Sign in

earl grae

@earl-grae.bsky.social
8 followers 12 following 66 posts

product strategist + ux researcher analyzing the rubicon that is our current moment. prudent student of B/black, queer(ed) life. go valks ⚔️ engaging in critical dialogue @ pagestrg.com/blog-pod they/she 🇯🇲🏳️‍🌈♾️ 💭 substack.com/@earlxgrae

PostsRepliesMedia
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 10h
i had a conversation recently with someone who asked if i really thought most people wouldn’t want to use llm tools to learn about things they couldn’t before. i explained that not everyone has the motivation or space to just learn for fun, especially in this economy.
100
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
top tier compliments in my book: ▪️“that’s such a good question” ▪️“no one’s ever asked me that” ▪️“i’ve never thought about this before” ▪️“you are hilarious”
010
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
pulling up #AddToBlacksky
011
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
a few recent additions to my reading catalog: - monstrous intimacies by christina sharpe - empire of ai by karen hao - the reverse centaur’s guide to life after ai by cory doctorow - beyond settler time by mark rifkin the catalog as i’ve documented so far: earlxgrae.substack.com/p/reading-ca...
four books laying on an orange couch cushion. titles and authors of the books are listed in the post
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“learning happens by doing.”
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy? …When you ask about the bridge collapsing itself, you’ve lost the thread.” god, i live for a sharp metaphor.
06016
Reposted by earl grae
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
Toby Ord, Cofounder of the Effective Altruism movement, longtermist who believes humanity's goal is to create vast amounts of digital beings to colonize the cosmos, is the one advising your lawmakers on "AI".
Toby Ord tweet: 72 lawmakers in the UK have sent a letter to the Prime Minister, calling for an immediate ban on the development of superintelligence and the championing of an international treaty to do the same worldwide.

Quote tweeting 

Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley
@alexsobel's tweet: 
With 71 colleagues I am calling on the Govt to work with us on my bill to prohibit the development of superintelligent AI and champion an international agreement

