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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 9h

wikipedia has been ANNIHILATED with AI bot traffic for a while now (because LLMs can't get enough of it) which puts a huge burden on its tech and server costs. and now it looks like bots are making unauthorized edits to pages and trying to hack community tools diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/05/o...

Wiki editing: We’ve identified edits to Wikimedia wikis that we believe are from AI agents operated by OpenAI. These edits were not published to pages with visibility to general readers; almost all of them were testing edits in “sandbox” areas of the wiki. It also included a few edits to the configuration for a citation tool, which we believe were potentially malicious edits that were intended to misuse this tool as a proxy for fetching data from remote services. While Wikipedia policies allow bots to edit when they are disclosed and approved by the community, none of those approvals were sought in these incidents.
Etherpad probing and use: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made some unsuccessful attempts to compromise our public Etherpad, a note-taking tool we host as a community service. Agents unsuccessfully tried to use it to fetch data from other websites as a proxy. Other agents also likely operated by OpenAI took notes about their tasks, though this did not appear to turn into coordination.
Excessive data downloading: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made millions of automated requests to our public APIs to access the knowledge on Wikimedia projects, crawled millions of pages (mainly from our projects Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons), and made hundreds of thousands of data queries to the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). This traffic may have contributed to a partial outage on WDQS in May.

Wikimedia’s volunteers are the ones who come in first contact with, and clean up the mess left behind by AI agents. Rising bot traffic and agentic activity is showing a real impact on the Wikimedia projects and the infrastructure that makes it available for millions of users globally. In 2025, the Foundation reported that its bandwidth usage had increased by 50% due to the surge of bot activity on its websites since 2024. At the same time, 65% of the most resource-consuming traffic on its projects was coming from bots.

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carby @idreamoffries.bsky.social · 13h

All Systems Red by @marthawells.com, narration by @kevinrfree.bsky.social, for $4.99!

Libro.fm listing for audiobook All Systems Red, Murderbot Diaries Book 1, $4.99 sale for 7 days.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 18h

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

As we join the great theoretical scientist, he is deep in thought. So still, quiet and focused that he might almost be asleep. But inside that brilliant mind, what new idea is forming? What certainty is being meticulously interrogated? What ingenious theory is ready to change our world forever? (the scientist snores lightly) Ah, it seems he actually is asleep. And that's fine. Science is hard and not every day can be a success. We will come back another time.

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

a pauta transfóbica é uma ferramenta poderosa da extrema direita. ela explora ansiedades reais, como a violência contra a mulher, dá respostas distorcidas, transforma em inimigo uma categoria frágil e serve de cavalo de tróia pra tirar direitos. não comprem. não caiam. defendam as pessoas trans.

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Jonas @jonassmarques.com · 05/10/2026

Só vou pedir um negócio pra vocês. Não sejam sommelier de desistência. Tem muita gente cuja vida inteira é luta, apanhando inclusive de parte de quem tá do nosso lado. Gente cuja existência não tá garantida nem se a esquerda moderada ganhar. Sejam gentis com as pessoas.

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pedro @pdrcssl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

rio grande do sul elegeu sua primeira deputada estadual travesti, tá. um viva pra natasha

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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2026

there is simply no replacement for “having personal attention from an actual teacher who cares”

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“But it’s good for neurodivergent kids” — you know what would’ve been better for me, as a neurodivergent kid in school? Having teachers who understood. Having resources. Having personal attention. NOT outsourcing my brain to something I’d become dependent upon, which is often wrong.

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Sul21 @sul21.com.br · 04/10/2026

Eleições 2026: eleitor que estiver na fila às 17h poderá votar. Regra garante o voto a quem estiver aguardando no horário de encerramento; quem chegar após às 17h não poderá votar.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I had the opportunity to do a “Hi Hungry, I’m Mara” the other day and I highly recommend it

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pipoquer 🧛🏻‍♀️ @pipoquer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

lembrei duma sequência de stories que vi esses dias o primeiro era dizendo que o brasil tá quebrado, que o empresário não aguenta mais o governo lula, que está tudo muito ruim o segunda era a pessoa em sua casa em um dos condomínios fechados mais caros de goiania fazendo camarão e tomando vinho

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 03/10/2026

Day 2: How can AI in the future be trusted to relay the truth when it is now drinking from a poisoned well and is not the “neutrality” of a chatbot to “tell the truth” camouflage for training and founders that are inherently biased.

