Reposted by Jon PChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4hA lot of people are struggling right now. Including your queer and trans fam, and your artists friends, and the people who are both. The mental health pressures are real and the consequences are potentially devastating. Check on your people. Let them know how much you love having them around. 3543192
Reposted by Jon PBlacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 8hIntroducing Discussions - a new way to have conversations on Blacksky 🗣️ Now you can create a dynamic poll right from the post composer in the app to ask questions, get feedback, or to build community around any and every topic you find interesting. 118868
Reposted by Jon PGraze Social @graze.social · 9h🗳 midterms.graze.social is @graze.social's most ambitious project to date. And as of today, it's live. Let's take a look at what the next 27 days will look like 🧵midterms.graze.socialElection Night 2026Vetted coverage of the 2026 midterms, by state. 512049
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 9hI don't know much about them. Their founder, Phil Aroneanu, was a co-founder of 350.org (I think when he was still a student) and since then has done a lot of digital organizing. 110
Reposted by Jon PDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 15hyou don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires 281538482
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 11hIndeed, and it's great to see that you're getting some media traction. But the supposedly-anti-AI voices that are getting the loudest amplification are the doomers (who are really pro-AI) -- for all the obvious reasons, but still, not clear how to change the dynamics. 2160
Reposted by Jon PI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13hWhenever we tell you, hey this is going to happen, a whole ass disinformation campaign kicks in to tell people they’re stupid or uncharitable and then the thing happens and it’s just crickets. 211113
Reposted by Jon PMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 12hsurprise surprise he’s a climate change denier and doesn’t seem to understand basic reality futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old TweetsOld tweets that appear to belong to former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon have resurfaced, and they contain questionable assertions. 1025776
Reposted by Jon PHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026I’m glad more people are pointing this out. I talked about it it a few weeks ago w/ @janus.bsky.social Companies are attempting a sleight of hand where they capture data but argue because of how it’s processed it’s not “recording” and is thus private. They are still surveillance devices!theverge.comWe can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’Soon, asking “Does this device have a camera?” won’t be good enough. 6298124
Reposted by Jon PWIRED @wired.com · 06/10/2026Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle.buff.ly‘Mike Rogers Is Watching You’: New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance SupportMichigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle. 319026
Reposted by Jon PKay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 06/10/2026ATE @schock.cc "The question is not whether AI will harm ‘our’ children someday. The question is whose children are already being harmed. And will we demand accountability?" calmatters.org/commentary/2...calmatters.orgOpinion | Children are in the crosshairs of artificial intelligence. Who will we blame?AI is already endangering children. The US military used it in the bombing of a school in Iran, and Israeli forces have used it to target Palestinians. 01010
Reposted by Jon PLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In @macleans.bsky.social, I push back on AI doom discoursemacleans.caThe AI Doom Discourse Only Helps Big Tech - Macleans.caInstead of focusing on the potential destructive power of these systems, we should be look at the humans developing and wielding them 34119
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 06/10/2026I mean yes, it is true that all the racism, sexism, eugenics, etc are just the "usual human mistakes". But that doesn't make it any less corrupt and toxic! 110
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 06/10/2026💯! AND also there's the entire racist and sexist biases in the technology, all the racism and eugenics underlying "intelligence" ... @anildash.com, do you really want to be the kind of person who minimizes and erases this long history? 120
Reposted by Jon PMargaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is getting a lot of quotes, so I feel I should correct this a bit (sorry @anildash.com!) “AI” was 100% born toxic! The first AI workshop was born from the field of “automata studies”, and…1/ (Pictured: the folks who convened for the first workshop. Notice anything notable here?) 814452
Reposted by Jon PWashington AI Resistance @wa-air.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Across the state, folks have come out to call for a moratorium on the energy, water, job, & quality of life vampires called "data centers". “Silicon Valley’s motto is ‘Move fast and break things’ … and legislators are slow to catch up,” says @evansutton.bsky.social. Stop Big Tech bullying NOW.seattletimes.comProtests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boomAt least 19 protests across the state called for a moratorium on big data centers, amid a slew of concerns around AI, privacy and resource consumption. 12717
Reposted by Jon Pgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...chron.comHow Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay barAt least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business. 401798760
Reposted by Jon PBlack Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 05/10/2026LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SHOW UP THIS OCTOBER? 👀 We’ve got options. Scroll through the schedule, pick an event, and bring a friend, family member, or coworker along. Let’s turn participation into power. blackvotersmatterfund.org/volunteer 013
