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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 3h

Even more annoying is that the original poster is using the LLM to “wade through a mountain of papers for a systemic review”. Which means feeding a lot of academic material into the plagiarism machine that always lies, without the consent of the authors.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 5h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“The initial newspaper reports mentioned the names of the white crew members, but only referred to the Mexican passengers as ‘deportees.’ That lack of recognition moved Woody Guthrie to write a song …” www.kqed.org/news/1194127...

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 10h

I don't get the determination to make Columbus relevant to US history. He never set foot on US soil. He "discovered" a place where millions of people lived and vikings and Irish fishermen knew about. He thought he visited India until his deathbed. His contemporaries considered him a violent weirdo.

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 3h

i don't know why it's just so fucking funny to me that a spokesasshole for a computer program used about 90% of the time to make busty cartoon porno truly believes his beepboop machine is "real work" when, like, "receptionist at the veterinarian's office" isn't.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 10h

don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

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your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 5h

trying to gently explain to a parents’ group why media training before sitting for an interview with someone from the nyt is important and feeling like such an asshole because people should be able to just be themselves without fear and yet…

this place sucks.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 6h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12h

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 8h

the whole site crashed for about 15 minutes there, for me anyway. returned with the fixed headline. (the rest of the garbage remains)

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Radical Online Archives @radonlinearchives.bsky.social · 1d

Hello BlueSky! Starting this account to showcase the ever growing list of radical online archives and collections. Nearly 1000 collections from the around the world are listed at the link below.

Please follow for updates and collection highlights!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one thing perhaps worth emphasizing is that under federal law an escaped enslaved person was a criminal. an "illegal," you might say.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 1d

“It may look confusing to outsiders, but what we’re trying to do is avoid making precedents that a Democratic government could also use.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

I hate profiles of conservatives who are worried that their country is changing and would welcome profiles of liberals and leftists who are afraid of same thing from the opposite direction and treated their concerns the same kind of reflexive deference

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your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 1d

was her moldy house confirmed? i thought there was discussion it could have been fancy wallpaper?

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Patrick Hardy @patrickdhardy.bsky.social · 1d

Something I didn't appreciate until my kids started school was just how enmeshed the tech industry is in public ed. Attendance, school lunch, communication, calendars, testing, teaching tools--everything has its own app. There's a lot of money to be made there.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 2d

Absolutely.

Also, how often has a kid, teen, or young adult told a teacher, counselor, professor, coach, or club leader something they're afraid to share with their families?

I've always said that I'm not a radical. I'm starting to realize my first high school students radicalized me 25 years ago.

Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 2d

Sex ed for young children focuses on teaching kids what touching is inappropriate and what to do about it, which *fights* child sex abuse. LGBTQ+ inclusion fights bullying.

These bigots call it "grooming" to teach kids to not bully and to report sexual abuse.

That's what's really sick.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 2d

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

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quiet enough @quietenough.bsky.social · 2d

I expect State violence to increase this week in the lead up to next weekend's mass protest events, in every sector of law enforcement.

Let's try something different this time around. Don't blame protesters. Find out what folks in trouble need & offer support.
Please.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 2d

i read a lot of stuff, but i don't own every bit of info i get. i can't prove everything I hear. but if you're using any kind of "ICE tracking" app & you're not really, really smart, you're really putting yourself out there. i don't care myself. but i don't have anything to lose. but you outta know.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

worth reading vought's 2022 essay where he lays this out, focusing on his complaint that congress can shape policy against the wishes of the president americanmind.org/salvo/renewi...

Renewing American Purpose

Statesmanship in a post-Constitutional moment

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 2d

The promotion of pseudoscience about a supposed “cause” or “cure” of autism and the destruction of special education (and all of public education, really) are part of the same project. It is a fascist attempt to expel certain people from the body politic, based in eugenics.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 2d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 2d

there's a years ago tweet that basically said that anyone writing TV or movies by definition managed to land their extremely-hard-to-get dream job and it colors how they think about work and jobs and wish fulfillment in the stuff they write, and i think about it a lot

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your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 2d

this is what my daughter’s high school feels like too. teachers encourage (nearly require) ai use sometimes, and the only school board/district policy is that using ai to cheat is punishable (and severely). it’s absurd.

🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 3d

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 2d

Fuck, man. This is water in a desert.

Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. I’m rooting for you.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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