David William
banner
nrvscrcts.bsky.social
David William
@nrvscrcts.bsky.social
Academic librarian, PhD in philosophy. Critical librarianship, phenomenology, synths, tabletop & video games, sci-fi. Settler on Treaty 7 land. He/him. All opinions my own. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
Pinned
My band Fulfilment's new record is out on Bandcamp and streaming today! Listen and share with whomever you think might like 10 jams of Canadiana critique, punk amidst aging and indifference, ecological disaster, rainbow folk experience, and solidarity. #posthardcore #oldpunk
Husky House, by Fulfilment
10 track album
fulfilment.bandcamp.com
Reposted by David William
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Reposted by David William
i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reposted by David William
We 👀 "search engines like DuckDuckGo adding options to filter out search results suspected of having synthetic content... There’s also a growing mvmt pushing back against new AI data centers... But no matter what form AI slop-refusal takes, it will need to be a group effort." - @tega.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Reposted by David William
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by David William
Advancing techno-fascism, the EO edition.
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Me: book not there, pick up your

Beastie Boys: PHONE

Me: request an interlibrary

Beastie Boys: LOAN
License to ILL

Inter
Library
Loan
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reposted by David William
stories about robots and AI are some of my absolute top favorite stories of all time which is why it actually sucks to be me in the present day because i am pretty sure that all of that stuff is the reason why we currently have very shitty quote unquote "AI" and a ton of lies about it and a bubble
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by David William
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by David William
As @rjjago.bsky.social points out in this excellent editorial, this is not a victimless crime. And King has profited greatly from ethnic fraud: he has made an entire career from speaking for (and not just writing about) Indigenous peoples.

This is probably the most important point though:
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by David William
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I've signed up for a student-facing webinar on gen AI tools delivered by a vendor, pray for Mojo
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by David William
Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by David William
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"The current disinformation and slop phenomenon on the internet today makes the days of ‘Russian bot farms’ and ‘fake news pages from Cyprus’ seem quaint; the problem is now fully decentralized and distributed across the world and is almost entirely funded by social media companies themselves."
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.

www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Threw It On The Ground forcefully expresses a prescient critique of generative AI before its invention. In this essay, I will
a man is talking to a woman who is holding a cellphone and says man this ain t my dad
Alt: Scene from Threw It On The Ground music video in which our main character indeed throws a cell phone on the ground
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Reposted by David William
I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reposted by David William
LLM-powered chatbots need to be regulated for everyone, not just children
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reposted by David William
Jodorowsky's Dune
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An article filled with good advice, as well as my first introduction to the extremely useful concept of 'luxury surveillance.'
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.

When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just under a third of UCP MLAs are under recall petitions. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
5 more UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14 | CBC News
Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by David William
can’t fucking catch a breath

make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by David William
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reposted by David William
For those in the states, be sure to Trojan Horse your friends and family into becoming boardgame hobbyists this Thanksgiving.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM