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Abstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

More and more I feel like I need to end these conversations by saying "it sounds like you've made up your mind to rationalize your choices despite knowing what the harms are, and that's very unfortunate because I thought you had better judgement than that"

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Also (and relatedly) I am hiring another RA for the Pornography, Platforms and Play Project whose work will focus on the preservation of adult games. Deadline is Sept 20. Applicants must be Canadian university students. Full details here: www.pppproject.com/research-ass...

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Research Assistantships — Pornography, Platforms & Play Project

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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 27/08/2026

Psychological Science special issue call 📣 Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?" Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Psychological Science invites submissions that advance psychological science through careful description of psychological phenomena. Psychological research often focuses on explaining and predicting phenomena before we have a sufficiently detailed understanding of them. It can be difficult to build strong theories on incomplete empirical foundations of the phenomena themselves. Careful descriptive research helps establish shared empirical reference points developed around well-characterized phenomena. As such, descriptive research contributes to psychological science both by improving our understanding of the phenomena themselves and by providing a stronger foundation for future theory-building, explanation, and prediction.

We are interested in manuscripts that:

Deepen our understanding of psychological phenomena, including what they look like, how they vary, and how they unfold;
Draw on a variety of sources of evidence and methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches; research conducted in naturalistic settings; intensive, longitudinal, or small-sample designs; and open or large-scale datasets;
Provide necessary context for interpreting what is being described, including who is represented in the data, the settings and circumstances in which phenomena occur, and the broader social contexts in which they are situated; and/or
Make a substantive contribution to psychological science through the quality, depth, or significance of the description provided.
The deadline for submitting regular manuscripts is April 15, 2027. Registered Reports will also be considered. The deadline for submitting Stage 1 Registered Reports is November 15, 2026. Authors should indicate in the “Comments to Editor” box during submission that the manuscript is intended for the “Descriptive Research in Psychological Science” special issue.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1. I'm not NOT licking toads. 2. What's that fire for? 3. You may remember me from... 4. I'm sending you MIXED messages. 5. (mockingly, sarcastically, derogatorily) Elon Musk is one of the greatest inventors of our time!

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Solar eclipse mostly invisible on my phone except for its lens flare.

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Carli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 05/08/2026

I truly believe that generative and agentic AI tools wouldn't flourish if we didn't live in a hyper-capitalistic society where production and labor are the primary ways we measure our success and worth.

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Noam @noamtl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How would I get by without AI? If I need a factually-dubious opinion expressed in a cliched manner with unearned confidence, I’ll just talk to a straight white cis man. I can get by on small-batch, locally-sourced, artisanal mansplaining, the way we always used to.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 31/07/2026

Anthropic and OpenAI want you to have a grand conversation about AI's theoretical economic impact, all to distract you from the fact that they cannot afford their $1.1 trillion in commitments, and are both unsustainable and unprofitable. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-ai-is-getting-way-too-expensive/

A great deal of the discussion of the so-called benefits or problems with AI comes down to the theoretical jobs that are (or are not) lost as a result of things LLMs can (or cannot do), or the equally theoretical productivity benefits that’ll come from using LLMs in place of (or in conjunction with) humans.

Anthropic’s Economic Index and OpenAI’s Economic Research Exchange are marketing operations that exist to propagate the (wrongheaded) belief that LLMs are either leading or will soon lead to massive economic or productivity shifts, even though little or no actual evidence exists to show that this is the case, other than the occasional story about LLMs make people worse or slower at their jobs or single lines in studies that are used (incorrectly) to prove that “AI is making it harder to find a job for young people.” In fact, Anthropic’s Head of Economics recently said there was “no material increase in the unemployment rate to date.”

These conversations materially detract from the actual harms or effects of AI, and exist only to make you scared that AI will take your job. They do not have any vested interest in expressing the actual economic effects of AI, which are, at this point, a simmering cauldron of different speculative bets on whether or not LLMs — a definitively niche technology — will create or become general-purpose software (per Roger MacNamee) that scales into the next Google Search, iPhone, or Microsoft 365.

As I’ve argued again and again, the AI industry’s revenues are, outside of Anthropic and OpenAI, incredibly small. Even in Exponential View’s deliberately-pro-industry analysis, there’s only around $110 billion in trailing twelve-month revenues across the entire industry, including OpenAI and Anthropic’s cloud spend.

For those counting at home, that’s $12 billion less than the $122 billion OpenAI raised in March, and a full $145 billion less than all AI startups raised combined in the first quarter of 2026.

Anthropic and OpenAI want you to talk about the theoretical so that you don’t focus on the tangible — their hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of commitments, said commitments effects on the remaining performance obligations of hyperscalers and chip manufacturers, and the sheer scale of venture capital’s investment in AI, which (as I’ve argued in the past) largely allows for massive on-paper gains with little or no hope of liquidity.

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drew 🔜 GeekGirl Con @imodrew.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The thing about AI is that it’s not taking our jobs, it’s taking our funding for the arts, our land, our resources & our infrastructure.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Heard something on here about Dutch politician Pieter Omtzigt continuing his streak of being a massive disappointment, and wanted to find out what he's been up to. Duckduckgo's awful ad service properly represented what his value is, happily. (translation in alt text)

A DuckDuckGo search page for the term "pieter omtzigt". The first, sponsored result is an ad for Amazon.nl, promising "pieter omtzigt for a low price". Making the man look like a cheap bargain bin object. Which is fair, honestly.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I thought anything was possible with AI? Turning it off is apparently not an option even for journal editors.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/06/2026

It’s odd that Sam Altman said this mere months after moving enterprises to token-based billing. It’s almost as if his customers are intolerant of the actual cost of AI when they’re not using subsidized subscriptions. Almost like the real cost is too high and that’s why you hid it.

