Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 9hit rhymes i think with the way some people love metrics and "hard numbers" and get very uncomfortable with the fact that quantitative measurements are actually a subset of qualitative measurements 1588
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist. 14854441321
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I keep coming back to this clip against the background of AI companies infesting higher education. And I feel like I need to show this in class to students, for them to understand why not to trust these bastards 61376423
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🐦⬛❕HUMAN EXPERIENCE Stickers have been restocked on my ko-fi!! :> ko-fi.com/s/3ecf690ed7 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart 4510182
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I tell my students that it’s important to learn how to write because there are people working hard to ensure that you can’t. 03110
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had no idea this was an option. 841081
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 06/08/2023You ever get slapped in the face by a tweet so hard that you help destroy capitalism forever and ever 922119599
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Marty @martincrownover.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The perfect way to put it. They found a way to worm a subscription between you and your normal work. 3387161
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse.” 57238
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I keep seeing Carney stans saying building fossil fuel infrastructure is a way to deal with Trump's threats. Really? Canada has to build infrastructure that'll last decades and won't even be finished for years to deal with a threat that'll be gone within 3 years? Your fear has made you very stupid. 1114930
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Additionally, be aware of responsibility washing. See e.g. 📝 Amnesty International (2026). Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI. www.amnesty.org/en/documents... 27337
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 155164265541
Charles Wotton😷💉🚲 @charleswotton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don't usually share this sort of thing but these are real-life friends who are seriously in-need gofund.me/0d71df5b5gofund.meDonate to Save a Queer Disabled Family from Homelessness, organized by Rebekah GetchellHi, I go by Tempest and my family is in danger of becoming unhous… Rebekah Getchell needs your support for Save a Queer Disabled Family from Homelessness 010
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.socialspacing.caEXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing TorontoAfter the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor... 1114483
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81161547
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲tante @tante.cc · 28/09/2026I was interviewed by Kathryn Carter. We talked about luddism, tech as political artefact and how to regain agency in this capitalist hellscape. I really enjoyed the conversation though to be fair, Kathryn's questions and comments make me sound way smarter than I actually am.kathryn-carter.comYour life is larger than an LLM — KATHRYN CARTER 0429
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 28/09/2026hey bsky, what is (ro) Ireland like for trans folk these days? Asking for a British friend. 5369
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University. 684243591
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer. 131229257
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is every bit as fragile, judgmental, and hostile as anything anyone said in the Globe piece! 1543854
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776432129
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026omg. i love this version so much 4632134
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A green horse, a green axe, and a challenge for the interviewer to strike a blow provided I get to strike one back in a year and a day 0162
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please list two causes on my death certificate - laughter and secondhand embarrassment. 20547
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some of you sneering about those who mask/care about masking, have you considered that one day you might also have to care about masking again in a non-pandemic sense? Would you like to see yourself relentlessly mocked by journalists, politicians and ordinary folk on social media? 938485
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note. 543307753
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's precisely because of the explanatory power these disciplines have for seeing fascism as the performance of masculinity that they are under attack. It exposes them for what they are: not inherent, natural and indomitable, but putting on a costume and playing house with national politics. 0127
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A carved "pillar-biter" from the church of St. Bavo in Haarlem, from 1509-1517. With roots in Medieval iconography, pillar-biters represented hypocrisy and false piety. More here: www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/dev... 35957222
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Canada continues to be shameful on this issue. 52825231
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm a proud member of the Writers Union of Canada & incredibly grateful for their work to challenge AI. I'm a bit iffy on petitions in general because most aren't even accepted in the House & just mine your data. But here is an official Parliamentary petition re: regulating AI :ourcommons.caPetition e-7774 - Petitions 14714
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026I wear a mask to teach and make masks available for my students (not that any of them take me up on the offer sigh). I tell them I want to keep showing up for them in class and also don’t want to get them sick. I already have quite a few emails from students who have “bad colds” and also covid! 17119
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking. 329164722136
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You got what you wanted! You are living your normal lives, as demanded, free of legal or social responsibility toward disabled people who are still at high risk. Now you’re going to laugh at us trying to find ways to keep going? That’s not just discrimination, that’s dehumanization. 4732160
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My representation of some of the discourse about @irisvanrooij.bsky.social her work 🤣🤣🤣 47314
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/09/2026Cool, those suits are heavy and hot, it takes stamina to wear one, that's definitely a plus for pilots, attendants and controllers to have, I feel safer already 6092456
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 23/09/2026You should check out Rory's original investigation if you don't know what I'm talking about:nationalobserver.comToronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated commentsThe Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford. 086
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On October 13 at 1pm ET, @liznorell.bsky.social, @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, @josheyler.bsky.social, and I are convening a webinar about why we believe in AI resistance in higher ed. Registration link in the first comment! 23917
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Less than a week ago, in his brilliant speech in Strasbourg, the PM quoted Goethe: "Goethe understood that ideals must be fought for, that values do not defend themselves". 43517
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh gosh I do miss her 😅❤️ 1101
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting. 331030410
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors are being arrested protesting Mark Carney's complete capitulation to the oil and gas industry. They're wearing pictures of their grandchildren 18534223
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Nome @nome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The best lack all conviction, While the worst are full of passionate intensity. 614223
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But 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"? 11430123
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 19/09/2026Everyone trying to sound reasonable like "I'm sure it's useful in *other* people's areas, just not in mine" just say it's not useful in your area and stop 712630
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility 12539183
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think there's no understanding the AI phenomenon without understanding the timing: At a moment of fascist govt in the US and total govt-corporate alignment that was/is nonetheless failing to consolidate authoritarianism, AI is a corporatist Hail Mary, a supposed panacea for social control. 45830
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 19/09/2026also i think if you look at ai as a political project rather than a stack of specific recent technologies, things like facebook's incitement of genocide and data center expansion etc stop looking like competing issues and start looking like the same issue playing out in multiple contexts 092
Reposted by Charles Wotton😷💉🚲Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026SOCRATES: Picture the following in your mind. Imagine human beings living in an underground cave-like residence. Shadows are cast on the wall by a fire Glaucon: so the shadows are like people! Have we discovered a new intelligence?!? SOCRATES: Glaucon: I, for one, welcome our new Shadow Lords! 26812