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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 15h

Over on LinkedIn (yeah, I dunno), I asked how people who object to big corporate AI chatbots are navigating work right now. I summed up my situation, both current and likely future, but my question came down to this: Will I have to quit or get a religious exemption? Or are people finding other ways?

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AI policies and informed consent | Coral Sheldon-Hess

A question for folks like me with ethical, environmental, and practical (https://lnkd.in/eZTHhYyQ) objections to using chatbot-like tools: how are you navigating this in your workplace? (This is not a...

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 22h

We've had ours on for a couple of days, because the birds don't like to be cold. (I'd probably? still be putting it off if it were just me? but I love wearing hoodies and fingerless gloves)

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 22h

This isn't a new thought, but locking our students into these corporate systems is doing them such a disservice. Locking our staff and faculty in isn't great either. I also assume a principled institution wouldn't push its students (or employees) to use chatbots, but maybe I dream too big.

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 22h

I know of one university—in France—that uses mostly open source (Moodle instead of Canvas/Blackboard, LibreOffice instead of MS/Google, etc.). Do we have any colleges or universities in the US who are similarly principled? (And are they hiring remote from NY?)

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There’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.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

CO-SIGN

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 23h

Using AI is almost certainly harmful to us cognitively, emotionally, creatively, and socially. We should not use it. We should not normalize it.

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 23h

I don't understand why anyone would buy anything from a food/candy vendor who doesn't use real photos of their products. #NoAI

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please watch this. Sex ed doesn't stop rapists, but it helps *everyone else* understand that they need to intervene, and how. Sex ed is crucial for ending rape culture and keeping more people safe. I'm a proud member of the @educateusaction.bsky.social advisory board for a reason.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of the reasons I despise AI is how it robs imagination twice. First it steals from creatives and thinkers to make slop. Then it lets users bypass rather than learn a creative process. The political timing isn’t accidental. We need imagination to envision a better world that we’ll fight for.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes 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.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That could definitely be part of it. I bet the crossovers pulled in what little audience wasn't already watching both.

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B @judi-hench.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Meme from Peaky Blinders. Cillian Murphy is instructing his men, "No hate-watching! No! Fucking! Hate! Watching!"

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If we're sticking with "plausibly OK for kids," True Blood doesn't fit, but there's magic and world-building in that show. And there's always Supernatural.

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I say "Warehouse 13" and "Eureka" in the same breath for some reason. I don't know if it's the era they came out in or if they're really that similar in feel, but when I get around to rewatching one, I'm going to want to rewatch the other.

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Jessica BOOOOlin: Preorder Getting Hairy, out October 31! @olinj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

With regards to my last reskeet, here's a list of deeply imaginative shows with magic or science that seems like magic that won't enrich a fascist bitch who uses her money to hurt people. Feel free to add to my list. 1. Warehouse 13 (I mean, who doesn't love Saul Rubinek?)

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Warehouse 13 | Official Trailer (2009)

YouTube video by Terrific TV Shows

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm not worried about the plague, but I am worried about covid, which we don't know how to prevent from damaging various body systems and becoming long covid. It causes so many premature deaths. I mask everywhere (and avoid crowds, even with my mask). If you don't mask, it isn't too late to start.

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I trust Matthew Cortland, and they are not worried about the Russian plague hitting the US. So I'm not either. There's a state of emergency in my state about measles, which I am worried about. (I'm up on my vaccinations, but my immune system is actively being suppressed by medication.)

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The Eldritch Fae, Nia ETQ. FREE LINK @blogofmanythings.art · 05/10/2026

You can not add blueberries to blueberry muffins AFTER they are cooked.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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This is not an Overreaction @mudlock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very “the devil you know”. It’s another thing that I think Approval (or Star) Voting could help with; it’d be much safer to run a younger candidate from the same party without risking a split vote. You wouldn’t feel the need to “play it safe.” Instead, we keep voting for the walking dead.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Post: kavishj611
All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?

reply:
@pyrameadhead
This is like being a meth head and asking someone who's never done meth how they're going to get through their day without meth

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can show you how to turn it off. I finally took the time to figure it out

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Highly-endangered Hawksbill Turtle hatchlings emerging from the sand and marching to begin their life in the unimaginably vast ocean. One of the most amazing experiences of my life. As a volunteer, we do not divulge their whereabouts. My heart is melted. #herps #love #marinelife #nokings #turtle

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh we're doing Romance novel discourse again?

