Nikolay Marinov

@professorniki.bsky.social

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Academic in Sweden, elections, sanctions, propaganda. Advocate for corruption-free Bulgaria. Професор в Швеция, избори, санкции, пропаганда. Застъпник за Варна, Морската Градина.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 10d

I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public

synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf

title: Cheap science, real harm: the cost of replacing human
participation with synthetic data

author: Abeba Birhane

abstract: Driven by the goals of augmenting diversity, increasing speed, reducing cost, the
use of synthetic data as a replacement for human participants is gaining traction
in AI research and product development. This talk critically examines the claim
that synthetic data can “augment diversity,” arguing that this notion is empirically
unsubstantiated, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful. While speed and
cost-efficiency may be achievable, they often come at the expense of rigour, insight,
and robust science. Drawing on research from dataset audits, model evaluations,
Black feminist scholarship, and complexity science, I argue that replacing human
participants with synthetic data risks producing both real-world and epistemic
harms at worst and superficial knowledge and cheap science at best

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 11d

tozi borobachkadosta mozhe li da se sledi w BSKY

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14d

@timmiller.bsky.social joined the latest episode of @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's podcast to talk how Donald Trump is starting to make the mistakes of a normal politician and much more. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=frLi...

Can We Win Back The Turning Point Bros?

YouTube video by This is Gavin Newsom

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 15d

Anti-government protest draws tens of thousands in Bulgaria

u.afp.com/S7sv

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 19d

SilentMiddleChild
@silentmiddlechild.com

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 23d

Мирчев има по 1-2 хиляди преглеждания на статус - този е с 8 хиляди дотук. Може бе не трябваше да ги хваща за сакото - ама па ся кво

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 24d

а и сега какво им пречи

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ju @anonymous.bg · 26d

няма да се случи този концерт по този начин

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 27d

плащат по 6 лв на час за превод

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 27d

бе да дадат по една мазна баница и да си ходим

Булевард България (Бот) @boulevardbulgaria.bsky.social · 27d

“Магазини за хората”, ама друг път - сега ще има само щандове.

“Магазини за хората”, ама друг път - сега ще има само щандове

boulevardbulgaria.bg

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Булевард България (Бот) @boulevardbulgaria.bsky.social · 27d

“Магазини за хората”, ама друг път - сега ще има само щандове.

“Магазини за хората”, ама друг път - сега ще има само щандове

boulevardbulgaria.bg

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27d

I bet if you blow the dust of the DEPARTMENT OF WAR sign it’d reveal the word CRIMES right after that

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 28d

Имало е да става

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28d

Reportedly, this is one more photo of the burning Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28d

Reportedly, this is one more photo of the burning Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea.

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Juliet B. Schor, Shadd Maruna , and 9 more Nandita Sharma, Juliet B. Schor, Shadd Maruna, Cathy N. Davidson, Margaret Johnston, Melanie C. Green, Alan Richardson, Ben Worthy, David R. Miller, Tom Griffin, Brian Keegan, Nikolay Marinov

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28d

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28d

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

www.washingtonpost.com

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · 28d

Да

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Булевард България (Бот) @boulevardbulgaria.bsky.social · 28d

"Няма да позволим да ни излъжат" - задава се нов протест срещу бюджета.

"Няма да позволим да ни излъжат" - задава се нов протест срещу бюджета

boulevardbulgaria.bg

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Веселин Дремджиев @vdremdjiev.bsky.social · 28d

🔴Путин провежда в момента #хибридна атака в центъра на София. Коли на привърженици на проруската партия #Величиe имитират повреди и спират и без това натоварения трафик. Причината - най-сетне обвинения в огромни #мошеничества ивИлин дава обяснения за фараонските си схеми.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28d

Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.

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Булевард България (Бот) @boulevardbulgaria.bsky.social · 29d

Дарителска кампания събра над 90 хиляди лева за гаранцията на Благомир Коцев само за два часа.

Дарителска кампания събра над 90 хиляди лева за гаранцията на Благомир Коцев само за два часа

boulevardbulgaria.bg

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 12 more Cas Mudde, Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Tim Bale, Samuel L. Perry, Catherine E. De Vries, Ernesto Priego, Jon Green, Peter Holmes, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Jacob T. Levy, Nikolay Marinov, José Antonio Noguera, Aurélien Mondon, Christina Pagel

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 29d

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...

(from my presentation at the IMF last week)

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Paul Glasziou, Nikolay Marinov , and 1 more Rebecca Solnit, Paul Glasziou, Nikolay Marinov, Aviel Roshwald

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Nov 26

Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit

Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Colin F. Camerer, Steve Peers , and 33 more Richard S.J. Tol, Colin F. Camerer, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Steven French, Amir Attaran, Gregory B. Lee, Peter Campbell, Alf Rehn, Smith, Jonathan Hopkin, David R. Miller, Pamela K. Gilbert, Scott A. Imberman, Stephen Ryan, Glenn H. Shepard, Peter Cook, James Goodwin, Brian Keegan, Nikolay Marinov, David Murakami Wood, Calvin Jones, Ann Bartow, Thomas Masterson, James Connelly, Brooke Harrington, Joanna L. Grossman, Prokla Redaktion, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Pádua Fernandes, Manisha Sinha, Charles T. Mathewes, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Prakash Kashwan, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Pedro Gullón

Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · Nov 26

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Nikolay Marinov @professorniki.bsky.social · Nov 25

амен

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Ingrid Woudwijk @ingridwoudwijk.bsky.social · Nov 25

international day against violence against women in istanbul

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Anders :) 🇧🇻🏳️‍🌈 @annesh.no · Nov 25

So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.

Four articulated buses blocking each other in a roundabout making them stuck.

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Freethinker @69eerrr.bsky.social · Nov 24

Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.

1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.

2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.

3. Russia pays everyone for everything.

4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

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Новини @newsmixerbg.bsky.social · Nov 24

facebook.com/events/s/%D1...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Nov 23

Really don't give a flying fuck about Catholicism, but like any academic I kind of care about what really happened.

Women in European academia before 1800—religion, marriage, and human capital, by David de la Croix and Mara Vitale
doi.org/10.1093/ereh...

$We document the participation of women in European academia from the first universities to the eve of the Industrial Revolution. A total of 108 women taught at universities or were members of academies of arts and sciences. Most of them were active in Catholic southern Europe—an unexpected result. We conjecture that Protestantism left less room for women at the top of the distribution of human capital to exercise their talent. The percentage of ever-married female scholars is 79%, but a large fraction of them remained childless. Comparing them with 58,995 male scholars, we find that they were on average better.$

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TK @tkeck44.bsky.social · Nov 23

West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.

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