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Dr AbsP

@absp.bsky.social
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Former academic, current UX research lead focused on how people communicate online, forever a sociolinguist. Small and loud. She/her

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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 20h
I had to wear socks and closed toe shoes today because it was rainy and cold. The weather is an insult to me, personally.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
“We all know that a body that cannot scrutinise, take a position, or evaluate is not an advisory body at all,” the departing members wrote in their resignation letter. “It is decoration and accountability theatre.” Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/indepe...
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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism—a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according to a letter seen by WIRED and interviews with three of the people.
wired.com
Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...
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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This November, your ballot will ask if Minnesota should modernize the State Constitution to get more funding to public schools – at zero cost to taxpayers. Vote YES. (Not voting is a "NO" vote, so do NOT skip this question!!!) Find out how much your district will receive here: voteyesmnstudents.org
voteyesmnstudents.org
Vote Yes: Boost Funding for Minnesota Public Schools
Vote Yes for a constitutional amendment to boost Minnesota public school funding without raising taxes, benefiting every student statewide.
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Alexis @offalcute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Their system is a little janky and requires you to provide your full name and contact info, but please register a complaint anyway. This is MASSIVE TERF dog whistling behavior and has no place in a MINNEAPOLIS news outfit
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I thought my washing machine didn't have a self clean cycle. Turns out, it does, it's just called "pure cycle". Because sure, why not.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Update your measles vaccine if you need it and make sure to vaccinate your children.
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[image: moss covered grave stone engraved with "WTF 1620"]
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I got a pullover hoodie thing that is quilted and soft and cozy, so of course it's warm and humid and sunny today.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lula bans online betting in Brasil
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Lisa Angela🗽 @leeloowrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Friends looking for work ... This message is for you 💜
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ll take brand new notifications for $500, Alex
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Why the Dutch have a new word for labia
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We often have to share an iPad at recording studios where they record audiobooks, and sometimes you get to see what other narrators have looked up when they needed a quick pronunciation guide or definition But I can’t say I was expecting that first tab
A tab in a browser that reads “what is a THOT?”

(also, people looking up how to say “erminie,” “spricht Deutsch,” and “caramel,” but those aren’t as funny)
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Okay, but in all seriousness though: This administration is hell-bent on trying to impact our elections. If you haven't already, go to vote.org and check your registration. Make sure you're getting your information from your location election offices. And ask your friends to do the same.
vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every night after 10 pm, the puppy grabs my hand with her paw and licks it intensely for a minute or two
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 29/08/2026
I loosened all the bolts on my circular saw and when I turned it on the blade escaped containment
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Discovery will always reveal more, but you don’t have to like a victim of sexual harassment for them to be correct about what happened to them. Until more comes out, the photos are pretty damning, and for almost everything else the complaint names full names and dates of witnesses.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
APStylebook @APStylebook
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The AP Stylebook:
IBM manual from 1979:
A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Grief really sucks. It sneaks up on you when you're thinking you're doing ok and punches you in the face.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
Every time one of these companies rolls out a new "amazing" "AI" feature, it turns out to just be howevermany exploited humans in a trenchcoat. Every fucking time.
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Tom Resing @tomresing.com · 24/09/2026
If you have concerns about AI, read this The AI Con. @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social know what's going on behind the sparkles and magic wands. #BookSky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1520...
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Review by resing - The AI Con
If you have concerns about AI, read this book. Emily Bender and Alex Hana know what's going on...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
November cannot come fast enough. I am so sick of the political ads.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In other words, as a rule of thumb, a high-profile race with polls showing the Democrat up 4 is probably actually a dead heat. A Dem up 5 points or more is probably safe. Up 3 or fewer is probably a loss. The lesson here is to keep the foot on the gas. Don't let up until polls close.
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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For people who want to help - ask your house representative to support the bill when it goes up for a vote (this year or next)! Your voice is powerful.
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Kelly @leftleaningloon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We honest to God have Michael Scott for a mayor
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi. I downloaded the 73-page (!) complaint because it's not in the Strib article. It is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw7u6...
dropbox.com
Dropbox
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 22/09/2026
Today in "linguists are NOT KIDDING" when we say your capacity for language includes the ability to understand sentences that have never been said before in human history
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Sam Ladner @sladner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Heads up, folks. Once again, we can be sure that a good portion of what we see and read online can be traced to Russian chaos agents. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds (Gift Article)
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I wrote up this story about my mom's survival from polio and its connections to world history, family lore, & current events: katestarbird.substack.com/p/a-family-t... We need to keep telling our stories of the world before vaccines — to prevent ourselves from having to live in a world after them.
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A Family Tree, Nearly Broken by Polio
As MAHA leaders call the polio vaccine a "fraud," an old family photo tells the story of the world before vaccines — and warns of the risk of forgetting.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026
Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I keep coming back to this. What the hell problem does Wiley (and other journal outfits, honestly) think they're solving with this? Abstracts exist, as others have said. There's no problem being solved here, just tech being slapped on top of something that didn't need tech slapped on top.
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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 19/09/2026
Older adults, people with accents, and people with disabilities struggle to be understood by AI agents. This affects their access to health care, transit, and other essential services. This is an existential risk for them. It is happening NOW. And it needs to be regulated.
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm sad about a lot of things, and it's gloomy af today so I got myself the sunniest treat I could find. Bobby's sunrise from Caphin mpls. Look how pretty!
White woman holding a clear drink cup. The drink inside is green matcha on top, then a lemonade layer, then an orange juice layer, then a thin layer of red dragon fruit syrup.
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026
ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ask yourselves why people want panic for you and power for themselves. Who does that serve?
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The future of automation is here!
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Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm really sick of the folks telling laid off people to just become consultants and "be your own boss."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI didn’t “go rogue.” People connected a computer system they know can mess with another computer system in unpredictable ways to less advanced computer system and it messed with that computer system in unpredicted ways. As @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argues, don’t lose sight that *people* did that.
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Opinion | Panic Won’t Fix the Looming A.I. Threat. Politics Will.
The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
Humans are doing harm. AI is the mechanism. The humans need to be regulated so that they stop doing that.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Our AI is scary too” is the saddest PR play
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