2026-07-27T16:45:36Z https://nostr.ae J. Nathan Matias 🦣 https://nostr.ae/npub1ej7wgkfvjf5dg6fcrz2gn6ws662dayzzcdcnntz78pedkg0w3hcsz7ergk https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/391/235/778/714/185/original/5af666fe672e321d.jpg https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/109/391/235/778/714/185/original/5af666fe672e321d.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvrdmlh0qsafwk4ushkrmq950jhdas0x07yv597rlzpsycyvk8w0gzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz8vj34u “ the distance between the public defender and the private realist is the distance the institution itself could never close” <br/><br/><a href="https://prospect.org/2026/07/02/what-broke-monticello-thomas-jefferson-virginia-glenn-youngkin/">https://prospect.org/2026/07/02/what-broke-monticello-thomas-jefferson-virginia-glenn-youngkin/</a> 2026-07-03T11:53:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswypua8rhtj5xk5sq25v4kgv4ejnshw94847h5tmtv7lmjpene0cczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzzwj2ml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0u45k0772zdzl3fd9ue08ryeeeaetjm052murujhgc23u9d7zascxgrwww'>nevent1q…rwww</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you Laura, and thanks for all your creativity and leadership over the years.<br/><br/>This has me curious about how UK higher education has handled the question of indefinite employment over the centuries. I&#39;ve been thinking a lot about the Protestant Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries lately, for obvious reasons. 2026-06-18T19:10:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzpxv2zpqe89fn7hwj2arnwd4m8h3sw3lh4g55fn7xswmwxxvldqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzfp3ssk RE: <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@ngaylinn/116623578121769656">https://tech.lgbt/@ngaylinn/116623578121769656</a><br/><br/>This is a fascinating theory. To translate it to organizational behavior / STS, AI can be a justification for managers, developers, and others to continue the unsustainable cultural/market norm of valuing novelty over maintenance.<br/><br/>(though as we see from security bugfix work, it may also be able to help with that maintenance)<br/><br/>Another dimension of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cspax02h0l6cuqkdt4sv6uthkx6zfza96qg0qcgx8yhctgrzwt7qv2k7h4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nathan Schneider</span> (<span class="italic">npub1csp…k7h4</span>)</a></span>&#39;s Innovation Amnesia<br/><br/><a href="https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13668/11706">https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13668/11706</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note12n5hh9m4hq85kc7dkx4c28xdy02rzwyjeljn8hss3qatzh2pgpms83efak" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note12n5…efak</a></span><br/> </div> Before Google had AI overviews, they spent more than a decade incrementally "improving" Search. From "ten blue links" they added an astounding variety of niche features and edge cases to make Search great for every task imaginable. As an insider, I can say the magnitude of it was easily 1000x what most people imagine. You never noticed the complexity, you just got what you wanted.<br/><br/>They did this by way of technical debt addiction. There were new launches every week, but *un*launches? Never. Code maintenance? That team was disbanded to work on the next thing. Refactoring? The understaffed Infrastructure team will get to it, eventually.<br/><br/>By the time I left, productivity had ground to a halt. Basic tasks were *painfully* slow, yet they refused to change their ways, and the problem kept accelerating.<br/><br/>I figured they'd use AI to clean up the messy code, but I guess they thought it easier to just *replace* it with AI. I wonder how much of this pivot to AI was motivated by their self-imposed tech debt crisis?<br/><br/>#ai </blockquote> 2026-05-23T11:32:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstfau73rp4eep8ds72x4x4kayy93ly8kumrmlst9mkg8wnfgraq7czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz0pf8k8 Until <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18gwvqhj2nfrj8u8w0djm7nrcdltuy9qxtf5lylnfdul8w20r6tqslw5uz9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Edward L Platt</span> (<span class="italic">npub18gw…5uz9</span>)</a></span> wrote this blog post, I had no idea that biostatisticians have used the analogy of perpetual motion to think about what AI can and cannot do. <br/><br/>As someone steeped in the world of empiricism, my orientation is so grounded in &#34;try and find out&#34; that I forget it&#39;s also possible to ask in advance whether something is mathematically possible.<br/><br/><a href="https://citizensandtech.org/2026/05/reliable-genai-and-perpetual-motion/">https://citizensandtech.org/2026/05/reliable-genai-and-perpetual-motion/</a> 2026-05-20T12:48:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqw3kxgxa2xn2z6te89nzd0yl9g8gm8slcuz8f82fc92vtah6s9dczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzj4uwlx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvqdemewjux7mrw3s5gvlf5czywj9dp75qlaf4s8g22hkyxh43aqc66rsz'>nevent1q…6rsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would love that! Also, I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll make it out your way on the bike when I can and will make sure to say hello! 2026-05-14T22:56:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs29rtxh3nh35cht0enwf8dj24nytt6lzrmxjuzds2keherpgqp7wczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzrp8twl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyrqzcqsd8hcgp3gc25e24zg88udqw026m3hd7mhlr6kxs5n864c4hlagr'>nevent1q…lagr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So as I look to next year, I&#39;m so grateful to my colleagues at CAT Lab, Cornell, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1eawqp0z7gmug627c758ztqw4va2wtaghs026g8d6jah36x3nn04qahmmlh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Knight First Amendment Inst.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1eaw…mmlh</span>)</a></span>, <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14vlg0dwwhh9jg4f2dun0yx50z4m4lmpz97w9tgh5j6duy7466kfsnj2u7h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Coalition for Independent Tech</span> (<span class="italic">npub14vl…2u7h</span>)</a></span>, and so many more for the encouragement and support that have put me in a position to make the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship a meaningful contribution on tech &amp; rights &lt;3 2026-05-14T22:07:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqyrqzcqsd8hcgp3gc25e24zg88udqw026m3hd7mhlr6kxs5n864czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz4dz820 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxv0vp9dcthvlgrhcttd6jwswu7ycfj8dn5fk2uumzy0se6vkvrcyyre8l'>nevent1q…re8l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our collective faith in each others&#39; creativity cannot be cultivated alone. Last weekend in-between apartment-hunting, I bicycled from Boston to Providence, imagining the journey taken by Roger Williams in the winter of 1636. <br/><br/>And I thought of the indigenous peoples who sheltered &amp; protected him.<br/><br/>Williams was banished for advocating for indigenous land rights &amp; religious freedom. His Wampanoag &amp; Narragansett hosts sheltered him &amp; helped him establish a city where rights were written into the code. We need more of that hospitality, courage, and creativity.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nps.gov/rowi/learn/historyculture/departure.htm">https://www.nps.gov/rowi/learn/historyculture/departure.htm</a><br/><br/>#bicycle #BikeNite<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/575/177/747/128/788/original/8f3fa010456b9384.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-14T22:01:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxv0vp9dcthvlgrhcttd6jwswu7ycfj8dn5fk2uumzy0se6vkvrczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz2l2vqs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkre2tgkz66rae72eqvhl53n0myg3s65qzc6ltlltc2k8nzleyhsdmawcm'>nevent1q…awcm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fires of the imagination need to be tended, not just protected. In Good Company will support communities to tell stories &amp; make art about your own community&#39;s history of persistence despite threats to their rights. <br/><br/>We&#39;ll be recruiting communities soon!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.sophiabrueckner.com/goodcompany.html">https://www.sophiabrueckner.com/goodcompany.html</a> 2026-05-14T21:59:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqkre2tgkz66rae72eqvhl53n0myg3s65qzc6ltlltc2k8nzleyhszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz3lc485 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswps2svsxwkmqn9kh5aq0yw7xc2xyengte2765md0nlsgegy6qnmc9au2n3'>nevent1q…u2n3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you a scientist or litigator working on freedom of expression/assembly/religion and other civil liberties? <br/><br/>If so, reach out (preferably after I move in July). We&#39;re building a network of folks to improve how courts make sense of claims about these rights.