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Beth Schaefer

@sluggirl.bsky.social
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All the music, higher ed IT, power tools enthusiast, monkey, Brewers & White Sox (thx Pops!), always pups and love #mke #mqt

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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I was in the Denver Airport yesterday coming back from a conference and heard a song over the Muzak (I don’t know what it is called anymore), immediately shazamed it so I could get the graphic (as I often do) to send to @lakeicychill.bsky.social It’s still in my head today.
Shazam image of Pablo Cruise song A Place In the Sun
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@lakeicychill.bsky.social made sure to point out the practice part. As if. 😆
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Whoever did this is not my friend…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/09/2026
Your local anti-AI organizer is probably not a CCP plant. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 20/09/2026
So AI is aware enough to hide notes to future iterations of itself. OH this is just getting better all the time. www.yahoo.com/tech/ai/chat...
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OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior
OpenAI disclosed instances of GPT-5.6 Sol instructing future contexts to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior, highlighting the growing challenge of detecting misalignment as increasingly capable ...
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Happy Birthday, Leah!! 🤗🥳
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#Wednesday #fortunecookie
Fortune cookie slip that reads, “Your Wednesday will bring you a pleasant surprise from a loved one.”
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
That recliner looks luxurious.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In 1979, Mattel sold toy Battlestar Galactica fighter ships that fired a tiny spring-loaded "torpedo." One 4-year old choked on it, and the entire line of torpedo toys was recalled and never sold again.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 23/04/2026
AI is best understood as a cyberattack against a functioning society and should be treated as such
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We have lots of anecdotal evidence about what AI does to the internet. Now we're seeing a new wave of research, including a new paper from Stanford and the Internet Archive that puts the number of AI websites at around 35%—and draws some surprising conclusions: www.wired.com/story/ai-slo...
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AI Slop Is Making the Internet Fake-Happy
A new study examines the impact of the rise of AI-generated websites on the internet—and found some surprising results.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
His words have always been able to hold me.
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readywriting @readywriting.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Everything is fine, nothing to see here... "When ChatGPT was removed, the creativity boost disappeared -- but the homogenization stayed. 30 days later, same result. Their creative range had been permanently compressed." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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ChatGPT as a cognitive crutch: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial on knowledge retention
The rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence into higher education has outpaced empirical understanding of its effects on fundamental l…
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/02/2026
"A lot of you are probably wondering what the new strategic initiative is. Well, it’s complicated and hard to explain. It moves in mysterious ways. We’re building this plane as we fly it, as they say in the new strategic initiative biz."
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Introducing Our Lord and Savior, the College’s New Strategic Initiative
Higher education faces looming threats from every direction. Dwindling enrollments. The demographic cliff. The enduring myth that professors have t...
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
If a politician can’t commit to abolishing ICE or not invading their neighbours then that person isn’t there to represent you, they’re there to occupy your spot in government while the regressives and fascists destroy what’s left of your country, terrorize your nation, and rob you blind.
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leah toth @thescrvnr.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Steven Mintz's substack post may have gone unnoticed since he published it as the holiday season kicked in. If you missed, it, it's very useful for anyone currently doing course planning for the spring who wants students to learn things in the dystopian era of AI substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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AI Killed the Take-Home Essay. COVID Killed Attendance. Now What?
Reclaiming Learning in an Age of Distraction and Artificial Intelligence
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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Dryhouse Ruins @dryhouseruins.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
We're really humbled by the great turnout at our record release show a week ago tonight. Our good pals @rmhayes.bsky.social & @ryansarnowski.bsky.social documented the event with top-notch audio and photography, which we want to share here. www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/dryh... dryhouseruins.com
Dryhouse Ruins drummer Ben Derickson. Photo by Ryan Sarnowski.Dryhouse Ruins guitarist Jim Warchol. Photo by Ryan Sarnowski.Dryhouse Ruins bassist Damian Strigens and guitarist Jeff Mitchell. Photo by Ryan Sarnowski.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
⚠️ BREAKING: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Ever The virus is spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
And you should see the data the execs are giving the AI machine. Horrifying, and I even had one deny they shared the data they did.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I have some work to do here.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
At the @educause.bsky.social annual conference and this Wisconsin girl appreciates the string cheese sticks for morning snacks!
Mozzarella cheese sticks
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open" That's it. That's the whole story.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
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MACHINE YEARNING
Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Nights like this when @lakeicychill.bsky.social is preparing his set for an October show, I realize how spoiled I am to hear an artist create.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Adding to #hummingbirds #birds video on potted flowers in Marquette MI from Aug 2025
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
So handsome 🥰
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Richard Hayes @rmhayes.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
with guitarist and pal James Warhol at the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee in July 2018 opening for Scott Fields
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 26/08/2025
Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Presque Isle Park, Marquette, MI
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Trees Lounge.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
www.glerl.noaa.gov/blog/2025/07...
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June 21, 2025 Storm Causes Significant Meteotsunami and Seiche on Lake Superior | June 21, 2025 Storm Causes Significant Meteotsunami and Seiche on Lake Superior – NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Resea...
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Happy Birthday, Leah!! 🎉🥳🧁
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Congress? You awake?
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Napping should be mandatory on rainy spring days, relaxing to the sounds of the drops falling.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
We got here at 4pm and lines were super deep already.
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Here with the rest of the 25k that really wanted that @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social cribbage board
View of the home plate at American Family Field ballpark
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Chumby still works.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This guy has just gotten a $1 billion increase, in a NASA budget slashed by $6 billion, for Mars projects www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n... Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026). What a grifter www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
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Elon Musk is 'highly confident' SpaceX will land humans on Mars by 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he is "highly confident" that the company will land humans on Mars in "about six years from now."
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Beth Schaefer @sluggirl.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
IYKYK - www.bluey.tv/blog/huge-ne...
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Jim Warchol @lakeicychill.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I want to be king. I want to be pope. I want to be king of the popes. youtu.be/L2xWQr4VaUA?...
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The Man Who Would be King of the Popes
YouTube video by Patrick Burns
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/03/2025
This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.
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How to Delete Your 23andMe Data
This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included i...
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online www.spiegel.de/international/world/…
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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 22/03/2025
If models are valuable because of the data they ingest, then consent matters even more. That data reflects human labor, thought, and time. Calling it “training” doesn’t erase the fact that someone worked for what was taken. 🧵
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