Cam Laforest
@camlaforest.bsky.social
(He/Him) Settler in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6
Libraries, Education, Labour, & Abolition
Libraries, Education, Labour, & Abolition
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STOP SAYING IT SHOULD BE USED FOR ANY STAGE OF RESEARCH
Also im really sick of pro AI “im so scawwed” angles.
Also im really sick of pro AI “im so scawwed” angles.
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
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Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
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December 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
STOP SAYING IT SHOULD BE USED FOR ANY STAGE OF RESEARCH
Also im really sick of pro AI “im so scawwed” angles.
Also im really sick of pro AI “im so scawwed” angles.
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'We are so cold 💔😭
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We are so cold 💔😭
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December 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
'We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭'
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭'
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Please help Ahmad's family survive Israel's ongoing genocide. Palestinians have been left to die homeless & starving as winter storms flood the camps, & Ahmad is unwell & needs treatment & warmth. Bluesky keeps deleting him, & support has collapsed:
Urgent appeal: Help Ahmed and his family in Gaza
Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Nabil Al-Madhoun, 25 years old, studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, fourth level, at Al-Quds Open University. I was supposed to graduate, but unfortunately the w...
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December 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Please help Ahmad's family survive Israel's ongoing genocide. Palestinians have been left to die homeless & starving as winter storms flood the camps, & Ahmad is unwell & needs treatment & warmth. Bluesky keeps deleting him, & support has collapsed:
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'We are so cold🥶💔
We are so cold🥶💔
We are so cold🥶💔
Rain and cold drown our nights 🥶💔
My children shiver, blankets soaked 💔🥶
No work. No income.
Donations have stopped 💔
I urgently need $150for a tent 🙏
Any help may save my children 💔
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
gofund.me/78aa2a366
We are so cold🥶💔
We are so cold🥶💔
Rain and cold drown our nights 🥶💔
My children shiver, blankets soaked 💔🥶
No work. No income.
Donations have stopped 💔
I urgently need $150for a tent 🙏
Any help may save my children 💔
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
gofund.me/78aa2a366
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
'We are so cold🥶💔
We are so cold🥶💔
We are so cold🥶💔
Rain and cold drown our nights 🥶💔
My children shiver, blankets soaked 💔🥶
No work. No income.
Donations have stopped 💔
I urgently need $150for a tent 🙏
Any help may save my children 💔
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
gofund.me/78aa2a366
We are so cold🥶💔
We are so cold🥶💔
Rain and cold drown our nights 🥶💔
My children shiver, blankets soaked 💔🥶
No work. No income.
Donations have stopped 💔
I urgently need $150for a tent 🙏
Any help may save my children 💔
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
gofund.me/78aa2a366
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EAs love malaria nets because it's supposedly the intervention where we have the "most statistical evidence" of it's effectiveness. One kind of silly fact about this tho is that if you read Duflo's actual paper, the choice to do the experiments on bed nets as an intervention is pretty much arbitrary
can someone who's not a weirdo catch me up on why effective altruists are uniquely obsessed with malaria nets?
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
EAs love malaria nets because it's supposedly the intervention where we have the "most statistical evidence" of it's effectiveness. One kind of silly fact about this tho is that if you read Duflo's actual paper, the choice to do the experiments on bed nets as an intervention is pretty much arbitrary
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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
April 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
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Oh this tiny baby ❤️❤️❤️
December 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Oh this tiny baby ❤️❤️❤️
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Bluesky working hard on Christmas to mark as spam a newborn baby in the Holy Lands
Oh this tiny baby ❤️❤️❤️
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Bluesky working hard on Christmas to mark as spam a newborn baby in the Holy Lands
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The phenomenal Sunny Chiu (insta: @/fleshknife) designed these collaboratively with fellow eSimmers, beginning with doodles on a big sheet of paper.
This meme contribution by fellow eSimmer (insta: @/kitehers).
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
This meme contribution by fellow eSimmer (insta: @/kitehers).
