Amanda T. Ross

OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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If we put half as much resources into metadata and cataloging as we do into dumb AI stuff, we’d way better off in terms of the info/data ecosystem

“In a historic resolution, the MFA has restored ownership of two monumental stoneware vessels by the enslaved potter and poet David Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) to his known descendants.” 👏

XRONOS is an open data infrastructure for the backbone of the archaeological record – chronology.

As described in our paper out today in the Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology (https://journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.5334/jcaa.191), XRONOS is the most comprehensive […]

American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.

The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️

Three keys in form of a paddle.

Close-up of the keys.

A bit of archival beauty for the evening. Three keys for ciphering & deciphering coded documents from the 18th century, kept in their original cases.

In Memoriam: Clifford Lynch It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Clifford Lynch, a visionary leader in the field of networked information and libraries, and the esteemed executive director of the Coalit…

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Clifford Lynch, a visionary leader in the field of networked information & libraries, and the esteemed executive director of CNI since 1997. Read more about Cliff and the indelible mark he left on the IT, higher ed, and library communities.

Please understand that “probationary employee” in Fedland is a *tenure* designation, not a performance designation. Folks are usually new to federal service, switched job series, became a supervisor, or onboarded under a special hiring authority.They are highly qualified and key to
mission success.

Feds: Apropos of… everything… did you know you can search this list for your agency’s local union?
(Still online as of 2/16/2025)

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I have been hanging out for this for quite some time - going to be v fun to read this through in all its glory. One of the most authoritative and deeply researched quantifications of data centre power consumption in the US -->>>

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An early Christmas present for all data center load growth nerds: The new LBNL report to congress is out today! Fully documents significant load growth in data centers to 2023, starting from the 2018 base of about 1% of US electricity use. More details soon! eta-publications.lbl.gov/publications...

Sens. Markey, Hirono and Rep. Adams Introduce Legislation to Promote Conservation and Preservation of Government and Historic Records | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts Bill Text (PDF) | Section by section (PDF) Washington (December 12, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey...

Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Mazie Hirono, and Rep. Alma Adams have introduced the Public Archives Resiliency Act!

Among the cultural heritage professionals who contributed to the legislation, #ALI alumna Jess Ferrell helped advocate! #IKnewHerWhen

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Listening to a wonderful #HAC presentation by John Powers on #FRUS role in U.S. national security. Don’t sleep on the Foreign Relations series: history.state.gov/historicaldo...

Press release: intelligence.house.gov/news/documen...

BREAKING: the House sub-committee on intelligence says "now convinced that foreign adversary behind AHI (Havana syndrome) incidents", "Intelligence community has hindered the subcommittee's efforts" to get to the truth.

Body Map (2016) An outline of a naked woman is embroidered on linen in the same bone white colour as the linen. She stands legs together, her right hand covering her groin, her left hand, palm up, extended slightly to her side. She looks to the right. Her entire body except for her belly is covered in intricate markings representing different neurological sensations. Her face is a mask of green lines, feathery grey lines cover her shoulders and chest. There is a thick band of intricate burgundy stitching around her waist. Her forearms and hands are covered in thick blue undulant lines. Her right leg has bands of burgundy along the muscles, with small dots around them. Her inner left leg has a thick line of blue running up it, with thin branches spreading towards her outer leg.

Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar & #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist whose work combines #anatomy and #symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016), in which I stitched my neurological #MECFS symptoms freehand as I felt them.

Added!

Department of State #altAc #Historian job closes on Dec. 2; please share this opportunity with your followers!

#twitterstorians #Historians

Thank you! Added!

#ali alumni, friends, and supporters, let me know if you’d like to be added to the Archives Leadership Institute starter pack:

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Thank you, @bsgunn.bsky.social !

ALI Starter Pack is ready to be shared and enhanced!

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I need a few more accounts before I can save a pack. I have:
@aliatvirginia.bsky.social, @bsgunn.bsky.social, @dannynoonan1962.bsky.social, @wribrarian.bsky.social do you have three other bsky accounts of ALI alumni/friends/supporters? Thank you!

@bsgunn.bsky.social @dannynoonan1962.bsky.social Is there an ALI Alumni and Friends starter pack? If not, should I begin one?

Historian <p>The Office of the Historian (FSI/OH) publishes the Congressionally-mandated Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series, the official documentary record of U.S. foreign policy; prepares ot...

Hi, Bluesky historians! Please amplify our job announcement for the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State: www.usajobs.gov/job/820195900

#twitterstorians (is there an equivalent here?) #altAc #historyJobs #historians

This era is strange because it is both socially/culturally regressive, yet technologically accelerationist.

Backward + forward at the same time. With human erasure being the goal.

I think those interested in cultural preservation, archival work— resisting erasure will be *especially* important.

I’d like to be included, please. I’m an archivist/data analyst at the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State. Thank you!

I’d like to be included, please. I’m an archivist/data analyst at the U.S. Department of State. Thank you!