Mara Sedlins
@marapauline.bsky.social
Data librarian, musician, maker
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Hey #DataRescuers! Join us this Labor Day weekend to #SaveOurSigns The deadline is near and we have some priority locations. You can also connect with DRP members in NYC!
Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.
Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.
Save Our Signs: Let’s Get It Done
Help us finish strong with #SaveOurSigns this Labor Day. Plus, if you’re in NYC, come see us in person!
www.datarescueproject.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hey #DataRescuers! Join us this Labor Day weekend to #SaveOurSigns The deadline is near and we have some priority locations. You can also connect with DRP members in NYC!
Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.
Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.
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We’re thrilled to be hosting a 4-part fall event series in collaboration with the New York Public Library, exploring the social implications of AI & its impacts on democracy, the environment, & human labor. Learn more and RSVP to attend live in NYC or via livestream! datasociety.net/events/under...
August 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We’re thrilled to be hosting a 4-part fall event series in collaboration with the New York Public Library, exploring the social implications of AI & its impacts on democracy, the environment, & human labor. Learn more and RSVP to attend live in NYC or via livestream! datasociety.net/events/under...
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🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash.
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash.
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
🙌
OK. The wait is over - 'Instant Holograms on Metal Film', the new 13-track album by Stereolab, is out now via Duophonic and Warp.
Immense thanks to all the folk at Warp, and anyone who buys a disk, streams a track or heads to a show.
It's all in your hands now...
Immense thanks to all the folk at Warp, and anyone who buys a disk, streams a track or heads to a show.
It's all in your hands now...
May 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🙌
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Please read my essay in TIME, which @science.org
did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...
did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Please read my essay in TIME, which @science.org
did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...
did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...
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The last few days have been quite dramatic for anyone paying attention to copyright law and policy.
Here's our breakdown of the third and final Copyright Office report on copyright and AI, and the dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/12/t...
Here's our breakdown of the third and final Copyright Office report on copyright and AI, and the dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/12/t...
May 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The last few days have been quite dramatic for anyone paying attention to copyright law and policy.
Here's our breakdown of the third and final Copyright Office report on copyright and AI, and the dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/12/t...
Here's our breakdown of the third and final Copyright Office report on copyright and AI, and the dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter:
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/12/t...
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A data user talks about why the BRFSS matters: www.datarescueproject.org/brfss/
A BRFSS Data User Story
Today, we have a data user story on the BRFSS, or the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Started in the Reagan era, the BRFSS collects data on health indicators and health-related risk behavi...
www.datarescueproject.org
May 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A data user talks about why the BRFSS matters: www.datarescueproject.org/brfss/
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Ready to pass a resolution protecting students' rights on your campus? Check out our campus resolution toolkit we created in collaboration with @amnesty.org.
Firewall For Freedom: Campus Resolution Toolkit | American Civil Liberties Union
Download the toolkit graphics here>>
www.aclu.org
April 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ready to pass a resolution protecting students' rights on your campus? Check out our campus resolution toolkit we created in collaboration with @amnesty.org.
It's like they knew the librarians were coming to town. #walkerartcenter #ACRL2025
April 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's like they knew the librarians were coming to town. #walkerartcenter #ACRL2025
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Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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Tuesday's Great Chatbot Debate, now on CHM's YouTube channel.
I answered the question by providing a definition of "understanding" and showing why LLMs don't understand and why it can seem like they do.
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youtu.be/YtIQVaSS5Pg?...
I answered the question by providing a definition of "understanding" and showing why LLMs don't understand and why it can seem like they do.
>>
youtu.be/YtIQVaSS5Pg?...
CHM Live | The Great Chatbot Debate: Do LLMs Really Understand?
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tuesday's Great Chatbot Debate, now on CHM's YouTube channel.
I answered the question by providing a definition of "understanding" and showing why LLMs don't understand and why it can seem like they do.
>>
youtu.be/YtIQVaSS5Pg?...
I answered the question by providing a definition of "understanding" and showing why LLMs don't understand and why it can seem like they do.
>>
youtu.be/YtIQVaSS5Pg?...
Finally learning LilyPond/Frescobaldi for music engraving - this is going to be a game changer for managing my violin parts!
March 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Finally learning LilyPond/Frescobaldi for music engraving - this is going to be a game changer for managing my violin parts!
Enjoying the IMLS-funded Open Science Primer at @coschoolofmines.bsky.social this week!
March 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Enjoying the IMLS-funded Open Science Primer at @coschoolofmines.bsky.social this week!
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We'll have more to share in the coming days. But what can you do right now? Call Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries.
It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We'll have more to share in the coming days. But what can you do right now? Call Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries.
It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
I was honored to deliver the RDAP 2025 keynote this morning, "On Service, Services, and Maintaining the Public Interest". I think it was a challenging topic and I am thankful for generous RDAP community engagement. Slides shared below!
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
padilla_rdap_2025
On Service, Services, and Maintaining the Public Interest Thomas Padilla @thomaspadilla.bsky.social
docs.google.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Just gave the closing keynote at #RDAP25 (Research Data Access & Preservation) and wow what a GREAT audience! Reading through the chat after was a joy.
The talk (research ethics, AI, public data) was basically a version of this thread. :) More resources! bsky.app/profile/cfie...
The talk (research ethics, AI, public data) was basically a version of this thread. :) More resources! bsky.app/profile/cfie...
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
First dataset for the new @huggingface.bsky.social @bsky.app community organisation: one-million-bluesky-posts 🦋
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
March 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just gave the closing keynote at #RDAP25 (Research Data Access & Preservation) and wow what a GREAT audience! Reading through the chat after was a joy.
The talk (research ethics, AI, public data) was basically a version of this thread. :) More resources! bsky.app/profile/cfie...
The talk (research ethics, AI, public data) was basically a version of this thread. :) More resources! bsky.app/profile/cfie...
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Pre-ordered!
Impatient for THE AI CON to come out? So are we!
If you want to be sure to have a copy at the first possible moment, pre-order from your favorite bookseller.
thecon.ai
w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social
If you want to be sure to have a copy at the first possible moment, pre-order from your favorite bookseller.
thecon.ai
w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pre-ordered!
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Colorado's Fort Collins Food Co-op has provided healthy local groceries for over fifty years. As a member-owned cooperative, it is democratically run to serve the community. The co-op is currently fundraising and you can support them by donating and/or sharing. 💚
www.mountainavenuemarket.com 🫑
www.mountainavenuemarket.com 🫑
Donate to Save The Fort Collins Food Coop: Donate Now, organized by Mountain Avenue Market
We are the Fort Collins Food Coop team and we need your help to sav… Mountain Avenue Market needs your support for Save The Fort Collins Food Coop: Donate Now
gofund.me
February 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Colorado's Fort Collins Food Co-op has provided healthy local groceries for over fifty years. As a member-owned cooperative, it is democratically run to serve the community. The co-op is currently fundraising and you can support them by donating and/or sharing. 💚
www.mountainavenuemarket.com 🫑
www.mountainavenuemarket.com 🫑
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Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do…
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest
Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.
gulfof.mapquest.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do…
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
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Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship - The Scholarly Kitchen
In response to US government efforts to censor research and researchers, a small group of scholarly communications professionals have launched a Declaration to defend research. Learn more in today's p...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
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Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...
DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen
Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...