Reposted by Christian OtholmTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity. 213379833
Reposted by Christian OtholmAAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 09/09/2023this city is afraid of me. i have seen its true face. 322537549
Reposted by Christian OtholmJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit 3460331485
Christian Otholm @christianotholm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Will Stancil doesn’t know what epistemology is. I would use an emoji to express irritation over him ragebaiting me again but I’m concerned that he’d mistake a colon and an end parenthesis as a sentient being trapped in the machine. 020
Reposted by Christian OtholmJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Taylor Lorenz is proof that Elon's ideological project at Twitter is working. Yeah, the lady who spends 18 hours a day online suddenly got more right wing after he took over, that was the point. 153543512
Reposted by Christian OtholmRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is a great example of one of the ways AI is actually going to endanger / kill huge numbers of people. Shitty chatbots cause their special sort of brain rot to the people who package intelligence for our shot-callers. They take the bad ideas from there. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p... 311495388
Reposted by Christian OtholmGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks 671280509
Reposted by Christian Otholmsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026hugging face is the most terrifying indicator of where the ai race is, in the sense that the industry is facing completely solvable collective action problems while guided by entrenched, unoustable leaders with the foresight and moral fortitude of above-average pigeons 8719126
Reposted by Christian Otholmjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US 3053841098
Reposted by Christian OtholmFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860741590
Reposted by Christian OtholmPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking. 186151342695
Christian Otholm @christianotholm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Do not ask this woman her opinions on age of consent-laws. 041
Reposted by Christian OtholmBugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"fairness in women's sports" is literally just "ethics in games journalism" like this is the same thing this is part of the same playbook dawg 203142972
Reposted by Christian OtholmJesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 08/09/2026more than anything, i think we’re all learning that people who spent their professional life learning how to talk to computers were completely unprepared for a situation in which it appears that the computer is talking back 171844226
Christian Otholm @christianotholm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The latest OpenAI model was trending on here and I was curious, so I clicked. It was the same two people crossposting hundreds of posts from Twitter. What are we even doing? 110
Reposted by Christian OtholmDr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Using Scrooge to attempt an onscreen rehabilitation of Malthusian views of the poor is a choice, given the character was created specifically to eviscerate those sorts of people (as well as the obvious critiques of industrialists and owners and so on).britishlibrary.cnThe origins of A Christmas Carol | The British LibraryProfessor John Sutherland considers how Dickens’s A Christmas Carol engages with Victorian attitudes towards poverty, labour and the Christmas spirit. 35721
Reposted by Christian Otholmceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on 193218934414
Reposted by Christian OtholmLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that. 8184313063
Reposted by Christian OtholmWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026logging on to the earnest high-info neurotics website every day during the everything going wrong decade: 'you know, the vibes here could be better' 223679717
Reposted by Christian OtholmGrant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The crucial thing to understand here is that Alex has genuinely written a real-world guide to the logistical difficulties of importing a vampire 37621
Reposted by Christian OtholmCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 15/03/2026jedi council started wearing farmer robes to seem down to earth the same way celebrities wear carhartt jackets 417718
Reposted by Christian OtholmNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I begged Woman’s Hour to cover Gamergate in 2014, when it was the NYT front page & UK women in games were living in terror. Gamergate became the model for MAGA. They said they didn’t think it was an important story. That week they covered women mountaineers of the 19th C & new ways with aubergine 71564367
Reposted by Christian Otholman appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It's very bad that we've developed a new dominant breed of debate pervert who spends their entire lifecycle insisting nobody will let them say the things they've said a thousand times and insisting everyone has to have the same debate with them every single time 383741628
Christian Otholm @christianotholm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Not surprising that Bluesky has an overabundance of spreadsheet people, but let’s be clear: Office jobs account for about 44% to 50% of the western labor force, and about 66% of those use spreadsheets on a regular basis. ‘Spreadsheet people’, at best, account for 33% of the labor force. Relax. 020
Reposted by Christian OtholmFergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The default English establishment position on anything remotely complicated: gender identity, neurodiversity, most academic disciplines - really just anything explainable with words bigger than one syllable - is that it's all a load of made-up nonsense and they're not going to fall for it 312750
