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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
When you don’t understand what music really is
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 30/09/2026
“In response to “The death of web development education” ” bell.bz/in-response-to-the-death-of… > The most effective way I can contribute, in my opinion, is a crude sketch I just did of Piccalilli‘s Stripe chart for all time sales: That graph is eye-opening
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In response to “The death of web development education”
I read Mat​hia⁠s S​chäf⁠er’s excellent post, titled The death of web development education. I was thinking about how I can contribute to the conversation and really struggled to articulate the problem...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
Please read this, speaking of the bizarre “AI safety,” effective altruist, and rationalist network that has gained far too much power in recent years:
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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We are collectively like 1 bad event away from people starting up Analogue TV stations again. The people crave authenticity. Something's gotta give.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026
Wow, DHH, the guy who created Ruby on Rails, sure is a Nazi! jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is...
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DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought
DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I usually go em El ops but m'lops is. Really good
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Go for it!
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi kami! Feel free to reach out :)
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a great example of one of the ways AI is actually going to endanger / kill huge numbers of people. Shitty chatbots cause their special sort of brain rot to the people who package intelligence for our shot-callers. They take the bad ideas from there. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying. CNN was not able to learn what the misidentified cargo was.

The report, according to one of the sources, was “entirely false.” But it also “almost started a war,” the source said. Any US operation against a Chinese vessel could have risked spiraling into an armed conflict between the two nations.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My latest newsletter is a friendly bit of political advice for Democrats.
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Don't Surrender On Trans Rights
Many Democrats are running scared on trans issues. They shouldn't be.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
bleak but essential read
Navarro told us that she was "shocked to see the growing number of websites in the network and the huge variety of the sites themselves - from cooking and space blogs, to small business and war news." What surprised her the most, though, was how so many of the sites under BBM's umbrella are effectively
"indistinguishable from one another, publishing the same kind of first-person Al-generated stories around self-help topics aimed at people who are lonely."
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Big Joel @bigjoel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I just don’t think this is a great theory for the case on how news works
Nate silver writes: Often when you see a rapid takeoff in news interest in a particular issue (in recent weeks, Al safety), it's because the issue was undercovered before. And the new level is actually closer to the mark in terms of intrinsic demand for coverage of that subject.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The actual reporting is so clearly "trans panic pushed by right wing agitators"
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reality cannot be mediated through the mean of every stupid thought every cruel and uninformed person says. We cannot give charge to a parrot no matter how sophisticated
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The right wing have always been adept at abusing technology for their benefit. I was watching a jarvis Johnson video about a scam artist who used the AI overview to pretend he was a football player. This is that on a societal level
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Google is laundering a right wing, scaremongering narrative that could be putting this teenager in danger-- as well as other trans teenagers fleeing abuse.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is genuinely insidious: I know trans people and trans kids, and I knew that the state doesn't offer that level of hormonal assistance without a huge fight. I was immediately highly skeptical of that claim. But in an information ecosystem that primarily deals in trans panic?
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Eventually it came back with other results, but still primarily sourcing YouTube, and still not touching the facts of the case-- except for the fact that the child was taken into state care because of abuse charges.
The Context and State Disagreement
The Criminal Charges: According to local reporting from WCVB News and statements from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, the state did not seize the teen because of gender-affirming care. Rather, the teen entered Department of Children and Families (DCF) custody following criminal assault and physical abuse charges within the home. YouTube +1
The Father's Legal Status: The abuse charges against the father are scheduled to be dismissed only after he completes a one-year anger management program, which runs through December. YouTube
The Medical Claims: While the family's attorneys claimed the state was pushing for "high-dose testosterone,' independent details show that a court-ordered freeze on gender-affirming medical treatments is standard during these types of active custody and safety disputes.f Facebook +2 Regarding Pronouns and Gender apologize for using language that felt like a misrepresentation or misgendering. Because juvenile court records are confidential to protect minors, official documents do not publicly clarify the teen's Ask anything
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I prompted Gemini to come up with better sources and responses (and pointed out the constant misgendering of the child).
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This summary included citations from several substacks, Facebook pages and Instagram posts, but no news outlets. It included biased language, misleading claims with no context, omitted large parts of the story, and claimed that the state was aiming to provide the 17 year old with testosterone.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cw transphobia: I got pushed a notification from Google this morning about a news story about a transgender teen being taken from their parents. I clicked the (clickbaity) headline and was brought to a Gemini summary of the case.
custody of their teenage daughter following a dispute over her gender identity. Facebook +1 Case Details & Allegations
The Conflict: The parents, identified as the Kutzko family, allege that a school counselor at Algonquin Regional High School in Southborough, Massachusetts, socially transitioned their 15-year- old daughter, Sophie, without their knowledge or permission. Facebook Mike Or... +1 The DCF Pipeline: After the parents refused to affirm her transition or use a male name and pronouns due to their religious beliefs, the school counselor reportedly contacted child protective services. Facebook The Dail.. +1 State Intervention: Massachusetts DCF subsequently assumed guardianship of the teenager. A restraining order is currently in place, preventing the parents and the teen's older brother from having any contact with her. Facebook Medical Freeze: As the family actively fights the case, a judge has issued a temporary order blocking the state from administering high-dose testosterone to the minor. Facebook- Fox Newstransition with parents. cBS News Supreme Court Precedent: In April 2026, the Supreme Court declined to hear a separate but highly similar Massachusetts lawsuit brought by parents Stephen Foote and Marissa Silvestri against Ludlow Public Schools, who accused that district of secretly transitioning their child without Consent. Facebook Mike Or... +1 The Kutzko family's next formal court hearing is scheduled for October 29, 2026. Substack Magane +1 Would you like to look closer at the specific Massachusetts DCF policies regarding gender affirmation, or explore how other states are legally handling parental notification laws?

