Corbie 🐦⬛
@corbieailin.bsky.social
Technology and Marketing Consultant, Software Engineer
Returning to school for ethics in technology and AI
💼 Accessibility Specialist
Photographer, Musician, Dancer, Weirdo
https://newsoftheai.com
Returning to school for ethics in technology and AI
💼 Accessibility Specialist
Photographer, Musician, Dancer, Weirdo
https://newsoftheai.com
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Alright, I got lost in my AI News/Information thread AGAIN, so I'm starting a new one.
Here's the previous one: bsky.app/profile/corb...
Here's the previous one: bsky.app/profile/corb...
Omg, I got lost in my own thread. Well!
Fall semester has just started and I have to write another big old paper again! NOT as intense this time, not a 50 page capstone project, but it's probably going to be AI focused again. So.... Fresh thread, fall semester.
Fall semester has just started and I have to write another big old paper again! NOT as intense this time, not a 50 page capstone project, but it's probably going to be AI focused again. So.... Fresh thread, fall semester.
This thread is getting ridiculously long and completely unwieldy! So I'm starting a new one here. New month new thread?
#AINews
#AINews
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Both sides of the aisle hate the AI moratorium
Both sides of the aisle hate the AI moratorium
It’s the one of the few things Republicans and Democrats can agree on right now.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Both sides of the aisle hate the AI moratorium
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
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“Waugh your work is too long” give it up. The blogs get longer with every complaint. You think I won’t drop a 25,000 word one? And email it to you? You think I won’t print it out and mail it to you? You think I won’t “skibbidi” out of your damn garbage disposal and start screaming it at you?
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“Waugh your work is too long” give it up. The blogs get longer with every complaint. You think I won’t drop a 25,000 word one? And email it to you? You think I won’t print it out and mail it to you? You think I won’t “skibbidi” out of your damn garbage disposal and start screaming it at you?
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Sidewalks are for pedestrians.
Delivery robots are taking over Chicago sidewalks, sparking debate and a petition to hit "pause." blockclubchi.co/3KmCRIu
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sidewalks are for pedestrians.
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Such a good piece—give it a read! When I think of millennial pop culture/music, OutKast comes to mind.
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Such a good piece—give it a read! When I think of millennial pop culture/music, OutKast comes to mind.
Ramping up for my final live class weekend so I'm scarce. Final rush to finish projects this week. It's soooo much!
a man is holding a piece of wood that is on fire in a room .
Alt: a man is holding a piece of wood that is on fire in a destroyed corporate office while an ostrich runs by.
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ramping up for my final live class weekend so I'm scarce. Final rush to finish projects this week. It's soooo much!
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This is called Universal Design, where something is designed technically to help people with disabilities but ends up helping a whole bunch of other people too.
Curb cuts is perhaps the most famous example of this - it's for people in wheelchairs, but everyone uses them.
Curb cuts is perhaps the most famous example of this - it's for people in wheelchairs, but everyone uses them.
This is great. I think the whole idea of accommodation should rightly be an invitation to reject an ableist, eugenicist approach to the world and instead ask "What if we want to give *everyone* the chance to do their best?"
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is called Universal Design, where something is designed technically to help people with disabilities but ends up helping a whole bunch of other people too.
Curb cuts is perhaps the most famous example of this - it's for people in wheelchairs, but everyone uses them.
Curb cuts is perhaps the most famous example of this - it's for people in wheelchairs, but everyone uses them.
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this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits
Tesla brings back 'Mad Max' 'Full Self-Driving' mode that ignores speed limits
Tesla has brought back its 'Mad Max' mode for 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that ignores speed limits amid several investigations.
electrek.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
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We speak with organizers on the ground in Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL, about what to do when ICE invades your town.
How to stand up to ICE: Lessons from Chicago and Charlotte
We speak with organizers on the ground in Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL, about what to do when ICE invades your town.
therealnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We speak with organizers on the ground in Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL, about what to do when ICE invades your town.
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El is a kind and caring person (and one of my closest friends) who really needs us right now. Please share and help keep them housed. Every cent helps! 💕💸
#MutualAid #HelpPeopleLive2025
#MutualAid #HelpPeopleLive2025
Still at $415 of $925 for Dec. rent. Which was due...yesterday. I've had a very rough go of it recently with chronic illness; your help right now means safety, stability, & a future where I can give back.
Please share widely!
Please share widely!
