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Jonathan Kennedy @getradified.net · 2h

There is no such thing as a technology that is not biased towards the historical conditions under which it was created, no matter how badly nerds want to convince you otherwise.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 1d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

Never forget the core thing funding the sheer scale of the spending spree of AI investments is primarily due to the turborich wanting to solve the “problem” of having to pay wages.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

"Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this."

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 1d

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 1d

Today is Nonidi the 19th of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate sunflowers.#JacobinDay

More information on sunflowers

An old time-y illustration of a Sunflowers.

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Small Seasons @smallseasonsbot.bsky.social · 3d

Cold dew. Temperatures begin dropping. The geese return for the winter. Crickets chirp for the last time in the year. 🏏

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 4d

This display of grovelling subservience defines Mark Carney, both as a politician and as a man

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

"You are a transformative president" -- I regret to inform you that Mark Carney is kissing Trump's ass

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 3d

Grieving for all the lives taken. I dont know what we look like as a society when this is over

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal @fagankara.bsky.social · 4d

Hey young #Canada 👇

Unifor @unifor.org · 4d

The Young Worker Activist course is back!

This course is designed specifically for members aged 35 and under, to further develop their skills and to ensure they can access the necessary tools to play an active role in the union.

🔗 Register today : unifor.org/pel

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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Gord Jorkins @nothinkyjustvibey.bsky.social · 4d

Can we just fire up ICQ or MSN Messenger?

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 4d

Really looking forward to this one - Ramsay and Pattinson are faves, it was filmed in southern Alberta, damn -- Lawrence looks like she turns in one helluva a performance.

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 5d

Watch the official trailer for Die My Love starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson ❤️‍🔥

In theaters on November 7.

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Dead McCoy 💀 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 5d

we could make choices about what type of province we want, it doesn't have to be this way forever!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5d

"I'm not the story, don't lose focus"

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 5d

You might enjoy this 👇 after the film of course :) bsky.app/profile/juni...

Jen @junipergal.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely wonderful article: Wes Anderson's Impossible Dreams.

And a true example of the utter irreplaceable value of film criticism. Gorgeous read over at Criterion by Bilge Ebiri on Anderson's film catalog from the first 25 years of his career. www.criterion.com/current/post...

A wide shot of a movie set with a miniaturized practical set from THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU in the background. In the foreground, slightly off centred Wed Anderson sits behind a camera on a crane lift. He's slightly turned and looking over his shoulder, offset and out of the photo. He's dressed in muted browns with a light coloured scarf wrapped around his neck.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5d

Wow #yyc!

(Pics by Kelly Hofer FB)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 5d

On the eve of one of the largest demonstrations of labour power in Alberta's history, sights like 20,000 supporters rallying in front of the Legislature for teachers and their students is inspiring. Solidarity! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Thousands of people with signs and placards in front of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.