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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 9h

I've heard of selling your body for sex, but, of course, it's Open AI so they're going to be selling other peoples'.

michael veale @michae.lv · 9h

it’s because you want paying customers to try and fill the financial chasm (especially those that don’t need mega huge expensive context windows) not because you have a commitment to free expression

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 9h

Sam Altman says OpenAI is "not the elected moral police of the world" after receiving backlash for saying ChatGPT will allow "erotica for verified adults" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 9h

Great call for the next @rdapassociation.bsky.social summit:

"Practical, Personalized, Impactful: Research Data in the Real World".

With RDAP it's always programme quality high, cost of attending low. Recommended!
rdapassociation.org/summit

Research Data Access and Preservation Association - RDAP Summit

rdapassociation.org

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 17h

Another Bsky welcome, this time to Sonraí, who have been putting together and sustaining an excellent data steward network in Ireland. And, would you believe it, happen to be presenting on this at next year's #IDCC26 (registration now open, etc...)

Sonraí - Irish Data Stewardship Network @sonrai.bsky.social · 17h

"Hello World" from Sonraí - the Irish data stewardship network. We aim to promote & support the transition to a FAIR and open research data landscape in Ireland. We will have regular shout-outs and updates on here, and check out our website: www.datastewards.ie

#DataStewards #FAIRdata #OpenResearch

Sonraí – Irish Data Stewardship Network

Irish Data Stewardship Network

www.datastewards.ie

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 1d

"The King has said he's going to put a tax on tea,
And that's the reason y'all Americans drink coffee" (Harvey, 1976)

Varina @varinajr.bsky.social · 1d

Not wanting to pay a bunch of tariffs is literally why Americans drink coffee over tea, despite being a former British colony (and also why America stopped being a British colony). And now the America First crowd is saying "let them drink Monster". Politics is so stupid now.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 1d

"Our AI data stew..." *SLAMS LAPTOP SHUT*

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

Friday. The day when I work through closing all the tabs I opened from Monday to Thursday.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 7d

a man wearing a headset says i dunno jeff in front of a crowd of people

ALT: a man wearing a headset says i dunno jeff in front of a crowd of people

media.tenor.com

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes you can see where there is a natural end point. A point of full stop, end of discussion, nothing else to see, everyone go home now.

“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said.

Naturally, Cleggy goes on.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Dr Laura Molloy @lmhatii.bsky.social · 7d

📢Good news alert!📢 NEW version (v002) of the CODATA RDM Terminology now online! Info + link: codata.org/codata-and-t... Direct link: vocabs.ardc.edu.au/viewById/685 Thanks to our fabulous expert Working Group and technical heroes @ardc.edu.au 👏 @codata-isc.bsky.social

CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) announce the updated 2025 CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT) - CODATA, Committee on Data of the ISC

Paris, October 2025. CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) are delighted to announce the publication of the updated CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT) 2025. The Termin...

codata.org

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 8d

God bless delimiter-separated values.

Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

Everyone is focusing on the NI gaffe, obviously. But the switch from "we came up with..." to "i'm not here to talk about what the Conservative government did" makes me think she really is the world's first genAI party leader.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

I admire how bad it is, it's like an anti-search engine.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

Good question. Key reading for me was Yeo (2010) that SP hadn't yet decided what it meant, never mind be operationalized (that's how I read it anyway). Not sure how much the debate moved on, but my readings on it stop around the mid 2010s.

Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

The BBC archive is always posting clips that do this. "Information Superhighway" was a particular favourite.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

By the way "Disingenuous Slop Feedback Loop" will be available soon from all good local independent record stores. Pressed on 180g vinyl, of course.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

Good point this. It's a disingenuous slop feedback loop.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12d

I thought the tone if how quickly she agreed with the correction to plough on was very much in the style of ChatGPT if told it is spouting nonsense

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 15d

It's open. No dynamic pricing! No Oasis songs either! Win, win. #idcc26

Digital Curation Centre @digitalcuration.bsky.social · 15d

📢Registration is now open for #IDCC26

Multiple tickets options are now available⬇️
🐦Early bird
🗺️Lower Middle-Income Countries
🧑‍🎓Student
☀️One day tickets (Tuesday or Wednesday)
🎫Book by 31 October 2025 to take advantage of the Early Bird rate⬇️
dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 15d

Another of the wonderful @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy team is here! #digipres

Jenny Mitcham @jennymitcham.bsky.social · 15d

I thought it was about time I created an account. Hoping to chat about digital preservation (and other things of course). Great to see so many familiar faces already! :-)

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 16d

One for those that remember the 2010s there.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 16d

Apparently you can only opt out by posting a facebook status
asserting copyright "as a result of the Berner [sic] Convention."

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 16d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 19d

Oh it's coherent alright. For people who look and sound like you and me, no need for ID; for people that don't, card 'em.

Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 19d

Soon everything will have persistent identifiers!

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 19d

If your university tries some more gentle persuasion, you can ask them if they have a ROR yet, or if they've integrated Research Activity Identifiers into their systems.

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Digital Curation Centre @digitalcuration.bsky.social · 19d

🏨Venue announcement!🏨

#IDCC26 will be hosted in the Hotel Esplanade Zagreb next year from 16-18 February.

Check out the venue now, ahead of an exciting announcement next week....

➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/venue-and-accommodation

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 21d

That's a great one for the bad #dataviz slides.

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