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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.

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The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)

The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Remote first, several timezone options available. We're trying to figure out reach. So if you join through that will be counted as a signal for the Bluesky network. I'll use a different link for other networks.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Interested in teaching your organisation to use open source collaboration methods internally and thus prepare to seamlessly work with the upstream open source projects your business is built on? Join me in attending this year's InnerSource summit. innersourcecommons.org/events/isc-2...

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InnerSource Summit 2026

This is a fully virtual event - join online from anywhere in the world.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also non of the other signatories spotted the issue or pointed it out.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh geez. I hope you'll heal quickly and completely. Get well soon.

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Christian Eymery @christianeymery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Eines ist für mich klar. Die Chefs der #KI Firmen rufen nicht nach Regulierung, weil sie die Menschheit retten wollen. 1. Sie wollen nicht für ihr Tun verantwortlich gemacht werden, was gerade in dem USA enorm teuer werden kann. 1/

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Anna Berg @bergdame.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Was mir sehr sehr sehr lange nicht bewusst war: es ist nicht selbstverständlich, dass wir sonntags wählen gehen und damit (die meisten) keinen Urlaub nehmen müssen zum wählen. Briefwahl ist nicht selbstverständlich. Ohne etwas tun zu müssen als wahlberechtigte Person eine Benachrichtigung zu >>

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But also - For any written work where accuracy out the door is critical, which is a hell of a lot of the legal profession, the time gains involved in using LLMs are very limited by the need to find and catch the things like where it tells you that there are 2 Ls and 2 Ds in "Langdell."

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Marco Fechner 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @pankowerpflanze.de · 04/09/2026

In Berlin muss man jetzt nicht mehr zum Bürgeramt, wenn man die Geburtsurkunden seiner Kinder abholen will. Die kann man jetzt im Darknet herunterladen.

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Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte & Kultur - Simon Dubnow @dubnow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bei „Book a Scientist“ der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft haben Sie am Dienstag, 29. September 26, 25 Minuten lang die Gelegenheit, einen Forschenden der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de alles zu einem Thema zu fragen, das Sie interessiert. Die Gespräche finden digital statt – von 10 bis 11.30 Uhr & 16 bis 17.30 Uhr.

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Marc Coutanche @marccoutanche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are recruiting an Assistant Professor in Cog Neuro/Cog Psych to join us at Rice! Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/192080

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Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Depends on the length and the purpose of the trip... and the likelihood of the trip extending unplanned.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

And triggered a love for minerals - just this week we had to visit a shop in Berlin that's famous for the wide selection of minerals they sell: www.steinreich-berlin.de/sortiment/

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

That is so cute! And a good reason to finally renew the yearly ticket.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

So there's now even research backing the advertisement slogan ofone of my favourite notebook producer: 'thinking with you hand' - www.leuchtturm1917.co.uk/denken-mit-d...

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Heat kills. And the changes can happen fast. You don't have to be an athlete to over heat in these unusual conditions. Drink water!! Stay out of sun - wear hat, long sleeves . It's cooler. Seek help as soon as you feel unwell

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Ted Dunning @bsky.tdunning.com · 14/07/2026

This is a serious warning. We weren't careful nearly 20 years ago and @ellen-friedman.bsky.social still feels the effects. N-95 masks make a huge difference with this. Use them!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/07/2026

The relevant section:

n 2017, the US Federal Communications Commission received 22 million comments about their proposal to repeal internet consumer protections known as net neutrality — but the vast majority of these comments were fake messages sent by bots. At the time, this sort of skullduggery was fairly easy to detect. No one was going to author 22 million different fake messages, so many of the messages were used thousands of times.

Today, that wouldn’t happen. With a push of a button, generative AI can write as many unique messages as one needs.

Representative democracy requires that voters be able to communicate their wants and needs to government officials. When computer systems are used to disrupt this process by diluting the true sentiments of the community amidst a tsunami of fake feedback, we suffer a man-in-the-middle attack on democracy. The 2017 net neutrality campaign was a crude example. Seven years later, LLMs facilitate much more sophisticated efforts. In addition to writing an endless volume of online comments, generative AI systems can create photorealistic images of constituents who don’t actually exist, and even place authentic-sounding voice calls to comment lines. The United States is particularly vulnerable because of scale. US congress members represent more people than in any other democracy save for India, precluding direct face-to-face communication let alone a system of personal relationships between voters and those they have elected.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

“Never-skilling”

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Plus every vaccinated child and adult protects those who cannot get vaccinated - either because they aren't old enough to be eligible themselves or because of underlying health conditions.

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petite violette @petiteviolette.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

this chart was life altering to me

chart of infant mortality rate through history from our world on data, showing 48% death rate until around jonas salk, after which it sharply plummets

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I didn't know Notes started this trend, but a comparison I heard resonates with that: A build stuff for non CS people like Excel... Or as a product person mentioned: look long enough at which problems ppl try to solve with Excel and you might find product ideas with a user base estimate

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Not only one someone I guess. Read elsewhere: social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/...

