Undead Sarah
@lepidopterane.bsky.social
she to the her. pansexual dyspraxia goblin with a PhD in CS from Tufts. studying linked data for commentaries on greek and latin texts w/Perseus Digital Library. proud doer of DEIA research. 🍉
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This year at ACM Hypertext, there was a Narrative Games Showcase and I had the joy of playing some games made by students at UAL! Here’s a thread about my favorites.
The bag and the bubble wrap together. in a loop. that sounds like an accentuating bit on a clipping track (complimentary)
day 4 of weird web october ♶ a sound board of plastics around my home today jennschiffer.com/www/wwo26/04
jenn's weird web october 2026 | 04. plastic
jennschiffer.com
October 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The bag and the bubble wrap together. in a loop. that sounds like an accentuating bit on a clipping track (complimentary)
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Bluesky's head of trust and safety runs all replies through an LLM to decide who to block which leads to him creating a perfect sycophantic bubble for himself. Someone really does not understand his job.
Bluesky Corp is a clown show.
Bluesky Corp is a clown show.
October 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Bluesky's head of trust and safety runs all replies through an LLM to decide who to block which leads to him creating a perfect sycophantic bubble for himself. Someone really does not understand his job.
Bluesky Corp is a clown show.
Bluesky Corp is a clown show.
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It feels like journals are only a filter for baseline quality, there really is a niche out there for people to personally curate reading lists for others. There is a cottage industry for this in other content like movies, so it would be cool for an academic to get paid to specialize in this way
October 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
It feels like journals are only a filter for baseline quality, there really is a niche out there for people to personally curate reading lists for others. There is a cottage industry for this in other content like movies, so it would be cool for an academic to get paid to specialize in this way
That sounds bad! Drexel’s making some real mistakes here.
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
October 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
That sounds bad! Drexel’s making some real mistakes here.
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Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors.
It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:
It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:
All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
October 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors.
It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:
It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:
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I actually get my information from people who understand exactly what it is and why it’s a fucking autocorrect slot machine that does nothing but extract. This is hot garbage.
Just because I have ethics and a spine doesn’t mean I don’t also engage critical thinking. Slop boosters don’t.
Just because I have ethics and a spine doesn’t mean I don’t also engage critical thinking. Slop boosters don’t.
feels like there is a group of smart and well-intentioned people who long ago made up their minds that AI Is Bad, swore off using it, and now get all their info about AI from each other. not saying they're wrong that ai is bad! but i think they're gradually losing touch with what it is and does
I really wasn’t trying to start a fight with Prof. Bender but now that she has created a long thread subtweeting me and her disciples are all yelling at me, let me just say that this is the crux right here. She seems to respond as though I am describing something a priori impossible.
October 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I actually get my information from people who understand exactly what it is and why it’s a fucking autocorrect slot machine that does nothing but extract. This is hot garbage.
Just because I have ethics and a spine doesn’t mean I don’t also engage critical thinking. Slop boosters don’t.
Just because I have ethics and a spine doesn’t mean I don’t also engage critical thinking. Slop boosters don’t.
Χαίρε! Some translations for those that need them:
άνθρωπος παρθένος = maid like dude
άνθρωπος ίσχυρός = strong dude
άνθρωπος παρθένος = maid like dude
άνθρωπος ίσχυρός = strong dude
It is too late, I have already depicted myself as the άνθρωπος ίσχυρός and you as the άνθρωπος παρθένος 🫵
October 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Χαίρε! Some translations for those that need them:
άνθρωπος παρθένος = maid like dude
άνθρωπος ίσχυρός = strong dude
άνθρωπος παρθένος = maid like dude
άνθρωπος ίσχυρός = strong dude
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ICYMI:
Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ICYMI:
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Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
October 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
September 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Hyperlink text should make sense when read out of context. Screen reader users can navigate from link to link, and can listen to links in a list. When navigating this way, only the link is read. So "click here" or "read more" won't make sense.
October 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Hyperlink text should make sense when read out of context. Screen reader users can navigate from link to link, and can listen to links in a list. When navigating this way, only the link is read. So "click here" or "read more" won't make sense.
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This article is from 2018, fyi. Colbert deeply disappointed me by continuing to have him on his show right up through the final weeks of his show
i genuinely forgot how bad this was
Nobody Believed Neil deGrasse Tyson's First Accuser. Now There Are Three More.
