Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8hThere’s no A.I. “literacy”. There is only power, to either rebuild or eradicate commonly shared knowledge production. They haz it. Remains to be seen if we haz some too. 10585147
Reposted by 멜 melashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8hfeels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires 20638135
Reposted by 멜 melClean Air Where @cleanairwhere.bsky.social · 06/10/20267/7 It’s miserable and disruptive. If cleaner shared air can help reduce some of that, it’s worth taking seriously. Prevention first and then everything else on top. #IndoorAirQuality #InfectionPrevention #Ventilation #CleanAirWhere 0143
Reposted by 멜 melClean Air Where @cleanairwhere.bsky.social · 06/10/20262/7 Handwashing is great. Looking after ourselves matters too. Keeping fit, eating well, getting enough sleep and taking vitamins if they’re right for you all have a place. But prevention should always be the first layer. 1174
Reposted by 멜 melrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 22ha little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3249481722
Reposted by 멜 melJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10892982912
Reposted by 멜 melParis Marx @parismarx.com · 23hHYPERSCALE tells the full story of the data center buildout and the backlash it’s facing. It’s out in just two weeks — but I need a favor! If you’re planning to buy it, it would make a huge difference if you place a preorder. Get your copy today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...disconnect.blogHyperscale is out in two weeks!Preorder your copy to get the full story on the AI-fueled data center buildout 412344
Reposted by 멜 melConor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally. 17732232
Reposted by 멜 melJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try 414002656
Reposted by 멜 melKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying. 843121811
Reposted by 멜 melPacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'm going to try to change your perspective on COVID in under 2 minutes. 18333155
Reposted by 멜 melPacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think it's weird how fixated a lot of you are on people who are covid conscious.. 17301106
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A core part of the problem is that parents want their sons to be able to access male privilege more than they want to stop sexual violence. You have to let go of the fraternities. And the men’s only athletic teams. And any other boys clubs. 736487
Reposted by 멜 melBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...the74million.orgNearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New MexicoA new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico. 8549184
Reposted by 멜 melOrla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Remember those really cheap, DIY fans with filters for classrooms? They work! #CorsiRosenthal pubs.acs.org/aeacd5/artic... 123165
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026But it’s also true that these systems are just misogynistic. And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively. 264687
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods. 71627421
Reposted by 멜 melKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8852541020
Reposted by 멜 melTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 10411169
Reposted by 멜 melmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It happens so often it can be hard to even see. Men having the same experience I am, but I hit a place where the attention becomes unpleasant. Inuendos start. I have to wiggle out of something I did not start (cautiously! trying not to upset any dangerous egos!) so I leave, while the men get to stay 74125262
Reposted by 멜 melmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168187814711
Reposted by 멜 melIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This. I strongly believe a lot of men have no idea how often women contend with this, and how it can stunt their ambitions. 01228313
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know, researchers since the 1980s have found that men can tell when they don’t have consent. They just choose to continue anyway because they prioritize consent as less important than power, domination, and sexual gratification. 326153
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally. 81109209
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another big one is teaching your son to see girls as equals. Instead of enrolling him in sex-segregated sports, introduce him to a co-ed team. And help him foster his more “feminine” interests where we can be in mixed-sex spaces, making mixed-sex friend groups. 6940114
Reposted by 멜 melNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81167549
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026...Except it's worse, because OpenAI didn't 'invent the personal chatbot footprint', and chatbots are a tool for which we already have low-energy alternatives. So it's 100% volunteer unforced errors here 1281
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026Basically, whether on LinkedIn or Instagram, there is a push among white people in rich countries to do post-hoc rationalisations for their chatbot addictions taking a fascinatingly similar form to the same thing where high-carbon lifestyles are rationalised bc "BP invented the carbon footprint" 3315
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026I spend a lot of time looking at the bigger picture but I try to remember the big picture is made of these pixels. People deciding to switch from a lean, energy efficient mode of work and communication into a WILDLY BLOATED and just absurdly Bitcoiny mode of pointless generation and regeneration 3408
Reposted by 멜 melKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026GenAI is what I am going to optimistically call "pre-systemic" - it hasn't been baked in yet. And the stakes are HIGH, bc once baked in, the climate impacts push it up into a high category among the plastics industry, agriculture etc So....what that means is that heavy users *are* morally culpable 24513
Reposted by 멜 melKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Instead we still have handwashing and coughing into elbows for airborne viruses, outright dismissal of long covid, normalization of being sick all the time, and zero accountability 316133
Reposted by 멜 melKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The pandemic should have led to clean indoor air, treatments for long covid and related illnesses, next gen vaccines, normalization of masking, mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare, sick leave, and a paradigm shift around what infections do to people 8376139
Reposted by 멜 melChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of my favourite profs from my undergrad, Maggie Berg, wrote a book challenging the culture of speed in academia. Can't wait to read this - seems relevant right now as someone intentionally taking forever to finish grad school 😁 utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....utppublishing.comThe Slow Professor - University of Toronto PressChallenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy 3225
멜 mel @lemleklings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh this looks great! 🤓 thanks for sharing. Can't wait to read it. I've also got this very similar book by Isabelle Stengers on my list: hcommons.org?get_group_do...hcommons.org 110
Reposted by 멜 melKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 766286805989
Reposted by 멜 melKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/09/2026Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏 422568
Reposted by 멜 melregular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026... 3634421012
Reposted by 멜 melKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support. 443081689
Reposted by 멜 melemily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m only seeing people with ME or Long Covid sharing this. If you’re not affected, can you please read it & share? Ableist propaganda goes viral all the time, which encourages outlets to publish more of it. Can we please make the truth go viral instead? 3198161
Reposted by 멜 melKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The thing that’s really lovely about wearing a mask in public places is that it has huge personal benefits while also making spaces safer and more accessible to others 07424
Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield. 9981269
Reposted by 멜 melbabs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026malcolm harris showing yall how to ally once again 117860
Reposted by 멜 melAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Eugenics is the tool of the oppressor. We do not need it. We will not use it. Hate to break it to you, but this means: Mentioning “the gene pool” The concept of IQ and BMI Standardized tests “Gifted” AND “special” education Rawdogging viruses “Social Darwinism” “Effective altruism” 8383143
Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game. 91734325
Reposted by 멜 melTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that. 101318220
Reposted by 멜 melregular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026you are not better than someone who has to fight for their ability to be in public. you are not safe from becoming completely dependent on accommodations to live. i hope you remember the way you're acting right now when this all becomes obvious to you. 9651112
Reposted by 멜 melAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yes, because it helps you avoid being a mark and to place accountability in people making these tools. Hope that helps. 1220045
