Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 2hMost of AI (in business terms) is driven by a false belief that TECHNOLOGY is what drove the internet and telecommunications booms of the last two decades. Technology unlocked better communication and business processes. THOSE then drove the boom. Tech was a means to an end, not the end in itself. 926559
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1hIt annoys me just how much "turn it off and turn it on again" is actually the way to solve 80% of computer/phone/tech issues. On one hand: Actually great because it's simple and easy. On the other: generations of IT dudes being smug because they were right all along. 6564439
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But speaking of staying in one's lane, can we PLEASE switch the default position from "It's fine to use 'AI' for this thing I'm not an expert in" to "Yeah, I'd be really skeptical of any use cases and need to see strong evidence that it's okay, but I'm not the one who can produce that evidence"? 11563152
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 7510267
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2hcan't believe this essay is four years old, but yeah, the key to understanding a lot of policy debates about urbanism is that by controlling where people live, you can profoundly affect their life outcomes this is kind of obvious stated plainly but is worth reflecting onliberalcurrents.comNIMBYism Is Segregation PersistingIn a hot convention hall in Philadelphia in 1788, the last member of the Constitutional Convention set his pen to the page and sealed in ink slavery as one of America’s foundational institutions. On C... 1708
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticolauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20hthey'll be packing me into a padded cell while i scream about how autocorrect used to be good 432170183
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticos. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18hBlue Shield: Your health insurance premium will increase by $124 in 2027 Also Blue Shield: Your insurance will cover less and your copays are increasing 🥰 0454
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoKyla Wazana Tompkins @kwazana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026About three months ago Tavia Nyong’o & I conceived of a collection of essays on The Epstein Class and the University meant to consider the ubiquity is sexual violence in the university & the fundamental fact that access to young women has long been a side perk of university employment & attendance. 39458
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/01/2025As a free thinker alpha male one of my highest values is unquestioning obedience to authority. Boss knows best, that's why he's the boss 262135791525
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There are so many people, so many, that love film and want to dedicate their whole lives to making films, in front of the camera, behind it, in editing suites and casting rooms and makeup trailers. And that these locusts can come in and just devour the industry, take it from us all, is devastating. 292351599
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185109091816
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today in why your librarian is stressed: academic journals increase in cost about 5% every single year while our funding continues to, at best, stagnate. And that's just the things we already purchase, much less the new acquisitions our patrons need or want. 29124
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Outside the pandemic, U.S. information-sector employment is now at its lowest level in more than a decade. BLS data shows 2.739M jobs in September, down ~12% from the 2022 peak. The entire post-pandemic hiring boom has now been erased. I expected AI to cause Big Tech to shrink but not all tech. 😞 1010830
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Lastly, if you want to know what an academic institution with no library or a library with no librarians is like, look no further than primary and secondary education. We have hollowed out school libraries and fired school librarians, and things aren't great down here. 1224
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Anyway, it's Banned Books Week, and one easy way to ban books is to have untrained staff running a library. If you are at one of these higher ed institutions swapping librarians for subject experts, take this week to voice your complaints. Everyone else, tell admin you support your librarians. 1167
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Look, I got a lot of issues with the MLIS, esp around gatekeeping the profession. But by arguing that you don't need trained librarians to do the work of a trained librarian is just an excuse to push us out. It's a devaluation of our skills and knowledge. 2345
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The realization we had in the field years ago was that it was less important to have deep knowledge about one specific subject than it was to know how to organize, maintain, collect, conserve, and provide access to that subject material. 1377
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticotoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 189112733071
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoJohn 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 414017658
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 21591431677
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoGhastrogen Scratch Ghosts @estrogenpatchnotes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"tell people what you like about them directly and frequently" is shaping up to be the single most impactful resolution I have made in my life 114237
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it. 8429133
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Give me romance and don't condescend to me. And keep your lit fic which continually thinks its reinventing the wheel. Stop pretending people being depressed and breaking up (or 'discovering reality') is more innovative than people navigating human relationships and love. Just stop. 419119
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I get pretty fucking sick of people assuming romance readers are stupid to be honest. As someone who works on the history of romance, who teaches romance, there is always so much going on. Reflections of and on contemporary society, questions about love and relationships, about gender... 117218
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Engaging with an existing trope or plot pattern, isn't about simplicity or robot formulas. It's rather about an acknowledgement of the history of your field, a constant intertextual conversation with (or against) the meanings that have built up around certain tropes. 117823
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop: 181191262
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoceej @ceej.online · 05/10/2026we don't have time for another plague apocalypse. we already did that. we're on to robot apocalypse now, try to catch up. next in line is fungal apocalypse. please consult the schedule 842586520
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoJohn 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 10994102954
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 30127563974
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticojay, god's most perfect princex @jaythenerdkid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026why pay for school photos when, for the low, low price of feeding your own child's sensitive personal information to a machine that churns out child sexual exploitation imagery, you could get a bunch of photos of a creepy waxwork simulacrum of your child instead? 12531132
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoBenne W. Holwerda @benneholwerda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This book clarified a lot of the underlying economics of the irrational AI push every where. It’s a push for tech to grow and displace labor. Hated the AI flood at work already (hard push by admin and course design folks) but now I hate it even more. 5216
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoSarah Day 🖋️🦊 @sarahday.org · 02/10/2026This is also the time of year every coffee shop makes 'scary' lattes by putting charcoal in them. If you take birth control by mouth, that shit will not work when there's charcoal in your stomach. 219297
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoV’s Knees @gothicneo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Donato Giancola's Tolkien art is fantastic, and often as horny as the Renaissance greats he emulates. 131
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In photography you really just wanna make sure that the cat is properly exposed. Photo from my collection no info/date. 212327145
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoMichael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026People assume the sewers are unpleasant, but that’s because they never go down there. You really need to hang out down there to see how wonderful they are 1127928
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 260184704882
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoJu Li Khaw @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's fucked up AI companies are telling people how dangerous and powerful their product is and how they have to be held back for the sake of humanity and also seem to be rolling out a bunch of cute mascots to try to appeal people to use AI. It's still all bullcrap but makes me hate them even more. 2111
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Shopping isn't politics, and while voting *is* Politics (Big P), it's *also* not politics (small p). A boycott, on the other hand, *is* politics. 2545
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026And yes, as part of a boycott, you make some consumption choices. You buy X instead of Y. But "shopping" by itself isn't a boycott. You can't "vote with your wallet" (especially not when billionaires get to vote against you with *their* wallets): pluralistic.net/2025/09/13/c...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Wallet voting (13 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 19215
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity. 3366120
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/10/2026Good morning & Happy Friday 🍁🎃🐈⬛ Fed up with food recalls and other generally horrible news? Only one more week in GA until you can early vote and make these turds accountable. Go forth and fuck their shit up. 212614
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoKris Wernowsky @kriswernowsky.com · 02/10/2026For my European friends, American healthcare in a nutshell: You pay money every month To still pay a bunch of money to doctor Until you’ve paid enough money Then maybe everything is covered (probably not tho) Employers get massive tax breaks for it Everyone hates it Paperwork fucking everywhere 121241
Reposted by MissDarcyFantasticoPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In my next meeting I'm going to read some of my slam poetry and if anyone objects I will say that AI wrote it, so it's actually very innovative and productive of me 1243