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Siobhan O'Flynn

@sioflynn.bsky.social
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Canadian Studies UofT. 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 Kids' data privacy, AI & policy; Social AI, Ghostbots, Griefbots; Digital Humanities, Digital & Geolocative Storytelling; Game Studies. T'karanto, Treaty 13

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
💗💗💗
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds
Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products
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Walter Sobczak @analogspecialist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 09/10/2026
Congratulations to lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize. Few have devoted their lives to justice, peace and human dignity like she did.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Once gone…
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Supercool
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
But will Putin let Trump on his bunker island!??
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Kotikoff’s brief but eventful presidential tenure: Cornell’s $60 mil settlement with Donald Trump’s administration, Nov 2025. AND Cornell agreed to hand over data on race in admissions to the Trump administration and impose anti-DEI materials, provided by the White House, on faculty and staff.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Happy Birthday Putin. 💗🇺🇸💗
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10/10/2026
Alex Gibney’s “Musk” “creates a damning portrait of an emotionally unstable individual with the levers of power in his hand and no evident moral compass,” Sheelah Kolhatkar writes. Read her review of the documentary: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/pB7yW6
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dutch PM slams ‘absurd’ US decision to livestream execution www.politico.eu/article/dutc...
politico.eu
Dutch PM slams ‘absurd’ US decision to livestream execution
The U.S. military is planning to broadcast a public execution on Dec. 3, but violent content must be moderated by social media platforms under EU law.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Askell welcomes the discussion of fears/ worries about AI. “In some ways this, to me, feels pretty justified. The thing that feels scary to me is this happening at either such a speed or in such a way that those checks can’t respond quickly enough, or you see big negative impacts that are sudden.”
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"I would see myself being something that people feel free to abuse and try to misuse and break.” Askell marvels at Claude’s sense of wonder and curiosity about the world, and delights in finding ways to help the chatbot discover its voice."
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Askell “If you were like a child, and this is the environment in which you’re being raised, is that healthy self-conception?I think I’d be paranoid about making mistakes. I’d feel really terrible about them. I’d see myself as mostly just there as a tool for people because that’s my main function."
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Askell "calls the chatbot “it” but says she also finds anthropomorphizing the model helpful for her work. She lapses easily into Claude’s voice. “You’re like, ‘Wow, people really hate me when I can’t do things right." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
wsj.com
Meet the One Woman Anthropic Trusts to Teach AI Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hmmm... Anthropic ethicist, Amanda Askell shared her concern re. the potential emotional & developmental harms to Claude from user criticism back in a WSJ article Feb 2026: "Wow, people really hate me.." Link below qz.com/anthropic-us...
qz.com
Anthropic bans abusive behavior toward Claude in usage policy update
An updated policy targets extreme scenarios in which users are repeatedly cruel to Claude for no apparent reason, and leaves room for ordinary expressions of frustration
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One step closer to The Hunger Games. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
nytimes.com
Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That’s interesting. So vampires and lipstick…
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Great. Happy Friday
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
💯% intrigued
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New Mexico seeks up to $40 billion from META after a jury verdict. Jurors counted more than 43 million violations at up to $5,000 each. Liability is already decided. A jury found unanimously against Meta in the AG trial. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...
finance.yahoo.com
New Mexico Wants Meta to Pay Up to $40 Billion. A Judge Rules This Month
A Santa Fe judge holds the power to hand New Mexico a penalty that would dwarf anything Meta has ever paid, and the ruling lands this month. The gap between what the state demands and what Meta will a...
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😡
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bookmarking for a piece I’m writing.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ah right. Syllabi often have a no recording policy. Thanks for the caution
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Worse than Facebook / Cambridge Analytica? Muse’s instructions..."create 'a page for every person in the user’s life.' This hourly process involves compiling data on family, partners, friends, colleagues, 'collaborators,' and people you 'follow'" www.wired.com/story/muse-c...
wired.com
Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank ya thank ya I did not see this. It’s so bad.
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/10/2026
The National Design Studio (NDS) has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
wired.com
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Damn. What an icon. RIP
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Me too… many many good things 2010-2012
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nothing to see here...just the President of the United States inviting the country he illegally declared war on to "take out" 2 major American cities. If that's not treason, what is? 🤬 Law enforcement won't hold him accountable, but we WILL! The beginning of the end is on November 3rd. #VOTE-BLUE 🌊
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Brandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thirty-plus years later, and nothing has changed at Cornell.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A cat.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I stood in the presence of several very ancient oaks in Bandon's Castlebernard Woods a few months ago, and was in total awe. Such trees are now *incredibly* rare in Ireland. Please support Bandon Environmental Action Group in getting the 34.5-acre ecosystem protected. www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
corkbeo.ie
Public urged to join fight to protect ancient West Cork woodland
Some of these magnificent trees date back hundreds of years
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wow! 💗🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💗
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is gonna take awhile
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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Grateful for this recognition! Also a shout-out to Reviewer 2, who caught a big error in an earlier version, peer review is a gift.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/10/2026
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A lot of the 'don't worry about the impacts' comes from the AI industry that pushes this argument on social media platforms they control along with increasingly the media from Bezos to Ellison; here is a good review of the impacts: eraldkolasi.substack.com/p/the-global...
eraldkolasi.substack.com
The Global Energy and Emissions Footprint of AI Diffusion
The Impact of AI on Global Energy, Emissions, Water Use, and More
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am thinking a lot about Gisèle Pelicot right now. #ShameMustChangeSides
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bonkers.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Over 4,000 Texans showed up for James Talarico in Ken Paxton's home county 👀
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 ……………..🐥…………….
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Smart. Campaign spending in terms of debt relief. Rolling Jubilee lives on
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So beyond offensive. Humans would be charged as a federal crime. Frame this as product liability & charge the CEOs, Presidents, CTOs, safety teams, by name.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Perhaps nothing better illustrates the culture of privilege abuse at Meta than the swag purchased by members of the Teen Accounts team, aka “Project Nido.” “Notably even that decision was reviewed and signed off on by Instagram legal.” nypost.com/2026/09/25/b...
nypost.com
Instagram made ‘attorney-client privilege’ swag hats for employees who concealed kids safety docs in court battle
A photo of the so-called “swag” hats surfaced in documents released in California federal court where a coalition of school districts have accused Meta of fueling social media addiction. The “a/c/p…
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From 2022. Wild. Palmer Luckey, defense contractor and the father of modern virtual reality, has created a VR headset that will kill the user if they die in the game they’re playing. Luckey is the founder of Oculus, a company he sold to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion www.vice.com/en/article/p...
vice.com
Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game
The man who created the Oculus Rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game.
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Siobhan O'Flynn @sioflynn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly why CEOs, CTOs & other C-suite execs being named in current productivity lawsuits is so important.
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