Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellRoger @arbejdsmyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In Denmark a scientist plotted data and research findings into Claude, only to see Anthropic publish the findings as something the LLM had conjured up on its own. The theft of one scientist’s data and work translates into false claims about the model’s ability to generate research #ai #eupol 6218114
Reposted by Dr. Ben Mitchellcliodialogues.bsky.social @cliodialogues.bsky.social · 1hIn this episode, historians Sergio M. González and Lloyd D. Barba join me to discuss their new book, 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴—𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘐𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 🎧 Link in bio @elprofebarba.bsky.social @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social 012
Reposted by Dr. Ben Mitchelllibrarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I forgot how nice the review of us was in JLSC 0122
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119203533
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellChloé de Canson @chloedecanson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why do people with ME claim to know more about the medical aspects of their disease than their doctors? Because the mechanisms that usually ensure doctors' knowledge fail in the case of ME, and sick people have created mechanisms of knowledge production and dissemination to pick up the slack. 915063
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026*some ways.... really wish I could correct typos in Bluesky 100
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Am I the only one that feels like the “coercive normalization” of Covid and AI feels weirdly similar in soom ways? 240
Reposted by Dr. Ben Mitchelljess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087113986
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellDr Abigaël Candelas @consentcactus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you are an educator, be sure to check out these amazing and powerful teaching resources orangeshirtday.org/resources/gu...orangeshirtday.orgGuides - Orange Shirt SocietyCurriculum-aligned teaching guides and reference materials to support learning about residential schools and Orange Shirt Day. 011
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellIan Linkletter @linkletter.org · 29/09/2026"Sam Dickinson of York Students’ Union put it to the BBC in terms that apply well beyond Turnitin: if a university uses the service and it uses student work to train AI, “you can’t meaningfully consent to that because you have to submit your work to get marked”." www.resultsense.com/insights/202...resultsense.comUK universities are becoming AI training-data suppliers without saying soOxford's Bodleian deal, Turnitin's licence plans and a run on obscure secondhand books show UK academic material being routed into AI training under other names. The questions of who consents and what... 0103
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellAjuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 11/07/2026There is no way to use ChatGPT responsibly. 10365110
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Additionally, be aware of responsibility washing. See e.g. 📝 Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. www.amnesty.org/en/documents... 27337
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 30/09/2026arsenalpulp.com/Books/N/Neve...arsenalpulp.comNever Again, for AnyoneA gentle and loving children's picture book about a Jewish boy's compassion for others, including PalestiniansLev loves learning about his Jewish culture and traditions. Ima, his mom, tells him about ... 000
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of my goals in writing this book was to get a copy in every college library so that survivors entering the Title IX system would know what they were getting into—and be able to use that knowledge however they wanted. But a lot of schools banned the book. 616079
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Is it friendly customer service, or trauma fawning? The world may never know... 011
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellTiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Quoted in this Al Jazeera tech explainer on AI liability in the British Columbia vs. OpenAI lawsuit: www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...aljazeera.comCould AI firms be held responsible for mass shootings?Canadian lawsuits against OpenAI raise questions about liability and duty to warn in the AI industry, say experts. 0153
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellNoah Arney @ndarney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Now that we have proof that AI generated findings are more likely to be research misconduct taken from those who uploaded their findings, perhaps institutions should rethink AI contracts? If it doesn't prohibit use of what you upload to train the model, you're agreeing to the misconduct. 011
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement 14754277
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellAlan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For the anniversary of Silent Spring, published on this day in 1962. This Peanuts cartoon is from February 1963. #envhist @carsoncenter.bsky.social 03417
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Johnson 2028 212115
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"the adaptability of literacy leaves it vulnerable to cooptation: to construct literacy pedagogy in relation to AI platforms...necessarily concedes the indeterminacy of literacy education's speculative project to those driving platforms' technical and political-economic dimensions" - Nichols et al:ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online LibraryThis conceptual article examines the role of speculation in driving responses to generative AI platforms in literacy education and the implications for research, pedagogy, and practice. Our focus on ... 0153
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellIsland Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026E-bikes give low-vision, disabled, and non-driving people the freedom cars can't. But new laws are cropping up requiring a driver's license to ride an e-bike. Anna Zivarts, author of When Driving Is Not an Option, on the importance of accessible e-mobility: buff.ly/wqd0lMf @nondriver.bsky.social 03916
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It is truly bad times in academic library land 1171
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Theodore Porter, in Trust in Numbers (1995), argued that organizations adopt quantitative rules not because they are necessarily more accurate measures of outcomes but because they are more rhetorically defensible. I think about that a lot at work when I’m asked to quantify my activities. 000
Reposted by Dr. Ben Mitchellevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026guys cutting edge zuck AI is just humans doing tasks for you in call centers 1021680