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Not only the search index but also 25 years of experience identifying shitty websites created only to influence search created for economic gain as well as political motivation.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Go work with Ted. You will learn something.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 24/02/2026

It is with profound sadness that the MetaBrainz Board of Directors announces the unexpected passing of our Founder and Executive Director, Rob Kaye. Robert’s vision and leadership shaped MeB and left a lasting mark on the music industry and open source movement. blog.metabrainz.org/2026/02/24/r...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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wenig Worte @wenig-worte.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"Leute, wenn ich Putin wäre, ich würde uns doch nicht mit Panzern angreifen, wenn es Facebook gibt. Ich kann doch einfach meine Partei in Deutschland an die Macht bringen und dann muss ich niemanden angreifen." Das und andere 100% stimmige Argumente von Frau Weisband @afelia.bsky.social bei #Illner

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Marina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Ich hatte immer gewarnt: "Wenn der Faschismus kommt, wird es nicht wie im Film sein. Es werden nicht unbedingt riesige Banner entrollt". Ich hatte Unrecht. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters

The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent its powers from being abused for political purposes.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I do like the taxonomy. One thing I wonder: A lot of these models are trained on non curated content available on the public internet. Wouldn't it make sense to also look at what can be done by targeted poisoning of that data?

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Phillip Isola @phillipisola.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our grad-level "Deep Learning" course (MIT's 6.7960) is now freely available online through OpenCourseWare: ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-79... Lecture videos, psets, and readings are all provided. Had a lot of fun teaching this with @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @jeremybernste.in!

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Marina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Do you feel like culture and society are going down the drain? An optimistic counterpoint: Video essay on why we are on the verge of a new renaissance youtu.be/73vTEfx5gVg?...

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7 Signs of the New Renaissance

YouTube video by Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry

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René Walter @rawx.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is quite amazing. Much has been said about the early anticipation of AI with Jorge Luis Borges "Library of Babel", but that shortstory actually had a precursor with Kurd Laßwitz' german shortstory about the "Universal Library". projekt-gutenberg.org/authors/kurd...

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Marina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It's shockingly cheap to dismantle surveillance systems. You can poison them in your free time. youtu.be/AJf4SNuDnoI?...

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Data Poisoning: The Fatal Flaw in Mass Surveillance

YouTube video by Addie LaMarr

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Fabian Koglin @farbijan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Eine Studie hat dokumentiert, dass Elon Musk auf Twitter/X den Algorithmus manipuliert hat, um die AfD vor der BTW 2025 zu stärken. Für alle Parteien, Politiker*innen und Institutionen zeigt das noch einmal ganz deutlich, was schon seit langem immer wieder gesagt wird:

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OMAS GEGEN RECHTS Hamburg @omashamburg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

1/3 grans-united.org/docs/open-le...

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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 31/01/2026

Klimakatastrophe, Artenzerstörung, Faschismus, Feudalismus, Diktaturen, Kriegsverbrechen, Arbeitslager, Folter, Raubbau, Menschenhass, Völkermord, Sklaverei, Rassismus, Misogynie und a pro pos: Nach Auffassung des katholischen Chefs sind das größte Problem für den Frieden selbstbestimmte Frauen.

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Phil Steitz @psteitz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

www.wsj.com/tech/europe-... There is a real innovation opportunity here. Over-priced bloatware, cloud services and slop engines are ripe for replacement. EU has talent and core infrastructure to do it.

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Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech

Trump’s threats have injected new urgency into European efforts to reduce its reliance on American technology.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

bsky.app/profile/afel... ... A caricature, from a different time

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Ted Dunning @bsky.tdunning.com · 21/01/2026

I am looking for a graduate-level intern for next summer to work with my team on large-scale security systems. If you do large-scale data, formal methods, distributed systems, computer security or anything related, ping me. Or just apply before mid-March. hpe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobsathpe/jo...

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Also I do hear Devs complain about slop. I also do hear them complain when books they wrote are used for training. I also hear them complain when AI is trained on all sorts of source code with unclear license provenance - and then used for code that before was written in clean room settings.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Code that's publicly available often is not directly monetized. Think Mozilla's Open Source archetypes.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Developers may not complain, but their employers do have all sorts of barriers in place that prevent commercially important code to find it's way into models.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Never too old to learn new tricks. Well done from you.

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Isabel Drost-Fromm @mainec.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This reads like a very exciting and successful year! 🎉

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plainschwarz. @plainschwarz.com · 22/12/2025

We’re looking back on a successful and exciting year! From local events in Berlin to a (nearly) 24-hour global broadcast, 2025 was all about bringing communities together. We’ve put together a full recap: plainschwarz.com/2025-reflect...

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