Maria Antoniak
@mariaa.bsky.social
☀️ Assistant Professor of Computer Science at CU Boulder 👩💻 NLP, cultural analytics, narratives, online communities 🌐 https://maria-antoniak.github.io 💬 books, bikes, games, art
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Maria Antoniak
@mariaa.bsky.social
· Nov 20
some little bluesky tips 🦋
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
*surveys discourse and taps sign*
and you can block! just block them! it’s ok to block!
and you can block! just block them! it’s ok to block!
someone quoted your post and you don't like it? you can "detach" your post so that it disappears and is no longer linked to their quote
posting something a little sensitive and worried about replies from random people? you can select who is allowed to reply to individual threads
posting something a little sensitive and worried about replies from random people? you can select who is allowed to reply to individual threads
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
*surveys discourse and taps sign*
and you can block! just block them! it’s ok to block!
and you can block! just block them! it’s ok to block!
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
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Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
The Post45 Data Collective invites graduate students in the humanities or adjacent fields to explore cultural data reflexively and collaboratively in a mini-workshop hosted virtually on Friday, March 13. Details here: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
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Here it is, the most damning academic figure in the history of all figures: Russian IRA accounts deeply embedded in both sides of the 2016 Twitter BLM "discussion" (by @katestarbird.bsky.social & team, 2018).
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here it is, the most damning academic figure in the history of all figures: Russian IRA accounts deeply embedded in both sides of the 2016 Twitter BLM "discussion" (by @katestarbird.bsky.social & team, 2018).
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
THIS is what our information ecosystem supports. Twitter just made it 1% more visible.
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a light thread on what we mean by "user engagement". 🧵 1/26
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
a light thread on what we mean by "user engagement". 🧵 1/26
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The Texas dude who searched Spokane, WA Flock camera data for a Texas woman who he thought had an abortion was not alone. There were 2.3 million searches of Spokane County's Flock camera data - only 4.8% of which were by local law enforcement.
And in just the first 6 months of 2025, 2,301,239 searches were made on SCSO’s Flock Network. Just 110,069, or 4.8%, of those searches were made by local law enforcement.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Texas dude who searched Spokane, WA Flock camera data for a Texas woman who he thought had an abortion was not alone. There were 2.3 million searches of Spokane County's Flock camera data - only 4.8% of which were by local law enforcement.
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Here at UMass Amherst CICS, we’re searching for TT faculty in NLP – see the link from
www.cics.umass.edu/about/employ...
I’m happy to answer questions of course, too!
www.cics.umass.edu/about/employ...
I’m happy to answer questions of course, too!
Faculty Positions
Open tenure-track and teaching faculty positions in computer science and informatics at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
www.cics.umass.edu
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Here at UMass Amherst CICS, we’re searching for TT faculty in NLP – see the link from
www.cics.umass.edu/about/employ...
I’m happy to answer questions of course, too!
www.cics.umass.edu/about/employ...
I’m happy to answer questions of course, too!
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This essay by @johannawinant.bsky.social is beautiful on what can happen in the classroom, and on the importance of *argument* to literary studies. I especially like how she writes about helping students to "believe in their own significance"
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This essay by @johannawinant.bsky.social is beautiful on what can happen in the classroom, and on the importance of *argument* to literary studies. I especially like how she writes about helping students to "believe in their own significance"
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
“…a major advance that we’ve been trying to achieve for a very long time, and a great aid to scholarship. It allows human beings to focus their time on the important, profound work of understanding another human being, rather than staring at a curlicue to grasp if it’s an L or an I.”
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“…a major advance that we’ve been trying to achieve for a very long time, and a great aid to scholarship. It allows human beings to focus their time on the important, profound work of understanding another human being, rather than staring at a curlicue to grasp if it’s an L or an I.”
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🤔💭What even is reasoning? It's time to answer the hard questions!
