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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1h

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

"threatened to report someone's marriage as fraudulent to chase them out of a rent-controlled apartment" is about the most evil thing I've ever read that didn't involve physical violence

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12h

You guys fantasize, a lot, about not having to pay for labor or be responsible for treating the labor source with dignity. So much of GenAI discourse is about a desire for ethical enslavement. And that does not exist.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You ever hear about how Dianetics has remained a bestseller for 75 years? Yeah.

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Peter T @ptran42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Weird pet hate that I've developed: People talking into tiny microphones that they're awkwardly holding between their thumbs and pointer fingers Either clip it onto your clothes or buy a larger microphone to hold properly in your hand. Otherwise, you look ridiculous.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

They are becoming more and more explicit that creating dossiers on you and graphing your relationships is the whole point. “Agents” indeed. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/m...

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is taking a try-before-you-buy approach with her new photo-centric AI agent startup Dazzle, a tactic she said is important “for those occasional users or those users who are just trying to see what the service can do at the very beginning.”

Dazzle analyzes users’ personal photos to understand aspects of their lives, such as their family members or interests, and then can take actions like reminding someone that a pair of shoes they recently looked up is on sale online.

It’s a strategy she learned from her early tenure at Google
, before the company built its market-leading online ad platform.

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i will help yakko, wakko, and dot in any way i can to get their vengeance

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it may not be his origin story but “nobody liked my art” is such a common denominator among world-historic assholes

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"it's been an honor to decimate this institution and make a shitload of money i don't deserve"

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026

one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When did it become so normalised to describe often far right thugs attacking people as "scuffles" but make out anyone just trying to seek safety is a threat to national security?

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Anti-migrant protesters scuffle with police in Gosport after Channel rescue

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Protesters scuffle with police as migrants brought ashore on south coast

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Protesters Scuffle With Police as Migrants Brought Ashore

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The i Paper

Three arrested at Portsmouth anti-migrant protest as scuffles break out

3 weeks ago

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To expand on this: Bigotry isn't a result of an innocent misunderstanding, or not having all the facts. It's not a choice made rationally, defeated with a rational argument. Bigotry is a self-protective, foundational belief used to help make the world make sense to them. Debate won't change that.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Peter T @ptran42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Even when people insist that I use AI to plan stuff (eg, travel information for work), I insist on going through the websites and maps myself because I want to figure out and understand what works best. Also, people who insist on AI rather than skilled labour (eg, designers) are cheap bastards.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So many people already dealing with parents/grandparents with the toxic combination of diminishing mental faculties, online radicalisation via social media and AI slop, and chatbot seduction. Unfortunately we are now all getting to see what happens when one of those cases is the president of the USA

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Peter T @ptran42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've only seen 'Samson vs the Vampire Women' via an episode of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000', but I can confirm that the plot there does include an obligatory wrestling match for Samson (El Santo) the Vampire Slayer. (It's a great episode, by the way.)

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Peter T @ptran42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well, with the latest reboot coming out on the 16th, now's a good a time as any to rewatch 'Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'. Got my Manga Entertainment DVD copy that I originally bought while at uni. The film is very daft, but it commits to the daftness, and the fight scenes are top-notch.

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Chun-Li Waving in Street Fighter Anime

Alt: Chun-Li waves and smiles. From 'Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'.

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Manda Farough @ MIGW, PAX Aus | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca · 03/10/2026

Cool, now fuck off and join Bobby Kotick in ultrarich evil asshole exile somewhere FAR AWAY FROM ARTISTS god this guy is such a fucking monster Hope he gets butt spiders

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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Peter T @ptran42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've been enjoying 'Lanterns' and am looking forward to the season finale, but it sure would be nice if Warner Bros. could release the Blu-Ray for 'Green Lantern: The Animated Series' here in the UK. (It's a shame that we never got another season from it, because the show was great fun.)

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Green Lantern Hal Jordan Uses Power Ring

Alt: Hal Jordan uses his power ring to play 'Pong'. From 'Green Lantern: The Animated Series'.

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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you're trying to "solve art" you're either incredibly stupid or incredibly evil. Art isn't a problem, it's a solution

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school

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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The new director general comes from Google... so, yeah, this very much tracks. Further evidence, perhaps, that AI use shrinks your brain.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As everyone expected. Will the *literal US government* keep insisting this is terrorism without offering any elaboration, just to make their failing leader seem less mentally enfeebled? Seems likely. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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No explosives found in three vans searched near RAF Fairford, say police

Head of counter-terrorism policing defends decision to bail five British men arrested in connection with the incident

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks

In fact, these are scenes we have not seen on British streets. Immigration needs to be deal with, I will be the first to say that and we are dealing with it. The boat crossings have been halved since six years ago, net migration is down massively.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

who gives a fuck what the hologram wants? is everyone suffering from a series of brain injuries

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real

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Peter T @ptran42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Overheard while at the supermarket: "Can't be doing with that iced coffee. *Iced* coffee? They've gone too far." (I personally think that the stuff is great.)

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

omg. i love this version so much

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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats

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Andrew @derachi.com · 24/09/2026

While research into AI’s effect on people’s ability to think and remember is vitally important to the future of humanity, I’d also be interested in a study about how being a billionaire completely fries your brain and makes you a total moron.

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

The people directly profiting from this technology at the moment keep driving news cycles with ever more extreme predictions of harm while the current way the technology is entrenching current harms is ignored.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

remember when smart business meant designing products that people like and want rather than coming up with ways to sell shit that everyone hates and thinks is bad?

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I feel what’s lost in the “Ellison asked Musk for money to buy WBD” story is this implicitly suggests Ellison *cannot afford to buy WBD* which you would think in a normal world would be the very first thing that kills a deal to buy WBD

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is an important point. AI is not going rogue. It is behaving as it was designed to behave. The ones going rogue are the companies themselves who have violated norms, and are committing crimes daily from stealing IP to cybercrime. It did not have to be this way, but... Techbros.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we just need to hold Sam Altman criminally liable for this crap, just like we hold drunk drivers criminally responsible. It would stop quickly!

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”

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