Francis Beaudet @francisbeaudet.com · 26/04/2026media.tenor.coma man wearing a cowboy hat and an orange shirt is driving a carAlt: A scene from Smokey and the Bandit. Burt Reynolds, a wearing a cowboy hat and an orange shirt is looking at the camera, smiling and then, driving away. 010
Reposted by Francis BeaudetAlastair Somerville @acuity.design · 14/01/2026Feeding the Novelty bias of some people Not for useful or usable things but for magic beans and shiny beads 011
Reposted by Francis BeaudetSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 14/01/2026💯 "Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This. If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comElon Musk Cannot Get Away With ThisIf there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists. 13015
Reposted by Francis BeaudetBex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 10/01/2026What this has done in fact has simply moved content off the timeline and into private interactions with grok. So deepfake porn is still happening, in a less transparent way 032
Reposted by Francis BeaudetSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 08/01/2026In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell? 581040380
Reposted by Francis BeaudetTom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The only way to win the communications war long term is to stop using the tools owned and controlled by those that hate you and want to stack things against you. 2419
Reposted by Francis BeaudetThe Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 08/01/2026A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent. www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...hilltimes.com‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent. 610541
Reposted by Francis BeaudetBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 09/01/2026This use of Grok isn't personal perversion but political terrorism: it's designed to silence women, make us retreat from public life. Exemplified by the digital desecration of the body of Renee Good: someone prompted Grok to deepfake a bikini on her corpse. "You're next" is the message to women. 18548218
Reposted by Francis BeaudetParis Marx @parismarx.com · 08/01/2026“We’re very concerned, but we’re going to keep letting it happen for now.” 610626
Reposted by Francis BeaudetKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/01/2026For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines 14886722571
Reposted by Francis BeaudetStef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 03/12/2025For my dataviz and flag enthusiast friends, here's a project that analysis flags around the world, their colors, symbols, layout, changes, and so much more (too bad the contrast is meh though, hard to read white on light gray). By Ferdio flagstories.co/ 1126
Reposted by Francis BeaudetDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The "liver, fava beans and a nice chianti" line in Silence Of The Lambs is a little joke for psychiatrists in the audience - those foods cannot be consumed with the meds (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) that Lecter is supposed to be taking. 833575
Reposted by Francis BeaudetHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 21/11/2025This is an amazing fact 7684125
Reposted by Francis BeaudetOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic Houses Through Eight Short Documentariesopenculture.comExplore Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic Houses Through Eight Short DocumentariesLook up the word architecture in the dictionary, and though you won't actually find a picture of Frank Lloyd Wright, it may feel as if you should. 14113
Reposted by Francis BeaudetThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 03/11/2025Let's start this week. 1869
Reposted by Francis BeaudetErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 27/10/2025People do not need "AI literacy". They need a gd intro to statistics and probability course. 3396
Francis Beaudet @francisbeaudet.com · 24/10/2025So if you're a MS Office subscriber and got a notice that the price went up. It's because are now charging for Copilot. You can opt-out by cancelling your subscription. When you do, they will offer a Office365 "classic" option which is at the previous price and doesn't include Copilot. 111
Reposted by Francis BeaudetSasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 28/08/2025Check out this excellent reflection by Ethan Marcotte: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-noti...ethanmarcotte.comA notional design studio. — ethanmarcotte.comA design language, if you can keep it. 121
Reposted by Francis BeaudetCyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 27/08/2025whoever did this, I would be absolutely thrilled to buy you a drink. seriously - dm or find me, I'm the only Cyd Harrell on the internet. I'm good for an excellent beverage & a civic tech rage session. americabydesign.failamericabydesign.failAmerica by Design FailTrump fired the best designers in the Federal Government 710825
Reposted by Francis BeaudetCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Geese in Flight Benjamin Chee Chee ~ Anishinaabe 1976 115337
Reposted by Francis BeaudetMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Me ten years ago: sure, I'll read your 10,000 word thinkpiece on teletubbies as a modern-day justice league. Me now: it's a 1m57s video and you're imploring me to "watch to the end"? I think not. 29810
Reposted by Francis BeaudetMurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 18/07/2025But the company would access all those recordings and data mine them for anything they could sell. No, they don’t tell people that. Yes, everyone does know it. No, there’s nothing you can do about it. 113323
Reposted by Francis BeaudetJennifer Wright @jenashleywright.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Whenever I see men post this I think about how when women are lonely, it's not pitied. It's used to chastise them for not being nicer to men. Meanwhile, when men are experiencing a "loneliness epidemic" they decide the answer is *also* that women should be nicer to men. 441511235
Reposted by Francis BeaudetRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 10/07/2025Friends, please share! Proofs are ready for @skeuomorphpress.org's edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s "A Rant About Technology." I am so pleased with this book—in many ways our 1st real book project Details about how to get one through our fundraiser at skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu/le-guin-book... 1419891
