Just submitted a website to the Internet Phone Book: internetphonebook.net Issue 2 is still open for submissions!
Internet Phone Book – Back in stock!
An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Pu...
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Today is the day! Join us at 8:00 PM ET for our Virtual & Accessible Earth Day 2026 Rally to defend our planet, our health, and our future. Hear from lawmakers, experts, and activists leading the fight and find out how to take action. Register at this link: zurl.co/ZsB53 #EarthDay #EarthDay2026
Today's informal chat about crafting was a highlight of #RDAP26! The intersection of data and craft is real, and the discussion ranged across knitting, cross stitch, watercolor, block printing, quilting, sewing, music, data sonification, and more.
AMAZING. I've just dipped a toe in, and there's so much great stuff here!
Aadam Jacobs Collection Project@ajc-project.bsky.social · 5mo ago@apnews.com sent a writer to speak with Aadam Jacobs and some of the volunteers working to preserve the collection of recordings and get it online to share. apnews.com/article/aada...
I just saw the preview for this at a movie theater and couldn't help sotto voce yelling at the screen in disgust. See info in the comments about an alternative AI doc, Ghosts in the Machine (notaidoc.com). [Also: highly, highly recommend The Secret Agent.]
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7mo agoI made the mistake of accepting the interview request for "The AI Doc", and have learned my lesson on better vetting for next time. They even feature some explicit eugenicists (e.g. cult leader who has nothing to show for except for his eugenicist self and writing a Harry Potter fan fiction).
📣📣📣 Calling all #DataRescuers! The #SaveOurSigns crew needs our help capturing interpretative panels at key National Parks, including the Grand Canyon, before they are erased, removed, silenced. Learn more and get involved: www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help/
It's going to be deathly cold out and it seems ICE is still releasing people at random from Whipple, without phones or proper attire. There's a team on the ground that provides cars for warming/transport, phones, food, etc. Donate here to support their efforts: venmo.com/u/whipplesafehaven
Venmo | Whipple Safe Haven
Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.
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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.
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!
datarescueproject.org
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...
🔔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...
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
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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...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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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...
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...
datarescueproject.org
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>>
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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/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://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. >> youtu.be/YtIQVaSS5Pg?...
CHM Live | The Great Chatbot Debate: Do LLMs Really Understand?
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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Finally learning LilyPond/Frescobaldi for music engraving - this is going to be a game changer for managing my violin parts!
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
Thomas Padilla@thomaspadilla.bsky.social · 2y agoI 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...
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...
Dr. Casey Fiesler@cfiesler.bsky.social · 2y agoHi, 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. 🧵
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
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 🫑
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
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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) 😘
Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest
Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.
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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...
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