We have good timers already. ChatGPT is a word extruder not a timer or a calculator.

it cant be said enough that all tech smart guys and billionaires thought this guy would be great and now the world economy is fucked we're like a week from gas rationing and their guy is threatening nukes.

We're hiring! Looking for a #postdoc (3 years) and #PhD (4 years) in #STS and aquatic restoration! Hired researchers will join University of @oulu.fi, the amazing SAFIRE multidisciplinary research programme, and a growing team of researchers interested in water and environment. Deadline 03.05.26.

This is what baffles me the thinking is the work. How could a generic summary ever find the weird bits in a work that resonate with me and my perspective based on my years on this earth and decades of study?

The world is feeling very terrible and I had terrible anxiety dreams all night last night but this week Ashley I. becomes a Housewife. Hope is a radically act and we need to find joy where we can!!!

Reading about Sam Altman right now feels like reading about Sam Bankman-Fried right before FTX crashed and he was arrested.

“At trial, Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified that ‘harms to children, such as sexual exploitation and detriments to mental health, were inevitable on the company’s platforms due to their vast user bases…’”

I have just discovered audio books with the amazing Lesley Manville reading and with how terrible things are this is what I need and other may enjoy them as well

The deadline for Brown AI Policy Summer School is coming up soon: March 27!

This is insane.

Not only do I need to need to deal with a tornado warning, then it’s supposed to snow, the storm coverage is blocking my Oscars telecast. Climate change sucks

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

The @starlingcentre.bsky.social @westernufims.bsky.social is delighted to co-sponsor an online lecture by @danmcquillan.bsky.social next Friday, March 20 at 1pm ET. Registration is free, and you can tune in from anywhere on Al Gore's Internet! Register here: westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

It’s almost like they lack PhD level understanding of what social science is

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat? techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/c...

The state of the world really has me working on a conference proposal where I argue that we should ask whether the Housewives and not AI is the technology of our era.

How is this real??? Like it’s but also it’s nuts.

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.

Someone used image generators to make (and monetize) a fake OnlyFans account of this feminist content creator, and they’ll likely never see any consequences. “Many of the people messaging her about the fake OnlyFans account were men trying to get access to it” www.404media.co/grok-nudify-...

“Safety 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.”

Grades are in which I think means I’m officially on sabbatical!!!

Is it just me or is grading final projects before sabbatical the worst???

Currently the only algorithms I’m cool with right now is the YouTube one that new my first time opening the app in months was to watch the Skarsgård on Skarsgård Variety actors on actors.

“In a time of purported crisis, the AI chatbots needlessly introduced friction at a moment experts say it is most dangerous to do so.”

NEVER CHANGE, ETHAN HAWKE

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

I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):

Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service

Going to start asking men who claim that “ai is the defining technology of our age” how do we know it’s not the Real Housewives.

I LOVED Death by Lightning and it made me want more shows about long dead presidents and political figures I have never thought about.

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 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

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

I’ve 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 doesn’t make sense feels very cathartic right now

What are conferences doing to weed out AI slop???

I can’t 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.

#HPS #STS 🗃️

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.

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...

THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!

Librarians are on the front lines of dealing with the harm these systems are inflicting. www.404media.co/librarians-a...

This is it!!!

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Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

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...

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.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — 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.