Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
Loud Whisperer • Dragon Fanatic • 🍬Award-Winning Writer and Narrative Designer @ Sweet Baby Inc🍬 • Previously @ Rocksteady Games • ✨Limit Break Mentor✨ • She/Her 💖💛💙 🏳️🌈
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Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hey! 👋 I’m Amy-Leigh, and I’m a Writer & Narrative Designer at Sweet Baby Inc. 🍬 I like nature, bad jokes and weird stories, and I’ve heard I’m pretty friendly 👀 so if that sounds like your vibe, you came to the right place! 💛
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Now there should also be an urgent review and inquiry into the contract awarded to Palantir under the steer of Mandleson when he clearly had a conflict of interest. The latter being on top of the security risks of Palantir being meshed in our defence tech and NHS.
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Now there should also be an urgent review and inquiry into the contract awarded to Palantir under the steer of Mandleson when he clearly had a conflict of interest. The latter being on top of the security risks of Palantir being meshed in our defence tech and NHS.
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He'll still be in Starmer's ear every single day. They *all* need to go.
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
He'll still be in Starmer's ear every single day. They *all* need to go.
Morgan McSweeney has been a detriment to the UK and a crucial participant in why it’s in the dire political straits it is today. Even his resignation is a failure - it comes so many years too late to protect us from the consequences of his selfish, self-important, anti-democratic meddling.
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Morgan McSweeney has been a detriment to the UK and a crucial participant in why it’s in the dire political straits it is today. Even his resignation is a failure - it comes so many years too late to protect us from the consequences of his selfish, self-important, anti-democratic meddling.
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If I race to the bottom, and you don't race to the bottom, who's going to reach the bottom first?
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
If I race to the bottom, and you don't race to the bottom, who's going to reach the bottom first?
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Well said, Ciara Mageean.
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Well said, Ciara Mageean.
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I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.
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Lots of secret hostility.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
February 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Lots of secret hostility.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
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Disappointing though not unsurprising.
Some people in the ATProto dev community need to take a hard look at how they voice their concerns and learn the difference between personal attacks and constructive criticism.
Be better for everyone's sake here.
Some people in the ATProto dev community need to take a hard look at how they voice their concerns and learn the difference between personal attacks and constructive criticism.
Be better for everyone's sake here.
Lots of secret hostility.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Disappointing though not unsurprising.
Some people in the ATProto dev community need to take a hard look at how they voice their concerns and learn the difference between personal attacks and constructive criticism.
Be better for everyone's sake here.
Some people in the ATProto dev community need to take a hard look at how they voice their concerns and learn the difference between personal attacks and constructive criticism.
Be better for everyone's sake here.
Every time I’m forced to read about the atproto community on this platform it’s because they’re being incredibly toxic in one way or another, & like… maybe if you spent less time bullying people & more time building stuff, you might get the admiration you’re after?
Being mean is not a personality 🤷
Being mean is not a personality 🤷
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Every time I’m forced to read about the atproto community on this platform it’s because they’re being incredibly toxic in one way or another, & like… maybe if you spent less time bullying people & more time building stuff, you might get the admiration you’re after?
Being mean is not a personality 🤷
Being mean is not a personality 🤷
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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Fuck these fucking thieves
Anthropic Knew the Public Would Be Disgusted by How It Was Destroying Physical Books, Secret Documents Reveal
Newly unsealed documents suggest that Anthropic was well aware that destroying books to train its AI would look bad.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Fuck these fucking thieves
Is Béchamel something to do with Gargamel? Makes you think.
February 7, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Is Béchamel something to do with Gargamel? Makes you think.
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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“People’s identity and wellbeing is tied to nature in ways that are deeply embodied. Exclusion from these landscapes and spaces doesn’t just close doors, it fractures our sense of belonging in the world” said Lenny Rajmont, founder of Queerscapes
https://goodlawproject.org/s/4be590
https://goodlawproject.org/s/4be590
‘It’s the thing I’m most proud of’: the women fighting for trans inclusivity at Hampstead ponds
We’ve been supporting the women who fought off a legal threat from Sex Matters. Alice McCool hears their stories
goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
“People’s identity and wellbeing is tied to nature in ways that are deeply embodied. Exclusion from these landscapes and spaces doesn’t just close doors, it fractures our sense of belonging in the world” said Lenny Rajmont, founder of Queerscapes
https://goodlawproject.org/s/4be590
https://goodlawproject.org/s/4be590
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I’ve spoken to so many non-male friends recently who have been Going Through It because of *gestures at everything.* I’m going to try and keep sharing support resources.
