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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 3h

Man, that’s sad— like they’ve been conditioned to expect smart ass passive aggression instead of basic kindness

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also normalize scheduling phone calls so introverts can get their minds ready

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great article! Thanks for the link 👍🏼

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

All "oh you like this incredibly fucked up nonconsensual porn I made? Get this, it costs only one disabled man dying after his sole caretaker got kidnapped into the torture camps per week."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m sorry but if there is no Kermit what stops me from murdering people? A genuine internal desire to not harm others? Uh keep dreaming aphibiests

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I remember the jingle, “I adore my 64, my Commodore 64!”

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Enterprising wise men looked at the horizon, thinking more capitalism is the wisdom, they imprison….

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Charles II had an inbreeding coefficient of 0.25 and I’m sure that’s fine. Tooooooootally fine.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"I belong to a cult. Someone did some research that undermines the core tenets of my cult and came up with a catchy phrase that makes it harder to recruit more people to my cult. This makes me sad."

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"stochastic parrot" was a mimetically-fit cognitive virus that spread from 2021-2025; it temporarily blinded many gifted people to the nature of AI progress, burning up crucial years in which they could have helped think through the response to the situation.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

😂now I’m imagining them doing the Nazi salute with baguettes. That’s some f’ed up cosplay right there

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Say hello to Daniel in the lions’ den for me. (He’s hot but a bit melodramatic for my taste)

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026

They all want to be the Oppenheimer of Death Star Ouija boards and that is not something you should want to be, even though it's a very silly fantasy

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Mathdemigod @mathdemigod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are VERY real dangers emanating from the LLM field. None of them involve creating a superintelligent AI. Not unless these companies abandon their current path and go in an entirely different direction. We SHOULD be extremely hostile toward LLMs. They ARE dangerous. Just not in this way.

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’ll never be able to wash that Borat scene out of my mind 😬😬😬😬🤢🤢🤮

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

‘So here we are in a new time that we can’t see because we stand in the eye of the hurricane, where everything’s calm.’ Ray Bradbury, “No News, or What Killed the Dog”

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

‘God, look at you! Then look back. A thousand centuries of absolute terror, absolute grief. How parents stayed sane to raise their kids when half of them died, damned if I know. Yet with broken hearts, they did. While millions died of flu or the Plague. (1/2)

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hilarious that these incidents wherein AIs "break containment" and cause problems are being cited as evidence of consciousness. They made a dangerous product that causes damage it isn't supposed to cause, and people are spinning that as something awe-inspiring.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

HELL YEAH!!!!!! (And congrats to @gregpak.net for his absolutely tireless work pushing for this outcome)

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I knew Yuri in high school. A genuine good guy. 👍🏼

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/08/2026

Hey, @mayor.nyc.gov, did you see the study of 26,000 kids that showed "A.i." use causing a DECREASE in exam scores of up to 24 POINTS? Don't leave our kids behind by pushing "A.i." on them! Please declare a 2 year moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools NOW! cc @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I can see Mount Diablo every day (from quite a distance) but it definitely can hide in the clouds. And sometimes there’s a little dusting of snow at the top!

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Let’s not jump to conclusions without more evidence— could be phlegm, or maybe yellow bile!

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

8/ This isn’t a Ministry of Truth rewriting history, and it isn’t Fahrenheit 451’s firemen burning books on purpose. It’s stranger: no one decided to erase anything at all. The erasure is just what falls out of a business model built on extraction.

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Dr. Omphacite 14 Bungalow @hotgirlchristmas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There is a woman making $150K to stalk the president. There are trolls paid to troll. Rapists paid to rape. The entire rightwing ecosystem is stolen funds & people being paid to be bullies when they would do it for free. We have built an aristocracy of assholes.

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I loved how they made her hair but her eyes were almost disturbing 😂

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Aww! I miss my little orange Ducky, a stray with a lot of personality 💗

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LunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Citing the printing press in an effort to kneecap tech skepticism is the last refuge of scoundrels.

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oh yes I play the NES version, but the power button has gotten glitchy and I’m not sure how to fix it 😢

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Still enjoy Pipe Dream (LucasArts)

Screenshot of game with sections of pipe (tiles) arranged to allow the green water to flow. Like Tetris but more flexible

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I confess, I only watch Bake Off at the dentist but it helps with my anxiety and it’s perfect. I think, oh look at the pretty cakes! with my mouth pried open and dental tools whirring.Looking forward to seeing you at the next cleaning/filling/crown! 😅👍🏼

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Rosina O @techysaavy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#clearthelist Please retweet. I am a fourth grade nyc teacher in a title I school. I would love some help with our wishlist with school supplies, books, and more. I appreciate you and any help you can provide. Thank you www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

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jack @jackalltogether.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

we’re like an army going in to WWI in 1914 confident because we spent 25% of GDP on having the shiniest uniform buttons

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I watched a video “exposing” the 1st Amendment “fails” at our college by a so-called auditor. Crabs in a bucket. The real power is untouchable. The powerful fear solidarity, so they encourage these useful tools to shout “woke!” and “how dare that Black man thrive!”

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Cracks me every time I look at it 😁👍🏼

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

One of my favorite artworks, James Ensor’s “Self Portrait in 1960” (he died in 1949, born in 1860)

Etching of a skeletal corpse next to a big spider

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It kills me how quickly some of my colleagues said, “well it’s back to blue books and in-person hand-written exams.” Makes me think they never really understood accessibility to begin with, always saw it as an “extra” thing to “bestow” and so easy to rescind

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This actually is the root of a lot of my anger and frustration, and yes, grief. I spent years crafting accessible classrooms, advocating for tech, and now every measure I use for access is misused by (mostly able-bodied) students who want to cheat with gAI. And our institutions are no fucking help.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Harry Potter fans got a 125-mile cable line rerouted after bombarding its manufacturer with phone calls.

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In the best scenarios god’s a sadly shrugging onlooker but mostly he presents as a frightfully abusive boyfriend- “if you just loved me more I’d stop hurting you.” Quite the deity! At least the old gods were good at smiting enemies

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Ferd @thatferd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I played Night Driver on the Atari but I crashed into the guard rails a lot and there were many head-on collisions

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“[AI] risks becoming an iron curtain that comes down between a young person and their potential for thinking… it risks halting learning before it can take flight.” Moving and important article by the great Katherine Rundell. Please read! www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

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