Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunPeter Plener @peterplener.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Soeben erschienen (Print & Open Access): Prozesssteuerung. Kanzleiordnung und Verwaltungsmaschine/n, hg. v. P. Plener & B. Wagner, Heidelberg/Berlin: Metzler, Springer Nature 2026, XXIII u. 273 S. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comProzesssteuerungDer Open-Access- Sammelband zeichnet die Geschichte, Zusammenhänge sowie Folgen von Kanzlei- und Büroordnungen nach. 3194
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026funny or sad? it took machines capable of simulating uncannily human language* to get engineers to realize that the things they think are the product of unique individual brains are, in fact, social 112
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026why it’s always productive to investigate language in use while reflecting on our expectations of what language is *supposed* to be doing 020
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026two recent pieces that extend the debate on AI with crucial perspectives on language as social action 111
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 13/07/2026it feels strange to say after working on it for so many years but my book manuscript "Nuclear Bureaucracy: The Epistemic Politics of Verification at the IAEA" is going into production with @cornellupress.bsky.social and will appear in 2027. also in 2027, the IAEA celebrates its 70th anniversary. 172
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Wir sind in mitten einer historischen Energiekrise in der Energiekonzerne Rekordgewinne einfahren. Aber anstatt Profitmargen zu begrenzen & Preise zu bremsen subventioniert die Regierung mit jedem Cent Steuersenkung der nicht weiter gegeben wird die Profite noch. 310628
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunAnna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This Friday, come celebrate the online launch of our special issue on Language Machines in @journaloflinganth.bsky.social with @soclinganth.bsky.social We are looking forward to a lively conversation with @bethmsemel.bsky.social, prosecco in hand :) 164
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This Friday, come celebrate the online launch of our special issue on Language Machines in @journaloflinganth.bsky.social with @soclinganth.bsky.social We are looking forward to a lively conversation with @bethmsemel.bsky.social, prosecco in hand :) 164
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 12/04/2026„Die schlimmsten Krisen sollten nicht die besten Zeiten für Unternehmen in überlebenswichtigen Sektoren sein." Mein Spiegel Interview über den kommenden Preisschock trotz wackligem Frieden und was jetzt zu tun ist. 🧵 37123
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunSociety for Linguistic Anthropology @soclinganth.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models by Siri Lamoureaux, Michael Castelle, Anna Weichselbraun doi.org/10.1111/jola... 195
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Fossil fuel stocks are exploding in response to the war on Iran. Who stands to benefit? The richest of the rich. Who stands to lose? All of us who have to pay higher prices for energy and a new round of sellers' inflation. 7359206
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 24/02/2026the link to our special issue on Language Machines is online! find our introduction (why we need linguistic anthropology to understand LLMs) & the first batch of articles here: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... if you have something to contribute, please contact us!anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.comJournal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online LibraryClick on the title to browse this issue 1124
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Google not only supplies the fake citations via Gemini, their awful products in the form of knowledge infrastructure are so shoddily kept that they can't be fucked to remove fake venues. 15610
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Here's the introduction to the special issue: doi.org/10.1111/jola... in which we argue: We need linguistic anthropology to understand Large Language Models! Clickclickclick if you like reading feisty-programmatic-staking-of-intellectual-ground types of words...doi.orgJournal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online LibraryLarge language models (LLMs) challenge long-standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human-like language without relying on rule-based structures. This introducti... 192
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 24/11/2025new paper so fresh it doesn't have an issue # yet! Noya Kohavi and I looked at a crowdsourced AI testing suite and analyzed how contributors’ ideas about language, intelligence & cognition play a surprisingly big role in shaping how LLMs are tested, and what we think AI is. doi.org/10.1111/jola...doi.orgJournal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online LibraryBenchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test... 2155
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunPeter Plener @peterplener.bsky.social · 01/10/2025There’s no such thing as Social Media. 07112
Reposted by Anna Weichselbraunholden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 29/09/2025THE MEME IS REAL 5591232749
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunKlaus Schönberger @kschoenberger.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Kolleg*innen in der AAU Klagenfurt/Celovec erklären sich ebenfalls mit dem Antifa-Camp und dem #Peršmanhof Ko-Museum solidarisch (inklusive früherem Rektor und jetziger Rektorin der Universität: www.aau.at/blog/stellun...aau.atStellungnahme zum Polizeieinsatz am Peršmanhof am 27. Juli 2025 – Universität KlagenfurtStellungnahme zum Polizeieinsatz am Peršmanhof am 27. Juli 2025 Angehörige der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Vom 24. bis zum 29. Juli 2025 fand das zweite Antifaschistische Jugendcamp am Peršman... 051
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunNatascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025In Österreich ist eine Gedenkstätte von der Polizei regelrecht überfallen worden. Die Geschichte der Endphasenverbrechen ist leider sehr reich an Ereignissen. Eines davon ist der Peršmanhof, wo eine SS-Polizeieinheit im April 1945 ein Massaker anrichtet, auch an Kindern. Heute ist der Peršmanhof… 9977300
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/07/2025If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this. 2325601262
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 29/06/2025The wild thing here is that the bill text that aims to prevent AI regulation defines "AI" incredibly broadly: Essentially, any system that uses computing to provide information or aid decision-making. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comTrump’s tax bill seeks to prevent AI regulations. Experts fear a heavy toll on the planetUnrestricted AI use could add 1bn tons of planet-heating emissions in the US over the next decade, researchers say 34521
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Today's Supreme Court decision does not opine on the constitutionality of Trump's assault on birthright citizenship. It is limited to the question of universal injunctions. But its ruling on that front is MASSIVE—a huge blow to plaintiffs and judges trying to block Trump's most lawless policies. 291784451
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Our digital repositories team spends a great deal of their time now simply protecting our commoned public digital resources from bots. This insatiable, aimless, destructive desire to excrete novel slop is impeding our access to — and even damaging — our cultural heritage + vetted public knowledge. 6691377
