Reposted by THiCC PIShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 13/03/2025My favorite genre of memoir is “I climbed the ranks at an evil corporation, made a shit-ton of 💰, and ruined ppl’s lives, but now I’m done, and I’d like earn royalties sufficient to sustain a *very* comfortable retirement by confessing my sins in a 📕 published by a rapacious media conglomerate.” 544045
Reposted by THiCC PIelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 07/06/20267 months old. He was in his mum’s arms when the Israelis shot him dead. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comPalestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West BankThe seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when soldiers fired on family in Hebron 2189137
Reposted by THiCC PISarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...secure.actblue.comDonate to #FreeBlackMamasWith your generous support we are able to continue to bail out community members, provide life-changing supportive services and resource groups who are organizing to transform the criminal justice sys... 7794732
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Oh yeah we def have the broader site on the list in the lab. This an instance where I’m happy someone else created the resource, but also jealous you did it better than I prob would have anyway! 😂 000
Reposted by THiCC PIMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/05/2026I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day. 21792931494
Reposted by THiCC PILana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026The return of runic magic! Golems! The Word made true. If you find the right magic spell, the genie has to obey you. Only you can tame the monkey's paw! It's SCIENCE 310030
Reposted by THiCC PINathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 05/05/2026honestly if some venture capitalist /tech mogul can remake an entire university in a matter of a year or two in exchange for around 2 days of Bezos’s salary(USC founded 1880), it means that any rich person can do anything to any of our institutions at any time unless we take them back systematically 631499
Reposted by THiCC PICenter for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @digblk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🎤Getting the word out: Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today! bit.ly/cbdr-ds26 006
Reposted by THiCC PIAlejandro Soto @soto.space · 29/04/2026It's great to learn more about @cdelawalla.bsky.social who leads @standupforscience.net I hope that once she's done helping us win the good fight, she gets to go back to research (if she wants to!). The same hope I have for all scientists! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comShe set out to become a clinical psychologist. Now she’s leading a US movement to save scienceColette Delawalla launched Stand Up for Science to push back against Trump’s cuts to medical and scientific research 05313
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Reviews of apps to begin soon. Apply or forward to those you think may be interested and a good fit! 010
Reposted by THiCC PISam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 27/04/2026ASU's new AI tool cannibalizes nuanced, thoughtful faculty lectures into sound bites and chatbot junk text: www.404media.co/asu-atomic-a...404media.coUniversity Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI SlopASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials. 11515209
Reposted by THiCC PICarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026I can't imagine what would more effectively recruit US scientific talent to other countries around the world than destroying universities, eliminating research funding, and demonizing the very concept of expertise. 1150391
Reposted by THiCC PIInterrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Young artists aged 16-24 who have been directly impacted by criminalization/policing/punishment can apply for this residency & get $2500 to work on a creative project! Visit bit.ly/diyresidency26 to learn more. Please help us spread the word! 28890
Reposted by THiCC PIEPIC @epic.org · 21/04/2026On Monday, EPIC filed an amicus brief arguing that the Virginia city of Norfolk’s use of Flock’s Automated License Plate Reader system creates a warrantless mass surveillance program and constitutes an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.epic.orgEPIC files amicus brief arguing city’s use of Flock ALPRs violated Fourth AmendmentUpdates 03624
Reposted by THiCC PIsam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Huge news for Zooniverse -- 3 million registered volunteers! Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon! 1117
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026If I had more energy id take the time to change bees to “LLMs” or “AI”. But yall get itmedia.tenor.coma group of people sitting in front of a screen that says tbs hd on itAlt: A modification of Oprah’s famed “you get a car” segment where instead of cars, everyone gets bees 010
Reposted by THiCC PIAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion. I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.huffpost.comTrump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion LawsuitTrump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs. 20941142042
Reposted by THiCC PIVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Right. I would be gunning for something bigger, like Secretary of War. 1363
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The misunderstanding of embodiment such that social and cultural groundings are excluded (in addition to the often narrowly invoked views of the physical/affective) remains so problematic and seems to only be getting worse at the uncritical expansion of systems such as LLMs 031
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Excited to go out to Cornell and talk with some folks tomorrow! events.cornell.edu/event/chris-...events.cornell.eduChris Dancy, "A framework for the human in human-AI interaction" 230
Reposted by THiCC PIOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026what next? what, are we gonna provide *roads* for the wealthy too? gonna have health inspectors keep contaminants out of their groceries? are we just gonna have gutters and sewer systems around rich people's homes? 704060757
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Also see some earlier related work from us presented at IEEE ISTAS last year! ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/112...ieeexplore.ieee.orgLayout-Aware OCR for Black Digital Archives with Unsupervised EvaluationDespite their cultural and historical significance, Black digital archives continue to be a structurally underrepresented area in AI research and infrastructure. This is especially evident in efforts ... 000
