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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One of the biggest things to me is this is *on by default* and OpenAI not disclosing humans may read chats like this. I asked where they do disclose it, the company didn't answer. They did quietly update info telling people how to opt-out after I emailed them though www.404media.co/inside-proje...

404 Media asked OpenAI if it had explicitly told users that humans may review their prompts in order to improve ChatGPT’s responses, and if so, to point to where this disclosure is. OpenAI did not answer this question. Its website describes how humans may review flagged content in the context of material that violates the site’s terms of service, or that poses a safety risk, but that is separate to this sort of review. Its privacy policy also says it may use “personal data” to improve its models. If a user chooses to delete their ChatGPT conversations, OpenAI says it will remove these from its systems within 30 days, unless “it has already been de-identified and disassociated from your account when you allow us to use your Content to improve our models.”
OpenAI told 404 Media users’ chats won’t be used to improve the company’s models if they turn off the “improve the model for everyone” setting. This is turned on by default for free, Plus, and Pro plans, so users need to proactively turn it off if they wish to do so. OpenAI said this applies to users’ new conversations, so does not appear to work retroactively. Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers have the model improving setting off by default.
After 404 Media contacted OpenAI for comment, the company updated its help page about the “improve the model for everyone” setting, adding more detail on how people can opt-out. It still does not acknowledge that humans may read ChatGPT users’ prompts.

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404 Media @404media.co · 14/09/2026

And by the way, from our scoop, we also discovered that Anthropic is also using human reviewers to read conversations.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

we need more bats on here

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Jonathan Ho @jbho34.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's fall, time to draw a cat sitting in a tree

a small black cat sitting in a leafless tree back lit by the sunset

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is a memorial, “I miss you still”, that was installed at the end of a funeral procession. The “weird art” is a telephone that encourages people to dial in the number of dead people so you can process your grief by speaking to “the wind”. Many types of memorials have them.

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Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Neil Armstrong never knew one of his greatest legacies live in Chinese public washrooms, where a parody of his famous "one small step" quote is plastered above every urinal, urging men to walk closer to avoid spillage. "One small step forward, one big step for civility".

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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We shouldn’t have to rely on charity for things that taxes and living wages should be providing

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Already missing how lively Church St used to be when pedestrianized… People felt free to sit, linger, chat, & hangout instead of just walking by or heading straight into the bar.

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

again i am just not that interested in debating whether human rights should theoretically extend to robots and ai when we currently don't even extend them to all humans

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Jennifer Dionisio @jenniferdionisio.com · 19/08/2026

It's way past time that mentioning the artist when promoting books, physical media, film posters etc. should be the norm. With slop everywhere, let ppl know you hired an artist! This is good marketing, you look good because of it. Which is why it feels suspicious when ppl don't do this

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Its a shame Toronto doesn't have solar canopies and large EV fast charging stations all over it. Would not cost much and would be actual leadership on EVs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeKz...

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 18/08/2026

Earlier this year New York City launched a program where people are paid to run their air conditioner or heat pump off a battery. Tenants make money. The utility saves money. Emissions go down. The grid capacity improves, the climate is protected, people are cooled… It’s win-win-win-win-win!!

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Plug-in batteries for your AC? NYC pilot offers environmental, and cash, rewards

A renter-friendly pilot program in New York City is aiming to reduce strain on the power grid while helping customers with power bills. It uses plug-in batteries that can power air conditioners offlin...

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.

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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

poképlant babies

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 17/08/2026

Yonge St on a random Monday, this many pedestrians on the sidewalk while 2 cars are driving south on the same stretch. Allocated 2 lanes, one with a stopped vehicles every 100m rendering it useless. Stop with the 12 years of studies and just allocate 2 extra lanes of space to pedestrians now.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.

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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 12/08/2026

AI Assistants in 2001 vs. AI Assistants in 2026

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 11/08/2026

In case you’re wondering why I said “RIP” to Polygon on @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy, this is part of why…

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is the same old "you can't solve weightlifting with a forklift" thing that happens again and again with current consumer uses of AI: the point of reading a book is not to finish the book easily, it's to READ the book, especially if the book asks you to do something that feels difficult

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Jedwin Mok @jedwinmok.com · 11/08/2026

We are paying some of the highest prices in the world for basic infrastructure. The cost crisis will eat this city (and country!) alive.

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Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So, we need to talk about webtoons(the company) has done to webcomics Over the past 7 or so years, we've seen this absolute shift in expectation, migration, and stagnation in the webcomics sphere which applies to style, sustainability, and the platforms grip on readers and creators

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Wootmaster @wootmaster.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Same thing goes for existing online as well. Kids no longer have the safety net of existing as a cringy yet disposal forum handle or string of anonymous imageboard posts. They're immediately shunted onto social media under a persistent persona that follows them the rest of their life.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Your bad art is better than AI slop.

four frame comic. first frame shows a typical AI poster that says : All chatgpt flyers look the same, especially with this font! the text above it reads : I won't go to your event if the poster was made by AI. second frame shows a still frame from a Hank Green youtube video. text above reads : I won't read your post or email and I won't watch your video if they were made with AI. third frame shows an AI restaurant poster of burgers and chicken in a window. text reads : I won't patronize your shop or restaurant if it is advertised with AI. last frame shows an MS paint window with badly written : Your bad art is better than AI slop. text reads : if you can't take the time or make the effort to interact with me yourself, then why should I do it?

