Lot of actually good writers have chimed in here already but what I find helps is to figure out the part that I'm surest of and feel the strongest about and write that part first, that usually clarifies what else needs to go in and how
Then fix everything afterwards
Reminded of the analogy, from Ted Chiang, of using a forklift at the gym
“We suggest guidelines for responsibly, relentlessly, and strategically foregrounding LLMs, especially in contexts where they have nothing to do with the authors' research contributions.”
This is inspired by my general avoidance of AI for writing, recent not-great experiences of suspected-use-but-no-disclosure, and surprise at how much I’ve heard colleagues feeling pressured to use AI for grant writing.
Do you ask your co-authors or co-investigators if/how they use AI in their writing? If we meet at #CHI2026, tell me about your experiences with collaborative writing and disclosure of AI use. I want to develop/calibrate my expectations and practices for this.
front page of the paper titled "Access Is Not Enough: Toward Developmental Flourishing" by Yuanyang (YY) Teng and Darren Gergle, Northwestern University
"Access Is Not Enough", we need a new frame. At #CHI2026, we share an opinion paper at Thursday’s poster session that reorients assistive technology toward “Developmental Flourishing.” The “access” frame has driven important advances, but measuring success by outcome equivalence overlooks (1/5)
Still true for #chi2026
On my way to #CHI2026 in Barcelona! Reach out if you want to connect. I’ll be co-organizing the workshop on relationship-centered AI and attending the workshop on social and emotional uses of AI.
A little offended Grammarly didn't make a sloppelganger of me
This isn't good.
AHRQ Funding Opportunities for Primary Care, Demonstration and Dissemination, and Health Services Research cancelled.
A reminder that #AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is the only part of HHS strictly dedicated to studying and improving health care delivery.
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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as the facct rebuttal period is in session, let me repeat what i've always said: critique is service! identifying & mapping the problem space is in & of itself a legitimate scientific contribution. we can’t proceed to “solve” a problem if we don't have a clear & comprehensive understanding of it
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Aliya Rahman has such powerful diction and testimony and moral clarity
Great thread on teaching + AI
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We’ve also had different specialists make action plans for common situations, eg because respiratory infections are frequent. (This turned into an info dump, and I apologize if I’m missing what you needed. I’ve learned too many lessons the hard way, which motivated me to err toward oversharing.) 4/4
I also learned a lot from asking after ED visits, Did we make the right decision to come in? What are the signs you would look for that would indicate the need to come in? eg, this helped me hone understanding of signs of respiratory distress, which is an automatic ED visit. 3/4
Sometimes it’s available by text on their website or patient portal, but usually by phone. Virtual immediate care is also useful in this regard. I’m realizing I don’t have a good understanding of accessibility of these options. 2/4
I’m father to a medically complex and disabled child (countless doctor visits), but I was also raised as a Christian Scientist (very few doctor visits growing up). So, my barometer for visiting doctor is oddly developed. Our health system’s nurse consulting service has served us well re:triage. 1/4
Thank you!!
And @mollydb.bsky.social thank you for getting me into Becky Chambers!
Tagging @spavel.bsky.social to thank you for putting a recommendation for Amatka on my skyline
If you’ve read either, I’d love to hear your recommendations for other good reads! Currently and finally starting Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis series.
Two favorite books I read this year: Amatka by Karin Tidbeck made me think hard (fearfully?) about limits to my ability to imagine different ways of being; A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (and the other three books in the series) expanded my ability to imagine hopeful futures.
Important publication (by @ginnybraun.bsky.social and co-authors) to add to any critical AI reading list.
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Today I learned I can drop a set of PDFs onto Zotero and it will automatically construct citations. Presumably via the DOIs. I love it.
i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
I definitely do not want an unsolicited and unreviewed LLM summary to be shown as the default abstract for my already-published ACM papers.