<br/><br/><a href="https://citizensandtech.org/2025/07/civil-liberties-science/">https://citizensandtech.org/2025/07/civil-liberties-science/</a> 2026-05-14T21:59:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswps2svsxwkmqn9kh5aq0yw7xc2xyengte2765md0nlsgegy6qnmczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz02szrg Good news: I&#39;ve been selected for a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, where I&#39;m working on Academic Freedom &amp; Connecting Across Difference. <br/><br/>This work isn&#39;t done alone, so there will be ways for people everywhere who care about rights/civil liberties to get involved (🧵/n)<br/><br/><a href="https://citizensandtech.org/2026/05/fires-of-the-imagination-radcliffe/">https://citizensandtech.org/2026/05/fires-of-the-imagination-radcliffe/</a> 2026-05-14T21:59:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz7ajt0qcqguchxzxg5tlxj54l0wcqpm0mlftxuuzd7zyyy0wul5szyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzy50w4t Are you a leader trying to figure out how to evaluate an AI system? Are you in business, journalism, civil society, or the tech industry?<br/><br/>I&#39;m excited to share the publication of the (open access) book I wish I had in my first job testing AI systems seventeen years ago: &#34;Auditing AI.&#34;<br/><br/>Together with a dream team of scientists, policy experts, lawyers, and journalists, we distilled decades of experience in AI evaluation into a get-up-to-speed book for anyone who needs to understand AI evaluation yesterday.<br/><br/><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051729/auditing-ai/">https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051729/auditing-ai/</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/476/729/495/827/704/original/c62573b45ea2d930.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/476/729/500/178/391/original/552522251ac4b35c.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-27T12:44:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgunyyh52avgekuvsy4lknfx8u7fuk754ajuewcacc7p47w25fxggzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzdsca3c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgruadst0699c34grjs9l9v2nfud88p26t5asvy7rupavt2jtx2qgar8dsf'>nevent1q…8dsf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The most interesting finding from our survey with AskHistorians is the relationship between someone&#39;s sense of belonging and a sense of AI use.<br/><br/>👏The more someone thinks AI is being used in the community, the lower they rank their sense of belonging.👏<br/><br/>This may help explain how AI contributes to community collapse. (note: it&#39;s a correlation)<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/459/477/256/992/406/original/bad38bbc6b98bb12.png"> <br/> 2026-04-24T11:37:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgruadst0699c34grjs9l9v2nfud88p26t5asvy7rupavt2jtx2qgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz9zxy4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfh836qhq0n3xpj2stuku37nnfw9crq2h5anr63a6wkq6yje4wyws86200h'>nevent1q…200h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Quality matters to AskHistorians readers. It also matters a *lot* to the historians who answer those questions and who moderate. So the subreddit has banned AI. That&#39;s for good reason:<br/><br/>We found 👏 the more someone thinks AI is being used, the lower they rate the community on information quality.👏<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/116/459/464/627/001/886/original/52558f35d7a1e681.png"> <br/> 2026-04-24T11:35:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfh836qhq0n3xpj2stuku37nnfw9crq2h5anr63a6wkq6yje4wywszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzwj0le8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszk8yeczda4s02d7kmj849q96zh3g60zarwwz0c93cwh8mjw8sunq89wzdl'>nevent1q…wzdl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To understand how the AskHistorians community thinks about AI, it&#39;s important to understand the community. It&#39;s an amazing space for people to ask questions and get answers from trained historians!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/have-a-question-about-the-past-askhistorians-february-2016/">https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/have-a-question-about-the-past-askhistorians-february-2016/</a> 2026-04-24T11:32:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszk8yeczda4s02d7kmj849q96zh3g60zarwwz0c93cwh8mjw8sunqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzj7znzp How do concerns about AI shape people&#39;s sense of community &amp; information trust online? <br/><br/>CAT Lab&#39;s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wgv2wd7s7l5uh8m2tt360enas9uy8n7v4g2627k2a0sgwrxsynjsqye42g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sarah Gilbert</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wgv…e42g</span>)</a></span>, Nath Santos, and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18gwvqhj2nfrj8u8w0djm7nrcdltuy9qxtf5lylnfdul8w20r6tqslw5uz9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Edward L Platt</span> (<span class="italic">npub18gw…5uz9</span>)</a></span> surveyed thousands of redditors in [@askhistorians.bsky.social](<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/askhistorians.bsky.social">https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/askhistorians.bsky.social</a> ) to find out. Our survey is special because we surveyed viewers, commenters, and banned accounts. (1/🧵)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1sm6lhx/askhistorians_community_survey_results/">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1sm6lhx/askhistorians_community_survey_results/</a> 2026-04-24T11:32:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsynhw032v99sk8zpqfpa7jvye33ejq3g0amslett59rr9xpvqzgegzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzchqs0r &#34;to repair is not to fix something but<br/>many things at once: devices, systems, and infrastructures, but also people, relations,<br/>communities, even entire social orders&#34;<br/><br/>Beautiful opening paragraph to an article about moral orders of technology repair in Kampala Uganda by Mwesigwa &amp; Jackson<br/><br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.10279">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.10279</a> 2026-04-17T21:20:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswvj253f826u8uzdcdgqv7umeq9ceulpp75eet6vqlaz8ddg9ce3czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzpp7txj Clarifying article by human rights expert Mathias Risse: &#34;Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions prohibits &#34;acts or threats of violence whose primary purpose is to terrorize civilians.&#34;&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;To name an act... is to make a moral claim on the conscience of the world&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr-ryan/our-work/carr-ryan-commentary/whole-civilization-will-die-tonight-day-american">https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr-ryan/our-work/carr-ryan-commentary/whole-civilization-will-die-tonight-day-american</a> 2026-04-12T13:58:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvxdhrwtsl57zkauwv7dthpxclu0j0j44m9jypqgl0r45pvmafulgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzvvr8gu Geologists have proposed calling our era the &#34;pyrocene&#34; - an epoch where wildfire smoke and ash is noticeable layer in geology. I&#39;m making summer plans with smoke in mind, sigh.<br/><br/>This article has a clear summary of why it&#39;s hard to forecast smoke.<br/><br/><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/15-sources-of-wildfire-smoke-forecasts-for-north-america/">https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/15-sources-of-wildfire-smoke-forecasts-for-north-america/</a> 2026-03-14T13:38:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq8tg4jydw968k700s3e55cdtcr7ldaaqchktlnukd68u3u8ptceczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz3td529 Since May 2025, the US State Department has publicized a visa restriction policy that targets and threatens deportation toward people who study and report on online harms.<br/><br/>Yesterday, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1eawqp0z7gmug627c758ztqw4va2wtaghs026g8d6jah36x3nn04qahmmlh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Knight First Amendment Inst.