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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

An 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.

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The media has the AI threat all wrong

Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Notorious Hacking Group 'OpenAI' Claims Credit For Breaching Australia's Medicare System waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2…

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

29 (!) new job ads in East Asian Studies in the last week, making 352 posts for the new 2026-2027 market cycle. Details below, filter table here for those curious or job seekers: prcurtis.com/projects/job...

A screencap of the introductory text for the webpage "East Asia-related Job market Data in Progress (2026-2027)," which showcases job data information in East Asian Studies. It says "East Asia-related Job Market Data in Progress (2026-2027)
Below you will find a table that presents a selection of the categories I am tracking as a part of my job data analyses. This table is intended to serve as a quick guide to job advertisements from the 2026-2027 season. I have tried to make my data as inclusive as possible, but there may inevitably be positions that I miss. If you do not see an advertisement that you are aware of in the filter table, you can submit the information to me via this form. For information on what sites I use to collect my data, visit a prevous year’s data page and my guide to job sites for academics.

In the course of creating visualizations for East Asia-related academic job advertisements, many people asked if I was making my data available as I collected it, rather than just at the end of the year when I present annual trends and final numbers. My initial response was no. One reason is that I was not cleaning my data as I collected it, so I risked putting out incorrect or incomplete information. Another reason is that I felt torn about whether providing this information in one centralized place was more beneficial for its convenience or more detrimental, in that it might discourage job seekers from learning how to search for that information themselves. In the end, I’ve decided that the data can better serve the field by being accessible throughout the year. Job seekers will always have their own specific needs and interests that will drive their individual searches. Furthermore, the labor of putting this information together is already taking place and may as well be as useful to the field at large, particularly those in precarious positions, as possible."

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 15/09/2026

Colleges could subsidize books for students rather than paying for premium versions of ChatGPT

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it.

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence

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Paul Dempsey @pmdempsey.com · 04/09/2026

The comparative lack of influencers on here is one of the attractions alongside a similar lack of competitive posting to become one. So, though I mean this in the nicest possible way, sod off.

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David Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sony says 'reasonable consumers' shut up and do what they're told

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David Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Got a similar message from MSU a few days ago. Appears to be across the board

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bill Maher doesn’t grasp the concept of “beloved entertainer.” “But I’m too edgy to be beloved” George Carlin was edgy. So was Richard Pryor. They were beloved and deeply mourned. You’re just a dick, Bill. Only assholes will be sorry when you’re gone.

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Making university faculty sit in their offices from 8 am to 5 pm every day, 5 days a week, is insane and serves no conceivable academic purpose. The fact that admins and even *staff* are exempt from this absurd requirement shows the real goal is to make tenured faculty quit.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

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David Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not just Tennessee. My oldest kid got a lot of her favorite books from Dolly, which were then handed down to the second and again read and reread

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a... This is the longest and most heartfelt obit I think I've ever read, and they didn't even get to how Dolly tucked an eagle sanctuary inside of Dollywood & provided free books to every child in Tennessee & managed to stay kind through everything. Our queen forever.

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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A hyperscale data center is proposed across the street from Randy's home. He reached out to Tom Barrett and got a canned response deferring to local control. But local communities are calling out for help. They can't fight Big Tech alone and Tom Barrett is nowhere to be seen.

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Good start but we can go further:

A four-way Venn Diagram between the movies The Odyssey, Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar, and The Martian.

Overlaps:
Odyssey and Ryan: Matt Damon visibly ages decades
Odyssey and Interstellar: Damon is a liar
Interstellar and Martian: Matt Damon in space
Ryan and Martian: Produced by Mark Huffam
Odyssey, Ryan, and Interstellar: People die b/c of Damon
Odyssey, Ryan, and Martian: Damon returns home
Odyssey, Interstellar, Martian: Damon on a ship
Ryan, Interstellar, Martian: Takes place in CE
All four: Matt Damon wants to go home

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

if you're reading all these articles as they come out and assuming the story is "these models are escaping containment and causing danger" and not "this is a PR campaign by companies desperate to build hype" I think you are very silly.

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404 Media @404media.co · 05/08/2026

NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

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Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This photo is one of the ages. And should be made famous.

The caption for it in the HKFP article that it's in reads: "A woman is taken away from indie bookstore Have a Nice Stay, escorted by police, on July 15, 2026. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP."

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 25/06/2026

SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...

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What you see are the eggs
What produces them is the factory itself
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Reporting on Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire should be done with the same general tone as a lethal virus escaping containment, not as an awesome achievement.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 05/06/2026

They’re packaging it like this so it looks like a shallow trend, but Gen Z has gone through two financial crises, a pandemic, rising fascism, active shooter drills since they were toddlers, and are now being told by the oligarchy they’re to be replaced by robots. Socialism is the logical conclusion.

