Nate Angell
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Nate Angell
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· Feb 13
Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations
There is a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence, aka AI — or what I like to call sparkling intelligence, because everyone is using ✨✨✨ emojis and icons to signify AI. A...
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There's a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence: Read Are We Tripping? The Mirage of #AI Hallucinations from me and @annamillsoer.bsky.social to learn why you should replace the term "hallucination" with "mirage" in your discussions of AI: xolotl.org/are-we-tripp...
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This study applies space syntax to quantitatively model the 15-minute city concept by using a street-graph where segments within a 15-minute walk of essential services are marked.
Read: spkl.io/63320AtLek
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#topology #AcademicChatter
Read: spkl.io/63320AtLek
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#topology #AcademicChatter
February 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This study applies space syntax to quantitatively model the 15-minute city concept by using a street-graph where segments within a 15-minute walk of essential services are marked.
Read: spkl.io/63320AtLek
Subscribe: spkl.io/63325AtLed
#topology #AcademicChatter
Read: spkl.io/63320AtLek
Subscribe: spkl.io/63325AtLed
#topology #AcademicChatter
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If you're in English ed, literacies, or children's lit, and we're not mutuals, please reply below so that I can follow you. Thanks!
February 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
If you're in English ed, literacies, or children's lit, and we're not mutuals, please reply below so that I can follow you. Thanks!
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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#OEWeek26's "Town Square for Open Education" is already buzzing, with 78 events added so far.
Need inspiration? Check out the cool "Crafternoons" @unmpress.bsky.social OER, celebrating #OER & indie publishing. 📚
#JoinTheFun #WhatAreYouSharing
List yours here! -> https://twp.ai/4iwA78
Need inspiration? Check out the cool "Crafternoons" @unmpress.bsky.social OER, celebrating #OER & indie publishing. 📚
#JoinTheFun #WhatAreYouSharing
List yours here! -> https://twp.ai/4iwA78
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
#OEWeek26's "Town Square for Open Education" is already buzzing, with 78 events added so far.
Need inspiration? Check out the cool "Crafternoons" @unmpress.bsky.social OER, celebrating #OER & indie publishing. 📚
#JoinTheFun #WhatAreYouSharing
List yours here! -> https://twp.ai/4iwA78
Need inspiration? Check out the cool "Crafternoons" @unmpress.bsky.social OER, celebrating #OER & indie publishing. 📚
#JoinTheFun #WhatAreYouSharing
List yours here! -> https://twp.ai/4iwA78
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Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS.
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Hey Bluesky! I'm a senior writer at WIRED and I'm shifting beats to cover the tech I'm most obsessed with right now—PREDICTION MARKETS.
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
Eager to hear tips on the industry at kate_knibbs@wired.com
Age verification? In this economy?
Age verification? [garbled dial-up sounds]
Age verification? I had a Geocities site.
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Age verification? In this economy?
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Two cowboys secretly pine for each other among the mountain pines.
Steeded Rivalry
Steeded Rivalry
The two best chairs salesmen in the county secretly pine for each other.
Seated Rivalry.
Seated Rivalry.
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Two cowboys secretly pine for each other among the mountain pines.
Steeded Rivalry
Steeded Rivalry
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HELP FOR SOMEONE KIDNAPPED BY ICE!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Donate to Help Oliver Aguillon Fight ICE Detention, organized by Norma Herrera
My husband, Oliver Hilario Aguillon, has recently been detained by ICE, and our… Norma Herrera needs your support for Help Oliver Aguillon Fight ICE Detention
www.gofundme.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
HELP FOR SOMEONE KIDNAPPED BY ICE!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Two hockey players secretly pine for each other, now in reruns.
Reheated Rivalry
Reheated Rivalry
Two epistemologists who keep coming up with reasons that undermine one another's claims know only one thing: their love for one another.
Defeated rivalry
Defeated rivalry
at a caber-tossing competition, two kilted competitors close the distance between each other
Yeeted Rivalry.
Yeeted Rivalry.
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Two hockey players secretly pine for each other, now in reruns.
Reheated Rivalry
Reheated Rivalry
Two actors trade differing views on theater and life over dinner at a posh NYC restaurant.
Seated Rivalry
Seated Rivalry
Two fly fishermen compete for the best catch during the worst mosquito summer in a generation
Deeted Rivalry
Deeted Rivalry
Two competing butchers fight over hearts and harts
Meated Rivalry
Meated Rivalry
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Two actors trade differing views on theater and life over dinner at a posh NYC restaurant.
Seated Rivalry
Seated Rivalry
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Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
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"Precisely for this strong physical, cultural, symbolic, + economic relationship with the Palestinians, olive trees have become targets for violence by the state of Israel and by 🇮🇱settlers.... The olive might thus be understood as an 'enemy soldier': a totemic displacement of the adversary itself."
Artist Project / Anchor and Archive | Adam Broomberg and Rafael Gonzalez
The uprooting of Palestinian olive trees
www.cabinetmagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Precisely for this strong physical, cultural, symbolic, + economic relationship with the Palestinians, olive trees have become targets for violence by the state of Israel and by 🇮🇱settlers.... The olive might thus be understood as an 'enemy soldier': a totemic displacement of the adversary itself."
Looking for a new way to connect with the Epstein files? Calculate your Erdős-Bacon-Epstein number. Turns out my EBE is 11. Each number has a story behind it and I'll bet yours do too. For guidance, read Andrew Gelman of @statmodeling.bsky.social: statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/11/23/w...
