Maria Antoniak
@mariaa.bsky.social
☀️ Assistant Professor of Computer Science at CU Boulder 👩💻 NLP, cultural analytics, narratives, online communities 🌐 https://maria-antoniak.github.io 💬 books, bikes, games, art
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Maria Antoniak
@mariaa.bsky.social
· Nov 20
some little bluesky tips 🦋
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Does anyone have practical tips on generating diverse sets of short stories? We’re using a slot-filling method (“write a story in genre X with title Y”) but the results are still skewed toward particular topics and descriptions.
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Does anyone have practical tips on generating diverse sets of short stories? We’re using a slot-filling method (“write a story in genre X with title Y”) but the results are still skewed toward particular topics and descriptions.
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The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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We have a new paper in Science Advances proposing a simple test for bias:
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
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Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
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November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have a new paper in Science Advances proposing a simple test for bias:
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
1/
Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?
Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?
1/
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In this paper, we investigate how well media frames generalize across different media landscapes. The 15 MFC frames remain broadly applicable, but requires revisions of the guidelines to adapt to the local context.
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
aclanthology.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In this paper, we investigate how well media frames generalize across different media landscapes. The 15 MFC frames remain broadly applicable, but requires revisions of the guidelines to adapt to the local context.
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
More on aclanthology.org/2025.starsem...
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Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE internships: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
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The seriousness of what’s happening to university computing really isn’t braking through to the faculty like it should.
As my friend just said, “Getting the university to understand the threats not from russian cyberterrorists but rather federal investigations using subpoenas has been my main frustration.”
Because they’re putting spyware on all our computers at the moment. Which seems like fucking great timing.
Because they’re putting spyware on all our computers at the moment. Which seems like fucking great timing.
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The seriousness of what’s happening to university computing really isn’t braking through to the faculty like it should.
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I don't have words for the sort of confused this makes me feel.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I don't have words for the sort of confused this makes me feel.
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If an international student wanted advice on what kind of activism she can safely get involved in, where might this student look for answers?
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If an international student wanted advice on what kind of activism she can safely get involved in, where might this student look for answers?
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Here's a short thing on adversarial language, following yesterday's poetry news. It argues for interpretability work undertaken via literary studies and tries to acknowledge some difficulties this would entail.
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here's a short thing on adversarial language, following yesterday's poetry news. It argues for interpretability work undertaken via literary studies and tries to acknowledge some difficulties this would entail.
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
For Those Who May Find Themselves on the Red Team: tylershoemaker.info/docs/shoemak...
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Sharing the slides for a talk on faculty job search
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Sharing the slides for a talk on faculty job search
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
Hope it's helpful to people exploring and preparing for the process.
Feedback is welcome!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p7xdt...
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📚 MajinBook: Metadata for 500,000 books from Library Genesis & GoodReads. Huge work from Antoine Mazières, see: ⬇️ arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412
MajinBook: An open catalogue of digital world literature with likes
This data paper introduces MajinBook, an open catalogue designed to facilitate the use of shadow libraries--such as Library Genesis and Z-Library--for computational social science and cultural analyti...
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📚 MajinBook: Metadata for 500,000 books from Library Genesis & GoodReads. Huge work from Antoine Mazières, see: ⬇️ arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412
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Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences: Natural Language Processing (RISE-AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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AIM's 2nd round of TTK hiring - building up to 30 - is up!
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
Senior Tenure Track Faculty at the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM) - Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank Joint Appointment)
Job Description Summary Organization Summary Statement: The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland - AIM (aim.umd.edu) - is hiring 40 faculty over the next several years, incl...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
AIM's 2nd round of TTK hiring - building up to 30 - is up!
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
📅 Ddl 12/22/25
🔬 Accessibility & Learning, plus Sustainability & Social Justice
🧑🏫 Associate/Full Prof*
🔗 umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
*Assistant-level candidates: apply to departments, mentioning AIM in a cover letter
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a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
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Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Once again astonished that Elon is building a propaganda machine in public, saying "hello, here is my propaganda machine", and the tech community continues to use it
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Once again astonished that Elon is building a propaganda machine in public, saying "hello, here is my propaganda machine", and the tech community continues to use it
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This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
Honored to be part of this initiative to explore "Humanistic AI"! Hosted at the University of Chicago and led by @hoytlong.bsky.social and Chris Kennedy, we're collaborating in a series of interdisciplinary workshops and projects to think about how the humanities can contribute to AI and vice versa.
New UChicago project explores how humanities can advance AI research
Interdisciplinary group at the Neubauer Collegium to examine what generative AI reveals about humanistic knowledge and creativity
news.uchicago.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Honored to be part of this initiative to explore "Humanistic AI"! Hosted at the University of Chicago and led by @hoytlong.bsky.social and Chris Kennedy, we're collaborating in a series of interdisciplinary workshops and projects to think about how the humanities can contribute to AI and vice versa.
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Our postdoc search is open! socialmediacollective.org/2025/11/20/s...
Apply for our sociotechnical systems postdoc position, for July 2026
Microsoft Research New England is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. They will join a team of social sc…
socialmediacollective.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Our postdoc search is open! socialmediacollective.org/2025/11/20/s...
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Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
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we released Olmo 3! lot of exciting stuff but wanna focus on:
🐟Olmo 3 32B Base, the best fully-open base model to-date, near Qwen 2.5 & Gemma 3 on diverse evals
🐠Olmo 3 32B Think, first fully-open reasoning model approaching Qwen 3 levels
🐡12 training datasets corresp to different staged training
🐟Olmo 3 32B Base, the best fully-open base model to-date, near Qwen 2.5 & Gemma 3 on diverse evals
🐠Olmo 3 32B Think, first fully-open reasoning model approaching Qwen 3 levels
🐡12 training datasets corresp to different staged training
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
we released Olmo 3! lot of exciting stuff but wanna focus on:
🐟Olmo 3 32B Base, the best fully-open base model to-date, near Qwen 2.5 & Gemma 3 on diverse evals
🐠Olmo 3 32B Think, first fully-open reasoning model approaching Qwen 3 levels
🐡12 training datasets corresp to different staged training
🐟Olmo 3 32B Base, the best fully-open base model to-date, near Qwen 2.5 & Gemma 3 on diverse evals
🐠Olmo 3 32B Think, first fully-open reasoning model approaching Qwen 3 levels
🐡12 training datasets corresp to different staged training
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I just spent an unreasonable amount of time turning 270k+ Steam reviews into an NLP playground.
If you’re into NLP, transformers, or real-world text messiness, the full case study is here: buthonestly.io/programming/...
#nlp #machinelearning #sentimentanalysis #emotionanalysis
If you’re into NLP, transformers, or real-world text messiness, the full case study is here: buthonestly.io/programming/...
#nlp #machinelearning #sentimentanalysis #emotionanalysis
DistilRoBERTa Emotion Analysis: NLP Case Study on Steam Reviews
How to run DistilRoBERTa emotion analysis in an NLP case study: cleaning a real Steam reviews dataset tagging moods, plotting results, and exploring sentiment.
buthonestly.io
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I just spent an unreasonable amount of time turning 270k+ Steam reviews into an NLP playground.
If you’re into NLP, transformers, or real-world text messiness, the full case study is here: buthonestly.io/programming/...
#nlp #machinelearning #sentimentanalysis #emotionanalysis
If you’re into NLP, transformers, or real-world text messiness, the full case study is here: buthonestly.io/programming/...
#nlp #machinelearning #sentimentanalysis #emotionanalysis
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We present Olmo 3, our next family of fully open, leading language models.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We present Olmo 3, our next family of fully open, leading language models.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
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I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it