Reposted by Sid AckerDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 10hOh THAT’S why we used to vaccinate people against horrible diseases! 736563
Reposted by Sid AckerJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22hThis is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 9978542426
Reposted by Sid AckerBumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One cop accidentally recorded himself talking to a 17yo he stalked using flock/databases trying to show her a dead body to impress her and hitting on her. The other used flock/databases 381+ times to look up a woman he wanted to date who is 20+yrs younger than him. www.youtube.com/live/IkLoy1x...youtube.comLIVE: 2 Pinellas County deputies arrestedYouTube video by FOX 13 Tampa Bay 5328117
Reposted by Sid AckerGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026imagine seeing a scene like this and thinking "yes, this is good" just speaking personally here it makes me incandescent with rage 627999
Reposted by Sid AckerEmo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I never signed a release 39998147
Reposted by Sid AckerCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843441194
Reposted by Sid Ackerleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli 5356171275
Reposted by Sid AckerLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970172264
Reposted by Sid AckerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We used to be a proper planet, one that rewarded its top scholars in style. 432019187
Reposted by Sid AckerDave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing. 222575322
Reposted by Sid AckerElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macklemore has put out an incredible statement about being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour. His removal was engineered by Trump’s bestie Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots and Foxborough stadium who rallied other owners to silence Macklemore for speaking out about Palestine. 55916305
Reposted by Sid AckerStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The former publisher of Stars and Stripes pointed to an article about the USS Abraham Lincoln and coverage of the evacuation from Bahrain as examples of reporting he believes displeased military officials.stripes.comFormer Stars and Stripes publisher says critical coverage was ‘underlying cause’ of staff firingsThe Pentagon fired three Stars and Stripes staffers for alleged insubordination, but the outlet’s former publisher believes the real reason was based on reporting. 716661
Reposted by Sid AckerAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“im not interested in your childrens genitals” is just such an easy thing to say 693724606
Reposted by Sid AckerBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I dunno it kind of seems that if Wendy’s genuinely said that they thought there was at least a 10% chance that their square hamburgers would end all human life we’d probably go hey you’ve got to stop selling those square burgers 852433395
Sid Acker @siddharma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This ... this is the country Crass cover I never knew I needed. 110
Reposted by Sid AckerGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026pretty sure my 9-year-old son has a better grasp on the game tbh 2371
Reposted by Sid AckerKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591043163
Reposted by Sid AckerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"Why are young men so lonely? They're not showering and they're drinking their own urine, so I'm not sure what else they could do to attract women." 1972467404
Reposted by Sid AckerKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago. 219239455929
Reposted by Sid AckerBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Kids: Ask your grandparents about the menace of the communicable diseases we had nearly eradicated and why we shouldn't bring them back. 26414
Reposted by Sid AckerKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/08/2026Man this is right here. Even everything it's compared to (smartphones, calculator, printing press) found its use through immediate, organic adoption. GenAI is way more like SUVs, single-use plastics: it had to be pushed, marketed and forced into unavoidability by companies 21810196
Reposted by Sid Ackerjon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Maybe I'm in the minority here but if people who support AI are being shamed into silence then it's working. The shame is working as intended. The left's biggest problem is that it's afraid to hurt the feelings of folks who need to have their feelings hurt. Let them experience introspection for once 2752571400
Reposted by Sid Ackerdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-... 6033501734
Reposted by Sid AckerElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Was talking about the stalker glasses with a friend a few weeks ago and he works part time in a wine bar where one of his colleagues was harassed by a guy wearing Meta glasses who then posted it online, disparaging her. 1826481
Reposted by Sid Acker852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bro. People are cool as fuck. 274164612326
Reposted by Sid AckerKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/08/2026i love paying $600/mo to my health insurance company for the right to pay the first $3500 of my health care expenses every year. 231193132
Sid Acker @siddharma.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"Zuck refuses to understand that the majority of his users are on his platform because they love their friends more than they hate him." Amazing thread: 17616
Reposted by Sid AckerMicah @rincewind.run · 06/08/2026Outkast’s Ms Jackson just came on at the gym and I will never in my life be able to hear that song without thinking about this comic 3245711027
Reposted by Sid AckerBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/ 19774303
Reposted by Sid AckerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026As good as many of you said. I really appreciate the unambiguous point that this primarily a racist moral panic before unpacking the nuanced second-order explanations. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...dannykatch.substack.comWe used to be able to buy things in this countryLocking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy 213031715
Reposted by Sid AckerMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/07/2026hey remember when we could eat uncooked vegetables 1144283507
Reposted by Sid AckerMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I don’t have the energy to describe how corrosive this will be to a democratic society 9500132
Reposted by Sid AckerThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/07/2026Police in Hong Kong arrested five booksellers over alleged “seditious” material, as Beijing imposes increasingly strict control over the once-autonomous territory in successive free speech crackdowns.washingtonpost.comPolice round up Hong Kong booksellers as China widens crackdownAfter pro-democracy protests roiled the city in 2019, Beijing cracked down on freedom of speech, and restrictions have continued to tighten. 52931
Reposted by Sid AckerJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I’m sorry the number of what 231517212
Reposted by Sid AckerESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 02/07/2026"Day 139, orbit 2155 — 🤩 Watching this glowing green ribbon shimmer and dance, it's easy to lose yourself completely in the magic of the moment. Turn the sound on for the full experience 💚", says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. #εpsilon 🎥 ESA/NASA 424279
Reposted by Sid AckerRyan W. Mead @rwmead.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Agents of Young Performers Association has issued an open letter to Hasbro condemning them for forcing child actors on “Peppa Pig” to sign over the rights to their voice for reconstruction and use in generative AI to continue working on the show: deadline.com/2026/06/pepp...deadline.com'Peppa Pig' Backlash As Hasbro Asks Child Actors To Sign AI Clause'Peppa Pig' owner Hasbro has stoked anger by requiring child actors on the animated series to sign over their voices to artificial intelligence. 10357239
Reposted by Sid Ackerburn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026hey look it's the iwo jima photo but embarrassing 283024519
Reposted by Sid AckerAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168297553
Reposted by Sid AckerMannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 19/06/2026“The writer’s role is to be a menacer of the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.” - Rod Serling www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...smithsonianmag.comAn Early Run-In With Censors Led Rod Serling to 'The Twilight Zone'His failed attempts to bring the Emmett Till tragedy to television forced him to get creative 11109246
Reposted by Sid AckerBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/06/2026Before "agentic AI," we had the idea that software was your agent on the internet. That's why the technical term for a browser is a "user agent." Your browser acts on your behalf to retrieve and show it you information, in the format you choose. It's your agent: pluralistic.net/2024/05/07/t... 1/ 19725
Reposted by Sid AckerTLDR Jack @tldrjack.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I suspect this might be the best photo I ever take 380300413921
Reposted by Sid AckerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/06/202682 years ago today my grandfather, who lied about his age to enlist in the military, was in one of the first waves of landing crafts to hit the beaches of Normandy. He's been gone a long time now, but today I remember him and the other brave souls who fought and died for a righteous cause. 837267133088
Sid Acker @siddharma.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"Once you’ve built a chokepoint, the attempts to capture it will be relentless, because the payoff for whoever controls it just keeps growing."liberalism.orgEnshittification, Despotification, and the Open InternetIt’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes. 000
Reposted by Sid AckerJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop. 20490912049
Reposted by Sid AckerNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.” 18486461805