Fred from Scooby Doo unmasks a ghost in two panels. In the first, the masked ghost is, "HERE'S WHY THIS GENRE I HATE IS BAD." In the second, the ghost is unmasked to turn out to be, "I HAVEN'T READ OF IT BUT"

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996

A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/09/2026

One of the exercises I’ve seen to illustrate this is to have kids in intro programming classes tell the teacher how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and the teacher follows their instructions literally.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.

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Azra L Hawthorne @azra-l-hawthorne.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Too many of you are still posting and sharing Substacks. Substack is a NAZI SITE. STOP. SUPPORTING. NAZIS!!!! Way too many of you are far too comfortable with NAZIS!!!! If for some reason you're hesitant/still not sure how try this leavesubstack.com But GET. OFF. SUBSTACK!!!!

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You Should Probably Leave Substack

You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026

i am such a broken record on this but it's a good thing to - know how to write your own emails - know how to find food you can make/eat - discover travel destinations - communicate directly w/your health care providers without just capitulating to whatever "AI" says/does

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Which libraries have customized the absolute dickens out of their Primo NDE instances? (Besides MPOW.) (I can't figure out how to get the checkboxes to look the way my designer wants, and I want to steal code.)

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 28/09/2026

i think this is correct, and it's why everything is a fucking platform

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why is someone in your mentions simping for Hidden Valley? Like… they seem to be getting really mad that you suggested they might make black the way most brands seem to, instead of using hidden allergens (which isn't better)? (I've muted them, I don't need that level of Brand Loyalty in my life.)

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ANNUAL HALLOWEEN REMINDER THAT ANYTHING WITH ACTIVATED CHARCOAL *WILL* FUCK WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels

Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

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Julie Lam @msjulieslam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Healthy #IndoorAir in schools is a health & human right demanding action! We must address "canary in the coal mine" warnings from rising chronic illnesses caused by virus-laden air & pollution. Proud to represent my community at the global #CleanAir event at the UN today @togetherwemask.bsky.social

A masked selfie taken at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly’s side event organized by the Air Club. Julie, wearing a black duckbill N95 respirator, a canary pin, and a MaskTogetherAmerica button, holds up a CO2 sensor showing a reading of approximately 798 ppm.

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What I've learned is that I should probably call in a professional if baking soda left overnight did nothing

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't know whether the previous owners had a many-year untreated foot odor problem, their pets had some kind of condition, or Something Bad got into the carpet (in two adjacent rooms and on our stairs), but I find myself searching DuckDuckGo for "carpet smells like dirty socks, cleanup"

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm a really solid systems thinker, AND I know my own phone number.

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 23/09/2026

From @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors, any bird of prey. So, here's a Great Horned Owl parent leaping out of a nesting cavity, most likely to seek a meal for her youngsters. #birds #owls

A Great Horned Owl with wings above her head begins to launch from a tree hole that was serving as a nesting cavity. One of her fluffy youngsters can be seen behind her.

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KK @kk-maker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Woylie making their escape at all costs. [Australian Wildlife Conservancy]

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's been a _hard_ day.

6-month-old tabby kitten with white markings sleeping on his side on a couch. One paw is draped over his forehead in a manner suggesting that he has a headache, or that he is a Victorian damsel in distress.

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Jessica BOOOOlin: Preorder Getting Hairy, out October 31! @olinj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

substack = nazis (if you're willing to hang out on the platform that vocally allows nazis to be there, then you are also a nazi) If you're like me and want to make sure you avoid substacks, subscribe to @labeler.antisubstack.fyi

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Coral, yr Bird Friend @parodybit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't know, but I'd like to have some words with them

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