Hyperborea
@hyperborea228.bsky.social
24 (He/Him), artist and watcher of many things.
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AI is a cancer.
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 6:29 PM
AI is a cancer.
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While the plagiarism and anti-labor aspects of AI are obviously super bad, this is an aspect that imo we really need to push more re: anti-AI messaging.
its propping up climate-destroying industries and is a MASSIVE resource drain at a time where our resources should really be used more wisely
its propping up climate-destroying industries and is a MASSIVE resource drain at a time where our resources should really be used more wisely
“They only use genAI for internal use”
“It’s just for generating some ideas, it’s not even really more efficient”
“It’s just for generating some ideas, it’s not even really more efficient”
December 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
While the plagiarism and anti-labor aspects of AI are obviously super bad, this is an aspect that imo we really need to push more re: anti-AI messaging.
its propping up climate-destroying industries and is a MASSIVE resource drain at a time where our resources should really be used more wisely
its propping up climate-destroying industries and is a MASSIVE resource drain at a time where our resources should really be used more wisely
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Another bill aimed at repealing section 230 has been introduced, this time in the senate
Please continue to advocate for protecting Sec 230 to your reps. We dont know how much support these bills will get yet, but they are obviously trying to push this issue
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
Please continue to advocate for protecting Sec 230 to your reps. We dont know how much support these bills will get yet, but they are obviously trying to push this issue
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Another bill aimed at repealing section 230 has been introduced, this time in the senate
Please continue to advocate for protecting Sec 230 to your reps. We dont know how much support these bills will get yet, but they are obviously trying to push this issue
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
Please continue to advocate for protecting Sec 230 to your reps. We dont know how much support these bills will get yet, but they are obviously trying to push this issue
www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...
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The deadline is in 12 hours! (Dec 22 8:59 pm pst)
Your comment could be the one that saves the Endangered Species Act! Please comment on each of the four proposals (i have a link to a guide to help you!)
Your comment could be the one that saves the Endangered Species Act! Please comment on each of the four proposals (i have a link to a guide to help you!)
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The deadline is in 12 hours! (Dec 22 8:59 pm pst)
Your comment could be the one that saves the Endangered Species Act! Please comment on each of the four proposals (i have a link to a guide to help you!)
Your comment could be the one that saves the Endangered Species Act! Please comment on each of the four proposals (i have a link to a guide to help you!)
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We are still running the campaign. We are awaiting the biopsy results, and in the meantime, we continue to incur expenses for puppy pads and physiotherapy.
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We are still running the campaign. We are awaiting the biopsy results, and in the meantime, we continue to incur expenses for puppy pads and physiotherapy.
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last call on comms before the year ends. any little bit helps!!
this will be the last post I make about comms in a long time so thank you for your patience 🙏
this will be the last post I make about comms in a long time so thank you for your patience 🙏
I was hesitating on making this post so I'll cut to the chase
I lost my job because of my disability and I'm moving to a new one. I'm doing okay for myself and subsisting off of vgen work, but I am trying to move out soon
if you'd like to help, links are below. thank you so much for your support
I lost my job because of my disability and I'm moving to a new one. I'm doing okay for myself and subsisting off of vgen work, but I am trying to move out soon
if you'd like to help, links are below. thank you so much for your support
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
last call on comms before the year ends. any little bit helps!!
this will be the last post I make about comms in a long time so thank you for your patience 🙏
this will be the last post I make about comms in a long time so thank you for your patience 🙏
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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a Petition aiming to withdraw bill C-2 is still open for signatures until January 27th. it only has a little over 4K signatures at the moment, and C-2 is REALLY dangerous so if youre canadian/ a CA resident, you should sign this ASAP!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
a Petition aiming to withdraw bill C-2 is still open for signatures until January 27th. it only has a little over 4K signatures at the moment, and C-2 is REALLY dangerous so if youre canadian/ a CA resident, you should sign this ASAP!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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as a reminder, Bill C-12 has passed the house and will be moving on to the senate. it will be up for debate in february.
if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!
migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...
if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!
migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
as a reminder, Bill C-12 has passed the house and will be moving on to the senate. it will be up for debate in february.
if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!
migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...
if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!
migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...
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If you're Canadian then please contact your senators and tell them to oppose Bill C-12
as a reminder, Bill C-12 has passed the house and will be moving on to the senate. it will be up for debate in february.
if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!
migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...
if you are canadian, you need to contact your Senators and demand they oppose this bill!
migrantrights.ca/actionslist/...
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you're Canadian then please contact your senators and tell them to oppose Bill C-12
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CD PROJEKT RED
Your Favourite Game Dev Is Probably Using AI; CD Projekt Red Joins Larian In Claiming There Are "Meaningful" Benefits To The Tech
CDPR is already implementing AI technology into "productivity areas".
www.thegamer.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
CD PROJEKT RED
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All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
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CDPR nearly ceased to exist because of Cyberpunk. They faced SEVERAL lawsuits from investors because of the game’s bugs and glitches. Sony even took the game down for a while because it wasn’t finished.