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1eaw…mmlh</span>)</a></span> &amp; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16cy8a9p9xvyvnfw9enampx4esnrsgexm4zry672spvwp0dtzystq6ucuap" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Protect Democracy</span> (<span class="italic">npub16cy…cuap</span>)</a></span> filed a lawsuit challenging this censorship policy on behalf of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14vlg0dwwhh9jg4f2dun0yx50z4m4lmpz97w9tgh5j6duy7466kfsnj2u7h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Coalition for Independent Tech</span> (<span class="italic">npub14vl…2u7h</span>)</a></span>, whose members have been harmed by this policy.<br/><br/> “At a time when AI is rapidly changing our lives and economy and people are already worried about their freedom and safety online, we need independent researchers more than ever. This policy is meant to censor researchers into silence and keep the public in the dark, and that’s exactly what it’s doing” -- Brandi Geurkink, ED of CITR.<br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/content/technology-researchers-challenge-trump-policy-threatening-deportation-for-work-on-social-media-platforms-and-online-harms">https://knightcolumbia.org/content/technology-researchers-challenge-trump-policy-threatening-deportation-for-work-on-social-media-platforms-and-online-harms</a> 2026-03-10T15:08:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr6uxwuxwnrwxuq50f9rwxuvmf90w8wj05twfxghqs4547kn8wsagzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzsn9fek Attending Code4Lib remotely &amp; I am *impressed* by how accessible they have made this conference. They had a venue canceled by CMU for politics, moved cities, &amp; are still putting many orgs to shame by how inclusive it is to people with disabilities.<br/><br/>Librarians y&#39;all 💪🏼📚🌈<br/><br/><a href="https://code4lib.org/conference/2026/">https://code4lib.org/conference/2026/</a> 2026-03-03T15:56:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9pzc90a9cmjwkqy9gadl2xfnn0uu3vzh22yhwl7lsxrr8lgvu8kgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzmu2y3r How does censorship of science fit into broader censorship efforts, and how did they play out overall this year? <br/><br/>Excellent op ed and report by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wmdq569dawwtcv545wyqhke7gvtphg0s480lwu8cy9a8yfze24yq6vz8aa" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nora Benavidez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wmd…z8aa</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&gt;&gt; Over the past year, individual and communal acts of resistance have blunted the potency of Mr. Trump’s censorship campaign and contributed to his declining approval ratings. Unquestionably, more and more Americans are rejecting his overreach.<br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/opinion/trump-first-amendment-dissent.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/opinion/trump-first-amendment-dissent.html</a> 2025-12-31T16:09:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs02c5ervf2cduxsgws6hlr42v7tkervqkh58dhfcddt2jjn8974qqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlza2dfrp Good news; a judge has blocked the detention of a technology researcher that the State Department had slated to deport.<br/><br/>However, this is just the start of what will certainly be a longer-term challenge. What can we do about this? A thread.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/politics/imran-ahmed-judge-order.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/politics/imran-ahmed-judge-order.html</a> 2025-12-26T22:30:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspytuqppsh3f5uxs3v38ewcxy745rxknrpkdfaxk30lwct4ug4z2czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzghhsfs This August as I sheltered indoors from wildfire smoke, I got a moving note from MIT statisticians - my disability story had informed a fundamental insight about wildfire smoke forecasting.<br/><br/>In this post, I describe the scientists who - astonishingly - applied lessons from my disability experience to evaluate AI systems that could someday help wildfire smoke forecasts improve public health.<br/><br/><a href="https://natematias.com/portfolio/2025-11-23-air-pollution-forecast/">https://natematias.com/portfolio/2025-11-23-air-pollution-forecast/</a> 2025-11-25T01:11:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2r8uwgxyyneddqllk4pe960cxd45wnsgamkxmhtl0tmh7a5cy5rgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlze9gqgn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqfg043vguzrpshhazzkvhkj9mv0806h920j4yusnermcfqclacqe9jvy9'>nevent1q…jvy9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AMAZING, what a wonderful story, thanks for sharing!<br/><br/>Also, bless you for your commitment to local knowledge institutions. My heart grows three sizes every time I hear a new story from your universe &lt;3 2025-11-10T22:34:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ldn84mavj5v0gc6h9s78wejzhvq5vmpdvyps6h88aml56qa4crczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzdw64x0 Had a conversation today with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> onstage about hacking tractors then ran into this beauty in progress on my ride home<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/227/797/696/001/034/original/49f0d27f0bd74d96.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/227/802/231/249/303/original/59ed4b776392ae38.png"> <br/> 2025-09-18T23:05:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrtza93lmfhrqszdashhu7mx3keklsx2tde9wc7mdlwxs7z0d5peqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzk4yvtl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtqkxjm67hkcwcpvvlxly8jvk254lcpncdhhex757zdvpeldcj6qapkgx4'>nevent1q…kgx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our &#34;Juicebox&#34; chargers, like many other digital products, were &#34;smart&#34; or &#34;tethered products.&#34; On one hand, we got updates from the company. Software was also taken away. <br/><br/>As such products become the norm, similar emergencies are happening in other areas, from medical devices and appliances to cars. So we can expect more panics when companies go bankrupt or cut costs.<br/><br/>The shares ideas from experts on how developers and policymakers can manage product end of life better. 2025-08-24T15:15:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdtqkxjm67hkcwcpvvlxly8jvk254lcpncdhhex757zdvpeldcj6qzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzufprzt 10 months ago, a company across the world put my neighbor&#39;s access to medical care at risk, giving us 2 weeks notice that software behind our 40 electric car chargers would be shut down.<br/><br/>This is the story of how my neighborhood broke free from this potential disaster.<br/><br/><a href="https://natematias.com/portfolio/2025-08-22-unchaining-from-broken-software-tethers/">https://natematias.com/portfolio/2025-08-22-unchaining-from-broken-software-tethers/</a> 2025-08-24T15:14:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdv4k6eam6nu9l8mc7744xf2wv5gj2a2he3atyzhq2ujw4rtya25qzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzzn20p7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw938dy5xahwzu68qd6e7qpq8agqxmd4m24xmfc9t944q9nck042cnjw9kf'>nevent1q…w9kf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>didn’t even know it was possible on MacBook airs! Good luck- we who are about to install Linux on Mac hardware salute you! 🫡 2025-08-15T01:22:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9n0z6mafst7ez0y0w95h05vhhz47dgvxpjdz4rwzmwzgtmjac20qzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzh4u7cv The Authors Guild has launched a certification program for asserting that a book has been human authored<br/><br/><a href="https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/">https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/</a> 2025-08-09T19:39:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswkfj4u8tel9tzwk74pu3cz8spp69rc4zle5f8e3n8yychn37nvvczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzsgfu7k I finished my Everesting Roam 11:17am this morning for a total time of 33hrs 7m, w/ 33,414 ft of elevation.<br/><br/>Why do it? Journalism &amp; global connection matter &amp; are worth the effort. There&#39;s still time to donate to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wlge4rh9ynk7xf3a3jvkx6s7njarffh0p3ven03ftsw2pcj6s8qwqwxmu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Global Voices</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wl…wxmu</span>)</a></span> - I&#39;ll write more soon, now for a nap!<br/><br/>#cycling #bicycle #bikenite #journalism #news<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/fundraiser-climbing-a-virtual-everest-with-the-global-voices-community/">https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/fundraiser-climbing-a-virtual-everest-with-the-global-voices-community/</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/967/736/344/409/065/original/898e41720abaed76.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/967/736/627/812/907/original/910005568e692830.