It’s always funny when tech employees discover that they work in tech.
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.I’m sorry I just thought we were making dancing robots.
Marcie Bianco
@marciebianco.bsky.social
Writer, editor, cultural critic, and author of “Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and the Feminist Fight for Freedom.” www.marciebianco.com
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.
The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...
NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Quick someone put gender-affirming care in my water so the EPA cleans it up
First Gloria, and now Robin. Two of three WMC founders gone in two days. It is all too much.
Someday I hope to have more rights than AI generated child sex abuse material
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo agoIf you are still asking why regular people hate ai, you aren’t paying attention.
NGL, this guy harassed me and my loved ones and tried to get me fired from my job in 2015-16, so I am kind of loving this:
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo agoBreaking news: Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right provocateur and former Yeezy executive, has been deported to the United Kingdom, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
… a $56.9 BILLION endowment:
The Harvard Crimson@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 3mo agoHarvard’s FAS directly laid off 75 staff across its social sciences units last week — nearly one-third of employees covered by the restructuring and more than twice the number cut in last month’s Harvard College wave. Amann S. Mahajan reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
A $56.9 BILLION endowment … all the while internally DOGE’ing the Humanities.
The Harvard Crimson@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 3mo agoHarvard adopted four new rules for voting the stock its $56.9 billion endowment holds in companies like Apple and Meta — covering human rights, labor, living wages, and data privacy. Megan L. Blonigen reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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BREAKING: I am suing Northwestern University, a member of congress, two cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General of the United States. I explain why in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/when-we-figh...
When We Fight, We Win: Why I Am Suing Northwestern University—and the US Government
Yesterday, I filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and—in his official capacity as Chairman of the US House of Representatives House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Michigan Cong…
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A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:
Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.
lol who is dumb enough to believe that turtle is still alive
The greatest thing about Sinner is the moment he breaks the spirit of a player you hate
To me, Andy saying was such a wild moment because Carlos hasn’t played in months and is no longer even the world #2!
Merlisa@merlisa.com · 4mo agoMalika Andrews asked if we are in the Sinner era, and Andy had to say the Sinner-Alcaraz era. Yeah, Sinner has five Majors now. Alcaraz has seven Majors and a career Grand Slam, despite missing the last two.
Jannik Sinner after beating Zverev to win his 2nd consecutive Wimbledon title “My mom, I see her. She left the stadium a couple times. Being a player is not easy you know? So…” 😭😭😭😭😭
