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Jake Cob
@jakobpunkt.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Trying to figure out which plant emoji I can put in my profile to communicate "I garden" and not "I smoke weed"
Guys this bubble's gonna burst so hard
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Guys this bubble's gonna burst so hard
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If you see items in a black box like this on the Amazon app (presumably similar on desktop), do NOT use Amazon to purchase. Go to the artist's site directly to see what they actually have, buy more easily, and not support this garbage concept that big corps can scrape whatever they want.
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you see items in a black box like this on the Amazon app (presumably similar on desktop), do NOT use Amazon to purchase. Go to the artist's site directly to see what they actually have, buy more easily, and not support this garbage concept that big corps can scrape whatever they want.
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Perhaps an obvious point, but beyond a certain level of wealth, these numbers become meaningless. Those eight billionaires are mostly wielding political capital at this point; the bank balances are irrelevant. What this is a record of is therefore only what they *took* from everyone else.
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Perhaps an obvious point, but beyond a certain level of wealth, these numbers become meaningless. Those eight billionaires are mostly wielding political capital at this point; the bank balances are irrelevant. What this is a record of is therefore only what they *took* from everyone else.
You are a sucker and she is playing you for a fool. She is not anti-authoritarian, she just didn't get the success she wanted out of _this_ authoritarian. She will support the next one. And you will let her hurt every marginalized goup she wants until it happens.
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
You are a sucker and she is playing you for a fool. She is not anti-authoritarian, she just didn't get the success she wanted out of _this_ authoritarian. She will support the next one. And you will let her hurt every marginalized goup she wants until it happens.
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I really appreciated the 2 part @ifbookspod.bsky.social podcast covering the book plus the special episode about the lab leak garbage this book puts forward. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know why so much is wrong w this book without suffering through it themselves.
December 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I really appreciated the 2 part @ifbookspod.bsky.social podcast covering the book plus the special episode about the lab leak garbage this book puts forward. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know why so much is wrong w this book without suffering through it themselves.
What does The Canadian Press think "ahead of" means
December 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What does The Canadian Press think "ahead of" means
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
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It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
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This is frankly obscene. A form of victim blaming. You cannot ethically put a lying machine into a classroom, tell students who have not LEARNED the actual MATERIAL being discussed to interact with it, and then demand that these students determine what is a lie and what is true.
Shameful.
Shameful.
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is frankly obscene. A form of victim blaming. You cannot ethically put a lying machine into a classroom, tell students who have not LEARNED the actual MATERIAL being discussed to interact with it, and then demand that these students determine what is a lie and what is true.
Shameful.
Shameful.
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There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
Hamilton are you listening
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hamilton are you listening
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You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You don't have to be a member to tell SFWA how you feel about AI.
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The point is not to put more fact shaped things in your head than anyone else. It’s to understand the ones that are there on a deep and meaningful level.
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The point is not to put more fact shaped things in your head than anyone else. It’s to understand the ones that are there on a deep and meaningful level.
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The degree to which you have meaningful knowledge about an area varies proportionally with the time you spend understanding it.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The degree to which you have meaningful knowledge about an area varies proportionally with the time you spend understanding it.
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The light's coming back now
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The light's coming back now
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
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Refuse. Refuse. Refuse.
Fuck you; make me.
Fuck you; make me.
"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 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Refuse. Refuse. Refuse.
Fuck you; make me.
Fuck you; make me.
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new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
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If you claim to be an 'academic' or a 'researcher' or similar and your position is that you should not have to read things and/or write things and you would like the plagiarism machine to do that for you then please step aside and let someone who would like to work in the field have your job.
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you claim to be an 'academic' or a 'researcher' or similar and your position is that you should not have to read things and/or write things and you would like the plagiarism machine to do that for you then please step aside and let someone who would like to work in the field have your job.
Same
looking forward to all the respect and credibility I will suddenly receive now that I've been assigned male by Elon
December 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Same
I appreciate Joey stepping up here, but making documents accessible is actually the city's job @ward2hamilton.bsky.social @cityofhamilton.bsky.social
I am now reviewing the 304 page document.
Upon verifying that no errors were made during the conversion into a readable format, and compressing the file size to something reasonable, I will published the readable version on TPR with my first budget story. (2/2) #yhmcc
Upon verifying that no errors were made during the conversion into a readable format, and compressing the file size to something reasonable, I will published the readable version on TPR with my first budget story. (2/2) #yhmcc
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I appreciate Joey stepping up here, but making documents accessible is actually the city's job @ward2hamilton.bsky.social @cityofhamilton.bsky.social
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This is how I sound to normal people when I talk about like 97% of the things I see on here
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is how I sound to normal people when I talk about like 97% of the things I see on here
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👎Kept schools understaffed.
👎Opened the door to water privatization
👎Threw money at the idea of a tunnel under the 401.
👎Fought against bike lanes on multiple fronts.
👎Banned municipalities from implementing automated speed measures, introduced giant signs.
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👎Opened the door to water privatization
👎Threw money at the idea of a tunnel under the 401.
👎Fought against bike lanes on multiple fronts.
👎Banned municipalities from implementing automated speed measures, introduced giant signs.
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Here’s How Doug Ford’s Government Will Impact Public Services and Infrastructure in 2026
A look back on a jam-packed year of new legislation in Ontario.
pressprogress.ca/heres-how-do...
A look back on a jam-packed year of new legislation in Ontario.
pressprogress.ca/heres-how-do...
Here’s How Doug Ford’s Government Will Impact Public Services and Infrastructure in 2026
A look back on a jam-packed year of new legislation in Ontario.
pressprogress.ca
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
👎Kept schools understaffed.
👎Opened the door to water privatization
👎Threw money at the idea of a tunnel under the 401.
👎Fought against bike lanes on multiple fronts.
👎Banned municipalities from implementing automated speed measures, introduced giant signs.
/
👎Opened the door to water privatization
👎Threw money at the idea of a tunnel under the 401.
👎Fought against bike lanes on multiple fronts.
👎Banned municipalities from implementing automated speed measures, introduced giant signs.
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friendly reminder: ai being pushed so hard and so vehemently into education is not because "this future is inevitable and we have to adapt"
it's because companies have invested billions into this technology and they need everyone to use it to make a profit.
it's because companies have invested billions into this technology and they need everyone to use it to make a profit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
friendly reminder: ai being pushed so hard and so vehemently into education is not because "this future is inevitable and we have to adapt"
it's because companies have invested billions into this technology and they need everyone to use it to make a profit.
it's because companies have invested billions into this technology and they need everyone to use it to make a profit.
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If you're in line to cybershame AI goobers into getting a hobby that won't destroy the planet and creative industries, STAY IN LINE!!!
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you're in line to cybershame AI goobers into getting a hobby that won't destroy the planet and creative industries, STAY IN LINE!!!