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/967/736/628/637/970/original/aef9c54965efe715.png"> <br/> 2025-08-04T00:48:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyythx38sm6yv85w23xe058gs39qg3jsu3rt9as5rrtryxm0e7mzczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzf4x36q With 28000 ft climbed, I have 5 hours 30 minutes to climb 5000ft, as I complete my &lt;36 hr Everest roam fundraising challenge indoors away from wildfire smoke. Grateful to the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wlge4rh9ynk7xf3a3jvkx6s7njarffh0p3ven03ftsw2pcj6s8qwqwxmu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Global Voices</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wl…wxmu</span>)</a></span> community for sending me a workout playlist for my final leg!<br/><br/>Really stalled this morning, maybe due to nutrition or pollution exposure or dehydration or exhaustion. Finally finding my legs, as usual I do better when things get tougher. Hoping I can hold it together. It will be close!<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/964/875/972/631/857/original/05b611997b13956f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/964/876/119/127/604/original/085337a9e4059b4a.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/964/876/260/384/978/original/dc02bf8d9d28567c.png"> <br/> 2025-08-03T12:40:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs265efug8zdvht3smwyz4j5k9kneanf2znsa47wr20vxs7ans3acszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzu5l9sg Nearly at the half way point of my Everesting roam attempt, as a fundraiser for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wlge4rh9ynk7xf3a3jvkx6s7njarffh0p3ven03ftsw2pcj6s8qwqwxmu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Global Voices</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wl…wxmu</span>)</a></span>. It has been an extraordinarily beautiful day! <br/><br/>If you care about journalism and cross border understanding, consider donating- thanks!<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/fundraiser-climbing-a-virtual-everest-with-the-global-voices-community/">https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/fundraiser-climbing-a-virtual-everest-with-the-global-voices-community/</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/960/446/925/127/537/original/9136105b451a69ba.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/960/447/056/408/686/original/640a02c1529df7bd.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/960/452/708/247/847/original/4786c709c2989719.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/960/453/179/040/073/original/50ad7ffd5a3c9772.png"> <br/> 2025-08-02T17:55:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxms5z4fex3d0s60vyu6kjd80zmtteva9xnj9rvwcc82y894ldcgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzmzuc04 How do you celebrate &amp; support the hard, beautiful work of cultivating understanding in a complex world of difference?<br/><br/>Next weekend, I&#39;m riding my bicycle up 10k meters of elevation in an &#34;Everest Roam&#34; to support the international journalism, translation, &amp; community at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wlge4rh9ynk7xf3a3jvkx6s7njarffh0p3ven03ftsw2pcj6s8qwqwxmu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Global Voices</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wl…wxmu</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/fundraiser-climbing-a-virtual-everest-with-the-global-voices-community/">https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/24/fundraiser-climbing-a-virtual-everest-with-the-global-voices-community/</a> 2025-07-24T21:45:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyew9hc8lxv4w62e2rua8f59xz5rylpv550x5dny20pdpw9mvk58czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzn0w8f5 Today I looked up a fabricated social media post about a celebrity, and Google&#39;s generative AI summary claimed, based on a hallucinated Snopes article that doesn&#39;t exist, that it was a fabricated meme.<br/><br/>I am so tired. 2025-07-22T02:25:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq39lapkvyp5dp3wd5uxrhv7udky3dcetm5ak00c2mshmzp3d40mczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzasfjz4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgspfjdur5q3pjfmnshdksaenc7jyjyw0ym55z4txsx2jkd6lfpsc52qm4y'>nevent1q…qm4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;3 2025-07-17T12:30:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zgg42q3a7jwd82xy3mmltmcnu4r7gegj7s8decl3uex6jfgl0yszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz8me2wv Folks of comm, social psych, social computing, and HCI: who in our fields do you think ought to have a Wikipedia page who does not yet? <br/><br/>Noticing that most of the Wikipedia bios in our fields could have been written when I was starting gradschool in 2011 and thinking it&#39;s high time for additions. 2025-07-12T23:35:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyhvtvs5hdj58yfga6znkp9wywud0u3r46ey339g6z4xqjdzz98aczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz6p5un4 As the U.S. heads toward a second era of patronage, spoils, and corruption, I am continuing to learn from the history of the progressive movement and its failings. <br/><br/>Watching this doc on Women’s right to vote and the tradeoffs on racial justice made by white women activists: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/</a><br/><br/>Also reading this book on the way that progressive politicians relegated Puerto Rico to less than American status <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691231273/puerto-rico">https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691231273/puerto-rico</a> 2025-06-05T23:19:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfmc6e6gmy9mx6t7lzv7f0zkkax4f75n5s8hhxxd67g0qj6jnnhpczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzm6p256 Do you know any citizen/community scientists or journalists covering environmental / public health issues along the Colorado River? <br/><br/>Next month, I&#39;m going to ride my bike from Denver up into the Rockies, out to Glenwood Springs, and along the Colorado River to Moab, before turning north to Salt Lake City.<br/><br/>Along the way, I&#39;m hoping to meet journalists &amp; community scientists working to support community flourishing with data &amp; evidence. I would love to say hi!<br/><br/>#bicycle #environment #science<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/532/525/498/251/734/original/fdce9db8300ffebf.png"> <br/> 2025-05-19T04:09:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9erdald2uygx4mtxl8md99ma9vhk20r37fwctr72x9djz8jg8xdgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzvvw37d The abolitionist Thomas Clarkson&#39;s personal copy of the Magna Carta turns out to have been an original. This is an extraordinary story!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm23zjknre7o">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm23zjknre7o</a> 2025-05-15T14:22:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstrrv00g072mnglactdp8nzd79rapne8t9jm2uxghrhrq768aeh8gzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz94r623 &#34;Wikipedia has no consistent editorial voice or political platform — it is reality as captured by others and summarized by volunteers. As such, efforts to censor it reveal a specific form of insecurity about education and information.&#34;<br/><br/>via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12zq9hlhrqywmumjcyhy724sv4yx0smmh7728d3mvxrww4stl4uuqy94zec" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ethan Zuckerman</span> (<span class="italic">npub12zq…4zec</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/what-attacks-on-wikipedia-reveal-about-free-expression/">https://www.techpolicy.press/what-attacks-on-wikipedia-reveal-about-free-expression/</a> 2025-05-14T19:01:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswk403j93avfzmtyc67m3se90q6a45cyzqs2jxql5tkugrpdwu7rqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzzymewu &#34;The original typewriters were designed for the Latin alphabet. Conceived with little regard for the non-Western world, the technology’s proliferation served Western hegemony.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Languages with non-Latin alphabets were forced to contort and comply with the alien instrument. The Chinese script, unreachable with an alphabetic keyboard, was castigated as incompatible with modernity&#34;<br/><br/>Amazing story about a unique typewriter thought lost &amp; its place in cultural history. <br/><br/><a href="https://madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/lost-and-found-the-unexpected-journey-of-the-mingkwai-typewriter/">https://madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/lost-and-found-the-unexpected-journey-of-the-mingkwai-typewriter/</a> 2025-05-04T15:41:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvq33lrha83zyv9a3ucjc7ucgd0uz04dw3gtcmuqre73g86xhze2czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzzrtj9l Amazing job opportunity for a Chief Communications Officer at the The Union of Concerned Scientists, one of the most crucial organizations for this time, who support the public and scientists to work hand in hand to put science into action.