Toby Ziemke
@tziemke.bsky.social
Entomology PhD student at Cornell. Interested in plant-insect ecology, organic chemistry, and the surprisingly signifcant overlap between the two. Any pronouns.
Perhaps the largest oil beetle with which I've crossed paths. Must be absolutely bursting at the sclerites with blister-causing cantharidin. Luckily for me, we got along amiably, and I avoided exposure.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Perhaps the largest oil beetle with which I've crossed paths. Must be absolutely bursting at the sclerites with blister-causing cantharidin. Luckily for me, we got along amiably, and I avoided exposure.
Scientific publications are also on there. You should check your name if you've authored any of those.
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Scientific publications are also on there. You should check your name if you've authored any of those.
Reposted by Toby Ziemke
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Reposted by Toby Ziemke
Last hired first fired is still true. In science and elsewhere. www.science.org/content/arti...
#DEI #science #womenandminoritiesinscience #disabilityrights #NationalScienceFoundation
#DEI #science #womenandminoritiesinscience #disabilityrights #NationalScienceFoundation
NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups
Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities
www.science.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last hired first fired is still true. In science and elsewhere. www.science.org/content/arti...
#DEI #science #womenandminoritiesinscience #disabilityrights #NationalScienceFoundation
#DEI #science #womenandminoritiesinscience #disabilityrights #NationalScienceFoundation
Scorpionfly (genus Panorpa). Finger Lakes Trail, Ithaca, NY.
July 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Scorpionfly (genus Panorpa). Finger Lakes Trail, Ithaca, NY.
Rejoice, for the giant mayflies have emerged.
June 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Rejoice, for the giant mayflies have emerged.