Beth Schaefer
@sluggirl.bsky.social
All the music, higher ed IT, power tools enthusiast, monkey, Brewers & White Sox (thx Pops!), always pups and love #mke #mqt
I have some work to do here.
There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have some work to do here.
At the @educause.bsky.social annual conference and this Wisconsin girl appreciates the string cheese sticks for morning snacks!
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
At the @educause.bsky.social annual conference and this Wisconsin girl appreciates the string cheese sticks for morning snacks!
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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
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Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
MACHINE YEARNING
Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.
www.artforum.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
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“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
Nights like this when @lakeicychill.bsky.social is preparing his set for an October show, I realize how spoiled I am to hear an artist create.
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nights like this when @lakeicychill.bsky.social is preparing his set for an October show, I realize how spoiled I am to hear an artist create.
Adding to #hummingbirds #birds video on potted flowers in Marquette MI from Aug 2025
September 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Adding to #hummingbirds #birds video on potted flowers in Marquette MI from Aug 2025
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with guitarist and pal James Warhol at the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee in July 2018 opening for Scott Fields
September 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
with guitarist and pal James Warhol at the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee in July 2018 opening for Scott Fields
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Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
August 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
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Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
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Congress? You awake?
June 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Congress? You awake?
Napping should be mandatory on rainy spring days, relaxing to the sounds of the drops falling.
May 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Napping should be mandatory on rainy spring days, relaxing to the sounds of the drops falling.
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The degree to which scientific research at universities has been tacitly underwriting technological innovation in the private sector is a fact this admin seems determined to learn the hard way
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
"The consequences will ripple for years. Universities may lose access to global talent. Scientific research will suffer. Political expression will be chilled. At stake is not just the fate of thousands of foreign students—it is the soul of the university & its role in a democratic society."
Trump’s Attacks on International Students Are the Start of a Wider War
The administration is using immigration enforcement as a guise to mask its plans to decimate vital research and academic freedom.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The degree to which scientific research at universities has been tacitly underwriting technological innovation in the private sector is a fact this admin seems determined to learn the hard way
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
Here with the rest of the 25k that really wanted that @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social cribbage board
May 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here with the rest of the 25k that really wanted that @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social cribbage board
Chumby still works.
May 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Chumby still works.
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This guy has just gotten a $1 billion increase, in a NASA budget slashed by $6 billion, for Mars projects
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
Elon Musk is 'highly confident' SpaceX will land humans on Mars by 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he is "highly confident" that the company will land humans on Mars in "about six years from now."
www.cnbc.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This guy has just gotten a $1 billion increase, in a NASA budget slashed by $6 billion, for Mars projects
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
IYKYK - www.bluey.tv/blog/huge-ne...
www.bluey.tv
May 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
IYKYK - www.bluey.tv/blog/huge-ne...
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The Man Who Would be King of the Popes
YouTube video by Patrick Burns
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
April 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
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This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.
How to Delete Your 23andMe Data
This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included i...
www.eff.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.
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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
www.spiegel.de
March 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
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If models are valuable because of the data they ingest, then consent matters even more. That data reflects human labor, thought, and time. Calling it “training” doesn’t erase the fact that someone worked for what was taken. 🧵
Meta used my latest book, along with several of my published articles, to train the AI it plans to profit from on a massive scale.
Authors, search for your name in LibGen "the pirated-books database that Meta used to train AI" here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search for your name in LibGen "the pirated-books database that Meta used to train AI" here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If models are valuable because of the data they ingest, then consent matters even more. That data reflects human labor, thought, and time. Calling it “training” doesn’t erase the fact that someone worked for what was taken. 🧵
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I suspect no one who voted for Trump thought he would let Musk invade their privacy. Right now, inside the Dept of Ed, the world’s richest man is rifling through 45M people’s private student loan accounts and feeding the data into AI. www.aft.org/press-releas...
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
A coalition of labor unions filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal court to stop Elon Musk’s team from accessing private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Pe...
apnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I suspect no one who voted for Trump thought he would let Musk invade their privacy. Right now, inside the Dept of Ed, the world’s richest man is rifling through 45M people’s private student loan accounts and feeding the data into AI. www.aft.org/press-releas...
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...