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Bob Flagg

@calcworks.bsky.social
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Mathematician masquerading as a machine learning engineer. Currently focused on developing LLM applications to benefit people and the planet.

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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
These case studies (bobflagg.github.io/WatchlineNYC...) explain how WatchlineNYC compares to JustFix (www.justfix.org/en/).
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Watchline NYC — Case studies
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I just completed a big update to WatchlineNYC (github.com/bobflagg/Wat...)
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GitHub - bobflagg/WatchlineNYC: Accountability infrastructure for New York City housing
Accountability infrastructure for New York City housing - bobflagg/WatchlineNYC
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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New @themarshallproject.org @ms.now report shows since Trump returned to office, ICE has taken a total of more than 500 babies and toddlers into custody: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/09/b...
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Trump Has Put 500 Babies and Toddlers In Immigration Jails
Young children in detention stopped eating, began hitting themselves and became ill, according to parents.
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I'm looking for feedback on a personal project I just started using knowledge graphs and applying ideas from the 4th Wave of Open Data to address landlord accountability in NYC: bobflagg.github.io/Watchline-NYC.
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Watchline NYC — Public Interest Knowledge Graph
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...
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Child detention in ICE facilities up six-fold under Trump: Marshall Project
A new analysis from the Marshall Project found that ICE holds 170 kids in detention on average each day. That is six times what it was since the beginning of President Trump’s second term. The journal...
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I'm attending Indivisible Western Queens's event, “Shine the Light on the Inhumane Conditions in ICE Camps” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblew...
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Shine the Light on the Inhumane Conditions in ICE Camps · Indivisible Western Queens
LOCATION CONFIRMED - RSVP for details! The coalition "Eyes on ICE" has asked for help with bringing attention to the inhumane conditions in ICE camps. Many detainees in the Delaney Hall detention ce...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 29/01/2026
The number of children in ICE detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration. We analyzed data obtained by the Deportation Data Project and found that ICE held around 170 children on an average day under Trump.
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Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term
With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I'm attending Indivisible Western Queens's event, “Visibility Brigade with Indivisible Western Queens” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblew...
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Visibility Brigade with Indivisible Western Queens · Indivisible Western Queens
Join Indivisible Western Queens in our next Visibility Brigade action (also known as "rush hour resistance")! We will display a large pro-democracy sign on the overpass over the Grand Central Parkway,...
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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🧵If you want to help me, here are some ways you can support me and my work: 1. Spread the word about my works and books on social media. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok – every medium counts! If you mention me or tag me, there is a very good chance that I will respond :-)
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
WHY? See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
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39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
YouTube video by media.ccc.de
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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New analysis shows at least 3,800 children and infants have been booked into ICE detention since Trump took office. At least 1,300 were detained 20 days or more, the court limit for how long children with families can be held: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
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ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
#RemoveTheFascistRegime #ReadySetGo
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVJ...
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Mavis Staples - Eyes On The Prize
YouTube video by Echoes of a Friend
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Just signed up for the General Strike: www.generalstrikeus.com
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The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
... “total shutdown” is planned for March 15... Website for the General Strike: generalstrikeus.com OPPOSE! PLEASE REPOST!
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The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Interesting ideas on designing agentic systems: Agents Are Not Enough (www.arxiv.org/pdf/2412.16241)
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Hello, Hive Mind! Can you share advice on finding job opportunities using AI, NLP and LLMs for social good? Some topics that appeal are identifying and countering misinformation, democratizing knowledge access and addressing systemic bias. Salary is much less important than the focus of the work!
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Mask PII when interacting with an LLM API: arxiv.org/abs/2410.17127
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PAPILLON: PrivAcy Preservation from Internet-based and Local Language MOdel ENsembles
Users can divulge sensitive information to proprietary LLM providers, raising significant privacy concerns. While open-source models, hosted locally on the user's machine, alleviate some concerns, mod...
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Just got my copy and already finding valuable tools and insights for work projects. github.com/HandsOnLLM/H...
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Bob Flagg @calcworks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I'm finding Clue And Reasoning Prompting (CARP) (arxiv.org/pdf/2305.08377) surprisingly effective for curating labeled data for training relation extraction models.
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