Reposted by Hettie BellCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1h"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers. 9583130
Reposted by Hettie BellKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3hFUCK YES. This is the energy, morality, and courage that I expect from leaders. Unbelievably brave. 262441429
Reposted by Hettie BellIGN @ign.com · 9hThe Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. bit.ly/4hMhPzG 3439241263
Reposted by Hettie BellClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4hthey always show their asses eventually because the thing is that you cannot truly, sincerely care about women if you don’t care about trans women. the minute you carve off any one subcategory of women you claim are “lesser” in some way, you’ve declared women’s rights to be conditional by definition 1534132
Reposted by Hettie BellTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 7hThe idea that ambiguity in communication is what causes men to rape is another one of those fictions we indulge in as a society to obfuscate how sexual assault is more or less a game to men, how groups of men encourage and enable each other and how it forms the basis of their social standing. 5512128
Reposted by Hettie BellNative Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 9hIf I have an aneurysm tonight, please know it’s on behalf of all of Albertan folkx you told you all of this long ago and you didn’t believe us. 1102
Reposted by Hettie Bellrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15ha little louder for the cheap seats in the back 1732841178
Reposted by Hettie Bellclyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 03/10/2026everyone is dunking on this but disney has the brand synergy power to just squash the harry potter show like a bug and get kids really into brooding southern gothic witches instead, and i support them in this effort (quoted image is a promo poster for disney freeform hulu's coven academy) 310624
Reposted by Hettie BellHeather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 21hThis is awful. Absolutely awful. Children have a right to education and in the hellscape that is Alberta we've got the government preventing that from occurring. Why does the Alberta government hate people so much? 02110
Reposted by Hettie BellGim @bestyoutuber69.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just overall a great guy who DEFINITELY disclosed his crimes to people close to him, it's just so happens to be none of them are his collaborators or businesses publishing his stuff Those are actions of someone who regrets his actions and strives to do better 02478
Reposted by Hettie BellGim @bestyoutuber69.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Couldn't find the time to write a better apology but has all the time in the world to lock Instagram, delete LinkedIn, delete posts linking him to uni, disable showing earnings on patreon, unsubscribe from patrons of his colleagues and hold comments for review It's clear he changed as a person! 138919
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 21hlet me get this straight the nhl is coming up with bullshit "hockey romance" nonsense to try and appeal to female fans but then they have the camera guy at the Stars game filming female fans AND ONLY FEMALE FANS eating at the game then playing that footage in reverse on the jumbotron? 150
Reposted by Hettie BellMary Gillis @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026If we had a federal government that wasn't firmly up the ass of Big AI, they'd make it a crime for an AI to put people in mortal danger by sending them into wilderness areas with fictional instructions. If a human kept doing this, they'd probably go to jail, even under existing laws. 4533195
Reposted by Hettie BellMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Please share this with every "send a message" Alberta voter in your life. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...readtheline.caJen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh?Vote to stay and send Washington the right message. Namely, don’t fuck with us. 17283145
Reposted by Hettie BellJoram Wolters @joramwolters.com · 04/10/2026This is a good list, I usually lead with "All of genAI was born from crime with the specific intention of harming (creative) labourers, no increase in output quality or efficiency will ever solve it's ethics." 23815
Reposted by Hettie Bell👻 Gordon Little 🎃 @gord.games · 04/10/2026This is the reason tech bros want their gen AI to be considered alive / sentient / conscious. To give it legal protection as it steals from creatives, generates CSAM, and tells people to kill themselves. 1127
Reposted by Hettie BellDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work 18633163
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All the men who pathetically brag about eating pussy on their dating profiles need to get on this guy’s level 270
Reposted by Hettie Belljess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087033986
Reposted by Hettie BellMark Dewey @markiemaypo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That as could be considered an act of war. 0255
Reposted by Hettie BellAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Alberta separatists sought US help to break up Canada, offering the province's oil, water and land while Trump threatened Canada with tariffs and annexation; US Republican operatives offered the separatist campaign voter-targeting technology. #cdnpoliyacnews.comAlberta separatists asked the US to help break up Canada and offered the province's oil, water and land in returnAlbertans vote on 19 October after separatists offered the US government the province's oil, water and land, Michigan Republicans brought in software that exposed nearly three million voters' data, an... 55436253
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I love Ryan gosling in Bladerunner 2049 and hate Jared Leto in it just as much as 270
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The studio that tried to shelve Coyote vs Acme, everyone 050
Reposted by Hettie BellJay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What the 51st Stater seppies don’t realize is that they won’t be a state, they’ll not be able to vote, and they’ll not be wealthy because all the money will be funneled into a decaying empire. It’s the road to servitude not freedom. 85211
