C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 1mHave been reading @karenhao.bsky.social's excellent "Empire of AI" and what I've gathered is AI job automation isn't the main hell. The hell is AI already being used for global worker super exploitation and surveillance on a level an 1830s piecework factory boss could only dream of. 000
Reposted by C.M.PettittTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7hA commenter on an IG post about specific AI annihilation scenarios said, “it's very irresponsible to post this story on the internet where AI can see it.“ 😂 2835
Reposted by C.M.PettittTara O’Connor @taraocomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count! 1421654214
Reposted by C.M.PettittGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026when u run out of olive oil but just spent your last twenty bucks putting three gallons of gas in your car 3816
Reposted by C.M.PettittJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Amazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock will go unwatched.jacobin.comAmazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its WorkforceAmazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock will go unwatched. 22615
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When you're an old tech person and an even older non-tech person sends you an image: imagejpeg_0(1).jpg 010
Reposted by C.M.PettittAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Works Progress Administration was created in May 1935 as part of the New Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. One of the WPA’s most idealistic goals was to send books and librarians to areas where there were none. Read more: bit.ly/4hkgtNC #ALA150 06430
Reposted by C.M.PettittCecil @milonsecretcastle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The idea that cats yearn for Outside because it is essential to their wellbeing is such wild projection and it bugs me. Cats also yearn to be in the bathroom when I am pooping and to be given anything i ever dare to pick up in the kitchen, even when it is a knife or some asprin 1576
Reposted by C.M.PettittTim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 27/09/2026From @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. Here's an Atlantic Puffin on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. #birds #puffin 218014
Reposted by C.M.Pettittnancy 🦋✨ @nancyk5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Anok Yai closing for Ferragamo Spring 2027 #fashionsky 313743
Reposted by C.M.Pettittcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026so called free thinkers when mommy takes the warm soft sheets out of the dryer 283460302
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's Sunday, the traditional day to stealthily unfollow accounts you finally notice never add alt-txt to images. 010
Reposted by C.M.PettittSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...calendar.eji.orgSep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than IntegrateLearn more about our history of racial injustice 251142437
Reposted by C.M.PettittAccessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The same image can be used in multiple contexts and need to have different alt text in each instance. As Sheri Byrne-Haber points out in this blog post, context is a critical aspect of alt text that many people miss. www.sheribyrnehaber.com/context-is-t...sheribyrnehaber.comContext is the most critical aspect of alt-text everyone seems to miss - Sheri Byrne-Haber's BlogThis is the article I SWORE I would never write. But I have a different perspective on alt-text than most accessibility managers, so I decided to share it. 0179
Reposted by C.M.PettittRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Damn, these new trains are NIIIICE. 1131224
Reposted by C.M.PettittBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 26/09/2026omg I got DOZENS of crows in front of the Moon, mostly like this shot. can't wait to go home and find the best one. tho. I can. because I need to buy some broth first. 🪶 🐦⬛ 1243981
Reposted by C.M.PettittDr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sunrise song. You'll want the volume up for this one, but not too high. Every coyote within a half kilometre radius decided to make themselves known this morning while I was enjoying the sunrise from the kayak. A truly magical moment. #mammals 🌿 42556151
Reposted by C.M.PettittDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is awesomeabc.net.auPumpkin mosaic of David Attenborough breaks world recordA British farm used more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes to create a portrait to celebrate the 100th birthday of Britain's most famous naturalist. 10449102
Reposted by C.M.PettittMashable @mashable.com · 23/09/2026Netflix's new reality show "Wonka's Golden Ticket" uses AI Gene Wilder as its host. The beloved comedian passed away in 2016, but his voice lives on in AI form. At least Netflix didn't use AI to create the new Oompa Loompas. What do you think of this AI resurrection? Let us know in the comments 👇bit.ly'Wonka’s Golden Ticket' on Netflix: How it uses AI Gene WilderThe Oompa Loompas are back as well. 3673910
Reposted by C.M.PettittFrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Two years ago today 🌿 Monarch Pass aspen 211613
Reposted by C.M.PettittPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Georgia’s second-largest school district has abruptly banned Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from school library shelvesgpb.orgGeorgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials. 43511284
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Any AI news story starting off with "rogue" or "swarm" remains unread. There is no rogue AI; there is bad security. There is no AI swarm; computer programs contain many instructions, some repeating by design. 022
Reposted by C.M.PettittCool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"She Bought a Bicycle and Bloomers Instead of the Furniture" The Illustrated Police News (UK) November 21, 1896 930976
