Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 02/10/2026cleveland postseason mode activated 718535
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityJacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Again: AI is a technology but it's also an ideology; that ideology is Bossism; neither bosses nor AI advocates really understand what most people do in their jobs so both assume AI can do it. They're *trying* but if these tools could replace jobs beyond Junior Software Developer, we'd know. 5380107
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityTressie 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 kate g in the CLE cityMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026made a shareable version: www.instagram.com/p/Dc_hthRzyp... 8448106
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165427122
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026It's not just VCRs, of course. For a *generation*, entire product categories have been suppressed, all over the world. There is a whole CES (good) worth of products that are truly innovative (good) waiting to be brought to market. 83/ 11587
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026Without competitors, the argument against enshittification becomes, "I would feel bad about myself if we did that." This argument always loses to the bad guys, whose argument is, "We will all get richer if we do this." 38/ 124327
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026Inside every company, there are fair, honest people, and there are greedy, shitty people. Companies that face competitors are more likely to listen to the workers who want to give customers a fair shake. 36/ 216913
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 25/08/2026if infrastructure is what connects people, holds them together, serves, supports, and endures, then Dolly Parton was infrastructure. 16952240
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 391572915
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026Zuck's "agency" isn't higher than yours or mine. The difference between him and us is that he doesn't think we're really real, and we know that he's really a monster. eof/ 1446361
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 04/08/2026our own graphic designer @nicoleharvel.bsky.social reviewed the new @wnba.com Cleveland Sirens logo because why wouldn’t she 832182
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt. 10355932419
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happinessstatic.klipy.comBrooklyn Nine Nine: Amy and Rosa PartyALT: Brooklyn Nine Nine: Amy and Rosa Party 000
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 13/07/2026I have no idea why any reasonable person would believe anything tech companies say about anything at this point, AI related or otherwise hostile skepticism should be the public defaultkarlbode.comThe Lies They're Telling Towns And Tribes About The Benefits Of AI Data CentersUnregulated AI data centers will not, surprisingly, turn your struggling rural West Virginia town into a modern techno-Utopia. 261564579
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityJae @jaehanley.social · 12/05/2026No one ever had to yell “adapt or die” to get me to use any other bit of technology in my life. 392749591
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.media.tenor.coma man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is standing in front of a field .ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is standing in front of a field . 020
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 17/04/2026sewers are data centers. 845051
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.) 483212963
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 541234778166
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is the asshole senator we Ohioans want to get rid of: 010
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The cost of fresh vegetables is up a stunning FORTY EIGHT PERCENT from February 2025: www.bls.gov/news.release... 10025961014
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityDave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026AI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense.: "It’s not that AI doesn’t create efficiency. It’s that the capacity it frees up immediately gets repurposed into doing other work, and that’s where the creep is likely to happen." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-i...wsj.comAI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense.The technology is increasing the speed, density and complexity of work rather than reducing it, a new analysis of 164,000 people’s work activity shows. 33476135
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 14/02/2026imagine stocking every bathroom in the house with these today 616218
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityWOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 12/02/2026AI is not inevitable. If we had sane people in government that were not in thrall to billionaire tech CEOs, LLMs could be regulated, forced to obey existing copyright laws, and banned from places where their use is inappropriate, such as college classes. This should be a moderate position. 833994
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs." Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo 3927521128
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityAlicia Kraft @aliciakraft.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Next time I have a Teams dream I am suing Microsoft 041
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stationshuffpost.comCorporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service 69961463725
Reposted by kate g in the CLE citySean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 26/08/2025DOGE let me go to the PBS offices to root around and I found the 19 hour long unreleased Infinite Jest episode of Wishbone 727445
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 19/11/2025just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.neorsd.medium.comWhat Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater managementGrab your umbrella and your tights. 5242821521
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 12/11/2025My chest continues to hurt! What is the point of this! If everyone is laid off, then no one can buy the things you are creating! THEN NOTHING WORKS! nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.com‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers? 010
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Ahahahahah my chest hurts www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...theringer.comHow Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself 000
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityCandice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone Developing ‘Miss Piggy’ Movie With ‘Oh, Mary’ Tony-Winner Cole Escola variety.com/2025/film/ne...variety.comJennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone Developing ‘Miss Piggy’ Movie With ‘Oh, Mary’ Tony-Winner Cole EscolaJennifer Lawrence says she's making a "Miss Piggy" movie with Emma Stone and Cole Escola. 1153
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Wrote a 5-pg paper on Macbeth in film using nothing but the play and synopses from the back of DVD cases in my local library. Got an A on it and a "great inclusion of Lion King" note. Fuck AI. 000
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft." 241383378
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityCinco Paul @cincopaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Hey Schmigadoonians! Click on this and sign up! schmigadoonbroadway.comschmigadoonbroadway.comSchmigadoon! The Musical | Broadway’s Golden Age ComedyStep into Schmigadoon!, the hit Apple TV+ musical comedy live on stage. From Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels with an Emmy-winning score by Cinco Paul. Don’t miss it! 0171
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityDr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Ohio voters & the state's constitution speak clearly: it is every Ohioan’s right to make her own reproductive decisions—and the state shall not interfere or burden that right. These proposed laws are a slap in the face to a clear mandate from the people of Ohio. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...cleveland.comOhio GOP Lawmakers Defy Voters with New Abortion Bill Despite Constitutional AmendmentOhio GOP lawmakers push House Bill 347, challenging a recent constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, drawing criticism for defying voter will. 413153
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)theregister.comM365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex 7063052629
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I HAVE BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION FOR YEARS! If all products/content/output is crap, STOP BUYING IT, but also, why do they keep making it?!??! 000
kate g in the CLE city @kategcity.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I did not know about this at all, and live 30 minutes away. I'm really grateful to have @clevelandscene.bsky.social as an independent media source. And ABOLISH ICE. 000
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Hey I don’t know, maybe there’s a Fourth Way called “be progressive and be proud of it, spend your time explaining why it’s actually good for everyone instead of running away from the people you’re supposed to be protecting and asking forgiveness from centrists for not denying their human rights?” 1457
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityamy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like 36191768727
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityCraig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025What's truly insane is businesses now talk about how they need to optimise their content to appear in those summaries even though that will still mean....very few clickthroughs. There is no way to twist the AI overview to your advantage, it's stealing your ideas and your business 04211
Reposted by kate g in the CLE cityCeleste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 28/07/2025In summary: 1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems, 2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets, 3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result. wapo.st/4kY7C2kwapo.stThe AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricityAcross much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand. 7228127