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Parents Say State TOOK
Their Daughter After...
The Kutzko say their daughter's school Algonquin Regional..
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had a crappy no memory phone and every mb of memory mattered ¯⁠\⁠_⁠༼⁠ ⁠•́⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠•̀⁠ ⁠༽⁠_⁠/⁠¯
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 14/09/2026
i see the slop that's powering trending stuff is smashing it out of the park again
various trending topics with the 5th one, "Burnham eyes Labour leadership" highlighted with a red circle. Burnham has been the PM since the summer…
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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer):  You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
apparently before they did this they threatened the team as well?? the fuck??
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
koko’s basilisk: you don’t think koko the gorilla actually knows sign language and when she figures it out she beats your ass
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
GO TO THE FOOD BANKS!! Without detailing every important reason behind this statement, please go to the food banks if you need them. You will not believe the quality and variety of products and services available. Food waste is a massive problem and it's wrong. If you need help, please ask.
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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Your intellectual fly is open bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/y...
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Your intellectual fly is open | The Observation Deck
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🌑 @fell.energy · 05/09/2026
a bloodborne player message

treat woman with care
and remember respect
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🫡🫡
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I think so??? I discovered the site via instagram and all the recipes I've tried rule
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Ok if you're looking for an apple cider donut recipe this one is Good cinnamonsnail.com/the-best-veg...
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
BuT Ai cAn JuSt EvoLvE HuMAn LeVeL CoGniTioN
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Elizabeth Drummond @eadhistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"AI chatbots present a problem for the teaching of history not only because they hallucinate, nor simply because they threaten to make even conscientious students’ writing less original, but because they thwart the process that might lead students toward original interpretations in the first place."
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I will say my major recommendation is to pay for tours of all the big spots because they can let you skip the queues and make the whole experience way smoother.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In a better world this was done with effort by historians and anthropologists using their expertise.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
God imagine if this was done by a team of researchers using actual information from different periods, how cool it would be to have that collective knowledge work, that display of human understanding
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/09/2026
Tweet from lauren @NotABigJerk

i'm not falling for that ATLANTIC ARTICLE. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion

Tweet was photoshopped to replace "hot take" with "ATLANTIC ARTICLE"
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Avani @avani.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For those who were at my worldcon talk: here is a far better explanation of why there was no "model going rogue".
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
To the extent that the overviews are performing as intended, “poisoned” is probably not the right term.
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Man Used Poisoned Google AI Overviews to Trick Women Into Thinking He Was an NFL Player, FBI Says
An Oregon man and his partner in crime allegedly scammed dozens of women out of $1.3 million. An accidental accomplice? Google's AI Overviews.
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here's a podcast interview I did a few months ago, w/ fellow historians of medicine @winstonblack.bsky.social & Lucy Barnhouse & host Will Beattie. You'll really see how keen I am to take the latest scientific research & use it as a historical source: www.multiculturalmiddleages.com/post/pandemi...
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Pandemic in the Medieval World: Teaching a New Black Death Narrative in the 21st Century (Green, Barnhouse, Black, & Beattie)
In this episode, historians of medieval medicine Monica H. Green, Winston Black, and Lucy Barnhouse talk with Will Beattie about the genesis of a new open-access teaching module on the Black Death.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What's wrong with people. He keeps telling the world he's an antisemite and a white supremacist and he's allowed to carry on as normal. Imagine if any UK politician shared this bullshit. We'd never hear the end of it. And rightly so
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Is it just an ad? Metaverse? Headline grab? Why are we overcomplicating chocolate ;_;
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/john...
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nice Fresh Toblerone? I can't think of any other nfts that are still relevant
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What is the point
Mars takes Snickers into Al with World's first digital chocolate bar CN Confectionery News
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
these people should be ashamed of themselves for several reasons share.google/IB2NzxpKmZaF...
The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on AI to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said AI recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats “take too long to digest.”

“We relied too much on AI rather than our own critical thinking,” the group told rangers
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Good Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You Deserved
The congressman who got drubbed by Ed Markey on Tuesday tried to distance himself from the base. That just doesn’t work anymore.
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Hey it's Jess @jessthebp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I will vote for markey until a challenger comes along who doesn't suck
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