Hadas Kotek 🦄
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Linguist in tech | Responsible AI, NLP, data science | AltAc advocate | mentor | cat lover | feminist | currently: Apple/MIT she/her | grayspec | 🏳️⚧️ ally | BLM | powered by coffee & spite | 📍 Cambridge MA שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ עַל פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם כִּי בְרֹב הַיָּמִים תִּמְצָאֶנּוּ
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
theguardian.com
Good news AND a garden path sentence! Double the fun
American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after mid-air meltdown loses his job
Just read @olivia.science on the anxiety we feel in the face of "AI" hype & proliferation and institutions & colleagues embracing it as we try to navigate our roles with integrity. Everyone working in #NLProc should read it, esp. if you don't understand objections to AI olivia.science/anxiety/
Anxiety
Reasoning (and crying) my way through fascist AI-induced anxiety.
olivia.science
Cats covering their eyes with their paws rt if you agree
Dear automated customer service bot, If a computer could do the thing I need done, I would be ON a computer and not calling on the phone. Get me a HUMAN
Imagine a country being so bigoted that nobody can safely eat lettuce
An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”
one thing about writing an entire book about sandwiches is my brain is just full of random facts now. coffee plants were forcibly introduced to java by the dutch. tuna fishes have extraordinarily high lung capacity. barbecue was a status symbol denoting slave ownership in the antebellum south
📌Just in case a MAGA in your life is lecturing you about respecting Lindsey Graham and the dead. Have a good day, everybody.
BREAKING: Lindsey Graham’s sudden death reveals everyone’s wake-up time on Sundays.
So Lindsey Graham is really dead?
Many, many years ago I worked for a certain legal news website to which Lindsey Graham subscribed. Anyway i hardcoded it to always spell his name wrong in the top corner, no matter how many times he tried to manually correct it.
Hi. We're in the Age of Diarrhea. I'm a global health expert on helping children survive diarrhea. Here's what to do if you might have picked up cyclospora. 🧵 1. Call your primary care if possible. 2. Take oral rehydration therapy, which isn't just drinking fluids. 1/
welcome to the Age of Diarrhea
Aries: The first step to forgiveness is crushing your enemies. Actual forgiveness comes later.
A couple of shots im happy with from tonight.
This Nebula Ceremony, in Chicago & online, is a time to reveal our latest winners & also celebrate our special award recipients. It is OUR honor at #SFWA to thank N. K. Jemisin for her tremendous contributions to genre. Our 42nd Grand Master is a powerhouse whose work is not yet done! #61stNebulas
Hate to say it but that mental health walk/jog, along with drinking water and getting enough sleep does seem to help. Terrible news.
Today I talked to my Intro Linguistics students about bias in LLMs. On the day of a lecture like this I poke around to see the various ways that current models still should not be trusted. Even on basic things. Last time I gave a talk on this (a few months ago) here's what Llama said. 1/9
Be this kind of human being: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...
Now that they’re safe on the ground we.. ocean, I can make a joke OMG ARTEMIS IS IN TROUBLE WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF A GIANT CAT BATTING THEM OUT OF THE SKY OH THE HUMANITY