Reposted by ffaelunMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this. 32814197
Reposted by ffaelunMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 05/10/2026hey it’s a gay bar story about who to actually be mad at 11208307
Reposted by ffaelunNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026first part of my thing writing about upcoming surgery is out for free now www.patreon.com/postoctobris...patreon.comThe Vaginoplasty Monologues: #1 | November KellyIt's not an easy thing to write about your vagina, especially when it isn't real. I don't mean that in the sense of the transphobic, 'you wi 1131638
Reposted by ffaelunAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My friend Nova has been on a surgical wait list for 11 years and might finally be getting healthcare in Spring. She wrote this little piece about persistence and how much worse the NHS has gotten since she was first referred 4676105
Reposted by ffaelunlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/10/2026I worry in the next few years we're all going to have to have some patient, complicated conversations with older or less media-engaged relatives who see the le epic trump takedown posts but do not stuff like this about who Gavin Newsom Really Is 321529286
Reposted by ffaelunEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/10/2026This is the dodgiest and most-desperate thing I’ve seen in the bubble so far. Amazon selling their chips to a group of investors and leasing them back - an off balance sheet arrangement done in plain sight. Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. And they’ll probably buy more! 611112264
Reposted by ffaelunAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes. 701296293
Reposted by ffaelunPodcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Socialism is when you mildly change the pension system to promise an undefined social system in five years 811719
Reposted by ffaelunsolomonhughes.bsky.social @solomonhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026(1)Invasion of the Pod People : Burnham is trying to shift Labour leftwards against "shareholders never lose/public never win' , but the party conference is still set up to hear corporates first, with lobbyists/sponsors "pods" in prime position- and half his Cabinet back these corporates over him.. 1114
Reposted by ffaelunRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We can read the equivocations mate here i circled em for you 732684
Reposted by ffaelunNelle from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her) @neillyleftistcook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This Crypto-Conservative Britain will utterly destroy the Good Friday Agreement while hiding, snivelling, behind it. 19926
Reposted by ffaelunVƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I do not think it is much of an exaggeration to say that British media is one of the least trustworthy institutions on the planet. 251830478
Reposted by ffaelunParis Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.disconnect.blogThe media has the AI threat all wrongGenerative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios. 271738590
Reposted by ffaelunlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026started listening to the audiobook of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by richard rhodes on my walks and came across the Death Machine passage this morning. still hits like a hammer 15 years after I first read it. my GOAT will never be washed 32745112
Reposted by ffaelunCrowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026oh, don't worry, she does that as well 212126
Reposted by ffaelunNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A lot of people said a lot of things about the ineffectiveness of production limitations for generating greenhouse gas reductions and speeding up renewable adoption for the past decade which were clearly false. May "keynesianism means we have to keep building oil and gas infrastructure" finally die 8378104
Reposted by ffaelunMikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...youtube.comInside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the PressYouTube video by People Make Games 221186449
Reposted by ffaelunMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 24/09/2026Aaron Swartz is no longer here to tell us what he saw like twenty years ago. futurism.com/artificial-i... 91390421
Reposted by ffaelunthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Threads is Chernobyl levels of “nobody is talking about this” for things that either everyone already knows or that have not even a glancing connection with reality 1454955
Reposted by ffaelune.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 24/09/2026the more I learn about this scene, the more I wonder how exactly Elon fits into the picture 1112116
Reposted by ffaelunTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard" 3098462767
Reposted by ffaelunGregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s Sable’s 5th Anniversary! I’ve written some reflections on what the game means to me, and to celebrate I’m delighted to announce that @lostincult.co.uk are reprinting the Sable Design Works Find out more here: www.eteogames.com/sable-turns-...eteogames.comSable Turns Five with a Design Works ReprintReflecting on the Five-Year Anniversary of Sable, and announcing a reprint of the Sable Design Works art book. 1136093
Reposted by ffaelunMatthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23/09/2026wild scenes out of Springfield, Missouri. Two people were arrested for trying to voice concerns about Flock cameras. Video of it is in the story404media.coWoman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock CamerasCitizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council... 5257107
Reposted by ffaelunmivven @ghostsghouls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It cannot be overstated how much Bret does not make an argument in this column. He does not list a single worthy book he thinks was excluded. He clearly has not read the vast majority of the books. His entire critique is just “these books are written by women and minorities, which is bad”. 231012179
Reposted by ffaelunSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act. 13341041197
Reposted by ffaelunJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I thought this might spark some more interest: the provost of the most pro-AI Ivy alleged to have used AI to write his “don’t worry too much about AI” op ed for WaPo, academic work, & even his response to the student paper breaking the story. I teach here. This makes it much harder. 1111640
