I still bellow “IGNORE ME” at my husband whenever he questions something I’m doing.

Holy Moly, It’s STACYHD!@stacyhd.bsky.social · 3d ago

THE VENTURE BROTHERS

Periodic reminder: The integration of generative AI models into every sector of society is the installation of ideological and epistemic choke points, regardless of who made the model.

World Politics Review@wpr.bsky.social · 3d ago

The spread of Chinese AI models with built-in censorship mechanisms could quietly shape the global information environment for the worse.

Not to alarm anyone. But, I, too, can tell if bodies are dead or alive.

Anthony Oliveira@meakoopa.bsky.social · 3d ago

I am going through Bram Stoker’s earliest notes on DRACULA today - they include a list of the powers and features of the Count (then named “Wampyr” before Stoker stumbled on “Dracula”), many of which are never elucidated in the book…

More ozone for us to breath, less ozone to protect us from the sun's radiation. Our glorious Future™. Maybe Sam Altman can ask the magic wish-granting machine OpenAI is making for breathable air and for the sun not to cook us.

How Elon Musk's dying satellites could hurt the ozone layer | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Particles released by decaying satellites could be causing an unwanted, harmful impact to the ozone layer.

sciencefocus.com

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 3d ago

OPINION: "[O]zone has two very different faces. High in the atmosphere, ozone is beneficial. Near the ground, it is a harmful air pollutant that can irritate the lungs and worsen respiratory diseases," Weizhi Deng, Jun Wang and Meng Zhou write.

This is a tragedy. The corporatization of universities has the US and the UK destroying their world-renowned higher educations systems.

John Heathershaw@jheathershaw.bsky.social · 4d ago

I never thought that I would have to write this piece about my university. But after weeks of demonstrating privately to senior managers that their case is based on a false prospectus, that their data are inaccurate and their claims misleading, there was little choice. substack.com/@lucasamin/n...

I know the jokes in the Blacksky only posts are wild right now with this Roland Martin story.

Lately, I’ve been having a lot of conversations with people about how thinking of whiteness in binary terms (white or not) is preventing us from fully understanding the present moment. Whiteness has always had gradations and has always existed in a hierarchy.

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right

Welp, guess I have to find a different functional use case for "AI" when I'm trying to be generous.

Dan McQuillan@danmcquillan.bsky.social · 5d ago

AlphaFold was always bait-and-switch; now Google confirms it. A hyper-narrow bioinformatrics model with actual science bolted on whose guesses can be experimentally checked was never a licence for socially-applied slop at scale, but it's done its job. Effort transferred to LLMs.

"This morning, land defenders ascended an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley and established a tree sit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from cutting it down to make way for two parallel 30-foot-tall border barriers." efjournal.wpenginepowered.com/2026/07/29/b...

It’s really starting to grind me down

I've been about this as I've been seeing the anger about book destruction. It's incredibly hard to find homes for old books. The get pulped or end up in landfills in staggering numbers. If they were destroying rare books, then that would be one thing.

Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)@lizthegrey.com · 7d ago

literally these are books that would be pulped if not bought for 10 cents on the dollar. do rare books sometimes make it into there? yeah, if someone is careless, but that's *upstream* of what happens on sale, not *downstream*. you fundamentally are rescuing something from the fucking pulper.

The GOP scapegoating attacks on Dr. Fauci, a spectacle designed to affirm the conspiracy theories of a brain-wormed base, are chilling. What scientist or public servant, in their right minds, will choose to put themselves on the line during the next pandemic or crisis? www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/p...

Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth in dramatic Senate hearing about Covid pandemic | CNN Politics

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the US government response to the Covid-19 pandemic, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, refusing to testify Wednesday just minutes into a Capitol ...

cnn.com

They must be getting really nervous about the markets. Elon is doing interviews with people other than Joe Rogan, and Sam is out here making his trademark ridiculous promises.

Retweeted by David Shapiro (L/0) [UNOFFICIAL]@daveshapi-rt-mirro.selfhosted.social · 2w ago

RT @TheChiefNerd: SAM ALTMAN: “We are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish.”

You’re arguing about a well-written essay today instead of arguing whatever dumb thing the president did. You should be thanking Emily.

Okay. I have finally read the review. *stands up* Motion for Emily Wilson to review every movie.

Then it's time, right? If the singularity's here, get to preservin'. If the "singularity" isn't "here" enough for you to get pumped full of fluids and have your head lopped off, I don't wanna hear it. Mean what you say.

Why billionaire paid $13k to be killed

Sam Altman will have to die in a process similar to physician-assisted suicide.

nzherald.co.nz

Futurism@futurism.com · last wk.

"I've been waiting for this my whole life."

If you're on levothyroxine and have been feeling exhausted, it might not just be the *gestures at literally everything.* Check your meds.

NBC10 Boston@nbcboston.com · last wk.

RECALL ALERT: The FDA has issued a recall of levothyroxine sodium tablets, which are used to treat hypothyroidism and decrease the size of enlarged thyroid glands, according to the Mayo Clinic. on.nbcboston.com/2LQh6pT

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Traffic Conefox Vahno@vahnoeckran.bsky.social · last wk.

I can't help but think of this XKCD whenever voice commanded computer stuff comes up.

I'm so tired.

Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes the technological singularity, the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses humans intelligence, is here.

businessinsider.com

Me, now that faculty meetings are back in person.

Sarah Fackrell@design-law.bsky.social · last wk.

Meanwhile, in Chicago:

It’s really something how people get up in arms about accessibility and equity when the thing in question is pervert glasses or Dark Clippy. I don’t see you folks showing up when Ticketmaster says there’s no way a wheelchair user can come to concerts or that sign language is “too distracting”.

Definitionally, these are not “friends.”

Warning: Your Friends and Colleagues Are Now Recording Every Conversation

People in tech circles are carefully recording every single conversation they're having — not just at work but in their private lives as well.

futurism.com

I'm just going to have to start blocking people who repost that nasty white man with the filthy hands drinking the spoiled raw milk. I have seen it too many times today on my timeline, and it's disgusting, even to just scroll by.

Thrifting in Phoenix in the summer. “More outdoor. Over mitts available.”

Note to all journalists: If you are tempted to describe what you are trying to report on as "ripped from the pages of a sci-fi novel", you have been taken in by the marketing department. >>

I don’t know this man’s work. (Sorry to this man dot gif) But I just don’t have any use for a political analysis of our current moment that doesn’t account for race or gender.

Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am a middle-aged adult with a PhD but I can't read "groundbreaking" books that are being "devoured" without checking in with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social - is it brilliant or terrible? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Bernie hasn't tried this on here yet but here he is doing free marketing for OpenAI. He has been captured by the worst people in AI for a few years now and has been parroting company hype talking points instead of guarding against them. It’s like the public is being assaulted from all sides.

for the record, Dublin's housing crisis has become severe and immigrants, not big tech all with European headquarters in Dublin, are blamed for it

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 2w ago

Google has unveiled plans to open a new office building in Dublin's Docklands