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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 3h

To clarify: this person is gathering information to motivate for better regulation of AI. I'm not sure if they'll be talking to legislators directly or submitting a paper as part of a larger body of research, but they are esp interested in the harms it causes. Testimonies welcome.

Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

Friends: I have a potential contact who's looking into AI regulation. Please share your personal experiences losing work to AI, hearing of others losing work to AI, AI infiltrating your workplace/affecting work flow/income, etc. Also pls share any posts/articles you know of on its negative impacts.

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 1h

Annual PSA. The chemistry of Autumn leaves.
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 2h

I see! Thanks for explaining.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 3h

The person is South African, so South African legislation, but the stories and articles can be from anywhere. I can put you in direct contact if you like.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 3h

To clarify: this person is gathering information to motivate for better regulation of AI. I'm not sure if they'll be talking to legislators directly or submitting a paper as part of a larger body of research, but they are esp interested in the harms it causes. Testimonies welcome.

Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

Friends: I have a potential contact who's looking into AI regulation. Please share your personal experiences losing work to AI, hearing of others losing work to AI, AI infiltrating your workplace/affecting work flow/income, etc. Also pls share any posts/articles you know of on its negative impacts.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

Friends: I have a potential contact who's looking into AI regulation. Please share your personal experiences losing work to AI, hearing of others losing work to AI, AI infiltrating your workplace/affecting work flow/income, etc. Also pls share any posts/articles you know of on its negative impacts.

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ESO @eso.org · 4h

The water you're drinking could be older than the Sun! 🚰

New ALMA observations show that water molecules carry the same chemical fingerprint all the way from star-forming clouds to planet-forming discs and comets, meaning these molecules remain unaltered.

Learn more: www.eso.org/public/blog/...
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ESOblog: How old is our water?

How old is our water?

www.eso.org

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 3h

Wet chair

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 4d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

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Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective

Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...

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Mosey-Lord of the Owlbear Milk 🔜 Gamehole Con @moseydm.bsky.social · 13h

Oregon is a good person.

Years back on Elon’s hellscape I remember they were donating meals and grocery money for people who needed it.

It’s time to support the person who generously supported others when they could.

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 22h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 20h

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David Fox💙🫘🇺🇦 @davidbfox.com · 1d

1/2 Return to Monkey Island Panel
Two years ago five members of the #ReturnToMonkeyIsland dev team were on a panel at the 2023 @devcom.bsky.social in Cologne, Germany. The video was never publicly available, until now…
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#gamedev

Devcom 2023: Beneath The Return of Monkey Island: Panel and AMA with ‘LeCrew’

YouTube video by David Fox

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 21h

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 1d

Read our full case for Democrats to embrace a corporate crackdown on AI here

prospect.org/power/2025-0...

Democrats Must Oppose the AI Industry

As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · Dec 28

A thread on the harms of AI in its current form, and the lack of legislative control over its implementations.

Whenever I repost this, it's because another post has been added. The thread is long.

Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · Mar 23

I see so many #ActuallyAutistic support pages, groups, etc diving enthusiastically & headfirst into using AI for banners, infographics etc. I ask you please to reconsider. The environmental impacts & ethical concerns are not worth the tradeoff. Do some research. It's easy and fun, but it's not good.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 21h

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 1d

The data center boom is a real estate story, with developers often using their large war chests to overwhelm local opposition. This tiny Michigan town was forced to cave to Related Digital's demands because it couldn't afford a lengthy legal battle.

Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.

A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 21h

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Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.

New from me @desmog.com

www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist

The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.

www.desmog.com

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 11d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, while the largest under development will consume as much power as 2,000,000 homes — according to @npr.org.

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.

www.npr.org

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1d

What is the real cost of AI actors?

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 2d

It infuriates me that as human-made porn is being increasingly censored across the board, AI porn is not only allowed, but celebrated. And AI porn exists because of stolen content from non-consenting, unpaid human pornographers. It's maddening.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

Friends: I have a potential contact who's looking into AI regulation. Please share your personal experiences losing work to AI, hearing of others losing work to AI, AI infiltrating your workplace/affecting work flow/income, etc. Also pls share any posts/articles you know of on its negative impacts.

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Bruce Mackay @brucemackay.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay

Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective and experimentation. Nice to meet you :)

ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce

Digital illustration of an old village lane. Choppy shapes and overlapping oranges and blues.

Digital illustration of a guy in a "modern apartment full of art and plans. he's liking out the floor-to-ceiling window at the sunrise and eating cake off a plate. This was an old style test for MUTI. Choppy shapes of overlapping yellow, blue and pink.

Digital illustration of a hazy sepia toned kitchen with a silhouetted being sitting at the table next to some dead flowers. This was an old style test for MUTI.

Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

Not even. Sometimes they just walk away looking bored.

Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 1d

When someone asks you a question and then tunes out or ignores you when you try to answer it gets me from 0 to furious in two seconds

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