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💡&🔥 I used to talk about learning science, inference & categories/concepts. now idk. she/they 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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zal-cryptid.bsky.social
Some flowcharts I made for some reason
January 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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hartzog.bsky.social
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
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abeba.bsky.social
if you’re passionate about AI accountability research and enjoy working in a vibrant lab with a multi-disciplinary team but not interested in doing traditional academic work, this position might be for you
abeba.bsky.social Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 2d
I’m looking for my right-hand person to come help me run the @aial.ie

- Job Title: Lab Coordinator, AI Accountability Lab (0.8 FTE)
- Pay Scale: (€58,999 - €69,325 per annum pro-rata)
- Closing Date: 11-Feb-2026 12:00

Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Main Responsibilities👇🏾
Main Responsibilities Operational and Financial Administration: • Coordinate the day-to-day operational and administrative activities of the AI Accountability Lab. • Oversee lab budgets and financial planning for research grants and cost centres; monitor expenditure and prepare financial reports for the PI and Faculty Finance Office. • Ensure adherence to Trinity and funder financial policies and procurement procedures. • Maintain internal administrative systems, documentation, and records to support efficient project delivery. • Liaise with central Finance, the Research Development Office, and external funding bodies on budgetary and governance matters. • Coordinate HR administrative processes for the lab, including recruitment, onboarding, contract administration, and research staff extensions in liaison with central HR and the Research Office. • Create and maintain shared resources, calendars, and internal documentation. • Coordinate relationships and collaboration with other research centres, government bodies, policy makers, civil society partners, and media as required by the research team. • Plan and schedule internal lab meetings, reading groups, invited speakers, collaborative work sessions, and other events as required. Research Coordination and Governance: • Track project timelines, deliverables, reporting schedules, and ethical compliance across multiple funded projects. • Ensure research activities meet Trinity and funder governance requirements (e.g., ethics, data management, GDPR, and reporting). • Coordinate workshops, seminars, and collaborative events with research centres and external partners as required. • Maintain shared documentation and project records to support effective collaboration. • Ensure that research outputs comply with ethical and scientific standards and satisfy the terms and conditions of relevant funding bodies. Communications and External Engagement • Coordinate internal and external communications for the lab, including its website, newsletters, and social media presence. • Liaise with policy makers, media, and stakeholder organisations on behalf of the lab, in consultation with the PI. • Support the dissemination of research outputs, such as academic publications, policy briefs, and public events in collaboration with ADAPT’s and TCD’s communications staff. • Work with Trinity Communications to prepare press releases and highlight lab achievements. • Representing the lab externally with media if required. Planning and Cross-Centre Coordination • Support the PI in delivering AIAL’s annual operational plan and reporting on progress against objectives. • Coordinate activities across multiple projects and partnerships to ensure consistency and alignment with institutional priorities. • Contribute to process improvements that strengthen the lab’s administrative and operational framework. • Act as a key contact for internal governance reviews, audits, and funder compliance checks. Any other duties or responsibilities as assigned by the PI or their delegate in support of the effective operation of the AI Accountability Lab and its objectives.
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
Imagine doing a PhD in electricity, just so you knew how to blow up nuclear power plants and heavy water-producing facilities.

“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.”

A profile in absolute courage.
The A.N.C., in a statement, called Dr. Christie’s role “in disrupting and exposing the apartheid state’s clandestine nuclear weapons program” an “act of profound revolutionary significance.” From the doctoral dissertation he had written at the University of Oxford on the history of electricity in South Africa, Dr. Christie provided the research needed to blow up the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station; the Arnot coal-fired power station; the Sasol oil-from-coal facilities that produced the heavy water critical to producing nuclear weapons; and other critical sites. Many of his family members fought with the Allied forces against the Germans in World War II, and “I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Rae Armantrout
Find the place in silence that is a person or like a person or like not needing a person.
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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chuduuuu.bsky.social
Screenshot from 1000xRESIST. Jiao looking at Iris with the text box: "And! When you are sad, you like to untie your hair, and then tie it back up, over and over again."
January 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms

(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
A series of pictures and illustrations showing how to turn a ball of wool and two cardboard disks into a pom-pom
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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boghogstg.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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sunsetvisitor.studio
Hekki Holidays! 🎁

Thank you for following us here and for another amazing year!
December 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
saraburke.net
Incredible find outside a Park Slope brownstone the other day
Three vintage IBM promotional mugs arranged on a yellow microfiber cloth. Left: white mug with “Desktop Printers Too” in blue serif text. Center: black mug with the classic striped IBM logo in white. Right: white mug featuring the IBM logo above “System/36” and the tagline “The Essential Link” in blue. The same three IBM mugs rotated to show their reverse sides. Left: white mug displaying “PS/2 it!” in playful blue lettering with the IBM logo beneath. Center: same black IBM logo mug. Right: white mug showing a detailed blue line drawing of the 5362 System Unit (the hardware for the System/36 minicomputer) with label text.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
Kirchner’s the Bus is one of the cleverest, ingenious, well drawn, constraint-based comics ever. Check it out if you’ve never seen it!
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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joycelaurie.bsky.social
i’m sorry roland barthes but sometimes there is a first reading
December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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joycelaurie.bsky.social
i feel like media literacyheads overcorrected on the whole “spoilers aren’t real” thing. sometimes it’s fun to find out
December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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kitfoxgames.com
Get two of the best-written science fiction experiences on Steam on sale! @sunsetvisitor.studio

Get the Caves of Qud x 1000xRESIST bundle: store.steampowered.com/bundle/64098...
Caves of Qud and 1000XRESIST bundle
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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newyorkstateag.bsky.social
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:

I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care. 

Your health care is still legal and protected. 

I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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mellodyevangeline.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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cara.city
he's right about this even though it sucks lol
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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bayesianboy.bsky.social
another and slightly less stupid reality is possible
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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kayannbee.bsky.social
Photo from a bedroom looking into a bathroom. A mirror to the left of the open bathroom door is reflecting Sara smiling at the camera, though she is not visible through the doorway. In the bottom right is a mirror on the ground, reflecting me taking the photo.
December 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
saraburke.net
I think it’d be neat if, when I run, I could look a little more like a mountain labubu
Gonggar outdoor apparel website showing two category sections: “RUNNING” features a model in a light blue jacket, long black skirt, and fuzzy boots holding a crossbody bag; “HIKING” shows a model in a purple jacket, dark shorts, and gaiters. A promotional banner displays “15%OFF CODE: GGHS15”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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lupdistribution.bsky.social
An incredible, insightful book (and one of our favourite covers!): "Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art" explores how artists used non-heteronormative bodies and sexualities to resist authoritative dicta. 🗾
@conditionedsoul.bsky.social
@uofmpress.bsky.social
bit.ly/48c2H9W
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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ghoulpus.bsky.social
love this thread
tomandlorenzo.bsky.social Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · Dec 6
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
Rachel Harlow, her hair pulled back in a chignon, in an Oscar de la Renta dress in 1972
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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ruddock.bsky.social
chaser: after local outcry against a massive proposed AWS data center near Tucson (yes, in the desert!), developers agreed to use a less water-intensive cooling system.

AWS has now backed out because "its operations aren't compatible" with the less water-intensive option.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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lesbianknights.bsky.social
ah fuck thinking about 1kxr and fixers song again !!!!!!!
meme of crying kitten listening to 1000xRESIST Fixer's Song dark mode
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM