Hilary Bussell

Screenshot reads, "A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey."

Not now, carnivorous death ball

Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Generative AI Licensing Agreement Tracker - Ithaka S+R In recent months, several publishers have announced that they are licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLMs. These deals

USEFUL: Generative Al License Tracker from Ithaca S+R sr.ithaka.org/our-work/gen... Tracking deals publishers have with companies licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLM

(Noting the 'their content' aspect of this - read your publishing agreements folks before signing)

Me, explaining copyright as a librarian:

In 1976, copyright protection became automatic. Registration was no longer required in order to retain your copyright to the work.

Until 2022, when AI decided that copyright is just vibes

A GoFundMe for the instructor who was fired at Texas A&M!

We’d love to know if people are using rescued data. We have download numbers but it would be helpful to know how people are using them! If you have use cases get in touch!

Freedom of expression!

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

I learned today that Ohio State faculty can’t put a land acknowledgement statement in their syllabus and that we can’t ask students to voluntarily disclose their pronouns. #firstamendment #ohiostate

A generous thread that touches on a lot of the conversations that are obviated when "Gen AI" is presented as a monolith rather than a marketing term whose nuances need to be teased out in order to have curious, productive conversations.

Chalk. That's the big threat here at OSU. I can't think of a more obvious way to say "we're afraid of what you have to say" than to ban chalk.

YouTube video by iassistdata Introduction to Requal: Increasing Transparency and Reflexivity of Qualitative Coding

New @iassistdata.bsky.social #qualitative interest group workshop recording is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Ud...

Martin Hájek demonstrated how to use @requal.bsky.social, a free and #opensource tool for #qual data analysis.

Slides at: zenodo.org/records/1566...

Prof. Sobers presenting slides on a stage. Slides depicting Fairfield House in Bath

Prof Sobers presenting slides on a stage. Slides depicting Sylvia Pankhurst an Emporer Haile Selassie I

I absolutely loved yesterday's #IASSIST2025 keynote by Prof. Shawn Sobers people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/Shawn... with art + anthropology + history + data + pianola

Excellent presentation by @lyndamk.bsky.social on @datarescueproject.org and other data rescue efforts, including @SafeguardingResearch.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy out of Germany. Such important work to safeguard our cultural heritage being done through the work of groups across the world. #IASSIST2025

We are presenting on our work and wider data rescue efforts at #IASSIST2025 conference in Bristol, England this week. If you aren't familiar with @iassistdata.bsky.social but you are interested in #data, you should check it out! Great sessions on #data management, preservation, ethics, & more.

I’ve noticed an uptick in dismissals of the concerns of teachers about AI. Some say that it’s *their* job to find a way to evaluate work that AI can’t replicate. I would just ask that you talk to real teachers and really listen. I’d also suggest reading a bit about writing and the brain.

Whoa!

Oh man, what a self-own. A govt lawyer brought up DEI in passing, Judge Young was Not Happy:

"If putting these words together, DEI, is somehow offensive... does that mean our policy is homogeneity, inequity, and exclusion?

Are you going to stand there and tell me that's now the policy of the NIH?"

Do public libraries help mitigate crime? Evidence from Kansas City, MO - Journal of Cultural Economics We examine the relationship between public libraries and local crime rates. Previous studies have looked at different factors that could account for changes in crime, but few have focused on cultural ...

Wanna reduce crime?

Open more libraries.

"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The Ohio State University Libraries is hiring two super important collections-focused TT faculty positions: Collections Strategist and Acquisitions Librarian. I’m not on either search committee but happy to answer any questions I can. #libraryjobs #lisjobs osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Federal Library Agency in ALA Lawsuit Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)...

IMLS!
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Reddit Issuing 'Formal Legal Demands' Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users Reddit called it an "improper and highly unethical experiment" and said it did not know it was happening.

Update: Reddit the platform is considering legal action against the researchers, their university has stated that their ethics review did NOT actually tell them that the research was okay, and the researchers are not publishing the work. www.404media.co/reddit-issui...

This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm.

Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵

From the changemyview community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the changemyview community

The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988

Never thought we'd do this but...

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Amazing. I agree with you - one of the best things I’ve seen.

Ha, I saw the matinee today!

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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—