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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 6d

ITHAKA S&R has started a Generative AI Licensing Agreement Tracker sr.ithaka.org/our-work/gen...

Generative AI Licensing Agreement Tracker - Ithaka S+R

In recent months, several publishers have announced that they are licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLMs. These deals

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Franklin Sayre @franklinsayre.bsky.social · 12d

Anyone have examples of research-creation or practice-led research projects by librarians or as part of information science generally? These could be called other things, including arts-based research, artistic research, and even design inquiry.

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · 12d

Yep. Pre-clearance (and the option to change my mind) is what comforts me into booking any travel to see family in the US.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 13d

If you are an educator, here's our curated list of educational games to help improve your students' ability to identify deepfakes and develop digital literacy skills. deepfakestracker.org/digital-lite... More games will be added later this fall.

Digital Literacy Games – deepfakestracker.org

Digital Literacy Games – A curated list of educational games to test your ability to identify deepfakes and develop digital literacy skills. Creating Disinformation Games Cat Park Players are challen...

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · 13d

Neurodivergent joy.

Ceramic vase with slug by Cricket Sound Studio with a single stem of fancy lavender.

Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · 13d

The lack of transparency on this project is unending. Butler reports that the province HAS NOT made a decision on comprehensive review, despite what our mayor was told. Time to contact all our representatives. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tantramar council turns down call to oppose proposed natural gas power plant | CBC News

NB Power announced in July that its Renewables Integration and Grid Stability project would be built near Centre Village. Since then, many residents and environmental groups have been vocal in their o...

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Sep 3

AI "boring history" slop has taken over YouTube and is particularly insidious because it flattens history and drowns out the tireless work of creators who have been integral to legitimizing YouTube as a place for high-quality history videos

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AI Generated 'Boring History' Videos Are Flooding YouTube and Drowning Out Real History

"These AI videos are just repeating things that are on the internet, so you end up with a very simplified version of the past."

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · Sep 3

CFP Special Issue “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI” ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj...

Special Issue “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI” | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 4

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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INTRODUCTION

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Aug 28

Causing immense stress for Canadian small businesses, not just because of the costs, but because the systems and mechanisms for implementing this don’t even exist yet. Canada Post says they’re on-boarding a third-party tech provider, but it hasn’t happened yet.

404 Media @404media.co · Aug 28

The Trump administration is making buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas far more complicated, slow, and expensive.

🔗 www.404media.co/trump-tariff...

Trump Tariffs Cause Chaos on Ebay as Every Hobby Becomes Logistical Minefield

Buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · Jul 29

Generative AI changes what things mean because it focuses on words, not the meaning. It adds words, changes meaning, and makes "plain language" that is not accessible. We know, because we tested it. Generative AI has no place in plain language. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/07/asan...

Dark grey textured background. There’s a lighter grey box with text that reads: Artificial intelligence is when a computer program does things that normally need to be done by humans. We call artificial intelligence “AI” for short. There are lots of different kinds of AI.
The way AI works is by using data from people. Data is information a computer can read. AI programs read data made by people to understand what to do.
Generative AI is a specific kind of AI. Generative AI can use data to make new things.
Generative AI can create many kinds of new things, like:
text
images
music/movies
and more
People have already started using generative AI to write plain language.

Grey textured background. Text reads: In our statement, we explain the reasons why people should not use generative AI to write in plain language. Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for people with disabilities. Using generative AI makes “plain language” that is not actually accessible. We hope anyone who writes in plain language will not use generative AI.
Here are the reasons we talk about in our statement:
Generative AI changes what things mean
Plain language is an idea that is too new for generative AI to understand
Generative AI focuses on words, not ideas
Generative AI has discrimination built-in
Plain language is by and for disabled people
Read our full statement to learn more about each of these reasons.

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Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · Jul 29

[Blogged] The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search - From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched
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The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search

From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics from being searched

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jul 29

Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg

Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible

Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...

