@bduckles.bsky.social
open science, writing, mixed methods, fiber arts and tea. Portland, OR (she, her)
In very October news, my friend is putting out her adorable Ghost and Cat cartoon. Check out the spoopy cuteness:
bsky.app/profile/ghos...
It’s so easy to be an artist. You just do it. That, of course, is why it’s so hard to be an artist. You just have to do it.
People despise how artistic courage highlights their own cowardice. Thus, crave the art, despise the artist.
my random thoughts on it, better said by all the ppl in history
Greetings from "war ravaged Portland" where there's a really rad new hyper-local news site called East Portland Voice.
29.09.2025 22:27 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
They’re bringing back Reading Rainbow, hosted by Mychal the Librarian. [youtube.com]
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This essay is sweet, inspiring and lovely.
"Make little guys in the lineage of our ancestors, who stuck their hands into a pile of mud and made a little guy. "
(ht @joshmillard.bsky.social)
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Laura's email newsletter is the BEST way to get into the halloween mindset! Highly recommend!
12.09.2025 20:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is a neat online tool that allows you to move countries around and see how big things are in comparison. Calling all map nerds.
thetruesize.com#?borders=1~!...
Today is the day to talk about using and valuing renewable resources during our Everyday Flourishing workshop.
It'll be a fun time, 12 noon PST for an hour.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Happy It's-gonna-be-may day to all who celebrate. 😂
www.tiktok.com/@nicolestory...
This project is tracking the impact of federal cuts and is a great example of the importance of open data. theimpactproject.org
31.03.2025 19:11 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Just saw the news that Rep. Grijalva died, he was such a good man. Kind and warm, thoughtful about progressive issues. He will be missed. www.npr.org/2025/03/13/g...
14.03.2025 04:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Perhaps you too would like to watch a bald eagle sitting on her nest in a snowstorm:
www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nf...
Y’ALL THE PEPÉ MEMES ARE GIVING ME LIFE
11.03.2025 16:06 — 👍 277 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0How in the hell have I not heard of this before.
"10 Simple Rules for Leadership Without Formal Authority: A resource for Open Source Leaders"
eoss-om-communitycalls.github.io/2024-08-27-1...
#eResearchNZ
Here's a fun new game that's a new take on a laddergram.
raddle.quest
Oh thank you Renee!
06.03.2025 17:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What would you love to yield in your life—more beauty? Calm? Space? 🌿
Join us for an hour of thoughtful conversation & connection: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌿 Our next Everyday Flourishing workshop is Monday, 3/10 at noon PST!
This time, we’re talking about Obtaining a Yield—how we nourish ourselves and receive what we actually want in life.
www.everydayflourishing.org
If you enjoy this sort of thing, I do monthly workshops where we talk about ecological principles in our everyday life.
The next one is next Monday and you can sign up here: www.everydayflourishing.org
I wrote about sunshine during the winter. On rereading beloved children's books, finding abundance, putting it up the hill and stacking delights
It also features one of my favorite children's book: Frederick.
bethduckles.substack.com/p/sunshine-i...
Renee's writing is a delight.
03.03.2025 20:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Much gratitude to @borhane.bsky.social, Ranjit Singh, Carol Andreson, Briana Vecchione, Emnet Tafesse and Jacob Metcalf for this work.
Also grateful to @datasociety.bsky.social for coming together with the AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance (ARVA) to make this work possible.
Takeaway: GenAI red teaming isn't just a technique but a mindset - one that encourages a holistic, contextual approach to evaluating AI systems. We're having a discussion about it on February 20th: datasociety.net/events/red-t... You're welcome to join!
11.02.2025 18:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We wanted to know why red teaming is so hot, who was involved and what approaches they used.
We look at questions about what counts as red teaming, the role of community-driven and gamified red teaming events, who gets to decide what makes AI behavior acceptable and whose interests are served.
Pleased to share this report I contributed to on Red Teaming in the Public Interest with Data & Society and the AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance.
We did interviews with folks across the generative AI ecosystem.
datasociety.net/library/red-...
#generativeai #llms #aiethics #aisafety #redteaming
Screenshot of Data.gov, showing 306,503 data sets available
Today, Data.gov shows 306,503 open data sets.
Harvard Library now has ~311,000 datasets, which they say is a “complete archive of federal public datasets linked”:
lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
A reminder that #OpenGov & data is about all of the USA & for all of us, not any administration.
Lots of great material in here about creating a Library of Things. I'm always appreciative of these places in our community - in particular, I love having the Lents Tool Library in my neighborhood.
www.shareable.net/library-of-t...
Thinking about how we conserve and pay attention to our energy during these wild times.
🌿 I'll be doing the second Flourishing workshop on Monday 2/10 at noon. You're welcome to join.
Sign up: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Resource: www.everydayflourishing.org/02-Energy.html
This book is 🔥
05.02.2025 23:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
