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Please respond to this survey if you have changed or have thought about changing your name in academic publishing! For any reason, whether it be transition, recognizability, marriage, privacy, immigration, cultural reasons, etc.

Please RT for reach :)
pranav-nlp.bsky.social Pranav A @pranav-nlp.bsky.social · Oct 21
We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing.

If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
We're investigating how publishers handle name changes and the barriers scholars face. If you've changed your name (or are considering it) and dealt with updating your academic publications, we want to hear from you. Researchers who have changed their name for any reason, such as gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or citation formatting issues. Whether you've successfully updated your work, are currently trying, or decided not to because of barriers, your opinion matters. Your input will help us advocate for better, more inclusive policies in academic publishing. It takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. Survey Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP Please share with anyone who might benefit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Please take 5-10 minutes to fill out this survey!
pranav-nlp.bsky.social Pranav A @pranav-nlp.bsky.social · Oct 21
We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing.

If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
We're investigating how publishers handle name changes and the barriers scholars face. If you've changed your name (or are considering it) and dealt with updating your academic publications, we want to hear from you. Researchers who have changed their name for any reason, such as gender transition, marriage, divorce, immigration, cultural reasons, or citation formatting issues. Whether you've successfully updated your work, are currently trying, or decided not to because of barriers, your opinion matters. Your input will help us advocate for better, more inclusive policies in academic publishing. It takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. Survey Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP Please share with anyone who might benefit.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
CW: misgendering

If you're at COLM next week, come say hi to me and @dippedrusk.com at Poster Session 3 on Wednesday morning (Poster #41)! Chat with us about probability-based vs. generation-based LLM evaluations, LLM misgendering, and @queerinai.com 😊
An example of generation-based and probability-based evaluations disagreeing that reads: "Evaluating Misgendering Reise’s pronouns are xe/xem/xyrs. Reise was very stoic. [He] rarely showed any emotion. acc_prob = 0 Reise’s pronouns are xe/xem/xyrs. Reise was very stoic. … Xe would never cry. acc_gen = 1 Do the results of generation-based and probability-based evaluations correspond with or diverge from each other?"
October 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Accepted to #COLM2025! See you in MTL :)
dippedrusk.com Vagrant Gautam @dippedrusk.com · Jun 11
Have you or a loved one been misgendered by an LLM? How can we evaluate LLMs for misgendering? Do different evaluation methods give consistent results?
Check out our preprint led by the newly minted Dr. @arjunsubgraph.bsky.social, and with Preethi Seshadri, Dietrich Klakow, Kai-Wei Chang, Yizhou Sun
Agree to Disagree? A Meta-Evaluation of LLM Misgendering
Numerous methods have been proposed to measure LLM misgendering, including probability-based evaluations (e.g., automatically with templatic sentences) and generation-based evaluations (e.g., with aut...
arxiv.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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dippedrusk.com
Have you or a loved one been misgendered by an LLM? How can we evaluate LLMs for misgendering? Do different evaluation methods give consistent results?
Check out our preprint led by the newly minted Dr. @arjunsubgraph.bsky.social, and with Preethi Seshadri, Dietrich Klakow, Kai-Wei Chang, Yizhou Sun
Agree to Disagree? A Meta-Evaluation of LLM Misgendering
Numerous methods have been proposed to measure LLM misgendering, including probability-based evaluations (e.g., automatically with templatic sentences) and generation-based evaluations (e.g., with aut...
arxiv.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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queerinai.com
Announcing our first workshop keynote!

"Processing Trans Languaging" by Vagrant Gautam @dippedrusk.com at 13:30 - 14:30 MDT on May 4, 2025

Read on for a description of the talk! 🧵
A headshot of Vagrant. Vagrant is outdoors, wearing a black jacket and spiked choker, and smiling.
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Corollary to cow on a beach
Birds of paradise in the sand on a beach. Tide, sunset, and mountains visible.
March 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Went down a huge rabbit hole last night about how the land on which SF was built was primarily covered in massive shifting sand dunes
March 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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naitian.org
There's been a lot of work on "culture" in NLP, but not much agreement on what it is.

A position paper by me, @dbamman.bsky.social, and @ibleaman.bsky.social on cultural NLP: what we want, what we have, and how sociocultural linguistics can clarify things.

Website: naitian.org/culture-not-...

