PhD student @ltiatcmu.bsky.social. Working on NLP that centers worker agency. Otherwise: coffee, fly fishing, and keeping peach pits around, for...some reason https://siree.shhttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.shhttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mri32epu422c@atls.city !set US-PA-Pittsburgh25 Jul 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mri32epu422chttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mrfie6iyvc2aIt's finally out! At a time when basic research funding through the NSF and NIH in the US is under threat, it's important to understand what "basic" means in the context of more available DoD funding. For a lot of academics, the DoD's "basic" might not be be as basic as you think! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfie6iyvc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mrdslnsw4c2240 minute headways in Pittsburgh are fine, apparently?23 Jul 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdslnsw4c22https://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mpw2dhtc3226Great thread from a book that has lived rent-free in my head since it argued that computers are inherently and fundamentally conservative. I didn't even know it was out of print!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw2dhtc3226https://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3moyev2k4ms2yExtremely hype to read this 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyev2k4ms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mnkvdrp2c22mThe implicit compositionality born of English's status as a bastard language is a gift that calls for audacity, chutzpah, moxie, panache, etc [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkvdrp2c22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mncpqmh4js2vTruly wonderful conversation with my lyft driver this morning, which started by discussing how he wanted to go on vacation in Florida, to see alligators in the wild. Normal, relatable, etc - until he reveals that he in fact raises alligators as pets - but only until they're eight (8) feet long!02 Jun 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncpqmh4js2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mllzwsabqc2pAs someone that came of age in a time where the linux distros I used had easy access to a *huge* variety of loyal clients (xmpp, so many web things), this paper and its framing are a lovely way to describe the thing I'd love for computing to return to ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllzwsabqc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mlizg4bv6s2cIt's me! I am both this type of guy and, regrettably, this guy [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlizg4bv6s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mkaraifjfc2bGreat quote from a great article, and it drives me *nuts* how big the gap is between the real affordances of AI, which can be fun and adaptive and agency affirming the political project it is inextricable from, software-brained imperialism :/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaraifjfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mjed35yyrc2pThis is a great thread, and reminds me of interviewing someone at one of the big labs for a study, and they made the claim that "classification was solved in 2022" That's an insane quote, until you account for the money, time, and labor that will be poured into any problem that's deemed worth it [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjed35yyrc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/siree.sh/post/3mj5xqrsfds2p [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:rfkbaph36it2i66g6a7uzcht/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5xqrsfds2p