Camilla Holm Soelseth
@supercamilla.bsky.social
Kulturingeniør, informasjonsflanør, jungeltelegrafist, medieøkolog og (digital) humaniora-entusiast. Gift med @sortulv.bsky.social
Researcher and Destroyer in the (digital) humanities. PhD in Library and Information Science.
Academic hedge witch.
Researcher and Destroyer in the (digital) humanities. PhD in Library and Information Science.
Academic hedge witch.
Pinned
Endelig! Nå er Storygraph Reading Wrap Up 2025 klar!
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"Techno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists" describes my trajectory from seeing how the internet COULD HAVE and in some ways did increase democracy to seeing the richest people in the world figure out how to use tech to exploit and manipulate the rest of us. aftermath.site/anthropic-cl...
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited
Techno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists.
aftermath.site
February 20, 2026 at 8:11 AM
"Techno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists" describes my trajectory from seeing how the internet COULD HAVE and in some ways did increase democracy to seeing the richest people in the world figure out how to use tech to exploit and manipulate the rest of us. aftermath.site/anthropic-cl...
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Hvor er alle akademisk-frihet-folka?
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
February 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Hvor er alle akademisk-frihet-folka?
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Hvis såkalte "syntetiske data" er output laget for å speile mønstre i data man har samlet om verden, så er denne outputen potensielt data om de som har gjort det, om perspektivene deres, om prosessen, om teknologien, osv.
Men selvsagt ikke om verden.
Men selvsagt ikke om verden.
February 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Hvis såkalte "syntetiske data" er output laget for å speile mønstre i data man har samlet om verden, så er denne outputen potensielt data om de som har gjort det, om perspektivene deres, om prosessen, om teknologien, osv.
Men selvsagt ikke om verden.
Men selvsagt ikke om verden.
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Some days, my bike commute across the fjord ice looks like this. Today it was -16 °C.
February 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Some days, my bike commute across the fjord ice looks like this. Today it was -16 °C.
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A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.
This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
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Masnick: "This is what so many of us kept pointing out throughout the 'Twitter Files' hysteria: the 'free speech' grift was never about protecting individuals from the state. It was about protecting a specific type of speaker from the social consequences of their speech."
In the midst of the most aggressive and alarming federal assault on the First Amendment since the Palmer raids, the Biden-era free speech warriors have focused their outrage on . . . the injustice of releasing the Epstein files.
What Are Heterodox Free Speech Warriors Doing About Trump's Censorship-Industrial Complex? Nada
Trump is issuing subpoenas demanding social media platforms hand over data about ICE protesters but the 'Twitter Files' agitators couldn't care less
www.theunpopulist.net
February 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Masnick: "This is what so many of us kept pointing out throughout the 'Twitter Files' hysteria: the 'free speech' grift was never about protecting individuals from the state. It was about protecting a specific type of speaker from the social consequences of their speech."
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Quick PSA for all mid-career academics and above: people may be citing articles with your name on them that don't exist.
February 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Quick PSA for all mid-career academics and above: people may be citing articles with your name on them that don't exist.
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Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave
February 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave
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Det er kanskje bare en diger retorisk avledningsmanøver. Det impliserer at det er data om verden, bare "syntetiske", mens det egentlig faktisk er noe helt annet. Forskjellen er ikke mellom organiske/syntetiske data. Forskjellen er mellom hva enn det er data om.
February 19, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Det er kanskje bare en diger retorisk avledningsmanøver. Det impliserer at det er data om verden, bare "syntetiske", mens det egentlig faktisk er noe helt annet. Forskjellen er ikke mellom organiske/syntetiske data. Forskjellen er mellom hva enn det er data om.
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I asked students to focus on something personal — what they ate this week, what they read, how they spent their time, who they texted, etc. They were super creative and in every case, the seemingly straightforward process of trying to model an experience opened up a world of questions and choices 🤩
February 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I asked students to focus on something personal — what they ate this week, what they read, how they spent their time, who they texted, etc. They were super creative and in every case, the seemingly straightforward process of trying to model an experience opened up a world of questions and choices 🤩
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The class was amazing! I started by sharing my iterative process of modeling my #DHmakes sleep data, then asked them to create a data model of something they experienced this week + reflect on the choices they had to make. Here’s one of my favorite: an student sketching how to represent her drumming
February 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The class was amazing! I started by sharing my iterative process of modeling my #DHmakes sleep data, then asked them to create a data model of something they experienced this week + reflect on the choices they had to make. Here’s one of my favorite: an student sketching how to represent her drumming
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Ligner litt på ordet "kilde". Spørsmålet er egentlig ikke om en "kilde" i seg selv er god eller ikke, men hva det eventuelt er en god kilde til kunnskap *om*.
Hva er syntetiske data data om?
Hva er syntetiske data data om?
February 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Ligner litt på ordet "kilde". Spørsmålet er egentlig ikke om en "kilde" i seg selv er god eller ikke, men hva det eventuelt er en god kilde til kunnskap *om*.
Hva er syntetiske data data om?
Hva er syntetiske data data om?
Hot take (?)
Å lage syntetiske data er like bad taste som å generere illustrasjoner og tekst.
