Deirdre Leahy Hart
@deileahy.bsky.social
IBM Comms. Bookworm. Cool mom.
Hudson Valley, NY.
Hudson Valley, NY.
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My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)
Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…
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September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
Why IBM's CEO Thinks His Company Can Crack Quantum Computing www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SY4...
Why IBM's CEO Thinks His Company Can Crack Quantum Computing | WSJ's Bold Names
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September 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Why IBM's CEO Thinks His Company Can Crack Quantum Computing www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SY4...
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Surya, an AI model developed by NASA and IBM, tries to find hidden patterns in solar data to detect solar flares and winds.
NASA’s new AI model can predict when a solar storm may strike
Surya, an AI model developed by NASA and IBM, tries to find hidden patterns in solar data to detect solar flares and winds.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surya, an AI model developed by NASA and IBM, tries to find hidden patterns in solar data to detect solar flares and winds.
IBM has published a blueprint for a full-scale quantum computer that could be built by decade’s end. www.ft.com/content/2fe4...
Google and IBM believe first workable quantum computer is in sight
Recent breakthroughs have revived confidence about creating full-scale quantum systems by end of the decade
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August 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
IBM has published a blueprint for a full-scale quantum computer that could be built by decade’s end. www.ft.com/content/2fe4...
I love summer, but I also love this anti-summer reading list: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
Lemony Snicket’s Anti-Summer Summer Reading List
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July 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I love summer, but I also love this anti-summer reading list: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
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IBM rolls out new chips and servers, aims for simplified AI reut.rs/460cW1G
IBM rolls out new chips and servers, aims for simplified AI
International Business Machines on Tuesday announced a new line of data center chips and servers that it says will be more power-efficient than rivals and will simplify the process of rolling out artificial intelligence in business operations.
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July 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
IBM rolls out new chips and servers, aims for simplified AI reut.rs/460cW1G
It’s official: fireflies have appeared in the Hudson Valley. 🔥 🪰
June 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It’s official: fireflies have appeared in the Hudson Valley. 🔥 🪰
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Blaming everything I do—or do not do—today on it being Friday the 13th.
June 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Blaming everything I do—or do not do—today on it being Friday the 13th.
Coming to Poughkeepsie:
IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028 www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/10/1...
IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028
The company says it has cracked the code for error correction and is building a modular machine in New York state.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Coming to Poughkeepsie:
“In the age of social media, people are craving genuine connection and community...And books often provide a catalyst to that feeling of community.” apnews.com/article/inde...
A wave of new owners brings fresh energy to independent bookselling
Amber Salazar is the kind of idealist you just knew would end up running a store like Banned Wagon Books.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“In the age of social media, people are craving genuine connection and community...And books often provide a catalyst to that feeling of community.” apnews.com/article/inde...
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Hermann Hesse on breaking the trance of busyness, how the "little joys" magnify life, and the most important habit for living with presence www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/06/h...
May 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hermann Hesse on breaking the trance of busyness, how the "little joys" magnify life, and the most important habit for living with presence www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/06/h...
Love this: "If you’re not sure what you can do right now to make a difference in the trajectory of our country, this is an easy win. Go out on Independent Bookstore Day and look around, support a local business and maybe even read a book or two." @maris.bsky.social lithub.com/something-go...
Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend
I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I…
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April 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Love this: "If you’re not sure what you can do right now to make a difference in the trajectory of our country, this is an easy win. Go out on Independent Bookstore Day and look around, support a local business and maybe even read a book or two." @maris.bsky.social lithub.com/something-go...
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As a lapsed Catholic, for me, Pope Francis introduced layers to a religion I'd grown up in, was unsure of, and became even more critical of in adulthood. He opened up different conversations on faith and care than I was used to hearing in church growing up. I'll be thinking about that a lot.
April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As a lapsed Catholic, for me, Pope Francis introduced layers to a religion I'd grown up in, was unsure of, and became even more critical of in adulthood. He opened up different conversations on faith and care than I was used to hearing in church growing up. I'll be thinking about that a lot.
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Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
April 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
I love this and would add: You can be ANYTHING and not be disrespectful to the choices others have made.
April 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I love this and would add: You can be ANYTHING and not be disrespectful to the choices others have made.
