Nate Angell

Another reason to abandon the "hallucination" metaphor for when #AI gets things wrong: The more AI gets tied into human mental health the more we need to keep distinctions clear between what people experience and outputs from the machines they use. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Our First Nations traditional territory maps are progressing. We're likely a week away from completing our alpha build. This will replace the Native-Land.ca territory maps, which went offline earlier this year (though they have other maps still online). It'll go online at knowledgekeepr.com

watching France carefully for tips on how to do it

It has been a very busy #OAWeek for me! I am very happy to announce that the second edition of The OER Starter Kit is now available through the ISU Digital Press! In addition to the new chapters, this editions comes with slides & other extras in the Digital Press + doi.org/10.31274/isu...

One of my favorite sci-fi shows of the decade—of the century!—is celebrating its third anniversary today. Scavengers Reign was a shooting star🌠, poorly supported by HBO Max and then Netflix (as it was only available in a handful of countries), but I'm so glad this one season exists.

Photo of French revolt, found on Telegram of who knows what source...

are there compression approaches that try to take into account the semantic salience of features?

“[US EDUs now have] access to … tools that can continuously monitor faculty intellectual labor at the exact moment when the governance bodies that would resist such surveillance have been legislatively dismantled in several states and weakened in many more. The result is an academic panopticon.”

Like so many others I'm grappling with being part of the global Jewish family during the campaign of annihilation that has not stopped since 10/7. thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/my-dysfunc...

And finally, the most exciting tab - Join In! The Atmosphere is a participant sport - that's why we're inviting *you* to curate the feeds. With our recent collaborators feature, we've made it so anyone can suggest, edit, alter, and/or curate the algorithm. Now, you can join in for the midterms.

🗳 midterms.graze.social is @graze.social's most ambitious project to date. And as of today, it's live. Let's take a look at what the next 27 days will look like 🧵

No two words send AI industry advocates into fits of rage more than "stochastic parrots." The question is: Why? Why do they get so worked up over this particular critical framework time and time again? I sat down with @emilymbender.bsky.social, one of the coauthors of the original paper, to discuss

On Wednesday, the Protopian Prize announces our inaugural winners! We're excited to finally share these new voices. Join us for readings and interviews about imagining reachable, liberatory futures! luma.com/7dsq7uh2

I'm looking to chat to people who know a lot about Wikipedia manipulation for a piece on @indicator.media. Who should I speak to?

arXiv rate limiting submissions in face of AI deluge blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/u...

In the past week I have been quoted in a lot of pieces and the titles are all over the map: “humanities researcher,” “technologist,” “tech critic,” “artist (derogatory)”…My fave was “respected AI researcher” in The New Yorker last year. None of these are really wrong, but none are really correct.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Announces Launch of the Open #Knowledge Network, A National Open-Data Platform Connecting More Than 40 Knowledge Graphs www.infodocket.com/2026/09/25/n... #opendata #data #knowledgegraphs #AI #MCP

One of the most misleading terms is “AI hallucination”. Use “AI mirage” instead. Why “mirage”? Don’t make me tap the preprint > papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

AI policy is dominating #UNGA81 dialogue.🌐 Who’s holding the steering wheel? Are we going in the right direction? Are we going too fast? Are we going off a cliff? 🤔 Read my essay with @hlandemore.bsky.social via @noemamag.com.🙏 We must let the people set the pace of frontier AI!💯 #LLAP🖖

"Archiving Machines" and "The Patina of Distrust" are co-winners of this year's Best Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T! We're proud to be able to provide both of these books #openaccess. Congratulations authors!

Social media algorithms don't allow us to understand or control what we see online and why... until now! Top scholars @jonathanstray.com and @noupside.bsky.social are sharing @mysky.social, a tool that allows users to adjust their feed’s priorities and explains why certain posts appear over others.

Today's question: Do people think through the vibe they will give off yelling at the park when they name their dogs?

Best popsicle you ever had! Piňa colada! Mangolada! Ice Queen paletas in Portland OR. #getdeel #drbombayicecream #snoopdogg #SNOOPISHIRING

Invented a new hors d'oeuvre that I named "I Seafood & I Eat It" > Thin rice cake, pickled yellow watermelon rind, white queso dip, topped with teriyaki-roasted seaweed. UMAMI!

I’m just now starting to realize that Bertrand Russell may not have been that great of a guy…

<coughs in Betteridge's law>

Really good stamp from @bittelmethis.bsky.social

“But solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight.” terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...

If you are only going to read one entry in this salutary glossary, please read on ”stochastic flocks” but even better to read all the entries www.cyberneticforests.com/glossary-of-...

I've added a glossary to my website to consolidate the themes I have been working with across various pieces over the years in a single place with concise definitions, clarifications, and links, all in citable formats. www.cyberneticforests.com/glossary-of-...

Every half-ass plan for our extinction that they provide just turns me on. No internet, you say? No online banking?? No 2FA to use the bathroom at my job??? Baby I was a latchkey kid in the 1980s. You’re describing my platonic ideal. Extinct me.

The Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas is hiring a new Assistant Professor in Communication and Democracy as part of a cluster hire in Democracy and the Public Good! uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex...

Imagine if an app was all about getting you to put down your phone and get involved in your community✨ Chicagoans, join us alongside @wbez.org and the @chicago.suntimes.com at chicago.com! Here’s Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell in @niemanlab.org 👀:

This practice not only requires students to say they are writers…it shows them that they are writers while demonstrating the power and magic of writing in human lives. metawriting.deannamascle.com/bell-ringers...

I was induced to critique that Vanderbilt slam of humanities scholarship, and had a strangely good time doing it. I explain why Appiah should like and help, not trash The Activist Humanist. Collaboration can cure ALL real epistemic ills in the humanities: do this! criticalnoise.org/the-struggle...

35 minutes, y'all. You can handle it. #race #labor #workers #BlackPanthers #documentary

you know you are living on the edge when warnings include "hallucinating raw destructive commands"

Thread “LLMs work by printing a path through a process that arrives at a completion point by tightening the tension between word salad and a legible destination” 👇

An article 2.5 years in the making and it’s finally published! TL;DR Make people use ROR IDs for institutional affiliation: www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article...

Kudos to these open ed champions! 👏 And an OEN round of applause for Jonathan Lashley (Idaho State Board of Education), recognized as an open education policy & systems leader, moving the field forward & strengthening the community that the Open Education Network is proud to be part of. Congrats!

For thriving online groups, finding the right community stewards is everything. These aren’t just moderators — they’re unicorns 🦄 Stewards need to be entrepreneurial, emotionally intelligent, and discerning. @clockwerks.bsky.social, leading Roundabout @newpublic.org, lays it out in @niemanlab.org: