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Director of Technology @thecarpentries, @froggleston@mstdn.science, open source advocate, heavy metal lover, he/him/they, @docfrogs coffee, @antididact guitarist, noob

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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 5h
I've worked in and around, and know people that have worked in and around, data centres since I was 18 years old. There's one thing they absolutely do not do and that, aside from initial construction, is create jobs.
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 13/06/2026
The goal isn’t to replace the work of humans. It’s to make a case for its devaluation.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 28/09/2026
Don't tell me - the industry based on the largest wholesale theft in history... stole stuff you gave to it?
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 25/09/2026
Look, we can all dispute whether the Wire is the best show ever, which it is, and whether BCS is *so* much better than BB on multiple levels, which it is, and whether Deadwood had some of the best characters and writing in modern TV history, which it did. What's unequivocally bonkers is no Fargo.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 23/09/2026
This is very cool
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 18/09/2026
The FBI charged people for whistling into a phone
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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 17/09/2026
📝 New on the blog: Exploring GenAI with The Carpentries Cecilia Baldoni and Sabrina Brown share their takeaways from the GenAI in Workshops bonus module. As with most Carpentries workshops, the GenAI in Workshops bonus module to Instructor Training began with a series of icebreaker questions..
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Exploring GenAI with The Carpentries
As with most Carpentries workshops, the GenAI in Workshops bonus module to Instructor Training began with a series of icebreaker questions for participants. "How helpful or unhelpful do you think…
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"It takes the air out of the room for any other substantive styles of legislation around a data center moratorium, civil rights, discrimination, or using these tools to subvert worker judgement." I weight in on what happens to policy when x-riskers get spooked. sfstandard.com/2026/09/11/a...
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Why do the people building AI keep warning us about the end of the world?
An ex-Anthropic employee’s concerns set off the perfect storm of AI safety arguments, conspiracy theories, and questions about humanity’s demise.
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes doing the "we're just normal men" meme
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 07/09/2026
Blank placards, terrorism. Setting fire to buildings, legitimate concerns.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 06/09/2026
Remember, the "ethical high ground" for genAI enthusiasts is that anyone not using genAI is mentally deficient, a liar, and actively being a nuisance to society. Not to mention we already have safe electric cars, but we don't have regulated accountable corporate AI.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 06/09/2026
It's almost as if engineering is about care and attention, rather than number of slop issues opened.
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
MIT has put out an "AI and Education" report summarizing what they've found at their own institution. Seems thoughtful. aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Stage Door 40 x 40cm Acrylic on canvas 2023 #painting #art #graffiti
Sketch of a ruin with a closed door. Graffiti of images with CCTV heads is daubed either side.Painting of a ruin with a closed door. Graffiti of CCTV headed creatures is daubed either side.
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Neil Hall @neilhall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Biological Databases are critical infrastructure - not projects. As so much effort is put into harnessing AI to solve all our problems, we are allowing the foundational data resources crumble. Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects
Letter to the Editor
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 20/08/2026
This is so good
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 20/08/2026
I don't think I've met a group of people so ready to say they use a tool because they're clearly experts in that tool, and then vigorously, vehemently and embarrassingly remove themselves from any consequences whatsoever of that tool use.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/08/2026
The thing about big AI companies and the public hating them way more now than they did in 2021 is that they 100% brought all of this upon themselves
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/08/2026
"Today, 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life – up from 37% in 2021. " Now THAT'S the power of an actively-hostile marketing approach, baby!
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Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs
About half of Americans say they're more concerned than excited about AI, and young adults' concern is rising.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 20/08/2026
> Artists [...] are minor figures in the system of exploitation, despite providing the material which fuels the entire enterprise. Many of these artists, and the fans [...], are finally starting to question the value of this middle man in an economic exchange that disenfranchises them both.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Avoiding AI is about to be a superpower.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For the record; there is nothing new to say about the genetics of race. In the wake of a news event, a tragic death in this case, the same ghouls churn out their erroneous talking points, Cofnas and that walking meme Hannania, and the drones at Aporia. It is a zombie.
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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 19/08/2026
The Carpentries Executive Director @drkariljordan.carpentries.org and Associate Director @erinstellabecker.bsky.social will step down on 1 September 2026. Dr. SherAaron Hurt will serve as Interim Executive Director for a 6-month term from 2 Sept. Full announcement: carpentries.org/blog/2026/08...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
“The report raised concerns about the enormous amounts of energy and water these facilities can consume, as well as their potential impacts on air quality, cultural resources, and noise and light pollution.”
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Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands
The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/08/2026
"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026
Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...
Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Researchers at the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark have conducted multiple landmark, population-wide studies tracking hundreds of thousands to over 1.2 million children using national health registries to examine potential links between vaccines and autism. Every major study found no connection.
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Large Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or 49 other health conditions
A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety o...
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026
Arguing that LLMs are anything more than a load of numbers going into a complicated mathematical function and spitting some more numbers out. Yes they simulate. But they simulate *language*. They do not simulate the cognitive processes underlying communication.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 08/08/2026
Quite fitting that OpenAI's first physical product looks like a smart haemarrhoid cushion.
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"I advise students to keep tabs on AI, to be aware. It takes discipline to resist seductive tools that promise ease and efficiency, and to ask instead what we risk losing when creating gets easy. To me, that is the real question: how to remain intentional". www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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‘Good design takes mastery’: scientific illustrators sketch out AI’s future
Nature talks to five artists about their approaches to communicating science visually.
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"No amount of shorter showers or diligent recycling can substitute for decarbonising electricity, transport, industry and domestic heating." theconversation.com/was-this-hea...
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‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 31/07/2026
It's incredible to think of the careers and discoveries enabled by 5,000 Carpentries Workshops, teaching probably well over 100,000 learners.
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The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org · 30/07/2026
🎉 The Carpentries has reached a significant milestone today: we have hosted our 5,000th registered workshop! 🎊 This monumental achievement is testament to the strengths and efforts of members of our incredible global community. None of this would have been possible without their inspired service! 🙌
A graphic with The Carpentries logo at the top and the title, "The Carpentries Celebrates 5,000 Workshops!" 

