Reposted by Lauren BeukesIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Itō Jakuchū's 'Frog' of 1790 for me is the iconic image of numbed uncomfortable bafflement at the predicament of existence in the coming modern world, much as Munch's 'Scream' expressed it through horror. 121582
Reposted by Lauren BeukesAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With alt text. I yelled 1297123
Reposted by Lauren BeukesJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves. 743210458
Reposted by Lauren Beukes⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 28/09/2026It's that day again. Use any and all resources available to help you through it. (And, as always, #FuckAI) 1658231
Reposted by Lauren BeukesThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that. 391002413
Reposted by Lauren BeukesDavey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam 151936583
Reposted by Lauren BeukesAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 27/09/2026 the news here is also that several countries that elected conservatives are hardening against women's rights 06130
Reposted by Lauren BeukesTracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This week I interviewed some of the nurses and healthcare staff who worked in intensive care during covid. One of them wanted to go on record as saying how utterly fucked - dead - we’d have been (and still would be) without migrant healthcare workers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAngela Rayner criticises worker visa plans on eve of Labour conferenceThe housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts". 12415
Reposted by Lauren BeukesEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026funny how the government is considering jailing parents for the crimes their kids commit, but not jailing tech ceos for the crimes their ai agents commit 015447
Reposted by Lauren BeukesBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10380942794
Reposted by Lauren BeukesClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 271467746
Reposted by Lauren BeukesReuters @reuters.com · 24/09/2026AI tools generated nearly $1 billion in extra costs, Blue Cross insurers say reut.rs/3TfIfl3reut.rsAI tools generated nearly $1 billion in extra costs, Blue Cross insurers sayAI tools are raising health spending for insurers by nearly $1 billion over two years, as providers bill for more severe patient care, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association study released Thursday. 910374
Reposted by Lauren BeukesSherry Turkle @sturkle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I really enjoyed my conversation with @samleecole.bsky.social @404media.co. We talked about how my earlier work prepared me for writing Artificial Intimacy. How artificial companions deskill us in our capacity for human connection, and we got to the crucial question: How can we find our way back? 16122
Reposted by Lauren BeukesVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 18/09/2026New #WriterBeware blog post: One writer sued their scammer...and won. The case provides a revealing window into the techniques scammers use to bleed their victims dry, and how they hide behind webs of corrupt businesses and forests of fake names, writerbeware.blog/2026/09/18/l...writerbeware.blogLove v. Wiley Book Writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance - Writer BewareRaymond Love just wanted to publish his children’s book with a trustworthy self-publishing company. Instead, he found a scam that took his money and delivered nothing of value. For most authors in thi... 03825
Reposted by Lauren BeukesStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786372552
Reposted by Lauren BeukesMai Més @maimes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026L'autor, lector i amic Marc Pastor @doctormoriarty.bsky.social ens recomana: Les lluminoses, de @laurenbeukes.com 🔪⌚ 035
Reposted by Lauren BeukesAdam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is a very interesting new resource, The Register of British Slave-Traders. 'The Register focusses on the individuals who sought to profit from the enslavement of over 3 million African men, women, and children, whose identity was – for the most part – erased from the historical record.' 🗃️britishslavetraders.orgThe Register of British Slave-TradersThe Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807. 4330161
Reposted by Lauren BeukesRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10732631549
Reposted by Lauren BeukesRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6360692261
Reposted by Lauren BeukesMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As if the headline isn't enough incentive, do read this short news story to the last paragraph because MAN does it escalate! playbill.com/article/man-...playbill.comMan Sentenced to 2-Year Jail Sentence After Strangling Fellow Theatregoer for Singing Along During We Will Rock YouThe dust-up happened at a 2023 press performance in London's West End. 1171075330
Reposted by Lauren BeukesCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummittheguardian.comPolanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in fullGreen leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis 10636265
Reposted by Lauren BeukesMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Let’s go.bbc.co.ukPolice launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donationsThe investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations. 681350302
Reposted by Lauren BeukesKeith Edwards @kedwards.bsky.social · 09/09/2026AI Investor: I have created the most dangerous machine in the world. It will wreck the economy, the environement, and the sanity of all who behold it. It doesn't have to be this dangerous, I just refuse to build in any safeguards or turn it off. I would like 1 Trillion American dollars please. 221638
Reposted by Lauren BeukesMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored." 3922921091
Reposted by Lauren BeukesSnigdha @snig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Not everyone's train journey is the same. 12681213
Reposted by Lauren BeukesTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Unsurprising news to many freelancers But companies underestimate how long it can take to properly 'clean' AI slop into something useable, and it can often take longer than creating something from scratchtheguardian.comFreelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to clean up its mistakes rather than create original work 1014940