Reposted by C.M.PettittMatthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 22/09/2026Due to the terrible gating of scientific and other academic works, the actual text of the Stanford two-brain study is not available online to the public. But you can read the pre-print which was released last year www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgTwo parallel lineage-committed progenitors contribute to the developing brainThe hindbrain is a life-sustaining brain region. In one model, a common neural progenitor generates all brain regions. Here our studies of mouse embryos and human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) suppor... 0296
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A local business's restroom wallpaper always perks me up. #skulls #dayofthedead #diadelosmuertos 010
Reposted by C.M.PettittTim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 22/09/2026One of nature's cutest little creatures, this is the Pika. #wildlife #pika 733647
Reposted by C.M.PettittMatt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 16/06/2024“Satan is in Libraries” Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification 351846554
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please for the love of my blood pressure tag anything with the vile hate monger #hegseth. 010
Reposted by C.M.PettittGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 21/09/2026Monsieur Noir in the Yellow Room (2026) Elena Polishchuk 014934
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#bookcover #1970s #artificialintelligence #computers #techhistory @doctorow.pluralistic.net 000
Reposted by C.M.PettittJoseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As an American Jew, this is why the proposition of Israel never made sense to me. You do not create a place where Jews are safe by making it so only Jews are safe. You do so by creating a place where everyone is safe and free. There is no other way 012619
Reposted by C.M.PettittAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I need folks on #bluesky to stop casually posting disturbing racist imagery and/or at least flag it as a trigger warning please. 412827
Reposted by C.M.PettittTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I hand over an invisible ‘Tree Of The Day’ award to the most charismatic tree I see on each of my walks. Here are just a few past winners of this esteemed but still largely unknown prize. 925954
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 19/09/202620th century historical facts: chopped ham loaf and American cheese on white bread with mayonnaise is what flavor-averse children lived on exclusively before the arrival of chicken nuggets. 000
Reposted by C.M.PettittJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/09/2026Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.nextgov.comGSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineerThe U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites. 23740393
Reposted by C.M.PettittKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026“Our burritos aren’t evil enough. How can we fix that?”wired.comChipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety RisksThe burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents, employee illnesses, and other factors. The partnership comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US... 931463
Reposted by C.M.PettittRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/09/2026Aerospace Flowchart xkcd.com/3298/ 543321414
Reposted by C.M.PettittC.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026AI isn't capable of thought or emotions but it is capable of vandalism. 021
Reposted by C.M.PettittCorinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people 152189591
Reposted by C.M.PettittAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11177653629
C.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Was about to blame trash pandas, but a visual poop analysis proves the festival thrown in the basement junk pile awaiting curbside junk pickup day was organized by possums. 030
Reposted by C.M.PettittMichaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"if trans people criticize the democrats then the republicans will make sure there's no future elections!" wow that sounds bad. I guess you better make sure trans people have nothing to criticize then. unless you love republicans and hate democracy, I mean. seems like a lot of you hate democracy tho 119759
Reposted by C.M.PettittAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026lol the vibe shift in AI hype feels like a ploy by U.S. tech bros to permanently keep out competitors. They are cosplaying concern so they can "regulate" their competitors out of existence. It's not about safety. It's about money. 16487107
Reposted by C.M.PettittThe NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 11/09/2026An earlier post incorrectly stated that McClatchy laid off 40% of its unionized workers. McClatchy laid off at least 90 workers out of about 300 workers represented by TNG-CWA. 142
Reposted by C.M.PettittThe NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 11/09/2026These are the journalists and the coverage communities are now left without, as told by the publications’ workers: newsguild.org/mcclatchy-la...newsguild.orgMcClatchy laid off 40% of its unionized workers; here’s how local coverage will suffer | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 11813
Reposted by C.M.PettittAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.transiticsnews.comI’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids. 9064162557
Reposted by C.M.PettittBeatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Black Panther Party 60th Anniversary Oakland, California October 15-18 2026 14011
Reposted by C.M.PettittC.M.Pettitt @cmpettitt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Monty Don taught me how to divide and move plants. This canna lily and dozens of other plants give thanks. 041