ellie c
@pinebeltblues.bsky.social
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ref librarian & law prof @ UNC law library
PhD student @ UNC AmSt
UE150
she/her from AL
ref librarian & law prof @ UNC law library
PhD student @ UNC AmSt
UE150
she/her from AL
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Story of the modern US state and capitalism since at least the 1940s—always money for war, police, and surveillance, and never enough for socially useful institutions, food, shelter, health care, and other public goods
It should piss everyone in the U.S. off that a first-year public school teacher averages $45k a year, while a first-year ICE agent averages about $80k and gets a $50k sign-on bonus. We are bankrolling terrorists & bankrupting teachers. This is a systemic values problem, not a budget one.
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Story of the modern US state and capitalism since at least the 1940s—always money for war, police, and surveillance, and never enough for socially useful institutions, food, shelter, health care, and other public goods
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Terrific essay by @erikmbaker.bsky.social in Jewish Currents
"Accommodating militarism in higher education for the sake of fighting Trump will not do anything to prepare the academic profession to eventually confront its complicity in American-sponsored atrocities" jewishcurrents.org/higher-eds-b...
"Accommodating militarism in higher education for the sake of fighting Trump will not do anything to prepare the academic profession to eventually confront its complicity in American-sponsored atrocities" jewishcurrents.org/higher-eds-b...
Higher Ed's Bad Bargain
To salvage academic freedom amid Trump’s attacks, universities must break from their Cold War compromise with US militarism.
jewishcurrents.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Terrific essay by @erikmbaker.bsky.social in Jewish Currents
"Accommodating militarism in higher education for the sake of fighting Trump will not do anything to prepare the academic profession to eventually confront its complicity in American-sponsored atrocities" jewishcurrents.org/higher-eds-b...
"Accommodating militarism in higher education for the sake of fighting Trump will not do anything to prepare the academic profession to eventually confront its complicity in American-sponsored atrocities" jewishcurrents.org/higher-eds-b...
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"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
The silicon gaze: A typology of biases and inequality in LLMs through the lens of place - Francisco W. Kerche, Matthew Zook, Mark Graham, 2026
This paper introduces the concept of the silicon gaze to explain how large language models (LLMs) reproduce and amplify long-standing spatial inequalities. Draw...
journals.sagepub.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
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Library Workers in Times of Hype: AI Edition
Matthew Noe, Ella Gibson, Ruth Monnier
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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Matthew Noe, Ella Gibson, Ruth Monnier
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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Library Workers in Times of Hype: AI Edition
Library workers can be AI literacy leaders without using, or encouraging the use of, generative AI tools.
papers.ssrn.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Library Workers in Times of Hype: AI Edition
Matthew Noe, Ella Gibson, Ruth Monnier
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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Matthew Noe, Ella Gibson, Ruth Monnier
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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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What's the best map of global AI supply chains you've seen? Looking for visuals for a lecture on tech colonialism
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What's the best map of global AI supply chains you've seen? Looking for visuals for a lecture on tech colonialism
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
I’ve got another review up at @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org !
This Page Intentionally Left Blank: @pinebeltblues.bsky.social reviews KJ Cerankowski's NOTHING WANTING (@uminnpress.bsky.social)
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I’ve got another review up at @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org !
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imagining a script that adds "the only nation to ever deploy a nuclear weapon in war" as a clause prefix to each instance of "the US" I read in print and finding it incredibly clarifying actually
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
imagining a script that adds "the only nation to ever deploy a nuclear weapon in war" as a clause prefix to each instance of "the US" I read in print and finding it incredibly clarifying actually
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Really nice to see @notquitehydepark.bsky.social back in the @lrb.co.uk with a piece on Richard Siken (fear not, she brings up both Supernatural *and* AO3). She builds a career retrospective with fine economy (“Siken … cannot lie”).
More from SB in @strangehorizons.bsky.social soon!
More from SB in @strangehorizons.bsky.social soon!
