Reposted by Jacob SouvaNick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 19hSeriously just enforce normal liability for AI on the owners and so much of this shit goes away AI companies want to be treated like the hired expert when it comes to pocketing any financial flows, but like a cursory Google Search whenever it comes to liability 634896
Reposted by Jacob SouvaRep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Trump administration is cutting financial aid for degrees it says don’t “pay off”—including social work, early childhood education, and the arts. These careers contribute meaningfully to our society and we should be creating pathways to education, not erecting barriers. Congress can fix this! 517142
Reposted by Jacob SouvaJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 723431658
Reposted by Jacob SouvaKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026I am so so so glad whenever someone mentions the fact that Amazon named an entire arena CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA and then promptly stopped mentioning climate pledges ever again @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest is a great read: billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-crime 313444
Reposted by Jacob SouvaGina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Amazing! I always love hearing (and seeing!) the impact of portfolio day in our community. Looking forward to seeing your next piece this Thursday, @thornockstudios.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart 0181
Reposted by Jacob SouvaThe Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026A team of researchers tested 21 vehicles and found that all of them transmitted data to a third-party domain. And over half were pinging advertising companies. www.theverge.com/transportati...theverge.comYour car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said. 86927
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Your daily reminder that tech oligarchs are making climate change worse by building data centers running on dead dinosaurs to give us technology that might kill us or take our jobs billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-cri...billmckibben.substack.comAmazon CrimeAnd Other Tales of Billionaire Lying from the Data Center Wars 011
Reposted by Jacob SouvaDavey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam 151937584
Reposted by Jacob SouvaJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend. 772046434
Reposted by Jacob SouvaChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us. 6538199
Reposted by Jacob SouvaLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359711997
Reposted by Jacob SouvaEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This has really cracked open something for me. I had been thinking about free speech discourse in terms of hypocrisy, but this illuminates a much more consistent throughline (derogatory). 826759
Reposted by Jacob SouvaMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad: 141215591
Reposted by Jacob SouvaBruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The greatest threat to your health – worse than cholesterol, worse than obesity, worse than smoking – is Republican governance. 0132
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026⭐️ 5 things from the studio ⭐️ 1. Evolving #kidlitart style 2. Too much freedom = lame results 3. Sharing our #kidlit failures 4. Awards and expectations 5. Angsty about the future? Lots of runway to become your best creative self jacobsouva.substack.com/p/championin...jacobsouva.substack.comChampioning Our Failures (Gulp)5 things from the studio 030
Reposted by Jacob SouvaMark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Geneviève Godbout makes the most beautiful #kidlit books ever. If you have not laid your eyes upon her gorgeous work do it now. Now. NOW! @genevievegodboutillustration this Friday day at 2am Eastern, on insta, on Gab ‘n’ Doodle. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #kidlitillustration 392
Reposted by Jacob SouvaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026States aren't just laboratories of democracy. Some like Montana and Hawaii have become the frontlines for saving our democracy from Citizens United and restoring power to the people. Read this piece from James Baratta in The American Prospect.prospect.orgCan the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics? - The American ProspectStates giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, 482589963
Reposted by Jacob SouvaJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-k...talkingpointsmemo.comWho Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today!We don’t know what’s going to happen in the midterms. But we... 1132047
Reposted by Jacob Souvadigby @digby56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will never get over how incredibly stupid this is. Do they not know what risk pools are? Do they not know what insurance is??? 1281666302
Reposted by Jacob SouvaDaniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI. 78438345
Reposted by Jacob SouvaT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 22/09/2026300+ Wendy's restaurants file bankruptcy because Trump's tariffs have made beef too expensive www.themirror.com/lifestyle/fo...themirror.comWendy's faces 300 closures across 15 states due to crippling beef pricesOne of the largest franchisees operating 314 outposts of Wendy's across the country filed for bankruptcy partially due to record-high beef prices linked to Trump's tariffs and agricultural issues 1217579
Reposted by Jacob SouvaElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/09/2026Why food chains taste worse (and cost more).youtu.beWhy Food Chains Taste Worse (And Costs More).YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren 54616189
Reposted by Jacob SouvaJena Benton @jenanbenton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do you have a favorite day of the week? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/09/21/s...jenabenton.comSimply 7 with Ashley Franklin: OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEKDo you have a favorite day of the week? 124
Reposted by Jacob SouvaBrian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 19/09/2026“Getting answers from a bot can create ‘the illusion of learning’ for students who reach for A.I. ‘at the first hint of struggle,’ the M.I.T. committee wrote in its August report.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comAn M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. (Gift Article)As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. 04312
