J. Arendt
@uwwoman.bsky.social
RVA librarian working at a local university and riding my bike there
https://my-year-of.ghost.io/ is the home of my blog / newsletter.
https://my-year-of.ghost.io/ is the home of my blog / newsletter.
Where have I heard that take before?
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Where have I heard that take before?
Encouraging readers to do the same won't help persuade people who use Grok.
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Encouraging readers to do the same won't help persuade people who use Grok.
It's a wildly poorly written headline. The judge exceeded the sentencing guidelines for 2nd degree murder because of the history of domestic abuse leading to the killing. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Mother killed in Henrico home; ex sentenced for the ‘cold-blooded murder'
Michael Thurston Sr. was sentenced to 40 years for murdering estranged wife Tabitha Inge in 2021, exceeding recommended guidelines for domestic violence.
www.wtvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's a wildly poorly written headline. The judge exceeded the sentencing guidelines for 2nd degree murder because of the history of domestic abuse leading to the killing. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Or the sales charts are easily manipulated: pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/13/n...
No, fake AI music bought onto a minor chart is not actually popular
Sometimes a song just comes out of nowhere and does great! But also, there’s well worn paths to buying your way to a small amount of public attention. And these ways have been common as long as the…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Or the sales charts are easily manipulated: pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/13/n...
A podcast audience awaits: www.omnibusproject.com/submit
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A podcast audience awaits: www.omnibusproject.com/submit
Relatedly, the first half of this recommendation sounds like it could bring in which high school the student attended to decide what math class the student can take in the first semester of college.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Relatedly, the first half of this recommendation sounds like it could bring in which high school the student attended to decide what math class the student can take in the first semester of college.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Even though it's key to his line of work, I don't think the author had heard of Goodhart's Law. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhar...
Goodhart's law - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Even though it's key to his line of work, I don't think the author had heard of Goodhart's Law. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhar...
The praise for the "rigorously meritocratic" policies at Chinese universities, in contrast to the "political loyalty oaths" in the U.S., came after I had already decided the author hadn't really thought things through.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The praise for the "rigorously meritocratic" policies at Chinese universities, in contrast to the "political loyalty oaths" in the U.S., came after I had already decided the author hadn't really thought things through.
Reposted by J. Arendt
"If discovery tools return hallucinated results, the credibility of the library itself could be undermined. Students may come to see the library’s systems as just another unreliable search engine."
BINGO
BINGO
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"If discovery tools return hallucinated results, the credibility of the library itself could be undermined. Students may come to see the library’s systems as just another unreliable search engine."
BINGO
BINGO
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I already was asking about party unity, procedural tactics, and getting Schumer to fight at the beginning of the year. Warner's office sent a form response not really related to my email. It doesn't seem worth the effort to ask again.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I already was asking about party unity, procedural tactics, and getting Schumer to fight at the beginning of the year. Warner's office sent a form response not really related to my email. It doesn't seem worth the effort to ask again.
Cantor's constituent services team was abysmal, from what I heard at the time. Kaine has been beloved locally in a way Cantor was not, so primarying Kaine won't be as easy as just finding a D version of David Brat.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Cantor's constituent services team was abysmal, from what I heard at the time. Kaine has been beloved locally in a way Cantor was not, so primarying Kaine won't be as easy as just finding a D version of David Brat.