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!!!

Here are some YA Indigenous books recommendations! Please subscribe to my Bindery to support Indigenous publishing (it’s free) boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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.

This does a great job expressing how I’m feeling about AI right now. It doesn’t do the thing people think it does and at some point I’m starting to question my own understanding of this bullshit.

I’m one of them!!!

If you’ve ever read or discussed Fobazi’s work on vocational awe in librarianship, you know a small bit of what she’s contributed to the world. Help her and her wife make it through this tough time.

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.

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 🔥🔥🔥 because they are Audrey Watters and Chris Gilliard. More info at: www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference

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...

The AI debate is following a problematic pattern of technological inevitability. Because it is technically possible, we jump to the conclusion it is inevitable—and desirable, writes @ethanz.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

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. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .

These dipshits created ChatGPT in their own image, and then mistook it for intelligence

Are you curious about expanding your social research practice to include nonhuman species, but don’t 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...

it’s time to replace all doctors with ai

🚨NEW SERIES ALERT🚨 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...

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.

I've never seen it so well put before.

Join us online next week! Bring ice cream! 🍦

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!

“No one was interested. They were like, ‘This is just RoboCop’ and we were like, ‘No, it's not at all. It's the anti-RoboCop,'” Goyer recalled. “It's about neurodivergence. It's about humanity.”” www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...

PhD position in History of Science and Technology in beautiful Lausanne ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #histstm www.epfl.ch/labs/lhst/la...

I got tenure and I wrote a poem!!! Tenure an Acrostic Poem   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

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 💕