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nate @zzstoatzz.io · 28/09/2026
come say hi !! :) all welcome, no qualifications necessary! if you’ve ever wished the internet were better, you’re in good company
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
“The CEO of Mistral AI believes American tech giants are using [AI-apocalypse] rhetoric to control and close off the market to their advantage.” lol, I rest my case.
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Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'
Mistral AI's co-founder believes the sector's American giants are manipulating the discourse around the technology's risks. He also defended his strategy, as critics are accusing his company of fallin...
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Jay Thurber Show 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaythurber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Disabled folks have also been used to justify self-driving vehicles. Big tech uses members of minoritized populations as human shields, then discards them when they're inconvenient
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chicago.at @chicago.at · 22/09/2026
chicagoland!! it's us, at://chicago come to Life on Marz next Wednesday for a casual social!
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at://chicago - September 2026
Converge back at Life on Marz Community Club. Open to lightning talks, but we are more focused on conversations. Happy hour drink specials for the event, courtesy of Marz. We welcome folks from all k...
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026
my love and respect for Larry David grows all the time pagesix.com/2026/09/22/h...
After the dressing down — which ended up having the crowd in tears, of laughter and joy, the agent writes — Emanuel recalls, “Seating Larry at the same table as Elon Musk: Not my best decision.” 
As soon as the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star sees the Tesla mogul,”he starts cursing, yelling, saying things many people would like to say to Elon” about the SpaceX’s leader’s politics. 
David was “right up in Elon’s face, before the dinner starts,” and, guests had to separate them.
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Rob Ramos @rob.tempomusic.fan · 19/09/2026
If you’re an AT Proto enthusiast, do yourself a favour and read @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social ‘s “Technofeudalism”. I swear you’ll have an eureka moment of understanding the real potential of AT Proto within society.
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Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very quick and dirty Jev test for hiring bias. One resume for a Wall Street job; asked whether the applicant should get a first-round interview. 76 evaluations, changing only the first name. 19 of each: White-associated men/women, Black-associated men/women. console.typesafe.ai/playground?s...
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I will be using this. Better ATProto testing infrastructure with ephemeral accounts
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Everyone involved in this, including the Palantir employees who built the software and the executives that sold it, need to be tried for warcrimes
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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meanwhile, the more credible existential threat from AI arises from humans wiring up known-to-be hallucinatinatory bullshit machines directly to military command and other existence-critical systems
arstechnica.com
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
It's pick your poison between TESCREAL billionaires folks. We have Sanders' advisors: funded by likes of Jaan Tallinn who led Anthropic's series A & other friends on the "left" wing Marc Andreessen, Palantir folks etc on the "centrist" wing writing our bills. www.levernews.com/big-ais-favo...
NEW: in the coming weeks, House Democrats are going to unveil an AI policy response. It’ll be decided by a Jeffries appointed commission stacked with members funded by the AI industry including Ron Conway and Leading the Future PAC led by OpenAI, A16z and Palantir's Joe Lonsdale


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Big AI’s Favorite Democrats Are Writing The Party’s AI Plan

Hakeem Jeffries’ five-member AI commission is stacked with lawmakers backed by industry super PACs seeking to shape federal policy.
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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Holy $#!+ this is perfect www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKNi...
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every AI ceo all of a sudden
YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 06/11/2025
too big to fail speedrun
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
lol two months ago OpenAI was signing a letter about how important open weights models were and now their house propagandist is saying “we will ban open weights and you will thank us for it”. You can’t hate this company enough
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Worth noting, as Macklemore was banned by NFL owners in what will be dubbed "fighting antisemitism", that Kanye, who - sold merch with swastikas - said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler - tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people" is currently on a multi-city tour of NFL stadiums
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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 13/09/2026
Approximating the Lorenz attractor with a chaotic leaky water wheel. The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis lib: no, no, no. You don't get it. You have to vote for the transphobic Democrat because otherwise bad policies would affect ME and not just you.
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The Newromancer @tehsamantha.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Completely fine when cis libs tell trans people the same thing tho
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As someone desperately trying to grow the ATmosphere, I've often hit a wall when I encounter the repercussions of Bluesky leadership's bad PR and condescension, and the sycophancy that surrounds the development team by the worst enablers in the community. torrent-empress.leaflet.pub/3mv6tdsgyqs2d
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An open letter to Bluesky Social PBC.: Please stop posting and listen to users and devs
I'm going to try to be nice and professional
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We need web fonts, complete with version metadata as an atproto lexicon, can't believe nobody has done it yet
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Jamie Hardt @jamie.squad51.us · 08/09/2026
Really important lesson here for any media company or studio that partners with an AI company and gives them access to work materials.
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Last year we analyzed one program managed by our Attorney General that has significantly fueled Illinois’ expansion of ALPRs. In a three year span, Illinois police spent $5.6 million on over 900 ALPRs and their associated service subscriptions.
What Cops Bought
ORC GRANTS, 2023-2025

