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Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

everyone considering this, have a look at ahmath.org compare and contrast

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

rokos basilisk except its just future humans looking back and remembering all the creators who worked with ai and then still not to supporting them

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ghent University members are asking for support, so its institution can investigate Cofnas as its regulations require, and because: "appeals to absolutist academic freedom as a guise for pursuing racist and pseudoscientific research threaten the integrity and credibility of research as a whole"

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There are dozens of academics signing this open letter to defend the American Eugenicist Nathan Cofnas from the consequences of his own actions. They are calling him a “whistleblower”

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As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here is Nathan Cofnas’s full suspension letter, which makes incredibly clear he was not suspended for whistleblowing.

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Her polite applause is something I have seen from so many women in combat sports.

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

yall should get South of Midnight now. it's self-published by Compulsion Games, microsoft is out of the picture. they could use the support! store.steampowered.com/app/1934570/...

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South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient pow...

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I can confirm Nicole is just as brilliant a writer as she is an editor, so if you're looking for some delicious queer romantasy to read and review, sign up for an ARC now!

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Clarissa C. S. Ryan @wintersweet.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ok friends who like games, music, and silliness: my dear friends @valerievaldes.bsky.social and @intenselyeric.bsky.social have 699 followers on Twitch and I would LOVE for them to cross 700! Tonight is Alan Wake which tbh I lurk in bc SCARY but they do many things www.twitch.tv/thekidsareas...

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Valerie and Eric play video games! Currently streaming: Alan Wake | Streaming alan wake.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/08/2026

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 31/07/2026

I'm proud to announce this morning that I ALSO failed to do basic due diligence to air gap my hacking software and it immediately proceeded to do exactly what it was programmed for the only conclusion to be made is that the singularity has arrived and you should give me large sums of money

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Hilariousad, if you know a bit about AI in infosec.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

When Democrats participate in attacks on trans folks—from misgendering to entertaining the notion that there are “legitimate” concerns over trans equality and participation in society—they’re helping the right.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Had a delightful time chatting with @wiswell.bsky.social at Greedy Reads last night about The Dragon Has Some Complaints! Thanks everyone who joined us -- despite dire forecasts we did not get swept away by tornadoes (or eaten by dragons). Go read this book, it will fill you with joy!

On the stage at Greedy Reads, John Wiswell saying something funny yet insightful while Jo laughs

John Wiswell and Jo Miles at Greedy Reads bookstore, holding up their respective new rel--wait a minute!
(actually John and Jo goofing around swapping books)

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Abstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Effective Altruism is cultish and bad. People will think you are being mean and rude by saying so, because on the surface, a lot of EA opinion-havers just seem like a bunch of earnest nerds. But if you let them talk for a little while, it doesn't take long for the eugenics and genocide to come out

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"But that objection misses the point entirely. The point is... that there are some human functions for which computers ought not to be substituted. It has nothing to do with what computers can or cannot be made to do. Respect, understanding, and love are not technical problems.” ...

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Joseph Weizenbaum's 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason, has long been out of print - used copies sell for hundreds of dollars. It's wild that this is not more widely available given how much his ideas still apply to the world we're in now. 🧵/

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Clint Ryan @clinteryan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"Bear!" shouted Mr. Curry. "Bear, you've steered the wrong way!" "I'm sorry," said Paddington, fumbling with the ship's wheel. "It is rather difficult with paws." He threw a lever in case it would help. The ship accelerated. There was a mighty eddying and foaming in the noisome brine. 1/3

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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 13/06/2026

everything said by anthropic should be treated as a marketing campaign unless proven otherwise

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aliii✨✨ @gigixmelo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Also don’t invest in Space X… Per ig: @/your.richbff

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dinipandareads 🐼💜📖 @dinipandareads.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Happy Cover Reveal Day! 🎉 I'm so excited to take part in the cover reveal for The Beckoned and The Bound by @thoughtsstained.bsky.social! This cover is SO gorgeous it makes me even more excited for Nicole's debut romance fantasy 😍 #BookSky #CoverReveal dinipandareads.com/2026/05/20/c...

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Cover Reveal: The Beckoned and The Bound by Nicole Evans

Hi 🐼 friends! I’m so excited to be back with a cover reveal today for The Beckoned and The Bound by Nicole Evans. This is Nicole’s upcoming romantasy debut and not only am I excited to …

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

“My hypothesis is that women will use AI to do more work. Men will use AI to get out of doing more work. And, every argument that is not dealing with the preconditions of this gendered inequality is not thinking seriously about AI” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lost...

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Anya Chalina @anyachalina.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Some larger illustrations I drew recently 🔍

The artwork shows a scene with a palace and a city square with people walking around the scene. The palace is composed of smaller buildings and has lots of ornaments, hidden statues and murals with various landscapes and portraits. On the right side, there are stairs leading to a scenic overview under gazebo. The view shows some water with a large boat and other palaces on the horizon. City square has a river running through the center with two bridges on both sides. In the foreground, there are carriages and some characters participating in various activities. The artwork was inspired by Rococo style and all characters wear big wigs and extravagant clothes. There are herons flying in the sky and large curtains hanging from the sky as if it's a stage play.

