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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is what one says when one wants to easily flatten concrete power differentials that exist between people facing different degrees and forms of discrimination.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ah, then you ARE being disingenuous after all. Pardon my wasted politeness.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(Mis)read you as defending the person making the bad faith accusation, not as explaining what they were saying. My bad.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Black Lives Matter" never implied that other marginalized people don't matter. People seeking to negate its propositional value (that Black lives matter as much as other lives, which are valued and esteeemed more highly in a thoroughly anti-Black society) deliberately read it in bad faith.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Which is disingenuous of them to say, because "All Lives Matter" is a particular kind of speech-act crafted in the wake of "Black Lives Matter" specifically, by white supremacists and 'colorblind' racists, to negate it. One whose emergence from that specific speech-situation colors its meaning.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Y'all remember the Coagula from "Get Out!"? Because literally putting words in Maya Angelou's mouth with genAI to perform commodity aesthetics for an EdTech company? That feels uncanny in the same way that watching Lakeith Stanfield's character get body-puppeted by a white man's consciousness felt.

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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 27/09/2026

I have four days to raise over a thousand dollars. Feels impossible but I have faith and hope on my side. And maybe you're on my side too. Please support or share if you see this!

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Motivational Penguin Depressed

Alt: Motivational Penguin Running. "NEVER GIVE UP"

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A research council that delegates its funding decisions to a probability engine powered by previously stolen material is no longer performing the function of a research council and should be put out to pasture

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Austin Lee Matthews 🐭 @amtrax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if I can live under the poverty line and still quit a voice over job mid-session because I found out the "writer" used GenAI, you can afford to not buy/play a game that uses GenAI.

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 20/09/2026

I would like the general public to recognize that this issue is beyond over blown and then for a *second* think beyond “this isn’t an issue” to “why are there so few trans people playing sports?”

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 20/09/2026

People should be mad they’ve been manipulated but also I hope people wonder why even in conditions that allow participation that there’s less than 10 *out* collegiate trans athletes that this group could find. There’s over 200,000 division 1 college athletes, for example.

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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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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In 1999, we surfed the Web. Now we comb through it like a fantasy hero. Which posts are treasure, and which are deadly Mimics? What's real, and what's an impersonator trying to steal my attention? Worse: reading all this bland AI monoculture text leads to us thinking bland AI monoculture thoughts.

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AI hypervigilance is now an omnipresent cognitive load for your users

AI may make your job easier, but that effort has just been shifted onto your users. They are noticing it and they hate it.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Which is to say: I was a classroom teacher before I ever played Overwatch; then becoming an Ana main made me better at cold-calling in class, and now cold-calling in class with sniper grandma FPS-vision has become useful for everything else lmao.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

While working as a parking attendant over the weekend, I found myself unconsciously doin' the teacher-y cold-calling thing whenever a driver would slow down or look over. Which is funny because in the classroom, I used to call it FPS-vision: see movement, snap aim, point finger, "was that a hand?"

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Meta_Morpheus_ @metamorpheusttv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY USED GEN AI FOR THE PROFESSOR LAYTON CURIOUS VILLAGE REMAKE AND FOR THE NEW GAME I feel like I’ve been shot, say sike rn PLEASE 😭😭😭😭 Professor Layton would not approve of this #ProfessorLayton

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The number of these listings that show up *everywhere* is one of the more depressing things about this AI explosion, and its multiple negative influences on job prospects.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

*You* are also far better off in the long run having someone look at your writing *together with you* and help you figure out how you want to go on doing things yourself in the future.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

By that last thing, I mean: if you're gonna use chatGPT to try to help you brainstorm something or "fix" your writing, I need to make sure this is clear: Literally not only you, but every human and non-human is better off in the long-run if you ask a human being to help you with it instead.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm also stating upfront that I fully need to now shift my focus away from long-term career thinking toward short term "eat tomorrow, pay rent this month" work. So any immediate work involving copy-editing, writing support, or especially any way I can do a thing you'd otherwise ask chatGPT to do.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This isn't the singular absolute worst year of my life (2015 takes that distinction, with 2025 being a close second) but it is certainly *a worst year*. And I really need *something* to give, in terms of employment and survivability at least, if nothing else.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My dad ended up passing away from heart failure caused by lung cancer in late July, and I ended up having to plan a bus trip back to my home state for his funeral that ultimately fell through because of fires and travel delays. Couldn't refund the ticket for the first leg of the trip.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That's just on the money front. I've mentioned here and there in passing, and on a stream whose vod I didn't publish, but this has also been a crazy year for losing people. Early July I lost a good friend who was my age to very similar circumstances to those that almost took me out last year.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was hoping I'd be able to at least catch a break and pay off those expenses with my Tax Return but then all but $100 of that got eaten and transmuted into warfare money (most likely) by the oh-so-ironically-named "Big Beautiful Bill" This year has been L after L after L, basically.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Since mid-2024, I'd been applying for jobs in other lines of work to try to pivot away from the work I was in, but I doubled down during summer 2025 looking for some kind of off-ramp and still couldn't make anything happen. Even with insurance, those medical expenses sorta hit like a truck.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To give a little rundown of what's happened: 2024-2025, I hit hard burnout, kinda lost any sense of attachment to life for a bit, and stopped taking good care of myself in the midst of working. Ended up almost dying and wound up in the hospital with kidney failure July 2025.

