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Paula Harper

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Musicologist researching music + sound + the internet Assistant prof @ UChicago She/her

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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer@cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 19h ago

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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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13h ago

artists of chicago and the midwest! 5 days left to submit proposals for ART IN THESE TIMES, in conjunction w #falloffreedom artists unite against authoritarianism! artists reconsider political art! (politics here start with: selected artists will be PAID!) interccect.com/art-in-these...

Art In These Times – Fall of Freedom

Art in These Times October 2–4, 2026 Authoritarian assaults on free thinking, fellow feeling, and creative making call for artists to unite in defiance. The 2nd annual Fall of Freedom festival conv…

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Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 14h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

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Paula Harper@pch9857.bsky.social · 13h ago

Barista at my coffee shop asking everyone "if you were part of a burger, what ingredient would you be?" this morning. Finger mustache energy and I am the ideal recipient.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · last wk.

DOJ asked the 5th Circuit to save it from being "crushed" by a "flood" of habeas cases now, im just a simple legal writer, but I suspect DOJ wouldnt have to deal with so many unconstitutional detention lawsuits if it didnt unconstitutionally detain so many people ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

District Court Judges Are Unimpressed By the Fifth Circuit’s “Precedential Stay” Stunt

At the White House’s request, America’s Trumpiest appeals court attempts to issue an order that does not exist.

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moby dickgirl@eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · last wk.

This definitely comes off as the generative AI aspect being incidental and the actual intention being to destroy any literature that capital can't control or erase as required

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.

Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.

one of the most important things you need to do when developing a new product, especially in tech, is sit down and think about how it can be misused by bad actors and nowadays it sure seems like the bad actors are less “people to be guarded against” and more “the target customer base”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

FWIW, Meta was fully aware of how these glasses would primarily be used. The glasses were designed to erase consent, and that is why they exist. Anything that they do that suggests they want to ameliorate this use is an attempt to win the PR battle and manipulate public opinion.

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

Alex Zucker@alexzucker.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cover of the 2017 @wwnorton.com edition of @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's translation of The Odyssey by Homer, featuring the Ladies in Blue fresco from the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. Thread on the cover design by Emily Wilson below!

Cover of The Odyssey, by Homer, translated from Greek into English by Emily Wilson. Cover art: Ladies of the Minoan Court (circa 1500 BC), a fresco painting from the Palace of Knossos on Crete. It shows three women richly dressed and lavishly bejeweled depicted against a blue background.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Now that many people are buying my 2017 metrical verse translation of the Odyssey in great numbers (thank you, Mr Nolan!), or at least, gazing at it and wondering whether to buy it, I thought I should share some thoughts on the cover design.