More text below reads: "On 30th July 2026, The Carpentries recorded its 5,000th delivered workshop! This important milestone is a result of the ongoing contributions of our incredible Instructors, and the support of the entire Carpentries community!" 

There is also the URL carpentries,org, as well as a photo of a Carpentries workshop taken by Dr. Kari L. Jordan.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
love when people get caught using LLMs for some important analytical task "to save time" and then they're like "don't worry we rigorously vetted the results." man....you either saved time OR rigorously vetted the results, but i promise you didn't do both
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𝙰𝙲𝚄𝚃𝙴 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝚂𝚈𝙲𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚂 𓁣 @bzvowell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
𝚂𝙾 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙷. 𝚂𝙾 𝙲𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙽.
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 23/07/2026
Jail's a great place to think about the consequences of your actions
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great job 👏
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 17/07/2026
Sigh
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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · 17/07/2026
Editor in Chief of Science: AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive.
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AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive
There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...
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froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 15/07/2026
I'm sure the revolutionary, trailblazing and completely unheard of smart speaker will bring people flooding back.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions
• Durham University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• Lancaster University
• University of Cumbria
• University of Lancashire
• University of Liverpool
• University of Manchester
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Sheffield
• University of York
• Loughborough University
• University of Lincoln
• University of Nottingham
• Aston University
• University of Birmingham
• University of Warwick
• King's College London
• Kingston University
• Queen Mary University of London
• University College London
• University of Oxford
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Surrey
• University of Bath
• University of Bristol
• University of Exeter
• University of Plymouth
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of Strathclyde
• Cardiff University
• Swansea University
• Queens University Belfast
• Cranfield UniversityFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
14 July 2026
UK Universities Betray Public Trust by Joining MoD's 'Battlefield Advantage' Alliance
Without Debate
A coalition of campaign groups has accused UK universities of quietly integrating themselves into Britain's defence infrastructure after 35 institutions signed up to the Ministry of Defence's Defence Universities Alliance (DUA).
The Ministry of Defence says the alliance aims to "reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security", strengthen links between universities and the defence sector, and translate research into "battlefield advantage".
Campaigners say the move represents a significant shift in the role of higher education and has taken place without meaningful public debate.
Among the founding members are the University of Oxford, University College London, King's College London, the University of Manchester, the University of Edinburgh, Cardiff University and Queen's University Belfast.
"We are witnessing the formal incorporation of Britain's universities into the defence ecosystem," said Jinsella Kennaway, Founder and Executive Director of Demilitarise Education.
"The Ministry of Defence is explicit about its intentions. Universities exist to advance knowledge and foster critical inquiry, not to become pipelines for military research and defence recruitment.
Students and staff deserve to know who agreed to this and why."
Campaigners are calling on all 35 universities to publish the governance documents and board minutes relating to their decision to join the alliance, and to explain whether staff and students were consulted.
Many UK universities already maintain relationships with major defence companies, including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo, Thales, Lockheed Martin and QinetiQ. Critics argue that the DUA formalises and accelerates the integration of academia, industry and the state.
The coalition warns that, at a time of rising defence spending, universities risk becoming increasingly aligned with governme…
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
it’s amazing how often the solution to endlessly multiplying pedagogical problems turns out to be restoring an actual pedagogical relationship between instructors and students
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate Please read and share democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...
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"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 07/06/2026
It boggles my mind, that media presents Trump as a real serious official, political scientists discuss his decisions, pundits talk about his policies. Meanwhile he loudly declared to the world he made an amazing discovery that "dumb" has a "b" in it.
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Ax=b @melissawm.pynews.com.br.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026
Hi folks, I'm trying to put together a list of AI generated contribution policies for different open source projects. Do you have any you can link to me here? You can also directly submit a PR to github.com/melissawm/open-source-ai…
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GitHub - melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies: A list of policies by different open source projects about how to engage with AI-generated contributions.
A list of policies by different open source projects about how to engage with AI-generated contributions. - melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🔴 NEW: Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed By @nafeez.bsky.social, @peterjukes.bsky.social and @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation…
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at Cambridge University. Why?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/07/2026
CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
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