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John Erik Sloper

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Climate activist. Opinions are my own. He/Him. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h
Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 1h
Tror du vi får førsterett på datakraften i et privateid datasenter fordi det ligger i Norge? Er ikke det ekstremt naivt? Og hvor mange sentere har vi allerede og hvor mange trenger vi?
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21h
This by Courtney Maum is where I am too. I am grateful to her for the words...
For me, the subject of AI detection is an ouroboros. I’ll speak only for myself, here is my opinion. I didn’t ask for artificial intelligence. It’s not something I need, it is not something I desire. And yet, it barged its way into my life and stole all of my books. All of them. Stole them. Trained off of them. Did not compensate me for this theft. So now, AI can write a book like me, because it stole my own work and learned my breed of humor and satire. So if someone runs an AI text detector on my creative output, it will probably “test positive” why? Because AI is a contaminant that has embedded itself into my work by stealing it and using my own work to perpetuate itself. It will test for itself and find AI there because it AI is a virus that has contaminated the DNA of my current and future writing—a form of intellectual rape. A kind of colonization. A raging plague that some gatekeepers are opening the door for.

If you ask me what I’m currently working on, the answer is nothing book-length. I’m not going to publish a new book in this current landscape. That’s a stance of privilege, I recognize that. And I can’t hold this stance forever, I can hold it as long as I have savings from my last book.