Stephanie Burt · On Richard Siken
When Didion declared ‘we tell ourselves stories in order to live,’ she meant that we lie to ourselves all the time....
www.lrb.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Really nice to see @notquitehydepark.bsky.social back in the @lrb.co.uk with a piece on Richard Siken (fear not, she brings up both Supernatural *and* AO3). She builds a career retrospective with fine economy (“Siken … cannot lie”).
More from SB in @strangehorizons.bsky.social soon!
More from SB in @strangehorizons.bsky.social soon!
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Dr. King on the relationship between colonialism & fascism:
"But one of the greatest things that this war is doing to us in Civil Rights is that it is allowing the Great Society to be shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam every day."
"But one of the greatest things that this war is doing to us in Civil Rights is that it is allowing the Great Society to be shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam every day."
Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- The Other America
Civil Rights Movement -- The Other
America.
www.crmvet.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Dr. King on the relationship between colonialism & fascism:
"But one of the greatest things that this war is doing to us in Civil Rights is that it is allowing the Great Society to be shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam every day."
"But one of the greatest things that this war is doing to us in Civil Rights is that it is allowing the Great Society to be shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam every day."
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In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
January 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
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Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.
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This Page Intentionally Left Blank: @pinebeltblues.bsky.social reviews KJ Cerankowski's NOTHING WANTING (@uminnpress.bsky.social)
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This Page Intentionally Left Blank: @pinebeltblues.bsky.social reviews KJ Cerankowski's NOTHING WANTING (@uminnpress.bsky.social)
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January 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel!
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
January 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
For all those involved in drafting so-called AI guidelines, but being overwhelmed with nonsense, this is a lifesaver. Great work by Dagmar and Ariel!
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Resisting Enchantment and Determinism: How to critically engage with AI university guidelines. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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I've just posted my latest essay w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, titled "How AI Destroys Institutions." We argue that AI systems are designed in ways that degrade & are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions like the rule of law, universities & a free press. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I've just posted my latest essay w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, titled "How AI Destroys Institutions." We argue that AI systems are designed in ways that degrade & are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions like the rule of law, universities & a free press. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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New @theassemblync.bsky.social: UNC-Chapel Hill trustee John Preyer, perhaps most widely known for his role in the Belichick hire, has resigned from the board www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustee John Preyer Resigns
Preyer championed efforts to revamp the university’s budget and launch a civics school, but he may be remembered most for his role in hiring Bill Belichick.
www.theassemblync.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
New @theassemblync.bsky.social: UNC-Chapel Hill trustee John Preyer, perhaps most widely known for his role in the Belichick hire, has resigned from the board www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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ICE has a new tool to use location data from data brokers to identify the movements of protestors. Please remove your phone's Advertising ID and disable always-on location access forapps that sell your data (most of them). Instructions for Android and iOS from the EFF: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now
The ad identifier - aka “IDFA” on iOS, or “AAID” on Android - is the key that enables most third-party tracking on mobile devices. Disabling it will make it substantially harder for advertisers and da...
www.eff.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
ICE has a new tool to use location data from data brokers to identify the movements of protestors. Please remove your phone's Advertising ID and disable always-on location access forapps that sell your data (most of them). Instructions for Android and iOS from the EFF: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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“Thanks to our latest findings, we now know that early citizens of the United States had a more nuanced system of government than previously thought,” said Professor Lee Somers, director of the site excavation
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
theonion.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“Thanks to our latest findings, we now know that early citizens of the United States had a more nuanced system of government than previously thought,” said Professor Lee Somers, director of the site excavation
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the cackle I let out
January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
the cackle I let out
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Whether it’s the Trump administration launching a political persecution of Jerome Powell or Jerome Powell revealing that Trump is doing this, both sides are to blame for politicizing the Fed.
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Whether it’s the Trump administration launching a political persecution of Jerome Powell or Jerome Powell revealing that Trump is doing this, both sides are to blame for politicizing the Fed.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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This
anyway as i have said many times — and literally just wrote on saturday — i think we should abolish ICE as well as unravel DHS and i welcome elected officials who embrace both outright but i am also aware that any senate majority will contain moderate and conservative democrats who need an on-ramp.
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This
Amen
If I was in charge we would transfer the entire police budget to the public library system
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Amen