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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know there's a lot more important things to worry about in the world, but WTF TED LASSO

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I simply think that if you misunderstand fiction to such a degree, you're not actually smart enough to rule over society... 🤷‍♀️

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My takeaway from this drivel is that I am so thankful to my small history department in undergrad who introduced me to most of these historians. I am so lucky to have been taught by intellectuals like that. @profbridgett.bsky.social

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

(It'll be much sooner) "You're not all gonna be dead in *10* YEARS." He doesn't know what AI is (he has parental controls on his internet usage) and imagines a zombie apocalypse: "You're not all going to be DEAD in 10 years."

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Best option: "You're NOT all going to be dead in 10 years." Probable (talking to Congress, the cowards), "YOU'RE not all going to be dead in 10 years." Talking to the American people, "You're not ALL going to be dead in 10 years."

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Working every day to provide this ancient service

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

boy, 1965 is a carefully chosen date re: "which bathroom to use"

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

have we considered just banning these things entirely

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

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I haven't heard people talking about this, but AI is an absolute game changer for doing historical research. History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts— a massive logistical/memory problem made so delightfully easy with agentic research. 1/
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I did an OCR conversion of all my PDFs to make text files, built a semantic search index, and can just let my agents roam free to answer questions, fact-check, dig up interesting stories, quotes, etc. It takes a lot of the hard work out, as well as a lot of the human error. 2/2

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Are you talking about fetterman?

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I think it's kinda important for us humanities educators that people are flocking to see a movie of a classic text directed by a guy who hates AI slop. Politicians and even many educational instituions have been attacking the humanities but obviously the people have a craving for it!

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Absolutely generational read on your part

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Absolutely livid that I'm not on the horny copypasta text chain

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"how were people writing 10 page papers before AI???" we were smarter than you. you could've been smart, too. but you sold your brain for nothing

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Soccer is so fun I wish Americans were allowed to watch it when it's not World Cup season

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just got off the phone with Mitch McConnell and he said he saw goody proctor with the devil

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I actually haven't liked him since the Nazi tattoo but I guess I'm just old school

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Damn, Sandy, I wasn't familiar with your game

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Banger joke but horrifying ending to that game

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It cannot be overstated that this man is intellectually BORING and a big goddamn loser

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 26/06/2026

WE CAN TELL YOUR FLYER IS AI AND IT’S UGLY STOP

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

"Candy Crush businessman" - i'm gonna stop you right there. I do not care what this man thinks about research or science. I honestly thought this was an onion article lol

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

“study of around 8,000 respondents concludes that women’s lower uptake of generative AI tools has little to do w/ skills or access. Instead, it is driven largely by how women perceive the broader societal risks associated w/ the new technology.”🧪 @josiecox.bsky.social

“…women are significantly more likely than men to worry about the wider consequences of generative AI, including its effects on employment, privacy, misinformation, mental health, and even the environment.

The researchers concluded that women's hesitation is less about fear of personal safety, and more about a concern for Al's broader societal and ethical
consequences.

One of the study's most striking findings is that the gap persists even among young, highly educated, and digitally confident users. In other words, women who are perfectly capable of using tools like ChatGPT-and who already engage heavily with technology-remain more hesitant. That hesitation appears to be less about fear of the tools themselves…”

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

$9-billion taxpayer transfer to a $5 trillion company for US spy agencies to go all in on AI. NYT doesn't include a single critical word from a privacy or civil liberties expert. Just a don't-worry-about-it assurance at the end. Also: Anthropic is not our friend. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

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White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

After the news that Google is going to make the search bar AI, it's officially Firefox time.

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wait I am personally feeling the need to doom today! Must be something in the stars.

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Werner Herzog's Bear @jasontebbe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This tracks

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Kids should be learning that AI output isn’t trustworthy, where it really comes from, and how it’s disrupting our ability to tell what’s real. They shouldn’t be learning that AI will make them more efficient or do their work for them because it can’t. That would be propaganda, not education

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

F. Scott Fitzgerald/turkey crossover

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Schiaparelli's designs would have been perfect for the theme, and the whole gala would have been more fun if stars had had the option. But instead, she denies everyone else the opportunity, squanders hers, and is part of a less fun evening.

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Lauren Sanchez Bezos had an EXCLUSIVE (?!) with Schiaparelli for the Met Gala and wore that boring ass bridesmaid dress - a perfect metaphor for her and her husband's wealth hoarding.

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My exact response every time - it's like the kid in class who thinks he's cooking and instead he's just spewing the most half-baked sentence anyone's ever heard.

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The US Vice President is arguing Catholic theology with the Pope

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My alma mater, St. Rose, closed two years ago. It was an incredible place to learn, had dedicated History faculty, and I am still so sad about it.

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

W.E.B. Du Bois: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel - not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is actually my motto as a teacher

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Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

j.d. vance said "let's turn this hillbilly elegy into a hillbilly homily." and leo said "no" (Italian for "no")

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

There are few more potent excuses to reduce education budgets and teacher headcount than the pretense that technology can replace their work, and believe me, that's what politicians will do with the myths that teachers can "save time" and "prepare students for the future" through AI tools.

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Sorry to go full millennial with the Anchorman reference, but if we're being completely honest, I do see the oft-derided millennial optimism and earnestness as an antidote to AI bullshit (not to say my generation-mates aren't using it; I know they are)

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Mallory Cairo @malcairo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Using AI is the equivalent of the Anchorman joke "I have many leather-bound books." They don't care that the Latin is wrong, they want the trappings of academia, learning, intelligence, without the work, effort, creativity, and adventure. It's absolutely bankrupt of the joys of humanity.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

*sees men being misogynists* “this reminds me of women”

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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Graduating high school before ChatGPT is like having a brain made of recovered steel from warships old enough to not have been weakened by atomic bomb isotopes.

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