Reposted by QuillipedeBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026What is happening is not that AI-generated cultural goods are replacing human-made cultural goods; what is happening is that capital is flowing out of the production of cultural goods *entirely,* making us all poorer for it. 2789249
Reposted by QuillipedeBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026In both film and video games, you see a ton of *project cancellations* and a general difficulty in funding new projects, which wouldn't be the case if AI was displacing workers in producing those products—you'd expect the opposite, in fact, if it was becoming cheaper to make a movie/game. 1528105
Reposted by QuillipedeEmily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I am disgusted by the appearance of white nationalists on the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve. This is happening just days before the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. I stand with Indigenous communities & all marginalized communities in the fight for a future free from racist intimidation.cfjctoday.comApparent white nationalist gathering spotted on Tkʼemlúps reserve SundayTK'EMLUPS - A post on social media appears to show a group of masked individuals gathered on the Tkemlps te Se... 1223869
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I like finding new critters in nature, but I also love just finding yet another banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus). I've apparently photographed at least 360 of these little fellas. #BananaSlug #Mollusc #Intertebrate #iNaturalist #Macro #Wildlife #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Canada 052
Reposted by QuillipedeJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892923064
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Punishing disagreement isn't very democratic. Carney's team, with all its access to information and data, still wasn't able to convince its own caucus members on the merits of their argument, so they fell back on threats instead. And even those didn't work against everyone! #Canada #CdnPoli 342
Reposted by Quillipededr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026this is basic product liability. if a company was selling Rat Poison Ice Cream they would be made to stop pretty quickly 181281102
Reposted by Quillipededr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if altman felt there was jail time in the mix for releasing these genuinely dangerous automated processes into society this stuff would not happen 61354121
Reposted by Quillipededr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we 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 12971091700
Reposted by Quillipedeblair @blairaf.com · 25/09/2026Me: we spent the last year writing an in-depth analysis of how sovereign AI initiatives fuel nationalist mythologies and technofascism LinkedIn guy: ok but have you considered sovereign AI makes countries more sovereign? 1183
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is like saying "water went rogue" when maintenance failures led to a plumbing leak that ruins a building full of homes. The only thing that's "gone rogue" is the US tech industry. Luckily they are registered companies run by physical people, so there are solutions to that problem. 020
Reposted by QuillipedeMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If a human did what ChatGPT did, they'd be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, which can carry a life sentence. It's unconscionable that Canada's legislators are letting OpenAI get away with helping to plan murders. At the very least, it shouldn't be allowed to continue to operate in Canada. 7482190
Reposted by QuillipedeEmily @monsterlady.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Even if Discord has successfully determined my correct age group, my stance on age verification in general remains unchanged. I still oppose it and see it as invasive to privacy and there are other ways to protect minors without turning the internet into a surveillance machine. 0145
Reposted by QuillipedeAled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Daily birds 69 - Northern Shoveler 235374
Reposted by QuillipedeMarkham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada = 18% France = 26% Japan = 30.5% Brazil = 25% Turkey = 24% Indonesia: 19.6% If the future is electric, Canada is not highly electrified...or likely to be by 2050. #cdnpoli energi.media/markham-on-e...energi.mediaCanada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Thoughtful JournalismThe world is electrifying. Canada’s slow shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies could leave its economy less competitive by the 2030s. 68444
Reposted by Quillipederobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m so angry I wrote an article: In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...tribunemag.co.ukWarning from Germany: It’s Socialism or BarbarismFascism is at the door, and liberals are ushering it in. Only the left offers hope. 14583233
Reposted by QuillipedeKieran @toadally.bsky.social · 07/02/2026It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself. 272402767
Reposted by QuillipedeCraig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the whole point of LLMs is to add another layer of separation between the people doing the social harms and the harms themselves like hiring a consultant, the point is for it to do what you always wanted while you go "haha that thing has a mind of its own" 413955
Reposted by QuillipedeShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In any reasonable society the next sentence would be ‘and so they were all put in jail for admitting to gross negligence and malfeasance on a scale previously unthinkable’ 212242
Reposted by QuillipedeLarry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“National interest” cannot become a catch-all excuse to override workers’ bargaining power whenever a lawful strike has economic consequences. That pressure is precisely what strikes are meant to create. theconversation.com/canadas-prop... #cdnpoli #canlabtheconversation.comCanada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputesBill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage. 12116
Reposted by QuillipedeUnfamiliarArts @unfamiliararts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A little black folk art wolf. This piece will be available this Friday, September 25th at 8pm Eastern time. 017038
Reposted by QuillipedeRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026Happy mushroom season! 5140331325
Reposted by QuillipedeJules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 23/09/2026Oh Milobar just code talked against SOGI 111
Reposted by QuillipedeLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/09/2026Stephen Harper’s biggest mistake was not running as a Liberal 1531774
Reposted by QuillipedeJudy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill. 56506268