Christian Otholm @christianotholm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The Walt Disney Corporation made a cartoon about the latest Bluesky drama:static.klipy.comGoofy's Road Rage DrivingAlt: Goofy suddenly turning into Mr. Hyde, once he gets behind the wheel of his yellow car. Disney’s Motor Mania (1950). 000
Reposted by Christian OtholmTomalak @tomalak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It's also important to remember that it did *not* take years for people to figure out how build viable business with the Internet. We're now six years into the "AI" madness, and still literally nobody is making any money. They keep claiming it's like the early Internet, but that's is just not true. 1196
Reposted by Christian OtholmEmma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Meta using disabled people to justify the obscene pervert glasses & the disgusting violation of privacy for everyone, everywhere. Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers. It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion. #spéirghorm novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...novaramedia.comMeta Used AI to Target Disabled and Pregnant Workers for Layoffs, Lawsuit ClaimsDozens of workers are suing Meta over claims it used AI to identify workers for mass layoffs, with those taking disability or maternity leave disproportionately targeted. 121394621
Reposted by Christian OtholmLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13/08/2026According to Similarweb (the source cited for this data), ~27% of Threads' alleged half a billion monthly active users came from Taiwan (or ~135M people) Taiwan's actual population is ~23 million 482490658
Reposted by Christian OtholmThe Enigma of Amigara Walt @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Speaking as a Secondary Source Person: this is an excellent, long overdue essay. defector.com/humanists-ha...defector.comHumanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | DefectorFor many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ... 1174
Reposted by Christian OtholmEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 11/08/2026This Charlottesville Nazi, Andrew Dodson, killed himself out of shame not long after this photo was taken. If you're a Charlottesville Nazi, it's not too late for you. 702283473
Reposted by Christian OtholmRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/08/2026literally 100% of the bad things about "woke 1" are just shit that sucks about social media. if you're complaining about "Woke" and not Gamergate, it's because you're a disingenuous prick. 474701751
Reposted by Christian Otholmflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I remember being dismissively assured it wasn’t true, that this crank zillionaire is funding basically unlimited vexatious litigation 522299569
Reposted by Christian OtholmCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026 2066380
Reposted by Christian Otholmalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters 163184435687
Reposted by Christian Otholmderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/07/2026this is what they took from you 914672795
Reposted by Christian OtholmNathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy 363195023086
Reposted by Christian OtholmRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The only responsible attitude for liberals and progressives to align on is that all right-wing grievances, claims and believes are not only false, but malicious lies. Nothing passes the mouth of an American conservative in public life that is not meant to harm and destroy the lives of millions. 5153121379
Reposted by Christian OtholmVicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026As long as you identify yourself directly and personally with the cultural objects you like you will find critique intolerable, regardless of the quality of the critique or the object 132187
Reposted by Christian OtholmJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Musk is calling for the assassination of a journalist. It's so difficult to comprehend why someone in his position would do such a thing that we naturally give him the benefit of every doubt, but it's crystal clear what he's saying. 441275347
Reposted by Christian OtholmAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Musk wants to seem like he's having fun and visibly is not. Rowling doesn't precisely want to be seen as having fun but clearly is 115225
Reposted by Christian Otholms. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 13/07/2026The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.thepinknews.comAmnesty removes report that called JK Rowling's centre 'anti-rights'Amnesty International UK has removed a report which labelled JK Rowling's sexual abuse crisis centre Beira's Place as "anti-rights". 1291943656
Reposted by Christian OtholmTim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 07/07/2026the problem with the games industry is that it makes money in a sustainable way by creating stuff that people want to pay for this is in contrast to how big capital would prefer to make money, by trying to scale fake numbers to infinity using gambler brained investors lured in by impossible claims 153317892
Reposted by Christian OtholmPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 06/07/2026One of the most mundane truths in the world is that the biggest threat to any person comes from their own government, as a simple function of proximity and opportunity, and begging them to protect you from The Foreigners is a great way to increase your vulnerability. 7774157
Reposted by Christian OtholmBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026lol Threads banned the new Infowars. Silenced for TRUTH. Everybody go yell at them. 444156672200
Reposted by Christian OtholmBenjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m finding this to be a problem when talking to students and the public about our work - anything ML is now thought of as Super ChatGPT instead of stats/physics/signal processing like it actually is 1044168
