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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 10h

I wrote to Tony Burke about the closure of Meanjin, and finally received a reply from the office of Jason Clare, who had been forwarded the message because it was an issue for higher education, rather than the arts (!).

This is a wholly embarrassing and inadequate buck pass and response.

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 17h

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

A tumblr post that reads "WHo would have believed that the perfect wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon?" Two identical images are then side by side. The first caption is "Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904". The Caption for the image on the left reads, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904"

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16h

"even MTG is condemning the Gaza genocide!" false. absurd. the words of a maniac. she has simply determined that at present, her wholly unchanged Christofascist white supremacist goals are served more effectively by opposing Israel. in your heart you know she loses no sleep over dead Muslim children

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Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone once in a while I remember Poncher exists and I get so fucking mad lol.

I know we got infinitely more substantive stuff to achieve first but the final step on the road to feminist utopia will be disinterring that creep and hurling his remains into the sea.

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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 17h

It's so important to keep the "non-consensual" part of generative AI front and center.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 16h

This one leaves a particularly foul taste in my mouth because Monroe’s exploitation DIDN’T end w death.

Richard Poncher demanded to be buried face-down in the crypt above her. Hugh Hefner, who exploited her images in life, dropped
75K to “spend eternity” next to her.

Let this woman REST!

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 17h

Did people all get hit in the head with the a hammer at the same time? What is going on?

Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 17h

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers

Some military leaders are turning to AI chatbots for help with decision-making, seeing this tech as a way to get the advantage.

www.businessinsider.com

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Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 16h

Holy shit!!! That’s huge, mate, congrats.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 6d

“I don’t wish death on Jay, I wish for her and her team to grow a conscience. I disagree with the decision and how it was handled. My account was taken down without any explanation for almost a full day in what can only be viewed as a retroactive ban.” grow a conscience is why Link was banned

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 6d

“Bluesky claims to want decentralization and composable moderation, but they still enjoy abusing the power of arbitrary banishment.” - Link

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

plus.flux.community

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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 1d

Reposting this for @ingridm.bsky.social thread of links (next time you need evidence of a bunch of times white colonial science finally figured out a way to show what Indigenous knowledge holders have known for millennia).

Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 1d

poor old Tony Abbott is on the public broadcaster dismissing the oldest and longest continuous oral histories in the history of humanity as “hearsay” how’s your morning going.

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

I am straight-up going to have nightmares about this

In the video Smith posted online, he said Neuralink engineers had started using language models including ChatGPT and Grok to serve up a selection of relevant replies to questions, as well as options for things he could say in conversations going on around him. One example that he outlined: “My friend asked me for ideas for his girlfriend who loves horses. I chose the option that told him in my voice to get her a bouquet of carrots. What a creative and funny idea.”

These aren’t really his thoughts, but they will do—since brain-clicking once in a menu of choices is much faster than typing out a complete answer, which can take minutes.

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Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 2d

Five minutes ago I was blissfully unaware of the fact that Elon has progressed to the human experimentation stage of Neuralink.

Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 2d

I was going to post a screenshot of David Archer from Mass Effect while he was plugged into the Geth but actually they were all too fucking horrifying so iykyk I guess

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

Worth noting that from the very start, Musk pitched Neuralink as an AI-human interface (this is from 2020)

www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/30/1...

“On a species level, it’s important to figure out how we coexist with advanced AI, achieving some AI symbiosis,” he said, “such that the future of world is controlled by the combined will of the people of the earth. That might be the most important thing that a device like this achieves.”

How brain implants would bring about such a collective world electronic mind, Musk did not say. Maybe in the next update.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, Final ep of my sprint to rewatch all of Buffy!

I really think Chosen knocks it out of the park in most ways. It answers the central big problem of the show, which is that it’s entirely unfair to demand one girl give up her life and fight until she’s dead.

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 2d

running the government like you just did a leveraged buyout but the private equity holders are breathing down your neck and you're not very good at this

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Apr 5

It's in the liminal state that you're most psychologically vulnerable to anything that promises a return to structure, an escape from the dark corridors back into the bustle of crowds and normality.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Apr 5

And interestingly, there *are* monsters in the liminal state, the dark places between other places.

It's in this liminal state that you're most vulnerable to a monster persuading you.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Apr 5

What happens then, is you somehow bump into another person also wandering the quiet corridors, and form a community

This is called "normative communitas," a camaraderie that exists among people who find themselves in the same liminal space they thought they were alone in.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Apr 5

An interesting concept in anthropology is liminality.

Liminality is just the temporal version of finding yourself in a liminal place. When you're right on the cusp of a life milestone, not quite before or after it.

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Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 2d

How I write every piece

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Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 2d

Just elbowing our way to the front of the crowd to shout WOW 😍 THE EMPEROR’S JACKET SURE IS SHINY!!! while he marches past, not sparing us a glance

Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 2d

I came of age during the early years of the war on terror, so I’ve become fairly resigned to Australian foreign policy being oriented entirely towards pleasing the US.

But I’m flabbergasted that there’s been no course correction this year. Like not even a little rhetorical distancing. Incredible.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Aug 24

Sauron greeting the returning Nazgûl at Mount Doom, c2024, colorized

The image shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shaking hands while facing each other. RFK Jr., on the left, has gray hair and is wearing a blue pinstripe suit with a white shirt and dark tie. Donald Trump, on the right, has blond hair and is dressed in a dark blue suit with a white shirt and red tie. They are standing against a backdrop of fireworks, which fill the background with bright, scattered bursts of light.

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