William Card
@williambillcard.bsky.social
Artist, lecturer and researcher. Interests: uncanny, affect, visual effects CGI. https://wcard.myportfolio.com/ he/him
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"They can do lesson planning" highlights the link between AI and bullshit work.
Either written lesson plans are integral to the education delivery (in which case they should not under any circumstances be automated) or they aren't (in which case AI is just upping the productivity of bullshit)
Either written lesson plans are integral to the education delivery (in which case they should not under any circumstances be automated) or they aren't (in which case AI is just upping the productivity of bullshit)
Yes, the main problem with the deskilling machine is that no one has the skills to use it
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"They can do lesson planning" highlights the link between AI and bullshit work.
Either written lesson plans are integral to the education delivery (in which case they should not under any circumstances be automated) or they aren't (in which case AI is just upping the productivity of bullshit)
Either written lesson plans are integral to the education delivery (in which case they should not under any circumstances be automated) or they aren't (in which case AI is just upping the productivity of bullshit)
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cost of living crisis is absolutely demolishing students' capacity to study but no worries, we've funded everyone to have a go at this thing that makes you worse at learning...no you are not getting paid, the tech companies are, obviously
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 AM
cost of living crisis is absolutely demolishing students' capacity to study but no worries, we've funded everyone to have a go at this thing that makes you worse at learning...no you are not getting paid, the tech companies are, obviously
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Nothing was done, and nothing seemed capable of being done
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Nothing was done, and nothing seemed capable of being done
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The reason the BBC coverage of Alex Pretti's murder reads like Fox News, while the likes of the NYT are reading the room and dropping the both-sideism, is that the BBC's news team is institutionally captured by people who are proud of only ever listening to the opinions of racists and transphobes.
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The reason the BBC coverage of Alex Pretti's murder reads like Fox News, while the likes of the NYT are reading the room and dropping the both-sideism, is that the BBC's news team is institutionally captured by people who are proud of only ever listening to the opinions of racists and transphobes.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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I mean, we all laugh at David Cameron because he fucked it into the sun chasing the votes of racist pensioners, but he did at least get a few of them, and not none.
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I mean, we all laugh at David Cameron because he fucked it into the sun chasing the votes of racist pensioners, but he did at least get a few of them, and not none.
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Over 26,000 have emailed their local trust to keep Palantir out of the NHS.
Will you join them?
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Will you join them?
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Over 26,000 have emailed their local trust to keep Palantir out of the NHS.
Will you join them?
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Will you join them?
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
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Hundreds and hundreds of people have joined the Green Party since this was broadcast.
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Hundreds and hundreds of people have joined the Green Party since this was broadcast.
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Together - we are growing this movement.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
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NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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All the noise about alignment from the advocates of 'AI Safety' is completely specious because AI already aligns with the hierarchical dualisms that shape our society at the deepest levels, especially misogyny, racism and a contempt for nature.
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
All the noise about alignment from the advocates of 'AI Safety' is completely specious because AI already aligns with the hierarchical dualisms that shape our society at the deepest levels, especially misogyny, racism and a contempt for nature.
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Please sign and share this petition to stop an indefinite, unjustified pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social . Let's get past 1000! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
www.megaphone.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Please sign and share this petition to stop an indefinite, unjustified pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social . Let's get past 1000! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Incredible* to see the Times assert that apparently a woman hurting a man's feelings means he should be able to kill her.
(*completely expected)
(*completely expected)
The Times was right behind Trump in his first term, cheering him on and denouncing his opponents as elitist leftist swine who hate the working man, right up until that torchlit Nazi march where that fascist killed that girl. Then it all went sotto voce. No such concerns, this time.
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Incredible* to see the Times assert that apparently a woman hurting a man's feelings means he should be able to kill her.
(*completely expected)
(*completely expected)
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This essay is about the emotional life of women living under what I will call economic men: not simply men who participate in capitalism, but men whose entire moral imagination has been colonized by market logic.
open.substack.com/pub/wildanar...
open.substack.com/pub/wildanar...
January 10, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This essay is about the emotional life of women living under what I will call economic men: not simply men who participate in capitalism, but men whose entire moral imagination has been colonized by market logic.
open.substack.com/pub/wildanar...
open.substack.com/pub/wildanar...
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Can’t stress enough how major media outlets are continually failing (or aligned with the owner of Twitter) when reporting on this. “Grok” didn’t do anything. The owner of grok made the CSAM generator into a premium service.
Grok limits image generator after backlash over sexualized AI images
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot faced backlash for creating images of undressed women and children. The image-generating function will now be available only to paying subscribers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Can’t stress enough how major media outlets are continually failing (or aligned with the owner of Twitter) when reporting on this. “Grok” didn’t do anything. The owner of grok made the CSAM generator into a premium service.
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
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if you're a tech journalist there's no better way to bare your whole ass and demonstrate you have no idea what you're talking about than to ascribe reliable human sentience and reason to LLMs
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
if you're a tech journalist there's no better way to bare your whole ass and demonstrate you have no idea what you're talking about than to ascribe reliable human sentience and reason to LLMs
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British citizens and UK-based folks: please consider signing and sharing this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
#RefugeesWelcome
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
#RefugeesWelcome
Petition: Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years
We call on the UK Government to preserve the current 5-year route (ILR) for refugees and people with humanitarian protection.
petition.parliament.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
British citizens and UK-based folks: please consider signing and sharing this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
#RefugeesWelcome
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
#RefugeesWelcome
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"Alas, nothing happened."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"Alas, nothing happened."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
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This image is quite small, but I've typed up the whole thing in alt text
September 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This image is quite small, but I've typed up the whole thing in alt text
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"I also have not read it."
Merry Christmas, everyone. Here is my annual reposting of the message board where Ayn Rand fans discuss A Christmas Carol.
forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?/t...
Merry Christmas, everyone. Here is my annual reposting of the message board where Ayn Rand fans discuss A Christmas Carol.
forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?/t...
Charles Dickens' Christmas Charol
I have to admit, I actually felt very sorry for poor Ebenezer Scrooge. That the Three Ghosts could emotionally blackmail him into sharing his wealth. :) Michael Marriott takes on this horrifically evi...
forum.objectivismonline.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"I also have not read it."
Merry Christmas, everyone. Here is my annual reposting of the message board where Ayn Rand fans discuss A Christmas Carol.
forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?/t...
Merry Christmas, everyone. Here is my annual reposting of the message board where Ayn Rand fans discuss A Christmas Carol.
forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?/t...
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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.
December 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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Ken Paxton, the Texas AG has created a bathroom snitch line to report suspected trans people in bathrooms.
Please don't spam this form that lacks a captcha code and definitely don't create a script to automate it. That would be very very wrong to do.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens...
Please don't spam this form that lacks a captcha code and definitely don't create a script to automate it. That would be very very wrong to do.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens...
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ken Paxton, the Texas AG has created a bathroom snitch line to report suspected trans people in bathrooms.
Please don't spam this form that lacks a captcha code and definitely don't create a script to automate it. That would be very very wrong to do.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens...
Please don't spam this form that lacks a captcha code and definitely don't create a script to automate it. That would be very very wrong to do.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens...
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.