No one believed Tchiya Amet when she said Tyson had raped her in the 1980s. Now, three other women tell BuzzFeed News that he harassed them, including one who’s sharing her story publicly for the firs...
www.buzzfeednews.com
September 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This article is from 2018, fyi. Colbert deeply disappointed me by continuing to have him on his show right up through the final weeks of his show
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This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case
September 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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this is what I wear when it’s that time of the month but it’s also summer and I feel like having a specific beer jk
Looking closer at this image, what do we think the red part is supposed to be?
flexiquor.com/product/coro...
flexiquor.com/product/coro...
September 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
this is what I wear when it’s that time of the month but it’s also summer and I feel like having a specific beer jk
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she said, quotes from women throughout history, screenshot, macintosh (1996) archive.org/details/hype...
September 19, 2026 at 4:25 AM
she said, quotes from women throughout history, screenshot, macintosh (1996) archive.org/details/hype...
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I can’t believe my ancestors are badmouthed as hicks for making moonshine in bathtubs but it’s all *totally cool* if Romans do it.
A Roman Bathhouse Was Secretly Turned Into a Wine and Olive Oil Factory in Late Antiquity at Antiochia ad Cragum
A modest Roman bathhouse on Turkey's southern coast spent its retirement very differently from how it began. Constructed in the late 2nd or early 3rd century CE, it stopped functioning as a bath somet...
www.labrujulaverde.com
September 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I can’t believe my ancestors are badmouthed as hicks for making moonshine in bathtubs but it’s all *totally cool* if Romans do it.
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LLMs are predictive language models.
They do not 'think' or 'feel', they are designed to produce output that looks / sounds like human language.
If an LLM produces the phrase, "I feel pain," it is still just output that looks / sounds like human language.
There is nothing to explain here.
They do not 'think' or 'feel', they are designed to produce output that looks / sounds like human language.
If an LLM produces the phrase, "I feel pain," it is still just output that looks / sounds like human language.
There is nothing to explain here.
Can the new cutting-edge AI models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study.
The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA
The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA
September 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
LLMs are predictive language models.
They do not 'think' or 'feel', they are designed to produce output that looks / sounds like human language.
If an LLM produces the phrase, "I feel pain," it is still just output that looks / sounds like human language.
There is nothing to explain here.
They do not 'think' or 'feel', they are designed to produce output that looks / sounds like human language.
If an LLM produces the phrase, "I feel pain," it is still just output that looks / sounds like human language.
There is nothing to explain here.
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It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
September 25, 2026 at 8:43 AM
It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc
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you don't react to arson with "I wonder what the fire will do next"
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
An OpenAI system has gone rogue again – and it is the most panic-inducing yet
September 25, 2026 at 11:51 AM
you don't react to arson with "I wonder what the fire will do next"
when they say something like “now is the time of gods and mortals” what they really mean is “nobody’s ruined the party yet”
September 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
when they say something like “now is the time of gods and mortals” what they really mean is “nobody’s ruined the party yet”
This year at ACM Hypertext, there was a Narrative Games Showcase and I had the joy of playing some games made by students at UAL! Here’s a thread about my favorites.
September 18, 2026 at 9:13 AM
This year at ACM Hypertext, there was a Narrative Games Showcase and I had the joy of playing some games made by students at UAL! Here’s a thread about my favorites.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but tompkinsia is live in demos in d109!
September 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but tompkinsia is live in demos in d109!
death of the authorship panel…
September 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
death of the authorship panel…
🌟 catch my augmented reading work at HT ‘26 🌟
@blue-phia.bsky.social is first author on scaffolding reading for transformation, she’s presenting this at 11 tmr in session 4
I’m presenting Tompkinsia this Thursday at 11 tmr in session 12
links to papers below!
@blue-phia.bsky.social is first author on scaffolding reading for transformation, she’s presenting this at 11 tmr in session 4
I’m presenting Tompkinsia this Thursday at 11 tmr in session 12
links to papers below!
September 15, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🌟 catch my augmented reading work at HT ‘26 🌟
@blue-phia.bsky.social is first author on scaffolding reading for transformation, she’s presenting this at 11 tmr in session 4
I’m presenting Tompkinsia this Thursday at 11 tmr in session 12
links to papers below!
@blue-phia.bsky.social is first author on scaffolding reading for transformation, she’s presenting this at 11 tmr in session 4
I’m presenting Tompkinsia this Thursday at 11 tmr in session 12
links to papers below!