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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I don't know man, sounds to me like socialists are just regular people who think their taxes should be used to somewhat improve society rather than making super rich people even more money.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/07/2026

Just a head’s up to everyone who hasn’t reassessed their relationship with Shopify yet: its CEO is actively pushing far-right politics in Canada, now with Elon Musk’s explicit support!

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I come back to this tumblr post again and again

Tumblr post by sunderwight: The current AI situation is like if the people who were pushing NFTs had successfully gotten everyone to start referring to any and all digital transactions as an NFT, thus allowing them to pretend that things like online shopping, downloadable video games, bank transfers, etc were closely related to convincing middle-aged would-be techies to invest serious money in ugly digital paintings, and hold the former examples up in defense of the latter any time someone pointed out that the whole NFT thing was a racket. What do you mean NFTs are bad, don't you want disabled people to be able to use their phones to have medication delivered to their doorstep? Wow. Horrible of you, really.

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Sansa Sandisk @cheatlines.co · 24/05/2026

Bluesky is not "dying", in fact it's about to become the next Martha's Vineyard

Matthew rhys as mayor tom in widow's bay

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New from 404 Media: Wikimedia will not voluntarily recognize union a supermajority of its workers want Wikimedia waited until the days following its largest worldwide conference to issue a statement saying it would not voluntarily recognize a union of its workers. www.404media.co/wikimedia-wa...

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Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want

The Wikimedia Foundation waited until immediately after its largest annual conference to say it wouldn't voluntarily recognize its workers' union.

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Hobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026

Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.

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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"

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Jonathan Ho @jbho34.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

YAY. The pessimistic/jaded part of me is waiting for the other shoe to drop, but for now, just for this one happy second: YAY.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

MAJOR: Paramount will not take over Warner Bros. until summer 2027 at the earliest, while a judge considers the lawsuit from 12 states seeking to block the mega-merger.

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 23/07/2026

reminder that history has always been multiple events happening concurrently, but humans having the ability to see these events unfold in practically live-time is VERY new because of the internet. we were not built to handle this level of constant stress. 🧶(+)

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Last year, City Council approved a pilot to deploy Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) in the downtown U of the subway, a new non-police emergency service for people experiencing crises on transit. One year later, the results are in. TCCS's non-enforcement approach to safety is working. 🧵⬇️ 1/

Graphic: Toronto's approach to community safety is working on the TTC

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Enhancing Mental Health Crisis Response on the TTC Pilot

November 15, 2025 to May 31, 2026

9792 community interactions
528 calls for crisis support

Call types
Wellbeing Check - 56.3%
Thoughts of Suicide - 29%
Distressing/Disorderly Behaviour - 8.3%
Advised/Referral - 0.2%

The average response time for TCCS-TTC teams to arrive on scene is 5 minutes

Pilot stations map showing the downtown U Line 1 and 2 stations

Emergency Service requests

6% of calls requested TTC Special Constables
3% of calls had a request for medical services
2% of calls had a request for police services

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Glass half full: Public pressure worked to speed up Toronto’s new LRTs! Glass half empty: Toronto/Ontario spent billions of dollars on LRTs and left important speed improvements on the table until public outcry.

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Watch out artists, insta is now auto adding wrong labels to your art. Doesn't seem to be a way to get them to remove it. Just for the record, my work is 100% human idiot made, always has been, always will be. #art

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Rikaku @beastmasterrika.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.

An image showing the colorful transparent plastic of various pieces of technology of the 90's and early 2000s, that were easily the popular choice of the millennial age bracket. Some of the tech is an iMac, Nintendo 64, Sega DreMcast, a PlayStation 2, a Gameboy color and Advance, and CD player.

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Jake Tobin @jaketobin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's said if you want to understand a government's priorities, you look at its budget & boy does Ford have his twisted. Wildfire budget numbers from: globalnews.ca/news/1196838...

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We hear far too many horror stories of near-misses from streetcar riders. Automated camera enforcement is just one part of the equation. We also need safe infrastructure that prevents incidents from happening in the first place! The solution already exists. Fund more platforms like this, please!

Raised platform installed on King Street. it is a rainy day, as riders board the streetcar. the raised platform extends from the sidewalk and has an area for people to wait and space for bikes to pass along the platform.

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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Toronto and other parts of Ontario. Most infections cause no symptoms or only mild illness, but in rare cases, the virus can cause serious illness affecting the nervous system. Bring out the bug spray.

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More Transit Southern Ontario @moretransitso.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Toronto's new LRT lines are significantly faster than when they opened. Line 5 riders are saving 8 minutes on average for trips from Mount Dennis -> Kennedy compared to opening. Finch LRT riders are saving 15 minutes on average for trips from Finch West -> Humber College. 1/2

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Stan Cho wasn’t even the biggest hotel spender – it’s an associate minister from Brampton. Doug Ford should own this, and we must not let Cho’s resignation from cabinet be the end of this story.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction

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