Reposted by Nate AngellEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In the past week I have been quoted in a lot of pieces and the titles are all over the map: “humanities researcher,” “technologist,” “tech critic,” “artist (derogatory)”…My fave was “respected AI researcher” in The New Yorker last year. None of these are really wrong, but none are really correct. 4374
Reposted by Nate AngellinfoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026National Science Foundation (NSF) Announces Launch of the Open #Knowledge Network, A National Open-Data Platform Connecting More Than 40 Knowledge Graphs www.infodocket.com/2026/09/25/n... #opendata #data #knowledgegraphs #AI #MCP 132
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 25/09/2026One of the most misleading terms is “AI hallucination”. Use “AI mirage” instead. Why “mirage”? Don’t make me tap the preprint > papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comAre We Tripping? The Mirage of AI HallucinationsThere is a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence (AI). When AI seems to make things up or distort reality — adding extra fingers 000
Reposted by Nate AngellShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In case you’re interested: I wrote about pneumatic tubes a long time ago :)wordsinspace.netPuffs of Air: Communicating by VacuumWords in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern. 35613
Reposted by Nate Angellscott b. weingart @scottbot.net · 22/09/2026Join my team! Help us figure out how to be as careful stewards of today's born-digital archives of state as we've been for physical archives over the last 200 years. Seeking experience in digital archives/collections/preservation, or related cultural heritage work. Due 10/6. Up to $91k.jobs.virginia.govBorn-Digital Collections Coordinator #00220 - Richmond, Virginia, United StatesTitle: Born-Digital Collections Coordinator #00220 State Role Title: Library Specialist III Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience up to $91,080 Pay Band: 5 Agency: The Library of Virginia Locatio... 26972
Reposted by Nate Angell⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt.org · 24/09/2026AI policy is dominating #UNGA81 dialogue.🌐 Who’s holding the steering wheel? Are we going in the right direction? Are we going too fast? Are we going off a cliff? 🤔 Read my essay with @hlandemore.bsky.social via @noemamag.com.🙏 We must let the people set the pace of frontier AI!💯 #LLAP🖖 3238
Reposted by Nate AngellE z r a @bruit.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026absolute bangers left and right, this page should be required reading at every ischool: 083
Reposted by Nate AngellCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026👋🏻 The @civicsoftech.bsky.social is accepting proposals for our weekly blog on issues at the intersections of teaching, learning, (ed)tech, and society. Share ideas-in-progress, reflections on a classroom experience, research, and more. We’re also always happy to hear from students. More info 👇🏻docs.google.comBlog Post Proposal FormWe welcome guest contributions to our blog! Please use this form to propose your post. We will get back to you as soon as we can 11811
Reposted by Nate AngellMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Archiving Machines" and "The Patina of Distrust" are co-winners of this year's Best Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T! We're proud to be able to provide both of these books #openaccess. Congratulations authors! 1256
Reposted by Nate AngellNew_ Public @newpublic.org · 21/09/2026Social media algorithms don't allow us to understand or control what we see online and why... until now! Top scholars @jonathanstray.com and @noupside.bsky.social are sharing @mysky.social, a tool that allows users to adjust their feed’s priorities and explains why certain posts appear over others.newpublic.substack.com🎛️📲 Meet the algorithm you can actually control and understandJonathan Stray and Renée DiResta introduce MySky, a feed that shows its work 14019
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 20/09/2026Today's question: Do people think through the vibe they will give off yelling at the park when they name their dogs? 100
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 18/09/2026Best popsicle you ever had! Piňa colada! Mangolada! Ice Queen paletas in Portland OR. #getdeel #drbombayicecream #snoopdogg #SNOOPISHIRING 010
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 15/09/2026Invented a new hors d'oeuvre that I named "I Seafood & I Eat It" > Thin rice cake, pickled yellow watermelon rind, white queso dip, topped with teriyaki-roasted seaweed. UMAMI! 000
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 13/09/2026I’m just now starting to realize that Bertrand Russell may not have been that great of a guy… 020
Reposted by Nate AngellJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Resharing as we embark on another day that will be consumed by talk of whether AI will kill us all. 1112
Reposted by Nate AngellSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Really good stamp from @bittelmethis.bsky.social 950969
Reposted by Nate AngellRoopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“But solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight.” terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...terrytao.wordpress.comA Severe Misalignment of AI in MathematicsI am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have… 2457