<br/><br/><a href="https://apply.workable.com/union-of-concerned-scientists/j/448D6A9C50/">https://apply.workable.com/union-of-concerned-scientists/j/448D6A9C50/</a> 2025-04-17T12:33:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswskcgqhmwcz0986tfg7g8cqkheunx0q0k799gww8ke4463mrvavczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzh58gdt Things I didn&#39;t realize about being a scientist when I was a gradstudent: to do research that makes a difference in the world, I would have to write 20 different versions of the same argument over the next decade or more. 2025-04-08T20:54:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvplrrvkky3nmd5qt3vl4he0jqu9krfqr8u5u7a9l3l9zegkqkdcgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz5my5jv One job of the scientist in our times is to speak the truth with a collective voice based on evidence. That&#39;s why I&#39;m proud to join over 140 leading researchers to affirm the scientific consensus that bias in AI is a real problem that needs to be prioritized. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.aibiasconsensus.org/">https://www.aibiasconsensus.org/</a> 2025-03-21T14:27:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsykg554vq64lhvecqmhjtg0uavkw5794xcsrzcxgkmyh5f9wmzflqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzea352m Props to the founder of this Syracuse pop-up restaurant whose marketing captured our current moment well<br/><br/><a href="https://platinum-sailfish-lfg2.squarespace.com/wintercsa">https://platinum-sailfish-lfg2.squarespace.com/wintercsa</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/107/924/648/732/365/original/036402b3bcb0c1de.png"> <br/> 2025-03-05T04:28:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8kcx7wk7qnehn5t6vx7v28wxk3zpwh7gslcsr58y0356qrvqgvzczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz6xvyvf Excited about this new book: &#34;Indigenous Intellectual Property: An Interrupted Intergenerational Conversation&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/indigenous-intellectual-property">https://birchbarkbooks.com/products/indigenous-intellectual-property</a><br/><br/>cc [@luis_in_brief](<a href="https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief">https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief</a> ) 2025-02-22T03:21:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswztj7w39lx3k8sx8kky7zpmht4ettw6k2yfspdnz5g7yk8z04vnszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz8zk5mw Today when explaining open source and free software for the first time to a student, I also had to explain that Richard Stallman is NOT safe and any organization that hosts him is also not safe.<br/><br/>It pains me that so many organizations enabled Stallman for so long, more interested in protecting abusers than advancing software freedom. <br/><br/>The Free Software movement didn&#39;t have to be Omelas, and many good people fought for it to be better, but that&#39;s what the FSF chose. 😢<br/><br/><a href="https://stallman-report.org/">https://stallman-report.org/</a> 2025-01-30T01:15:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2l3glpv9sf4j56w9e6ku4qh6adze3hndv9hu3dhfckfr2gk72jrgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz47cutn Today in the pace of evidence-based policy: it took 45 years from the first evidence that Red Dye #3 causes cancer to the point where it would be banned in the US.<br/><br/>Thinking of how many cases of cancer were caused by so many years of delay, and a high decision threshold for such bans.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-bans-red-no-3-artificial-coloring-beverages-candy-rcna185479">https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-bans-red-no-3-artificial-coloring-beverages-candy-rcna185479</a> 2025-01-15T19:57:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs205enr3wys88xxfu33jw00r4xefzjusnyt7v97tgpwsehr7k7jnqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz37veav In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8ezjzzs2nrtxgez03mwty25a2rw2nknrcmj9pgqx8feyutcgx5cspy638'>nevent1q…y638</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what a fascinating seo collection of dog whistles. it’s as if it’s not actually written for humans to read 2025-01-10T16:26:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9yjn26388ma5rx2ct40nls77ctdcpxd83etchhxje69ux3c9a3sgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlza4rlq5 I founded CAT Lab on the simple and not always obvious idea that corporations can&#39;t be trusted to consistently pursue the common good, which is why we need industry-independent, public-interest science.<br/><br/>Every day I am more convinced this was the right move.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content</a> 2025-01-07T13:56:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2u8vvqc0eself2vch50tpt0vn3vh72gj0nrnscewgkvlnwstlfuqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzx8ffqk Dream job alert: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1st9z5cvk56kj3j5m0nwhvay6nwuw2aeytcge7y6gnx5wdl4fymwq6h2twj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Human Rights Watch</span> (<span class="italic">npub1st9…2twj</span>)</a></span> is seeking a senior researcher in technology and human rights, focused on:<br/><br/>- the digital public sphere<br/>- the digital state<br/>- the digital economy<br/><br/><a href="https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswatch/jobs/7774018002">https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightswatch/jobs/7774018002</a> 2024-12-16T12:54:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jhmzs9vzm4942t5v9kdmndnk0ntyymewz5ujwf3aufyrqlxnufqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz59f8q9 Fascinated by the 11th hour effort to ask the Biden administration to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as an official part of the constitution.<br/><br/>Basically: 75% of states have now ratified it (after Virginia voted for it in 2020), but the original bill included a 7 year time limit that was unusual and may not be constitutional. So advocates are asking the White House to support the archivist to certify it as a part of the constitution, and then come the legal fights<br/><br/><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-comes-next-for-the-equal-rights-amendment/">https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-comes-next-for-the-equal-rights-amendment/</a> 2024-12-15T19:41:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqtpxzrr3jez6tq62p7k9m3vyp9pg726g0p05ucsxz5x7n5t0xqhszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzgza9ll I guess the news is out that I&#39;m now on the advisory board of the UN Human Development Report.<br/><br/>As someone from a family that has experienced extreme poverty, the stakes for the UN Development Programme&#39;s work have always felt deeply urgent to me. I was surprised and delighted to be asked, and I hope my involvement can contribute in some small way to the wider work of others toward human flourishing.<br/><br/><a href="https://hdr.undp.org/reports-and-publications/towards-2025-human-development-report">https://hdr.undp.org/reports-and-publications/towards-2025-human-development-report</a> 2024-12-13T03:14:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv5rxegzc9xdd8xyxnm8qmdwqrmz0cezefye7wskz37ymhxzqmxngzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzqdhup6 Is anyone looking at levels of volunteer activity in digital public goods like Wikipedia, Reddit, and stackoverflow and whether exploitation of user content is associated with a decline in human participation? <br/><br/>As companies use ai to convert communal public goods into AI products, while extracting value from them, we could see a general decline in contributions that could lead to ecosystem collapse. Would love to see in depth scholarship wrestling with this. Cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zkx94amqjr7dcl9j5t65wlfdnl7et9a9a25t0e8575gd2h90pq7qarlc6y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Benjamin Mako Hill</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zkx…lc6y</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/3478485/the-rise-and-fall-of-stack-overflow.html/amp/">https://www.infoworld.com/article/3478485/the-rise-and-fall-of-stack-overflow.html/amp/</a> 2024-12-09T23:36:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0l2xsqyt47gsh9k739cwlzkrsxn7ruhw03pucpc8zxdqntz73cmczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzag3mv9 Watching the Ken Burns documentary on the Dust Bowl, I am struck by how the history of the United States can be traced through a sequence of epic speculations, scams, and crashes. <br/><br/>This country is so much more, but it is forever scamming, forever being scammed, and forever trying to remediate the consequences. The hope and optimism that make us so capable and future-thinking also make us endlessly vulnerable. 