Software developer for libraries and academic research. Devoted to open source. PhD-haver. Former contingent faculty in English and InfoSci. Fan of good metadata, long novels, and due process.
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Richard Higgins
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“The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control over course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials while eliminating shared governance at the Alabama land-grant university… The policy leaves many questions unanswered”
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The policies mirror the directives laid out in HB 580, which doesn’t take effect until October and doesn’t apply to the institution.
New laptop, new Slack app. Don't forget to remap the Enter key from send message to new line.
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This is crazy
www.benthamsgaze.org/2026/06/02/t...
Richard Higgins
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"not the content" is key. I wonder if these machines will ever have enough context or be able to process nuanced meaning-making well enough to work at a high level.
We wear a lot of black in my house. One of my specific laundry tasks is to fold all the blacks (two, three, sometimes four loads) with a lint roller in hand. Two genx with long hair. But also two cats probably
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A colossal waste of time. A long, long feature piece on a machine-made entity that lacks even the most basic qualities of the shallowest celebrity. I gave it a try. There's nothing here.
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“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries.
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
The Cal State University System Went All In on A.I. Now It’s Tearing Itself Apart. Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/m...
