@mapto@qoto.org
@mapto.bsky.social
Studying how people interact, in the past ( #CulturalAnalytics) and today ( #EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform.
I'm also on the fediverse https://linktr.ee/mapto
I'm also on the fediverse https://linktr.ee/mapto
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Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models - arxiv.org/abs/2511.01805 "Our analysis exposes the hidden risk of belief shift as models undergo extended sessions of talking or reading, rendering their opinions and actions unreliable." fascinating #ai #llm
Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models
Language model (LM) assistants are increasingly used in applications such as brainstorming and research. Improvements in memory and context size have allowed these models to become more autonomous, wh...
arxiv.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models - arxiv.org/abs/2511.01805 "Our analysis exposes the hidden risk of belief shift as models undergo extended sessions of talking or reading, rendering their opinions and actions unreliable." fascinating #ai #llm
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In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world's news, and have won 36 of AP's 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1917. See their most striking photos of 2025.
Associated Press 100 Photos of 2025: AP photos that defined the year
In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world’s news, and have won 36 of AP’s 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1917.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world's news, and have won 36 of AP's 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in 1917. See their most striking photos of 2025.
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"The number of women globally who commit violent crimes is very small – in 2021 they were responsible for just 10% of homicides. Indeed, women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. But when women do kill, in many cases the victim is a male partner or family member and there is a […]
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November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"The number of women globally who commit violent crimes is very small – in 2021 they were responsible for just 10% of homicides. Indeed, women are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators. But when women do kill, in many cases the victim is a male partner or family member and there is a […]
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The story of Spain's #podemos from within. I do believe that anyone interested in politics, the way it is made today, should read this account.
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
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masto.bg
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The story of Spain's #podemos from within. I do believe that anyone interested in politics, the way it is made today, should read this account.
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
It has so much in common with Italy's #m5s, Germany's #piratenpartei and probably dozens of other movements in Europe and across the world that have […]
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I dislike the term “AI” too, but it’s well rooted at this point. We’re more likely to change assumptions about AI than to replace the term.
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I dislike the term “AI” too, but it’s well rooted at this point. We’re more likely to change assumptions about AI than to replace the term.
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
And the dichotomy between “machine learning” and “LLMs” being proposed as a substitute would actually be worse; it doesn’t identify a real difference. +
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Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
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The thing is, as bad as this sounds, i don't believe that it was always that different, but gatekeepers simply cut off the folkways at a certain threshold. Online media now reveal the full spectrum of communicative purposes—play, identity, partisanship, performance, outrage, and sometimes: truth.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The thing is, as bad as this sounds, i don't believe that it was always that different, but gatekeepers simply cut off the folkways at a certain threshold. Online media now reveal the full spectrum of communicative purposes—play, identity, partisanship, performance, outrage, and sometimes: truth.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until three demands have been met. The demands address the anti-Palestinia…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Over 300 writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have pledged to not contribute to the New York Times’ Opinion section until it takes “accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza.”
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Very happy to announce the new Anthology for Computers and the Humanities! 🎉
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Very happy to announce the new Anthology for Computers and the Humanities! 🎉
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
Inspired by the wonderful ACL Anthology, this is an open, accessible, centralized repository for papers at different workshops, conferences, and related venues. All thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social!
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You can read & download the chapter for free in the new open-access volume, Expressive Networks: Poetry and Platform Cultures (edited by Matthew Kilbane).
I highly recommend checking out the whole book! Especially if you're interested in literature and social media.
www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr...
I highly recommend checking out the whole book! Especially if you're interested in literature and social media.
www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr...
Ebook of Expressive Networks: Poetry and Platform Cultures
Expressive Networks convenes an urgent conversation on digital media and the social life of contemporary poetry. Tracing how poems circulate through online spaces and how capitalized platforms have co...
https://www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr70t?locale=en#/6/22[ch10]!/4/2[c5]/2/2/2[p63]/1:0
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You can read & download the chapter for free in the new open-access volume, Expressive Networks: Poetry and Platform Cultures (edited by Matthew Kilbane).