2024-12-08T23:54:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrc3ghggnrdzp8rez6sl0j6dux7xt4n5t6ku3snpe6zmuz5yquyzczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz304hdk I have stumbled across the part of Google Books and Amazon that is just completely full of dozens (if not hundreds of) AI-generated conspiracy books about how every possible topic in the universe is related to the repression of men and the power they could have if they only gained more muscles, liberated their minds, and educated themselves with content no human has put time into.<br/><br/>(send help) 2024-12-07T04:36:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstgpdhvy5jvqe6pmpkl5z89ny85s39unwf6yd8y6r6x37awfucsfqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzuc3ael An important new article on misinformation and outrage by Killian Mcloughlin, William Brady, Aden Goolsbee, Ben Kaiser, Kate Klonick, and M.J. Crockett was just published.<br/><br/>I&#39;m planning to write a thread/post about what we learn from this study and what (importantly) we don&#39;t. What questions would you want to see answered?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adl2829">https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adl2829</a> 2024-12-04T00:21:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8qtaj568sgyrwrx32dl2tld7etcly2hqn849v9y2um7hgry4cjaqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzvm6epk Still smiling after a *wonderful* trip into Vermont a few weeks ago to catch up with two people I admire and appreciate on the perfect day.<br/><br/>- finally meeting <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1prsjp48zup4rrp4xldg66x7zff2ykvusk47awlhsmaqhm3apl95s53eh8y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jessamyn</span> (<span class="italic">npub1prs…eh8y</span>)</a></span> after many years on Metafilter<br/>- catching up with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gc8j5zfuzmumaptqtq79x38sy6wrlzsktq58xlkg5j68cs5mlzgsc3h8sc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>p2173</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gc8…h8sc</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>What makes a perfect day? Slow time with thoughtful, caring people. And oh yes, the leaves were pretty too I guess &lt;grin&gt;<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/472/748/442/970/156/original/2ff185b227c6340b.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/472/748/471/555/421/original/65afbd28700c8bcf.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/472/748/468/527/303/original/ea06bbbea1348edc.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/472/748/464/651/459/original/1e63b613c2d12e8f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-13T00:14:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0ymcyzu5sscvagmgj0ypfj2aafhrklu6r5z5ke45cdtu02zj8cqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzrmszrw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92n9ta5y5rjgen8kg5us8kpdjc4y8n3ypsr05r5f05yjej25hdas737yyh'>nevent1q…7yyh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks for this info. The website channels people strongly towards their new purchase trade in program, so I had to google the free recycling program for old hardware. The closest Apple Store is about an hour and a half drive away, but I will hold onto my old machine until til I make it out that way next, since they’re probably going to be the most efficient recyclers 2024-11-11T23:15:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92n9ta5y5rjgen8kg5us8kpdjc4y8n3ypsr05r5f05yjej25hdaszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz07tgua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszna373rfnen2lucn08fhxusmhr40yflej25teer4emk3xgezu0kqpf24ta'>nevent1q…24ta</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that’s very good to know, thank you! 2024-11-11T23:08:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxaw0wywk0em3we6h2zutp9qmstrt8uw3u2gzakm9hzxukgh3s0rgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzuqz8t0 After 20 years of using Macbook Pros, I&#39;m tired of vendor lock-in, lack of repairability, and the e-waste created by Apple devices. Several parts of my Macbook Pro have stopped working, there&#39;s no way to reliably repair them. <br/><br/>So I&#39;m finally replacing my 2018 Macbook Pro with a Framework. <br/><br/>Thanks <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15f7r5azevg4qynsz9f9l5hgg8eqhntf2thc58kmf0jw8dref50rq3km7wr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Framework :fedora: :ubuntu:</span> (<span class="italic">npub15f7…m7wr</span>)</a></span> !<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/465/443/319/017/743/original/c265e39b1634eb5d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/465/443/325/834/794/original/e9382b8a66da27c3.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/465/443/322/974/628/original/9413bc7c051d2d06.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-11T17:18:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8h9zjqf83xkpcdyhsnxxdl0d7ucdyfvc5l6qzxmnczdgpw5xyxhszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz5yjdar Where are you finding hope today? Today, my class discussed public goods with network effects — goods that don&#39;t exclude people and that benefit everyone as more people access them. One of those things is education. <br/><br/>When my mother was born in the 1940s, around 70% of Americans over 25 didn&#39;t have a high school education. Now over 90% have finished high school.<br/><br/>That&#39;s an extraordinary expansion in human capability in a very short time period.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/cps-historical-time-series.html">https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/cps-historical-time-series.html</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/444/510/668/398/686/original/c9d33533fd4af5f4.png"> <br/> 2024-11-08T00:32:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspj87wfn8z5ryhemnx00ax28mhu2fd9ekzlaq5emrznvxxnkqjh2czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzma89ez &gt; OpenAI’s Joanne Jang, who is responsible for how ChatGPT interacts with users, said model behavior was still an “ongoing science.”<br/><br/>Dismayed by the way that AI company reps use the idea of &#34;science&#34; and &#34;experiments&#34; to mean things that don&#39;t work. That&#39;s the *opposite* of science and I&#39;m coming to believe, a genuine threat to public trust in science.<br/><br/>Reading <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jw27dwgymwzua7v4u9a3qdsslz69rku8e2emustppta7q9qywsdsrdk9y0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kashmir Hill</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jw2…k9y0</span>)</a></span> excellent story about living a week guided by AI: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/01/technology/generative-ai-decisions-experiment.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=fb-nytimes">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/01/technology/generative-ai-decisions-experiment.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=fb-nytimes</a> 2024-11-04T03:42:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgk3cjkv0qmt9gk9dd2yv57pl7hjgvs5axna8m9wcyzzs897xu8aczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzpw8f2r If you&#39;re going to unsubscribe from the Washington Post this weekend for the conduct of Jeff Bezos, I encourage you to consider redirecting that money to a different newspaper—local or national— rather than taking the money out of journalism entirely &lt;3 2024-10-27T02:15:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp804xkafmeswpcvl72tmpw9tleds84sev27q9k5mn6l977cq3g8czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz5hr8r7 So grateful in an era where so much online advice comes from generative AI without any grounding in evidence, that someone has actually made a robot to test the best phone cables.<br/><br/>It may seem like a small thing, but it really matters. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/chargers/which-charging-cables-last-longest-a2032406624/">https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/chargers/which-charging-cables-last-longest-a2032406624/</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/300/716/269/767/599/original/f4fb83266abedebb.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-10-13T15:03:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq6tlkm8yuvhfnq3cverr2qdzharqwmftd3w5a9jh2r98zw8g4uvqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzta9hf4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcnw6ejrrnmmerwsvyaktxsx2qvzfk0ad8knjhl5w6st8695gp6czdm493'>nevent1q…m493</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even if you don&#39;t have an electric vehicle, this case matters to you because it highlights what happens to &#34;software tethered&#34; products that promise to be smart but break as soon as companies decide they don&#39;t care any more. <br/><br/>Consumers have long been pushing for protections, including escrow funds that support maintenance after companies abandon products. As more products become software-tethered, we&#39;re going to see crises like this happen much more often. