T. Bergstrom
8 months ago
A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Hereās my response with
@jbakcoleman.bsky.social
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AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01839-w
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Carl T. Bergstrom
9 months ago
These dipshits created ChatGPT in their own image, and then mistook it for intelligence
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Maisie Tomlinson
9 months ago
Are you curious about expanding your social research practice to include nonhuman species, but donāt know where to start? Come and join this immersive three-day workshop at the University of Manchester, with a mix of indoor seminars and outdoor fieldwork:
store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course...
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onion person
9 months ago
itās time to replace all doctors with ai
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alice e marwick
9 months ago
šØNEW SERIES ALERTšØ My incredible
@datasociety.bsky.social
team with
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
just launched a series on "Tech Power and Democratic Crisis" (aka technofascism). The 1st piece by Jake Metcalf & Meg Young is out now:
www.techpolicy.press/tech-power-a...
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https://www.techpolicy.press/tech-power-and-the-crisis-of-democracy/outlines
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jamelle
9 months ago
everything means the opposite for these people. freedom means your freedom to obey. the first amendment means their freedom to tell you what you can read and think.
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Mary Pezzulo
9 months ago
I've never seen it so well put before.
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Michelle Reed
9 months ago
Join us online next week! Bring ice cream! š¦
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This is going to be a good time! You will leave feeling better about your love for ice cream and girl scout cookies!!! Also you may learn some useful things about misinformation from
@profmrs.bsky.social
and me!
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9 months ago
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Martha Wells
9 months ago
āNo one was interested. They were like, āThis is just RoboCopā and we were like, āNo, it's not at all. It's the anti-RoboCop,'ā Goyer recalled. āIt's about neurodivergence. It's about humanity.āā
www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...
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āMurderbotā EP David S. Goyer On Alexander SkarsgĆ„rd And Staying True To Martha Wellsā Books
Prolific filmmaker David S. Goyer discusses the long road to making the new Alexander SkarsgƄrd series "Murderbot."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/05/22/murderbot-ep-david-s-goyer-on-alexander-skarsgrd-and-staying-true-to-martha-wells-books/
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Lisa Haushofer
9 months ago
PhD position in History of Science and Technology in beautiful Lausanne ā¬ļøā¬ļøā¬ļø
#histstm
www.epfl.ch/labs/lhst/la...
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Open positions
The Laboratory for the History of Science and Technology (LHST) at EPFL invites applications for a full-time PhD position in the History of Science and Technology. The successful candidate will develo...
https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lhst/laboratory-for-the-history-of-science-and-technology/open-positions/
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I got tenure and I wrote a poem!!! Tenure an Acrostic Poem Ā The years of toil add up Everyday filled with small victories and defeats Never giving up on the ideas that feed your soul Underpromise and overdeliver Reflecting on what has been and what can be Ensuring the community that I love remains
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pilot
10 months ago
we need donations of LGBTQIA+ books for our ~*fifth*~ annual queer book fair next month (more details later this week)! you can drop off at Astoria Food Pantry on Monday nights 6-8pm. we especially need middle grade, picture, & board books š
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