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 21/05/2025"There are a growing # of AI bots crawling repositories[; they're] sufficiently aggressive [to] cause service disruptions + outages... As a result, some repositories have started to block machine access to their collections, which is also inadvertently blocking other desired network services..."coar-repositories.orgOpen repositories are being profoundly impacted by AI bots and other crawlers: Results of a COAR SurveyApril 30, 2025 There are a growing number of AI bots crawling repositories. These bots are sufficiently aggressive that they can cause service disruptions and outages in repositories. As a result, … 06433
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 26/06/2025New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...404media.coICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails ShowThe new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin... 42457783494
Reposted by Anna Weichselbraunjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/06/2025according to conservatives on the court, the constitution does not protect your right to your own body but does enable the government to ship you off to a foreign gulag without any hope of return 24886102889
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025read this as the nuclear nonproliferation regime is being destroyed by Israel 😬🙄😵💫 000
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunNils C. Kumkar @nilskumkar.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Dies ist ein echter tweet einer echten Bundesbehörde. 89335
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunKlaus Schönberger @kschoenberger.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Staatliche Förderungen sichern das Überleben von Volksgruppen und den Erhalt ihrer Sprache, Kultur und Rechte. Die Kürzungen der Regierung bedrohen ihre Existenz. Fordere jetzt die Rücknahme dieser Sparmaßnahmen: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/st...mein.aufstehn.atJetzt unterzeichnen: Stoppt die Kürzung der Volksgruppenförderung! Ohranimo finančno podporo narodnim skupnostim!Staatliche Förderungen sichern das Überleben von Volksgruppen sowie den Erhalt ihrer Sprache, Kultur und Rechte. Die Regierung muss die Sparmaßnahmen jetzt zurücknehmen! 011
Reposted by Anna Weichselbraunmolly taft @mollytaft.com · 11/06/2025the epa says it's giving up on regulating emissions from power plants just days after noaa released the highest-ever recorded seasonal co2 concentrations at mauna loa. what a time to be alive!!!!!!!!!wired.comThe EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power PlantsDays after NOAA released figures showing the highest seasonal concentration of CO2 in recorded history, the EPA moved to roll back emission standards for power plants. "The EPA is trying to get out of... 10284101
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I spoke to two former govt workers who helped create IRS's Direct File software, which is set to be killed by DOGE/Trump/Intuit but thankfully just got open sourced. Both of them seem optimistic about what people are going to be able to do with the codebase: www.404media.co/directfile-o...404media.coThe IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open SourcedDirect File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing." 116256
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025It's a golden age for douche-bros. Big Balls is now at the top of the federal salary system www.wired.com/story/big-ba...wired.com‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government EmployeeThe first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul. 413532
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Meta is a defense contractor. "The company announced on Thursday that it will work with defense technology start-up Anduril to offer the U.S. military and its allies technology for soldiers involving augmented reality and artificial intelligence software."washingtonpost.comMeta is working on a high-tech helmet for the U.S. militarySocial network company Meta is partnering with weapons-maker Anduril to develop military technology for the Pentagon using AI and augmented reality. 77343148
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 30/05/2025der linke wienzeilen radweg ist im grossen und ganzen sehr fein zu fahren. Nur dieses Schild bei der Kreuzung Girardigasse trübt das Radfahrende Herz. 230
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Today, we received notice that our team’s last remaining NSF grant was terminated. For the first time since 2009, when I received an NSF Fellowship for Graduate Research, I have no active NSF grants. 501373396
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunWIRED @wired.com · 11/05/2025US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has quietly rescinded several internal policies that were designed to protect some of the most vulnerable people in its custody—including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and people with serious medical conditions.wrd.cmUS Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and InfantsCBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly. 37588340
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 08/05/2025At least 78 students arrested at Columbia University sit in www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJU...youtube.comBREAKING: At least 78 people detained by NYPD at Columbia UniversityYouTube video by NBC News 17291137
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025This is the language I put on all of my syllabi this year regarding the use of AI. At this point I don't see any reason to change it. 30815189
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 07/05/2025check out the whole special issue on the political uses of indeterminacy which is full of bangers! 031
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/04/2025there's a county in Alabama where Black people are literally getting sick because the government doesn't provide a working sewer system, and Trump's Justice Department is trying to keep it that way apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTrump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI”The Trump administration has nixed a 2023 settlement that was building modern sanitation infrastructure in Lowndes County, a predominantly Black county in Alabama. 6027301186
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunAlexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Find the full story at FTM in English: www.ftm.eu/articles/spy... And on Falter’s website in German: www.falter.atftm.euThe talented Mr. Kurz: How Austria’s ex-leader made it big in Israel’s cyber industryThe Israeli entrepreneur Shalev Hulio gained notoriety for designing Pegasus, the now-infamous spyware that has been used by governments to hack journalists and dissidents. Today, he is selling a new ... 18124
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunBob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Donald Trump has a long history of market manipulation. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 26650236
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 10/04/2025This was one of the funnest and most inspiring reading groups I've ever been a part of, and even left a material trace in the form of a traveling common-place book, which was sent to me first! :) paperology.openthresholds.orgpaperology.openthresholds.orgThresholds 041
Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social · 09/04/2025When Walmart and Target become luxury retailers... on.ft.com/42no19v US consumers face sharp price increases from Donald Trump’s tariffs, say analystson.ft.comUS consumers face sharp price increases from Donald Trump’s tariffs, say analystsHigh levies will apply to Asian nations that Americans rely on for household goods 000
Reposted by Anna WeichselbraunJoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It’s the stupid, economy. 120116232077