The number of districts that trained teachers on generative artificial intelligence more than doubled from 2023 to 2024... but not evenly distributed: teachers and students in high-poverty districts won’t have the same opportunity to learn from AI tools
www.edweek.org/technology/m...
www.edweek.org/technology/m...
More Teachers Than Ever Before Are Trained on AI. Are They Ready to Use It?
The number of districts that provided AI training to teachers has doubled year over year.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The number of districts that trained teachers on generative artificial intelligence more than doubled from 2023 to 2024... but not evenly distributed: teachers and students in high-poverty districts won’t have the same opportunity to learn from AI tools
www.edweek.org/technology/m...
www.edweek.org/technology/m...
Happy April Fools from a silly 6-year old.
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy April Fools from a silly 6-year old.
When the local elementary school performs Newsies, the small business ads in the playbill are adorable.
March 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
When the local elementary school performs Newsies, the small business ads in the playbill are adorable.
Excited to read this! Congratulations @itsafronomics.bsky.social
IT'S OFFICIAL. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! 🤯
#TheDoubleTax unpacks the cost of being a woman, why the bill runs higher for women of color, and how closing the gaps moves us ALL forward. #blacksky #booksky #econsky
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#TheDoubleTax unpacks the cost of being a woman, why the bill runs higher for women of color, and how closing the gaps moves us ALL forward. #blacksky #booksky #econsky
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March 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to read this! Congratulations @itsafronomics.bsky.social
“IBM, of course, is IBM. It led the AI pack for years with its Watson offerings. Its generative AI solution is called Watsonx. It focuses on enabling businesses to deploy and manage both traditional machine learning & generative AI” @davidgewirtz.com on IBM SkillsBuild
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The best free AI courses and certificates in 2025
I have a master's degree in education and have been working with AI for decades. Here are the top free AI courses online I'd recommend to anyone looking to upskill right now - and why.
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March 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“IBM, of course, is IBM. It led the AI pack for years with its Watson offerings. Its generative AI solution is called Watsonx. It focuses on enabling businesses to deploy and manage both traditional machine learning & generative AI” @davidgewirtz.com on IBM SkillsBuild
www.zdnet.com/article/the-...
www.zdnet.com/article/the-...
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Women unlikely to reach parity with men for 134 years: JPMorgan
In C-suites worldwide, women are far from attaining equal status, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO and CFO.
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#Equality #Inclusion #Diversity #FinTech #FinServ #Banking
In C-suites worldwide, women are far from attaining equal status, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO and CFO.
buff.ly/mLBHzRY
#Equality #Inclusion #Diversity #FinTech #FinServ #Banking
Women unlikely to reach parity with men for 134 years: JPMorgan
In C-suites worldwide, women are far from attaining equal status, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO and CFO.
buff.ly
March 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Women unlikely to reach parity with men for 134 years: JPMorgan
In C-suites worldwide, women are far from attaining equal status, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO and CFO.
buff.ly/mLBHzRY
#Equality #Inclusion #Diversity #FinTech #FinServ #Banking
In C-suites worldwide, women are far from attaining equal status, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO and CFO.
buff.ly/mLBHzRY
#Equality #Inclusion #Diversity #FinTech #FinServ #Banking
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2025 survival tip #17: diversify your comfort foods. Pizza one day, ramen the next. Tacos, pasta, grilled cheese. I’m just saying, if we let potatoes get burnt out on us we’ll never survive this.
March 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
2025 survival tip #17: diversify your comfort foods. Pizza one day, ramen the next. Tacos, pasta, grilled cheese. I’m just saying, if we let potatoes get burnt out on us we’ll never survive this.
One of my favorites. So happy to see folks celebrating @ologies.bsky.social
Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team.
If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.
Science matters. Like, A LOT.
If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.
Science matters. Like, A LOT.
March 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
One of my favorites. So happy to see folks celebrating @ologies.bsky.social
In a @forbes.com piece from this weekend, Scott White includes public-private partnerships like IBM’s SkillsBuild as one successful approach in a challenging moment www.forbes.com/sites/scottw...
Teacher Funding Cut As National Shortage Reaches Breaking Point
America's education system is facing a crisis that threatens to undermine the future of millions of students: a severe and growing teacher shortage.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In a @forbes.com piece from this weekend, Scott White includes public-private partnerships like IBM’s SkillsBuild as one successful approach in a challenging moment www.forbes.com/sites/scottw...