As we learn more and more about the costs associated with GenAI, I continue to wonder how institutions and their leadership decide that yes, incorporating anything OpenAI produces into the lives of educators and students is worth the harms.

What they're never gonna get from me is five dollars.

Typically analysis of public data does not fall under IRB purview since it doesn't meet the legal definition of human subjects research.

Just came across a pre-print paper that analyzes an AI boyfriend subreddit. There are images from the subreddit that appear to be real people. (Since you can use generative AI to create a new image based on a photo.) There's an ethics statement: "public subreddits carry no privacy expectations" :-\

Hello, today my family remembers the two great-uncles who were killed at the beginning of the invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_...

This is what a corporate giveaway looks like 👇 #TaxJustice

What a wonderful way to introduce your annual report! 📚https://www.crlibrary.org/news/library-services-bring-big-value-stories-fy2025-annual-report

Obsessive devotion to continuity is the enemy of epic/mythological storytelling—especially when there are many authors involved. Whether we're talking about Star Wars, superheroes, or Bond, the answer is to nail the essence of the story and care less about making it all "fit."

Feels illegal that the weather in Denver is nicer than it is here. (Looking at the forecast for CORE forum packing)

Dogs will be like “I know a place” and then take you to a portable toilet.

Santa Fe and Dallas.

smallpox eradication is one of the greatest achievement of humans, up there with 'hey maybe we should wash our hands'

no money for politicians

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Today.

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars": ".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great." @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2025/film/ne...

it's Wreckmas Eve, don't forget to leave 29 sailors out for the Gales of November tonight

I think the court wants a far stronger case to weigh in on if they’re going to seriously consider overturning Obergefell, the Davis one is just totally insane

God I hate it when politicians say "well, everyone is mad at me, so I must be doing something right!" dude, everyone was mad at John Wayne Gacy, too

A rare good thing

Adonis would like to remind you to take care of yourselves and each other now more than ever

oh are we upset about the influence of airline CEOs on US politics today? because I come bearing a list of grievances

Happy Anniversary of The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald to all who celebrate.

We can't give up now. ❄️

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

What did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s lab notes.

Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back? 19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...

OneNote as Evergreen Documentation Building out a Collaborative Operations Manual in a Special Collections and Archives Unit 📜 from @mgamm.bsky.social crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

If a judge orders you to release funds for hungry children and you continue to fight it, it’s time to take a step back and re-evaluate how you got there. No political leverage is worth corrupting your soul.

New liberry card just dropped. #Prince #hclib

If corporations are legally people I personally should be legally allowed to kill them in self-defense

Jacob Elordi welcoming all the monster fuckers to Netflix today like

We need to stop shaming people in red states for not “just leaving”! Moving is hard, it means money and resources, finding a new job, and giving up family, friends, and community, finding somewhere affordable to live and new healthcare providers, etc. Not to mention, blue states have problems too.

Blue light glasses aren't enough, sunnies in my handbag are too dark. Ugh, migraines.

$13 MILLION?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?! How much did they owe other publishers? WHAT THE HELL? HOW DID IT GET THAT BAD? #LibrarySky #BookSky #GLAMs #skybrarians #publibs 📚

Needless to say, SAG should direct members not to work with Paramount until the policy is reversed.

remember that this idea is being pushed by people who want you to think that the human mind actually does operate like a chatbot

That creepy feeling when you know a patron from a lengthy period of sourcing their library materials, but are interacting over email for the first time. #LibraryLife 📚

This is what they took from you

Trying my Zofran for the first time. Tastes vaguely like chewable children's tylenol.

Educators who use Gemini are for the most part looking at the suicides and copyright violations from OpenAI and Anthropic as separate, like Gemini is better or different. We need journalistic exposes on Gemini.

Happy birthday to the only two women with elements named after them on the periodic table: #MarieCurie & #LiseMeitner. As I do every year, I will once again repeat my proposal that November 7 should be International #WomenInSTEM Day! #histSTM #chemistry #physics #OnThisDay #OTD #PeriodicTable👩‍🔬🗃️📜

Oh hello there 🙃 #art #bats #autumn

Lowkey want to read this book chapter: "The Secret Lives of Dead Animals: Exploring Victorian Taxidermy"

If Chicago had been set in the south, the lyric would’ve been “if y’all’d’ve been there, if y’all’d’ve seen it, I betcha all y’all’d’ve done the same.”

Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US. ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point? If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

UGH. I had ONE translation COURSE in college: that taught me good translation is an ART. This approach just creates slop in a different language.