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abeba.bsky.social
application for this phd closes on 10 Feb
abeba.bsky.social Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 24d
are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me

apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...

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About the PhD: Audits and evaluation of AI systems — and the broader context that AI systems operate in — have become central to conceptualising, quantifying, measuring and understanding the operations, failures, limitations, underlying assumptions, and downstream societal implications of AI systems. Existing AI audit and evaluation efforts are fractured, done in a siloed and ad-hoc manner, and with little deliberation and reflection around conceptual rigour and methodological validity. This PhD is for a candidate that is passionate about exploring what a conceptually cogent, methodologically sound, and well-founded AI evaluation and safety research might look like. This requires grappling with questions such as: What does it mean to represent “ground truth” in proxies, synthetic data, or computational simulation? How do we reliably measure abstract and complex phenomena? What are the epistemological or methodological implications of quantification and measurement approaches we choose to employ? Particularly, what underlying presuppositions, values, or perspectives do they entail? How do we ensure the lived experiences of impacted communities play a critical role in the development and justification of measurement metrics and proxies? Through exploration of these questions, the candidate is expected to engage with core concepts in the philosophy of science, history of science, Black feminist epistemologies, and similar schools of thought to develop an in-depth understanding of existing practices with the aim of applying it to advance shared standards and best practice in AI evaluation. The candidate is expected to integrate empirical (for example, through analysis or evaluation of existing benchmarks) or practical (for example, by executing evaluation of AI systems) components into the overall work.
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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ewacat.bsky.social
The Olympics said don't boo Vance but as Vance is incredibly boo-able, it had to happen
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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democracynow.org
Journalist @ariberman.bsky.social says the FBI raid on election offices in Georgia is part of a "concerted effort" by the Trump administration to interfere in this year's midterms.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/2/fulton_county_georgia_election
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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philsci.bsky.social
Check out this Rolling Stone article featuring a quote from PSA President Craig Callender about AI and fake academic citations:
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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stevebenen.com
Trump challenged his critics to name one economic metric that got worse over the last year — and so I did:

Job growth in the United States has got *much* worse after he returned to power.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
It was just last week, remember, that the FBI raided a Washington Post journalist’s home and seized her phones in connection with a leak investigation. This administration views journalism as a crime. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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agordonreed.bsky.social
It’s just unfathomable to me that people think it makes sense for any law enforcement to be masked and anonymous. Police officers operate under risks and don’t wear masks. Judges & prosecutors, the same.
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10d
Radley is so on the mark zeroing in on this: the creation of new "privacy" rights for federal police. The right to be anonymous to the public. The right not to have anyone know why they shot someone and tried to hide the evidence. "right to privacy" fascism addition.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10d
Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.

Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
January 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
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 8:00 PM
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telliotter.bsky.social
As always, if you’re a federal worker or someone in tech and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal with a non-work phone at Vittoria89.82
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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aregenberg.bsky.social
The US Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine. A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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npr.org
Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq
Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need
Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Pro-tip: the people zip-tying kids or shoving the elderly down stairs are never the good guys.
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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bunnibytz.bsky.social
Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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tommasinaresist.bsky.social
SenatorWarnock just broke it down: health care is on the line.

A Chatham County, GA. family once paid $559/month for coverage—now it’s $2,100 after GOP subsidy cuts. Quadruple the cost just to stay insured.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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maddowblog.bsky.social
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker explains what he believes is Donald Trump's real goal in normalizing a military presence in U.S. cities by dressing ICE and Border Patrol agents in military gear.

Watch:
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
To be absolutely clear on what just happened here, Trump ousted this veteran career prosecutor *precisely because* he would *not* cook the facts to bring a corrupt prosecution against one of Trump's leading enemies.

To Trump, refusing to prosecute his foes for fake crimes is a firing offense.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 19
Trump's scam of inventing "mortgage fraud" charges against his foes is failing. So he's set to fire a top prosecutor who is failing to bring charges, ABC reports.

Failing to bring corrupt prosecutions is now a firing offense. This is profound misconduct.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Trump Firing Top Prosecutor for Failing to Invent Fake Crimes by Foes
A U.S. attorney in Virginia is finding no evidence that Letitia James broke the law. In America, that’s justice. In Trumpworld, it’s a firing offense.
newrepublic.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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jasonleopold.bsky.social
NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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sorayanadiamcdonald.com
Public media is really special. Shame, shame, shame on this regime and its campaign to make everyone scared, obedient, and stupid. They are stealing from all of us and from our futures. Despicable.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 1
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades. For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community. “Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”
August 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor
June 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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democrats.org
House Republicans voted to cut funding for NPR and PBS.
Poster style graphic with headshots and names of some of the 214 House Republicans who voted to cut funding for public broadcasting.
June 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office.
How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?
June 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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clancyny.bsky.social
NYT: "I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention"

Kseniia Petrova "is a Russian scientist who works in a lab at Harvard Medical School. She told her story through a Times Opinion editor, Alex Ellerbeck, over multiple calls from an ICE detention center."

A 30 y.o. who erred at Customs.
May 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Trump memecoin makes Page One:

@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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blue-sedition.com
People who never read books now in charge of books.
A social media post featuring two tweets. The first tweet by Anne Applebaum states that every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress, and mentions age restrictions for using the reading room. The second tweet from Acyn quotes a reporter asking why the president fired the Librarian of Congress, followed by a response addressing concerns about actions taken regarding the library and children’s books. The background includes the White House press briefing setting with a lectern and flags.
May 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM