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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 13h

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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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The problem that we need to solve isn't rogue AI, it's that companies increasingly think they can just price crime into the business model and get away with it

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Rick Ellis @toomuchtvcom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Venn diagram of bosses who insist their employees need to work in the office in order to build "teamwork and collaboration" and those who believe AI can replace most of their white collar workers looks like just one circle

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

an ai system doesn't have a will, intention or feelings. nor the capacity to want or care. a neural network does not go rogue, escape, or rebel. just tech bros' narratives projected onto machines. and pls, don't mansplain my post to me

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Chris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

CEO dreams of a future where no one can pass a mental status exam ... without a subscription to their tech

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Watching the latest John Oliver on health insurance, and it's pretty funny that the same argument of "it's not designed it's evolved/grown" that the AI peddlers love making... ... is also the defense for the nightmares of the healthcare system

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You ever see a post that, for professional reasons, you want to print out and laminate

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

*If you don't like coders for some reason, this is a real schadenfreude feast of coders lamenting and wringing their newly-useless human hands www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please give what you can to help this incredible author and wonderful human to find a cozy, livable apartment in his new home in Scotland! Bonus: cats will also be happy.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Truly this thread is the best absurdist thriller novel I have read this year

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026

Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.

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Chris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wow, all of these in the 🧵 are amazing

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Pete Dominick @petedominick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Another friend just got the flu and apparently it’s bad. I got my flu and Covid shot shots today. Don’t wait!

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This would be a dream job for someone!

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Chris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't recall exactly why, but — thanks to my excellent doc — I got re-vaccinated with 2 MMR shots at age 50. Highly recommended. If not for you, then do it for everyone else 🙏

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 20/09/2026

One clear sign of AI psychosis is the deep belief that one has achieved profound discoveries that must be shared with the world. But the non-hallucinating audience does not share the enthusiasm—either because the content is actually quite mediocre (or bc they understand the technology)

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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This. This. This. This.

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have never in my life been bothered by a trans woman in a bathroom or anywhere else. I've been sexually harassed by straight men in every conceivable situation since I was a teenager.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

But speaking of staying in one's lane, can we PLEASE switch the default position from "It's fine to use 'AI' for this thing I'm not an expert in" to "Yeah, I'd be really skeptical of any use cases and need to see strong evidence that it's okay, but I'm not the one who can produce that evidence"?

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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.com · 20/09/2026

I bought one of these for my office and I enjoy it every time I walk in the room. Get yourself some physical art by a cool human :)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026

Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is the type of AI disaster scenario that I ACTUALLY worry about. (1) AI industry oversells the capabilities of its products to score fat government contracts. (2) govt puts the AI in charge of critical shit. (3) AI fucks up, because it has a nonzero error rate. (4) shit, now we’re at war.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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pettter, stuff scientist @pettter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Relevant Calvin and Hobbes comic.

Calvin's dad at the computer: "It used to be that if a client wanted something done in a week, it was considerd a rush job, and he'd be lucky to get it. Now, with modems, faxes, and car phones, everybode wants everything instantly! Improved technology just increases expectations. These machines don't make life easier - they make life more harassed"

Calvin, holding a package: "Six minutes to microwave this?? Who's got that kind of time?!"

Calvin's dad: "If we wanted more leisure, we'd invent machines that do things _less_ efficiently."

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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 18/09/2026

"This thing shipped by a bunch of people who repeatedly get caught lying and deceiving and know they have to con me for them to succeed looks surprisingly good!" Yah, no.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026

“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”

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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’

The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026

It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media

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Pollcat, AKA Scott Keeter @pollcat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Almost 70% of national polls in 2024 were weighted on party affiliation or past vote. This kind of political weighting is controversial. But evidence shows it has made polls modestly more accurate. New report: how it works, how we do it and its limits: www.pewresearch.org/methods/2026...

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Weighting Polls on Party Affiliation and Past Vote

This report explains how political weighting works, how Pew Research Center does it, and some of its limitations.

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beth semel @bethmsemel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

and this is why instead of a mean machine god takeover i'm way more concerned about, among other things, companies selling "automated golden thread documentation transcription software" to mental healthcare providers (ie automating pt progress documentation which is reviewed during insurance audits)

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Chris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My current nonfiction reading, maybe there is a theme? Thanks to @gilduran.com, @naomiaklein.bsky.social , @astra.bsky.social, the late Mark Fisher, and Claire Stapleton for the light reading 🙏

The front covers of End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, Capital Realism: Is there no alternative? by Mark Fisher, The Nerd Reich by Gil Durán, and Don't Be Evil by Claire Stapleton

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Students asked me how to get rid of AI Overview in Chrome, and this method has worked for me so here's a PSA! It's SO nice to not have to scroll past that nonsense! tenbluelinks.org

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How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 15/09/2026

This is a little mean but I also think the idea that “AI must be taught in college” is an older generation projecting their own tech incompetency and anxiety onto a younger one. It sounds interchangeable from saying “TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat should be taught in college,“ which is just lame.

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NORC at the University of Chicago @norc.org · 15/09/2026

NORC is hiring a Senior Vice President for Statistics & Data Science to lead a department of 60+ professionals advancing survey statistics, data integration, and AI and machine learning. This is a hybrid role based in Chicago or Washington, DC. Apply now: go.norc.org/4h6Qjwa

The image is a job advertisement from NORC at the University of Chicago for the position of Senior Vice President for Statistics & Data Science. It lists responsibilities such as leading a team of 60+ statisticians and data scientists, shaping NORC's AI and data science strategy, and mentions the position is hybrid, based in Chicago or Washington D.C. It provides a website for applications: careers.norc.org.

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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Why does no one in power even pretend anymore to support a health care system with such humanity at its core? Instead, both political parties have protected a status quo utterly devoid of it, that routinely leaves patients to fight for their lives..." www.vanityfair.com/story/health...

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My Insurer Denied My Cancer Treatment—and My Humanity. So I Emailed the CEO

At 36, Elizabeth Nicholas was diagnosed with breast cancer. After her insurance company refused to pay for a new form of chemotherapy, she took a direct approach. As Luigi Mangione’s trial brings the ...

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just because someone uses a number to make a claim doesn't mean they've done some science to get there. That claim is as reliable as "There's a 10% chance that it will rain jelly beans tomorrow!" /fin for now.

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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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Solomon Kurz @solomonkurz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

At a basic level, I think this depends on what you care about. If you want quick pubs for a grade or a promotion, just do t-tests. If you are interested in your data, learn how to fit and interpret ordinal models.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/09/2026

There is apparently no more searing hurt than an "AI" fluffer discovering their favorite science fiction writer disdains their beloved spicy autocorrect, it's a pain only matched by a conservative learning that their favorite rock band has been Marxist the whole time

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vortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 12/09/2026

It seems pretty clear that the technologists at the foundation labs are not experts at computer science and software engineering generally but have specialist expertise in only one very narrow aspect of machine learning.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

"When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who built this bridge to be so flimsy? There are permits you have to acquire [& supposed] tests. When you ask about the bridge collapsing itself, you’ve lost the thread"

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Yan Basque @yanbasque.com · 10/09/2026

A meaningless assertion. The technology doesn’t and cannot exist in a vacuum. It is what it is because of the context in which it was created. Outside of Capitalism, no one would build it, because it’s literally built on extraction. Separating things from their context is never helpful.

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