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Brad Proctor

@bdproctor.bsky.social
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Historian at the Evergreen State College, occasional/lapsed banjo player, IndyCar fan. Olympia, WA. 🏳️‍🌈

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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Frame #48400 from S05 -E01 - France Special - Part 1-629310
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/10/2026
How many local models do you run?

Pope Leo XIV
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In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack th Show more
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Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand? You're not an Ai influencer, no one elected you, and you have absolutely no weight in this debate and you're being used as a mouthpiece to sway public opinion. how many local models do you run?
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Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gabby Williams: "What up George Lucas? That's pretty cool!"
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
regrettably I must admit this is the crossover event of the century
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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation”
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Captain Ramius from Hunt For Red October saying "they don't know why I'm detecting with this shubmarine. And people dancing saying it's the anniversary of his wife's death and did you know he's Lithuanian?
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are two things to learn from this: 1) Third Way gets to present what the Democratic Caucus plans will be because they're the ones inside the room making them; 2) Dem staffers often don't realize that they're wholly captured by this centrist consultant-industrial complex. It's fish in water.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
True story: An influence on Mystery Science Theater 3000. It has a guy trapped in space with robot friends.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 30/09/2026
The “super intelligence” thing is useful in the sense that if someone calls AI that you know you are dealing with a TURBO bozo
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new queen has entered the tent
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*(Once again, this is what's called sarcasm, where I say things that aren't true in the hopes they have a dark comedic effect.)
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do so hate being out of compliance with this administration's directives about what words I can and cannot use.*
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But I *just* sent my syllabus with an AI statement to the copy center for tomorrow's first day of class!
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This wasn't me I swear
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds.
Toad, an accomplished musician, plays violin for his seeds.

From "The Garden"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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gorlock @gorlock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"may i do that?" - Steve urkel after completing my online etiquette course and earning his certification in politeness & gracious concord
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Roses are red Prepare for defibrillations
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Blood pressure medication recalled nationwide after failing 'dissolution specifications'
Over 13,000 bottles of blood pressure medication are the subject of a nationwide recall, according to the FDA.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The absolute disconnect between how most people live and the idea that planning dinner is merely about ingredients is not something I can relate to.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 26/09/2026
I really wonder about this. Why do so many journalists who write or opine about the university do so from a position of deep hostility to the people who do the teaching and research? Most of these writers are college educated and not stupid.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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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.”
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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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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
(This is what's called sarcasm, where I say things that aren't true in the hopes they have a dark comedic effect.)
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not really a problem since my salary has tripled in 7 years. I'm sure yours has, too.
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Frame #1250 from S03 -E11 - 2000th Plate Special - Part 1-627682
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Turns out that my brother in chat at Peacock could fix the issue. My Xfinity friend is wanting to know how easy their chat is. Some inside baseball going on between Deepak and Sagar
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Meanwhile, I do that, please type "OK" to keep the chat active." My brother in chat, I assure you I am not going ANYWHERE. We're in this for the long haul.
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm not stranded in Iceland but I have been on an active chat with Xfinity for at least 95 minutes trying to activate the complimentary Peacock Premium Account I have had for well over five years that suddenly stopped working when we moved
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have no cats so nothing to share of mine, but do you ever watch any of the influencer accounts of people who live with crazy wild large murder cats like caracals or pumas?
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A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 22/09/2026
Twin Peaks: Margaret Lanterman aka the Log Lady, at a town meeting.
Margaret Lanterman aka the Log Lady, at a town meeting. Twin Peaks S01E01 - Northwest Passage.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the basic points in Mills' The Racial Contract (originally published in 1997!) was that, if nothing else, White Supremacy deserves to be taken seriously as one of the great motivating ideologies of modernity and it's bizarre that political philosophers are so disinclined to treat it as such.
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Frame #70950 from S04 -E25 - Battle Saury Fish-628221
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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join @cjdenial.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and me for a free webinar on Resisting the Use of AI in Education on October 13, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Register now! olemiss.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Announcing a live webinar on Resisting the Use of AI in Education: Taking a Stand for Our Students and Our Colleagues. Event takes place on October 13, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET. Speakers are Cate Denial (University of Minnesota Rochester), Joshua Eyler (University of Mississippi), Kevin Gannon (Queens University Charlotte), and Liz Norell (University of Mississippi).
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
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Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
finally?????!????
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
beyond bad faith part of what is happening here is that people who think this are basically incapable of thinking historically and see the political world as simply a set of actions and reactions.
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My work's Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication might just be the death of me. Why, when on campus, do I need to re-log-in and then verify my identity just to see if our library has access to a journal?!?
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Dagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Treasury Secretary says you can stop paying your taxes because of inflation
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Sarah Milov @allofmilov.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was good that nuclear technology was regulated. It is bad that AI is not. Still, I would not hold up the Atomic Energy Commission as a model for AI regs. The AEC cared more about promotion than regulation. This credibility gap caused its demise--and eroded public faith in gov't more broadly.
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Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Final battle in Seven Samurai
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
ah working class is when you are a contractor pulling six figures from a business that earns seven, professional is when you pull $40K doing office work
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
hilarious
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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
We’ve all been living a lie! bsky.app/profile/prop...
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own
Dude on Threads: If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you're doing
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Lena of Lune @lena.isextremely.gay · 13/09/2026
Yep. I've had to explain this even to blue state trans electeds: here in TN, we *had* the rights to healthcare, accurate ID, playing sports, etc. We lost all of those rights we already had! I was one of the last trans people who could get their gender changed on their driver's license!
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