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Filipe Urriça @filipeurrica.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Games can simulate frustration. They can turn anxiety into a platformer. What they struggle with is the morning you can't get through — and what happens when a game stops pretending otherwise. My first piece for Unwinnable on A Heavy Morning and the limits of making internal states playable

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Lying is bad unless you do it via AI. False advertising is bad unless you do it via AI. Plagiarism is bad unless you do it via AI. Losing billions of dollars for no good reason is bad unless you do it via AI. Robbing cities of water is bad unless you do it via AI. You’re just embracing the future.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I love how Ebola is sad for what it's about to do.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

like, the whole point of the hype is to drown out reasonable discussion. it's an ideological project intended to compel obedience. you don't have to play.

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 07/05/2026

At least half a dozen games explaining gerrymandering have been made over the last ~20 years. They’re all very good. It’s a perfect procedural rhetoric subject: a practice that is inherently game-like and better understood in an interactive form. Yet the real thing keeps fucking happening...

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

INDIKA is not without flaws, but I remember more of it than like 90% of games I've played since. It is well worth your time.

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Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Dreams on a Pillow is the game that the establishment doesn't want you to play. A game made by Palestinians about Palestine. This game needs to exist, and we can make it happen. Please back, share, and talk about this game. We must amplify the voices that they're trying so hard to silence.

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I'm teaching a course on communication ethics dilemmas and while working up to two sessions on LLMs have been struck by how few people (students, staff, literature) come to the fully correct conclusions in this thread. I wonder why the spell of AI inevitability is so hard to break.

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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 27/03/2026

The techs we collectively call AI have use cases, but policy should be about solving problems in the public interest, not identifying ways to deploy specific technologies just for the sake of doing so. Yet that’s *still* how so many of these convos are framed. It’s exhausting. And harmful.

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Rinda 🌱 Plodding Recovery @plodding-recovery.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I’m developing Plodding Recovery, a narrative game about a protagonist facing mental health struggles and slowly moving forward step by step. I’ve finished writing one of the scenarios for the “Watch a video platform” command. #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If you haven’t already, now’s the time

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Cartoon Movement @cartoonmovement.com · 18/02/2026

AI takeover. Today's cartoon by @tjeerdroyaards.com. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com/search?query... #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #creativity #jobs

Cartoon showing a street in the rain. A man on a bike is delivering food, while another courier is delivering packages from Amazon. Two other workers are collecting garbage. Inside one of the houses on the street, we see robots labeled 'AI' sitting dry and warm, engaged in making a paining, playing the violin and writing.

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 16/02/2026

From Indiepocalypse to Sindiegularity Even if code & art stop being production "bottlenecks", nothing improves in terms of: * attention: we're not getting more free time to play * discoverability: algos and chaotic virality rule * sustainability: prices fall to zero, only landlords win

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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 15/02/2026

the Black Panthers were right

IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK
JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS.
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES.
IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.

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Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 09/02/2026

No ICE in Minnesota bundle is live! Get Gunhouse, Hyper Gunsport, and 1,400 other things for $10 or more. itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again

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John Hughes @johnmelhughes.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Donna Stonecipher is one of the most compelling contemporary poets writing in English.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'm afraid this looks to be exactly My Jam.

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Bfahome @bfaho.me · 26/12/2025

Welcome! Welcome to Bluesky. You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining digital centers. I thought so much of Bluesky that I elected to establish my online presence here, in the protocol so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors.

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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/2025

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I've always had voicing barks in an RTS game as my childhood dream job. First, they killed the genre, now they're killing the career as a whole. They'll be recruiting people based off of fan dubs and mods, I think. That would mean VO careers depend on being financially stable with ample free time.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know

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Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

While genAI hallucinating references is obviously becoming an issue, we should also be talking more about the obvious academic misconduct and laziness that allows made-up references to end up in actual papers in the first place. No one inserts a fake reference in your article against your will.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Sekiro in 2019, Outer Wilds looking back now.

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

"Resist" deftly underlines who is driving this 'innovation'.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/12/2025

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

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Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The Center for Digital Play at the IT University of Copenhagen is organizing a new conference: Playing Futures. The conference will take place from May 20th to 22nd at the IT University of Copenhagen. You can read more about it here: playingfutures.today

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Playing Futures

Playing Futures is a conference about the role of games and play during and after the impending climate and energy catastrophes. The goal of the conference is to serve as a meeting point for the commu...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I don’t know what the answer is either. We’ve built a world that seems unsustainable from almost every angle. I try to keep some historical perspective since every generation complains about change, but genAI does seem like a bad shift. What happens when most people simply don’t know anything?

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Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I suggest we bring this attitude to our doings in 2026.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN

A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

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International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

⏰ Final call! The deadline for #ICA26 is just a few hours away—don’t miss your chance to submit! Make sure your submissions are in before time runs out. 👉 Submit now and be part of it! www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA26-...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:

“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"

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Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc · 20/10/2025

Imagine organisations took all the developer years they currently pour into AI assistants and used them to make their services more stable, accessible, performant, sustainable. The uplift in CSAT etc would be massive and long-term in comparison. The opportunity costs of AI are staggering.

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