Alice Goldfarb
@alicegoldfarb.com
Thinking about messy data.
[Unbreaking](https://unbreaking.org/) & [CU Boulder's Info Visions Lab](https://infovisions.github.io/)
(extricated from afgoldfarb on 🐦, was once goldfarb.bsky.social 🦋)
[Unbreaking](https://unbreaking.org/) & [CU Boulder's Info Visions Lab](https://infovisions.github.io/)
(extricated from afgoldfarb on 🐦, was once goldfarb.bsky.social 🦋)
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I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the Radio Preservat...
current.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
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Getting the @newamerica.org fellowship genuinely changed my life. It made Tested possible, in a moment where I was ready to give up. If you've got a project that needs support (financial and intellectual) consider applying! Happy to answer any Q's people have:
www.newamerica.org/fellows/abou...
www.newamerica.org/fellows/abou...
Apply to the New America Fellows Program
We are now accepting applications for the Class of 2027 to the New America Fellows Program!
www.newamerica.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Getting the @newamerica.org fellowship genuinely changed my life. It made Tested possible, in a moment where I was ready to give up. If you've got a project that needs support (financial and intellectual) consider applying! Happy to answer any Q's people have:
www.newamerica.org/fellows/abou...
www.newamerica.org/fellows/abou...
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and co-collaborators Sylvia Fernandez, Miriam Posner, Anna Preus, & Amardeep Singh’s project titled “Responsible Datasets in Context” received a Digital Project Award (Newcomer) from the American Studies Association. www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com
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Responsible Datasets in Context
www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and co-collaborators Sylvia Fernandez, Miriam Posner, Anna Preus, & Amardeep Singh’s project titled “Responsible Datasets in Context” received a Digital Project Award (Newcomer) from the American Studies Association. www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com
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“When I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York.”
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
“When I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York.”
I'll draw three figures on your heart.
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
I'll draw three figures on your heart.
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So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.
Only two places in Heated Rivalry get a province listed: Regina, Saskatchewan & Ottawa, Ontario.
Everywhere else is city only: Los Angeles, Toronto, Montréal, Nashville, Boston, Las Vegas, Moscow, Tampa Bay. Even Lanaudière.
God-tier shade from, I'm guessing, Jacob Tierney.
Everywhere else is city only: Los Angeles, Toronto, Montréal, Nashville, Boston, Las Vegas, Moscow, Tampa Bay. Even Lanaudière.
God-tier shade from, I'm guessing, Jacob Tierney.
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Only two places in Heated Rivalry get a province listed: Regina, Saskatchewan & Ottawa, Ontario.
Everywhere else is city only: Los Angeles, Toronto, Montréal, Nashville, Boston, Las Vegas, Moscow, Tampa Bay. Even Lanaudière.
God-tier shade from, I'm guessing, Jacob Tierney.
Everywhere else is city only: Los Angeles, Toronto, Montréal, Nashville, Boston, Las Vegas, Moscow, Tampa Bay. Even Lanaudière.
God-tier shade from, I'm guessing, Jacob Tierney.
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not quite what this thread is getting at but once at the LOC reading room, i saw a husband & wife duo straight out of central casting, by which i mean she was doing all the physical & intellectual labor, while he was simply looking at whatever individual documents she put in front of him
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
not quite what this thread is getting at but once at the LOC reading room, i saw a husband & wife duo straight out of central casting, by which i mean she was doing all the physical & intellectual labor, while he was simply looking at whatever individual documents she put in front of him
Is there a way to block / remove the AI overview "Know before you go" section from google maps in iOs? I've looked around but haven't seen suggestions ...
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Is there a way to block / remove the AI overview "Know before you go" section from google maps in iOs? I've looked around but haven't seen suggestions ...
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Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
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I cannot tell you just how *tremendously hard* various volunteers have worked on this massive @unbreaking.org update: sifting through awful, terrible news every single day, identifying connections and themes, all to build a clear picture of the harm the federal government’s caused.
20,000 words, 150 footnotes, 100+ timeline events = our attempt at documenting and synthesizing all the ways that the federal government has attempted to destroy access to gender-affirming care since January unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
Transgender Healthcare: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I cannot tell you just how *tremendously hard* various volunteers have worked on this massive @unbreaking.org update: sifting through awful, terrible news every single day, identifying connections and themes, all to build a clear picture of the harm the federal government’s caused.
@skeuomorphpress.org Exciting mail day! Gorgeous, and while I'm feeling a little grumpy about it getting ripped in transit, I'm also appreciating that that's part of the materiality of the print.
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@skeuomorphpress.org Exciting mail day! Gorgeous, and while I'm feeling a little grumpy about it getting ripped in transit, I'm also appreciating that that's part of the materiality of the print.
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Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
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This is a reckless and self-destructive decision by ACM. It violates trust to cover up the peer-reviewed abstract with a lousy, error-ridden counterfeit. It sets a bad example for the community, implying that LLM "summaries" have epistemic value and that reading isn't necessary.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is a reckless and self-destructive decision by ACM. It violates trust to cover up the peer-reviewed abstract with a lousy, error-ridden counterfeit. It sets a bad example for the community, implying that LLM "summaries" have epistemic value and that reading isn't necessary.
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Learned from New School friends this evening that the university is planning its own version of a “school for civic thought.” A university founded by Columbia faculty who rejected the call for “unqualified loyalty” to the US govt during WWI, is now embracing patriotism, + Isaacsonian hagiography?
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Learned from New School friends this evening that the university is planning its own version of a “school for civic thought.” A university founded by Columbia faculty who rejected the call for “unqualified loyalty” to the US govt during WWI, is now embracing patriotism, + Isaacsonian hagiography?
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Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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BEIGNET BLANC
Thanks to Sesame Street, we have a Knives Out puppet mystery.
Benoit Blanc Gets Puppety in KNIVES OUT x SESAME STREET Short
nerdist.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
BEIGNET BLANC
You know you're having a great Saturday night when researchgate dot net "notices unusual activity" and asks you to confirm that you're a person.
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
You know you're having a great Saturday night when researchgate dot net "notices unusual activity" and asks you to confirm that you're a person.
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I feel like the environmental impact of a reusable shopping bag is kinda canceled out by all the excess resources that go into an AI making the design. Maybe that’s just me tho.
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I feel like the environmental impact of a reusable shopping bag is kinda canceled out by all the excess resources that go into an AI making the design. Maybe that’s just me tho.
I watched Twitch City when it aired on Bravo and ... yeah. Every time I think about it I wonder if I've misremembered but no, just the weirdest (complimentary).
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I watched Twitch City when it aired on Bravo and ... yeah. Every time I think about it I wonder if I've misremembered but no, just the weirdest (complimentary).
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Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
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No AI or algorithms here - just 141 human beings [131 reviewers, 3 editors 👋, 1 producer, 1 reporter, 1 standards editor, 2 copy editors, 1 developer, and 1 graphics editor] who really wanted to tell you about some books they loved this year. ❤️📚 apps.npr.org/best-books/
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
No AI or algorithms here - just 141 human beings [131 reviewers, 3 editors 👋, 1 producer, 1 reporter, 1 standards editor, 2 copy editors, 1 developer, and 1 graphics editor] who really wanted to tell you about some books they loved this year. ❤️📚 apps.npr.org/best-books/