Alex Claman
@aclaman.bsky.social
Nerd, feminist, and Oxford comma user. Ancient Mediterranean, Archaeology, and SFF. Devotee of Hestia. Card-carrying union member. They/them. 🏳️🌈
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This should be required reading in American schools
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This should be required reading in American schools
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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it kind of sucks that on top of everything else I sort of just assume that the oceans are still boiling and stuff. really feels like somebody should go to the temple and start overturning some tables or something
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
it kind of sucks that on top of everything else I sort of just assume that the oceans are still boiling and stuff. really feels like somebody should go to the temple and start overturning some tables or something
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An Afghan man shoots two National Guards and immigration requests from ALL third world countries gets paused.
American men shoot up schools and absolutely nothing happens.
No discussion of gun control.
No public press conference.
No flags at half mast.
It’s just forgotten.
American men shoot up schools and absolutely nothing happens.
No discussion of gun control.
No public press conference.
No flags at half mast.
It’s just forgotten.
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
An Afghan man shoots two National Guards and immigration requests from ALL third world countries gets paused.
American men shoot up schools and absolutely nothing happens.
No discussion of gun control.
No public press conference.
No flags at half mast.
It’s just forgotten.
American men shoot up schools and absolutely nothing happens.
No discussion of gun control.
No public press conference.
No flags at half mast.
It’s just forgotten.
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Please help Mohammed afford treatment to save his injured brother's life. Palestinians have been left to die in Israel's ongoing genocide:
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Please help Mohammed afford treatment to save his injured brother's life. Palestinians have been left to die in Israel's ongoing genocide:
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people are entitled to their religious freedom, but not to a passing grade in a university psychology course because you espouse poorly formulated Christian beliefs bsky.app/profile/kiss...
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
people are entitled to their religious freedom, but not to a passing grade in a university psychology course because you espouse poorly formulated Christian beliefs bsky.app/profile/kiss...
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We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
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it’s fun watching people see what trans folks have been warning of for years. the media has no capacity to inform about the politicization of health care
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
it’s fun watching people see what trans folks have been warning of for years. the media has no capacity to inform about the politicization of health care
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Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.
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oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
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It's kind of sad how fractally false the media is... LLMified itself as journalists are basically shills.
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's kind of sad how fractally false the media is... LLMified itself as journalists are basically shills.
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i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
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The fact that not enough people use this shit-ass technology that is always wrong and it costs too much to constantly maintain so it can't ever make any profit is, to me, very fucking funny.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The fact that not enough people use this shit-ass technology that is always wrong and it costs too much to constantly maintain so it can't ever make any profit is, to me, very fucking funny.
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this would require the technology to be in any way empowering first
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this would require the technology to be in any way empowering first
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is the type of slogan that resonates with wealthy centrist political commentators, not everyday people who are actually your voters. What does that mean to someone who is struggling to afford rent, groceries, insurance? This is why Zohran’s policy slogans were so effective
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is the type of slogan that resonates with wealthy centrist political commentators, not everyday people who are actually your voters. What does that mean to someone who is struggling to afford rent, groceries, insurance? This is why Zohran’s policy slogans were so effective
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In Microsoft world, this situation will soon get worse. The company is tripling down on its 'AI' bet by unleashing 'agents' across the Microsoft 365 platform. This is a revenue generating move that will increase chaos, bills and threat vectors: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
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November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In Microsoft world, this situation will soon get worse. The company is tripling down on its 'AI' bet by unleashing 'agents' across the Microsoft 365 platform. This is a revenue generating move that will increase chaos, bills and threat vectors: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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❌ learn to code
✅ learn to read
✅ learn to read
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
❌ learn to code
✅ learn to read
✅ learn to read
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I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
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One is that teaching university students *well* requires much more work (and frankly, compassion) now than it did when I started nine years ago. 2/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
One is that teaching university students *well* requires much more work (and frankly, compassion) now than it did when I started nine years ago. 2/
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It takes me 3x as long to grade assignments now, because I have to explain gently and effectively why ChatGPT style writing is boring -- they swim in this stuff now even when they don't use the tools. Maybe no one has even told them their own voice matters, so that is down to us. 3/
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It takes me 3x as long to grade assignments now, because I have to explain gently and effectively why ChatGPT style writing is boring -- they swim in this stuff now even when they don't use the tools. Maybe no one has even told them their own voice matters, so that is down to us. 3/
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Financial precarity. Yes university students have always been living on their last 20 bucks, but the number of students I talk to now who have *multiple* jobs in addition to being fulltime students, some of whom are taking care of family members' survival needs as well as their own, is shocking. 5/
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Financial precarity. Yes university students have always been living on their last 20 bucks, but the number of students I talk to now who have *multiple* jobs in addition to being fulltime students, some of whom are taking care of family members' survival needs as well as their own, is shocking. 5/