Hao Ye
@hao-and-y.bsky.social
Curriculum Developer (UPenn / Community for Rigor); Data Paper Editor (Ecology); Governance Committee (OLS); Instructor Trainer (The Carpentries)
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A lot of people (professional scholars included) start a literature search with a claim that they want backed up by a citation.
LLMs are designed to give answers that please users, so surprise surprise, they often make up citations when that's what you ask of them.
LLMs are designed to give answers that please users, so surprise surprise, they often make up citations when that's what you ask of them.
this is so incredibly embarrassing. why on earth would you ask an LLM to generate fake archival resources when you could instead use a Victorian antiquarian
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A lot of people (professional scholars included) start a literature search with a claim that they want backed up by a citation.
LLMs are designed to give answers that please users, so surprise surprise, they often make up citations when that's what you ask of them.
LLMs are designed to give answers that please users, so surprise surprise, they often make up citations when that's what you ask of them.
The question about when abstract writing should occur is really interesting!
It illuminates the different objectives of an abstract, and what is achieved through the writing process.
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It illuminates the different objectives of an abstract, and what is achieved through the writing process.
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😍 Big thanks to everyone who joined our abstract-writing workshop yesterday, and to our P.I., @kordinglab.bsky.social for another great session!
Stay tuned for our next event in early 2026!
#AbstractWriting #sciencewriting #C4R #Communityforrigor #PlanYourScience #KonradKording
Stay tuned for our next event in early 2026!
#AbstractWriting #sciencewriting #C4R #Communityforrigor #PlanYourScience #KonradKording
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The question about when abstract writing should occur is really interesting!
It illuminates the different objectives of an abstract, and what is achieved through the writing process.
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It illuminates the different objectives of an abstract, and what is achieved through the writing process.
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My partner and I have also been exploring spotify alternatives; also settling on Qobuz (for streaming).
(and always a +1 to bandcamp if you like owning copies of specific albums)
(and always a +1 to bandcamp if you like owning copies of specific albums)
I'm using Qobuz (and sometimes Apple Music) and it's very easy to port over and Qobuz pays artists more per track
help.qobuz.com/en/articles/...
help.qobuz.com/en/articles/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My partner and I have also been exploring spotify alternatives; also settling on Qobuz (for streaming).
(and always a +1 to bandcamp if you like owning copies of specific albums)
(and always a +1 to bandcamp if you like owning copies of specific albums)
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KPOP Demon Hunters is a movie about the importance of effective public health communication in this essay I will...
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
KPOP Demon Hunters is a movie about the importance of effective public health communication in this essay I will...
Kudos to the scriptwriter of the faculty meeting scene in S2E3 of A Man on the Inside.
The way everyone got distracted from the agenda item to ask questions about a blazer is spot-on!
The way everyone got distracted from the agenda item to ask questions about a blazer is spot-on!
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Kudos to the scriptwriter of the faculty meeting scene in S2E3 of A Man on the Inside.
The way everyone got distracted from the agenda item to ask questions about a blazer is spot-on!
The way everyone got distracted from the agenda item to ask questions about a blazer is spot-on!
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1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
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“What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be…What a gift it is…to have no choice in the matter.” 🔥🔥🔥
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“What these pundits are nudging us to do, ever so politely, is accept that women, in the main, are accustomed to being a little degraded, a little underpaid and ignored and dampened in their ambitions, in ways that men are not and never will be…What a gift it is…to have no choice in the matter.” 🔥🔥🔥
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I think this take on the sandwich guy trial is correct. our system is built assuming that prosecutors will show appropriate restraint. the sandwich guy case went on for way too long and that in and if itself should be raising alarm bells www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I think this take on the sandwich guy trial is correct. our system is built assuming that prosecutors will show appropriate restraint. the sandwich guy case went on for way too long and that in and if itself should be raising alarm bells www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
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I think jobs should always list salary and that people should talk about their salaries openly. Your salary is not your worth. It's just what you get paid. This would help unite workers and reveal any nefarious pay gaps.
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think jobs should always list salary and that people should talk about their salaries openly. Your salary is not your worth. It's just what you get paid. This would help unite workers and reveal any nefarious pay gaps.
Your reminder that there are plenty of folks involved in research integrity that don't write racist / xenophobic click-bait.
I mean, Leonid's writing also scans as racist:
"Papermills are considered a third world problem. Nobody in the west reads those papers, and only third world researchers engage in papermilling, white professors don’t do that."
"Papermills are considered a third world problem. Nobody in the west reads those papers, and only third world researchers engage in papermilling, white professors don’t do that."
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Your reminder that there are plenty of folks involved in research integrity that don't write racist / xenophobic click-bait.
