T. Green, MLS 👩🏽💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲
@flipinthestacks.bsky.social
Your friendly Fil-Am Librarian in (Academic) Access Svcs. You've seen me on campus, Zoom, social media, or in the LISsphere. Views are my own, NOT my employer's. Shares and likes ≠ endorsements. #IsangBagsak
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"In the Academic System, there are two often overlooked, yet equally important groups: the Adjunct Faculty, and the Support Staff... These are their stories.*
Dun-dun!
(I've always wanted to do a Law and Order style Intro like that...)
Dun-dun!
(I've always wanted to do a Law and Order style Intro like that...)
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Trump and Republicans in Congress last year stripped the organization of its $1.1 billion in federal funding, which represented the full amount it was set to receive over two years.
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Trump and Republicans in Congress last year stripped the organization of its $1.1 billion in federal funding, which represented the full amount it was set to receive over two years.
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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North American bird populations are shrinking most rapidly in the very areas where they are still most abundant, according to a 2025 study in Science.
The findings reveal both urgent threats and potential opportunities for targeted conservation and recovery. https://scim.ag/4qwOLyM #NationalBirdDay
The findings reveal both urgent threats and potential opportunities for targeted conservation and recovery. https://scim.ag/4qwOLyM #NationalBirdDay
North American bird declines are greatest where species are most abundant
Efforts to address declines of North American birds have been constrained by limited availability of fine-scale information about population change. By using participatory science data from eBird, we ...
scim.ag
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
North American bird populations are shrinking most rapidly in the very areas where they are still most abundant, according to a 2025 study in Science.
The findings reveal both urgent threats and potential opportunities for targeted conservation and recovery. https://scim.ag/4qwOLyM #NationalBirdDay
The findings reveal both urgent threats and potential opportunities for targeted conservation and recovery. https://scim.ag/4qwOLyM #NationalBirdDay
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FTA: "If you use it, it means you’re replacing people.
People who could’ve done the job better.
People who actually did the job, and now their work is pilfered and duped."
And btw, a detail those hip and cool #librarians mostly ignore in their rush to stay hip and cool by embracing #AISlop. (e)
People who could’ve done the job better.
People who actually did the job, and now their work is pilfered and duped."
And btw, a detail those hip and cool #librarians mostly ignore in their rush to stay hip and cool by embracing #AISlop. (e)
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
FTA: "If you use it, it means you’re replacing people.
People who could’ve done the job better.
People who actually did the job, and now their work is pilfered and duped."
And btw, a detail those hip and cool #librarians mostly ignore in their rush to stay hip and cool by embracing #AISlop. (e)
People who could’ve done the job better.
People who actually did the job, and now their work is pilfered and duped."
And btw, a detail those hip and cool #librarians mostly ignore in their rush to stay hip and cool by embracing #AISlop. (e)
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> My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/... by #ChuckWendig
#AISlop #sloperator #writing #publishing (c)
#AISlop #sloperator #writing #publishing (c)
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
> My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/... by #ChuckWendig
#AISlop #sloperator #writing #publishing (c)
#AISlop #sloperator #writing #publishing (c)
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From the Archives: As a professor, what would you do if you found out your TA was being paid more than you? When this UC-Santa Cruz lecturer found herself in that position, she quit. https://chroni.cl/4aJPlVb
After Learning Her TA Would Be Paid More Than She Was, This Lecturer Quit
Labor activism has graduate teaching assistants out-earning some faculty members in the University of California system.
www.chronicle.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
From the Archives: As a professor, what would you do if you found out your TA was being paid more than you? When this UC-Santa Cruz lecturer found herself in that position, she quit. https://chroni.cl/4aJPlVb
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As @jbakcoleman.bsky.social and I wrote, “Every time a scientist abdicates their work to an AI tool, that is a tacit admission that the work is not worth being done by the scientist.”
Same goes for instructors.
Same goes for instructors.
You’ll have to read for the what happens next part, but I can tell you what will happen when parents and students realize profs have handed over expertise and teaching to chatbots.
NYU professor tested students with AI oral exams, here's what happened next
When student work looked like McKinsey memos, an NYU business school professor used AI oral exams to test real learning.
www.businessinsider.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
As @jbakcoleman.bsky.social and I wrote, “Every time a scientist abdicates their work to an AI tool, that is a tacit admission that the work is not worth being done by the scientist.”
Same goes for instructors.
Same goes for instructors.
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The core problem with large language model AI programs like Chat-gpt or Grok or Gemini is that their “hallucinations” are a normal part of how they work.
Such hallucinations reveal that they have no concept of truth and by definition cannot place value on it.
Such hallucinations reveal that they have no concept of truth and by definition cannot place value on it.
