Studying how people interact, in the past ( #CulturalAnalytics) and today ( #EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform.
I'm also on the fediverse https://linktr.ee/mapto
I'm also on the fediverse https://linktr.ee/mapto
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Discover the First Depiction of Santa Claus (and Its Origins in Civil War Propaganda)
Discover the First Depiction of Santa Claus (and Its Origins in Civil War Propaganda)
It will no doubt come as a relief to many readers that Santa Claus appears to have been a Union supporter. We know this because he appears distributing gifts to soldiers from that side of the Mason-Di...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Discover the First Depiction of Santa Claus (and Its Origins in Civil War Propaganda)
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@nlupo @vango1.bsky.social @bulgarianpolitics на 26 декември ежегодно има протест за равни права на родителите. Той събира малко хора, обикновено само такива, които лично са пострадали от абсурдите на българското законодателство по въпроса. Когато отидох и аз, един човек раздаваше свирки, поне […]
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December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@nlupo @vango1.bsky.social @bulgarianpolitics на 26 декември ежегодно има протест за равни права на родителите. Той събира малко хора, обикновено само такива, които лично са пострадали от абсурдите на българското законодателство по въпроса. Когато отидох и аз, един човек раздаваше свирки, поне […]
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@nlupo @vango1.bsky.social @bulgarianpolitics аз не „очаквам“. Организирал съм протести и знам, че в момента, в който бъдат въвлечени по-пасивните, трябва да се обяснява повече, високоговорителите да се чуват от всички, да има хора, към които могат да се обръщат за информация и помощ […]
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December 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@nlupo @vango1.bsky.social @bulgarianpolitics аз не „очаквам“. Организирал съм протести и знам, че в момента, в който бъдат въвлечени по-пасивните, трябва да се обяснява повече, високоговорителите да се чуват от всички, да има хора, към които могат да се обръщат за информация и помощ […]
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If you truly are car dependent, then you should want as many people changing to using bikes, trains, buses, etc. Because when everyone is forced into a car, nobody is going anywhere, and neither is a local economy as it is strangled by car debt. It’s simple maths and geometry.
December 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If you truly are car dependent, then you should want as many people changing to using bikes, trains, buses, etc. Because when everyone is forced into a car, nobody is going anywhere, and neither is a local economy as it is strangled by car debt. It’s simple maths and geometry.
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See @jamiecummins.bsky.social 's work
AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
See @jamiecummins.bsky.social 's work
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"During this moment, Ryan wrote, it’s not just AI firms with skin in the game, but potentially all of Trump’s supporters. The US is currently on “shaky economic ground” with AI investment accounting “for virtually all (92 percent) GDP growth in the first half of this year.”
“The US’s bet on AI […]
“The US’s bet on AI […]
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masto.bg
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"During this moment, Ryan wrote, it’s not just AI firms with skin in the game, but potentially all of Trump’s supporters. The US is currently on “shaky economic ground” with AI investment accounting “for virtually all (92 percent) GDP growth in the first half of this year.”
“The US’s bet on AI […]
“The US’s bet on AI […]
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Could someone understanding modern monetary theory explain to me the link between issuing new money and people getting poorer due to dropping currency exchange rates? How is making your population less able to purchase imported goods a lesser problem than "expanding productive capacity" of the […]
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qoto.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Could someone understanding modern monetary theory explain to me the link between issuing new money and people getting poorer due to dropping currency exchange rates? How is making your population less able to purchase imported goods a lesser problem than "expanding productive capacity" of the […]
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Great to be at #chr2025 in #luxembourg!
Currently ongoing is the short paper session, with a broad range of fresh work in "Computational Humanities Research".
See the programme here: https://2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/#lightningtalks
Currently ongoing is the short paper session, with a broad range of fresh work in "Computational Humanities Research".
See the programme here: https://2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/#lightningtalks
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Great to be at #chr2025 in #luxembourg!
Currently ongoing is the short paper session, with a broad range of fresh work in "Computational Humanities Research".
See the programme here: https://2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/#lightningtalks
Currently ongoing is the short paper session, with a broad range of fresh work in "Computational Humanities Research".
See the programme here: https://2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/#lightningtalks
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Today at #chr2025, I will be presenting our work on the evaluation of the historical adequacy of masked language models (MLMs) for #Latin. There are several models like this, and they represent the current state of the art for a number of downstream tasks, like […]
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December 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Today at #chr2025, I will be presenting our work on the evaluation of the historical adequacy of masked language models (MLMs) for #Latin. There are several models like this, and they represent the current state of the art for a number of downstream tasks, like […]
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"The results speak for themselves. Today, Uruguay produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources, with only a small fraction—roughly 1%–3%—coming from flexible thermal plants, such as those powered by natural gas. They are used only when hydroelectric power cannot fully cover […]
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December 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"The results speak for themselves. Today, Uruguay produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources, with only a small fraction—roughly 1%–3%—coming from flexible thermal plants, such as those powered by natural gas. They are used only when hydroelectric power cannot fully cover […]
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Israel hunted a 70 year old lady down with a gun drone and then hoovered above to make sure she bled out next to her dying son. They both join almost 1,000 Palestinians Israel has massacred or maimed in its genocide during the "ceasefire".
