Mindy McAdams
@macloo.bsky.social
Didn’t always live in Florida. Loves to travel. Taught journalism students to code. Reads novels. BritBox fan. https://mindymcadams.com/
10 p.m. Bluesky is not the good Bluesky
December 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
10 p.m. Bluesky is not the good Bluesky
I love how our knowledge about the earliest humans keeps expanding!
One of the two human evolution news roundups I wrote to close out the year! 🧪🏺
10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025
Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.
www.livescience.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I love how our knowledge about the earliest humans keeps expanding!
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Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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An ethereal novel set in Indonesia.
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An ethereal novel set in Indonesia.
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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An ethereal novel set in Indonesia.
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An ethereal novel set in Indonesia.
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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One of the best books I’ve ever read.
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One of the best books I’ve ever read.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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One of the best books I’ve ever read.
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One of the best books I’ve ever read.
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30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women
Arkady Martine (@byzantienne.bsky.social), A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
(Teixcalaan Series)
#booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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Arkady Martine (@byzantienne.bsky.social), A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
(Teixcalaan Series)
#booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women
Arkady Martine (@byzantienne.bsky.social), A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
(Teixcalaan Series)
#booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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Arkady Martine (@byzantienne.bsky.social), A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
(Teixcalaan Series)
#booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚
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December 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚
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This has been precisely my experience. I experimented a lot with ChatGPT for research-related work, summarizing, discovery, etc. The more I knew about a topic, the more errors and misleading assertions I saw in the bot’s outputs.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This has been precisely my experience. I experimented a lot with ChatGPT for research-related work, summarizing, discovery, etc. The more I knew about a topic, the more errors and misleading assertions I saw in the bot’s outputs.
When you ask someone their favorite book or a book they would recommend and they say some old classic that everyone’s assigned to read in high school.
Or just an old classic that they think sounds smart:
Dostoevsky
Inspired by a post by arizonaoneill on Instagram.
Or just an old classic that they think sounds smart:
Dostoevsky
Inspired by a post by arizonaoneill on Instagram.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When you ask someone their favorite book or a book they would recommend and they say some old classic that everyone’s assigned to read in high school.
Or just an old classic that they think sounds smart:
Dostoevsky
Inspired by a post by arizonaoneill on Instagram.
Or just an old classic that they think sounds smart:
Dostoevsky
Inspired by a post by arizonaoneill on Instagram.
Reposted by Mindy McAdams
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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This! OMG yes. Yes, yes, yes.
The fake citations are only one part of the deep trouble that use of AI is causing in research — but definitely significant.
The fake citations are only one part of the deep trouble that use of AI is causing in research — but definitely significant.
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This! OMG yes. Yes, yes, yes.
The fake citations are only one part of the deep trouble that use of AI is causing in research — but definitely significant.
The fake citations are only one part of the deep trouble that use of AI is causing in research — but definitely significant.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Really enjoyed this fantastic piece by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and @cnygren.bsky.social
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Really enjoyed this fantastic piece by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and @cnygren.bsky.social
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Reposted by Mindy McAdams
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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Time to tell (again) how I once checked an article cited by a student and (1) the list of authors existed, but those authors had never written that article; (2) article title was fabricated, no such article; (3) journal, issue and page numbers were real, but not for that title or those authors
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Time to tell (again) how I once checked an article cited by a student and (1) the list of authors existed, but those authors had never written that article; (2) article title was fabricated, no such article; (3) journal, issue and page numbers were real, but not for that title or those authors
Sometimes I wonder what motivates the people who hold so much hate against trans people. I guess it is mostly a hatred of difference. I guess they also hate a lot of other differences, and given the power, they would murder, imprison, or deport everyone who is different from them.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sometimes I wonder what motivates the people who hold so much hate against trans people. I guess it is mostly a hatred of difference. I guess they also hate a lot of other differences, and given the power, they would murder, imprison, or deport everyone who is different from them.
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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December 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen
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Tesla's robotaxis crash at 10x the rate of human drivers.
Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250K miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40K miles.
The average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500K miles.
Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250K miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40K miles.
The average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500K miles.
Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, even with supervisor as it moves to remove them
Tesla has reported yet another crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to the NHTSA. The new data keeps the...
electrek.co
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Tesla's robotaxis crash at 10x the rate of human drivers.
Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250K miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40K miles.
The average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500K miles.
Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250K miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40K miles.
The average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500K miles.
If Dems only understood messaging — at all —
“The president and his party are out of touch, building golden ballrooms and harassing our families and neighbors while Americans suffer. They’re out of touch with reality.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If Dems only understood messaging — at all —