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Kaz Coyotl 𓃦 @mow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Japan: We’re going to die off as a country because of population decline… 😭 Immigrants: Can we stay here, integrate, and continue to be valuable members of society? Japan: Haha. No. Moms: Can I have the support and benefits when I have a child? Japan: HAHAHA. No.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

New issue of Popeye, a Japanese menswear mag, looks great. It's a rare all-English edition and looks at how people from 18 different countries dress. Very aligned with my view of style: diversity and differences are good, and dress is a form of social language. Avail at Kinokuniya.

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Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

East Asian Studies is being gutted at Sheffield - all staff at risk with 8.6 FTE proposed to go (a third of us). Biggest cuts in Chinese and Japanese Studies. We’ll be taking a few days to process. Solidarity to Materials and Chemistry colleagues who are also dealing with similarly bad news.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I make 65k a year right before going up to Full Professor please explain to me again how I am an ELITE and do not understand the perils of normal Americans.

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David Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Perhaps I’m a bit idiosyncratic but I can’t imagine the context in which I come home from a rough day and want to look at myself for 2 or so hours

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Reporter: Why didn't you notify Japan that you were going to attack Iran? Trump next to the Japanese PM: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habour? You believe in surprise I think much more so than us."

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みつを_Mitsuwo🐸 @3wo-chan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

あーやっぱりこうなったか。日本人のエプスタイン文書登場者、伊藤穰一(千葉工業大学学長)がNY timesで記事に “エプスタインの側近が日本でキャリアの再生を掴んだ経緯日本の政府高官らは伊藤穰一氏が率いる技術・起業イニシアチブを支援しているが、同氏のジェフリー・エプスタイン氏との関わりが、このプロジェクト立ち上げの取り組みを危うくする可能性がある。” 2026年2月26日 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

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How a Close Associate of Epstein’s Found Career Redemption in Japan

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 19/02/2026

The Health and Human Services secretary seems as committed to swimming in jeans as he is to destroying the nation’s immune system. 👖 bit.ly/4s4nQv3

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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 29/01/2026

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

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Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'

The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 05/02/2026

RIP nuclear non-proliferation. "The unthinkable is on the list of Japanese security options. Lawmakers and others are already whispering about the possibility of going nuclear" www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

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The unthinkable is on the list of Japanese security options

In the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Trump suggested that both Japan and South Korea should consider the acquisition of nuclear weapons to counter the North Korean threat.

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David Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

More reporting from wired on cbp/ice’s mobile fortify developed by NEC. As they write, manufacturers like NEC are quick to note that their products aren’t actual meant to positively ID. But this is like the warning on q-tips not to shove them in your ears www.wired.com/story/cbp-ic...

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ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are

ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...

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まいなす@コミケ108お休みします @mainasu.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

今回ばかりはいくら考えても批判めいたものしか浮かばず（まあそれだけ現状がひどいんですが）選挙に行くことを勧めることにも躊躇するような事案も多々あり、選挙絵は描くまいかとも思ったんですが、やはりそれでもみんなには選挙に行ってほしいなと思い直し、批判は捨ててまずこういう世界にしたいなというのを描きました。まあインフルエンサーでも何でもないんで自己満足ですが・・・排外主義をはじめとするあらゆる差別に反対します。弱者を切り捨てる政策には賛同しません。戦争につながる外交の放棄にも反対します。文化や教育、科学技術をおろそかにする政策にも反対します。＃投票に行こう

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H. Hirakawa @hirakawah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

この記事にもあるけど、高市政権の成長戦略の重点分野の一つに「防災・国土強靭化」がある。災害激甚化や公共インフラ老朽化を考えれば、間違いなくやるべきことなんだけど、一方で排外主義を煽る中で、「誰がその仕事するの？〈日本人〉だけでできるの？」という疑問がある。農業もそうだが、建設の現場は外国人労働者なしでは回らなくなってるのが現状。おまけに建設資材の高騰で、新宿駅南西口再開発計画のように、建設予算が足りず、施工会社が見つからないなんてことも起きてる。要するに、日本の産業経済の現状と政策が乖離してるし、とくに外国人政策と農業・インフラ政策とで、政策同士も矛盾してるのが気がかりすぎる。

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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

To all the non-academics who don't understand the point of academic freedom and don't care to learn about it, let me give you a factor you might care about: Tenure is the biggest reason you get my services at a steep discount over my private sector value.

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David Humphrey @hagured.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I always imagined it as two bursts of blood spurting out the top. But yeah, this makes more sense

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