iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All of this coverage of AI Doomerism making you anxious? It's nonsense and you can go back to your more pressing concerns. If you want to learn more: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

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What To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI Doomerism

Our recommendations for the anxious and perplexed By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney There’s a subculture within the “AI” industry that...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/04/2026

Today is the day! Join us at 8:00 PM ET for our Virtual & Accessible Earth Day 2026 Rally to defend our planet, our health, and our future. Hear from lawmakers, experts, and activists leading the fight and find out how to take action. Register at this link: zurl.co/ZsB53 #EarthDay #EarthDay2026

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Today's informal chat about crafting was a highlight of #RDAP26! The intersection of data and craft is real, and the discussion ranged across knitting, cross stitch, watercolor, block printing, quilting, sewing, music, data sonification, and more.

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

AMAZING. I've just dipped a toe in, and there's so much great stuff here!

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I just saw the preview for this at a movie theater and couldn't help sotto voce yelling at the screen in disgust. See info in the comments about an alternative AI doc, Ghosts in the Machine (notaidoc.com). [Also: highly, highly recommend The Secret Agent.]

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 28/01/2026

📣📣📣 Calling all #DataRescuers! The #SaveOurSigns crew needs our help capturing interpretative panels at key National Parks, including the Grand Canyon, before they are erased, removed, silenced. Learn more and get involved: www.datarescueproject.org/sos-help/

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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

It's going to be deathly cold out and it seems ICE is still releasing people at random from Whipple, without phones or proper attire. There's a team on the ground that provides cars for warming/transport, phones, food, etc. Donate here to support their efforts: venmo.com/u/whipplesafehaven

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Venmo | Whipple Safe Haven

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 26/08/2025

Hey #DataRescuers! Join us this Labor Day weekend to #SaveOurSigns The deadline is near and we have some priority locations. You can also connect with DRP members in NYC! Get out, spread the word, and help us #SaveOurSigns.

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Save Our Signs: Let’s Get It Done

Help us finish strong with #SaveOurSigns this Labor Day. Plus, if you’re in NYC, come see us in person!

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We’re thrilled to be hosting a 4-part fall event series in collaboration with the New York Public Library, exploring the social implications of AI & its impacts on democracy, the environment, & human labor. Learn more and RSVP to attend live in NYC or via livestream! datasociety.net/events/under...

Text on an blue, green, orange, and purple background with the title of the event series, Understanding AI, which is a collaboration with the New York Public Library. It says, “Join us online or live in NYC at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL).” It continues with the dates and titles of the four events in this series; the event on September 5, 2025 is titled Understanding AI: What the Public Needs to Know; the event on September 23, 2025 is titled The Environmental Costs of AI Are Surging — What Now?; the event on October 29, 2025 is titled Reorienting AI in the Public Interest; and the event on November 20, 2025 is titled Standing Up for Human Value in the AI Economy.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 03/06/2025

🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash. THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science. Our Open Letter is featured here: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...

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The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Please read my essay in TIME, which @science.org did not do carefully before publishing this assertion. time.com/7285045/resi...

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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Authors Alliance @authorsalliance.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The last few days have been quite dramatic for anyone paying attention to copyright law and policy. Here's our breakdown of the third and final Copyright Office report on copyright and AI, and the dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter: www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/12/t...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/04/2025

Ready to pass a resolution protecting students' rights on your campus? Check out our campus resolution toolkit we created in collaboration with @amnesty.org.

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Firewall For Freedom: Campus Resolution Toolkit | American Civil Liberties Union

Download the toolkit graphics here>>

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

It's like they knew the librarians were coming to town. #walkerartcenter #ACRL2025

THE COLLECTORS How is knowledge organized?
The artists featured in this gallery gather, group, and sort
objects and information. Some use methods that evoke
historical systems of classification and display. But they approach these tasks with a sharp sense of irony and
awareness of the absurdity of their efforts. They catalogue
the seemingly minor with obsessive care and unite dispa-
rate artifacts into unwieldly accumulations. In so doing,
they reveal the irrational, emotional, and personal forces
underlying our efforts to collect and categorize the world.

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Excited for the opening keynote at #ACRL2025 in Minneapolis

A large auditorium stage decorated with a set of large blue letters, "arcl," and white clouds, purple lighting, and a projected slide that reads, "Today's Opening Keynote With Ruha Benjamin is sponsored by OCLC.

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Thomas Padilla @thomaspadilla.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story. forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7... imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

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IMLS Matters

Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Tuesday's Great Chatbot Debate, now on CHM's YouTube channel. I answered the question by providing a definition of "understanding" and showing why LLMs don't understand and why it can seem like they do. >> youtu.be/YtIQVaSS5Pg?...

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CHM Live | The Great Chatbot Debate: Do LLMs Really Understand?

YouTube video by Computer History Museum

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Finally learning LilyPond/Frescobaldi for music engraving - this is going to be a game changer for managing my violin parts!

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Mara Sedlins @marapauline.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Enjoying the IMLS-funded Open Science Primer at @coschoolofmines.bsky.social this week!

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

We'll have more to share in the coming days. But what can you do right now? Call Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries. It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Just gave the closing keynote at #RDAP25 (Research Data Access & Preservation) and wow what a GREAT audience! Reading through the chat after was a joy. The talk (research ethics, AI, public data) was basically a version of this thread. :) More resources! bsky.app/profile/cfie...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Colorado's Fort Collins Food Co-op has provided healthy local groceries for over fifty years. As a member-owned cooperative, it is democratically run to serve the community. The co-op is currently fundraising and you can support them by donating and/or sharing. 💚 www.mountainavenuemarket.com 🫑

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Donate to Save The Fort Collins Food Coop: Donate Now, organized by Mountain Avenue Market

We are the Fort Collins Food Coop team and we need your help to sav… Mountain Avenue Market needs your support for Save The Fort Collins Food Coop: Donate Now

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 13/02/2025

Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do… We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘

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Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest

Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.

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Kat/hleen Burlingame @katscade.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su... Send feedback to listcomments@loc.gov by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes

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Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/01/2025

Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it. It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

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Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

In honor of the felon in chief taking time out of his busy day to say there’s only two genders, I bring you an hour of piano music inspired by transfem voice training.

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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

📣Join @alexhanna.bsky.social & @emilymbender.bsky.social for the 1st Mystery AI Hype Theater 3k livestream this year. ⏰12pm pacific. ➡️https://twitch.tv/dair_institute We'll start 2025 by ridiculing ARC, o3 & all things OpenAI. Until then, catch up on prior episodes @ dair-institute.org/maiht3k/.

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 written in a purple background.

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