Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 4hThree years of livestreamed genocide and more than a dozen years of live-documented extrajudicial killings by police and vigilantes have trained you for the coming era of state-sponsored public executions 120280
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every news article about business leaders and/or social strife should mention that a cabal of billionaires and their trillionaire buddy are currently and explicitly trying to accelerate social collapse so they can be neofeudal kings in digital paradise forever. I dunno, seems like important context 011937
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🍁 Good morning 🍁 124032
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it. 171753473
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSAtheguardian.comAccept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver 292084813
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Three years ago Yonatan Zeigen’s mother, Vivian Silver, was brutally killed by Hamas in her home’s safe room. It was a moment that split his life into a before and an after. 16429
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And yeah, this was at the back of my mind.reuters.comSam Altman's sister amends lawsuit accusing OpenAI CEO of sexual abuseSam Altman's sister amended her civil lawsuit accusing the OpenAI chief executive of sexually abusing her more than two decades ago, after the judge said she could try pursuing her case under Missou... 313527
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The world does not consent (but Sam Altman does not believe consent is required). But the world would consent to many bad things happening to Sam Altman and OpenAI. 31714155
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 06/10/2026His is a fundamental misunderstanding of the locus and purpose of the faith. The Christian faith is not marriage nor procreation or hetero normality The faith is the sufficiency of Christ…. Everything else is just wrapping paper for bigotry 213716
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 06/10/2026Samuel Alito probably knows how to be a Christian... he probably knows how to be thoughtful, considerate, caring... But he has no desire to concede the point ... The messiah in his faith is not Jesus... it's power. 117327
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2025We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart. 22398052134
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Never watched them and now I surely will not 010
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This morning a driver crashed onto the sidewalk exactly where my kids walk past on the way to school. This happened shortly before they came along. I have asked my local @brumgreens.bsky.social councillor to demand that this road be closed to cars until the current road works are complete. 78416
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Jordi @jordimagrinya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Per concentrar vot en VOX. 3339
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026CRANE, a UK cybersecurity research network, used AI to desk-reject 50% of proposals before human review, including one on the risks of trusting AI models in voice analysis from Lancaster University forensic linguist Claire Hardaker. This seems like AI doing the right thing in protecting itself. 🙃science.orgU.K. funder uses ‘AI triage’ to reject grant proposals—leaving researchers dismayedThe AI-based assessment, which wasn’t explicitly described in the funding call, has raised privacy and fairness concerns 59429
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh virgogrlfl.bsky.social @virgogrlfl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So basically any three guys with a mask can pick up a woman and throw her in a van and we’re all supposed to think this is legal? 726136
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The olive harvest season has barely begun, and already Palestinians have been killed, beaten, shot at and driven from their land, while their trees, homes, vehicles, crops and equipment have been attacked by Israeli settlers. 22515
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Insanity 😡 19193413234
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 16584217
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026'Storm light' by UK contemporary printmaker Mikki Bowers #WomensArt 72123355
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Major flash flooding in Spain yesterday. In Madrigueras (Albacete), 142 mm fell in just 2.5 hours, killing one woman, while many others had to be rescued. These "DANA" events are not uncommon, but record warm Mediterranean water now provides further 'fuel' to them. www.eltiempo.es/noticias/mad...eltiempo.esMadrigueras bajo el agua tras caer 142 l/m2La localidad albaceteña sufrió el viernes una de las riadas más importantes que se recuerdan desde mediados del siglo pasado. 15844
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #Spain right now #StopJackdaw #StopRosebank @andyburnham.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Has everyone seen this??? I had not and I loved it! 1427254
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AIPAC decided they were going to set a record on the amount of money they spent against me in the primary election. $70 million. Do you know what we could do with $70 million? 18863672078
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is great to see. I hope there are real actions that follow. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSweden must apologise for harm done to Sami people, says state-backed reportTruth commission accuses country of failing Indigenous people, amid rising tensions over land rights 000
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026abolish the death penalty 383152522
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Counterpoint: Bring me your fatties, your weirdos, your radicals yearning to breathe free. 1913580389
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh RevDaniel @revdaniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Cornell 7 we’re all talking about? That story was broken in the work of Cereese Qusba, who is a reporter at The Ithaca Voice and a news editor at The Cornell Daily Sun, two independent newspapers. She is still herself, a student at Cornell University. 9658190
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The invisible labor (often performed by women and marginalized folks) that keeps organizations afloat remains hidden and uncompensated. But those musing about AI's "transformation" of work have probably always benefited from this kind of labor in all parts of their life and don't see it as work. 019740
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The current huge story about the gang rape at Cornell University, a crime originally brushed off and covered up by the administration, is SOLELY the product of the student paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, which doggedly pursued the story. Not the NYT or CNN. An independent student paper. #Cornellcornellsun.comLETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Cornell Won’t Listen, We WillThe Sun's Editor-in-Chief Sophia Dasser '28 calls on the Cornell community to share its reactions to the Chi Phi lawsuit and the University's response, on the record, for a permanent public archive. 9584169
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They are in fact contemptuous of the idea that I would go out and talk to people about how they use a technology or observe them trying to use it. Just hostile to the very concept of there being an end user. 259149
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I could go on and on but they are always going to pretend they don’t understand what I’m talking about. Because they have to not understand it. But talking to actual people is still worthwhile unless you intend to bludgeon them into compliance which… 550921
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 30/09/2026I don’t know any woman friend (or family member) who hasn’t been sexually assaulted or molested. Including myself. 917619
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Jordi @jordimagrinya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A Barcelona hi han 785.757 habitatges(2021). 240.409 estan en mans de propietaris amb més de 3 hab. D’aquests, 140.902 son de propietaris que en tenen més de 12. I 59.893 de propietaris amb més de 50. Ho anomenen problema de l’habitatge, perquè espoli és massa curt. I tot legal… 12011
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just listened to an interview with Grand Master Flash where he described he process for sifting through records. He went on vibes and covers sometimes. And produced a whole new genre of music 000
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471433196
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Kungunna @gabefloren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026PFDs are out and I know it because of the extra cart that each family is pushing around Costco today making it twice as hard to make it through 053
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164985560
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Light a Light🕯️ @kerzen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why women chose the bear. #rapeculture substack.com/@patchoulipm...substack.comPatchouli PMc (@patchoulipmc)📸 0125
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 30/09/2026No bear has ever doxxed a rape victim 257592
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I can’t believe this is still going. I go to bed, wake up, people in new time zones have found it. I go to work, go to the gym, have dinner…it is still going. Amazing. 100
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Put another way, to be legible enough for AI to be useful to most families, they would have to stop communicating as the family they have known, never had to overtly think about, and become something stranger and coarser that has no cultural foundation. Why would I do that? 936143
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“They’re too young to ride" Nope. They’re ready to ride, it’s our cities that aren’t ready. 1147378
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Optimized for AI family just sounds horrible. Couldn’t imagine something worse. 000
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt 21616308
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Café Fútbol @cafefutbol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026¡España campeona del Mundial femenino sub20! Tras empatar 0-0 en el partido, y no haber goles en la prórroga, las nuestras se han impuesto 4-3 en la tanda de penaltis. Enhorabuena a jugadoras y cuerpo técnico 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #U20WWC #futfem 25428
Jennifer McIntosh @jennifermc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026JFC. Healthcare in America keeps getting bleaker 020
Reposted by Jennifer McIntosh Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think we need to differentiate between “AI uses a lot of water!” (not necessarily bad on its own) and “AI stresses local water supplies” (a potentially real issue). The distinction is important because even “modest” use can cause serious issues, especially given the locations of data centers 17621102