At some point, AI boosters are going to have to engage with the fact that the people who have most fully and prominently bought into this product are also the stupidest, most evil people on the planet.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Derrida. Blanchot. The city of Lublin. ❤️‍🔥 I got to interview independent scholar, writer & literary translator @frankgarrett.online for @hfr.bsky.social about philosophy, his wider project of translation, & queer Polish poet Czechowicz @sublunary.bsky.social 🔥 heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/08/04/f...

“A Brief but at Times Illuminating Encounter”: Matthew Kinlin Interviews Literary Translator Frank Garrett

Frank Garrett is an independent scholar, writer, and literary translator based in Dallas, Texas. We spoke over Zoom about his projects in translation, philosophy, and specifically his ongoing work …

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I honestly don’t know how anyone can be in the room when he says this kind of shit and not say ANYTHING. That’s not how you talk to people! Hit him with a rolled up newspaper or SOMETHING.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

The attached blog post is really well done, and frequently grimly humorous.

Grant Henninger@granthenninger.com · 4d ago

This was incredibly long (blog post & thread, both), but a worthwhile read if you’re dealing with AI slop at work. Increasingly, I’m finding folks completely offloading their thinking to AI, generating documents & plans without any critical thought of their own. Universally, the work is nonsensical.

IT GOT HEATED

I am just a boy trying to construe a dative with παρά while surrounded by addled AI advocates.

"shall" is not a good translation here, as shall is simple future. "you 'should' have the body" is better and "It should be/must be the case that you have possession of your body" is wordier but best. #theissuematterstooofcourse

Corrected a mistranslation of habeas in habeas corpus. Probs will get a snippy reaction. It's not good for people to argue about something so important while thinking the Latin says something that it does not. The shades of meaning matter. Latin still does. But yeah don't teach it anymore.

This is a super piece. You should read it 👇

Dr Inigo Purcell@inigopurcell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

inigopurcell.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/p... For Pride Month I wrote about intense gay melancholy, ambiguous grief and anger and how it may lead to hope. (I am fun at parties)

Spurs had it won and then somebody "found" a whole bunch of Knicks points in the middle of the night.

I think it's time we had some articles about what rural Americans can do to regain MY trust.

The three things Democrats must do to regain rural America’s trust | Anthony Flaccavento

After decades of alienating working-class and rural voters from the Democratic party, it’s time the left bridges the divide

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I filled out a survey and took a question about 'supporting the group better' sincerely. Mistake! The leader is not happy with my gentle (really!) suggestion. #HowDidIForgetThisTruthEternalAbourRequestsForFeedback

Got some 'oh snap' vibes here tbqh

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i summon courage and inspiration to be a vocal AI hater from the guys who loudly supported the war in iraq and still haven't apologized

Yep. THIS. Ai enthusiasts, lightweight frauds they are, cannot imagine.

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD@greenleejw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I don’t know what to tell you, man. I’m a medieval historian, and, in my field, if you don’t check your sources (and your sources’ sources) you are just asking to be taken for a ride by some bored 19th C. aristocratic English antiquarian with a penchant for inventing history.

Justinianic, Heraclian, Macedonian, Komnenian, Laskarid, Palaiologian

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 3mo ago

what are the Six Genders? wrong answers only

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

at 10,000 followers I will give universities back their Canvas access

A new episode of Byzantium & Friends: The Menologion of Basil II, with @charleskuper.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/05/the-... #medieval #podcast

The Menologion of Basil II, with Charlie Kuper - Medievalists.net

A conversation with Charlie Kuper about the Menologion of Basil II, a lavishly illustrated manuscript pairing brief notices about the saints with images of them and their ordeals, arranged according…

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Can’tvas

I am low key obsessed

there's something perfect about people like this only caring about faux journalists attending a fancy elite party and not anyone experiencing violence while out doing the actual job of journalism

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3mo ago

People here are being really shitty, including at fellow journalists who've been traumatized, and you will regret those posts. Or should. Also this does not help your political cause, whatever that might be.

Found a nineteenth century polka-mazur (a Viennese dance form) that has quite the resonant title: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJC...

Academia. MEAN GIRLS (DUH)

Gregory Hays@aristofontes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Academia, The Godfather.

Excellent!

This! So much this!

Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social · 4mo ago

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: are the double Heroides actually by Ovid?

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