“This article urges a fresh view on [AI large language model] hallucinations by arguing that, rather than being errors in any conventional sense, they are evidence of a probabilistic system incapable of dealing with questions of knowledge.”
Rethinking Error: “Hallucinations” and Epistemological Indifference | Critical AI | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The core problem with large language model AI programs like Chat-gpt or Grok or Gemini is that their “hallucinations” are a normal part of how they work.
Such hallucinations reveal that they have no concept of truth and by definition cannot place value on it.
Such hallucinations reveal that they have no concept of truth and by definition cannot place value on it.
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Guten Abend, gute Nacht ✨️❄️✨️
Der Schnee nimmt kein Ende ☃️
Herrlich hat es heute wieder geschneit und im Wald war es richtig schön. 🥰😍
Habt einen schönen Abend und schlaft später gut.
Der Schnee nimmt kein Ende ☃️
Herrlich hat es heute wieder geschneit und im Wald war es richtig schön. 🥰😍
Habt einen schönen Abend und schlaft später gut.
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Guten Abend, gute Nacht ✨️❄️✨️
Der Schnee nimmt kein Ende ☃️
Herrlich hat es heute wieder geschneit und im Wald war es richtig schön. 🥰😍
Habt einen schönen Abend und schlaft später gut.
Der Schnee nimmt kein Ende ☃️
Herrlich hat es heute wieder geschneit und im Wald war es richtig schön. 🥰😍
Habt einen schönen Abend und schlaft später gut.
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Devastating.
Dissolved for being “woke propaganda.”
A lie.
CBS, on the other hand…DJT propaganda.
Dissolved for being “woke propaganda.”
A lie.
CBS, on the other hand…DJT propaganda.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Devastating.
Dissolved for being “woke propaganda.”
A lie.
CBS, on the other hand…DJT propaganda.
Dissolved for being “woke propaganda.”
A lie.
CBS, on the other hand…DJT propaganda.
Argh!
Also, lol at this faculty member putting me on their syllabus without clearing the dates. This is truly the staff/colleague divide. Imagine doing that to another faculty member?
January 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Argh!
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A new mandate at Northwestern University to teach international students about the norms of free inquiry and open debate could be helpful, but seems patronizing. https://chroni.cl/3L3gGHE
Under a Trump Deal, International Students Are Singled Out for ‘Open Debate’ Training
Higher ed advocates say the new mandate, at Northwestern University, could be helpful but seems patronizing.
www.chronicle.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A new mandate at Northwestern University to teach international students about the norms of free inquiry and open debate could be helpful, but seems patronizing. https://chroni.cl/3L3gGHE
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we need more allies doing stuff like this instead of sharing screenshots of content by white supremacists
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
we need more allies doing stuff like this instead of sharing screenshots of content by white supremacists
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In 1950s, targets were teachers—communists, progressives, liberals—and left-wing unions. Now target is the system itself. Its value as public good is redefined as a matter of parental choice (vouchers, charter schools, paid for by public funds), and its principles of equality are being trashed.
A General Air of Anxiety
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
www.bostonreview.net
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
In 1950s, targets were teachers—communists, progressives, liberals—and left-wing unions. Now target is the system itself. Its value as public good is redefined as a matter of parental choice (vouchers, charter schools, paid for by public funds), and its principles of equality are being trashed.
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Headlines 1/5:
⬩ Congressional Republicans Look to Build on 2025 Higher Ed Reforms via Inside Higher Ed
⬩ Trump’s Next Plan for the U.S. Education System: Lots and Lots of Rules via Politico
more: ow.ly/gp6v50Wtv5f
⬩ Congressional Republicans Look to Build on 2025 Higher Ed Reforms via Inside Higher Ed
⬩ Trump’s Next Plan for the U.S. Education System: Lots and Lots of Rules via Politico
more: ow.ly/gp6v50Wtv5f
HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week
A selection of the day's most important college and university news stories.
ow.ly
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Headlines 1/5:
⬩ Congressional Republicans Look to Build on 2025 Higher Ed Reforms via Inside Higher Ed
⬩ Trump’s Next Plan for the U.S. Education System: Lots and Lots of Rules via Politico
more: ow.ly/gp6v50Wtv5f
⬩ Congressional Republicans Look to Build on 2025 Higher Ed Reforms via Inside Higher Ed
⬩ Trump’s Next Plan for the U.S. Education System: Lots and Lots of Rules via Politico
more: ow.ly/gp6v50Wtv5f
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Trump’s war on research isn’t abstract—it’s a brain drain in real time. 🇺🇸 ➡️ 🌍 As billions in grants are canceled and political appointees vet proposals, Europe, Canada, China & Australia are rolling out red carpets for U.S. scientists.
www.highereddive.com/news/higher-...
www.highereddive.com/news/higher-...