Et syntetisk datasett står ikke i relasjon til verden som en representasjon av del av den, det er da ikke mulig å redegjøre for datakvalitet og tilblivelsesprosess som ledd i å sikre god datahåndtering.
Å lage syntetiske data er like bad taste som å generere illustrasjoner og tekst.
Et syntetisk datasett står ikke i relasjon til verden som en representasjon av del av den, det er da ikke mulig å redegjøre for datakvalitet og tilblivelsesprosess som ledd i å sikre god datahåndtering.
February 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Hot take (?)
Å lage syntetiske data er like bad taste som å generere illustrasjoner og tekst.
Et syntetisk datasett står ikke i relasjon til verden som en representasjon av del av den, det er da ikke mulig å redegjøre for datakvalitet og tilblivelsesprosess som ledd i å sikre god datahåndtering.
Å lage syntetiske data er like bad taste som å generere illustrasjoner og tekst.
Et syntetisk datasett står ikke i relasjon til verden som en representasjon av del av den, det er da ikke mulig å redegjøre for datakvalitet og tilblivelsesprosess som ledd i å sikre god datahåndtering.
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OK! #archivists and #libraryscience folks! I need some help. Is there any published or well known methodologies for searching your collections for an item that has been misplaced? As in, "we are 99%" sure it is still in the collection, but it is not where it should be... halp"
February 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
OK! #archivists and #libraryscience folks! I need some help. Is there any published or well known methodologies for searching your collections for an item that has been misplaced? As in, "we are 99%" sure it is still in the collection, but it is not where it should be... halp"
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NRK på radio, TV og nett om Bonnier-saken. Hvis du syns det blir slitsomt for bedriften din med denne type negativ oppmersomhet, anbefaler jeg å unngå bruk av menneskefientlig og kulturødeleggende tjenster til å lage produktet ditt.
www.nrk.no/kultur/reaks...
www.nrk.no/kultur/reaks...
February 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM
NRK på radio, TV og nett om Bonnier-saken. Hvis du syns det blir slitsomt for bedriften din med denne type negativ oppmersomhet, anbefaler jeg å unngå bruk av menneskefientlig og kulturødeleggende tjenster til å lage produktet ditt.
www.nrk.no/kultur/reaks...
www.nrk.no/kultur/reaks...
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This is a solid hypothesis. I'd even say that the prompt that produced good AI writing would almost definitionally have to be longer than the output. Making it shorter and more precise is what "writing energy" gets spent on.
Hypothesis: AI writing is bad primarily because in general what makes writing good is the specificity of what it communicates and its information density, so the prompt that produced good AI writing would be as long as the output.
February 19, 2026 at 5:37 AM
This is a solid hypothesis. I'd even say that the prompt that produced good AI writing would almost definitionally have to be longer than the output. Making it shorter and more precise is what "writing energy" gets spent on.
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SoCal air quality officials rejected a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances after being overwhelmed by more than 20,000 public comments in opposition. Well, turns out many of those comments were powered by AI!
Crazy investigation by @hayleysmith.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Crazy investigation by @hayleysmith.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
SoCal air quality officials rejected a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances after being overwhelmed by more than 20,000 public comments in opposition. Well, turns out many of those comments were powered by AI!
Crazy investigation by @hayleysmith.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Crazy investigation by @hayleysmith.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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UNDRINGSLITTERATUR I AKADEMIA: Marta Tveit leverer omfattende forskningsartikkel. KUDOS! fafnir.journal.fi/article/view/179209?
Undringslitteratur: Understanding New Norwegian Speculative Fictions
A distinctive type of non-realist literature is emerging in Norway, one that necessitates the articulation of a new classificatory term. I propose the label undringslitteratur, situating this interven...
fafnir.journal.fi
February 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
UNDRINGSLITTERATUR I AKADEMIA: Marta Tveit leverer omfattende forskningsartikkel. KUDOS! fafnir.journal.fi/article/view/179209?
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The website for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is completely scrubbed and gone! They didn't even leave a legacy statement.
cpb.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The website for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is completely scrubbed and gone! They didn't even leave a legacy statement.
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I hope people understand that this is a major success for those who would attack democracy and media. I realize that the CPB was quite technical. But what we are looking at here is the decimation of a gigantic infrastructure for distribution and transmission of journalism and information.
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I hope people understand that this is a major success for those who would attack democracy and media. I realize that the CPB was quite technical. But what we are looking at here is the decimation of a gigantic infrastructure for distribution and transmission of journalism and information.
Oslo-tilstander der altså.
February 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Oslo-tilstander der altså.
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The original Grammarly, “hey, you’re writing in the passive voice”, “sentences with two clauses usually require a comma”, was a genuinely good tool that actively made people better writers. Grammatically, at least. It’s heel turn is such a shame.
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The original Grammarly, “hey, you’re writing in the passive voice”, “sentences with two clauses usually require a comma”, was a genuinely good tool that actively made people better writers. Grammatically, at least. It’s heel turn is such a shame.
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This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
Grammarly Revisited - Carleton College
A close look at Grammarly's new AI tools
www.carleton.edu
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...