I highly recommend checking out the whole book! Especially if you're interested in literature and social media.
www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr...
I highly recommend checking out the whole book! Especially if you're interested in literature and social media.
www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr...
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Tolkien “One of the recurring plots of The Lord of the Rings is in fact stories about human beings who try to be immortal and are corrupted by that attempt,”
Sound familiar? #Thiel
Sound familiar? #Thiel
A simple explainer of Talkein's Lord of the rings for billionaire tech nerds: the unchecked combination of power and ambition is toxic.
https://www.vox.com/culture/466858/lord-of-the-rings-conservatives-right-republicans-elon-musk-jd-vance-peter-thiel
https://www.vox.com/culture/466858/lord-of-the-rings-conservatives-right-republicans-elon-musk-jd-vance-peter-thiel
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tolkien “One of the recurring plots of The Lord of the Rings is in fact stories about human beings who try to be immortal and are corrupted by that attempt,”
Sound familiar? #Thiel
Sound familiar? #Thiel
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“If you can’t get a vote on your record, don’t play us against each other.”
I’m grateful for the Rev. Sharpton’s powerful words of unity this morning and against the cynical politics of fear and division.
I’m grateful for the Rev. Sharpton’s powerful words of unity this morning and against the cynical politics of fear and division.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“If you can’t get a vote on your record, don’t play us against each other.”
I’m grateful for the Rev. Sharpton’s powerful words of unity this morning and against the cynical politics of fear and division.
I’m grateful for the Rev. Sharpton’s powerful words of unity this morning and against the cynical politics of fear and division.
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#newmexico joins countries such as #norway & #belgium that offer #free #universal #childcare for #children under 3, & #bulgaria, where early childhood #education is free for all children until elementary school. New Mexico is going further by offering no-cost child care for children up to age 13 […]
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masto.ai
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#newmexico joins countries such as #norway & #belgium that offer #free #universal #childcare for #children under 3, & #bulgaria, where early childhood #education is free for all children until elementary school. New Mexico is going further by offering no-cost child care for children up to age 13 […]
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Dear friends and colleagues, I am recruiting prospective PhD students for Fall 2026, in Digital Humanities, Cultural Analytics, Critical Data Studies, Social Media, and/or Platform Studies. Please feel free to reach out to me with questions, or share this with anyone who might be interested! Thanks!
September 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Dear friends and colleagues, I am recruiting prospective PhD students for Fall 2026, in Digital Humanities, Cultural Analytics, Critical Data Studies, Social Media, and/or Platform Studies. Please feel free to reach out to me with questions, or share this with anyone who might be interested! Thanks!
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Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going
Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going
Born into an independent Ukraine, the lives of these young women changed for ever when Russia invaded their country, forcing them to shoulder huge burdens of responsibility
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going
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Ever since Windows 95, for 30 years the problem remains Windows
https://www.theverge.com/games/807711/xbox-ally-sleep-fail-bazzite-fix-performance
https://www.theverge.com/games/807711/xbox-ally-sleep-fail-bazzite-fix-performance
Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds
The Xbox Ally is better with Bazzite.