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026(review) Lewis on Mentanko, 'The Power to Harm and Heal: Intercultural Medicine in Modern Mexico' networks.h-net.org/group/review...networks.h-net.org 000
Reposted by Dr. Ben Mitchelllibrarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026171 - Haus of Decline We have @hausofdecline.bsky.social on to talk about self-publishing comics and music, algorithms, baseball, the importance of creativity, handshakemogging, SEO, Resident Evil, if cats are kinda gay, transsexualism, and more!librarypunk.gay171 - Haus of Decline | librarypunkWe have Katie Freeway on to talk about self-publishing comics and music, algorithms, baseball, the importance of creativity, handshakemogging, SEO, Resident Evil, if cats are kinda gay, transsexualism... 1216
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellThe Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 23/09/2026Eighty-year-old Nova Scotian Geoff Ball was slammed into a wall and arrested by the RCMP during a protest over cuts to libraries and arts programs. As writer Trevor Corkum reports, the province’s cultural crisis is becoming a fight over dissent. thewalrus.ca/nova-scotia-libraries 1177
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellCAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New data shows tuition has gone up more than 20% in the last 5 years. Starting next week, we’ll break it down by province. With tuition going up and student financial supports going down, fewer Canadians can access education. Tell the government to stop cutting student supports. 036
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellBrenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We have always had a two-tier approach to academic integrity in the university structure. “Culture” of academic integrity is usually a list of rules for students to follow and limited accountability for anybody else. AI has exacerbated this but it did not create it. 031
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellBrenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Are you in Kamloops? Do you have a latent interest in the history of Canadian comic books? Do you really like the little desserts made by university catering contractors? Do you want to come to my book launch on October 16th? tru.libcal.com/calendar/fac...tru.libcal.comBook Launch: The Routledge Introduction to Canadian ComicsPlease join us for the launch of The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics by TRU's Brenna Clarke Gray. Whether you're a longtime comics reader, an aspiring scholar, or simply... 4176
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm not 100% sure, but I think some Air Canada representative literally stepped over my body as I lay on the floor in the Vancouver Airport at 1 am after 15 hours of flight complications in 2023. Flying has always been a nightmare. 110
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Brought to my attention by @consentcactus.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgMagic and Disability in the Early Modern WorldCambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Magic and Disability in the Early Modern World 010
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellAMEND - eArly Modern European NeuroDivergence @amendproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The AMEND Zine is available online on the Wellcome Catalogue and the Glasgow Zine Library✨📚🥳 Wellcome Catalogue: wellcomecollection.org/works/dyv6rakk Glasgow Zine Library: gzlarchive.omeka.net/items/show/3...wellcomecollection.orgEarly modern neurodivergence (AMEND): an informational zine from the project team at Swansea University.Early modern neurodivergence (AMEND): an informational zine from the project team at Swansea University. 022
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellAMEND - eArly Modern European NeuroDivergence @amendproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Check out these new posts on the AMEND blog🗯📝 Available on the AMEND website: www.earlymodernneurodivergence.com/blog 011
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0G...youtube.comKol NidreYouTube video by Karen & the Sorrows - Topic 000
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Well, I was trying to get a key mapper for a gaming mouse working Synapse Lite and instead got stuck in a login loop that won't let me log into my original profile. 000
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Still struggling to adapt to Linux Ubuntu, but at the end of the day, at least its not Windows or Mac 101
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellKirsten the Goblin Keeper @librarykirsten.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I have finally finished and posted the list of alternatives to Google Scholar, along with various thoughts about ethics and librarianship and why I'm not technically a librarian any more librarykirsten.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/t...librarykirsten.wordpress.comThe Big List of Google Scholar Alternatives (and the Big Librarian Existential Crisis)The Crisis I started writing this in summer of last year, intending it to be a nice little list of tools that would be handy if Google Scholar disappeared or got substantially worse, as a follow up… 69653
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trof...youtube.comWho is The Odyssey FOR? – Detail DiatribeYouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions 000
Dr. Ben Mitchell @drlibraryben.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Well, after years of backing up my laptop, I finally had need of it. Thankfully the last backup was August 22nd. Now to try and survey what was lost. 021
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellSteven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Stanford Neurodiversity Summit is a bright spot amid a sea of darkness, including its Human Rights panel moderated by @shannonrosa.bsky.social of @thinkingautism.com: Supporting the Communication of Nonspeakers with Dyspraxia; Rights-Based Parenting of/Supporting People with Complex Support Needs... 0109
Reposted by Dr. Ben MitchellEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I miss him so much. Speaking at his memorial was the hardest public speaking event I've done. It also came just days before Trump announced RFK Jr. would become HHS Secretary, which would have sent Steve into a rage. I miss him so much and feel so lost without him. 410811
Reposted by Dr. Ben Mitchelllibrarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026170 - Carnegie, Gramsci, and Libraries feat. Dan Greene We’re joined by @dmgreene.bsky.social again to talk about Carnegie libraries, which expanded into a larger discussion of consensus, hegemony, and the future of philanthropy/public funding. We also introduce Maoist Dusty Rhodes.librarypunk.gay170 - Carnegie, Gramsci, and Libraries feat. Dan Greene | librarypunkWe’re joined by Dan again to talk about Carnegie libraries, which expanded into a larger discussion of consensus, hegemony, and the future of philanthropy/public funding. We also introduce Maoist Dust... 1188