Reposted by Jacob SouvaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year. Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago. Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed. Meanwhile... 42958362835
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’ve worked digitally for a very long time. Should I? #kidlit #kidlitart jacobsouva.substack.com/p/should-you...jacobsouva.substack.comShould You Make Your Art With a Computer?A 2026 update on ‘analog vs digital’ 030
Reposted by Jacob SouvaNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140426455
Reposted by Jacob SouvaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio. 16637111036
Reposted by Jacob SouvaMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices. 633175667
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Really, really good from @joshtpm.bsky.social. I'd add "obviously in-the-tank" right wing media to the last line. When ppl get really angry at Trump/Big Tech, the purveyors of the "trust us and us only" media should get a ton of the blame too. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-is...talkingpointsmemo.comAI Isn’t Conscious But Are Its Feelings Getting Hurt?I just noticed this Politico piece which contains a poll they just... 000
Reposted by Jacob SouvaAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It looks like ICE is freaking out over all of the unqualified, un-vetted, un-fingerprinted desperation hires, so now officials are mass firing everyone that should have never been hired in the first place. wapo.st/3VfSxCd 831390430
Reposted by Jacob SouvaMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026Tell me again that climate change is a hoax. 221022375
Reposted by Jacob SouvaBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026US data centers will be use more natural gas than any country except China, Russia, Iran and the United States. It's like we're inventing a huge new nation, just when the climate needs it least billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...billmckibben.substack.comThe Two Horsemen, Riding in FormationIs There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense? 10290143
Reposted by Jacob SouvaGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you 8980992032
Reposted by Jacob SouvaIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/09/2026TODAY: The Senate is expected to take up a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption. There is absolutely no good reason for any Democrat to support this legislation. Email your senators and demand that they vote NO on the CLARITY Act.act.indivisible.orgUrge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto CorruptionLast year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d... 12593294
Reposted by Jacob SouvaDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026holy shit this is so perfect 313238
Reposted by Jacob SouvaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. 23767622517
Reposted by Jacob SouvaJacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 11/09/20265 #kidlit #kildlitart things from the studio: 1️⃣ jazz-like warm up 2️⃣ over indulgence in detail vs story 3️⃣ who can call themselves a viz artist? 4️⃣ duel! 🤺 5️⃣ inside the pizza box 😜 jacobsouva.substack.com/p/supremacy-...jacobsouva.substack.comSupremacy of Story5 things from the studio 032
Reposted by Jacob SouvaDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026"Clean energy is an expensive luxury favored by wooly-headed liberals" has a 30-year head start & the full weight of the RW media machine behind it. A few Dems saying "clean is cheap" a few times -- even as other Dems back off from their clean-energy commitments -- is not going to turn that around.heatmap.newsWhy ‘Clean Is Cheap, Cheap Is Clean’ Isn’t Breaking ThroughNew polling by Heatmap and Embold Research shows where one of climate advocates’ favorite arguments for renewables is falling short. 2941890
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 11/09/20265 #kidlit #kildlitart things from the studio: 1️⃣ jazz-like warm up 2️⃣ over indulgence in detail vs story 3️⃣ who can call themselves a viz artist? 4️⃣ duel! 🤺 5️⃣ inside the pizza box 😜 jacobsouva.substack.com/p/supremacy-...jacobsouva.substack.comSupremacy of Story5 things from the studio 032
Reposted by Jacob SouvaBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The plagiarism machine I created will likely kill us all, there’s a 40% chance, no, higher, like 75%,or more! But NO I will not “unplug it,” that’s an insane suggestion. The scientific solution is to *give me more money.* 122976643
Reposted by Jacob SouvaSubscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For the past two years I've been tracking every bill proposed in state legislatures across the country to figure out what Republican plans for the future are. The answer, based on these 1,182 bills, is that they want to repeal the 20th Century heartlandsignal.com/2026/09/09/b...heartlandsignal.comProof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century – Heartland SignalRepublicans are in Dallas this week making the case that the other side is the extreme one. We read the legislation they introduced in all 50 states and built a searchable record of what we found: 1,1... 451919751
Reposted by Jacob SouvaMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record | Great piece on the record warmth and how it is tied to human-caused climate change via @afp.com: www.france24.com/en/live-news...france24.com'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters recordThe United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dire impacts of climate change. 15430194
Reposted by Jacob SouvaChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think the political left should be the loudest voice calling for an AI model development pause, frontier pacing, and mandatory third party audits right now. Put aside the doomer stuff (though I think it’s plausible), we just found out that OpenAI’s agents committed a pretty major felony! 1132633542
Reposted by Jacob SouvaDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Obviously this is a hilarious and obvious lie but it's instructive in that Trump knows he's supposed to care about this thing, and manifestly does not and cannot care about it, and so he has to put himself into the story just to make it something he can talk about. He almost died that day! 1163246548
Reposted by Jacob SouvaThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 4239361777
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026When a book hits with a room full of kids, it’s electric. When it doesn’t… um, yeah. Some more thoughts on Mac Barnett’s Make Believe: 🤩 jacobsouva.substack.com/p/uninterest... #kidlit #kidlitartjacobsouva.substack.comUninteresting Books for KidsWrestling with Make Believe Part 2 040