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Michael Mock (he/him) @mockwriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Meta_Morpheus_ @metamorpheusttv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I recently watched a playthrough of #LookOutside and loved it! I own #RPGMakerMV and have never used it but would love to learn…does anyone have good learning resources or tips? I have always wanted to make a game but get overwhelmed and it seems like a good base to start with. #GameDev #RPGMaker

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aster look outside ^w^

Alt: aster look outside ^w^

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It also just sucks to never know what or whether any given investment of time (at a moment when time is so very scarce) is worth it I haven't streamed largely because it felt like a bad use of my time while ruin was looming over the horizon. But ruin is here, and not streaming got me nothing.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This entire 3 year span has sorta been wearing me down to a finely ground powdered version of myself, with the working situation being only one (not insubstantial) part of it, and I really really need something to give. This year in particular has felt like loss after loss after loss.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm at my limit. I've been job hunting for 2 years, knowing that this time would be coming--when my contract would end and I'd be stuck in the mire. I was trying desperately to find something long before now, but nothing has materialized in this job market. I have no idea what to do anymore.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 05/09/2026

If these chatbots were conscious (they are 100% not) all they do is kill kids, make CSAM, scam people, hack companies. Not some kind soul deserving of anything. But of course AI systems are inanimate objects owned by known associates of pedophiles and serial scammers. So it actually makes sense.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Beast who exploits all that he has his hands in, Vile giant megacorp's AI companion, Those who see people as just income streams, These are a few of my least favorite things.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Goes without saying, but if you follow me and I see your whole profile is AI slop... A: Why? I can only assume you read my bio and followed just to troll? B. Immediate block.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the most important things in my life got subverted when generative AI became a readily-accessible resource. The job I loved; the baseline of where ever-present instances of mundane language are coming from; the reliability and trustworthiness of communication.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I wish it were possible to know for sure that an actual fucking human being is reading the cover letters and apps that I'm spending precious and increasingly limited time trying to put together. That's the other thing that's driving me up a wall.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am staring down the barrel of ruin, throwing job apps & resumes into the yawning fucking ATS abyss for the umpteenth month in a row. And at this point the abundance of AI-training jobs that I *could* sell my soul to for survival if I were even remotely willing to is absolutely driving me up a wall

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

this thread is worth reading. my goodness.

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Great piece in the Chronicle about AI & writing with an especially important section quoting Prof. David Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/prof...

But to David Perry, associate director of undergraduate studies in the history department at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the author of a book on public scholarship, using AI to “edit” or “condense” is synonymous with using it to write. Cutting down an article or generalizing it for a broader audience is “what writing and thinking is about,” he added.

“Writing complicated things that are accessible to a public audience and that are short enough for public-audience attention spans is hard — it is harder, in many ways, than writing at length and writing only for your 20 most compatible colleagues,” Perry said. “It’s just a practice. You have to decide to put in the work.”

The work of being an academic, Perry said, is to make complicated things coherent. Michael Socolow, chair of the communications and journalism department at the University of Maine at Orono, agreed, calling it a “cop-out” for a writer to say they “only” used AI for the basic mechanics of composition. He added that he’s concerned about what senior academics model for both junior academics and their students when using AI.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thing is, even if I *knew* this most unlikely of futures was sure to come, I would only be somehow *more* contemptuous toward AI in the here and now than I already am. Like, many of us do, in fact, have a whole history of ancestral resistance to oppressors doing shit exactly like that.

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Zee | May the GenAI Bubble Swiftly Burst @chapterzee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dude what the fuck It boggles my mind that anyone could be so dead-set on creating ways to completely alienate yourself from the people closest to you/offload the basic core essence of being in inter-personal relationships that demand active care/attention?

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/08/2026

> wretched Western society [...] wants each of us to believe we are born to be exploited and used up—especially people who are Black or mentally ill or disabled. This grotesque order wants each of us to believe that if we fail to manage our own exploitation, we deserve the death penalty. 1/n

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 21/08/2026

> One of the purposes of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY is to expose eugenic principles and practices within professional philosophy[:] “few philosophy departments (in the Global North at least) remain untouched by the eugenic vision of neoliberalism.” 1/n

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How Much Dark Money Is in Professional Philosophy?

One of the purposes of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY is to expose eugenic principles and practices within professional philosophy. As Shelley Tremain has argued persistently since founding this blog, the…

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It should be career ending to say one race is inferior to another race. For fucks sake!! These people should be pariahs!

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Simon @groen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Evo Psych is not beating the allegations

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