We can then lead on preventing the extinction risk posed by superintelligence
6239102
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
went for a walk with the intent to read and ended up writing. this is the second time that's happened. love that for me
001
Reposted by earl grae
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
AI Doomerism has been in the news lately, especially with the loud, viral resignation of Jacob Coxon from Anthropic. Maybe I've missed it, but I haven't seen any statements from CEOs and other execs who are more on the AI Booster side of the ledger. >>
527281
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
i was telling a partner of mine about the thai food i had for dinner the other night. i couldn’t eat everything before getting full. i told them, “it was so good, i was mad i couldn’t finish it.” their response: “that’s wild.” is that wild tho?
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/8/13/ti...
democracynow.org
“Deep Unlearning”: Timnit Gebru on AI Hype, Ethics & Algorithmic Racial Bias
We speak with Timnit Gebru, a leader in the field of AI ethics, about how artificial intelligence is entrenching societal biases and inequality. Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Dist...
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
there are several adults that need to be on these new kid-specific meta accounts they’re agreeing to roll out
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
building the muscle to just say the thing is underrated
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
tbh ai is making this much easier to resist
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
doing all that i can to shake the black-woman-coded urge to go get a phd
001
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#valkyries are not shooting well tonight thus far. minnesota’s d is good, yes, and also, we’re also missing open shots we should be making. shooting 24% from fg and 14% from the 3 ..ouch
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🗒️loose thoughts: this CU Boulder story has me wondering what the value of a college degree is in the age of AI at this rate 🤔 in a way, the value has been questionable from my view for a few reasons, but for this particular moment, it’d seem to me its more reported values of knowledge gained (1/2)
denverpost.com
As Colorado universities align with ChatGPT, student AI resisters take a stand against the ‘plagiarism machine’
“The majority of my participants flat out don’t think AI has a place in education,” said Mirakle Wright, a CU graduate student who is studying resistance to artificial intelligence.
100
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
today i learned you can “win” a fifa peace prize while actively at war 😂
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
commodifying insider trading is not what i expected to hear about this morning lmao 😭
001
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
i been starting my mornings at the pool and i am living for it
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
starting the week with rubberz stuck in my head. did i know this song before ASW? no 😂 #wnba
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
literally needed to put in ear plugs while watching the odyssey 😖 glad i had them with me
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
i'm sure it'll be used for exactly that... it's not like it comes with an actual medical care discount 🙄 ppl are out here struggling
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
i been starting my mornings at the pool... gotta make the most of this unemployment. i wish i could call it "funemployment" but given the current job market, that feels performative af 🥴 nothing fun about the prospect of finding where i'm off to next in this moment
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
shooting was a struggle today but we pushed thru 😮‍💨👏🏽
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
feeling 9 WINS IN A ROW fine 💅🏽 #valkyries #wnba
081
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
all i can think in response to this is: at what point does the hope become false? or is it false from the start?
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
oowee nail biter til the very end 😮‍💨 (and okay mo bill, we see you) #wnba
030
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
bruh, they gave her the ball then took it back to allow for the sub??… bruh, what? #wnba
131
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
8 in a row babyyy ⚔️ #valkyries
picture of a tv at a bar in an outdoor area. on the tv, is a still of coach of the golden state valkyries, natalie nakase, as she walks up to shake the opposing team’s staff for handshakes after a winning game. also pictured the still at the bottom is a graphic showing that the valkyries now have 8 wins in a row which is a franchise record
130
Reposted by earl grae
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
“As influencers continue to present surveillance-capable devices as fashionable, convenient technology, they help normalize a culture where we are accustomed to being constantly recorded and having our data collected.”
thedailytexan.com
The surveillance state, voiced by Kylie Jenner
Columnist Tia Chatterjee argues the acceptance of content filmed using smartglasses reflects society’s growing acceptance of surveillance and erosion of privacy.
45627
Reposted by earl grae
Justice Everywhere @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In this week's post, Justin Clardy asks what emotional affairs are and when, if ever, they are wrongful. @the-joap.bsky.social justice-everywhere.org/general/did-...
justice-everywhere.org
Did I Cheat? Rethinking Emotional Affairs
In this post, Justin Clardy discusses their article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on what emotional affairs are and when, if ever, they are wrongful. PeopleImages / Shutte…
032
Reposted by earl grae
Willeta @willeta-alexander.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Six consecutive wins!!! Ballhalla is so proud of you ladies!! 💜 #Valkyries #WNBA
static.klipy.com
Whitney Houston Clapping Enthusiastically
ALT: Whitney Houston Clapping Enthusiastically
1102
Reposted by earl grae
Justin Sherbert @justinsherbert.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hell yeah Valks nice win! The entire bench should get a collective Sixth Player of the Year 😤😤😤 Just hope Gabby and VB are OK! Gabby's injury looked like it hurt too 🤕🤕🤕
021
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
i’ve gotten to hug people i haven’t seen in years this weekend. my heart is full
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
i now have two mosquito bites and one of them is on my elbow🥴 get me back to the west coast, stat
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
walked away from the spades table with a mfn win 😤 ain’t played in a min, still got it 💪🏽
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
this 🎯 & the story that the losses are squarely on the refs is getting tired. ppl gotta look at the stats (or actually watch the games). 5 L’s in a row… it’s not a conspiracy. dream’s gotta reduce turnovers & make more of their shots, and they haven’t been doing either reliably
010
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
we love a sweep 🧹
000
Reposted by earl grae
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
For more on how to talk about tech sold as "AI" in more precise terms: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com
How to talk about
Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...
11333121
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
valks defense looking like we got some rest. but ceci and these turnovers tho 😓 let’s wrap that up
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
the amount of implicitly shifting norms at work are whooping my brain’s ass. cognitive load is maxed out <— i drafted that 14 days ago lmao
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
still distraught that ai has royally fucked em dashes for me 😔
000
Reposted by earl grae
LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.news · 03/07/2026
NEW from LCRW: Last weekend, SFPD brutalized trans-focused Pride events in San Francisco. @misoshnik.bsky.social talked to over a dozen people who saw what went down from a car attack to riot lines and assaults on bystanders.
leftcoastrightwatch.org
FOR TRANS SAN FRANCISCANS, PRIDE WAS A POLICE RIOT | Left Coast Right Watch
SFPD spent the last weekend of Pride Month brutalizing trans people
213057
Reposted by earl grae
dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
normalize making out with your friends
2314
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
the concept of defining a sentient being’s value on an amendable document as if those who were recognized as worthy by default weren’t already bought in to that doc’s 1st version & could successfully, magically adjust to a revision with no real intentional push behind it… now, that shit is wild.
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
in the dmv area visiting a friend & the amount of amrcn flag attire i’ve seen on these old yt ppl at my hotel is concerning &… impressive? the flag itself is incredibly tacky, who knew there were so many pieces of clothing with its print. also… am i in danger? (rhetorical) cuz it feels like it 😅
000
earl grae @earl-grae.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
welp, now i have a proper summer break that i was not planning for
000