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is what I'm talking about when I bring up that genAI bots are making it impossible for an open web to actually exist. It becomes expensive, a pain, and domain providers like cloudflare are profiting off both the people making bots and the people who don't have the tech skills to fight them off

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Any suggestions for middle grade books with arab protagonists? My kid just said they dont like being arab because "we're always the bad guys."

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Pausando no Céu Azul @pausada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gente, NÃO PRECISA BAIXAR NADA DE APP. Entra no link, digita CPF e nome da mãe, vai aparecer seu local de votação. Vai lá com seu documento com voto. E VOTE. www.tse.jus.br/servicos-ele...

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Nelson Cezar 🏳️‍🌈🩼 @nelsoncezar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A pesquisa pro senado no RS que a RBS tá divulgando: 59% de indecisos pra senador. Não tem como acreditar nisso, desculpa aí.

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Pavezita Voadora @pavezitavoadora.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Quem tiver dificuldade com o e-título, ou preguiça de baixar mais app como eu, tem como ver local de votação direto no site do TSE (acabei de confirmar pq vai que, rs) www.tse.jus.br/servicos-ele...

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Flora do Brasil @florabrasil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🌱Manacá-da-serra 🌎Pleroma mutabile Conservação: Pouco preocupante (IUCN Red List) Espécie nativa do Brasil O manacá-da-serra (Tibouchina mutabilis) é uma árvore pioneira da Mata Atlântica brasileira, muito característica... 📷 mauroguanandi, Nayara, gabriel_moulatlet e mais 1

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Blondine @blondine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

É impossível se conformar que um candidato a presidente que tem como único objetivo soltar o pai da cadeia tenha tantos votos.

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Sul21 @sul21.com.br · 02/10/2026

Rio Grande do Sul deve enfrentar tempestades severas neste sábado (3). Aviso hidrometeorológico destaca previsão de granizo, ventos intensos e acumulados elevados de chuva.

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Laerte @laertecoutinho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Saiu na Folha @folha.com Mais tiras sobre SONO aqui: manualdominotauro.blogspot.com/search/label...

Tira de Laerte, em 2 quadrinhos.
1) Um soldado medieval, lança em punho e capacete, está no alto de uma pequena torre ciricular, provida de ameias. Ele grita: “3 DA MANHÃ E TUDO EM PAZ!!”
2) O enquadramento se distancia e a torre revela ser a parte de cima de uma cabeça humana, que tem um ar tenso e pergunta: “Posso dormir?” - o pequeno soldado na torre responde: “Nem pensar.”

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations, Quartz! After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion! Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!

A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026

I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...

Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver

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Daniela Andrade @danielita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Queria só lembrar pra quem esqueceu que o pai do candidato Flávio Bolsonaro tinha um plano pra matar o candidato Lula Lula faltar a debate com Flávio não é perda pra democracia, perda pra democracia é a candidatura de Flávio ser normalizada

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Jonas @jonassmarques.com · 30/09/2026

2. Boa parte das perguntas dependia da interpretação de imagens, e claro, nenhuma delas tinha ALT, afinal, por que teria? E na verdade mesmo se tivesse também seria inútil pois o texto estava renderizado como HTML, e cheio de formatações desnecessárias, o que tornava a leitura hercúlea.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Board Game Blitz @boardgameblitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve occasionally talked about puzzle books on the podcast and videos (most notably LOK by @letibus.bsky.social), so if you’re interested in rule discovery puzzles like that, a game jam just ended that’s dedicated to rule discovery paper puzzles! There are almost 100 entries! itch.io/jam/rule-dis...

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The Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam

A game jam from 2026-09-18 to 2026-09-27 hosted by Echtrae. Welcome to the Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam! Your goal: to create and submit a rule-discovery paper puzzle within the length of the ...