100+ Illinois police departments spent state grants on ALPR cameras or related software and accessories

GPS tracking devices $211,522
Misc. tech $154,053
Cell phone & vehicle forensics $399,352
Overtime $2.7M
Fusus $3.2M
Vehicles $421,889
ALPRs $5.6M
Video surveillance (PODs, etc) $1.2M

Source: contracts and state invoices reviewed by Unraveled

100+ police departments in Illinois spent $5+ million dollars on automated license plate readers. Each Flock ALPR costs approximately $3000 with installation.
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"There’s no reason new data centers can’t run on renewables" Are they? If you aren't putting your money where your mouth is and at the very least boycotting LLM firms using illegal methane generators, why listen to attempts to assuage our fears with empty rhetoric and deceptive rationalizations?
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Greg M. Epstein @gregmepstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wasn't sure what @anildash.com would mean by "Cancer Capital" or how I would feel about his use of that disease as a metaphor. But turns out he's...dead on. Completely correct usage 👇 and every bit as chilling as a cancer reference should be
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 03/09/2026
Every 1 in 5 people ICE arrested since February is a child. That and more in our latest analysis of data available through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/28/i...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nobody but nobody debunks the fossil fuel industry’s 💩 like the good folks at @thejuicemedia.com. This explainer on offsets BS is classic. Shame there isn’t a remotely similar for Ireland to make our #climate BS artists cringe.
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Neither Luddism nor Marxism (in orthodox form) are particularly that relevant in an age where the biggest issues with machine learning models are environmental and Chomskyan (wrt the manufacture of consent). A Mac Studio is relatively a low capital cost to a power loom in the early 19th century.
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Growing up, I learned the mnemonic acronym H.O.M.E.S. to remember the Great Lakes. Now the only word that works as one is S.H.A.M.E.
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Loukas Christodoulou @loukas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
How did the USA become authoritarian? Two ways: Gradually and then suddenly.
Graph of incarcerated americans showing rise since 1920 and very sharp rise from 1980 at half a million up to two million
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Experimenting with the idea of a fully skeuomorphic @lexicon.community events client that focuses on flyers & posters instead of thumbnails/icons and will be aimed at local groups and venues. Just had fun with procedural-generation of the corkboard background.
The image shows a digital community events board organized by dates

• Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Arab American Action Network
End Racial profiling
6 PM
Oak Lawn PD - STAND DOWN!
Oak Lawn Village Hall

Sex Ed Trivia

• Thursday, September 3, 2026:

When We Incarcerate Mothers We Sentence Children
Heartland Community College
Illinois Prison Project

Speakers: 11:00am - 12:15pm Lunch & Learn: 12:30-1:30pm
Heartland College ACEC Auditorium, 1500 W. Raab Rd, Normal IL

Communities in Bloom

• Friday, September 4, 2026
2026 Socialism Conference
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place

Historic Bike Tour: Chicago Race Riot 1919 Commemoration Project
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The thing we need to hold on to is this is routine. Systemic. Common. This is what police do when you give them surveillance toys. Every single time. Not just “a few bad apples” This is the norm.
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Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 27/08/2026
NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators. None of them have permits. A Floodlight visual investigation with @us.theguardian.com:
floodlightnews.org
One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Grahame Watt @grahame.fyi · 27/08/2026
Thanks @ntm.bsky.social , @zzstoatzz.io , @trezy.codes, and everyone else for organizing a great @chicago.at meetup! It was a lot of fun and great to see what everyone was working on!
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hello from Julia
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chicago.at @chicago.at · 26/08/2026
tonight! 🍺 🎤 Lexicons in Julia by @ntm.bsky.social 🎤 Meme Museum by @joe.germuska.com 🎤 Permissioned Data by @zzstoatzz.io 5:30 happy hour, 6:30 talks beermiscuous lakeview, 2812 n lincoln just show up. rsvps are cool but not required
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at://chicago - August 2026
Congregate at Beermiscuous. We plan to have a few lightning talks. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researchers, end-users...
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 25/08/2026
NEW: gas power in development in the US explicitly for data centers have nearly doubled in less than a year, soaring from 97GW at the end of 2025 to more than 189GW mid-2026, according to shocking new figures from @globalenergymon.bsky.social that's up from just 4 GW in 2024:
wired.com
Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US
There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.
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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m less interested in what a law says than in how it’s enforced. Illinois claims to be a sanctuary state, but JB Pritzker arrested more people at Broadview than Trump. And now it turns out our prosecutors are passing on tips to ICE.
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chicago.at @chicago.at · 26/08/2026
reminder that atmo.rsvp doesn't send reminders if you're coming Wednesday, hit "add to calendar" on the event page right now future you will be grateful
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at://chicago - August 2026
Congregate at Beermiscuous. We plan to have a few lightning talks. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researchers, end-users, and developers. **Remember to export/add it to your calendar, as we do not send event reminders / notifications** ## What Casual get together and discussion, followed by lightning talks. Many craft beers to chose from. Lightning Talks include: * Lexicons in Julia by @ntm.bsky.social * Meme Museum (possible, unconfirmed) by @joe.germuska.com ## When The evening of Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Tentative schedule: | Time | Description | |-------|-------------------------------| | 5:30-6:30PM | Arrive, socialize, happy hour | | 6:30-7:30PM | Lightning talks | | 8-?PM | DJ Set from Joshua Iz? | ## Where Beermiscuous Lakeview (9 minute walk from the Diversey Brown Line station) 2812, N Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States #ATProto #meetup #tech #dweb #bluesky
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Graham @graham.systems · 23/08/2026
Why stop at one meetup when you can stop at many? I’ll be at the Chicago meetup this week as well!
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at://chicago - August 2026
Congregate at Beermiscuous. We plan to have a few lightning talks. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researchers, end-users...
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 21/08/2026
A new report alleges Disney will no longer cover spouse benefits if the spouse has a job that offers benefits—even if those benefits are worse. www.avclub.com/disney-emplo...
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Disney celebrates blockbuster 2026 by kicking employees' spouses off healthcare plans
Disney celebrates blockbuster 2026 by kicking employees' spouses off healthcare plans
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 22/08/2026
this is the thing that i don’t get about the stated need for data centers. models are getting smaller and better every day. you can run prism ml’s quantized models in a browser using webgl. why do we need 9Gw data centers when the LLMs themselves are increasingly hogging less electricity?
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chicago.at @chicago.at · 20/08/2026
the next Chicago atproto meetup is less than a week away! this time in Lincoln Park - see the link for details tell your friends!
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at://chicago - August 2026
Congregate at Beermiscuous. We plan to have a few lightning talks. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researchers, end-users...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AI makes children better at doing their homework but 20% stupider so it's impossible to say whether it's good or not
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered AI adoption in a difference-in-differences design. AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months. High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of AI users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. AI users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-AI users experience small learning losses.
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
theonion.com/oprah-pursue...
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
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Joshua Iz @joshuaiz.com · 14/08/2026
Our next Chicago meetup is August 26 at Beermiscuous: atmo.rsvp/p/chicago.at...
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at://chicago - August 2026
Congregate at Beermiscuous. We plan to have a few lightning talks. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, publishers, creators, academic researchers, end-users...
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I remember seeing the book scanning/digitization equipment at @archive.org, and it involved a human in the process to carefully turn each page, and they had an more delicate process for older books, but I guess the labor cost is not something Amazon is willing to pay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTha...
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Eliza digitizing books at the Internet Archive
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Despoina [Commissions Open] @desdarkdesigns.neocities.org · 16/08/2026
But hey, I was told to ignore how rancid his take on trans sports participation was, how he had donations from a bunch of megacorps and billionaires.... People keep electing these walking red flags and then wonder why shit's so bad.
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