Will higher education researchers leave for opportunities abroad?
As the Trump administration cuts funding to wide swaths of research, foreign countries are ramping up their efforts to recruit top U.S. talent.
www.highereddive.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Trump’s war on research isn’t abstract—it’s a brain drain in real time. 🇺🇸 ➡️ 🌍 As billions in grants are canceled and political appointees vet proposals, Europe, Canada, China & Australia are rolling out red carpets for U.S. scientists.
www.highereddive.com/news/higher-...
www.highereddive.com/news/higher-...
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Congressional Republicans are signaling that college cost and accreditation reform will be their top higher ed priorities in 2026, but experts warn they may run out of time and political capital to pass major legislation before the midterms. @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
College Costs, Accreditation Likely Top Focus for Congress
Republicans achieved a key victory in passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and addressing a number of higher ed–related priorities last year. But more challenges loom in 2026.
www.insidehighered.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Congressional Republicans are signaling that college cost and accreditation reform will be their top higher ed priorities in 2026, but experts warn they may run out of time and political capital to pass major legislation before the midterms. @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Also, the number of these people who think late book returners are some sort of malicious evil mastermind people trying to screw other is also INSANE.
The number of folx who are pro-late fees is INSANE.
January 4, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Also, the number of these people who think late book returners are some sort of malicious evil mastermind people trying to screw other is also INSANE.
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You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
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The number of folx who are pro-late fees is INSANE.
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
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great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes.
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes.
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
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Asking an LLM to issue an apology-shaped object and thinking it is meaningful, is kind of like telling a d6 that if it rolls a 1 it means you've been accepted into quantum Valhalla and are ready to make that journey, king
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Asking an LLM to issue an apology-shaped object and thinking it is meaningful, is kind of like telling a d6 that if it rolls a 1 it means you've been accepted into quantum Valhalla and are ready to make that journey, king
Another excellent thread on LLMs. 👇🏼🧵
LLM's produce statistically similar output to what was stolen for them to train on.
When you ask one to issue an apology, very extremely literally all it is doing, and *ever* able to do, is remix the vast vast amount of apologies stolen to train it on what an apology looks like.
When you ask one to issue an apology, very extremely literally all it is doing, and *ever* able to do, is remix the vast vast amount of apologies stolen to train it on what an apology looks like.
January 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Another excellent thread on LLMs. 👇🏼🧵
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The thing about the apology episode (and the child porn episode that led to it and a great deal of the "sentience" bullshit) can come down to this thing called speech acts
Basically, there are certain forms of speech that constitute action without further action
Basically, there are certain forms of speech that constitute action without further action
Grok can't apologize. Grok can, when prompted, generate a word sequence that is statistically similar to the colloquial phrases we think of as "apologies," but Grok cannot actually apologize because Grok isn't sentient. But we all have a lot of trouble with this because we assume sentience IS speech
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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And there are those who want Gen AI to make major decisions about human beings—even life-or-death ones.
When Gen AI is not a human being.
When Gen AI is not a human being.
Grok can't apologize. Grok can, when prompted, generate a word sequence that is statistically similar to the colloquial phrases we think of as "apologies," but Grok cannot actually apologize because Grok isn't sentient. But we all have a lot of trouble with this because we assume sentience IS speech
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
And there are those who want Gen AI to make major decisions about human beings—even life-or-death ones.
When Gen AI is not a human being.
When Gen AI is not a human being.
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'Over the past couple of years, AI lawmaking has been busiest in the East Asia and Pacific region, in Europe and in individual US states....Meanwhile, the US federal government is bucking the trend by cancelling AI policy work and challenging state-level AI laws.'
Let 2026 be the year the world comes together for AI safety
AI technologies need to be safe and transparent. There are few, if any, benefits from being outside efforts to achieve this.
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
'Over the past couple of years, AI lawmaking has been busiest in the East Asia and Pacific region, in Europe and in individual US states....Meanwhile, the US federal government is bucking the trend by cancelling AI policy work and challenging state-level AI laws.'
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Isn’t it weird that ‘basket weaving’ became a right wing trope for fake college courses when it turns out that Basket weaving is an ancient tradition with a lot of history and there’s a huge market demand for traditionally woven baskets.
A willow-weaving basket maker in Co Mayo, has said he feels a "responsibility" to keep aspects of the ancient tradition alive.
Mayo basket weaver takes craft around the world
A 31-year-old willow-weaving basket maker in Co Mayo, said he feels a "responsibility" to keep aspects of the ancient tradition alive.
www.rte.ie
January 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Isn’t it weird that ‘basket weaving’ became a right wing trope for fake college courses when it turns out that Basket weaving is an ancient tradition with a lot of history and there’s a huge market demand for traditionally woven baskets.