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/enel-x-way-closing-what-to-do-if-you-own-a-juicebox-charger-a1912800096/">https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/enel-x-way-closing-what-to-do-if-you-own-a-juicebox-charger-a1912800096/</a> 2024-10-10T21:01:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswcnw6ejrrnmmerwsvyaktxsx2qvzfk0ad8knjhl5w6st8695gp6czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz0yvyz7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fvuhl3m9cyav45luktt4q9yy2zt3w3fztyjek48hefhy5jxfkzsdjf5xp'>nevent1q…f5xp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Where I live, over forty households could face safety risks &amp; significant disruption to our ability to charge our vehicles. We quickly realized that this was much bigger problem than just us. It was time for a campaign.<br/><br/>We&#39;ve formed &#34;Juice Rescue,&#34; a collaborative open source project that is coordinating education, tech development, and advocacy. The group already has over 140 people who are compiling information, developing alternative systems, &amp; organizing for change.<br/><br/><a href="https://juice-rescue.org/">https://juice-rescue.org/</a> 2024-10-10T20:59:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8fvuhl3m9cyav45luktt4q9yy2zt3w3fztyjek48hefhy5jxfkzszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzkpa37e Last week, I got a deeply worrying and frustrating message that the EV chargers in my neighborhood would have their software shut down — with about 10 days notice. <br/><br/>Enel X had decided to leave the North American market, which means leaving us in the lurch. Today, a group of us together with Consumer Reports, have asked the FTC to investigate the company&#39;s behavior, in our personal capacities.<br/><br/><a href="https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/consumer-reports-u-s-pirg-and-60-self-reported-owners-of-juicebox-ev-chargers-call-on-the-ftc-to-investigate-enel-x-after-abruptly-discontinuing-sales-and-support-of-its-ev-chargers/">https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/consumer-reports-u-s-pirg-and-60-self-reported-owners-of-juicebox-ev-chargers-call-on-the-ftc-to-investigate-enel-x-after-abruptly-discontinuing-sales-and-support-of-its-ev-chargers/</a> 2024-10-10T20:59:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wdjzkxhplnsyz97tyq3gxxtlushkmyq7rqwrzx3flsvw4mpdedszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzs3pz9r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpwlxkju3csqkc0k99a3w8ma0ghefdl6xe0rq52p3lpdf66trmvq0wlzg5'>nevent1q…lzg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is really great. Everything everywhere is happening all at once for me right now, and pausing to read this was one of my best decisions today; thanks for writing it! 2024-10-09T22:09:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27wf8g4qhslqngq3tr7lzrmfmh7va83xdjc3ptqputt6vwhwm20szyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz03eq84 Hundreds of thousands of EV chargers are about to lose key safety &amp; management functions with Enel X Way abruptly leaving North America.<br/><br/>New: Juice Rescue ⚡🔌🚗 is a community effort to organize technical and policy efforts to keep them working with full functionality. <br/><br/>Please amplify and let people know— huge numbers are facing safety risks, skyrocketing power bills, and other risks. Our Discord group, open source software, and advocacy effort can help.<br/><br/><a href="https://juice-rescue.org/">https://juice-rescue.org/</a> 2024-10-06T16:54:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8920533246m4n9cu25606d2av839y6vek3f4dlaydfstdkk620zqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzsmex8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92tr8z3542txnn3ywmx0xac7gdx0pkq433wah6432mn4wpwtf9qsnhvqq0'>nevent1q…vqq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, I would *love* to spend at least an hour a week reading and amplifying the work of more junior folks, but I don&#39;t know how to find them and their work, or direct people toward them, and I&#39;m finding it hard to convince students to make themselves findable. 2024-09-24T00:29:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvtqwd482q0z2lp5hc46n2eyz5m6v3a92cladrzhk94hll5elq5dszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzmsqtkv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdea6a8yn08cf7j6ynmm3kva6629ruw5mcd890r7kksdm7gfkgspqlj7uw7'>nevent1q…7uw7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you may well be right. Sigh.<br/><br/>And in one sense, people are free to do whatever they want, and if people no longer want those networks, we can&#39;t force it.<br/><br/>But also academia, journalism, &amp; civil society seem less connected now than any time in the 21st century. That seems substantively risky, for society &amp; for the next generation. I fear we&#39;ll lose the richness of knowing each other &amp; sharing inspiration/ideas effectively.<br/><br/>So I&#39;m looking for what I can do about this, with others. 2024-09-24T00:09:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxwk8m4z5vx5yq0leq8g076c2k42ge8arvf7gy9rq0lednfgrdsczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzlw4rrx Scholars: what you trying in order to organize &amp; support networks of community among emerging scholars?<br/><br/>Today across the extended CAT Lab network, we had a revealing conversation; gradstudents reported that microblogging platforms exposed them to risk/harassment with little reward, and that they were unsure how to find peers &amp; community elsewhere, aside from becoming an &#34;influencer,&#34; which only some found palatable.<br/><br/>Are you seeing the same? What can we do about this? 2024-09-23T23:43:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfutyg4m4k894vnscgcd5m68gwyqkqa6ajp48gdcq7znrlz4z40dqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzg58dnl Robyn Speer, one of my mentors in computational linguistics, has ended updates on wordfreq, a widely used tool in natural language processing &amp; AI.<br/><br/>&#34;I don&#39;t want to work on anything that could be confused with generative AI, or that could benefit generative AI.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;OpenAI and Google can collect their own damn data. I hope they have to pay a very high price for it, and I hope they&#39;re constantly cursing the mess that they made themselves.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/rspeer/wordfreq/blob/master/SUNSET.md">https://github.com/rspeer/wordfreq/blob/master/SUNSET.md</a> 2024-09-22T12:14:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz76d9qn7y3z6nk6hschkqphtvw56rqryk73ndhe5nmctcfekh6yszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzs4zlv2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g0guw520s6ulwlnzheth0mma3vvg3hhxrwr3vxwxr7tnfznqryc6nksm5'>nevent1q…ksm5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My decision to go industry-independent unlocked the journey that defined my career for the last ten years.<br/><br/>In that time, CAT Lab has worked directly with communities who donate data, collaborating on research that has measurably made online platforms safer &amp; more understanding for hundreds of millions of people. By working with the public, we can make a difference without having to strike deals with unreliable corporate partners or violating people&#39;s privacy. I&#39;m so grateful I made that choice. 2024-09-14T15:43:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9g0guw520s6ulwlnzheth0mma3vvg3hhxrwr3vxwxr7tnfznqryczyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz5493xf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5z89a0f4nrt6avvq347utanq8t48jlnwa6u2t4vqqw2a2ggf0ygtqhsj5'>nevent1q…hsj5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Despite very well-meaning employees on the inside, it never came to anything—except taking political pressure off companies for the cost of a press release, a few meetings, and an extraordinary amount of time from internal staff who were also left in the lurch. That was the year I decided to focus on independent research—I wasn&#39;t going to be fooled by tech firms again. 2024-09-14T15:38:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd5z89a0f4nrt6avvq347utanq8t48jlnwa6u2t4vqqw2a2ggf0ygzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzmwh6lw Ten years ago, a coalition of Reddit, Imgur, and Twitch promised to collaborate with external scientists, even as they faced social pressure for failures in online safety. I was one of the scholars whose name they used to whitewash their reputation.