Reposted by Hettie BellDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Engaging with an existing trope or plot pattern, isn't about simplicity or robot formulas. It's rather about an acknowledgement of the history of your field, a constant intertextual conversation with (or against) the meanings that have built up around certain tropes. 117723
Reposted by Hettie BellDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In other words, these are existing forms that you engage with and use, but this is not an act of plagiarism or repetition. Instead, through iteration (repetition) and variation, these 'strong forms' 'accumulate connotations' across the genre. They become richer, more complex. 415115
Reposted by Hettie BellDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The note that genre fiction (in their case the Gothic) uses 'strong forms' (familiar patterns and tropes) which 'easily lend themselves to codification in terms of conventions or 'rules' of composition. They are constraints authors take upon themselves.' 11247
Reposted by Hettie BellThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.” Modry and Rath, again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province 34229132
Reposted by Hettie BellBenjamin Boles @benjaminboles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This makes me think about this batshit insane article I read the other day: bsky.app/profile/sjsh... 0101
Reposted by Hettie BellLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026I joined @charlieangus104.bsky.social earlier this year to talk about these Michigan Republican operatives and how Alberta separatists were using their app I’m left wondering who chartered their private jet? youtu.be/2dJ3-qlFf3Myoutu.bePETE HOEKSTRA AND THE STOLEN VOTER DATA ?!!YouTube video by Charlie Angus 24717
Reposted by Hettie BellSam Da Bear @samdabear09.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Everyone of the people cited in this article should be arrested for treason. The premier should cancel the referendum no later than noon today; she should also be charged with treason. 031
Reposted by Hettie Bellelron Hubbard Jr. @odorono35.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Time for some criminal arrests here, this is getting ridiculous. 0152
Reposted by Hettie BellLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa... 34458328
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Speaking as someone who HAS forgiven and found grace for men who have abused me? My personal forgiveness is mine alone, to give and to live with. Nobody else in the whole wide world should be expected to open themselves to potential harm just because I chose to forgive that person. 160
Reposted by Hettie BellRavel Glossmoth @raveltglossmoth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yeah, you desperately need to read this, and then delete this entire thread, this is gross. He faced no punishment under the law. He didn't cooperate for shit. He talked her into making him breakfast. medium.com/the-nib/trig...medium.comTrigger Warning: BreakfastThe morning after I was raped, I thought I could create another story 0133
Reposted by Hettie BellDr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026CW - Rape apology. You American women talking about rape as if it’s about fucking personal sin and not systemic violence and misogyny make me sick. Leftists my ass. YOU ALL NEED TO STOP FAWNING AND GET A GRIP! 3203
Reposted by Hettie BellMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026remember when every company was like "we're gonna make a leaderboard for uses the most AI" until someone looked at their budget 141508193
Reposted by Hettie BellGiraud, basically @giraud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I often remind myself that Marcus Aurelius has freed me from the burden of constant take-having: 04617
Reposted by Hettie BellAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thread below: www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comRiot police clash with students as education protests rage in FranceAbout 735 schools have faced disruption as violent protests over standards and lack of teachers continue. 715888
Reposted by Hettie BellMichael Edwards @medwardsva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fucking anger I feel. Not even because of the merger or Newsom, but the fact that this piece of shit is just gonna fade into the background having made god knows how much money off of fucking over thousands of people the last 7 years. 9343132
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Anyone know what Canadian authors are supposed to provide to Anthropic for their settlement? They’re asking for a SSN or TIN but the ITIN I have from the US govt doesn’t work and I doubt my Canadian SSN will either? 210
Reposted by Hettie BellA Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Premier Smith claims that 700,000 Albertans have signed petitions advocating for this vote. But that is a profound falsehood. The vast majority of those signatures came from the Forever Canada petition, which sought to prevent a secession referendum." 021
Reposted by Hettie BellDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 259184424874
Hettie Bell @hettiebelleau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the "tiny bee wings" tweet lives rent free in my head because I'm pretty sure she literally channeled the voice of god for that one 030
Reposted by Hettie Belldarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026every day it seems like a brand new sentence is written to describe the state of the world 1953591
Reposted by Hettie BellThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them. 441721334
Reposted by Hettie BellSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026your response to “I was raped” should not be “I was right” 6694761804
Reposted by Hettie BellBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5254932421
Reposted by Hettie BellWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 National interest and such 318466
Reposted by Hettie BellHeather 🍁 @hganshorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you're going to interview Parents for Choice in Education, maybe note for context that they are a lobby group with close UCP ties that was behind both the opt-in sex education policy, and the school library book bans. #ABEd #ABLeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caIn the face of a new neutrality law, Alberta educators grapple with referendum lessons | CBC NewsIn Brett Dibble’s Grade 12-level social studies classes, lessons about Alberta’s 10 fall referendum questions are among the first issues students dived into this school year. 344