www.theverge.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ever since Windows 95, for 30 years the problem remains Windows
https://www.theverge.com/games/807711/xbox-ally-sleep-fail-bazzite-fix-performance
https://www.theverge.com/games/807711/xbox-ally-sleep-fail-bazzite-fix-performance
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X – Marks the Spot: russia's Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack #Ukraine and support putin's murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack #Ukraine and support putin's murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
X - Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
X – Marks the Spot: russia's Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack #Ukraine and support putin's murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack #Ukraine and support putin's murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
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@256bit.bsky.social we're definitely in different stages. In Bulgaria protests were taking governments down regularly in the 1990s and 2000s (here's a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Protests_in_Bulgaria). Then politicians learned to not resist protests, but find other ways to stay […]
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masto.bg
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
@256bit.bsky.social we're definitely in different stages. In Bulgaria protests were taking governments down regularly in the 1990s and 2000s (here's a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Protests_in_Bulgaria). Then politicians learned to not resist protests, but find other ways to stay […]
I think these two are the first accounts I ever blocked. I am lucky to not have been forced to do it in the past. The exception I make now is an expression of solidarity with all the people that witness their country being hijacked.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
The White House Is Already the 2nd-Most Blocked Account on BlueSky — After JD Vance
President Trump's White House is already the second most-blocked account on Bluesky, just days after joining the platform. The only account ahead of it? It belongs to Vice President JD Vance.
www.mediaite.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I think these two are the first accounts I ever blocked. I am lucky to not have been forced to do it in the past. The exception I make now is an expression of solidarity with all the people that witness their country being hijacked.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
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So, apparently Peter Thiel, who is obsessed with the antichrist, had never pondered how to respond if someone notices that he's behaving like one, or at least enabling one. Not exactly my idea of resilient thinker.
“You’re an investor in AI,” Douthat says. “You’re deeply invested in Palantir […]
“You’re an investor in AI,” Douthat says. “You’re deeply invested in Palantir […]
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qoto.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
So, apparently Peter Thiel, who is obsessed with the antichrist, had never pondered how to respond if someone notices that he's behaving like one, or at least enabling one. Not exactly my idea of resilient thinker.
“You’re an investor in AI,” Douthat says. “You’re deeply invested in Palantir […]
“You’re an investor in AI,” Douthat says. “You’re deeply invested in Palantir […]
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[Things as nasty as Trump]
It might be my omission, but it appears that the #trumpvideo does not feature people of colour.
So I guess the takeaway is they are invincible to his #kingshit.
It might be my omission, but it appears that the #trumpvideo does not feature people of colour.
So I guess the takeaway is they are invincible to his #kingshit.
October 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
[Things as nasty as Trump]
It might be my omission, but it appears that the #trumpvideo does not feature people of colour.
So I guess the takeaway is they are invincible to his #kingshit.
It might be my omission, but it appears that the #trumpvideo does not feature people of colour.
So I guess the takeaway is they are invincible to his #kingshit.
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If you are looking for good privacy respecting messaging and other apps, you could check my slides from @linuxdays conference here : https://pretalx.linuxdays.cz/media/linuxdays-2025/submissions/KGHCKC/resources/FOSS_tools_to_fight__EE3GIn4.pdf
#foss #Privacy #linuxdays
#foss #Privacy #linuxdays
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you are looking for good privacy respecting messaging and other apps, you could check my slides from @linuxdays conference here : https://pretalx.linuxdays.cz/media/linuxdays-2025/submissions/KGHCKC/resources/FOSS_tools_to_fight__EE3GIn4.pdf
#foss #Privacy #linuxdays
#foss #Privacy #linuxdays
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@zaistinata.com "Ето я разликата, при това съществена – Пеевски се съобразява с това, което казва Борисов, а Борисов изпълнява това, което поиска Пеевски!"
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
@zaistinata.com "Ето я разликата, при това съществена – Пеевски се съобразява с това, което казва Борисов, а Борисов изпълнява това, което поиска Пеевски!"
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Today, students might use AI to write college-entrance essays so that they can get into college, where they use AI to complete assignments on their way to degrees, so they can use AI to cash out those degrees in jobs, so they can use AI to carry out the duties of those jobs.
Job Interviews Are Broken
People are sneaking answers from AI, and who can blame them?
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Today, students might use AI to write college-entrance essays so that they can get into college, where they use AI to complete assignments on their way to degrees, so they can use AI to cash out those degrees in jobs, so they can use AI to carry out the duties of those jobs.