This is so horrific and infuriating and exhausting. Stop using AI.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2w ago

New from 404 Media: a company is selling tons of old books specifically to AI companies and says they have a strong NDA to never reveal which AI company bought all of the books. They don't want headlines of 'we scanned and destroyed millions of books for AI' www.404media.co/ai-companies...

A Widow’s Charm, Caitlyn Paxson! Published recently and an absolute fav of mine. So much of it is lovely and queer with a F/M romance, and I’d describe it as a historical England-esque fantasy world with less colonizer vibes. Highly recommend!

Nobilis Reed@nobilis.bsky.social · last mo.

That last part describes a bunch of authors I know.

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

The amount of times a day I think this is a lot.

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

RIP to my all time favorite TV dad, and blessed be Anthony Stewart Head.

The Non-Toxic Masculinity of Rupert Giles

My favorite stories are genre stories, which are full of orphans and kids who grow up to find out that dad is Darth Vader, or tragic waifs who know that Dad was a villain all along. The first time …

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find a single word in here about protecting Canadian artists from having their work stolen by AI companies, or compensating them for that stolen work. Why is it that people who create Canadian culture don't deserve accountability or control?

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We just launched Canada’s new AI Strategy: AI For All.    We’re taking control of our future — with AI that’s governed by Canadian values, AI that’s accountable to Canadians, and AI that serves all Canadians.    www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read! “I know this so loudly I don’t hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

One of my fav poems

ONLY POEMS@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I threw the book at him and slammed the door on my way out. In a poem I can leave when I should have.

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Have you read this? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Anyone who argues that AI can do your research for you was not the one who did all the work in the group project

Has anyone read Alix E Harrow’s The Everlasting? I just finished it and am in an absolute haze. What a masterpiece of a book. I loved it.

In case you hadn't heard, The Narwhal is suing the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken on assignment in northern B.C. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians — and the trial begins next week. thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-trial-u...

The Narwhal's trial is a week away | The Narwhal

We’re suing the RCMP for arresting a journalist on assignment for The Narwhal. It’s an effort to protect press freedom — and the rights of all Canadians

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I’vd always loved El-Mohtar’s writing but this is really something else. Go read it.

Gailey 🍉@sarahgailey.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

Evelyn working on a school project: “Fuck this, I’m about to cite myself!”

One of my favourite projects I’ve begun in the last few years is a Snail Mail Poetry Club. Every month, all of us mail poems to each other — monthly, I get 3-6 poems in the mail with a little note, and it is a JOY. If anyone is ever interested in joining the Snail Mail Poetry Club, DM me!

With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7

Made me cry on this Thursday morning, I recommend you read and maybe cry a little too:

Amal El-Mohtar@amalelmohtar.com · 11mo ago

While it’s still September 10 & Mary Oliver’s birthday—she would have been 90—I thought I’d share this thing I wrote on the day she died, in January of 2019

Teen Vogue is doing incredible journalism, and this piece feels so hopeful amid such hopelessness.

Teen Vogue@teenvogue.com · 11mo ago

Arkansas ranks as the second most at-risk state after Florida due to extreme heat, tornadoes, and minimal investment in climate adaptation projects from its Republican-led legislature. Here's how young people in the state are addressing climate anxiety to take care of themselves –– and each other:

More than 80 people crowded into a room at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre to offer feedback on the amendments MLA Brad Trivers is proposing to the rental act. There were tense exchanges,shouting, jeering and one person providing feedback via a middle finger. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tenants blast MLA Brad Trivers's suggested rental act changes at heated meeting | CBC News

Tenants aren't happy with a private members bill from MLA Brad Trivers suggesting changes to the P.E.I. Residential Tenancy Act.

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From Kate DiCamillo's lovely essay On Writing: "You have no business wanting to be a writer unless you are a reader. You should read fantasies and essays, biographies and poetry, fables and fairy tales. Read, read, read, read, read." I couldn't agree more. www.katedicamillo.com/on_writing-2/

Teen climate activist (my son) needs Canadians to respond to a 2-minute survey to help him build data to bring to local Cdn politicians to urge them to make it easier for Canadians to donate used electronics for reuse (after wiped clean) and recycling. Pls share: marketing4health.formaloo.me/b8j3vp

Plugging @justinesnacks.bsky.social! Made this INCREDIBLE halibut with sungold tomatoes tonight and it’s 10/10. Recipe here: justinesnacks.com/breaded-hali...

This essay on community, group work, and the human condition hit a chord in me: open.substack.com/pub/folkists...

The Idea is Not the Hard Part

On Meitheals, Group Projects, and Becoming a Maker

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Have dog bed, but will lie on the floor in the office

And so. When AI turns around in the year 2025 and spews words at us, often stupidly, you know what I think of? I think of the grub, fat with words, comprehending nothing. þēof in þȳstro Thief in the dark.

If you're also feeling salty that 5% of our GDP is going to defence and as a result, the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality's budget is being slashed, you should contact your MP and give them hell. But you should also participate in the pre-budget consultation! Link here :

Totally! And periodic reminder that Canadians can send mail (ie: letters, postcards, etc) to MPs for FREE. Ask anyone who has been a staffer and they'll tell you that personalized correspondence is always more effective than a form letter. Call! Email! Write! Make some noise, folks.

Karen Racine@klracine.bsky.social · last yr.

Canadians need to get noisy about this betrayal. Call, write, tell your friends. Show up. It's exhausting. We're all sick and tired of having to fight our own govt reps to treat us well and make our lives easier and better, but here we are ... so we continue to do it. I'm tired and I'm angry.