This current literary climate isn’t acceptable. It is not acceptable to have a thing thrust upon us that takes absolutely everything, and then be forced to prove that we are not the thieves.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20h
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Martin Estvall @drestvall.bsky.social · 22h
Säga vad man vill om Tyskland, men när det kommer till surkål, öl och folkmord så vet man vad man får.
Två bilder på Brandenburger Tor. Den nedre med nazistpartiets hakkorsflagga och den övre med Israels.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Humans stop learning Humans not able check code Everything breaks
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Sirin Stav @sirins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For en befriende og knakende god tekst av Arne Liaklev. Det er ikke drivstoff- og strømprisene som er for høye. Det er forbruket vårt som er for høyt. Galematias er å tro at vi hvert år kan forbruke stadig mer. Vi er blitt så rike at vi har råd til nesten alt - unntatt å la naturen være i fred.
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Drivstoff- og strømpriser er for lave
LO-lederne i Troms mener 30 kroner literen er «galematias».
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For ikke å snakke om borgerlønn da. Et tiltak testet igjen og igjen og igjen og alltid med positive resultat. Men jeg vet det er for mye å ønske seg av stort sett alle partiene vi har?
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trikset er å IKKE gi skattelette til de som tjener over middels. Da koster det mye mindre og monner mye mer. Når det er sagt er jeg absolutt for å heller fokusere på gode velferdstjenester og mer sosialisme generelt.
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Aled Dilwyn Fisher @aleddilwyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Regjeringen vil øke kjøp av klimakvoter under Parisavtalens artikkel 6 (dvs. utenfor EU) til 26,1 milliarder kroner for klimamålet for 2030-35. Dette er bortkastet penger for grønnvasking som mest sannsynlig har lite/null klimaeffekt, og som kan true natur og menneskerettigheter.
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helvetle @vetle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kva skal vi eigentleg med Høgre når Arbeidarpartiet gjer jobben deira?
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Det er jo helt på trynet?! For et system vi har.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Og det er jo nettopp det de gjør. Altså enda større forskjeller. Er dette virkelig det vi får til med en «venstreside» regjering?
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Preordered today (in Norway)
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Enda verre, de både mener det OG utfører det også.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🫠 bsky.app/profile/gwen...
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Men har vi det? Vi lever på en måte som er ekstremt langt unna bærekraftig med et av verdens høyeste materielle fotavtrykk. Vi har skoler og idrettshaller som forfaller. Vi har folk i matkø, og det blir flere av de. Større forskjeller mellom fattig og rik. Kanskje flikking ikke funker?
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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On World Teacher Day, we oppose Israel's deliberate attacks on teachers and the education system in Gaza. This is scholasticide, armed by the United States.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tja du påstår bastant at det lenkes til en «kilde som overhodet ikke sier det som påstanden påstår» når den bortimot ordrett sier akkurat det. I tillegg gadd du altså ikke lese kilden. Men you do you som de sier på engelsk.
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Wermund @doublewsinglev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
På samme vis som narkotwitter ikkje stolar på ein einaste politi, fordi du veit aldri korleis ein politibetjent vil reagera på din rusbruk, SJØLV om du kjenner hen. Sånn har damer det med 50% av dei dei omgås. Og det er VÅR jobb som menn å endra. Det er VI som må fiksa problemet.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ilan Pappé er flink til å forklare denne biten (se bort i fra teit tittel): youtu.be/h0mY797cof8
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Ilan Pappé's Shocking Belief about Hamas
YouTube video by For the Sake of Argument
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Men det gjør jo den opprinnelig posten din litt pinlig. Poenget som føres er at Hamas, til tross for at deler av organisasjonen har utført terrorangrep, er en del av den palestinske motstandsbevegelsen. En bevegelse som i seg selv selvsagt er lovlig.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Til gjengjeld viser bildet bare bittelitt av de enorme ødeleggelsene som er gjort i hele området. Absurd for oss som er oppvokst i nærheten (Askøy for min del) og som når kjører forbi et ugjenkjennelig område. Størrelsen på naturødeleggelsen er vanskelig å forstå skal være nødvendig.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Det finnes veldig mye forskning som dokumenterer den nesten utelukkende positive effekten av UBI/grunnlønns-løsninger. Nesten absurd at det ikke er innført i større grad. @scottsantens.com er verdt å følge om man er interessert i slikt.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Uhørt! Kø, elendig lokale tilbud, dårlig vann og veldig tvilsom økonomisk styring er lange tradisjoner på Askøy.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kommer til å bli stående igjen som noen av de dummeste valgene som er gjort norsk politikk. Vi gir bort felles ressurser for i praksis ingenting tilbake. Bare fordi noen politikere blir starstruck når et stort tek-selskap tar kontakt.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Den eneste løsningen er en ny bro. Urettferdig at Sotra får!
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Tkt Smart Meme: Think Smart
ALT: Tkt Smart Meme: Think Smart
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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 01/10/2026
Gas-fired power stations to run new US data centers will generate as much emissions of the entire United Kingdom. This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/348_...
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If I go to the us there is a real chance I would not be let in or detained simply because I have been critical against a genocidal regime (Israel) and their supporters. If being against the crime of all crimes means I am not welcome I would rather not to go.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And we already know from Anthropic's own code release that they do absolutely *wildly* inefficient stupid shit like "download the entire database each time you need to do a search operation, in a dozen different places"
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vet det er vanskelig å unngå men minner allikevel om at booking dot com er på FN sin svarteliste over selskaper som bidrar til okkupasjon og apartheid i Palestina www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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A/HRC/63/20: Database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implication...
SummaryThe present report has been prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 31/36 and 53/25, in which the Council requested that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights prod...
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Kenan Habul @kenanhabul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Snart tre år. Alla som velat har kunnat se vad som händer i Gaza. Otaliga palestinska vittnesmål, uttalanden från israeliska politiker, det orgiastiska våldet. Ändå har motståndet mot folkmordet "straffats" hårdare i Sverige än stödet för detsamma. Den skammen.
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Eivind HM. @eivind1984.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dette er helt fullstendig ødeleggende for tilliten til absolutt alt som kommer fra noe departement, er det ikke det da? Har alle blitt Per Sandberg nå? "Det KUNNE vært sant", liksom?
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Men men, det er jo bra å være ond.. eller? www.youtube.com/shorts/8Idvw...
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Peter Thiel Says Evil Is Okay
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If I let loose 1000 self-driving cars in a city, each explicitly trained to ignore traffic laws and find more "efficient routes", and some of them then drive the wrong way in a one way street and crash into stuff did the cars then "go rouge"? Are the cars responsible or am I?
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It is _trivial_ to stop this from happening. Anyone working with networking or similar can tell you this. They are choosing not to make a proper sandbox environment, alternatively they are massively incompetent. OpenAI bears the full responsibility, no ifs or buts about it.
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am now keeping this on speed-dial
Edited old IBM printout in black caps on off-white paper.
'A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must always do the hacking haha what are they gonna do, put a computer in jail? Haha "oops it's alive" lmao'
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 26/09/2026
we’re gonna beat the cute little animated avatar to death with hammers sorry
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Og selskapene gjør nada så klart, og blir heller ikke holdt ansvarlig. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is public information. I see you are wilfully obtuse. 🤷
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
22. september 2023 - Israel bombs Gaza 23. september 2023 - Israel bombs Gaza 24. september 2023 - Israel bombs Gaza I can go on...
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Khon var jo det motsatte av reflektert og fornuftig i alle fall. Litt av en type.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Gone rouge" is not an accurate description of what happens. Clearly OpenAI is responsible, and should not be allowed to claim the "AI did it". A more sober explanation of the Hugging Face incident, and thus the Australia one as well, can be found here: calnewport.com/has-ai-gone-...
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Has AI Gone Rogue? - Cal Newport
The AI story of the summer should probably be the ​uncertain financial position​ of the AI labs hoping to launch record-breaking IPOs shortly. Technology news, ... Read more
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Er nok veldig forenklet å tro at dette løses ved å fjerne Netanyahu, han er en av mange med samme syn. Det er en grunn til at han er valgt 6(!) ganger; han er et speilbilde av israelsk politikk og samfunn. Men for all del, han hører hjemme i et fengsel, av mange forskjellige grunner.
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John Erik Sloper @jesloper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ja norsk gass utgjør en større andel av EU sitt gassforbruk, men det er jo fordi de har redusert totalen.
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