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Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Recently published on my blog, some thoughts on Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm, following a book group discussion: lesleyahall.blogspot.com/2026/09/decl...

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Decluttering the Woodshed

This is a bit off my usual line (though 1930s middlebrow women writers are very me) . A couple of weeks ago my local book group was discussi...

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#MinCup26 SEMI-FINALS!!! It's showdown of the soft and cubical as coppery #Cuprite and salty #Halite compete for a spot in the finals! Both are worthy, but only one can have your vote. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo of a translucent deep red cube of cuprite within swooping matte blue-green crystal blades and a scattering of translucent white halite cubes in a nest of golden yellow spiky crystals.

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Lydia @lunapuella.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

My husband and his friends realised they thought they were good guys but still made like, ironic-sexist jokes. They introduced the 'sexism snake' where wherever one of them made a sexist comment or joke, the others would just start hissing. Didn't need to get into an argument about it, just hissing.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This works, btw. It's actually pretty incredible and heady just how powerful it is in practice. Every time I've done it the impact is pretty memorable.

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Sul21 @sul21.com.br · 28/09/2026

Justiça condena Porto Alegre por omissão na prevenção da enchente de 2024. Sentença determina pagamento de R$ 50 milhões e reconhece direito de moradores atingidos a indenizações individuais.

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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for

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dr. @hmmfalemais.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

laerte na folha hoje

charge da laerte na folha de são paulo. dois homens estão em cima de um morro. o primeiro, de terno acinzentado, olha triste para um estádio derretendo e fala "bets proibidas, o futebol morreu...". o segundo, de terno azul, chama a sua atenção para a cena do outro lado, onde crianças jogam futebol alegremente.

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should let people dream of something besides labor

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Guilherme Prado @umguilhermeprado.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

O site que Luciano Huck divulgou em rede nacional como "apartidário" não somente tem financiamento de gente com muitos interesses a direita e partidários, como também emprega algoritmo e técnicas 100% pensadadas em favorecer candidatos de direita. Explicando no fio:

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Intercept Brasil @intercept.com.br · 28/09/2026

Não se trata de desinteresse feminino em disputar vagas, mas do funcionamento de um filtro sistêmico – alimentado pela violência política e pelos partidos – que tolera mulheres em disputas proporcionais, mas fecha as portas quando a disputa é pela concentração real de poder.

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Of what turns out to be ~10K titles, so far I've found about 80! You can support my research, and the video essays documenting my more interesting findings, through my patreon. patreon.com/amabelholland

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video essays about the future & history of board games

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The obvious conclusion (to me): if you have proprietary research & you upload it into the Plagiarism Nexus, it's not YOUR proprietary research anymore. Behave accordingly.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll save you the click-through: A lab at University of Copenhagen had been feeding draft manuscripts & data into "Claude Science" & then Anthropic announces a discovery that this lab made a year ago but hasn't published yet. It's plausible that Claude found the same signatures independently...

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Cadu Rodrigues @sotosendocadu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tbh, I think we need to kill the concept of being the idea guy by this point People really misunderstand art making and even working professionally in creative fields because of how people over appreciate "the idea" part of the process

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 4 Linked by archaic translations and mineralogical misunderstandings, the quarterfinals are ending in hexagons with vivid pyromorphite vs writeable graphite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo between translucent lemon-yellow hexagonal crystal jutting out of a mass of shiny black bubbling minerals and metallic silver graphite hexagon with crosshatched surface set even within a matte translucent white rough crystal mass.

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Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gamers, I love ya but The correct response to “I hate (genre of game)” is almost never “oh you should try (my favourite game archetypal of the genre)” 😂

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Lívia @liviamaggessi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Divulguem! 🚨🚨 Vote a favor do fim das bets na consulta pública do Senado! (Estamos perdendo feio!!!) www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v... @orathiago.com @bicicreta.bsky.social @carapanarana.bsky.social @jairme.bsky.social @rickazzevedo.bsky.social

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Tinturas Cor&Doll @orathiago.com · 22/09/2026

oiii voce sabia que 60% das classes D e E só tem acesso a internet via planos gratuitos que só oferecem whatsapp?

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