Walk in on first day of work and I was greeted by fog. Auspicious!
Thomas Padilla
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free breakfast area at a hotel is such a weird, liminal space
✍️ New post from me > Maintaining Truth in a Generative AI Era thomaspadilla.substack.com/p/maintainin...
Maintaining Truth in a Generative AI Era
Earlier this month, I participated in an event organized by Authors Alliance at UC Berkeley focused on DMCA 1202 and Generative AI Attribution Standards.
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Must-read new post from @publicknowledge on a distinction that every hustler trying to get paid for AI training is trying to erase: the difference between fair use and piracy. publicknowledge.org/piracy-vs-f...
Piracy vs. Fair Use: How AI Training Intersects With Copyright Law
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Our aim at DHNow is to provide as global a view of the DH landscape as possible. In this spirit, we would love to have more feeds and sources from Asia and Oceania. Please submit any sources you rely on: digitalhumanitiesnow... "
An update from The Public Interest Corpus from @thomaspadilla.bsky.social on our second workshop held at NYU Law School. Many thanks to @nyuengelberg.org for hosting us! www.authorsalliance.org/2025/08/13/t...
The Public Interest Corpus Update – NYC Edition
NYU Law School Workshop Participants Last month, a diverse set of stakeholders gathered at New York University Law School to contribute to an implementation plan for The Public Interest Corpus. Thi…
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Too many favorites. The #90s were a great time to be in college, and I made a good choice by going to the Univ of Maryland-College Park. The one Republican kid in my English lit class dressed in head-to-toe black the day after Bill Clinton was first elected president. A few others... #HigherEd
Thomas Padilla@thomaspadilla.bsky.social · last yr.What is a favorite university memory? While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
In an anthro class in undergrad: We watched a doc on Hmong shamanic medicine, and one girl (who was a pill) started making a big fuss about the "savagery" of killing a cow. Another girl calmly interjected that she was Hmong that her mom+gma were shamans and explained the respect to the animal spirit
Thomas Padilla@thomaspadilla.bsky.social · last yr.What is a favorite university memory? While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
What is a favorite university memory? While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
In the CNI Interviews podcast episode "Building The Public Interest Corpus for AI & Computational Research" @dancohen.org & @thomaspadilla.bsky.social explain the development of a corpus for AI training using digitized materials from libraries, archives, & special collections. @educause.bsky.social
Building an AI Model Grounded in Scholarship | The CNI Interviews Podcast
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What is your idea of the most perfect song? For me it might be New Order's "Ceremony" or The Stone Roses "I wanna be adored". Immediately transports me.
I love how much conference usage of Bluesky I’m seeing at #DH2025 from afar! Feels like going back in time, to a better time.
The Library of Congress is looking for feedback on their amazing/unique "Selected Datasets" collection. You can see the collection here and the survey link is at the top of the page. www.loc.gov/collections/... Anyone interested in working with datasets check out the collection and take the survey.
About this Collection | Selected Datasets | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Datasets are increasingly a key digital resource used in a wide range of fields. The Library of Congress selects, preserves, and provides enduring access to datasets with the goal of cultivating a bro...
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Hey folks, if you can share this far and wide I'd appreciate it! What articles/white papers/etc. have you seen that document that cost of data releases intended for AI development? I'm thinking cost info on storage, access, compute, staff time, etc.
a woman is talking to a man and the words at what cost are on the screen
ALT: a woman is talking to a man and the words at what cost are on the screen
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Greetings from San Francisco, where the AI biz dev continues to be drunk on domination and control
Thrilled at the publication of our @uclpress.bsky.social book, co-edited with @lisejaillant.bsky.social, Stephen Downie, Paul Gooding, Claire Warwick, & Katie Aske, with contributions from many great colleagues, incl. @thomaspadilla.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @melissaterras.bsky.social +
Lise Jaillant@lisejaillant.bsky.social · last yr.🌟 New Release! Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations is here! 🚀 Explore AI’s role in archives, libraries, & museums with insights from top experts. 📖 Available #OpenAccess: uclpress.co.uk/AIHeritage #AI #CulturalHeritage
am i the only on who with a strong aversion to wait wait dont tell me, every weekend errand, i feel like they are an omnipresent special torture
As someone who cares very much about higher education much of this concerns me. In particular this figure ....
Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · last yr.This is so exciting! New Mary Meeker deck, this one on the state of AI. It's been a long time since the last one, and Meeker has a laser sharp eye for industry-wide trends www.bondcap.com/report/pdf/T...
Check out our new paper led by @srishtiy.bsky.social and @nolauren.bsky.social! This work brings together computer vision, cultural theory, semiotics, and visual studies to provide new tools and perspectives for the study of ~culture~ in VLMs.
Srishti@srishtiy.bsky.social · last yr.I am excited to announce our latest work 🎉 "Cultural Evaluations of Vision-Language Models Have a Lot to Learn from Cultural Theory". We review recent works on culture in VLMs and argue for deeper grounding in cultural theory to enable more inclusive evaluations. Paper 🔗: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.22793
"Community Stories: The Impact of the IMLS"
Thomas Padilla@thomaspadilla.bsky.social · last yr.Honored to be interviewed by the SAA Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) for my work on IMLS Matters and my thoughts about the current attack on libraries and higher education. My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster." archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
Honored to be interviewed by the SAA Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) for my work on IMLS Matters and my thoughts about the current attack on libraries and higher education. My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster." archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
Community Stories: The Impact of the IMLS
This interview with Thomas Padilla was conducted at the end of May 2025. Because the status of IMLS, as well as many other federally funded institutions, continues to be in flux, while every attemp…
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International scientific collaborations that involve the US are complex now, but a good start is to assume you're collaborating with the 18c. The state is largely hostile to science. Economic theory is mercantilist. Travel is difficult. Research funding depends on the goodwill of quirky aristocrats.
I wrote a little bit about the Library of Congress - a place I care about deeply - given today's news: bcgl.substack.com/p/the-disman...
The Dismantling of the Library of Congress is an Assault on Knowledge Itself
Some thoughts on the day...
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And for those who need insight into what IMLS funds and does bsky.app/profile/thom...
Thomas Padilla@thomaspadilla.bsky.social · last yr.✍ New contribution from me, "No Longer Serves the Interest of the United States: The Terminated Work of the Institute of Museum and Library Services" at Katina Magazine ✍ katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees. I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
NEH Appeal - Public
Appeal Strategies for NEH Terminated Grants NEH Grantees with Terminated Grants -- the 30 day window for appeal is almost here. If your DOGE termination letter is dated April 2, then it is recommend...
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Jason Rhody@jasonrhody.bsky.social · last yr.NEH Grantees with Terminated Grants--the 30 day window for appeal is almost here. If your DOGE termination letter is dated April 2, then it is recommended to submit via eGMS by May 1. Having spoken w/ a number of sources, here's the best info I could gather on appealing your grant termination.
What examples do we have from other countries whose Federal funding systems have collapsed? How they were impacted? How they adapted if at all? Closest comparison I can think of is the consequence of BREXIT for UK orgs no longer able to access EU funding, though I gather that is changing ...
We're working hard to share the stories of #NEH grantees across the country and their incredible work. Please send more our way! In the meantime, check out this article and tool "IMLS Matters" imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/ We continue to stand in solidarity with our #IMLS colleagues.
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Thomas Padilla@thomaspadilla.bsky.social · last yr.✍ New contribution from me, "No Longer Serves the Interest of the United States: The Terminated Work of the Institute of Museum and Library Services" at Katina Magazine ✍ katinamagazine.org/content/arti...