Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 337185625078
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1344042792
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Collectively, through malevolence, through self-interest, through indifference, the rich world killed the 1.5°C target 110343
askews.bsky.social @askews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is the most hilarious example of someone getting disciplined by an elite hit piece then immediately disavowing any potential radicalism I have ever seen archive.is/sgpG5archive.isWelcome to nginxIf you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required. 000
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A generation ship is the only form of interstellar travel viable without FTL. One of the main challenges in this would be making sure that successive generations maintain the mission they did not opt into, making political scientists the most important scientists for space exploration. 7884574
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I am genuinely sick to death of pretending this is somehow normal or expected. If you use LLMs to do any part of your writing, thinking or synopses (let alone art) you should be embarrassed and out of work. 431374
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 25/03/2026i do really enjoy that on the absolutely most granular level nobody knows how teaching and learning actually happens. you just expose your mind to the material several times, ideally from several different angles, and eventually a miracle occurs. 620726
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialIt's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Fuck a MAGA hat. "The session was marked by protests and confrontational exchanges as community members questioned the impact of the facility... Tensions were high among those in attendance, many of whom wore hats reading “No Data Centers in Mason.” #Michigan www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... 0325
askews.bsky.social @askews.bsky.social · 19/03/2026podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.com*UNLOCKED* Scaffold to HeavenPodcast Episode · TRASHFUTURE · 17 March · 1h 28m 010
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts." massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...paydayreport.comRio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle FrancoThe court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib... 202019712
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialJess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸 @jessagoldberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Unflinching refusal to use or allow the use of A.I. in reading & writing should be the uncontroversial, default position of teachers from K-12 to colleges & universities. If our administrators tell us we "have to" we tell them to eff off. We will not kill the planet's water for systemic plagiarism. 5565152
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 21/02/2026SCOTUS to Trump 950094
askews.bsky.social @askews.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Algorithmic pricing is just straightforwardly discrimination. To charge different amounts for the same goods or services based on the personal characteristics of the consumer is the same regardless of skin colour, sex, or whether you searched for “flaming hot cheetos” three times in one evening 000
askews.bsky.social @askews.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Nah, exact same story. I got the same book at a supermarket years before I knew of the TV show. 010
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 05/01/2026second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry 3850771193
Reposted by @askews.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 14/11/2025if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration 551279117
askews.bsky.social @askews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This is just slap drones from the Culture novels 🙄 21443
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialKate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2025I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say. 260184134478
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialBurton’s Sleepy Hollow is a great rated R horror movie for kids @jdvdub.bsky.social · 06/09/2025All the cancel culture/the left is too woke culture wars are about the staff getting ideas above their station. 413019
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialFuturism @futurism.com · 29/08/2025"I recognize an insanity bubble, and I recognize hubris."trib.alThere's a Stunning Financial Problem With AI Data CentersGiven the rate at which tech companies are spending on data centers, current revenues would have to increase ten-fold just to break even. 534293
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialRev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 15/08/2025every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing 69112284270
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/08/2025No one, no matter their age, should have to hand over their passport or driver’s license just to access legal information and speak freely. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgBlocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, 2343181
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/07/2025There's something about the way men use LLMs that feel like those men at the strip club who believe that the dancers like them for their personality and wit. They just want a toy that makes them feel good. 984397769
Reposted by @askews.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/07/2025i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf 145102812130
askews.bsky.social @askews.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Veilbreaker - infamously - features different mechanics from the rest of the game. Some mobs are meant to be avoided or environment-killed. It was a (failed) experiment after the New War. Otherwise, switch to operator and use your spoiler mode gun/powers to strip sentients of resistances. 020
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/07/2025I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything. Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine. But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires? No. 4779462111
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round 302298684
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 08/02/2025It just blows my mind that the situation playing out right now is just pure textbook Marxism (contradictions of capitalism cause social stress, liberalism cannot respond to those stresses, fascism steps in to fill the void) and liberals are reacting by getting mad at us about it 55211
Reposted by @askews.bsky.socialJack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 27/12/2024"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages. 75139145055
