Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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So no more half-measures, no more politeness, and no more fucking meeting in the middle. Every tradition weighing upon the world today like a rusted yoke must be named and uprooted and purged, and every doddering fence-sitter pushed over the edge with the rest of the sun-baked garbage.

Aeroplane is one of the great makeout soundtracks, as weird as that is to say, its undeniably fucking true

Metamora@metamora.bsky.social · 2d ago

and while we're at it In the Aeroplane Over the Sea really is a perfect album and you're allowed to have that opinion even though the internet told you it's cringe to like good things

Travel deep enough into the Backrooms and you will find Bjork.

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 2d ago

Björk in 1996, by Takashi Homma

I don't really have an objection to the CEO saying Bluesky is open to all; it's kind of his job to do that. But as others have pointed out, the design of the site means it's harder for trolls/bots/chuds *and also* influencers/hypebeasts to get traction. The "bubble" here is actually normal humans.

Turned out really really fuckin good, made it in the oven instead of the crock pot!!! Ammended recipe: Bake at 25 mins at 450F, then drop it down to 300F & instead of 1/4 cup of stock, add 1 full cup of stock & 1tbsp of acv. Baste every hour for 5 hours.

Gem Adler the TX 🔨@gemadler.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is what I made today & after I toke this bowl I am going to make a sandwich 🥖🥬🧄🫶💥 www.emerils.com/127992/slow-...

You know how many things I have to pay for with my taxes that I disagree with? I would rather pay for groceries than oil subsidies amd fucking bombs

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

in which @annaleen.bsky.social asks us to dream big: “What if we gave public transportation the same amount of money that investors have given to AI? With billions of dollars, what could transit do? And how might it transform our cities and lives?” www.coyotemedia.org/funding-bay-...

A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI

In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?

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Libraries pay millions to rent ebooks they never own. So maybe it's no surprise Penguin Random House is sponsoring arguments against stronger library ebook rights. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/m...

Moving Beyond the Publisher Playbook: Why State-Level Contract Law is Essential to the Future of Digital Library Rights

The era of mere “firefighting” and polite, incremental negotiation is over. The library sector is asking for relief from ebook pricing schemes that consume tremendous amounts of public dollars while p...

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If anyone here has some connections to publications that might be a) interested in some kind of coverage from Field of Vision (the king gizz festival in denver) and b) has some kind of a budget, I'd very much appreciate any kind of connection to them.

can i point out the obvious: mens sports are not being subject to this invasive scrutiny

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

This is what I made today & after I toke this bowl I am going to make a sandwich 🥖🥬🧄🫶💥 www.emerils.com/127992/slow-...

Slow-Cooked Cochon de Lait Po’Boy

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What the Phaistos Disc says. A 3,500 year old clay disc with unknown symbols written on it in a spiral, found in the ruins of a Minoan palace on Crete. It appears to have come from elsewhere and the symbols don't match anything anyone has ever seen. A huge archeological mystery.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6d ago

What's your personal great white whale of an unsolved mystery? The thing you desperately hope is solved before you die because you need to know the answer? Mine is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum heist. Where the hell are the Rembrandts. I need the full story

I realized yesterday that 1) Antiques Roadshow is the only reality tv that I enjoy & 2) that show has been on since 1978

I agree, & lets take it a step further: all movies should be 90 minutes (or less)

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 6d ago

All games should be 15 hours long (or less): aftermath.site/how-long-to-be...

It looks like a bootyhole 😬

MySA@mysanantonio.com · 5d ago

The rebrand launched comparisons to AI logos and, well, other things.

I love y’all but you’re not gonna get cool points or whatever for being like ‘actually Texas is probably a lost cause don’t get your hopes up.’ We need hope to live down here. Please let us have it.

bitch nobody believes you, go to hell

San Antonio Express-News@expressnews.com · 6d ago

Gov. Greg Abbott is laying out plans to lower health insurance costs and drug prices as he continues to focus his reelection campaign on affordability and cost-of-living concerns. bit.ly/4frgu1a

SOAD in the LYFT Today is gonna be cute

Ppl who have never spoken with a person in AI psychosis are lucky

there's no other way to frame this except that ai companies and users are fundamentally against human society in every way

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

wish i knew what a burning data center smells like

Get a reading with me today at Deja Vu y'all 🃏🃏🃏 🫶 calendly.com/smokysalaman...

We need a moratorium on all new construction for at least 18 months, maybe 3 years would be ideal I need a break from the sounds & sights of this shit

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT SAID THE OPPOSITE

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."

prints of my pigeoncorns from junicorn are now in my shop! original watercolour painting also available :) coo! 🐦 l1nk 1n 🧵:

I think we need to be meaner to christians

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

coming summer 2028: PLUMS. “so delicious.” - sixty second preview

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