THiCC PI
@profdancy.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of IEng, CS & Eng @ PSU #CogSci, #AI, Critical Black Studies, Hum. Factors. AfAm. 1stGen. THiCC lab PI (https://sites.psu.edu/thicc). Incoming Co-Director @digblk.bsky.social. Co-lead at AI-SDM (https://www.cmu.edu/ai-sdm/). All opinions my own
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7 months old. He was in his mum’s arms when the Israelis shot him dead. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank
The seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when soldiers fired on family in Hebron
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
7 months old. He was in his mum’s arms when the Israelis shot him dead. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Like 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...
Donate to #FreeBlackMamas
With 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...
secure.actblue.com
May 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Like 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...
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I 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.
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.
May 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I 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.
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.
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The 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
Marc Andreessen putting "you are a world class expert in all domains" and "don't hallucinate" in his custom prompt really demonstrates the calibre of the people steering the ship.
May 6, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The 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
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honestly 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
USC said "it would use a *venture capitalist’s* $200 million donation to apply AI across academic disciplines."
"The donation... came from Mark and Mary Stevens. Stevens... is among the largest individual shareholders of the chip giant Nvidia, where he has spent decades on the board."
Screaming.
"The donation... came from Mark and Mary Stevens. Stevens... is among the largest individual shareholders of the chip giant Nvidia, where he has spent decades on the board."
Screaming.
U.S.C. Will Infuse A.I. Across University With $200 Million Donation
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
honestly 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
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🎤Getting the word out:
Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today!
bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today!
bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
Join us! #DigBlk is hiring a creative & forward-thinking Data Scientist to advance computational research & digital scholarship using Black archival collections & datasets and Black archives & critical AI w/ @ccp-org.bsky.social and @douglassday.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
April 30, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🎤Getting the word out:
Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today!
bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
Application review will begin on Monday, May 4th. If you are interested, apply today!
bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
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It'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...
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...
She set out to become a clinical psychologist. Now she’s leading a US movement to save science
Colette Delawalla launched Stand Up for Science to push back against Trump’s cuts to medical and scientific research
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It'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...
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...
Reviews of apps to begin soon. Apply or forward to those you think may be interested and a good fit!
Join us! #DigBlk is hiring a creative & forward-thinking Data Scientist to advance computational research & digital scholarship using Black archival collections & datasets and Black archives & critical AI w/ @ccp-org.bsky.social and @douglassday.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/cbdr-ds26
April 28, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Reviews of apps to begin soon. Apply or forward to those you think may be interested and a good fit!
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ASU's new AI tool cannibalizes nuanced, thoughtful faculty lectures into sound bites and chatbot junk text: www.404media.co/asu-atomic-a...
University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop
ASU 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.
www.404media.co
April 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
ASU's new AI tool cannibalizes nuanced, thoughtful faculty lectures into sound bites and chatbot junk text: www.404media.co/asu-atomic-a...
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I 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.
April 28, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I 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.
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Young 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!
April 18, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Young 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!
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On 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 files amicus brief arguing city’s use of Flock ALPRs violated Fourth Amendment
Updates
epic.org
April 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
On 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.
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Huge news for Zooniverse -- 3 million registered volunteers!
Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon!
Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon!
3 million volunteers!
Congratulations, Zooniverse! Today we have reached an extraordinary milestone: 3 million volunteers contributing to people-powered research around the world. From classifying galaxies and discovering exoplanets to tracking wildlife, transcribing historical records, and…
Congratulations, Zooniverse! Today we have reached an extraordinary milestone: 3 million volunteers contributing to people-powered research around the world. From classifying galaxies and discovering exoplanets to tracking wildlife, transcribing historical records, and…
3 million volunteers!
Congratulations, Zooniverse! Today we have reached an extraordinary milestone: 3 million volunteers contributing to people-powered research around the world. From classifying galaxies and discovering exoplanets to tracking wildlife, transcribing historical records, and supporting research in ecology, climate science, cell biology, and the humanities, our community has helped make real science possible at a scale no individual team could achieve alone.
blog.zooniverse.org
April 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Huge news for Zooniverse -- 3 million registered volunteers!
Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon!
Next milestone for 2026: 1 BILLION classifications... coming soon!
If I had more energy id take the time to change bees to “LLMs” or “AI”. But yall get it
a group of people sitting in front of a screen that says tbs hd on it
Alt: A modification of Oprah’s famed “you get a car” segment where instead of cars, everyone gets bees
media.tenor.com
April 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
If I had more energy id take the time to change bees to “LLMs” or “AI”. But yall get it
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Trump 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.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
Trump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion Lawsuit
Trump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs.
www.huffpost.com
April 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Trump 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.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
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Right.
I would be gunning for something bigger, like Secretary of War.
I would be gunning for something bigger, like Secretary of War.
If I wanted to party and drink I simply wouldn’t become the director of the FBI
April 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Right.
I would be gunning for something bigger, like Secretary of War.
I would be gunning for something bigger, like Secretary of War.
The 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
April 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The 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
Chris Dancy, "A framework for the human in human-AI interaction"
events.cornell.edu
April 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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what 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?
Boy, what a terrible headline.
We *need* the wealthy to participate in public services. If only poor people ride the bus, then rich people won't wield their power in support of public transit or, worse, will wield their power *against* it.
We *need* the wealthy to participate in public services. If only poor people ride the bus, then rich people won't wield their power in support of public transit or, worse, will wield their power *against* it.
Should Rich New Yorkers Get Free Stuff, Too? Mamdani Says Yes.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
what 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?
Really 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/2603.25761
A Survey of OCR Evaluation Methods and Metrics and the Invisibility of Historical Documents
Optical 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...
arxiv.org
April 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Really 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/2603.25761
“CRITICAL AI literacy”, he yelled into the void…
March 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“CRITICAL AI literacy”, he yelled into the void…
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1 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.
March 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
1 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.