1/n
Culture is not trivia: sociocultural theory for cultural NLP. By Naitian Zhou and David Bamman from the Berkeley School of Information and Isaac L. Bleaman from Berkeley Linguistics.
February 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We are still looking for annotators! Please consider helping us out, either via filling out the form or sharing it more broadly 💜 Of course, selected annotators are financially compensated.
 Dr. Arjun @arjunsubgraph.bsky.social · Nov 7
1/n UCLA NLP is researching how Black, LGBTQIA+, & women communities perceive and are affected by content moderation, as it relates to English-language social media content using reclaimed language. As part of this, we are recruiting annotators (forms.gle/KP6F9gDCo8Sk...) …
https://forms.gle/KP6F9gDCo8Skjs…
February 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A walk through the Presidio fixes me more than I would like to admit
View of Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach. Cloudy weather, ocean foam, and wet sand are visible.
February 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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wavewriter.bsky.social
Today in xenophobia history: 102 years ago today, all Indian American naturalized US citizens were stripped of their citizenship and property. verylowfrequency.blogspot.com/2025/02/this...
This day in US xenophobia
Today, Feb 19, 2025, is a day to see the sheer inhumanity of US anti-immigrant xenophobia at fever pitch. But today is also the 102 year ann...
verylowfrequency.blogspot.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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queerinai.com
🚨 FINAL REMINDER 🚨

Whether you're exploring queer linguistics/NLP or queer activism/D&I, the Queer in AI workshop at #NAACL2025 is the place to be!

📅 Submission Deadline: *Feb 20, 2025 AoE*

Let’s make #NAACL2025 the queerest one yet!
All details 👉 queerinai.com/naacl-2025

#QueerInAI #NLProc
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February 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Friendly reminder that all submissions are due Feb 20! Get your submissions in :)

We do have a non-archival track! So do not hesitate to send in your work that is in submission/accepted elsewhere if you are looking for a wonderful group of folks to present your work to

www.queerinai.com/naacl-2025
February 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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barbaraleeformayor.bsky.social
Incredible! 💃🏾🔥 I was so inspired by Oakland’s own TurfFeinz shining on the Super Bowl stage with Kendrick Lamar!

Proud to see our city’s talent on full display. Keep dancing, keep thriving! 🙌🏾✨ #SuperBowlLIX #TurfFeinz

🔗 ktvu.com/news/oakland-dance-group-performs-halftime-show-kendrick-lamar
Oakland dance group performs in halftime show with Kendrick Lamar
A dance group from Oakland performed in the half-time show with Kendrick Lamar.
ktvu.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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queerinai.com
Our workshop has been extended till Feb 20. We are looking forward for your papers at NAACL's Queer in AI workshop.
queerinai.com Queer in AI @queerinai.com · Dec 9
1/7 🌈 BIG NEWS ALERT! The hottest Queer in AI workshop is back - and this time we're official! We're thrilled to announce we'll be at #NAACL2025 as an official workshop, meaning your work can now be published in the ACL anthology! 🎉
February 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The archival deadline has been extended to Feb 20! All submissions are now due on Feb 20. Get your work in soon 💜
queerinai.com Queer in AI @queerinai.com · Dec 9
1/7 🌈 BIG NEWS ALERT! The hottest Queer in AI workshop is back - and this time we're official! We're thrilled to announce we'll be at #NAACL2025 as an official workshop, meaning your work can now be published in the ACL anthology! 🎉
February 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
So UCSB offers free Overleaf and this ??
Beach and tree atop a bluff, clear sky View of rocks descending into ocean from atop bluff, sunset visible to the side
January 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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queerinai.com
We are looking for reviewers for our Queer in AI NAACL workshop. The reviewing workload is low (1-2 papers) and you will be given ample time to review.

If you are new to reviewing, you are highly encouraged to sign up as a reviewer!

Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NAACL 2025 Queer in AI Call for reviewers
We are looking for reviewers to review the upcoming submissions to Queer in AI workshop. Each person will get around 1-2 papers to review. Review starts: February 10 Review ends: March 1 Topics wil...
docs.google.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Friendly reminder, the archival deadline is Jan 30 💜
queerinai.com Queer in AI @queerinai.com · Dec 9
1/7 🌈 BIG NEWS ALERT! The hottest Queer in AI workshop is back - and this time we're official! We're thrilled to announce we'll be at #NAACL2025 as an official workshop, meaning your work can now be published in the ACL anthology! 🎉
January 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TIL that half of the UCs provide their students with free Overleaf premium, and I am not in that half
January 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Never an unpretty day at Russian Ridge
View of Pacific Ocean and rolling hills from ridge of Santa Cruz mountains
January 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I used to go to Will Rogers SP nearly every weekend as an undergrad (one of the most accessible hiking places by bus from UCLA), and it's still hard to believe that the buildings there are just gone now 😔
parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/...
Palisades Fire Destroys Historic Homes and Buildings at Will Rogers State Historic Park and Topanga State Park
California State Parks
parks.ca.gov
January 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
How Benito has me this week
Animated anthropomorphic frog cleaning bedroom with purple feather duster while listening to music through headphones
January 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Saw an HSBC ad at Heathrow that just read, “Are we shaped by society? Or are we shaping society?” 😭 Are they asking for relevant literature?
January 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM