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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The idea of a Black academic being hounded to death for alleged acts of plagiarism in an era when universities are entering into contracts with AI companies and encouraging AI use among students, while Big Tech is stealing EVERYTHING humans write...
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Dave Farley @davefarley77.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We are building powerful, poorly understood, non-deterministic systems, handing them autonomy, and wiring them into places that matter. Stop asking if AI is conscious. Start asking: where is the engineering discipline keeping it safe? New video out now ➡️ youtu.be/mRF99to28sA
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The Real AI Threat ISN'T Sci-Fi (It’s So Much Worse)
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
fields. Instead, he apparently laced into the company. According to the Financial Times, Eggers told the staff:

“The effect of ChatGPT on educators’ lives is catastrophic. Whether you intended to do it or not, you’ve made every teacher’s life infinitely more difficult than it was two years ago. So, just let that settle in… If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them. They’ll never have the ability to say their truth and tell their own story. And that’s silencing an entire generation or two.”
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It's a variation of the old joke where the guy says he sells apples for 5 cents a piece, but he pays 10 cents. The other guy asks him how he gets a profit. The first guy says, "I make it up on volume."
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 06/07/2026
HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com
Hyperscale by Paris Marx. Coming October 20, 2026.

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point
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Jake Chanenson @jchanenson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Had a great chat with @penney.bsky.social on his new book Chilling Effects. Take a listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/chilling-eff...
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Jonathon W. Penney, "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Given the growing evidence on cognitive offloading and skills erosion, this may be very prudent policy. And it will make for an informative social experiment, with much of the US serving as an counterexample
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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
*dons tin foil hat* This is why they're force-feeding it to us... It will become a standard 'thought replacement' tool that fully integrates with every facet of our lives (internal and external). Before long, we will be extensions of it, rather than it being an extension of us.
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Body Snatchers: Man's Epic Point
Alt: Body Snatchers: Man's Epic Point
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com
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INTRODUCTION
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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Can't these tech bros read another novel besides Atlas Shrugged? As I wrote a long time ago @motherboard.bsky.social "Science Fiction is not social reality" - www.vice.com/en/article/s...
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Science Fiction Is Not Social Reality
The tech industry is inspired to create our world from linear, scripted science fiction stories.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
WIRED has been downright exceptional in covering this carnage.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/01/2025
Biden bids farewell with dark warning for America – the oligarchs are coming | David Smith
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Biden bids farewell with dark warning for America – the oligarchs are coming | David Smith
The president did not air grievances or dwell on the past, but sounded an alarm call about the future under Trump There was a sting in the tail. Joe Biden’s farewell address had not seemed like a must-watch for most politics-weary Americans. Those who…
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The Register @theregister.com · 14/01/2025
It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
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It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do Analysis  A little more than two months out from its first legal deadline, the UK’s Online Safety Act is causing concern among smaller online forums caught within its reach. The…
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
New by me on Computer Weekly: 'Labour's AI Action Plan - a gift to the far right' www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Labo...
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Labour's AI Action Plan - a gift to the far right | Computer Weekly
Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan argues that, on top of the clear social and environmental harms associated with the technology, Labour's vapid fixation on AI-led growth in lieu of real change ...
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"Decomputing argues that, wherever AI is proposed as 'the answer', there is a gap for the self-organisation of people who already know better what needs to be done," such as "teachers and students resisting generative AI in the classroom" or "challenging the algorithmic optimisation of workloads"
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 14/01/2025
OpenAI quietly revises policy doc to remove reference to ‘politically unbiased’ AI
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OpenAI quietly revises policy doc to remove reference to ‘politically unbiased’ AI
OpenAI has quietly removed language endorsing “politically unbiased” AI from one of its recently published policy documents. In the original draft of its “economic blueprint” for the AI industry in the U.S., OpenAI said that AI models “should aim to be…
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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 12/01/2025
New essay by me – I argue that the best way to understand artificial intelligence is via the Tinkerbell Effect. This technology's existence requires us to keep channeling our psychic energy into the dreams of mega-corporations, tech billionaires, and venture capitalists: futurism.com/ai-tinkerbell
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AI Is Like Tinkerbell: It Only Works If We Keep Clapping So It Doesn't Die
AI is like the fairy Tinkerbell: in the story of "Peter Pan," she only continues to exist if people believe in her and clap for her.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 12/01/2025
🤖🌍 GenAI’s Hidden Costs A new study highlights the environmental toll and social inequities of GenAI - from mining rare metals to energy-hungry data centres and underpaid labour. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm #AI 🧪
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A social-environmental impact perspective of generative artificial intelligence
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
With both Meta and X, as with Elon's attempts to undermine the state, the UK government needs to remember that it is actually, you know, a government of a nation and can just do things like this. We should be taking lessons from Brazil's approach.
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We Are Brighton @wearebrighton.com · 11/01/2025
Solly March scores for Brighton! This is the Magic of the FA Cup #BHAFC
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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Plymouth Argyle have done it — they have pulled off the biggest upset of the FA Cup third round so far. Morgan Whittaker's strike was enough for the Championship strugglers to beat Brentford, whose home form is faltering.
