Max Papillon
@maxpapillon.bsky.social
Adult Education. Linguistics PhD.
No one is free until everyone is free.
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No one is free until everyone is free.
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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 1:06 PM
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.
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I love this, a perfect little illustration of how “electable” has become, to centrists and the pundit-brained, this quality somehow wholly divorced from the ability to convince people to vote for you.
December 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I love this, a perfect little illustration of how “electable” has become, to centrists and the pundit-brained, this quality somehow wholly divorced from the ability to convince people to vote for you.
AI de-skilling.
If they want to keep getting work, they can review (=rewrite) the AI slop, for 1/3 of their normal rate (which was already low to begin with)
Readers, we HAVE to complain about it, hold the publishers accountable and boycott these books
Readers, we HAVE to complain about it, hold the publishers accountable and boycott these books
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
AI de-skilling.
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If they want to keep getting work, they can review (=rewrite) the AI slop, for 1/3 of their normal rate (which was already low to begin with)
Readers, we HAVE to complain about it, hold the publishers accountable and boycott these books
Readers, we HAVE to complain about it, hold the publishers accountable and boycott these books
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If they want to keep getting work, they can review (=rewrite) the AI slop, for 1/3 of their normal rate (which was already low to begin with)
Readers, we HAVE to complain about it, hold the publishers accountable and boycott these books
Readers, we HAVE to complain about it, hold the publishers accountable and boycott these books
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French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
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I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
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Meta laisse en ligne une vidéo suggérant un coup d’État en France.
👋 20 millions de vues sur Facebook. Un signalement a Pharos ne permet pas la suppression. Ni même un commentaire du Président lui-même.
‼️Oui, les réseaux sociaux sont un problème pour nos démocraties.
👋 20 millions de vues sur Facebook. Un signalement a Pharos ne permet pas la suppression. Ni même un commentaire du Président lui-même.
‼️Oui, les réseaux sociaux sont un problème pour nos démocraties.
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Meta laisse en ligne une vidéo suggérant un coup d’État en France.
👋 20 millions de vues sur Facebook. Un signalement a Pharos ne permet pas la suppression. Ni même un commentaire du Président lui-même.
‼️Oui, les réseaux sociaux sont un problème pour nos démocraties.
👋 20 millions de vues sur Facebook. Un signalement a Pharos ne permet pas la suppression. Ni même un commentaire du Président lui-même.
‼️Oui, les réseaux sociaux sont un problème pour nos démocraties.
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
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Why do the promises of technology ring not just hollow, but hostile? We look at the political economy of tech and hype, and argue that the powers that be literally can't distinguish between the good and the awful. 👇
Don’t Believe the Hype — or Doom — About AI
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
jacobin.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why do the promises of technology ring not just hollow, but hostile? We look at the political economy of tech and hype, and argue that the powers that be literally can't distinguish between the good and the awful. 👇
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Still can’t get over how Mark Carney hates Canada Post so much he’s willing to kill libraries along with it.
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Still can’t get over how Mark Carney hates Canada Post so much he’s willing to kill libraries along with it.
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Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
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Does being an ESL speaker affect voice training
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Does being an ESL speaker affect voice training
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Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
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House members who voted for the $901 billion military bill received four times as much money from military contractors as those who opposed it.
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
House members who voted for the $901 billion military bill received four times as much money from military contractors as those who opposed it.
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
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One thing you can expect of Guide members: fabulous craft skills! Creative and thoughtful placards on show at the demonstration
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One thing you can expect of Guide members: fabulous craft skills! Creative and thoughtful placards on show at the demonstration
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pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
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In the UK, Girlguiding and the Women's Institute have banned trans women from membership, despite long histories of acceptance.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this story.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this story.
TWIBS: Girlguiding and Women’s Institute Betray Trans Girls and Women — Assigned
As a result of the UK Supreme Court’s verdict on trans women’s lack of legal protection, youth scout organization Girlguiding has banned trans girls from joining. The Women’s Institute quickly followe...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In the UK, Girlguiding and the Women's Institute have banned trans women from membership, despite long histories of acceptance.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this story.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this story.
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at some point you have to stand up and say "I think trannies are worth fighting for and deserve dignity" and that's the one thing no one wants to actually commit to
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
at some point you have to stand up and say "I think trannies are worth fighting for and deserve dignity" and that's the one thing no one wants to actually commit to
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Of course there’s a fucking point to getting angry at organisations dropping trans people out of fear. It should be shameful and they should be confronted with our feelings of anger and betrayal. To pretend we do this instead of targeting the court government sex matters etc is disingenuous bullshit
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Of course there’s a fucking point to getting angry at organisations dropping trans people out of fear. It should be shameful and they should be confronted with our feelings of anger and betrayal. To pretend we do this instead of targeting the court government sex matters etc is disingenuous bullshit
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Absolutely wild what's going on over there
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Absolutely wild what's going on over there
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Fucking idiotic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time | CBC News
The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Fucking idiotic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Elsewhere everyone’s laughing about Grok’s sycophantic answers about Musk’s intelligence and physical prowess, but the project is to make the truth too expensive (in terms of time and resources) for ordinary people to find. Most users will accept the ‘truth’ provided by the model owners.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Elsewhere everyone’s laughing about Grok’s sycophantic answers about Musk’s intelligence and physical prowess, but the project is to make the truth too expensive (in terms of time and resources) for ordinary people to find. Most users will accept the ‘truth’ provided by the model owners.