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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TBH a not-insignificant part of the enduring hatred towards "stochastic parrots" is because the authors of it are women and they aren't in the little boys club of the AI labs, but 3/4 are on Bluesky, so follow them: @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social & @mmitchell.bsky.social /7

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Breaking through a world of slop with carefully crafted and thoughtfully edited writing in which every word matters.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love @ketanjoshi.co's recipe for counteracting the "Anslopocene."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What a fascinating story - definitely worth reading from start to finish.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AI's not the main topic of this research, but it comes up. Fortunately, the study finds that most people don't consider AI chatbots to be a top source of news.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Duolingo, wtf is this? Because it's certainly not a good German vocabulary lesson.

Screenshot from Duolingo German language lesson with nonsense words to translate, including "in wat," "om toestemming," and "waaruit."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is the article on AI I've been waiting a long time to read. I won't do it the disservice of providing a summary of excerpts - you really have to read the whole thing yourself. But I WILL provide a few especially pointed quotes that really resonated with me:

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I loved Emily Wilson's translation, LOVED Nolan's Odyssey and am thoroughly enjoying @gregpak.net's play-by-play of reading Wilson. Good fun! And spot-on analysis!

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

They say the perfect post doesn't ex...

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"Shit Disneyland—a fake place that you have to stand in line for a long time to get in, even though you don’t really want to be there" kind of feels like everything now www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/bad-fascis...

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Bad Fascist Party

At the Great American State Fair, a celebration of death.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is a fantastic thread, with some very good thoughts to take to heart, wherever you might be in your own "save the world" journey.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

How it’s going How it’s going to go

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happy Markets Manipulation Friday to all who celebrate!

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

What a great story with a marvelous and happy conclusion!

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This is such a good read. I've already read it a couple of times, and it's worth revisiting regularly.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is an excellent piece that comments on the damage that GenAI causes. "I hate that I’m forced to make art, or to enjoy it, in an age where technology, industry, and individual choice conspire to undermine our trust in each other at every turn."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I started playing "Rocky Road to Dublin" on repeat in April 2025.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Great open letter from @moryan.bsky.social. Inject this righteous anger directly into my veins.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The US is at war and repression at home is going to get worse. I'm old enough to remember during the Iraq war the FBI infiltrating quaker meetings and vegan potlucks and cracking down on anti-war groups and outspoken Muslim leaders. The US surveillance state has grown exponentially since then. 🧵

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Holy sh.. - the most powerful piece of writing I've read in a long time.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/02/2026

"No experience? No problem. Gone are the days of unpaid internships. We’ll train any motivated individuals with the skills they need to succeed: writing, editing, and plowing the fields."

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Digital Media is Broken, So We’re Turning Our Company Into a Feudal State

Face it: digital media is broken. Advertising revenues are dropping, employee turnover is skyrocketing, and publications are making ends meet with ...

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Excellent piece describing this administration's hunger for a one-stop shop with all of our personal data. DOGE, guided by Elon Musk, supercharged this effort by eliminating the traditional boundaries between data held and managed by separate government agencies.

Emily Tucker, the director of Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology, suggested the agency could be constructing a surveillance system that, in my estimation, would make “Minority Report” look like child’s play. Homeland Security, she said, “is increasingly emphasizing ‘interoperability’ in its contracting.” That is a strong sign that the agency wants to connect a range of databases, which could include those with your biometric data, employment data, driving records, credit reports, tax data, social media data, cellphone location data and automated license plate reader data. “They are seeking data about every aspect of the lives of everyone,” she said.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"They can't take us all down." - Giancarlo Esposito❤️

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Great piece, as always, @willbunch.bsky.social. MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail is one of my favorites because it so effectively calls out this perennial "why can't we just all get along?" type of cowardice.

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I gotta log off and write. Go read this poem. Just go read it.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Does everyone have a warm bed? Does everyone have enough to eat? Does everyone have a place to be safe? Whose getting snatched in the night? - Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 24/01/2026

I will never forget the chill I felt the first time I read "About Face" by @natepowell.bsky.social I didn't want to accept what it said about the future that is now staring us in the face I encourage everyone to read it now that we no longer have a choice popula.com/2019/02/24/a...

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About Face

Death and surrender to power in the clothing of men.

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WalkingTaako🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"Yesterday's civilian becomes tomorrow's insurgent after today's atrocity." - @mikeduncan.bsky.social, Revolutions, Season 4, Episode 19

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Really good article by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer about AI and why the biggest problem with it isn't "hype" - it's how it's enabling assaults on democracy, workers and anyone who disagrees with the current political project of those in power.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

It was weirdly fitting that the Charlie Kirk murder blended into the 9/11 anniversary as once again Americans were told to “watch what they say” The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

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Americans told to watch what we say about ‘free speech icon’ Charlie Kirk

Professors, teachers, journalists and others get canceled for what they said about right-wing free speech advocate Charlie Kirk.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I'll echo this recommendation. "Why We Fear AI" provides a refreshing take for anyone who's read the hype-filled books written by tech bros, offering a much deeper dive into the real-world implications of "AI" (which is not really intelligent) and the motivations behind the companies pushing it.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Really happy to review Why We Fear AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer. I encourage people to read the book, because it's a refreshingly thoughtful take on the current state of so-called "AI" and why the tech is being promoted so heavily despite its many flaws and limitations.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

hi @politico.com my name is marisa kabas and i publish the handbasket and you basically copied my story and then linked me in the 23rd paragraph of your story without specific attribution: www.politico.com/news/2025/07... here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...

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Have you seen this man?

In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson is nowhere to be found.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I talked with @astra.bsky.social about the apocalyptic politics of Christian Nationalists and tech oligarchs, how AI is capturing and altering us toward fascist ends, and how we can fight "end times fascism." Audio + transcript:

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Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite

“They understand that what they’re doing is devastating, and they’re doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

@bagleycartoons.bsky.social is always so good, but today's cartoon really says it all.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Great episode - highly recommend.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Merkley had a pretty effective day. Or will have, if you make this go viral.

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