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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 New Preprint: "Don’t Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff between Performance and Sustainability of LLMs for Text Analysis."

Providing guidance for social scientists, we challenge the "bigger is better" narrative, instead encouraging social and environmental responsibility.

osf.io/preprints/so...

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Hacker News Top 100 Bot (Unofficial) @hn100.bsky.social · May 19

Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · May 11

In case you missed it - last week they had the F1 drivers race giant lego cars for one lap and mayhem ensued. Some of the best racing drivers on the planet giggling like schoolboys as they race (and wreck) the cars 🤣

youtu.be/pdxiNBwxYxU?...

F1 LEGO Race In Full | 2025 Miami Grand Prix

YouTube video by FORMULA 1

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 10

Gossip on the internet, hang out, and let some political party decide what you’re going to do. And the next thing you know, you go, ‘Where did my health care go? Why are we fighting a war over here?’ Because you didn't pay attention. Maybe you should pay attention.
www.wired.com/story/cyberp...

A Founding Father of Cyberpunk Isn't Surprised By Its Comeback

Mike Pondsmith, who wrote the tabletop RPG that inspired 'Cyberpunk 2077,' explains why the genre feels vital in 2020.

www.wired.com

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · May 6

Looks like the original artisanal pencil sharpener was David Rees, here's his short film from twelve years ago vimeo.com/60718161

HOW TO SHARPEN PENCILS

Official Selection: 2013 Austin Film Festival 2013 SF Docfest 2013 Sidewalk Film Festival (Winner: Best Documentary Short) 2013 Indie Memphis Film Festival (Winner:…

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 4

May the 4th be with you! Watch Andor Season 2 ;)

Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 4

More dumb…

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · May 4

Perfect. Fucking perfect.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · May 4

An email containing plans to slash 150 Health and Human Services research projects was mistakenly sent to grant recipients.

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 3

This article is a great reminder to “appreciate” that we’re living in a cyberpunk future.
www.noahpinion.blog/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to The Future

This time it arrived right on schedule.

www.noahpinion.blog

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 1

Please add me too! Thank you! 🙏🏼

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 1

I’m thinking Small Language Model + Whisper Speech-to-Text + RAG AI System that runs on an Inference Optimized Raspberry Pi 5. Let’s keep this implementation local and open 😉

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · May 1

Great read about the emergence of a topic that’s becoming increasingly part of popular culture: An AI enabled “afterlife”.

Rudy Rucker @rudytheelder.bsky.social · May 1

Two great new software immoratlity shows. Black Mirror S7e4 "Plaything," and Boon Joon Ho "Mickey 17." I invented software immortality around 1980, starting with my novel SOFTWARE. I want more credit! I went over the details in a blog post last year.
www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2024/01...

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · Apr 25

All praise to @seanhp.bsky.social @isaacbravo.bsky.social for producing and presenting this fantastic paper! Check out the results and the R adaptation of CodeCarbon on linktr.ee/comptext25

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thanks for giving us the chance to share!

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Mar 24

See you at COMPTEXT 2025 in Vienna! I'll be presenting "Don’t Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff between Accuracy and Sustainability of LLMs for Text Analysis"

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Feb 20

Things are changing fast. ICA, the largest academic conference for communication researchers, has begun omitting paper titles from acceptance letters to smooth out issues during the travel visa application process. #AcademicFreedon #BandAidSolution

Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · Feb 20

The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.

The 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (#ICA25), set for 12-16 June in Denver Colorado, USA, is shaping up to be ICA’s largest conference yet, tracking with Toronto and Paris in terms of preregistration numbers. At the same time, we are closely monitoring the evolving situation in the United States which has raised concerns for some members of the ICA community intending to participate. We recognize your concerns regarding the uncertain environment and appreciate your feedback and perspectives.

We affirm ICA’s dedication to a global exchange of knowledge and perspectives and protecting the free exchange of ideas among our members and attendees. Current rhetoric and actions in some US communities run counter to ICA’s commitment to ensuring the full and equal participation of all members of our global academic community and conflict directly with ICA's IDEA principles.

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Feb 20

"Trump and his American oligarchs are now openly aligning themselves with Putin and his Russian oligarchs," Bernie Sanders wrote Monday on X. "This Putin-Trump alliance means abandoning our allies, supporting authoritarianism and undermining our democratic traditions."

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Feb 20

Remember the Mueller Report? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller...

Mueller report - Wikipedia

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Feb 20

Trump’s former vice-president, Mike Pence, who said in a social media post: “Mr. President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable rift

Remark follows Ukrainian leader’s claim US president living in a Russian ‘disinformation bubble’

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Feb 18

I've been writing BLOOD IN THE MACHINE for months, but I was on the fence about going all-in. Recent events have made the call easier.

Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.

The tech oligarchs and their AI are taking over. Let's fight back.

Alright, I’m really doing this thing. Support Blood in the Machine and fearless independent tech journalism.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · Feb 19

Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula

However, the prosecutor-general perpetuates the narrative that the armed forces had been a 'victim' of the plot, despite the obvious institutional involvement

apnews.com/article/bols... #CivMilSky

Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula

Brazil’s top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

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Joe @twitskeptic.sirvin.com · Feb 18

Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/

Two highlighted contracts for $9,999,999 each.

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Feb 18

LLMs don’t do photography, nor do they investigate, think, or create (controversial). The Guardian being paid by OpenAI doesn’t mean OpenAI will be replacing the human there. Journalists, photographers, graphic designers, etc. need funding. OpenAI needs content. It’s symbiotic.

Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Feb 18

Language models don’t produce the news; they consume it. Why can’t a language model be considered a content distribution channel for a mainstream newspaper? The current paradigm of tech companies pirating journalism is clearly broken, but why are you against a licensing model?

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Sean Hamilton Palicki @seanhp.bsky.social · Feb 17

From a tech perspective, the Groq platform is awesome for trying open models like Deepseek-R1, Mistral and Whisper. It's cheap, easy to access and it's stupid fast. Available via API and chat "playground" from US servers. groq.com/pricing/

Groq is Fast AI Inference

Groq offers high-performance AI models & API access for developers. Get faster inference at lower cost than competitors. Explore use cases today!

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