Today, here’s a thread of orgs specifically for and by Black women.
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Today, here’s a thread of orgs specifically for and by Black women.
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February 7, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I’ve spoken to so many non-male friends recently who have been Going Through It because of *gestures at everything.* I’m going to try and keep sharing support resources.
Today, here’s a thread of orgs specifically for and by Black women.
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Today, here’s a thread of orgs specifically for and by Black women.
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I’m always grateful to the script editor who once pulled me aside to give me a similar warning about a big shot in the tv space that I was excited to meet.
I’m so naturally inclined to be trusting & friendly - seeing my male peers get to follow that instinct while I often have to crush it is tough.
I’m so naturally inclined to be trusting & friendly - seeing my male peers get to follow that instinct while I often have to crush it is tough.
I studied at a top uni. This famous professor who normally gave no lectures had a small informal seminar, I was told it would be a great opportunity but then a grad student pulled me aside to warn me that The Professor liked pretty young girls, to be carful. I never went.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I’m always grateful to the script editor who once pulled me aside to give me a similar warning about a big shot in the tv space that I was excited to meet.
I’m so naturally inclined to be trusting & friendly - seeing my male peers get to follow that instinct while I often have to crush it is tough.
I’m so naturally inclined to be trusting & friendly - seeing my male peers get to follow that instinct while I often have to crush it is tough.
Posting here instead of actually making progress on the big cool thing I’m supposed to be working on 🥲
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Posting here instead of actually making progress on the big cool thing I’m supposed to be working on 🥲
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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on anti-AI stances as "privilege".
it feels weirdly important to note that many defensive takes do not analyze stories about how workers from Kenya to Columbia have been forced into a digital underclass:
www.dawn.com/news/1949310
it feels weirdly important to note that many defensive takes do not analyze stories about how workers from Kenya to Columbia have been forced into a digital underclass:
www.dawn.com/news/1949310
Behind generative AI curtain is gruelling, low-paid human work
Invisible labellers’ toil has allowed self-driving cars to recognise pedestrians and chatbots to speak in natural-sounding sentences.
www.dawn.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
on anti-AI stances as "privilege".
it feels weirdly important to note that many defensive takes do not analyze stories about how workers from Kenya to Columbia have been forced into a digital underclass:
www.dawn.com/news/1949310
it feels weirdly important to note that many defensive takes do not analyze stories about how workers from Kenya to Columbia have been forced into a digital underclass:
www.dawn.com/news/1949310
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Been a weird week, but we made it ti Friday. Lets have some Office Hours.
If you have a question about things I've written, the craft of writing, or me in general, go ahead and comment here.
If you have a question about things I've written, the craft of writing, or me in general, go ahead and comment here.
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Been a weird week, but we made it ti Friday. Lets have some Office Hours.
If you have a question about things I've written, the craft of writing, or me in general, go ahead and comment here.
If you have a question about things I've written, the craft of writing, or me in general, go ahead and comment here.
It’s morbidly fascinating to see still-living celebrities get the “wonky-elvis-painted-onto-a-fairground-waltzer” treatment at hyperspeed via generative AI. Like… Robert Downey Jr, is that… you in this online pop-up ad? Kind of? I can see you in there!
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
It’s morbidly fascinating to see still-living celebrities get the “wonky-elvis-painted-onto-a-fairground-waltzer” treatment at hyperspeed via generative AI. Like… Robert Downey Jr, is that… you in this online pop-up ad? Kind of? I can see you in there!
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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what, you think he just magically created this crisis by himself
Black Women Turn to One Another as Their Career Paths Suddenly Recede
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
what, you think he just magically created this crisis by himself