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 11/09/2026If you are only going to read one entry in this salutary glossary, please read on ”stochastic flocks” but even better to read all the entries www.cyberneticforests.com/glossary-of-...cyberneticforests.comEryk Salvaggio: Critical AI & Culture | Glossary — Cybernetic Forests.Stochastic Flocks, Systems From Nowhere and other citable terms for describing AI systems without borrowing from cognition, by Eryk Salvaggio. 1134
Reposted by Nate AngellEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I've added a glossary to my website to consolidate the themes I have been working with across various pieces over the years in a single place with concise definitions, clarifications, and links, all in citable formats. www.cyberneticforests.com/glossary-of-...cyberneticforests.comEryk Salvaggio: Critical AI & Culture | Glossary — Cybernetic Forests.Stochastic Flocks, Systems From Nowhere and other citable terms for describing AI systems without borrowing from cognition, by Eryk Salvaggio. 34518
Reposted by Nate AngellTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Every half-ass plan for our extinction that they provide just turns me on. No internet, you say? No online banking?? No 2FA to use the bathroom at my job??? Baby I was a latchkey kid in the 1980s. You’re describing my platonic ideal. Extinct me. 171398233
Reposted by Nate AngellDr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas is hiring a new Assistant Professor in Communication and Democracy as part of a cluster hire in Democracy and the Public Good! uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex... 01514
Reposted by Nate AngellRoundabout @roundabout.town · 08/09/2026Imagine if an app was all about getting you to put down your phone and get involved in your community✨ Chicagoans, join us alongside @wbez.org and the @chicago.suntimes.com at chicago.com! Here’s Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell in @niemanlab.org 👀: 072
Reposted by Nate AngellDeanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This practice not only requires students to say they are writers…it shows them that they are writers while demonstrating the power and magic of writing in human lives. metawriting.deannamascle.com/bell-ringers...metawriting.deannamascle.comBell Ringers and Community Building : MetawritingWhat’s New? In the final reflections that my students write for me and in official course instructor evaluations, our practice... 021
Reposted by Nate AngellChris Newfield @cnewf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I was induced to critique that Vanderbilt slam of humanities scholarship, and had a strangely good time doing it. I explain why Appiah should like and help, not trash The Activist Humanist. Collaboration can cure ALL real epistemic ills in the humanities: do this! criticalnoise.org/the-struggle...criticalnoise.orgThe Struggle to Face Forward – History of the Present 1227
Reposted by Nate AngellGeorge S @harmonygritz.bsky.social · 07/09/202635 minutes, y'all. You can handle it. #race #labor #workers #BlackPanthers #documentary 0276
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 07/09/2026you know you are living on the edge when warnings include "hallucinating raw destructive commands" 010
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 06/09/2026Thread “LLMs work by printing a path through a process that arrives at a completion point by tightening the tension between word salad and a legible destination” 👇 010
Reposted by Nate AngellIsaac Wink @iwink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026An article 2.5 years in the making and it’s finally published! TL;DR Make people use ROR IDs for institutional affiliation: www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...iastatedigitalpress.comAssessing Researcher Data Sharing Practices Using Publicly Available Dataset Metadata: A Reproducible Workflow for Institutional StakeholdersIntroduction: Scholarly communities are experiencing increased emphasis on research data sharing and reuse. Given the range of available data repositories and variability in the use of persistent iden... 032
Reposted by Nate AngellOpen Education Network @openednetwork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Kudos to these open ed champions! 👏 And an OEN round of applause for Jonathan Lashley (Idaho State Board of Education), recognized as an open education policy & systems leader, moving the field forward & strengthening the community that the Open Education Network is proud to be part of. Congrats! 054
Reposted by Nate AngellRoundabout @roundabout.town · 02/09/2026For thriving online groups, finding the right community stewards is everything. These aren’t just moderators — they’re unicorns 🦄 Stewards need to be entrepreneurial, emotionally intelligent, and discerning. @clockwerks.bsky.social, leading Roundabout @newpublic.org, lays it out in @niemanlab.org: 143
Reposted by Nate AngellEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I wrote about the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack following my conversation with @melhogan.bsky.social on The Data Fix this week - more on how it happened, what it means, and why I still see "stochastic flocks" rather than "artificial hiveminds": mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-...mail.cyberneticforests.comModels Don't Go RogueStochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o... 812151
