this is a good look at how what people call "ai psychosis" is more usefully understood as a kind of automated reproduction of cult behavior (endless affirmation like love bombing, maximizing for engagement & isolating from others, mirroring & amplifying delusions, encouraging harmful behavior)

Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

Podcast Episode · Behind the Bastards · May 5 · 56m

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If you live in NYC, PLEASE send a message to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social telling him we need a full 2 year moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools for both students and teachers. School year's about to start. Tell him TONIGHT! HeyMamdani.fyi

We woke up to find Lindsey was dead, We had hoped it would be McConnell instead, But soon we will see, It could be all three, ‘Holy shit, a trifecta’, he said. #Limerick

He woke up blearily, got up, wandered blearily round his room, opened a window, saw a bulldozer, found his slippers, and stomped off to the bathroom to wash.

Focused on stills tonight and will post a composite once I get home before bed, here's a happy crow sun for everyone heading to bed 🌞 🪶

My favorite website is owned and operated by a Nazi for Nazis. Like the point of the website is to advance the cause of Nazis. Oh also it makes child porn. Yeah the website creates child porn. It's normal though. It's fine. Yeah yeah I do all my official job stuff on there

Endorsed. 👌

Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · last mo.

Here it is, after years of having this shot in my head, chasing the murder the night before the full Moon: dozens of crows flying in front of the Moon, my first edit. 🪶

Wow. This is such great advice it startled me

Fuck Meta Zuckerberg in particular can go to hell. Fuck AI Fuck "productivity gains." Fuck that guy in particular. And fuck his little wraparound mike.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2d ago

huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know

when trans ppl are killed, it's not about trans ppl. meanwhile a women's sports league that doesn't have a single trans woman in it is the new battleground for "debating the trans athlete issue" we are absent from our presence and present in our absence

If you saw over 30 cats steal a boat, no you didn't

The Sacramento Bee@sacbee.com · 2d ago

The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.

BREAKING: two of the SF gay bars that were using facial recognition ID checks just issued a statement saying they're going to stop after a major article about our artist boycott campaign. Big win!

Evan Greer@evangreer.bsky.social · 2d ago

There are only a handful of venues in the country using AI surveillance. They fucked around. Now they’re finding out sf.gazetteer.co/bay-area-art...

There are lots of ways to build a coalition to fight for public health. But a new collaborationist politics is sprouting up which excuses too much & pretends that MAHA is something other than it is: a movement built to destroy & built on lies by its founders. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Collaborating With the MAHA Movement Is a Terrible Idea

Some pundits are pushing a strategic alliance with parts of RFK Jr.’s base. Here’s why they’re wrong.

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Note of gratitude to Gillian Brockell for staying on the beat and keeping visible systems behind heartwrenching videos. That purple line is a plane likely full of families being broken, people who'll be lost to others & themselves, even young ICE employees who'll bring their violence home to others.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 5d ago

Third long-range private jet ICE flight in one day. This one is headed for Africa, possible third-country nationals onboard.

A LOT of us are non-drivers. And given the big public costs and consequences of driving, we should be making that easier, not harder. Are we putting our public money in the right places? Our SECOND messaging collaboration with @nondriver.bsky.social. Spread the word. #UrbanTruth

"ricky gervais animated cat comedy" is the phrase I would whisper to someone to let them know I wanted to break up

Rich Burroughs@somewhattolerable.com · 2d ago

Just read a review of Alley Cats so I watched the trailer and it looks incredibly bad lol.

Stuff like this is why I never fail to read the Sword & the Sandwich every Friday.

Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · 2d ago

in which we discuss -a thousand years of japanese pescatarianism -emperor meiji eats beef -ramen and black markets -the rise of japanese worcestershire sauce buttondown.com/theswordandt...

I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease when I was 23. I'd just graduated law school, and it was the night before (well, really the morning of) when I was supposed to take the bar exam. I've told this story elsewhere, but basically I had my first bowel obstruction that night, and a surgical procedure,

I was in one of these recently and it was no big deal. I'm still a closed loop individual of individual sapience. There's definitely no humming of the collective mycelium spirit in the back of my mind. Don't worry about these

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 2d ago

Are deadly fungal storms bad

Imagine solving the Lament Configuration wrong and instead of cenobites showing up it's a very startled Orson Welles

I got up in the middle of the night to make cinnamon toast and am back with more life advice.

Toscha@poemless.bsky.social · last yr.

Life advice: DO NOT LEAVE A TUBE OF ICY HOT ON THE SAME COUNTER WHERE YOU LEAVE YOUR TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE.

Harry Potter has been on the NYT Children's & Young Adult Series list for NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE WEEKS, in case you're wondering whether anyone gives a shit about giving the terf queen their money. And know that every pull to publish, fanfic, tattoo, pin, whatever the fuck keeps these books relevant.

As a veteran of two eclipses, the first of which turned me into a lifelong eclipse chaser, my advice is to put your phone down and enjoy the freaky experience. The pros will get great photos and you only have a minute or so to experience totality.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3d ago

A rare total solar eclipse is set to sweep over parts of Europe next week, drawing millions of enthusiasts. Here's how to use your smartphone to capture it.

Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...

www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden... The UK government just gave itself permission to hack random not necessarily targeted members of the public and private organisations based on the whims of "frontier AI"

Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work

During a routine cyber evaluation, AISI identified an incident in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations. We are disclosing what we found, what i...

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Abolish the police they are a greater force for empowering violent crime than they are a hindrance to it

Mx Maddison Stoff@thedescenters.bsky.social · 4d ago

This woman was beaten by a mob for *standing outside of a woman's bathroom* in Louisiana, not even going in, and they've literally just fabricated several charges against her and her partner anyway to justify abusing them further. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/a-mo... On the up side...

El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

To be loved is to be changed.

Hello. All I would like for my birthday today is this boosted everywhere and any help anyone can manage. Rent and bills forever. License renewal today costs $41 And i have to make moxie an appointment that will be at least $300. Second half of rent due in a week and a half. Anythinf helps!

"Smile Anyways" Ella Tailor@garaktailor.com · 6d ago

Next set of goals are Second Half of August Rent by the 16th General Bills and existing in society. Moxie Yearly Check up for Prescription Food. Currently really just need like $5 to get out of the red. V:@/JKNotSoBad C:$:/JKNotsobad PP:@/comfortingmoo Everything helps. and gets a moxie picture.