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We Are Brighton @wearebrighton.com · 11/01/2025
4-0 win. Into the 4th round of the FA Cup. Confidence boosting goals for Rutter and Enciso. Solly March scores after 14 months injured. Welbeck returns. And we even got to see King Shane Duffy I'd say that is a pretty bloody good day's work for Brighton #BHAFC
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Delighted to say that, after a period away, I am writing again for @financialtimes.com. In tomorrow’s print edition is a long piece on Elon Musk’s and Mark Zuckerberg’s regulatory strategies. And why recent events show that X and Meta are weak, not strong, when faced with determined state action.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I strongly encourage you to read this op-ed by Peter Thiel. He is considered the true brain of the Paypal mafia. The incoherence, paranoia & self-absorption, the meandering, impenetrable prose, the paper-thin thesis & logic… These are the men who want to run the world. www.ft.com/content/a46c...
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A time for truth and reconciliation
Trump’s return to the White House augurs the ‘apokálypsis’ of the ancien regime’s secrets
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Jordan Keller @jordan-keller.com · 10/01/2025
a must listen on how big tech alters (and in this case degrades) art. a great interview from @parismarx.com with @tavlin.bsky.social on how Netflix’s “data-driven” business decisions have erased the visibility and seeming worth of creative labor and debased an artform in the process.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/01/2025
To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus
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To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus
To solve the climate crisis, power must flow away from the billionaire class When I feel uncertain, I find it’s helpful to write down things I know to be true. Fossil fuels are causing irreversible planetary overheating. Overheating threatens essentially…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/01/2025
AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
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AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Arwa Mahdawi
Low-quality ‘slop’ generated by AI is crowding out genuine humans across the internet, but instead of regulating it, platforms such as Facebook are positively encouraging it. Where does this end? How do you do, fellow humans? My name is Arwa and I am a…
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Matthew Lucas @notmattlucas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
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Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌
Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 07/01/2025
A DDOS attack on our minds.
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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
It occurs to me that some things happened in those Mar a Lago visits. Marching orders, perhaps. Let's watch the actions of the other "$1M donation titans" who are now implementing those "orders."
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Who is up for a short thread on the intriguing parallels between OpenAI and Enron, as told by one of Enron's investment bankers -- that is to say, me? Here goes...
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
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AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 07/01/2025
Facebook is a social cancer. Our governments should be targeting it with much stricter regulation to make it abide by our norms and values — or have it leave our markets entirely. The days of Mark Zuckerberg shaping discourse and controlling communication must end.
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The European political establishment has had enough of Elon Musk. My latest for @fastcompany.com on what Keir Starmer, Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and Jonas Gahr Støre's comments tell us www.fastcompany.com/91255505/the...
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The European political establishment has had enough of Elon Musk
For Americans, Musk's incessant commentary on European matters may be puzzling. For European leaders, it’s annoying—and troubling.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/01/2025
Uniqlo, Gymshark and Lush stop hiring UK workers via gig economy apps
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Uniqlo, Gymshark and Lush stop hiring UK workers via gig economy apps
TUC criticise retailers for endangering workers’ rights by using apps such as YoungOnes and Temper Lush, Uniqlo and Gymshark have stopped using freelance retail workers hired through apps such as YoungOnes and Temper, after unions criticised the gig…
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/03/2024
Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
Across all industries, organizations are rapidly embracing generative AI. Among them, makers of home appliances like fridges and ovens. Generative AI in your oven? Why not? Ater all, AI has been creeping into our homes for years (think smart lightbulbs and Alexa) – but thanks to generative AI, these interactions will become even more human and more personal.
Imagine, for example, asking your washing machine whether it’s safe to wash a beloved item of clothing on a certain setting – literally, asking it out loud or via an app. Or you could say to your fridge, “Hey, when am I going to run out of milk?” and it’ll tell you. Integrating generative AI into everyday products could lead to a new era of smart appliances that are not only more adaptive to our needs but also more interactive and engaging.
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Ted Neward @tedneward.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
BLOGGED: 2025 Tech Predictions It's that time of the year again, when I make predictions for the upcoming year. As has become my tradition now for almost two decades, I will first go back over last years' predictions, to see how well I called it, and... blogs.newardassociates.com/blog/2025/20...
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2025 Tech Predictions
Technology and related predictions for 2025.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 04/01/2025
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thinks he’s found the recipe to deal with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s online political fussing. His approach? “Don’t feed the troll.”
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Olaf Scholz chides Musk: ‘Don’t feed the troll’
Germany’s chancellor answers X owner’s attacks in newspaper interview.
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Paul Mason @paulmason.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Stop-Fascism-I…
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Paul Mason @paulmason.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
How to stop Musk. A playbook
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
In the space of three days, Elon Musk has posted 200 TIMES about the UK grooming gangs on Twitter, including calls for: • The king to dissolve parliament 🙄 • @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social to be jailed • Government officials to "hang" • ...and the UK to be "liberated" www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk Is Posting Nonstop Falsehoods About 'Grooming Gangs'
Musk’s posts, which have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X, are his latest effort at inserting himself into UK politics.
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Eric Neustadter (e) @thevowel.com · 29/12/2024
DAMMIT NPR. I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded. Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
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