Reposted by QuillipedeRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blanchet points out Carney cancelled the digital services tax on tech giants to placate Trump and it didn't work -- so will he now reimpose this tax? Carney says we don't need taxes that impact affordability for Canadians (??) Thank god the Bloc is here (lol help) to ask some actual questions!! 1132053
Reposted by QuillipedeHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026Every big tech company is attempting to normalize some form of always listening, recording, and/or watching. It’s the only way to sell a product that people largely don’t want but companies are heavily invested in. 821394
Reposted by QuillipedeCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI. 2241431198
Reposted by QuillipedePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026They absolutely want the conversation to be "will this become as a god and judge mankind?!" instead of "what are we doing about all the guys using it to generate CSAM?" Advertisement, and a way of shifting the conversation from real world harms to their cocaine-fueled delusions of grandeur. 2505119
Reposted by QuillipedePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The billionaire sex pests pushing generative AI keep spinning up badly remembered science fiction scenarios of apocalypse, as both advertisement ("we are literally creating a god... it might be too powerful!") and as a way of shifting the conversation from its actual real world harms it already does 3855251
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Big Tech has been working towards a world in which corporations and their owners are not accountable for anything at all, because governments have either been bent to their will or disabled in their capacity to act. The latest AI craze is the most intense and obvious form of this so far. 142
Reposted by QuillipedeParis Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026New research from Proton finds 87% of top Canadian companies depend on US tech companies. For governments, it’s even worse: 100% of federal, provincial, and territorial governments rely on US companies for email. As Canada turns away from the US, major institutions need to cut that reliance. 5329142
Reposted by QuillipedeXimena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Selling the house to buy the furniture. 46924
Reposted by QuillipedeArt & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada 141298184
Reposted by QuillipedeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. 23767622520
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Slime molds are so weird and cool. This is some sort of Stemonitis, which I found near Cultus Lake. #SlimeMold #Stemonitis #Slime #Mold #iNaturalist #Macro #Nature #BritishColumbia #Canada 031
Reposted by QuillipedeFair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 13/09/2026Great news! @copevancouver.bsky.social just backed proportional representation for Vancouver Council! We need other parties to step up and commit to PR too. Your move, @onecityvan.bsky.social @vangreens.bsky.social @votevancouver.bsky.social Read more: www.fairvote.ca/12/09/2026/w...fairvote.caWhich Vancouver parties support proportional representation?Where do Vancouver's parties stand on proportional representation? 04223
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This. Giant LLMs and whatever risks they pose aren't some cosmic misfortune falling down onto us from outer space. They're being built by specific companies, which are run by specific people. Who could be held accountable, and who could be stopped, if we elected governments willing to do so. 0175
Reposted by QuillipedeMace Duggan @mace-duggan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Fighting the Oligarchy’s Stranglehold on the Media "Big corporate media mergers are bad for everyone other than those few who stand to profit. They’re harmful for media workers, consumers, local communities, First Amendment freedoms, and democracy writ large."commondreams.orgFighting the Oligarchy's Stranglehold on the Media | Common DreamsWhen it comes to media, journalism, and the broader information landscape, there’s a strong practical need to be utopian right now—to give us hope but to also provide clarity as to what we should be f... 20470225
Reposted by QuillipedeJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 09/09/2026There's actually no way to put a positive spin on the fact that your industry is packed with people who sincerely believe that their project has a serious risk of killing out all of humanity, but for some bizarre fanatical reason, they're hellbent on doing it anyway. 1177
Reposted by QuillipedeChris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.gamedeveloper.comBlizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employeesUnion members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more. 932491068
Reposted by QuillipedeMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored." 3922931092
Reposted by QuillipedeRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026“Every fraction of a degree of warming avoided means lives saved” is going to remain a true statement for the rest of our lives 020678
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'd like to slowly transition to focusing my social media activity on the Fediverse. If you'd like to follow me but don't want to join right away, I've set up account bridges: My text posts: @garrickwinter.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy My image posts: @guerrichache.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy 100
Quillipede @quillipede.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ascaphus truei (the coastal tailed frog) has become my favourite native frog. They're itty bitty, evolutionarily peculiar, and I love their streak of black on the face, the golden-bronze bit of their iris, the vertical slit pupils. Such cute little frogs. #Frog #Ascaphus #iNaturalist #Canada 071
Reposted by QuillipedePause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 03/09/2026This is why when someone says "AI literacy" you always have to ask what they mean by that. It's increasingly a phrase used to mean "use AI a bunch", and not "understand the cognitive, environmental, societal impacts of LLMs". 12310
Reposted by QuillipedeJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/09/2026This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing. 13347207
Reposted by QuillipedeRory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New investigation from me. The 23 websites are designed to influence the answers that AI chatbots give to voters in Alberta, targeting farmers, young people, veterans, mothers and oil industry workers. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i...nationalobserver.comA US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbotsThe websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly. 47353