I can’t think of a more disastrous launch for a game.
CDPR has a lot of nerve.
I can’t think of a more disastrous launch for a game.
CDPR has a lot of nerve.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
CDPR nearly ceased to exist because of Cyberpunk. They faced SEVERAL lawsuits from investors because of the game’s bugs and glitches. Sony even took the game down for a while because it wasn’t finished.
I can’t think of a more disastrous launch for a game.
CDPR has a lot of nerve.
I can’t think of a more disastrous launch for a game.
CDPR has a lot of nerve.
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You need to contact your representative and demand that Section 230 be protected, not repealed, NOW.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You need to contact your representative and demand that Section 230 be protected, not repealed, NOW.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
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Put another way, *two-thirds* of people over 45 hate GenAI in games already, and we're really only two years in
Older gamers are generally more favorable to AI-generated content in games than younger gamers, but the majority across all age groups remain negative.
December 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Put another way, *two-thirds* of people over 45 hate GenAI in games already, and we're really only two years in
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A lot of companies seem to be under the impression that we only care if gAI was used in the final product and using it for concept art/placeholder art is ok.
gAl is poison that should be nowhere near any creative process. Not a single asset. Not a single placeholder sign.
Give no inch.
gAl is poison that should be nowhere near any creative process. Not a single asset. Not a single placeholder sign.
Give no inch.
From 2024. Apparently missed that the first time around. This just destroys my hype for Dark Heresy. If Rogue Trader was made without AI “helping” the concept art phase, there is zero reason to push it on to Dark Heresy development. I am gutted.
December 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A lot of companies seem to be under the impression that we only care if gAI was used in the final product and using it for concept art/placeholder art is ok.
gAl is poison that should be nowhere near any creative process. Not a single asset. Not a single placeholder sign.
Give no inch.
gAl is poison that should be nowhere near any creative process. Not a single asset. Not a single placeholder sign.
Give no inch.
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Mike Johnson has lost control of the House, as we continue to push through petitions to force the votes he tries so hard to run from.
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Mike Johnson has lost control of the House, as we continue to push through petitions to force the votes he tries so hard to run from.
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
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there are many reasons to reform s230 but none of these are it.
which means by definition anything they try to do to repeal s230 will miss the mark and backfire catastrophically if they aren't even thinking about the right problems.
which means by definition anything they try to do to repeal s230 will miss the mark and backfire catastrophically if they aren't even thinking about the right problems.
The letter, signed by most of the S230 repeal bill sponsors, claims the following:
- S230 causes the grooming of US children and deepfake porn
- S230 means “drug traffickers are selling fentanyl-laced pills to teenagers”
- S230 caused body dysmorphia in youth
- S230 allows for terrorist recruitment
- S230 causes the grooming of US children and deepfake porn
- S230 means “drug traffickers are selling fentanyl-laced pills to teenagers”
- S230 caused body dysmorphia in youth
- S230 allows for terrorist recruitment
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
there are many reasons to reform s230 but none of these are it.
which means by definition anything they try to do to repeal s230 will miss the mark and backfire catastrophically if they aren't even thinking about the right problems.
which means by definition anything they try to do to repeal s230 will miss the mark and backfire catastrophically if they aren't even thinking about the right problems.
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This is the rub right here, any of the flaws or concerns around the modern US internet are not addressed by an S230 repeal. Just hurts you while Big Tech can weather the blow and change for a post-S230 environment
there are many reasons to reform s230 but none of these are it.
which means by definition anything they try to do to repeal s230 will miss the mark and backfire catastrophically if they aren't even thinking about the right problems.
which means by definition anything they try to do to repeal s230 will miss the mark and backfire catastrophically if they aren't even thinking about the right problems.
The letter, signed by most of the S230 repeal bill sponsors, claims the following:
- S230 causes the grooming of US children and deepfake porn
- S230 means “drug traffickers are selling fentanyl-laced pills to teenagers”
- S230 caused body dysmorphia in youth
- S230 allows for terrorist recruitment
- S230 causes the grooming of US children and deepfake porn
- S230 means “drug traffickers are selling fentanyl-laced pills to teenagers”
- S230 caused body dysmorphia in youth
- S230 allows for terrorist recruitment
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is the rub right here, any of the flaws or concerns around the modern US internet are not addressed by an S230 repeal. Just hurts you while Big Tech can weather the blow and change for a post-S230 environment
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As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
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Perfect response to S230 repeal bill by, per usual, @mmasnick.bsky.social
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/s...
Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note
Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated…
www.techdirt.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Perfect response to S230 repeal bill by, per usual, @mmasnick.bsky.social
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/s...