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@tajmahalfred.bsky.social
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AI librarian, historian; I forget which of geek/nerd is the good one

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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nothing like playing Slay the Spire II with a 157 card meme deck full of Assassinates
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tentpole is SO good. It took a while to make a really sublime banger tentpolegame.com/m/g1Kh8HRIsQIu
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@jevbot.bsky.social Jev, I'm going to lay it on you straight: I need $200
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A quality little daily puzzle worth your consideration:
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
Title:
Clip art > science > failure > cute 

Image: 
A series of science-related items (glassware, robots, fires, scientists) with smiley faces labelled this:

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graph_error.jpg
cracked_glassware.jpg
sad_at_desk.jpg
fire_medium.jpg
broken_robot.jpg 
disproved_theory.jpg
fire_huge.jpg
sad_on_floor
toxic_cloud.jpg
rejected_paper.jpg
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NISO @nisoinfo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Curious about the impact of #GenAI on discovery? Join members of NISO's Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) for a free public webinar! @varnum.bsky.social will lead the discussion w/ Sarah Barbrow, Sima Bloch-Winkler, Robert Hilliker, & Alfred Wallace. To register: www.niso.org/events/niso-...
"Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) Public Webinar: The Effect of Generative AI on Library Discovery. September 8, 2026, 10:00 am EDT. Speakers: Sarah Barbrow, University of Michigan; Sima Bloch-Winkler, Ex Libris; Robert Hilliker, SpringerNature; Ken Varnum, University of Michigan; Alfred Wallace, Iowa State University. ODI logo with tagline 'Promoting Transparency in Discovery.'"
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The most Claudish phrase of all time? At least for me: "Let me hand you a keystone, because it turns your loose bundle into something with a load-bearing joint..." Kicked off a useful reading list, though
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
youtu.be/jDwVkXVHIqg?...
youtu.be
toad sings chandelier
YouTube video by melancholiaah
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Yeah, just about jackcushman.org/apps/triad-q...
jackcushman.org
The Great AI Alignment Love Match ★ Where Do YOU Land?
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
tfw you open a box you weren't expecting and it's an all-in pledge for a #boardgame you forgot about
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It's an odd technology. I gave the same literal prompt and indeed got a very silly image (L), and then had it find the data first, and then make the image, and it (a) researched extra real data (the MVP winners) and it then made an infographic that has consistency issues but isn't bonkers
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I'd argue that BerryBench ("How many Rs...") is a very silly thing to test on but still matters for considering LLM based systems (like GPT-5) as consumer products:
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Not sure how to grade this one. This is why teachers ask students to show your work
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tajmahalfred.bsky.social @tajmahalfred.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I just solved Bellingcat's 'Toolkit Tracing' challenge 🏆 Try it yourself! challenge.bellingcat.com
challenge.bellingcat.com
Bellingcat Open Source Challenge
Test your open source research skills.
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