Reposted by Francis BeaudetAlastair Somerville @acuity.design · 08/07/20251974 JRR Tolkien calendar does not get very racy in either his poses or clothes 132
Reposted by Francis BeaudetKat King @katalogofchaos.bsky.social · 02/07/2025When I was young, old people had trouble double clicking Unrelated, it's gotten so my phone has such nuanced gestures that I do the wrong one as often as the right one to accomplish what I want (eg swipe left to the next tab in the app vs swipe edge left to minimize the whole app) 001
Reposted by Francis BeaudetThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 02/07/2025If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to 8474072910966
Reposted by Francis BeaudetOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/06/2025"When you outsource the thinking, you outsource the learning." deplet.ing/the-copilot-...deplet.ingThe Copilot DelusionDisclaimer: This post was written May 2025, and the arguments apply to AI code capabilities at this time. The arguments around lack of competence are certainly likely to become less prevalent-while th... 110040
Reposted by Francis BeaudetThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 27/06/2025Andrew Stanton's Wall-E was released 17 years ago today. Still one of my fav sci-fi animated movie. 🤗 1018018
Reposted by Francis BeaudetJen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen. 56109353683
Reposted by Francis BeaudetChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Aye, SecUnit, righte ther wyth thee. 445173
Reposted by Francis BeaudetElizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 23/06/2025we have broken the promise of due process 2266
Reposted by Francis BeaudetThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23/06/2025PM Mark Carney has described developing fossil fuel infrastructure as “pragmatic.” But it’s unclear how a country grappling with abysmal air quality due to wildfires fuelled by global warming will benefit from further fossil fuel development. Deborah de Lange writes.thetyee.caMark Carney Is Turning His Back on Climate Action | The TyeeAnd Canada is losing a chance for leadership and sustained economic growth. 45366137
Reposted by Francis BeaudetCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Learning the etymology of words, because our brains love a good story, is phenomenal for remembering new vocabulary. And morphology (learning roots, suffixes, prefixes, etc) helps with remembering & guessing meaning of unfamiliar words too. #LangSky #etymology Top notch infographic with alt-text 212345
Reposted by Francis BeaudetPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025If a colleague had the reliability rate of an LLM, they would be fired. If ordinary* software did, it would be uninstalled. LLMs require the chat format, because chat makes us party to the conversation. We insert the meaning ourselves - and hold it to a different standard. It's the mirror effect. 352758768
Reposted by Francis BeaudetKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025If a human told you things that were correct 80% of the time but claimed, flat out, with absolute confidence, that they were correct 100% of the time, you would dislike them & never trust a word they say. All I'm really suggesting is for people to treat chatbots with that same distrust & antagonism. 512666546
Reposted by Francis BeaudetDeb Brown 🚨🇺🇲 @debpixcom.bsky.social · 11/06/2025#Throwback (2019) 1015127
Reposted by Francis BeaudetScott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 08/06/2025This is absolutely delightful 3787
Reposted by Francis BeaudetMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 30/05/2025Andrew has posted the full opening credits/theme song to The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon! 34707211
Reposted by Francis BeaudetErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 30/05/2025whocouldhavepredictedthisohyeaheveryone 23810
Reposted by Francis BeaudetAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025An absolutely chilling story about a cost of climate disasters we don't think/talk about enough, from @ninalakhani.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comSexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, report findsExclusive: One in six female survivors surveyed felt forced to engage in ‘survival sex’ for necessities after 2023 catastrophic Hawaii fire 5192123
Reposted by Francis Beaudetdan sinker @dansinker.com · 30/05/2025The Times finally reporting what we all could see: Musk was absolutely tripping balls the entire time he destroyed the government. Very polite of them to wait to drop this until he’d left the position. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/3… 48722
Reposted by Francis BeaudetThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 28/05/2025It's fascinating how much generative AI has become a reflection of climate change. We know what's happening, but we carry on as usual, regardless of the consequences. The important thing is to save money in the short term, and good luck to those who follow. 210515
Reposted by Francis BeaudetLarge Heydon Collider @heydonworks.com · 28/05/2025📢 New video and a big announcement! briefs.video/videos/intro...briefs.videoIntroducing: Webbed SitesA video from Webbed Briefs 1913848
Reposted by Francis BeaudetLa Presse @lapresse.ca · 07/05/2025lapresse.ca| Carney au festival de la grossièretéLa performance de Mark Carney sera décortiquée sous tous les angles et j’attache ma calèche au cheval du consensus : le premier ministre s’est très bien débrouillé, tenant tête au président des États-Unis sans se faire prendre en grippe. 5294
Reposted by Francis BeaudetCheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 05/05/2025I mean, we had evidence that physical buttons were better a decade ago, but that wasn’t enough and it was also too late to prevent the years-in-advance line planning delay of most automakers who chased taillights on the touchscreen war without waiting to see whether it was a good idea. 15814
Reposted by Francis BeaudetDan Saffer @odannyboy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025FINANCIAL NEWS: Tesla is a disaster CUSTOMERS: Fleeing company in droves CHINA: Launching cheaper EVs TESLA: Delays in new model production MUSK: Something something robotaxis (giggle) FANBOIS: Shut up and take my money 131