We built the first unified taxonomy of 28 cognitive elements underlying reasoning
Spoiler—LLMs commonly employ sequential reasoning, rarely self-awareness, and often fail to use correct reasoning structures🧠
We built the first unified taxonomy of 28 cognitive elements underlying reasoning
Spoiler—LLMs commonly employ sequential reasoning, rarely self-awareness, and often fail to use correct reasoning structures🧠
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🤔💭What even is reasoning? It's time to answer the hard questions!
We built the first unified taxonomy of 28 cognitive elements underlying reasoning
Spoiler—LLMs commonly employ sequential reasoning, rarely self-awareness, and often fail to use correct reasoning structures🧠
We built the first unified taxonomy of 28 cognitive elements underlying reasoning
Spoiler—LLMs commonly employ sequential reasoning, rarely self-awareness, and often fail to use correct reasoning structures🧠
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Does anyone have practical tips on generating diverse sets of short stories? We’re using a slot-filling method (“write a story in genre X with title Y”) but the results are still skewed toward particular topics and descriptions.
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Does anyone have practical tips on generating diverse sets of short stories? We’re using a slot-filling method (“write a story in genre X with title Y”) but the results are still skewed toward particular topics and descriptions.
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The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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We have a new paper in Science Advances proposing a simple test for bias:
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
1/
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
1/
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have a new paper in Science Advances proposing a simple test for bias:
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
1/
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
1/
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In this paper, we investigate how well media frames generalize across different media landscapes. The 15 MFC frames remain broadly applicable, but requires revisions of the guidelines to adapt to the local context.
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
aclanthology.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In this paper, we investigate how well media frames generalize across different media landscapes. The 15 MFC frames remain broadly applicable, but requires revisions of the guidelines to adapt to the local context.
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
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Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE internships: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
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The seriousness of what’s happening to university computing really isn’t braking through to the faculty like it should.
As my friend just said, “Getting the university to understand the threats not from russian cyberterrorists but rather federal investigations using subpoenas has been my main frustration.”
Because they’re putting spyware on all our computers at the moment. Which seems like fucking great timing.
Because they’re putting spyware on all our computers at the moment. Which seems like fucking great timing.
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The seriousness of what’s happening to university computing really isn’t braking through to the faculty like it should.
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I don't have words for the sort of confused this makes me feel.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I don't have words for the sort of confused this makes me feel.
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If an international student wanted advice on what kind of activism she can safely get involved in, where might this student look for answers?
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If an international student wanted advice on what kind of activism she can safely get involved in, where might this student look for answers?
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Here's a short thing on adversarial language, following yesterday's poetry news. It argues for interpretability work undertaken via literary studies and tries to acknowledge some difficulties this would entail.
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here's a short thing on adversarial language, following yesterday's poetry news. It argues for interpretability work undertaken via literary studies and tries to acknowledge some difficulties this would entail.
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
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Sharing the slides for a talk on faculty job search
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Sharing the slides for a talk on faculty job search
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
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📚 MajinBook: Metadata for 500,000 books from Library Genesis & GoodReads. Huge work from Antoine Mazières, see: ⬇️ arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412
MajinBook: An open catalogue of digital world literature with likes
This data paper introduces MajinBook, an open catalogue designed to facilitate the use of shadow libraries--such as Library Genesis and Z-Library--for computational social science and cultural analyti...
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📚 MajinBook: Metadata for 500,000 books from Library Genesis & GoodReads. Huge work from Antoine Mazières, see: ⬇️ arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412
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Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences: Natural Language Processing (RISE-AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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AIM's 2nd round of TTK hiring - building up to 30 - is up!
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
Senior Tenure Track Faculty at the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM) - Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank Joint Appointment)
Job Description Summary Organization Summary Statement: The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland - AIM (aim.umd.edu) - is hiring 40 faculty over the next several years, incl...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
AIM's 2nd round of TTK hiring - building up to 30 - is up!
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
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a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...