Reposted by Nate AngellTyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026For those who view the threat of low grades as a motivator: Today for our writing diagnostic, I told students, "If you give it your best effort, you'll get full credit." 8th graders. I figured some would try to toe the line of what was "enough." I figured it would be sloppy work. 1/ 241
Reposted by Nate AngellSavannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"I make the case that, like poetry, physics gives us a viewpoint on the universe that we need because it is our ancestral inheritance. I also argue that spending time with what feels strange about physics can help prepare us to better reckon with difficult political questions." 🧪 23810
Reposted by Nate AngellBikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Going Back to School in PDX? Find Your Bike Bus! Want to start your own Bike Bus? Learn How! www.bikebuspdx.org/bike-buses 03012
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 30/08/2026I am excited to attend @educause.bsky.social! The conference agenda is now available so check it out and join me in Denver. See you there! #EDU26 i.snoball.it/p/UuAAzc1Y/b/1i.snoball.itEDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2026 | Sept 29–Oct 2 in DenverJoin the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2026 in Denver, CO from Sept 29 to Oct 2. Connect, learn, and explore the latest in higher education technology. 021
Reposted by Nate AngellJon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Related, I *finally* read this essay by @alondra.bsky.social . It is as good as advertised; a comprehensive call to action for higher education. (I also hope social scientists welcome us educational researchers into the fold.)amacad.orgField Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & ToolUses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools... 1124
Reposted by Nate AngellDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Statistics have a well known liberal bias. 2426
Reposted by Nate AngellBonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A beautiful, reflective, informative, essay about teaching under austerity by @johannawinant.bsky.socialbostonreview.netThe Claims of Close ReadingLiterary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical. 99236
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 29/08/2026A man goes to work and does the same thing every day until someone falls in love with him. 010
Reposted by Nate AngellMarcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"AI could accelerate this erosion. Or it could be the impetus for a deliberate rebuilding." There were so many reasons that the MIT report on AI struck a chord with me yesterday—but perhaps more than anything it was the emphasis and urgency leaning into trust, connection, and community. 183
Reposted by Nate AngellTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 26/08/2026Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social webtechcrunch.comFlipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social webFlipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem. 55925
Reposted by Nate AngellRyan Randall @www.ryanpatrickrandall.com · 28/08/2026Intentionally pronouncing "Flonase" to rhyme with "Hennessy" for the rest of the semester. 172
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 28/08/2026Just so you know how it is around here, my wife and I just discussed the proper use of n-dashes for like 20m... 130
Reposted by Nate AngellMike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/08/2026The NY Times is just straight up trolling me now, right? 1028824
Reposted by Nate AngellHuman Intelligence® @humancreator.bsky.social · 27/08/2026We’re proud to support NO QUIET HOURS, a human-made documentary about the glorious, strange, loud history of Pacific Northwest music. Come find the Human Intelligence table, say hi, and grab a free H-shirt or sticker while they last. This Fri, Aug 28 Crystal Ballroom 3 PM All ages 053
Reposted by Nate AngellDr. Dawn Foster @geekygirldawn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Matt and I wrote an IEEE Computer article about how the tension created when vendors and cloud providers compete to capture value creates friction and disruption for users and contributors. It's another take on the relicensing / forks research. The full paper can be read at doi.org/10.1109/MC.2...doi.org 052
Reposted by Nate AngellFlipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026Graze, the custom feed builder for the Atmosphere, has joined Flipboard! We're so excited to start working with them more closely. Read Graze CEO Devin Gaffney's Leaflet post here to learn more. graze.leaflet.pub/3mtypcuxxc22pgraze.leaflet.pubBetter, Together - Graze NewsletterAn announcement from Graze 0117
Nate Angell @xolotl.org · 26/08/2026Great news from @devingaffney.com and @graze.social! Graze is one of the most interesting and potentially powerful interventions I've seen in the social media ecosystem. Good move @flipboard.com!graze.leaflet.pubBetter, TogetherAn announcement from Graze 0111
Reposted by Nate AngellMarcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"The media class continued to read X like a thermometer offering data about the climate of opinion when it was actually a probe taking the rectal temperature of the internet’s loneliest men." @aidanwalker.bsky.social 💯 howtodothingswithmemes.substack.com/p/shift-slop...howtodothingswithmemes.substack.comshift, slop, chud: operating a vibeVincent Bevins recently wrote a great essay re-evaluating the effects of the Musk reign over the platform formerly known as Twitter. 6584103