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/18/reddit-imgur-twitch-derp-social-data">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/18/reddit-imgur-twitch-derp-social-data</a> 2024-09-14T15:38:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0x8j4ctl3zpfv07s6dykqvzw5zx5aak02nd6quq58ppnxvz9qd8szyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzl82zue Welcome to Cornell, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span>! I have fond memories of your visits to the MIT Media Lab, and I&#39;m looking forward to the sparks that will fly when you meet with our students and community!<br/><br/><a href="https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/announcements/internationally-renowned-science-fiction-novelist-and-technology-activist-cory-doctorow-appointed-as-a-d-white-professor-at-large/">https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/announcements/internationally-renowned-science-fiction-novelist-and-technology-activist-cory-doctorow-appointed-as-a-d-white-professor-at-large/</a> 2024-09-13T03:27:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4kcw7vxs7ynhtz0hsapwe0f28a58p5tg38d6lmakhux9qksk7vgzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzm80gjs It&#39;s a new semester, which means it&#39;s time to shill for the handwriting industrial complex.<br/><br/>In study after study, students who set aside devices learn better. The evidence has mounted even further since <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lvp8378j3ya3qmvk6r9raxrty3n5xw4s2leplqynccxxfjsw9anq82e5vg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof Dynarski</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lvp…e5vg</span>)</a></span>&#39;s 2017 article<br/><br/><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/for-better-learning-in-college-lectures-lay-down-the-laptop-and-pick-up-a-pen/">https://www.brookings.edu/articles/for-better-learning-in-college-lectures-lay-down-the-laptop-and-pick-up-a-pen/</a> 2024-09-07T13:05:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8z7rjuqyp4ve4krck9ulcp58wnfvccyvex4sanh9de4yjc5nm9qzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzg5hzld Rising Voices at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wlge4rh9ynk7xf3a3jvkx6s7njarffh0p3ven03ftsw2pcj6s8qwqwxmu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Global Voices</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wl…wxmu</span>)</a></span> is doing amazing work to organize folks working to expand internet and indigenous language resources. Here’s a short video about a project by one group in Chiapas Mexico<br/><br/><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_eQuUWy8nC/?igsh=MWU4eXRyMXZhdXhrZQ">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_eQuUWy8nC/?igsh=MWU4eXRyMXZhdXhrZQ</a> 2024-09-04T00:35:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs84xmgy4350jqa6ve2dax6uhlyryzg609m66u73qvjjks72x69j2szyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz3yr09a Listening to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1n5ctu9232454hqnx3j2avqvfl06mplp9nz34a9sjl80zdpfch0kqa8mpqj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Renee DiResta</span> (<span class="italic">npub1n5c…mpqj</span>)</a></span>’s book “Invisible Rulers,” which is extraordinarily well written. <br/><br/>I am impressed by the care and clarity that went into this book at the same time Renée was facing an extraordinary intimidation campaign that reached into every part of her life.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/064/404/437/958/832/original/e42814a561b8b8dd.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/064/404/907/185/849/original/7ebf183d9ee04dfc.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/064/405/294/265/304/original/dcb062a7c3af83df.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/064/405/747/142/237/original/9953d9c9fe0e0b66.png"> <br/> 2024-09-01T21:26:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxxfxd47lx8xj00wa2hc7w5w7z8q5f965y9ymyee9497j58d4lk4czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz98yr48 Open Social Web / fediverse folks: with Elon Musk&#39;s fight with the Brazilian government likely to result in X being down in Brazil, there&#39;s an opportunity to invite more folks to the fediverse.<br/><br/>Is anyone working on plans to recruit and welcome people here, while ensuring their safety &amp; quality of community? It&#39;s an obvious opportunity that can be planned for.<br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17sjnq4sfl32zazhdj4x4mz48vudzsa8rcse7hy3lq7rzx8f3h4xsuk03qd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jaz (IFTAS)</span> (<span class="italic">npub17sj…03qd</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vl7jgjkprjrpytq0en63ss482a08aam0q5tr5nrwg4tdznvcvnaq44f6g0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Eugen Rochko</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vl7…f6g0</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5096220/brazil-suspends-x-elon-musk">https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5096220/brazil-suspends-x-elon-musk</a> 2024-08-30T21:49:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9vzgdxcj3ck0ym3zu6zkz6ep6j5ullq9nyduzzatjw0sxctpasqzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzrfy6nf Deeply troubled to see that the % of Black, Hispanic, Native American / Pacific Islander students at MIT has gone down by 10 percentage points in the past year. <br/><br/>This is not unexpected, but still a blow. Seeing this makes me even more committed to the work of education for all that brought me into higher education in the first place. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rxvd2z6ldo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rxvd2z6ldo</a> 2024-08-25T01:25:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrgr8xxed3zuw3ac23q8ty7kt9gdt6xgnfc3p8r0n84jxh3s5uucszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzm5ndnw Legal scholars &amp; social scientists: what is the best scholarly summary of the legal and societal issues at stake for online child safety policy proposals? Looking for a good overview to share with students. cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18r2s496ruufwyckajg6jkqp82w9at8aryfdgy6smyzax4f8rr8cshxgce5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub18r2s496ruufwyckajg6jkqp82w9at8aryfdgy6smyzax4f8rr8cshxgce5</span> (<span class="italic">npub18r2…gce5</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-18T19:29:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswxz2nfsm5vzx5wqehthng47rs3uqcnlgwhy3gy9x9cvrqchh944czyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzw4wsug Fascinated that Olympics deepfakes are being used to circumvent copyright restrictions online.<br/><br/>Basically, as soon as someone wins a medal, I&#39;m seeing deepfake YouTube shorts about their victory.<br/><br/>I can see why: people are searching for information about winners, and low res video can quickly be enhanced to skim ad revenue in the period before rights-managed media can be published.<br/><br/>Disturbed by the grotesque, race/gender stereotype images this is propagating, clearly informed by porn data :( 2024-08-04T17:57:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgvfrrsh0n9w5w62lp04kdg8u9mty50ua0vuzu3336m8d8dg4g89gzyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlz0zgkjn Earlier this week, a friend in UK civil society told me: &#34;I don&#39;t think there&#39;s been an election year in recent memory where I knew less about the internet and politics.&#34;<br/><br/>That&#39;s not an accident. In two weeks, Meta plans to shut down its leading transparency tool called CrowdTangle, a tool used by researchers &amp; journalists for so much reporting about current affairs.<br/><br/>Today <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14vlg0dwwhh9jg4f2dun0yx50z4m4lmpz97w9tgh5j6duy7466kfsnj2u7h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Coalition for Independent Tech</span> (<span class="italic">npub14vl…2u7h</span>)</a></span> released a report highlighting the impacts that Meta&#39;s decision will have<br/><br/><a href="https://independenttechresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CrowdTangle-Survey-Report-Final.pdf">https://independenttechresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CrowdTangle-Survey-Report-Final.pdf</a> 2024-08-01T22:45:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvluafz7d3y0p6el02smdy7szhc3qdhc623p63zfsvlshkz9hlqgszyrxteeze9jfx34rf8qvffz0f6rtffh5sgtphzwdvtcu89kepa6xlzvnm66q Today I learned that undocumented immigrants in the US pay roughly $96.7 billion in taxes every year <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article290533609.html#campaignName=fresno_abeja_newsletter&amp;linkType=nmeintro">https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article290533609.html#campaignName=fresno_abeja_newsletter&amp;linkType=nmeintro</a> 2024-07-31T21:17:28Z