shira
@shira-a.bsky.social
phding@mcgill, words@reboot, translator@limited connection, forecast.weather.gov stan
shiraab.github.io
Books:
https://asterismbooks.com/product/the-hand-of-the-hand-laura-vazquez
https://www.arche-editeur.com/livre/le-reve-dun-langage-commun-747
shiraab.github.io
Books:
https://asterismbooks.com/product/the-hand-of-the-hand-laura-vazquez
https://www.arche-editeur.com/livre/le-reve-dun-langage-commun-747
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@shira-a.bsky.social
· Apr 22
somehow I've ended up on a little translation tour?? here's a thread of where you can catch me doing readings of/in translation !!
we're promoting 2 books: LE RÊVE D'UN LANGAGE COMMUN by Adrienne Rich (L'Arche Éditeur) and THE HAND OF THE HAND by Laura Vazquez (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social)
we're promoting 2 books: LE RÊVE D'UN LANGAGE COMMUN by Adrienne Rich (L'Arche Éditeur) and THE HAND OF THE HAND by Laura Vazquez (@uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social)
in the craziest time of year I am doing a virtual reading this tuesday dec 2 at 7pm! with type books in toronto! for THE HAND OF THE HAND @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social + THE ENDLESS WEEK @dorothyproject.bsky.social by Laura Vazquez! come by!!
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
in the craziest time of year I am doing a virtual reading this tuesday dec 2 at 7pm! with type books in toronto! for THE HAND OF THE HAND @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social + THE ENDLESS WEEK @dorothyproject.bsky.social by Laura Vazquez! come by!!
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
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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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"don't pay attention to any of that frivolous humanities education, STEM all the way - what, do you think you can hack a computer with poetry or something?"
apparently, yes
apparently, yes
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"don't pay attention to any of that frivolous humanities education, STEM all the way - what, do you think you can hack a computer with poetry or something?"
apparently, yes
apparently, yes
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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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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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back again to share a new preprint from me and @mantzarlis.com! “What did Elon Change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia” arxiv.org/abs/2511.09685
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
back again to share a new preprint from me and @mantzarlis.com! “What did Elon Change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia” arxiv.org/abs/2511.09685
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
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"If I can say no I should say no because it gives other people the option" ‼️
A solid tool we have to fight against the normalization of inappropriate and secretive uses of our data is to accept friction and opt-out when we can, when we know we can.
A solid tool we have to fight against the normalization of inappropriate and secretive uses of our data is to accept friction and opt-out when we can, when we know we can.
Had a lot of fun recording this! Thanks to @anikacolliernavaroli.com and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...
Through to Thriving: Protecting Our Privacy with Chris Gilliard | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli in conversation with Critical Internet Studies Institute privacy researcher and advocate Chris Gilliard.
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"If I can say no I should say no because it gives other people the option" ‼️
A solid tool we have to fight against the normalization of inappropriate and secretive uses of our data is to accept friction and opt-out when we can, when we know we can.
A solid tool we have to fight against the normalization of inappropriate and secretive uses of our data is to accept friction and opt-out when we can, when we know we can.
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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If today’s news made you want to vomit and/or punch something (a pedophile, perhaps), join me in channeling your righteous fury at those harms by raising funds for the people at Scarleteen doing critical work providing teens with accurate, non-judgmental information about sex and their health.
Reminder that donations to my personal fundraiser to support Scarleteen count DOUBLE up to the first $1,000! I'd love to hit $800 tonight, so come at me, big spenders.
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
Scarleteen is people-powered, NOT AI! We’re raising $40,000 for staff and volunteer health care and today, we’d like to celebrate some amazing volunteers who make inclusive, joyful sex, health, and relationships education possible. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
If today’s news made you want to vomit and/or punch something (a pedophile, perhaps), join me in channeling your righteous fury at those harms by raising funds for the people at Scarleteen doing critical work providing teens with accurate, non-judgmental information about sex and their health.
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“AI is a backlash. AI is anti-worker.
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“AI is a backlash. AI is anti-worker.
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
@amyafan.bsky.social said it first last year in her piece on ~ mathbrain ~ for reboot! joinreboot.org/p/mathematic...