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much is made of mamdani's digital strategy, but all of that Posting went to proving that he lived in the real world, appealing to real people about real issues. this dynamic is something to watch as GOP (and center libs tbh) drift into the Posting ether of the X filter bubble
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
much is made of mamdani's digital strategy, but all of that Posting went to proving that he lived in the real world, appealing to real people about real issues. this dynamic is something to watch as GOP (and center libs tbh) drift into the Posting ether of the X filter bubble
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things like Jerry Falwell was hoping to end public education in the US because it is integrated really situate in context the current destruction of the department of education
Easy opportunity to do your Christian Nationalism homework: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
This F*cking Guy: Jerry Falwell
Podcast Episode · Hysteria · 10/26/2025 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
things like Jerry Falwell was hoping to end public education in the US because it is integrated really situate in context the current destruction of the department of education
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3/3 Theory&Society, you'll recall, was taken over ~2 years ago by a group closely associated with 'heterodox' scholarship. The piece fits my continuing impression of much of the heterodox crowd that they're very much willing to lower standards if it fits _their_ ideological predispositions.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
3/3 Theory&Society, you'll recall, was taken over ~2 years ago by a group closely associated with 'heterodox' scholarship. The piece fits my continuing impression of much of the heterodox crowd that they're very much willing to lower standards if it fits _their_ ideological predispositions.
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
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“Multiverse analyses require thorough, theory-based model selection. Otherwise, they become a ‘dangerous tool’ that drowns valid models in misspecified ones, needlessly eroding trust in science.”
A plea for thoughtful models by @kauspurg.bsky.social
#MetaSci
A plea for thoughtful models by @kauspurg.bsky.social
#MetaSci
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Multiverse analyses require thorough, theory-based model selection. Otherwise, they become a ‘dangerous tool’ that drowns valid models in misspecified ones, needlessly eroding trust in science.”
A plea for thoughtful models by @kauspurg.bsky.social
#MetaSci
A plea for thoughtful models by @kauspurg.bsky.social
#MetaSci
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I’m in a room where a whole ass faculty member said “Chat GPT 5 would be able to write a better NSF proposal than me” and… well…
My inside thoughts got the best of me BC I said loud as fuck “that’s unfortunate, because there’s not a machine on earth that writes better than me.”
My inside thoughts got the best of me BC I said loud as fuck “that’s unfortunate, because there’s not a machine on earth that writes better than me.”
October 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I’m in a room where a whole ass faculty member said “Chat GPT 5 would be able to write a better NSF proposal than me” and… well…
My inside thoughts got the best of me BC I said loud as fuck “that’s unfortunate, because there’s not a machine on earth that writes better than me.”
My inside thoughts got the best of me BC I said loud as fuck “that’s unfortunate, because there’s not a machine on earth that writes better than me.”
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Due to this policy, I have just applied for a visa waiver to a country of which I am a citizen. Why? Because my American passport has an X on it, and now I can only safely enter the country using my Chilean passport with a binary sex marker.
www.visaverge.com/passport/cbp...
www.visaverge.com/passport/cbp...
CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Strengthens APIS Passport Validation
CBP has implemented two APIS enforcement measures affecting flights to and from the United States. Effective October 14, 2025, APIS sex fields must contain only binary codes “M” or “F”; any other valu...
www.visaverge.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Due to this policy, I have just applied for a visa waiver to a country of which I am a citizen. Why? Because my American passport has an X on it, and now I can only safely enter the country using my Chilean passport with a binary sex marker.
www.visaverge.com/passport/cbp...
www.visaverge.com/passport/cbp...
I actually think the inverse problem (positive bias for positive results) is more of an issue?
With a null result, (ideal) peer reviewers are understandably thorough in checking the methodology to rule out errors that would have confounded the results.
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With a null result, (ideal) peer reviewers are understandably thorough in checking the methodology to rule out errors that would have confounded the results.
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“When there’s so much misinformation around and distrust about science, it’s more important than ever that we are transparent about how exactly science goes on” - RoRI's @scurry.bsky.social calls on the research sector to end the “publication bias” against negative results: tinyurl.com/ux5xtm4d
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I actually think the inverse problem (positive bias for positive results) is more of an issue?
With a null result, (ideal) peer reviewers are understandably thorough in checking the methodology to rule out errors that would have confounded the results.
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With a null result, (ideal) peer reviewers are understandably thorough in checking the methodology to rule out errors that would have confounded the results.
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In the Trump regime, every accusation is a confession. The terrorism is coming from inside the White House. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In the Trump regime, every accusation is a confession. The terrorism is coming from inside the White House. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...
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This is TNC, and this is the foundational difference between his politics and Kleins’s. At a basic level you either believe in the biologically deterministic myths that historically and currently animate hate and exclusion and oppression, or you fight them with everything you have.
September 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is TNC, and this is the foundational difference between his politics and Kleins’s. At a basic level you either believe in the biologically deterministic myths that historically and currently animate hate and exclusion and oppression, or you fight them with everything you have.
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This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
September 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!
Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project
Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
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I’m sure she totally means Palestinians and their comrades speaking out against Zionism
September 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I’m sure she totally means Palestinians and their comrades speaking out against Zionism
Preregistration doesn't fix bad theory.
But it's certainly faster and easier to do than developing good theory.
But it's certainly faster and easier to do than developing good theory.
They can preregister the shit causal model or protocols, etc and it’s really important not to emphasize the lack of preregistration as credibility reducing because in doing so we’ll give it credibility when they prereg some “both go up” model.
September 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Preregistration doesn't fix bad theory.
But it's certainly faster and easier to do than developing good theory.
But it's certainly faster and easier to do than developing good theory.