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
El is a kind and caring person (and one of my closest friends) who really needs us right now. Please share and help keep them housed. Every cent helps! 💕💸
#MutualAid #HelpPeopleLive2025
#MutualAid #HelpPeopleLive2025
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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I’ve never paywalled my articles because I know many of my readers are on disability & can’t afford it.
I’m in a terrible situation with my housing and may need to ask for help.
What’s the best way to do this? Paywall? Wish list? Go fund me?
Would folks be bothered by a GFM in lieu of a paywall?
I’m in a terrible situation with my housing and may need to ask for help.
What’s the best way to do this? Paywall? Wish list? Go fund me?
Would folks be bothered by a GFM in lieu of a paywall?
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I’ve never paywalled my articles because I know many of my readers are on disability & can’t afford it.
I’m in a terrible situation with my housing and may need to ask for help.
What’s the best way to do this? Paywall? Wish list? Go fund me?
Would folks be bothered by a GFM in lieu of a paywall?
I’m in a terrible situation with my housing and may need to ask for help.
What’s the best way to do this? Paywall? Wish list? Go fund me?
Would folks be bothered by a GFM in lieu of a paywall?
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Little consultancy thing about risk.
Bun (bun.com) has been acquired by Anthropic. Great, right?
To me, that makes it *extremely* risky, not just because “AI bad” (it is)
The risk is although Anthropic have billions, they’re not even close to being solvent.
What goes when the cards are down?
Bun (bun.com) has been acquired by Anthropic. Great, right?
To me, that makes it *extremely* risky, not just because “AI bad” (it is)
The risk is although Anthropic have billions, they’re not even close to being solvent.
What goes when the cards are down?
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Little consultancy thing about risk.
Bun (bun.com) has been acquired by Anthropic. Great, right?
To me, that makes it *extremely* risky, not just because “AI bad” (it is)
The risk is although Anthropic have billions, they’re not even close to being solvent.
What goes when the cards are down?
Bun (bun.com) has been acquired by Anthropic. Great, right?
To me, that makes it *extremely* risky, not just because “AI bad” (it is)
The risk is although Anthropic have billions, they’re not even close to being solvent.
What goes when the cards are down?
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Sounds like he wants to live in an echo chamber.
Mark Cuban Says ‘It Became Pointless’ To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban Says 'It Became Pointless' To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, says he’s done posting on Bluesky for now, and the reason is simple: it’s not worth
offthefrontpage.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sounds like he wants to live in an echo chamber.
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I wonder how many EA people were around during New Atheism. They've done a great job capturing the smug, pseudo-intellectual debate bro machismo of that movement
There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I wonder how many EA people were around during New Atheism. They've done a great job capturing the smug, pseudo-intellectual debate bro machismo of that movement
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Wrote another headline www.theverge.com/column/83693...
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Wrote another headline www.theverge.com/column/83693...
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THE NERD REICH
omfg
omfg
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
THE NERD REICH
omfg
omfg
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time.
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time.
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
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DAIR launched four years ago today, on the one year anniversary of my firing from Google.
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
Projects
An overview of projects at DAIR.
www.dair-institute.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
DAIR launched four years ago today, on the one year anniversary of my firing from Google.
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
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Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
Once again, no one making these claims seems to understand the enormous hurdles in the way of getting a kid the help they need - in this case - I dare anyone suggesting this to go through an IEP process.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
www.theverge.com/policy/83087...
I have so many questions. SO many.
The first is if I have to download all the apps though? I actually prefer my computer/web browser for most things!
I have so many questions. SO many.
The first is if I have to download all the apps though? I actually prefer my computer/web browser for most things!
A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
The bill takes aim at Apple and Google’s app stores.
www.theverge.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
www.theverge.com/policy/83087...
I have so many questions. SO many.
The first is if I have to download all the apps though? I actually prefer my computer/web browser for most things!
I have so many questions. SO many.
The first is if I have to download all the apps though? I actually prefer my computer/web browser for most things!
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I'm all for getting humans off the road, as a waypoint between fewer cars off the road period, but I would definitely like to know if Waymo's miles driven compares to the stereotypical human driving situation. Like are they just driving them around at night with no traffic to juice mileage?
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm all for getting humans off the road, as a waypoint between fewer cars off the road period, but I would definitely like to know if Waymo's miles driven compares to the stereotypical human driving situation. Like are they just driving them around at night with no traffic to juice mileage?