Ilene Frank
@ifrank.bsky.social
I'm a reference librarian at a community college and UoPeople.edu and an instructor at UMGC.edu and I'm an excellent lurker
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ChatGPT is 3 years old this week — what was the world like in late 2022, and how did that shape what ChatGPT has become? I wrote about ChatGPT as a pandemic technology, centered on expectations of social isolation in ways that continue to define it. mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-was-cha...
What Was ChatGPT?
A Chatbot Optimized for Social Distance
Three years after the launch of ChatGPT, we can finally speak in hindsight about what it was and how it came to be. Its meteoric rise shocked the world, gather...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
ChatGPT is 3 years old this week — what was the world like in late 2022, and how did that shape what ChatGPT has become? I wrote about ChatGPT as a pandemic technology, centered on expectations of social isolation in ways that continue to define it. mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-was-cha...
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A basic and intuitive understanding of the law is that punishments should not be retroactive upon a policy change.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A basic and intuitive understanding of the law is that punishments should not be retroactive upon a policy change.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
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Good morning all! Looking forward to the oral arguments in Cox v. Sony this morning at 10am? I know I am. If I'm up to it, I'll live-tweet it on Bluesky (where you don't have to join the platform to see threads...). You can stream live audio here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argume....
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good morning all! Looking forward to the oral arguments in Cox v. Sony this morning at 10am? I know I am. If I'm up to it, I'll live-tweet it on Bluesky (where you don't have to join the platform to see threads...). You can stream live audio here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argume....
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Mural on the back of a flower shop in Portland, Oregon #Photography #StreetArt #Mural #Bloomscrolling📷🐸🌹
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Mural on the back of a flower shop in Portland, Oregon #Photography #StreetArt #Mural #Bloomscrolling📷🐸🌹
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When 3 Body Problem, the Netflix show came out, it was important to put Liu Cixin into context with Chinese society, the rest of its #scifi tradition, and offer my insights on a somewhat controversial series in relation to China's own adaptation by Tencent. 4/ artreview.com/the-three-bo...
The Three Body Phenomenon: China, Science Fiction and the World
With a new Anglophone adaptation of Liu Cixin’s totemic novel series, the world is once-more fixated on Chinese science-fiction
artreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
When 3 Body Problem, the Netflix show came out, it was important to put Liu Cixin into context with Chinese society, the rest of its #scifi tradition, and offer my insights on a somewhat controversial series in relation to China's own adaptation by Tencent. 4/ artreview.com/the-three-bo...
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Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines - NewsBreak
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
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You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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“These cases are damaging the reputation of the bar,” said Stephen Gillers, an ethics professor at New York University School of Law. “Lawyers everywhere should be ashamed of what members of their profession are doing.” #AIEthics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“These cases are damaging the reputation of the bar,” said Stephen Gillers, an ethics professor at New York University School of Law. “Lawyers everywhere should be ashamed of what members of their profession are doing.” #AIEthics
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
"As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years"
✏️ by @sambiddle.com & @nickturse.bsky.social
"As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years"
✏️ by @sambiddle.com & @nickturse.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
"As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years"
✏️ by @sambiddle.com & @nickturse.bsky.social
"As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years"
✏️ by @sambiddle.com & @nickturse.bsky.social
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Make Asbestos Great Again
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h... @nytimes.com
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November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Make Asbestos Great Again
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I must say, I am beguiled by the idea that the next president, should he or she be sane, might instantly undo all of Trump’s executive orders and pardons.
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I must say, I am beguiled by the idea that the next president, should he or she be sane, might instantly undo all of Trump’s executive orders and pardons.
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This is pretty massive.
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes
The European aerospace giant said it had found that intense radiation from the Sun could corrupt data crucial to flight controls.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is pretty massive.
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
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McGill is cutting 25 sports because they are ostensibly too great a strain on the university.
So they’re cutting football, right? Right?
No, of course they aren’t, although it is the most resource-intensive and harmful of sports.
Be serious, McGill.
mcgillathletics.ca/news/2025/11...
So they’re cutting football, right? Right?
No, of course they aren’t, although it is the most resource-intensive and harmful of sports.
Be serious, McGill.
mcgillathletics.ca/news/2025/11...
Results of the McGill Athletics and Recreation Sports Program Review - McGill University Athletics
After an extensive internal and external review of our operations, we have made the difficult decision to reduce the number of competitive sport clubs and varsity
mcgillathletics.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
McGill is cutting 25 sports because they are ostensibly too great a strain on the university.
So they’re cutting football, right? Right?
No, of course they aren’t, although it is the most resource-intensive and harmful of sports.
Be serious, McGill.
mcgillathletics.ca/news/2025/11...
So they’re cutting football, right? Right?
No, of course they aren’t, although it is the most resource-intensive and harmful of sports.
Be serious, McGill.
mcgillathletics.ca/news/2025/11...
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The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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AI is stealing from authors and artists and putting people in danger. We need to stop using it.
A town in Japan has retracted its warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was generated using AI. 👉 ebx.sh/sq9eVt
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
AI is stealing from authors and artists and putting people in danger. We need to stop using it.
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Just learned you can remove the stupid "AI Mode" button in Google Chrome if you're stuck with Chrome for work or whatever and can't switch away but still want to get rid of it. This was fast and easy, no extensions required - video is 2 minutes long.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8T...
Do this NOW to Disable AI Mode in Google Chrome Browser (Address Bar and New Tab)
YouTube video by Pureinfotech
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just learned you can remove the stupid "AI Mode" button in Google Chrome if you're stuck with Chrome for work or whatever and can't switch away but still want to get rid of it. This was fast and easy, no extensions required - video is 2 minutes long.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8T...