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Israeli drone chases and kills elderly woman in Gaza as attacks continue
At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.
www.aljazeera.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Israel hunted a 70 year old lady down with a gun drone and then hoovered above to make sure she bled out next to her dying son. They both join almost 1,000 Palestinians Israel has massacred or maimed in its genocide during the "ceasefire".
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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I know several Chechens committed to the cause and they have told me some out-of-this-world horrors about the dangers they face even in Europe, not to mention their families and relatives back in Chechnya.
We could at least share the article to make it known.
oc-media.org/opinion-chec...
We could at least share the article to make it known.
oc-media.org/opinion-chec...
Opinion | Chechen voices are being silenced, even those abroad
Until the fear of collective punishment ends, even the simple act of speaking publicly is a privilege that most Chechens don’t have.
oc-media.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I know several Chechens committed to the cause and they have told me some out-of-this-world horrors about the dangers they face even in Europe, not to mention their families and relatives back in Chechnya.
We could at least share the article to make it known.
oc-media.org/opinion-chec...
We could at least share the article to make it known.
oc-media.org/opinion-chec...
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Today is Mamuka Gatserelia’s birthday.
He’s imprisoned for life in Russia, taken as a hostage during the Siege of Azovstal.
He had to flee Russian occupation from Abkhazia, Georgia… fought Russians in Ukraine, and is currently their hostage.
1/2
He’s imprisoned for life in Russia, taken as a hostage during the Siege of Azovstal.
He had to flee Russian occupation from Abkhazia, Georgia… fought Russians in Ukraine, and is currently their hostage.
1/2
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is Mamuka Gatserelia’s birthday.
He’s imprisoned for life in Russia, taken as a hostage during the Siege of Azovstal.
He had to flee Russian occupation from Abkhazia, Georgia… fought Russians in Ukraine, and is currently their hostage.
1/2
He’s imprisoned for life in Russia, taken as a hostage during the Siege of Azovstal.
He had to flee Russian occupation from Abkhazia, Georgia… fought Russians in Ukraine, and is currently their hostage.
1/2
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@tedunderwood.com not sure how representative for the overall space OpenRoute is, but at least to me, this contains the first empirical taxonomy of actual use cases for GenAI
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
@tedunderwood.com not sure how representative for the overall space OpenRoute is, but at least to me, this contains the first empirical taxonomy of actual use cases for GenAI
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The bigger picture / my thoughts:
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The bigger picture / my thoughts:
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Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models - arxiv.org/abs/2511.01805 "Our analysis exposes the hidden risk of belief shift as models undergo extended sessions of talking or reading, rendering their opinions and actions unreliable." fascinating #ai #llm
Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models
Language model (LM) assistants are increasingly used in applications such as brainstorming and research. Improvements in memory and context size have allowed these models to become more autonomous, wh...
arxiv.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models - arxiv.org/abs/2511.01805 "Our analysis exposes the hidden risk of belief shift as models undergo extended sessions of talking or reading, rendering their opinions and actions unreliable." fascinating #ai #llm
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In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world's news, and have won 36 of AP's 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1917. See their most striking photos of 2025.
Associated Press 100 Photos of 2025: AP photos that defined the year
In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world’s news, and have won 36 of AP’s 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1917.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world's news, and have won 36 of AP's 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1917. See their most striking photos of 2025.
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"The number of women globally who commit violent crimes is very small – in 2021 they were responsible for just 10% of homicides. Indeed, women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. But when women do kill, in many cases the victim is a male partner or family member and there is a […]
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November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"The number of women globally who commit violent crimes is very small – in 2021 they were responsible for just 10% of homicides. Indeed, women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. But when women do kill, in many cases the victim is a male partner or family member and there is a […]
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The story of Spain's #podemos from within. I do believe that anyone interested in politics, the way it is made today, should read this account.
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
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masto.bg
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The story of Spain's #podemos from within. I do believe that anyone interested in politics, the way it is made today, should read this account.
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
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I dislike the term “AI” too, but it’s well rooted at this point. We’re more likely to change assumptions about AI than to replace the term.
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I dislike the term “AI” too, but it’s well rooted at this point. We’re more likely to change assumptions about AI than to replace the term.
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
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Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
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The thing is, as bad as this sounds, i don't believe that it was always that different, but gatekeepers simply cut off the folkways at a certain threshold. Online media now reveal the full spectrum of communicative purposes—play, identity, partisanship, performance, outrage, and sometimes: truth.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The thing is, as bad as this sounds, i don't believe that it was always that different, but gatekeepers simply cut off the folkways at a certain threshold. Online media now reveal the full spectrum of communicative purposes—play, identity, partisanship, performance, outrage, and sometimes: truth.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
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Very happy to announce the new Anthology for Computers and the Humanities! 🎉
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
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So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Very happy to announce the new Anthology for Computers and the Humanities! 🎉
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!