Reposted by Lauren BeukesKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 03/09/2026I was having a conversation about using AI at work with a colleague, and she made the very smart observation that using AI doesn't reduce work - it creates different work, going over it, making sure it makes sense, etc, and all too often that work gets pushed along the chain to the next person. 10647
Reposted by Lauren BeukesFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Mayor Mamdani announces a ban on generative AI in schools through 8th grade: AI is not going to replace student-teacher interaction in NYC public schools. We have also heard the importance of protecting childhood—allowing students the opportunity to ask questions, to engage, to fail, to learn. 15761189
Reposted by Lauren BeukesJoe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This was surreal. I emailed the proton mail of the hacker group that breached the UK airports yesterday and they replied overnight with this... 912824
Reposted by Lauren BeukesLuna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tight deadline, but just saw this from Creative Scotland for a fully funded Crime Writing Residency 🏴🥷covepark.orgLoch Long Crime Writing Residency 2026-2027We are now accepting applications for the fourth edition of the Loch Long Crime Writing Residency, a fully funded opportunity for Scotland-based writers developing new work in crime fiction. This year... 01919
Reposted by Lauren BeukesErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/09/2026HELL YEAH!!!!!! (And congrats to @gregpak.net for his absolutely tireless work pushing for this outcome) 4566117
Reposted by Lauren BeukesLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 02/09/2026This is why you shouldn't trust a service that claims to "delete scans of your ID" once they're verified. a provider to Hertz and many other US companies just got popped. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...krebsonsecurity.comFBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security 7258126
Reposted by Lauren BeukesJay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Olaniyi Omotayo, Nigerian (1995- ), Empowered Unity 4, 2025, oil and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in, private collection 6155121042
Reposted by Lauren BeukesKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026Someday I hope to have more rights than AI generated child sex abuse material 101272306
Reposted by Lauren BeukesAshley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry. 9799633085
Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 01/09/2026lol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comDeported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for TrumpBritish far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’ 3140
Reposted by Lauren BeukesJuliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Journalists need to stop describing these incidents in terms implying software has agency and intent. It does not. The people who created a faulty and dangerous product are the ones responsible for whatever happens, and must be held to account, with punitive financial penalties for damage done. 401620601
Reposted by Lauren BeukesMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Good piece on England’s completely avoidable water crisis. “At the moment, we're using world-class drinking water to cool data centres, to irrigate our golf courses.”bbc.co.ukThe race to stop England running out of waterWho is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies? 49894424
Reposted by Lauren Beukes⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 28/08/2026Forming a theory about how the most correct response for any and all "AI" interactions is to treat it like a game of Speed Mad Libs Human, logical structuring of grammar, cadence, and inflection but just spewing out absolute gibberish in the Information transfers 14411
Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 27/08/2026Saw 25 shows in 4 days at Edinburgh Fringe! My highlights: Sanctuary, trad theatre, debut by Jack Sparrow, already winning awards, about a young gay man taking refuge in the countryside during the HIV/AIDs crisis, which was humane and beautiful and uplifting. www.pleasance.co.uk/event/sanctu... 1/? 1137
Reposted by Lauren BeukesHorror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 22/08/2026#Kindle deals! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @stephengrahamjones.com, @pfracassi.bsky.social, @jamesmarkert74.bsky.social, @wendydheard.bsky.social, @joerlansdale.bsky.social, @darrenshan.com, @laurenbeukes.com, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social, @joeabercrombie.com & more! #booksky #ad amzn.to/4c0Dr96 0198
Reposted by Lauren BeukesFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/08/2026it blew my mind when I realized just how often it never occurs to many, many people in the professional world to ask these questions. it still blows my mind. how is this possible. 41919138
Reposted by Lauren BeukesSciences @sciences.skyfleet.blue · 21/08/2026Europe’s Scorching Summerscience.nasa.govEurope's Scorching Summer - NASA ScienceA series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe. 13814
Reposted by Lauren Beukesamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026#vaccines #healthcare #vaccinessavelives #science 42431810
Reposted by Lauren BeukesMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026When we talk about "civil rights," it's important to keep in mind that the right of women and girls to access the public sphere without being subjected to sexual violence or harassment is usually considered less important than the free speech rights of men to harass them. 9705181
Reposted by Lauren BeukesChris Shehan_Comic Art @chrisshehanart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026My hometown created an entire building to house artists downtown in order to bring more art into the city. Every apartment had artists, rent was under $400 for a 1,000 square foot downtown apartment. And it worked and continues to work. Murals started going up everywhere, events, etc. 121609382
Reposted by Lauren BeukesKlayrG @klayrg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The EU will be destroying micro businesses and soon you will only be able to buy slop from mega corporations who can easily handle the fees. Please sign and share and help EU artists to fight for their future c.org/fnKCQqNSGD #epr #euwhathell 9832801
Reposted by Lauren BeukesTodd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 16/07/2026“A.I. Movies” www.tiktok.com/@americanbar... 5653742441