Maria
@stuffasdreams.bsky.social
EngLit, Sherlock Holmes, Tolkien, 19th Century, Nerd, Anti-fascist, traveller, Fandom. She/her.
I hope it dies
Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant, has been hit by a major outage
Microsoft Copilot goes down in major outage
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I hope it dies
Good reason to watch it again!
So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Good reason to watch it again!
man's useless at being a dad, got it.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
man's useless at being a dad, got it.
FINALLY!!! Friends and I have been trying to get Leipzig market stalls to stop for years.
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
FINALLY!!! Friends and I have been trying to get Leipzig market stalls to stop for years.
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Users of Gen AI climb on the backs of actual creators and stick flags between their shoulder blades, treating them like territory. Us and our work are just ladders to them. The only work they really want to do is to climb over us and claim our talent and abilities as their own.
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Users of Gen AI climb on the backs of actual creators and stick flags between their shoulder blades, treating them like territory. Us and our work are just ladders to them. The only work they really want to do is to climb over us and claim our talent and abilities as their own.
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Besser kann man es nicht sagen:
Staatliche Institutionen in Deutschland haben nichts auf X verloren.
Bitte zeichnet die Petition von @campact.de:
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x
Staatliche Institutionen in Deutschland haben nichts auf X verloren.
Bitte zeichnet die Petition von @campact.de:
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Besser kann man es nicht sagen:
Staatliche Institutionen in Deutschland haben nichts auf X verloren.
Bitte zeichnet die Petition von @campact.de:
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x
Staatliche Institutionen in Deutschland haben nichts auf X verloren.
Bitte zeichnet die Petition von @campact.de:
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x
I Know Why Lying about AI Water Use is So Easy
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Bemerkenswerte Szene beim Landesparteitag der CDU Sachsen: Jule Schleppers kritisiert Landesvorstandsmitglied Matthias Grahl, weil dieser öffentlich mit Parteiaustritt drohte, wenn die CDU nicht mit der AFD zusammenarbeitet.
Keine einzige Person applaudiert. 1/3
Keine einzige Person applaudiert. 1/3
December 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Bemerkenswerte Szene beim Landesparteitag der CDU Sachsen: Jule Schleppers kritisiert Landesvorstandsmitglied Matthias Grahl, weil dieser öffentlich mit Parteiaustritt drohte, wenn die CDU nicht mit der AFD zusammenarbeitet.
Keine einzige Person applaudiert. 1/3
Keine einzige Person applaudiert. 1/3
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Re: everybody getting got by an ai dog video: I want to talk about propaganda in general as well as ai in specific. We are awash in way too much stuff to pay deep attention to and that's absolutely by design.
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Re: everybody getting got by an ai dog video: I want to talk about propaganda in general as well as ai in specific. We are awash in way too much stuff to pay deep attention to and that's absolutely by design.
please for the love of god, unmute.
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
please for the love of god, unmute.
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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We live in hell.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We live in hell.
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Even Eisenhower understood this was inevitable:
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Even Eisenhower understood this was inevitable:
Es geht echt nicht mehr. Bildung wird kaputt gespart und das ist gerade in Zeiten von "KI" Slop verheerend.
8000 Artikel über zu viel "Wokeness" an den deutschen Unis; vornehmes Schweigen dazu, dass diese Unis gerade im Rahmen einer harten Austeritätspolitik abgewickelt werden.
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Es geht echt nicht mehr. Bildung wird kaputt gespart und das ist gerade in Zeiten von "KI" Slop verheerend.
Habe einen 20% Flixtrain/bus voucher, der bis zum 31.12. eingelöst werden muss. Gilt nur für Fahrten in Deutschland. Falls ihn jemand will, bitte ich um eine DM.
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Habe einen 20% Flixtrain/bus voucher, der bis zum 31.12. eingelöst werden muss. Gilt nur für Fahrten in Deutschland. Falls ihn jemand will, bitte ich um eine DM.
fact checking will now mean you are banned from the US. great.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
fact checking will now mean you are banned from the US. great.
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Don't make me tap the sign.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Don't make me tap the sign.
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CfP: Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom Symposium happening next May @ NUS, Singapore. More announcements to come, but we're hoping this will kickstart conversations and collaborations for scholars in the region working on transcultural fandom
#AcademicSky #FanStudies #TransculturalFandom #CfPs
#AcademicSky #FanStudies #TransculturalFandom #CfPs
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
CfP: Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom Symposium happening next May @ NUS, Singapore. More announcements to come, but we're hoping this will kickstart conversations and collaborations for scholars in the region working on transcultural fandom
#AcademicSky #FanStudies #TransculturalFandom #CfPs
#AcademicSky #FanStudies #TransculturalFandom #CfPs
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🫠
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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