Brandon Pieczko (he/him)
@brandonpieczko.bsky.social
Indianapolis-based archivist, librarian, curator of digital things, open science advocate, Dharma student, Slavic diasporan, soccer/football/fútbol fan (#UTFT #IndyForever). Slava Ukraini
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Every time discover a new piece on the dangers of LLMs, particularly for research and teaching, I add it to a Zotero library. I figure that I might as well share it, so here's my library of Cautionary AI Tales: www.zotero.org/groups/62758...
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Every time discover a new piece on the dangers of LLMs, particularly for research and teaching, I add it to a Zotero library. I figure that I might as well share it, so here's my library of Cautionary AI Tales: www.zotero.org/groups/62758...
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Just learned of this effort to crowd-source a mega list of examples of benefits to health, prosperity, and national security resulting from federally-funded research. 41 examples listed to date. Please share and send ideas!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Just learned of this effort to crowd-source a mega list of examples of benefits to health, prosperity, and national security resulting from federally-funded research. 41 examples listed to date. Please share and send ideas!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
h/t @carlosbrody.bsky.social
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Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Reminder there will be a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Indianapolis on March 7 from 12-2 on the South Lawn of the Statehouse
Come join others to celebrate science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
Come join others to celebrate science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
‘Stand Up for Science’ Rallies Will Protest Trump Attacks on Research
Amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7
www.scientificamerican.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reminder there will be a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Indianapolis on March 7 from 12-2 on the South Lawn of the Statehouse
Come join others to celebrate science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
Come join others to celebrate science
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Listen up y'all, do 👏not 👏comply👏 in👏 advance👏
February 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Listen up y'all, do 👏not 👏comply👏 in👏 advance👏
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Hey #HoosierSky
This one worth listening (and not just because I am the host)
We will drop an episode every Friday morning for your commute discussing health policy from the legislative session and making it not boring
This one worth listening (and not just because I am the host)
We will drop an episode every Friday morning for your commute discussing health policy from the legislative session and making it not boring
Good Trouble has a new podcast!
Join us for Hoosier Health Matters, discussing all things Indiana health policy.
First episode available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!
open.spotify.com/episode/081U...
Join us for Hoosier Health Matters, discussing all things Indiana health policy.
First episode available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!
open.spotify.com/episode/081U...
S1 E1: Thus it begins
Hoosier Health Matters · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hey #HoosierSky
This one worth listening (and not just because I am the host)
We will drop an episode every Friday morning for your commute discussing health policy from the legislative session and making it not boring
This one worth listening (and not just because I am the host)
We will drop an episode every Friday morning for your commute discussing health policy from the legislative session and making it not boring
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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I’m going to say something historians rarely say.
We haven’t been here before.
We haven’t had a near-authoritarian takeover of our government.
Admittedly, we don’t know what comes next.
There’s a wide array of options.
But know that in the US, this is new ground. And none of this is normal.
We haven’t been here before.
We haven’t had a near-authoritarian takeover of our government.
Admittedly, we don’t know what comes next.
There’s a wide array of options.
But know that in the US, this is new ground. And none of this is normal.
November 19, 2024 at 2:48 AM
I’m going to say something historians rarely say.
We haven’t been here before.
We haven’t had a near-authoritarian takeover of our government.
Admittedly, we don’t know what comes next.
There’s a wide array of options.
But know that in the US, this is new ground. And none of this is normal.
We haven’t been here before.
We haven’t had a near-authoritarian takeover of our government.
Admittedly, we don’t know what comes next.
There’s a wide array of options.
But know that in the US, this is new ground. And none of this is normal.
The faster technology in general and AI in particular progresses, the more I find myself moving toward Luddism. It's not a tech problem, it's a human nature problem.
January 11, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The faster technology in general and AI in particular progresses, the more I find myself moving toward Luddism. It's not a tech problem, it's a human nature problem.
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These decisions impact brain drain. This is why we can't have nice things, Indiana. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impact of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision on retention of Indiana medi...
As medical students consider residency training programs, access to comprehensive training in abortion care and the legal climate influencing abortion…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 13, 2023 at 2:28 PM
These decisions impact brain drain. This is why we can't have nice things, Indiana. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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ACRL News, I beg of you, talk about book bans based on discrimination against Black and LGBTQ+ people, and the rise in antisemitism and islamophobia. It is like pulling teeth to get most of my academic library colleagues to acknowledge anything besides "AI" right now and you are not helping 🫠
October 19, 2023 at 8:27 PM
ACRL News, I beg of you, talk about book bans based on discrimination against Black and LGBTQ+ people, and the rise in antisemitism and islamophobia. It is like pulling teeth to get most of my academic library colleagues to acknowledge anything besides "AI" right now and you are not helping 🫠
Morning shower thought: how can we expect to make AI applications that are not racist/misogynistic/homophobic when, even with hundreds of thousands of years of practice, we still can't get it right with analog human personalities?
August 28, 2023 at 2:26 PM
Morning shower thought: how can we expect to make AI applications that are not racist/misogynistic/homophobic when, even with hundreds of thousands of years of practice, we still can't get it right with analog human personalities?
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It would be great if absolutely everybody can help this story go viral, and get higher-level media attention, to contribute to the social and legal utter annihilation of every cop, judge, and politician involved.
Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones -...
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
kansasreflector.com
August 12, 2023 at 9:02 PM
It would be great if absolutely everybody can help this story go viral, and get higher-level media attention, to contribute to the social and legal utter annihilation of every cop, judge, and politician involved.
So many librarians and information professionals seem to be worried about how applying AI technology to published texts could be a violation of copyright when it ain't their turn to give a f*ck. Also, no one knows because copyright case law is stuck in the 20th century
August 9, 2023 at 4:48 PM
So many librarians and information professionals seem to be worried about how applying AI technology to published texts could be a violation of copyright when it ain't their turn to give a f*ck. Also, no one knows because copyright case law is stuck in the 20th century
R.I.P. Pee-wee. Forever the loner.
July 31, 2023 at 7:19 PM
R.I.P. Pee-wee. Forever the loner.
Well, here goes nothing. Feels like Twitter when I joined back in 2012, but even more desolate. Also on Mastodon at @bpieczko@digipres.club
July 12, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Well, here goes nothing. Feels like Twitter when I joined back in 2012, but even more desolate. Also on Mastodon at @bpieczko@digipres.club