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026It really is an interesting case study of how the longstanding challenges of microblogging as a medium for nuanced communications play out in a situation where “AI” boosters have manipulated discourse so effectively! 000
Reposted by Jon PNathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 05/10/2026This is the Cult of AI - specifically the longtermist variant - at work: “getting to AGI” is deemed so self-evidently important that no sacrifice is too great. The future will be better, so tomorrow doesn’t matter. 612246
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026That'd be interesting if it starts with a reflection on how your original post is an example of arguing within the parameters of AI -- and how many people critiquing the pushback missed that. blacksky.community/profile/did:... 110
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026Yeah, my biggest takeaway from this is how successful AI boosters are with the manipulative language -- even a media literacy expert who's anti-AI can fall into the trap of echoing the AI boosters' language when he's trying to critique AI, and the academics defending him don't even appear to notice. 030
Reposted by Jon PGraze Social @graze.social · 05/10/2026🎮 🎉 As of today, Graze is multiplayer. Add collaborators to help you with your feeds across multiple layers of responsibility. Available now for all users! 17221
Reposted by Jon PI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026What the Laquan McDonald cover-up guy advocating against holding people accountable for doing things like wantonly killing people under the auspices of public safety?! 1941696
Reposted by Jon PDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 38715223
Reposted by Jon Pdapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 05/10/2026if you're on #blacksky or a @blackskyweb.xyz product on ACORN (which @medsky.network is!): you have the special opportunity to deprive racist moneygrubbers from oxygen by reporting them! @moderation.blacksky.app will label their post and stop it from showing up on others' feeds too 🥰 REPORT! 110048
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026and then used language that most people (including me) don't understand, which probably wound up reinforcing the impression that it was a gotcha post. 020
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026I don't think lack of hyperbole or bluntness is the issue here. You led off the post by mirroring the language of a gotcha point that AI boosters (and some anti-AI people trying to pass themselves off as "reasonable") use that reinforces the inevitablity narrative, used a confusing example ... 4100
Reposted by Jon PAbiWail KaBooKer @akabaker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think a lot of people jumping on this don’t know Josh’s area of expertise or background, this post is not about devaluing your critiques, or a “you participate in society” thing, it’s about how insidious ai is, it’s in so much of our tech that it’s becoming embedded in our information systems. 69517
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026Yeah really. I had already been on the internet for a long time by that point ... but when I first saw saw Mosaic had a similar WHOA reaction. 051
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 05/10/2026I follow Josh and know where he's coming from in general, but I still wasn't sure about the point he was trying to make (until he kindly clarified). The implications of semi-connected matrices, citation, and triangulation in this context are no doubt a lot clearer to media literacy experts! 080
Reposted by Jon PDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET. 362704655
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 04/10/2026I grew up on the east coast. When I moved out to Berkeley for grad school a friend of mine went to UCSD and I thought "this is great, we'll be able to get together for dinner!" And then I looked at a map ... 000
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 04/10/2026Yeah I had the same reaction. Yes it's true that they've made it pervasive enough that it's hard to completely avoid no matter how hard I try. But it doesn't seem like that's the major point he's trying to make? 130
Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 04/10/2026And, polls don't really take voter suppression into account. 010
Reposted by Jon PPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The good thing about 2026 is that it's clear that the white supremacists are at the helm. You don't have to argue with Chait et al. You never did. You don't have to read their work because they do not have the range. You can't learn anything. 145992
Reposted by Jon PEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Getting ready for our 10/4 day of action for a statewide data center moratorium in Washington! Find your closest action and join us! @wa-air.bsky.social @troublemakers.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/event_campai... 04013
Reposted by Jon PWolfie Christl @wchr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The web and mobile apps of major conversational AI engines transmit prompts, titles and conversation permalinks to advertising data firms, alongside device IDs, hashed email and other persistent identifiers. Comprehensive analysis, like always from this team: jorgegarciaherrero.com/wp-content/i... 26667
Reposted by Jon PChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026every day I think about how misogynoir is stress and stress goes right into your blood pressure isn’t it cool how everyone has been handed a basic tool to slowly destroy you, physically, while also proclaiming their innocence and how their part in it isn’t that big of a deal? 726348