The image shows a scene with a decorated city. The city is assembled in layers with arches, bridges and stairs. The buildings are decorated with windows resembling stained glass and there are mosaics on some walls. Behind the city there are imaginary flying vehicles and a kite. In the center of the artwork there's a wall with mosaics and stained glass and a large bow pulled by two blue herons. There's a fountain in front of the wall with a sculpture of two open hands and a heron sitting on it. The middle ground shows a floor decorated with small tiles and various characters participating in different activities. There's a girl walking on the parapet near the water. A possum drinking from a cup on the table. Two ladies sitting at another table holding cups in their hands. A woman in a large hat walking with umbrella in her hand. On the right side there's a young man playing violin while sitting on the parapet. A knight riding a horse and a woman sitting in the boat. In the center of the artwork there's a young couple running towards a vacant boat. There are swans and lilies in the water. The artwork is mostly pink and lilac with some pops of yellow, green and blue.

The image shows a Victorian style house with different rooms and characters placed around the house. The house has three floors and 15 rooms plus balcony. There are 30 characters in the piece, 6 dogs and one cat. Rooms from top to bottom: balcony, master bedroom, hall, nursery, attic above nursery, butler's room, 2 servant rooms, study, dining room, hall, restroom, parlor, foyer, kitchen, pantry. Each room has various furniture and a different color scheme.

the artwork shows a vertical garden made of four sections. The garden has a fountain, a gate made of arches and four gazebos. There's a circular window on the right side slightly covered by a divider. The garden is decorated with various pots, tiles on the walls, plants and other decorations. There are two small pools in the foreground and a woman with white hair standing in the center of the image. There are 5 more woman in the image sitting on different levels of the artwork. The artwork is mostly blue, green, purple and pink.

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Clint Ryan @clinteryan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I write a monthly newsletter for my department, and almost every month I find incorrect citations. I remember wasting hours in grad school trying to track down a few citations that simply did not exist, though. "Have honest citations" shouldn't be revolutionary or controversial.

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Particularly in the context of (appropriate) crackdowns on LLM-generated papers (e.g., on arXiv) and more and more tales of fabricated citations, two reminders: (1) LLMs do not "cite their sources" (2) Using an LLM to generate, complete, or fix LaTeX code can result in fabricated citations

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

"So this means you expect every author to actually *read* their submissions before submitting them? Outrageous!"

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.

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Scott @reapermediasr.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I realized months too late that Groundhog's Day doesn't have any holiday songs (unless you count I Got You Babe) so I thought maybe we could take some Christmas songs and rework them? So far I've got one. On the first Day of Groundhog's my true love gave to me A partridge in a pear tree!

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Tyler Hayes @bytylerhayes.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

~SELF-PROMO GIGATHREAD~ I'm author of kind, hopeful, and queer SFF stories, and I have things you can buy! My main offering is THE IMAGINARY CORPSE, a fantasy noir about an ex-imaginary friend battling trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer of ideas: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609709...

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A dinosaur detective in the land of unwanted ideas battles trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer of imaginary friends. Most ideas fade away when we’re done with them. Some we love enough...

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Dr. Fim @fim.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Not me, laughing at this for 10 minutes straight.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026

This is how Yoshitaka Amano draws Final Fantasy characters

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PorcupineGirl @porcupinegirl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

They just contacted me for a followup focus group for this - & they said they still need people to take the survey! It's focused on Jin Yong's works but you do NOT have to have read any Jin Yong to participate. Any English translations of Chinese novels works!

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Clarissa C. S. Ryan @wintersweet.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This researcher still needs respondents to their survey for readers of English translations of Chinese #wuxia novels–share and help them out! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/readi...

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Mike Headley (He/Him) @mikeheadley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Okay hear me out: the video game Satisfactory is a perfect example of why Gen AI is bullshit. I will explain.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/01/2026

Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.

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Tyler Hayes @bytylerhayes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

~COMMERCIAL BREAK~ Seanan McGuire said "The Imaginary Corpse is one of the best detective noir stories I've read in a long time. It just happens to be about a plush triceratops whose best friends are a disembodied hand and a four-color superheroine." You can buy it here! tyler-hayes.com/publications

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Alt: The word "WOW!" zooming in close to the camera and back out in a loop

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 13/01/2026

(going to actually promo for me for once) Hi. In addition to the sapphic and trans femme books I write, I also sell stickers, pins, and bookmarks. Please consider checking out my shop. I'd love to ship something to all the remaining US states I need to this year. ko-fi.com/anotherindie...

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hey folks, tell them what you think:

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Do I have any humans who make book covers willing to do an interview about the process? Especially Indie authors that make their own ( @danifinnwrites.bsky.social you are at the top of my list to bug about this 🤣🥰) Covers are such an integral part to the sale of a book that Id like to showcase 1/

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

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Ari Marmell @mouseferatu.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord. You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?

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