Reposted by ffaelunEndless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It is right and just to constantly talk about how much things were *supposed* to cost if AI shitheads weren't constantly making everything worse 2749411877
Reposted by ffaelun-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❄︎ ☃︎ @moxiest.art · 11/09/2026you sold out trans kids for this? you voluntarily tanked your momentum on the left to try and appeal to batch of hypothetical moderates that the last decade of texas elections has shown don't actually exist? can you get your money back? 9609101
Reposted by ffaelunDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Your regular reminder that Matthew Syed, who has his own BBC radio show, enthusiastically endorses the white supremacist Great Replacement Theory. 26284107
Reposted by ffaelunMatt the Dad Dude @undefeatedmatt.wifeguy.online · 19/09/2026Yes, Undefeated Matt is just like Hitler because he pointed out that you’re a mealy mouthed liberal bitch who would side with Hitler as long as he could criticize Stalin.liberalcurrents.substack.comThe Dirtbags Won’t Save UsThere is no path out of our present crisis offered by the exultation of callousness. 1435217
Reposted by ffaelunjenny 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 3053851098
Reposted by ffaelunNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Nina Power’s willingness to go on a podcast by the extremely niche and almost-forgotten Claire Khaw, for example, has not been reported on, and remaining evidence exists in the few screenshots I took of the podcast announcement bsky.app/profile/nate... 0184
Reposted by ffaelunonion person @junlper.beer · 18/09/2026midwest oil refinery shuts down due to lack of supply. saudi arabia is unable to provide any oil to anyone until october. the bab al-mandab and hormuz strait both closed. it’s so cool to be alive in the worst energy crisis in history. can only get this with republican leadership! 502556291
Reposted by ffaelunMax Read @maxread.info · 17/09/2026surprised I haven't seen more people sharing ellen huet's 2023 article about the culture of predation and abuse w/in rationalismbloomberg.comThe Real-Life Consequences of Silicon Valley’s AI ObsessionSam Bankman-Fried made effective altruism a punchline, but its philosophy of maximum do-gooding masks a thriving culture of predatory behavior. 215731
Reposted by ffaelunMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington 7233431001
Reposted by ffaelunSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Genuinely: where is the Prime Minister? Critical infrastructure has been occupied by a fascist paramilitary, volunteers who save people's lives have been threatened and it seems to have gone unremarked upon. 29965377
Reposted by ffaelunKill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 16/09/2026Beer isn't addictive. It makes you more sociable and is a great way to spend time with friends. That's why I have eight of them a day: because I love talking to my friends so much 191669138
Reposted by ffaelunNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the things I find funny about this situation is regardless of how Sheeran feels about Palestine, he could have just stood up for his friend. Something like my friend is being unfairly attacked, I know who he is and he’s not how he’s being described, etc. He just comes across as so spineless. 251040104
Reposted by ffaelunGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 14/09/2026Shocking development from a European leader who has never seen a genocidal regime indiscriminately slaughtering Muslims that she didn’t love 226440
Reposted by ffaelunKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/09/2026I think it's foundationally weird that all of these stories about meaningless AI industry guardrails fail to remind readers that the tech industry ENTHUSIASTICALLY supported the dismantling of federal regulators by historically corrupt autocrats like that's not important context or somethingkarlbode.comAI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of ControlThe press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function. 318434
Reposted by ffaelun🫀𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙔 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿𝙎🦇 @wearyworlds.net · 14/09/2026One of the named venues reportedly forcing Macklemore out is Raymond James Stadium that held TWO Kanye concerts this summer if that doesn’t paint an insane picture 693184
Reposted by ffaelunColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Months of work on FWS & the problem of making it fit with NI law alongside @sylviademars.me and @aoifemod.bsky.social is finally ready to see daylight. Short answer, it doesn't fit. Yes, the situation is so serious that it warranted the Mean Girls quote in the title. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com'She Doesn't Even Go Here!': For Women Scotland and Northern Ireland LawThe UK Supreme Court's For Women Scotland (FWS) decision has caused considerable and controversial impact upon equality law's protections for trans people in Gr 321945
Reposted by ffaelunScifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Long before the internet and Audible we had spoken word records and tapes from Caedmon Records, a US based spoken word label founded in 1952 by college graduates Barbara Holdridge and Marianne Roney. 1031069
Reposted by ffaeluneb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia 323275494
Reposted by ffaelunIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026Pretending the days after Sept. 11, 2001 were some kind of gauzy Hallmark special when we came together as a country is nauseating and ahistorical. The country went completely insane and has not recovered 13877971481
![Research [25] shows that people [26] enjoy the feeling of winning games [3,5,19]. Enjoying things can lead to longer life expectancy [2], higher economic productivity [9,22,33-40,302] and improve mental health [9]. Yet many games still include losing players [67,4]. A recent study showed that less than half of the players in a Chess [1] match win on average [42]. We have developed an LLM-driven co-creative [66], user-led [11], mixed-initiative [80] assistant for Chess [2], through which players can redefine the rules of Chess [3] using generative AI prompting such that they are the winner of Chess [4]. A study (n=3) showed that 100\% of people felt better, healthier and more self-actualised after using our tool, showing that this may be the way forward for games and human culture more broadly in the future.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h5kgtr755iczaqxomeh2pmh7/bafkreicu2p2o3is64z5k37n222hgahp67ssca6ro3nggbjtpwasig2zzbi)