Who has the lowest Erdos-Bacon-Epstein number? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
February 4, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Looking for a new way to connect with the Epstein files? Calculate your Erdős-Bacon-Epstein number. Turns out my EBE is 11. Each number has a story behind it and I'll bet yours do too. For guidance, read Andrew Gelman of @statmodeling.bsky.social: statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/11/23/w...
Essential reading in the politics of what some are calling "artificial intelligence". Read the preprint now, get the full book when it's out 👇
So I started writing this paper almost exactly a year ago, based on the talks I'd given across 2024, including my keynote for the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. This is the pre-print and, all things considered, the full edited version should be available in April.
…
…
On Bullshit Engines’ Politics_Preprint
This is a pre-print of the following chapter: Williams, Damien P., “On Bullshit Engines’ Politics”, published in Arrangements of Power: Tracing Langdon Winner’s Legacy Within and Beyond the P…
afutureworththinkingabout.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Essential reading in the politics of what some are calling "artificial intelligence". Read the preprint now, get the full book when it's out 👇
Reposted by Nate Angell
So I started writing this paper almost exactly a year ago, based on the talks I'd given across 2024, including my keynote for the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. This is the pre-print and, all things considered, the full edited version should be available in April.
…
…
On Bullshit Engines’ Politics_Preprint
This is a pre-print of the following chapter: Williams, Damien P., “On Bullshit Engines’ Politics”, published in Arrangements of Power: Tracing Langdon Winner’s Legacy Within and Beyond the P…
afutureworththinkingabout.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
So I started writing this paper almost exactly a year ago, based on the talks I'd given across 2024, including my keynote for the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. This is the pre-print and, all things considered, the full edited version should be available in April.
…
…
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This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
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If you want to fight to protect digital privacy, there is no better organization to support than @eff.org, which has been defending people's rights here for decades. I'm on the board, but I joined *because* this work is so vital. Call your reps, and follow the tips EFF publishes to protect yourself.
please remember: part of why anti-ICE movements across the country are able to function as well as they are is because they are able to get the news out and get support via the internet
therefore, doing your part to pressure your reps to defend internet speech is one (of many) ways to help!
therefore, doing your part to pressure your reps to defend internet speech is one (of many) ways to help!
Please continue to contact your representatives and urge them to:
-oppose age verification laws
-rescind existing AV laws
-protect peoples rights to use VPNs
-protect section 230
-oppose age verification laws
-rescind existing AV laws
-protect peoples rights to use VPNs
-protect section 230
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
If you want to fight to protect digital privacy, there is no better organization to support than @eff.org, which has been defending people's rights here for decades. I'm on the board, but I joined *because* this work is so vital. Call your reps, and follow the tips EFF publishes to protect yourself.
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It is annoying that the all-bot website got so much attention on the same weekend that Quill-AI, a community in Santiago was running a chatbot where human volunteers would look up answers to your queries, aimed to highlight AI energy consumption and refocus on human contact. www.quili.ai
QUILI.AI
www.quili.ai
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It is annoying that the all-bot website got so much attention on the same weekend that Quill-AI, a community in Santiago was running a chatbot where human volunteers would look up answers to your queries, aimed to highlight AI energy consumption and refocus on human contact. www.quili.ai
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i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is about Tupac Amaru Shakur, the Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, and liberation
ALL my work is free, PLEASE SEND TIPS
i publish every other Thursday
read for free by clicking the link below:
junoryleejournalism.com/2026/01/29/t...
this piece is about Tupac Amaru Shakur, the Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, and liberation
ALL my work is free, PLEASE SEND TIPS
i publish every other Thursday
read for free by clicking the link below:
junoryleejournalism.com/2026/01/29/t...
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 AM
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is about Tupac Amaru Shakur, the Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, and liberation
ALL my work is free, PLEASE SEND TIPS
i publish every other Thursday
read for free by clicking the link below:
junoryleejournalism.com/2026/01/29/t...
this piece is about Tupac Amaru Shakur, the Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, and liberation
ALL my work is free, PLEASE SEND TIPS
i publish every other Thursday
read for free by clicking the link below:
junoryleejournalism.com/2026/01/29/t...
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Props to the Library of Congress for their ongoing preservation work. If you wanted to stream three of the films chosen for this year, you'd be out of luck (and you'd be shelling out a lot of streaming service dough for the rest). /1
newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Props to the Library of Congress for their ongoing preservation work. If you wanted to stream three of the films chosen for this year, you'd be out of luck (and you'd be shelling out a lot of streaming service dough for the rest). /1
newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
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What if there is a way to develop #AI in a way that focuses on basic human needs, such as combating hunger? Our Emerging Technology Director @b-cavello.bsky.social discusses this and our latest report "Feeding the Future".
Check out the report: www.aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
Check out the report: www.aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
What if there is a way to develop #AI in a way that focuses on basic human needs, such as combating hunger? Our Emerging Technology Director @b-cavello.bsky.social discusses this and our latest report "Feeding the Future".
Check out the report: www.aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
Check out the report: www.aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
my phrenology shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shape of their heads
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 AM
my phrenology shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shape of their heads
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I've been working on a secret project since October which is now ready for the world to see: an #OpenAccess book collecting most of my posts for the old Finite Eyes blog, called [drum roll] FINITE EYES: ESSAYS ON EDUCATION AND ACCESS.
matthewcheney.net/books/finite...
matthewcheney.net/books/finite...
January 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I've been working on a secret project since October which is now ready for the world to see: an #OpenAccess book collecting most of my posts for the old Finite Eyes blog, called [drum roll] FINITE EYES: ESSAYS ON EDUCATION AND ACCESS.
matthewcheney.net/books/finite...
matthewcheney.net/books/finite...