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• Post #2504345

  What does “local” mean to you? (Computational definitions accepted, but I’d push you to set formalism aside for a bit)

• Post #2504343

  AI takes from, and relies on, content ecosystems, and ignoring that may create tipping points we cannot come back from. https://dataleverage.substack.com/p/tipping-points-for-content-ecosystems Led by @nickmvincent, I helped, and Johanna Desprez (our resident ecologist domain expert) made invaluable contributions!

• Post #2504340

  6 cancellations of current student visas at UW–Madison [1], slightly higher than normal. Some reporting that perhaps this is due to having been finger-printed by the judicial system for traffic violations [2]. [1]: https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/04/07/several-uw-madison-students-alumni-have-visas-canceled-by-us-government/ [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-student-visas-deportation All of the folks I advise as PhD students are international, which continues for newly...

• Post #2504339

  Weird question to #academia: I have an incoming PhD student who was told (for visa reasons) that they need a “Research for Presentation” letter. Anyone have any experience with this? Our departmental graduate director, and international student services, are unfamiliar. I am mostly concerned about not producing problems for the visa process, but I’d love for this to be actually _helpful_ also. #faculty #phd #academics

• Post #2504338

  One thing I’m mulling: (super weirdly) I have a first crop of PhD students approaching graduation, and I feel as though I benefitted a lot from trying to be visible on Twitter in the 2015-2018 era. I’m not sure where to direct students, today. I’m kinda relying on “be visible at the big conferences”, which doesn’t feel as holistic. I’m pondering if there’s something lost, perhaps, in HCI folks being on the edges of social tech and being willing to cut bait when capitalism shifts priorities.