Robin Goodfellow (Puck)
@thehonestpuck.bsky.social
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Cataloger and Classifier at Boston Public Library
all opinions are my own
@thehonestpuck@glammr.us on mastodon
Cataloger and Classifier at Boston Public Library
all opinions are my own
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It's easy to see shoddy research as a bad actor problem. But if AI slop like this can make it through editors and peer reviewers, it means there are systemic problems at work. And I'd argue that at least part of the problem is the overwork culture in academia-- pressure to do more while caring less.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's easy to see shoddy research as a bad actor problem. But if AI slop like this can make it through editors and peer reviewers, it means there are systemic problems at work. And I'd argue that at least part of the problem is the overwork culture in academia-- pressure to do more while caring less.
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we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
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another important story from @mongpalatino.bsky.social at @globalvoices.org
From Binalbagan to Belém, Filipino farmers push for agroecology and climate justice
"These activities underscore the need to critically interrogate the techno-scientific solutions promoted in global climate fora and to prioritize farmer-led, ecological, and socially just approaches t...
globalvoices.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
another important story from @mongpalatino.bsky.social at @globalvoices.org
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Charlotte didn’t flinch; it rose. Neighbors linked arms, communities defied intimidation, and ICE’s fear machine hit a wall of people power.
This is the new standard: we protect us. Read it, share it, make it impossible to ignore🔥
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/charlotte-...
This is the new standard: we protect us. Read it, share it, make it impossible to ignore🔥
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/charlotte-...
Charlotte Set a New Standard for Resisting ICE
If they thought Charlotte would break, they miscalculated. Inside: the proof, the tactics, and the shareable content to spread what really happened.
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Charlotte didn’t flinch; it rose. Neighbors linked arms, communities defied intimidation, and ICE’s fear machine hit a wall of people power.
This is the new standard: we protect us. Read it, share it, make it impossible to ignore🔥
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/charlotte-...
This is the new standard: we protect us. Read it, share it, make it impossible to ignore🔥
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/charlotte-...
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This is an excellent story. We got similar pitches from the same writer at Defector and if they had not been entirely generated by someone plugging prompts into The Fabulism Device they really would've been cool.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is an excellent story. We got similar pitches from the same writer at Defector and if they had not been entirely generated by someone plugging prompts into The Fabulism Device they really would've been cool.
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For anyone who cares, my current favorite whistle to 3d print is: makerworld.com/en/models/11...
Small two-tone whistle by ACstudio MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
Boost MeSe ho soddisfatto le tue aspettative donami un boost!ATTENZIONE!!!ESTREMAMENTE RUMOROSO!!!Micro fischietto bitonale. piccolo, ma molto potente e fastidioso!!!Il design di questo modello è conc...
makerworld.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For anyone who cares, my current favorite whistle to 3d print is: makerworld.com/en/models/11...
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The backstory to the Tom Holland lip sync is such a repudiation of slop. So much human effort and skill and *rights clearing* went into creating something so many people love.
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
An oral history of Tom Holland's sensational 'Lip Sync Battle' performance
The producers, choreographers, and dancers behind the "Umbrella" and "Singin' in the Rain" mashup explain how it came to be.
www.businessinsider.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The backstory to the Tom Holland lip sync is such a repudiation of slop. So much human effort and skill and *rights clearing* went into creating something so many people love.
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
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Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
hyperallergic.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
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I was faculty at The New School for almost 19 years; I worked across several of these departments — many of which are central to the institution’s unique (and truly remarkable) legacy and continued strengths. Such a tragedy.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I was faculty at The New School for almost 19 years; I worked across several of these departments — many of which are central to the institution’s unique (and truly remarkable) legacy and continued strengths. Such a tragedy.
Since I've just spotted my first Salvation Army bell ringers of the season, this is your annual reminder that The Salvation Army is a homophobic and transphobic organization and that your charity dollars are better spent giving directly to reputable shelters
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Since I've just spotted my first Salvation Army bell ringers of the season, this is your annual reminder that The Salvation Army is a homophobic and transphobic organization and that your charity dollars are better spent giving directly to reputable shelters
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I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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With the starbucks strike happening we thought it would be helpful to cover what we, as people, can we do to support, striking workers. Sourced from r/union:
From the union community on Reddit: CEO Pay Versus Worker Wages
Posted by transcendent167 - 2,668 votes and 53 comments
www.reddit.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
With the starbucks strike happening we thought it would be helpful to cover what we, as people, can we do to support, striking workers. Sourced from r/union:
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Video proof this really happened!
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Video proof this really happened!
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My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My Antifa book is on the New York Times Bestseller list 8 years after publication.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
Thank you to everyone who has supported me (and my family) in so many ways (including buying books). #NoPasarán
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Are you doing something every day to fight American fascism offline and looking for your people? @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social and I are starting up a new Signal community for trusted lefty organizers, lawyers, writers, teachers/professors, etc.
DM your website/Linkedin with a quick pitch!
DM your website/Linkedin with a quick pitch!
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Are you doing something every day to fight American fascism offline and looking for your people? @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social and I are starting up a new Signal community for trusted lefty organizers, lawyers, writers, teachers/professors, etc.
DM your website/Linkedin with a quick pitch!
DM your website/Linkedin with a quick pitch!
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dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
not interested in a kennedy heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a pelosi heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a cuomo heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a clinton heir for the same reason i’m not inter
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
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Booksellers, like librarians, curate cultural wealth.
Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
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Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
2/
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Booksellers, like librarians, curate cultural wealth.
Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
2/
Librarians have so much to do, and so little budget with which to collect, that not all books of cultural importance end up in a library's special collections.
That's where we come in.
2/
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Let's talk about books and the public trust.
📚🧵
Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
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Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Let's talk about books and the public trust.
📚🧵
Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
📚🧵
Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
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Words are only somewhat plug 'n play
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Words are only somewhat plug 'n play
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
not all words are compatible with each other, no matter what your fancy enviro-destroying thesaurus thinks
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For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
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Giving a bully your lunch money doesn't make them leave you alone. It shows them you're an easy mark and encourages them to demand more.
Appeasing fascists doesn't make them less fascist. It shows them you're weak and encourages them to demand more.
It's only ONE OF THE MOST REPEATED LESSONS EVER!
Appeasing fascists doesn't make them less fascist. It shows them you're weak and encourages them to demand more.
It's only ONE OF THE MOST REPEATED LESSONS EVER!
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Giving a bully your lunch money doesn't make them leave you alone. It shows them you're an easy mark and encourages them to demand more.
Appeasing fascists doesn't make them less fascist. It shows them you're weak and encourages them to demand more.
It's only ONE OF THE MOST REPEATED LESSONS EVER!
Appeasing fascists doesn't make them less fascist. It shows them you're weak and encourages them to demand more.
It's only ONE OF THE MOST REPEATED LESSONS EVER!
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There’s an army of underemployed, downwardly mobile under 50s who are smart and motivated to build a new civic infrastructure. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Left Is About to Take Power. The Stakes Could Not Be Higher.
Zohran Mamdani's triumph has given socialists huge power in New York City. Now they must use it well—or see the ruling class crush them.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There’s an army of underemployed, downwardly mobile under 50s who are smart and motivated to build a new civic infrastructure. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
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