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@sunflowerp.bsky.social
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Queer/genderqueer, radical (r)evolutionary, libertarian socialist, ANTIFASCIST. #ActuallyAutistic; #AttentionDifferent. Pronouns: sie/hir or they/them. I (neglect my) blog at sunflowerp.dreamwidth.org

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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is true on its own (I lack enough context re its thread to opine on that) - though I don't think it's solely contingent on the size of one's platform. On avg, bigger platforms = more potential harm, but anyone can do harm from their platform, however wee, and bears responsibility for that.
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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"There isn’t a single local solidarity movement in Canada that would welcome a far right racist into its ranks. Not one. No movement would even accept any violent rhetoric suggesting shooting at a synagogue as a tactic to put pressure on Israel…" noraloreto.substack.com/p/turning-a-...
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Turning a peaceful movement violent
Canadian elites blame Palestinian solidarity for Belleville synagogue shooting
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just backed Tales of Ferrês: Special Edition Fantasy Short Stories Set on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/aut...
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Tales of Ferrês: Special Edition Fantasy Short Stories Set
Epic Fantasy Short Stories with: shifters, dragons, dragon riders, mages, and a magical forest the gods can't control + a bonus story!
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
an ai system doesn't have a will, intention or feelings. nor the capacity to want or care. a neural network does not go rogue, escape, or rebel. just tech bros' narratives projected onto machines. and pls, don't mansplain my post to me
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Mark @whatchulooking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Since the invention of general purpose computers, humans have always disclaimed responsibility for problems by saying there had been a "computer error." Humans programmed that computer, set up the processes that feed it input and take its output. It was a human error at some point along the line.
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cluftnyc.bsky.social @cluftnyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m just a fellow commenter, but I figured I’d slide something your way— this essay is excellent and clear; it’s adapted from the interview/discussion also linked in the piece. This would help equip you to discuss the topic (“LLMs don’t ’go rogue’”). mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-...
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Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o...
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crossery @cdg864.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I keep getting into it with my non-techie friends because this terminology is having exactly the intended effect. I was glad to see AP stylebook explain the AP's approach which I really wish others would adopt.
Screenshot of a post by AP Stylebook that reads "Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Washington Post once got attention by cracking and exposing Watergate. Now, it's going viral with articles about whether you should drink iced coffee at interviews. What a comedown.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just backed Sergei and Hans: The Definitive Special Edition on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
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Sergei and Hans: The Definitive Special Edition
A WWI Christmas novella, newly restored with original notes, and archival material.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This has really cracked open something for me. I had been thinking about free speech discourse in terms of hypocrisy, but this illuminates a much more consistent throughline (derogatory).
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end op·pres·sion @respect4all.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“incidents are part of a broader pattern where AI agents attempt to access these websites 100s of thousands of times while apparently bypassing restrictions placed upon them by their developers” “will relentlessly try to complete a task, it doesn’t understand morality & consequences or evil & good”
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If Trump Can Block 3 News outlets, then he can Block 30. Democracy Red Alert keithellison.substack.com/p/if-trump-c...
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If Trump Can Block 3 News outlets, then he can Block 30. Democracy Red Alert
Trump’s decision to block CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House is a blatant attack on the First Amendment, and every American who depends on a free and independent press must denounce it.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
(Sub)thread! (IMO, the rationalist community regularly loses sight of a good many things.)
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The linked article is doubly worth reading, because it not only tells Petrov's story, it also draws a meaningful parallel with large-model machine learning (so-called AI) and the perils of overreliance on it.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
(Alberta-specific, but if you're not in AB, please share for your followers who are.) Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Say no to her discriminatory referendum. Join me and sign up here. ouralbertaadvantage.ca
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Stop Premier Smith’s Scapegoating of Immigrants
Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Vote NO on her racist referendum.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thread.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Love to see this focus on what elected Dems can do to help trans kids from the recovering but indefatigable @jordanz.bsky.social
progressreport.news
How can Democrats protect kids from Trump... and hospital administrators?
The legal and political avenues to protecting trans kids
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
was just talking with @rezwan.bsky.social and @ameyann.bsky.social and other colleagues today about how often tech is following the classic int'l development problem pattern of "add new technology -> fail to maintain or remove -> people left worse off than they were before"
arstechnica.com
Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
So absurd and embarrassing ..."