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026 We discuss current gaps in dev (eval) processes of OCR systems with a particular focus on historical Black digital archives. This is the beginning of our work with critically engaging with AI systems (various computer vision models/pipelines) for Black digital archives - www.psu.edu/news/enginee...psu.eduQ&A: Can humanities-driven AI reshape digital archive preservation and access? | Penn State UniversityPenn State researcher Christopher Dancy is part of a multi-institutional team awarded $11 million through Schmidt Sciences’ 2025 Humanities and AI Virtual Institute to develop new AI tools that expand... 100
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Really excited for @digblk.bsky.social LibTech Scholar Fitsum Beyene to have an opportunity to talk about our ongoing work with OCR systems and Black Digital archives at @facct.bsky.social in June! Preprint - arxiv.org/abs/2603.25761arxiv.orgA Survey of OCR Evaluation Methods and Metrics and the Invisibility of Historical DocumentsOptical character recognition (OCR) and document understanding systems increasingly rely on large vision and vision-language models, yet evaluation remains centered on modern, Western, and institution... 100
Reposted by THiCC PIdr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 28/03/20261 Just passed through security at La Guardia. ICE entirely doing security! 100% of ID and identity checks done by ICE…Truly icky and dystopian. Some thoughts. 641317532
Reposted by THiCC PIStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/03/2026We removed the barriers and created an accessible space because resistance is for everyone, everywhere. The *official* No Kings Accessible Rally will be a virtual event to protect our health, defend our democracy, and say NO KINGS. Details: zurl.co/TXWd7 #NoKings #NoKings3 #Democracy #NK3VR 721094
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 28/03/20261st two categories are associated in terms of info/knowledge production. Also considerations of control (e.g., “chatbots” is a dominated, centralized category) and related considerations of problems of a centralized (probabilistic, opaque) system (also TESCREAL associated control) 110
Reposted by THiCC PIAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke 135113083121
Reposted by THiCC PIAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2026TRUMP: I did a mail in ballot for elections in Florida because I felt I should be here REPORTER: You were in Palm Beach the last few weekends TRUMP: Yeah. And I decided that I was going to vote by mail in ballot because I had a lot of different things 3332334655
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026So prob needed reminder to folks to take of yourselves as you can out there. 010
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Reading a Black Geographies convo and confronted with this reminder from McKittrick. “Part of what I am sharing here is animated by premature death and scholars of color in the academy doing a lot of heavy lifting and wearing out.” Which reminded me of a similar convo Bell Hooks had with Stuart Hall 101
Reposted by THiCC PIHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/03/2026The most consistently accurate frame to understand the appearance of articles like this is knowing that The Guardian and OpenAI have a partnership.theguardian.comI asked AI to explain my mother to me. It translated her worldviewA chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to say 13440115
Reposted by THiCC PIThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 20/03/2026Entire neighborhoods in Gaza remain effectively cut off, not by checkpoints but by devastation.interc.ptIsrael Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions. 0210131
Reposted by THiCC PIEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026“AI ethics must move beyond the concepts of race-based representation and bias, and towards those that probe the deeper relations that impact how these systems are designed, developed, and deployed.” Via @timnitgebru.blacksky.app — arxiv.org/abs/2111.03687arxiv.orgAI and Blackness: Towards moving beyond bias and representationIn this paper, we argue that AI ethics must move beyond the concepts of race-based representation and bias, and towards those that probe the deeper relations that impact how these systems are designed... 03511
Reposted by THiCC PITressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Etcetera etcetera we are all LowerEd www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...newsobserver.comStudents say NC State cybersecurity course left them in debt and without prospectsNC State offers an online cybersecurity bootcamp powered by a third-party company. Some students say it made false promises. 716436
Reposted by THiCC PIOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026normal caveats about wealth measures vs GSP aside, we should not be surprised that the elite impunity political environment has been good economically for the people on top, and that all of this is not solely about getting to say slurs during business hours 7658151
Reposted by THiCC PIShannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026After detaining children and parents for weeks, or months, inside Dilley detention center, ICE is dumping them at a shelter in Laredo, TX. They are often thousands of miles away from where they were arrested, with no money to get back home. THREAD (1/) www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/02/i...themarshallproject.orgAfter Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey HomeParents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave. 15561353
Reposted by THiCC PISuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026It's been a journey of nearly 3 years, but I'm very excited to announce the CNTR AISLE Portal! 🚀 cntr-aisle.org It’s a new way to review and evaluate the 1,000+ AI bills introduced in the U.S. over the last three years. Check out the Bill Library and our Profiles#AIPolicy #OpenDatacntr-aisle.orgCNTR AISLECNTR AISLE Portal 12815
Reposted by THiCC PIAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This is fantastic, and it's something that we've been saying for years. When companies say that are using "AI for climate change", they are referring to much smaller models used for doing things like climate modeling. Massive generative AI models are NOT USEFUL for mitigating climate change. 614049
THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Was a great opportunity to catch up and consult with some experts on 19th century text while transcribing for the day. Hope folks got to experience a Douglass day near them! 121