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@blovessummer.blog
she/her #AroAce #RelationshipAnarchist #Naarm #parkrun #vegan #TotalLiberation #ECE #AspiringBunMum
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'World Literacy Foundation' issued NZ Press Release with at least half non-existent AI-invented titles; widely printed. Founded in Melbourne & 'reaching 115 million people', its website could be clearer on staff, board, offices. An inquiring reporter might find an interesting story here. #AIslop
I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7).
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
'World Literacy Foundation' issued NZ Press Release with at least half non-existent AI-invented titles; widely printed. Founded in Melbourne & 'reaching 115 million people', its website could be clearer on staff, board, offices. An inquiring reporter might find an interesting story here. #AIslop
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This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
Really important thread. “AI” should not be used in education.
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
December 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Really important thread. “AI” should not be used in education.
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"Schools and districts should only partner with technology providers that prioritize safety, privacy and inclusivity in their products."
Yes. Good. That means NONE OF THEM.
None of the companies you have partnered with meet this challenge. By your own guidelines, you must sever your ties.
Yes. Good. That means NONE OF THEM.
None of the companies you have partnered with meet this challenge. By your own guidelines, you must sever your ties.
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"Schools and districts should only partner with technology providers that prioritize safety, privacy and inclusivity in their products."
Yes. Good. That means NONE OF THEM.
None of the companies you have partnered with meet this challenge. By your own guidelines, you must sever your ties.
Yes. Good. That means NONE OF THEM.
None of the companies you have partnered with meet this challenge. By your own guidelines, you must sever your ties.
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"What if there’s no ethical way to have unlimited access to every book, film, and record ever created? And moreover, what if that’s not something we should want?"
for your holiday reading pleasure:
i wrote about why i’m getting back into tapes, and what we’ve lost by letting ourselves get addicted to platforms built around surveillance and instant gratification. 🎶 @404media.co
i wrote about why i’m getting back into tapes, and what we’ve lost by letting ourselves get addicted to platforms built around surveillance and instant gratification. 🎶 @404media.co
Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"What if there’s no ethical way to have unlimited access to every book, film, and record ever created? And moreover, what if that’s not something we should want?"
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I remember when a Canadian court ruled that Air Canada's chatbot was a representative of the company (so the company had to honor commitments it had made) and they yanked it immediately.
As a starting point I think the CEO of every company offering chatbots should be *personally* liable for all the text their chatbots produce. as though it was a direct conversation with them
How is this legal? And if it is legal, what exactly do we take a torch to it legislatively?
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I remember when a Canadian court ruled that Air Canada's chatbot was a representative of the company (so the company had to honor commitments it had made) and they yanked it immediately.
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Oh my God, what a nightmare. Google owes him MILLIONS for this bullshit.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oh my God, what a nightmare. Google owes him MILLIONS for this bullshit.
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We have to make sure this doesn't happen here, kow-towing to envoys and lawyers and executive councils. I'm happy to see so many activists already challenging the draconian NSW laws. Let's do better than England. #Auspol
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We have to make sure this doesn't happen here, kow-towing to envoys and lawyers and executive councils. I'm happy to see so many activists already challenging the draconian NSW laws. Let's do better than England. #Auspol
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The only thinking the governments of Aust have done regarding our children's future on this planet is how they can restrict the kids' access to information about what's happening and how they can organise to take action.
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The only thinking the governments of Aust have done regarding our children's future on this planet is how they can restrict the kids' access to information about what's happening and how they can organise to take action.
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Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
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Dear Older Australians that didn't grow up with Muslims.
They are not the violent barbarians White America or Israel would have you think they are. They are our nieghbours, teachers, in laws, friends, lovers and family.
They are not the violent barbarians White America or Israel would have you think they are. They are our nieghbours, teachers, in laws, friends, lovers and family.
Here's what "intifada" really means - The Electronic Intifada www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-B9...
Here's what "intifada" really means
YouTube video by The Electronic Intifada
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Dear Older Australians that didn't grow up with Muslims.
They are not the violent barbarians White America or Israel would have you think they are. They are our nieghbours, teachers, in laws, friends, lovers and family.
They are not the violent barbarians White America or Israel would have you think they are. They are our nieghbours, teachers, in laws, friends, lovers and family.
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Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment”
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment”
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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It is wild how often Microsoft runs pop ups to encourage you to click the AI buttons if you don't click the AI buttons. "Why don't you try the AI button? It's shiny and fun and nice, we promise! Just try it? Go on... no? I'll ask again next time..."
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It is wild how often Microsoft runs pop ups to encourage you to click the AI buttons if you don't click the AI buttons. "Why don't you try the AI button? It's shiny and fun and nice, we promise! Just try it? Go on... no? I'll ask again next time..."
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This is why @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social say to name the specific thing rather than calling it "AI".
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is why @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social say to name the specific thing rather than calling it "AI".
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
Right now, ChatGPT is bucketed under the same term as a model train to translate one specific language into another and which is carefully trained through curated data.
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A gentle reminder that the genocide and illegal activity by Israel in Palestine continues barely untroubled by a "ceasefire"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A gentle reminder that the genocide and illegal activity by Israel in Palestine continues barely untroubled by a "ceasefire"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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People like to worry about what’s their business versus someone else’s businesses and blah blah blah, but at the end of the day, not every child has a parent who can parent. They need somebody to be on their side, someone with agency. I will always be that. I am unshakeable in that commitment.
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
People like to worry about what’s their business versus someone else’s businesses and blah blah blah, but at the end of the day, not every child has a parent who can parent. They need somebody to be on their side, someone with agency. I will always be that. I am unshakeable in that commitment.
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The really messed up thing is that NOT hitting people requires no skills. We walk, work, and live among annoying, frustrating, and cruel adults every day. People who have had thirty or sixty years to do and be better. But we’re cool with hitting someone who’s had three? Five? Ten years of existence?
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The really messed up thing is that NOT hitting people requires no skills. We walk, work, and live among annoying, frustrating, and cruel adults every day. People who have had thirty or sixty years to do and be better. But we’re cool with hitting someone who’s had three? Five? Ten years of existence?
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Members of my family like to tease me about the fact that I don’t believe in hitting kids, but guess what? Nobody plays that mess in front of me. Every kid I know is safer in my presence. You can make fun of me all you want if you’re still gonna give me what I’m looking for. I’ll take it.
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Members of my family like to tease me about the fact that I don’t believe in hitting kids, but guess what? Nobody plays that mess in front of me. Every kid I know is safer in my presence. You can make fun of me all you want if you’re still gonna give me what I’m looking for. I’ll take it.
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Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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omg thank you
"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
omg thank you
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So as everyone kind of knew, when Chris Minns talked about cracking down on protests and gatherings, he really meant specifically pro-Palestine and anti-mass-murder protests: racist, white nationalist protests (probably attended by neo-nazi anti-semites) are completely fucking fine
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So as everyone kind of knew, when Chris Minns talked about cracking down on protests and gatherings, he really meant specifically pro-Palestine and anti-mass-murder protests: racist, white nationalist protests (probably attended by neo-nazi anti-semites) are completely fucking fine
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Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
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the way people talk about AI is like it's a stalker you ought to be nicer to
December 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the way people talk about AI is like it's a stalker you ought to be nicer to