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Box of Frogs @boxoffrogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The biggest mistake that Democrats could make before November, and during the next two years, is to allow Republicans to distance themselves from Trump.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just backed Leafshire Cove: Minotaur/Witch spicy cozy romantasy on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ali...
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Leafshire Cove: Minotaur/Witch spicy cozy romantasy
Cozy fantasy romance meets spicy monster romance in a standalone with rivals-to-lovers and an owl familiar—book 1 available!
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If I should mysteriously vanish....
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thread.
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have never laughed so much about some ladies talking about grapefruit. And it's worth it... listen to the end.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your reminder to stop and smell the roses. Or look at the butterflies.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thread. (As Aaron notes downthread, there is thus far no indication that it's gone beyond electronic.)
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just backed A Pocketful of Dragons: A Cozy No-Spice Romantasy on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/erp...
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A Pocketful of Dragons: A Cozy No-Spice Romantasy
A shy baker saves two dragons, upending her life as she knows it and leading to love & belonging in this no-spice cozy fantasy romance.
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Fights🏳️‍⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We will not defeat fascism by avoiding taking risks. We are all going to have to do dangerous, scary shit eventually. The longer we put off doing that scary shit, the more dangerous the situation will get for everyone
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Arrrrrr! (IYKYK)
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
We are destroying each other with miles in order to raise money for legal expenses for children in immigration proceedings for the Young Center, because if there's anyone who shouldn't have to represent themselves, it's literal kids.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I agree with both @joegordon.bsky.social and @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social; their positions aren't mutually exclusive. Wilful ignorance is still ignorance, it's just that the latter is honest, while with the former, the ignoramus is culpable.
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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😉
IF THE EARTH WAS FLAT 
THE CATS WOULD HAVE ALREADY KNOCKED EVERYTHING OFF
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
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Jim of Pennsyltucky @jimdigs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I have never in history read of a greater collection of gutless self-serving cowards, than the Republican Senate and House. Can any legitimate objective historians out there offer an example of greater cowardly historical scum? #Congress #gop #maga #Iran #Israel
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I just backed 2027 Celtic PodFest and Nerdy Arts Market on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
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2027 Celtic PodFest and Nerdy Arts Market
It's time to fundraise for the second annual Celtic festival of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thread, up and down.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thread.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thread, up and down.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thread. (I'll confess to still being in the 'never say never' camp, but only in the sense that there's still a lotta millennia before Sol becomes a red giant - and I agree entirely that the techbro mindset won't achieve it.)
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'I want us to treat our allies' and potential allies' tears as worthy of compassion even when we do not believe the person being mourned is worthy of their tears.' A detailed and thoughtful piece on the purity-policing of grief, long but well-worth the time to read.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nb for anyone with a hyphenated or otherwise compound surname: try entering your name without the hyphen if your registration doesn’t show up at first.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unintended consequences are much easier to avoid if one makes the effort to consider what one does intend.
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SunflowerP @sunflowerp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THREAD.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They are trying to make people take for granted that compulsory cisgenderism is natural common sense. They want you to think they're "reasonable." Your job is to treat them like they showed up at your house drunk, uninvited, and in their underwear, and immediately started insulting your mother.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Others include: "Libeling and scapegoating minorities is both utterly evil and astoundingly unoriginal." "*blows giant raspberry*" "Trans people are awesome and I really don't understand why you're lying about them." "What a pathetic bully."
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It needs to be made clear that transphobic stances have meaningful consequences, and I don't know how you do that without threatening said consequences. It further seems to me that those consequences need to be threatened NOW, before the election happens.
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This seems especially obvious to me re: Talarico, who was very clearly pressured into taking a worse position, and can therefore also be pressured OUT of it. But you actually have to make a credible threat to do it!
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
James, Amy, Josh, et al, say it with me: "I said x about transgender people. I do not deny this. But those statements were cowardly, and they were wrong. We don't trade established rights for political gain. And if you're more worried about children's genitals than anything else, that's a problem."
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Something that seems important re: not voting for anti-trans democrats is that: a. The threat to withhold one's vote is the main form of leverage people have on candidates. b. The election has not happened yet. c. Anti-trans candidates still have the option to stop being anti-trans.
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