Reposted by BluLibrarianjam-orbital @jamorbital.bsky.social · 14hI miss when technology just did the thing it's supposed to and didn't fucking annoy you all the time. Do you remember when the phone would ring and you would actually pick it up, and it was probably someone you knew? I remember that. That was nice. 620326
Reposted by BluLibrarianLætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024now that it's october im legally allowed to post this 1002202710453
Reposted by BluLibrarianGodless Communist Orc @16tonsthericher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026September 30th October 1st 093
Reposted by BluLibrarianJeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/20263rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.comBREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI trainingOpinion under seal for now. 131306377
Reposted by BluLibrarianRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a righteous act 373674355
Reposted by BluLibrarianRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163975531
Reposted by BluLibrarian🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What if you all just left trans folk the fuck alone? What if that happened? Why not give that a try? 18116
Reposted by BluLibrarianjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126047999
Reposted by BluLibrariangamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible. 4621901299
Reposted by BluLibrarianvicky "with a gun" cardew @victoriacardew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i guess the thing that gets me is like. how do you look at this and not understand it for what it is: genocide, broadcast live to your kitchen counter, your bus stop. what the fuck are we doing 25113
Reposted by BluLibrarianCliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026a very common phenomenon is people rejecting the conclusions of propaganda, but accepting the premises. you can passionately disagree about how the trans problem should be handled, and it will still keep you from asking "what do you mean, 'trans problem?'" 526376
Reposted by BluLibrarianWorld Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026make your voice heard. MANIFESTO is a solo game of writing after a violent statement. dice generate headlines as authorities search for you, write statements of revolution and hope they don't find you. $20 book at Worldchamp.io/store, free download from worldchampgameco.itch.io. 0116
Reposted by BluLibrarianmicah @nemerevermore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026putting this on the main feed because it is an evergreen thought I have about the "all the fascist homophobes are secretly gay" trope 1267
Reposted by BluLibrarianThe Jizz Wizard 🏳️⚧️ @peetersteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nine Inch Nail fans at a gig, getting ready to shout "Fist Fuck!" as loud as they can during Wish.static.klipy.comSpongebob Can't Wait - Eagerly ExcitedALT: Spongebob Can't Wait - Eagerly Excited 1115
Reposted by BluLibrarianAysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026really great one. Lee is one of my buds and it's really fun to geek out to a writer about their book to them specifically. if you're a summer sons fan this is an especially great listen! 0135
Reposted by BluLibrarianKate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Paraphrasing the great Roxy Demento from Twitter here but: what do you mean you don't like fat girls it's like...here's a girl and there's more of her. 38921
Reposted by BluLibrarianTheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#DEAL ALERT! Heads up one-clickers - MADE THINGS, another book by @aptshadow.bsky.social, is also on #sale on #Kindle US for today only! amzn.to/3Tn8J4c #MadeThings #ad #amazoncomamzn.toMade ThingsWelcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread. 2104
Reposted by BluLibrarianPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Welcome to pre-9/11 country music, here's a Molotov cocktail and the address of your cheating bastard husband 624341
Reposted by BluLibrarian🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We live in an increasingly isolationist culture that encourages you to be emotionally stunted. Books and stories should be about experiencing minds different from yours. They should expand your empathy and emotional intelligence. But that doesn't happen if the reaction is constantly this: 433978
Reposted by BluLibrarian🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is part of what I'm referring to with many people demanding stories that reassure them they're a good person. They want the moral instruction because otherwise, rather than processing the reading experience, there's a thrum of "am I bad? am I bad? what if someone finds out I'm bad?" 161292511
Reposted by BluLibrarianAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Eugenics is the tool of the oppressor. We do not need it. We will not use it. Hate to break it to you, but this means: Mentioning “the gene pool” The concept of IQ and BMI Standardized tests “Gifted” AND “special” education Rawdogging viruses “Social Darwinism” “Effective altruism” 8383143
Reposted by BluLibrarianNew Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @esedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A rich vein for Elizabeth Bernstein. 283
Reposted by BluLibrarianSarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 27/09/2026LGBTQ+ youth are hugely overrepresented in homeless populations cos their folks kick them out or chase them out. Where is the moral panic over that? Why do we, as a culture, place the blame for bad relationships on abused kids and not their abusers? 1651149
Reposted by BluLibrarianSarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm not gonna quote post that estrangement article doing the rounds cos I ain't giving them the metrics but part of being in queer community is knowing a lot of people who are estranged from family. None of them broke contact for trivial reasons. 5807152
Reposted by BluLibrarianMike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These experts also don't remember that happening and wonder if you're producing false memories because they would never do that 26311
Reposted by BluLibrarian⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 27/09/2026Happy Sunday! 👻 120364
Reposted by BluLibrarianTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 27/09/2026Transphobia is genuinely an elite fixation that is much less popular than most politicians and media outlets would have you believe. 102015544
Reposted by BluLibrarianMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs. Fight the Flock-ing of the internet. 515271166
Reposted by BluLibrarianThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"He'll move Left once he's in office" yeah lol the rich guy who no longer needs anything from you will suddenly bravely pursue stuff he doesnt care about now that he's in the club. For sure. You must be good at poker 101334247
Reposted by BluLibrarianYell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing 201324510
Reposted by BluLibrarianshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death 3858101432
Reposted by BluLibrarianAubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It is profoundly alienating to see how gleefully folks are turning back the clock on body politics by *decades.* 654176
Reposted by BluLibrarianHannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Remind your trans friends and family that your life is objectively better because they’re in it. 414842
Reposted by BluLibrarianKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026Leaving a bomb with a timer in a building doesn't get reported as "bomb tries to blow up building", and OpenAI's employees designing an extremely clumsy, badly designed self-prompting language model hooked up to public actions that can cause harm shouldn't be reported that way either 328888
Reposted by BluLibrarianKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product 41646232
Reposted by BluLibrarianOceanoxia @oceanoxia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They don't want you and the people around you to have the skills, knowledge, or resources to question their lies. 19036
Reposted by BluLibrarianDavid Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Dems replaced action on trans rights with hollow statements, then dropped those statements, then embraced anti-trans rhetoric. Now supporting anti-trans laws and blocking pro-trans ones. At every step the "they're betraying us" radicals were correct and "be patient" liberals were completely wrong. 231977729
Reposted by BluLibrarianMother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.motherjones.comNewsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming careCalifornia’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law. 1931112461
Reposted by BluLibrarianCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic. 984461969
Reposted by BluLibrarianOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty 3035901149
Reposted by BluLibrarianStrangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Truly fuck all these people. Anyone willing to throw trans people under the bus can't be trusted to have integrity on any other issue and also THROWING TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS IS ALREADY A DEAL BREAKER, fuck anyone who doesn't stand with trans people. 0486
Reposted by BluLibrarianThe Ron-ting of Hill House @grandrevans.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Some suggestions: ffrpl.libraryweb.org/evelyn-bailey invisiblehistory.org/support-and-... www.glbthistory.org/donate gittings.qzap.org lambdaarchives.org/donate gerberhart.org/donatenow www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net (List is not comprehensive) 1116
Reposted by BluLibrariankaranormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bringing dead batteries back to life is revolting 21482126
Reposted by BluLibrarianthemboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026too busy hemming and hawing about how to "win back men" and throwing trans people to the wolves 222242
Reposted by BluLibrarianAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered 231782316
Reposted by BluLibrarianRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I saw a post earlier saying I need to integrate AI into my workflow as an artist or I'll be left behind. Sure I've seen dozens of posts like this before, but I'm really seriously thinking about it now and I am at a total loss as to what it would possibly do to improve my work. 23948144
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