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
@amyafan.bsky.social said it first last year in her piece on ~ mathbrain ~ for reboot! joinreboot.org/p/mathematic...
beyond honored to win the Cole Foundation Translation Prize for our (me + Lénaïg Cariou) co-translation of THE HAND OF THE HAND by Laura Vazquez at the @officialqwf.bsky.social gala last night!!
congratulations to all the winners + nominees; we had marvelous company!!
congratulations to all the winners + nominees; we had marvelous company!!
Announcing...the winners of the 2025 QWF Literary Awards!
Congratulations to all of last night's winners!
https://qwf.org/the-winners-of-the-2025-qwf-literary-awards/
Congratulations to all of last night's winners!
https://qwf.org/the-winners-of-the-2025-qwf-literary-awards/
The Winners of the 2025 QWF Literary Awards - Quebec Writers' Federation
On November 10, Quebec’s English-language literary community gathered for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards Gala. Ten winners were revealed in seven categories: first book, spoken word, children’s and young adult literature, non-fiction, poetry, translation, and fiction.
qwf.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
beyond honored to win the Cole Foundation Translation Prize for our (me + Lénaïg Cariou) co-translation of THE HAND OF THE HAND by Laura Vazquez at the @officialqwf.bsky.social gala last night!!
congratulations to all the winners + nominees; we had marvelous company!!
congratulations to all the winners + nominees; we had marvelous company!!
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"This will never work": PARCHMENT (@parchmentmag.bsky.social), a literary journal devoted to contemporary Canadian Jewish writing, is returning to print.
I joined the editorial board because I don't feel "Jewish writing" needs to mean what it usually means, especially lately. 1/5
I joined the editorial board because I don't feel "Jewish writing" needs to mean what it usually means, especially lately. 1/5
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"This will never work": PARCHMENT (@parchmentmag.bsky.social), a literary journal devoted to contemporary Canadian Jewish writing, is returning to print.
I joined the editorial board because I don't feel "Jewish writing" needs to mean what it usually means, especially lately. 1/5
I joined the editorial board because I don't feel "Jewish writing" needs to mean what it usually means, especially lately. 1/5
just encountered youtube's auto-dub feature for the first time and when I tell you I was filled with RAGE
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
just encountered youtube's auto-dub feature for the first time and when I tell you I was filled with RAGE
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@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
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“You don’t deserve to see me” is exactly the boundary that the current approach to tech is constantly encouraging technologists to disrespect, and they can’t seem to understand why anyone would have a problem with
I'm so tired of people being shitty about boundaries, and the entitlement of so-called "people in positions of influence". I do not owe you my attention or my knowledge and you don't deserve to see me, especially if you are incapable of discerning the existential threat to humanity that genAI is.
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“You don’t deserve to see me” is exactly the boundary that the current approach to tech is constantly encouraging technologists to disrespect, and they can’t seem to understand why anyone would have a problem with
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
the montreal airport now funnels all US citizens to a line where only facial recognition is used, the officers there won't manually check you. obfuscating people's right to refuse at every turn I s2g
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
the montreal airport now funnels all US citizens to a line where only facial recognition is used, the officers there won't manually check you. obfuscating people's right to refuse at every turn I s2g
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FYI for Google Drive users.
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
FYI for Google Drive users.
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"What I need you to understand is that nobody is letting them go quietly. The Feds' every movement is announced by a chorus of whistles, by a parade of cars honking in their wake, neighbors rushing outside to yell to film to witness these kidnappings that are unfolding in front of us."
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"What I need you to understand is that nobody is letting them go quietly. The Feds' every movement is announced by a chorus of whistles, by a parade of cars honking in their wake, neighbors rushing outside to yell to film to witness these kidnappings that are unfolding in front of us."
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Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
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WEIL: “.. Circularity can be virtuous on the upside, and vicious on the downside. The deals can work fine, until they don’t.”
@wsj.com $NVDA $ORCL
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/is-t...
@wsj.com $NVDA $ORCL
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/is-t...
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
WEIL: “.. Circularity can be virtuous on the upside, and vicious on the downside. The deals can work fine, until they don’t.”
@wsj.com $NVDA $ORCL
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/is-t...
@wsj.com $NVDA $ORCL
@justinhendrix.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/is-t...