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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 1d

Block flagrant Hatch violations on sight.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

PSA: don’t block the DHS account on here!

first go through the “following” list of the DHS account because it’s a good list of other accounts to block too.

THEN block the DHS account

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love to see someone try to estimate just how much time and money has gone into research that is either fully undermined by reliance on LLMs or fully pointless --- because obvious if you start from an understanding of what LLMs actually are.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Screen cap from linked article, with heading Significance and then text:

Large Language Models (LLMs) are used in evaluative tasks across domains. Yet, what appears as alignment with human or expert judgments may conceal a deeper shift in how “judgment” itself is operationalized. Using news outlets as a controlled benchmark, we compare six LLMs to expert ratings and human evaluations under an identical, structured framework. While models often match expert outputs, our results suggest that they may rely on lexical associations and statistical priors rather than contextual reasoning or normative criteria. We term this divergence epistemia: the illusion of knowledge emerging when surface plausibility replaces verification. Our findings suggest not only performance asymmetries but also a shift in the heuristics underlying evaluative processes, raising fundamental questions about delegating judgment to LLMs.

Sentence starting with "While models often" is highlighted in blue.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

We. Told. You. So. But also, that "May Rely" in the significance section ( 👇🏾 ) is *way* too… let's go with "generous;" lexical associations and statistical priors are what these systems are literally made of, and all that they do. Literally. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Screenshot of text reading:
Significance
Large Language Models (LLMs) are used in evaluative tasks across domains. Yet, what appears as alignment with human or expert judgments may conceal a deeper shift in how “judgment” itself is operationalized. Using news outlets as a controlled benchmark, we compare six LLMs to expert ratings and human evaluations under an identical, structured framework. While models often match expert outputs, our results suggest that they may rely on lexical associations and statistical priors rather than contextual reasoning or normative criteria. We term this divergence epistemia: the illusion of knowledge emerging when surface plausibility replaces verification. Our findings suggest not only performance asymmetries but also a shift in the heuristics underlying evaluative processes, raising fundamental questions about delegating judgment to LLMs.

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Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 1d

This explains the Dark Lord Paradox of immeasurably powerful demon-gods who can be also dumb as a box of rocks at critical moments.

Apropos of nothing going on in the Primary World at the moment.

Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 1d

For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 2d

📢 The UUA is an official partner of the No Kings National Day of Mobilization—a movement for resistance, resilience & action.

✊ On Oct 18, UUs nationwide will join millions declaring: No Kings.

🔗 Resources: https://bit.ly/3INTThW
📰 UU World: https://bit.ly/4739W3a

#NoKings #UU #Democracy

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 3d

Please remember the cancer detection thing is neither the same type of AI nor new nor as good as they claim nor a reason to deskill doctors and medical imaging technicians nor so much else

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · Aug 11

it's 30 years later and this still happens.

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 3d

a man with a mustache is looking at the camera and says but why

Alt: Jack Black as the priest from Nacho Libre asks “But… why?”

media.tenor.com

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 3d

This would be me if there was guitar hero present.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 8d

“So you agree - putting any gendered clothing on any baby is imposing an agenda of some kind?” - Mean Girls, probably

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 9d

As someone who definitely failed to turn in anything for final paper in one class, I can guarantee had I used LLM to “write” something and submit it, my learning would have been the same, if not worse. Grade maybe would be better (except it’s cheating), but weirdly I value growth over GPA.

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 11d

Then perish.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 12d

Valuable short thread — they’re laying the groundwork for ecofascism and the sooner you inoculate yourself against these ideas the better.

Briar Ripley Page @flameswallower.bsky.social · 12d

I truly believe articles like this are part of a deliberate effort not just to frame climate change as primarily a matter of individual consumer responsibility, but to encourage the public to blame disabled ppl specifically & view assistive tech as an extravagance humanity can’t afford, while (1/2)

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 12d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 12d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 14d

Polls are certainly important data points for any leader to be aware of. But if they’re the most important factor to you, to the exclusion of all else (esp including integrity, truth, and morality), then you have actually stopped being a leader.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 16d

Good morning! You feel like you’re going crazy because their attempts to bludgeon you into submission with weaponized unreality aren’t working on you.

Keep it up. You’re doing great.

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 16d

Photocopier: *exists*
This guy: Behold, a virgin!

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 16d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 17d

“Parents are letting their children drink snake oil. Are they wrong?” Yes! Yes, they are.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 17d

I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.

"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.

Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 17d

This article discusses how sycophancy in LLM Chatbots leads to psychosis, even without a history of mental illness. This is also, in my opinion, what happens to people who don’t have anyone else to say “no” to them to keep them grounded. See: most rich people, but also: post-success movie directors.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 17d

It is really not unreasonable to do most things in one’s power (ie masking, cleaning the air, making careful risk assessment choices) to minimize the chances and therefore overall number of times one (or one’s loved one) gets covid

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 18d

New York Times: “Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds”

‘The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences’

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 19d

I remember watching the Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime show as a kid/pre-teen and realizing “oh, now I get classic rock. Sure there’s a lil verse chorus verse chorus song thing but really that’s just an excuse to get to *guitar solo*”

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Rev. AJ van Tine @revajvt.bsky.social · 19d

Not sure if this applies to Klein exactly, but certainly the Rove quote practically drips with the most foundational and perhaps universal sin - idolatry.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19d

A very efficient, distilled and to me pretty persuasive version of the bear case against AI economics.

JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 19d

No surprise, this is very good. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

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