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Emily Zerrenner @ezerrenner.bsky.social · Jul 21

This guest post by Jay Singley on ACRLog is a must-read.
"In the age of AI, our access to information is not spared from these attacks. We must uncover answers to the questions Safiya Noble, Joy Buolamwini, and others elicit: Who and what is safeguarded through AI tools in discovery searches?"

“We Couldn’t Generate an Answer for your Question” - ACRLog

Editor’s note: We welcome a guest blog post from Jay Singley, Document Delivery and Circulation Desk Manager at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In March 2025, Ex Libris unveiled thei...

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jul 20

Tantramar friends: this has a short environmental consultation period. Sounds like they’re planning info sessions, not consultations… echoing national energy projects.
Read the letter from Atlantic Wildlife Institute linked in this story and join the Zoom on Jul. 21/22
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Mayor, MLA, environmental expert question plan for big Tantramar gas plant

Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black says it’s “incredibly unacceptable” that the town was not informed or consulted before NB Power announced construction of a 400 megawatt, natural gas …

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In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · Jul 16

Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures by Andrea Baer

"rather than rushing to adopt and promote new technologies whose ethical implications raise major questions, we might slow down and claim more time & space for considering .... implications of GenAI"

Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures – In the Library with the Lead Pipe

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · Jul 8

Hey, @arquives.ca is hiring a 2SLGBTQIA+ education consultant to promote the importance of using primary sources to teach history with secondary school educators and others.

Deadline: 20 July 2025
Pay: $35/h, flexible schedule, remote

More info: arquives.ca/job-posting-...

#AcademicSky 🌈🗃️ 🏳️‍⚧️🗃️

Education Consultant

The individual or team will be responsible for creating marketing material to promote our education resources to educators, planning an event to highlight the importance of using primary sources in teaching history, and work to promote the education resources to secondary school educators and other potential audiences.

$35/h, flex schedule, 200 hours

Apply by 20 July 2025.

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · Jul 1

Ever feel like your brain just stopped cooperating during perimenopause?
For many women, that’s not just brain fog—it might be undiagnosed ADHD colliding with hormonal shifts.
We're finally starting to connect the dots. It's about time. 🧠✨ vajenda.substack.com/p/adhd-and-m...

ADHD and Menopause: What We Know and What We're Learning

A Look at How Hormone Changes Might Be Fueling Cognitive Struggles for Women with ADHD

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jun 25

“… a Mount Allison professor’s introduction to environmental science winds up as fodder for a fake video criticizing Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan. We talk with environmental scientist Josh Kurek and fake news expert Erin Steuter”
Segment starts at 2:15.

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Mt A professor's voice ends up in a fake Armenian political video » CHMA

Voice of the Marshes, Campus & Community Radio in Sackville, NB

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jun 25

Latest listen: The Book Eaters by @sunyidean.com - best take on vampires I’ve read in ages. Stubborn queer character written and narrated by neurodivergent people…. I know from the interview that it wasn’t written as neurodivergent representation specifically but it resonated.

Screenshot of The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean, narrated by Katie Erich, in Libro.fm. I switched from Audible to Libro.fm to divest from Amazon. So far, finding it to be an excellent replacement!

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jun 25

My favourite way to knit yellow is in a rainbow, a gradient, or yellow-green. The feeling of light or shifting landscapes.

For #ShowMeYourKnits yellow week, here is a pair of Freddy Beach Socks by @knitsiphappy.bsky.social knit in a one-of-a-kind colour dyed by Lichen and Lace. 🧶

Feet in yellow and green socks rest on a water rower (yeah, I’ll put shoes on to row). The pattern has slipped stitches that help make the softly variegated yarn pool and dapple.

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jun 21

Ooh, wish I’d thought of that! My second pair are already blue. But I have some Marigold Ontario Sock coming from Alley Cat Yarns, so I can knit a yellow pair soon.

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jun 21

It’s a k1tbl, p1 ribbing. That means instead of knitting the stitch as usual, you knit the stitch through the back loop. It does make the rib look fancier! The knit columns are more defined.

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Elizabeth Stregger @estregger.bsky.social · Jun 21

Beautiful collection! I can see more orange socks in my future - they’re a good pop of colour with blue clothes.

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