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
December 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The phenomenal Sunny Chiu (insta: @/fleshknife) designed these collaboratively with fellow eSimmers, beginning with doodles on a big sheet of paper.
This meme contribution by fellow eSimmer (insta: @/kitehers).
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
This meme contribution by fellow eSimmer (insta: @/kitehers).
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
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Our tent has been blown down by the wind; please help us secure another shelter.
chuffed.org/project/omar...
chuffed.org/project/omar...
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Our tent has been blown down by the wind; please help us secure another shelter.
chuffed.org/project/omar...
chuffed.org/project/omar...
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Omar. Omar is just 16 and is taxed with helping his whole family. His father was a food industry engineer before the war but he is unemployed now and struggling.
Omar is trying to take care of his younger brothers Hasan, 14 and Emad, 7.
Omar is trying to take care of his younger brothers Hasan, 14 and Emad, 7.
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Omar. Omar is just 16 and is taxed with helping his whole family. His father was a food industry engineer before the war but he is unemployed now and struggling.
Omar is trying to take care of his younger brothers Hasan, 14 and Emad, 7.
Omar is trying to take care of his younger brothers Hasan, 14 and Emad, 7.
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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'We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
Because of donations... I need to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
✅
@mommunism.bsky.social'
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
Because of donations... I need to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
✅
@mommunism.bsky.social'
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
'We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
Because of donations... I need to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
✅
@mommunism.bsky.social'
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
Because of donations... I need to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
✅
@mommunism.bsky.social'
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If you’re only anti-Trump and not anti-America you are not anti-fascist
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
If you’re only anti-Trump and not anti-America you are not anti-fascist
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The thing is, these people don't really want military history (which incidentally can be social history, art history, disability history, economic history, and more) they want noble tales of White men fighting off dark skinned barbarian hordes, the subtext is very clear.
December 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The thing is, these people don't really want military history (which incidentally can be social history, art history, disability history, economic history, and more) they want noble tales of White men fighting off dark skinned barbarian hordes, the subtext is very clear.
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It's so fucking sickening how much of Hollywood is a bunch of nazis, and completely fucking stupid as hell, too.
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's so fucking sickening how much of Hollywood is a bunch of nazis, and completely fucking stupid as hell, too.
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Sara has social media in Gaza that predates the war, knows @drfeda.bsky.social whom I’ve shared and sent me a photo of her Palestinian ID and her location.
Sara has been working as a nurse this entire time in Gaza so I know she has seen some horrors. She just wants proper care for her family
Sara has been working as a nurse this entire time in Gaza so I know she has seen some horrors. She just wants proper care for her family
Donate to Help My Sister and Her Children Survive and Rebuild in Gaza, organized by ahmad ali fraij
Dear friends and supporters,
I am reaching out to y… ahmad ali fraij needs your support for Help My Sister and Her Children Survive and Rebuild in Gaza
www.gofundme.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Sara has social media in Gaza that predates the war, knows @drfeda.bsky.social whom I’ve shared and sent me a photo of her Palestinian ID and her location.
Sara has been working as a nurse this entire time in Gaza so I know she has seen some horrors. She just wants proper care for her family
Sara has been working as a nurse this entire time in Gaza so I know she has seen some horrors. She just wants proper care for her family
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sara is a nurse who has been working in Nasser Hospital. She has three children Muhammad, 6, Ziad, 5 and Ammer who is just 11 months. Muhammad and Ammer both need medical care outside of Gaza and she is looking for someone to help with that.
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sara is a nurse who has been working in Nasser Hospital. She has three children Muhammad, 6, Ziad, 5 and Ammer who is just 11 months. Muhammad and Ammer both need medical care outside of Gaza and she is looking for someone to help with that.
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Helping a baby in the Holy Land seems like a good thing to do this season ❤️
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sara is a nurse who has been working in Nasser Hospital. She has three children Muhammad, 6, Ziad, 5 and Ammer who is just 11 months. Muhammad and Ammer both need medical care outside of Gaza and she is looking for someone to help with that.
December 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Helping a baby in the Holy Land seems like a good thing to do this season ❤️