Dawn Gilpin
@drgilpin.bsky.social
Associate dean for research & PhD director at ASU's Cronkite School. I study complex mediated social systems, from organizations to (sub)cultures. Also: semipro cat herder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer expert, perfume aficionado, and shoe lover. She/her
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
After years of studying disinfo and wading around in various online toxic waste zones, nothing has made me despair more about the current state of media literacy than the discourse surrounding this album release.
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
After years of studying disinfo and wading around in various online toxic waste zones, nothing has made me despair more about the current state of media literacy than the discourse surrounding this album release.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
"Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to... destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models."
Burning books doesn't erase their memory or impact on people who've already read them.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Burning books doesn't erase their memory or impact on people who've already read them.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion
Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.
arstechnica.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to... destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models."
Burning books doesn't erase their memory or impact on people who've already read them.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Burning books doesn't erase their memory or impact on people who've already read them.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I'm walking into the supermarket after work as a young woman is exiting. When she sees me, she stops.
I am wondering whether I know her & should recognize her in the wild. She interrupts my thoughts: "Your outfit is SO CUTE!" I thank her. "OMG slay!" She mimes a camera click.
It feels like a win.
I am wondering whether I know her & should recognize her in the wild. She interrupts my thoughts: "Your outfit is SO CUTE!" I thank her. "OMG slay!" She mimes a camera click.
It feels like a win.
September 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I'm walking into the supermarket after work as a young woman is exiting. When she sees me, she stops.
I am wondering whether I know her & should recognize her in the wild. She interrupts my thoughts: "Your outfit is SO CUTE!" I thank her. "OMG slay!" She mimes a camera click.
It feels like a win.
I am wondering whether I know her & should recognize her in the wild. She interrupts my thoughts: "Your outfit is SO CUTE!" I thank her. "OMG slay!" She mimes a camera click.
It feels like a win.
I brought up Becca Bloom in class today, and NONE of the students (all women) knew who she was.
I'm still processing my feelings about this.
I'm still processing my feelings about this.
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I brought up Becca Bloom in class today, and NONE of the students (all women) knew who she was.
I'm still processing my feelings about this.
I'm still processing my feelings about this.
I really love a good monsoon storm. #desertliving
August 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I really love a good monsoon storm. #desertliving
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
Same!
Ditto!
August 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Same!
Student journalists really are out there doing the work.
Important details from this story:
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."
3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.
August 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Student journalists really are out there doing the work.
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A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.
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I wish more aspiring academics really appreciated this aspect, that academia is dialogical. You have to be able to extemporaneously defend your ideas and discuss them in great detail, orally. You have to know it well enough to have it at your fingertips.
At PhD/post-PhD level, academia is fundamentally dialogical and unless you intend to hide behind a prompt your whole life, you are going to look like a fool when you open your mouth and don't have a working understanding of the things you profess to write about.
July 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I wish more aspiring academics really appreciated this aspect, that academia is dialogical. You have to be able to extemporaneously defend your ideas and discuss them in great detail, orally. You have to know it well enough to have it at your fingertips.
Grocerymaxxing will be the next big trend.
im a grocerybro. im grocerypilled. i invented a new way to shop called vibe grocery shopping
July 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Grocerymaxxing will be the next big trend.
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I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
July 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
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I am in my 10th hour of editing my book manuscript - my eyes are blurry - I'm losing focus. And so, I bring you these quotes from W.E.B. Du Bois' "Black Reconstruction in America" (1935) I have also been thinking about all day:
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I am in my 10th hour of editing my book manuscript - my eyes are blurry - I'm losing focus. And so, I bring you these quotes from W.E.B. Du Bois' "Black Reconstruction in America" (1935) I have also been thinking about all day:
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So much going on in this text, which was written — we could also say "lived" — by NPR's media reporter. The most important in my view are these words from a former CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller.
"Any evidence-based news organization that reports critically is going to be accused of left-wing bias."
"Any evidence-based news organization that reports critically is going to be accused of left-wing bias."
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era -- my analysis for NPR.
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So much going on in this text, which was written — we could also say "lived" — by NPR's media reporter. The most important in my view are these words from a former CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller.
"Any evidence-based news organization that reports critically is going to be accused of left-wing bias."
"Any evidence-based news organization that reports critically is going to be accused of left-wing bias."
If you're still confused about the Gen Z stare, Dash can demonstrate it for you.
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If you're still confused about the Gen Z stare, Dash can demonstrate it for you.
I genuinely love travel. I mean not all the waiting around or cramped airline seats or other indignities, but the actual part where you get to experience new places, people, foods, languages, etc.
But man do I miss my cats when I'm away from home.
But man do I miss my cats when I'm away from home.
July 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I genuinely love travel. I mean not all the waiting around or cramped airline seats or other indignities, but the actual part where you get to experience new places, people, foods, languages, etc.
But man do I miss my cats when I'm away from home.
But man do I miss my cats when I'm away from home.
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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
I stopped for groceries on the way home from an excursion with my summer program that kept me away from the news all day. On a whim, I grabbed a bottle of wine, just to have some on hand.
Boy was that a good decision today, as it turns out. Rosé incoming.
Boy was that a good decision today, as it turns out. Rosé incoming.
June 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I stopped for groceries on the way home from an excursion with my summer program that kept me away from the news all day. On a whim, I grabbed a bottle of wine, just to have some on hand.
Boy was that a good decision today, as it turns out. Rosé incoming.
Boy was that a good decision today, as it turns out. Rosé incoming.
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America needs more muckraking local journalism.
June 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
America needs more muckraking local journalism.
Very legitimate text received this morning, better pay this fine via the perfectly above-board link provided.
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Very legitimate text received this morning, better pay this fine via the perfectly above-board link provided.
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UnSpun rewind for me this week*:
Cherrypicking and how it affects what you think about things like protests. Plus, you can't change someone's mind, but you can help create conditions where they do it themselves. Check out UnSpun here or where you pod.
bit.ly/UnSpunPod
*Weirdly busy for summer!
Cherrypicking and how it affects what you think about things like protests. Plus, you can't change someone's mind, but you can help create conditions where they do it themselves. Check out UnSpun here or where you pod.
bit.ly/UnSpunPod
*Weirdly busy for summer!
June 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
UnSpun rewind for me this week*:
Cherrypicking and how it affects what you think about things like protests. Plus, you can't change someone's mind, but you can help create conditions where they do it themselves. Check out UnSpun here or where you pod.
bit.ly/UnSpunPod
*Weirdly busy for summer!
Cherrypicking and how it affects what you think about things like protests. Plus, you can't change someone's mind, but you can help create conditions where they do it themselves. Check out UnSpun here or where you pod.
bit.ly/UnSpunPod
*Weirdly busy for summer!
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A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.
www.motherjones.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated