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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 13h

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.

YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 7d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 4d

The economics of AI (LLM) data centers continue to be utterly unworkable. This whole thing is going to crash sooner rather than later and leave a giant smoldering crater where a big chunk of the economy used to be.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 5d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Canon Purdy @cherprudence.bsky.social · 5d

My jaw dropped, this is 😘👌

Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 5d

Day 09 - Angel Shark

Be (not) afraid.

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🦈✨

#Sharktober #Sharktober2025

Digital art of a pink angel shark covered in goofy eyes with yellow irises. It has a halo behind it also made of faintly glowing eyes.

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 7d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 8d

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 9d

i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11d

We need to understand that, too. There is no "reform." Either poorly trained people with no impulse control can murder people on the streets while we watch, or we have a democracy.

The two are antithetical.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 14d

Listen to me. Might does not make right. The wrong side does not have a good point because they will put a gun to anybody's head. That's just more of what makes them wrong.

Any person who has escaped domestic violence can tell you that you can't compromise with someone who likes hurting you.

Stop.

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Birch Aquarium @birchaquarium.bsky.social · 14d

💀 A skele-ton of fun is waiting under the sea 💀

A bone-afide new friend is making waves in our Giant Kelp Forest … come sea for yourself!

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 14d

In my latest newsletter, I discuss the work ethic of AI assistants, share a new story, and prepare for the launch of my new book.

kenliu.substack.com/p/please-don...

"Please Don't Be Lazy"

What a moment to be living through.

kenliu.substack.com

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 17d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 19d

"“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social , a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

www.theguardian.com

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Canon Purdy @cherprudence.bsky.social · 23d

Truly marvelous 🤩

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Lady Anastasia White @anastasia.housewhite.art · 24d

Hilarious.

My bank can just do a stop payment at my request though. That's free. That takes 15 minutes on the phone. And it actively harms them because payment processors do NOT like when you get a stop payment order placed against you.

What you do with this information is between you and God.

JAUNTYMOOSE @jauntymoose.bsky.social · 24d

🚨UPDATE: In response to the boycott that erupted over the weekend, Disney decided to update the cancellation process on their website, making it MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEIR SUBSCRIBERS TO STOP GIVING THEM MONEY.

This underhanded strategy hasn’t retained customers as they hoped.

Disney Stock Takes a Devastating Nosedive as Major Stars Call For Boycott

Major Disney+ stars and iconic ABC creators have called for a boycott of Disney, pushing fans to cancel subscriptions, leading to a stock nosedive.

collider.com

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 23d

"We're going to destroy access to useful, factual information and use a water-destroying electricity hog that screws up all the time."

people: that sounds bad. why?

"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"

people: oh. can I write a novel with it?

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 24d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Ixihl Ataraxia | ENVtuber @ixihl.hime.watch · 26d

Artwork "Saturn devouring his son" but with a "I consent!" sticker placed on where the dead body's head would be.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 25d

This is entirely true on so many levels I don't think I could possibly detail it exhaustively, but you really can't oppose trans people's human rights and still have freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, the idea that people are entitled to self determination goes right out the window....

Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 26d

Being nice to trans people really did turn out to be a load bearing part of liberal democracy ey

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 26d

🦦 Be aware.

PSA: A sea otter shell-ebration is sweeping social media next week! Text📲OTTERMEDIA to 54159 to opt into Aquarium texts and stay hip to the coolest sea otter content all week long.

A PSA-style graphic spelling out jokey otter-themed alternatives to common texting acronyms.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 26d

The StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator at @ucsandiego.bsky.social welcomes the next wave of ocean innovators! 🌊💡 The program led by Scripps & @radyschool.bsky.social helps ocean-based startups that support @noaa.gov's Ocean Enterprise Initiative. Learn more: bit.ly/4nC5Ju7

StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator Welcomes New Cohort

Thirteen teams from across the United States are set to embark on a journey toward commercialization as part of this year’s StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator program at the University of Californ...

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Mike Royce @mikeroyce.bsky.social · 27d

and a retired meteorologist shall lead us

Tweet from Dan Satterfield

Ok, I keep getting asked about how to complain about Kimmel.
The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact?
See if you have a Sinclair or nexstar station in your area.
2. Watch the local newscast tonight or some time this week.
3. Note the companies that bought tv adverts.
4. Call them and let them know you will boycott them until they quit supporting that media company.
Trust me. I worked in tv for 45 years.
Nothing you do will have greater impact.

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Nelini Stamp 🐺 @nelini.bsky.social · 28d

Take Action Against Disney-ABC

Boycott
Cancel subscriptions (if you have)
Leave comments on ABC (dot) com
Leave comments for Sinclair
Show up to an ABC HQ or affiliate to picket!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC for BENDING TO THE ADMIN

DISNEY-ABC: STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE A few hours ago, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC threatened...

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 28d

CBS, ABC and Disney should get the full treatment Target got. They are anti-FreeSpeech & openly pro-Fascist.

Boycott them.
Destroy their bottom line.
See how long they can survive just MAGA viewership.

Time to put your money where your love of the Constitution is.
Do. Not. Support. Them.

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