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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 15h

Did someone swap his phone and he is just being shown Sora 2 slop?

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 15h

The person with the single greatest access to real and true information in the history of humanity believes in his soul that Portland is burning to the ground because the tv told him so

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 1d

So what has been happening with GSD? I see two press releases for 2025 total. share.google/44keDzluiA85...?

Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 2d

"The evidence suggests that compromising on basic humanity doesn’t broaden coalitions; it hollows them out."

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 10d

Kept thinking about the debate between Klein and Coates and wrote down some thoughts.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. And they did not include a public option and still got washed away in the backlash. There was no prize for safety & moderation.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 3d

yes, AI at its core is a question of power infrastructure - in the worst kind of way.

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

"Move fast and break things" and "better to ask forgiveness than permission" get us a whole suite of "AI" literally built out of consent violation and coerced control, where human consent is not meaningful a possibility, and uses that suit to try to coerce or replace anyone who might tell them "no."

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 7d

Nailed it.

They're aware of how little control they have of the military and can't figure out how to change that.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 7d

It seems the latter is the case, unfortunately: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Inside Pete Hegseth’s Civilian Purge at West Point

What do Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have against soldiers listening to civilians?

www.politico.com

Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 8d

These free-speech warriors tell on themselves every freaking time. Would they have any jokes left if it wasn't for the existence of women/marginalized groups? Doubt it.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 8d

Why this spectacle and what does it signal to mil leaders? Great thread by @risabrooks12.bsky.social:

Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 8d

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."

Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 8d

Performative politics served with a massive side of cruelty.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8d

heggseth's weird podcast rant (delivered to 800 generals and admirals for some reason) is just another sign of how this is a tv presidency. they don't really know how to do policy. their instinct is theater. encounter a problem? put on a spectacle

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 8d

This - no checks, no balances, no expertise.

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 8d

The main purpose of all institutional reforms in the Trump administration is abolishing accountability.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely wild that leadership had to attend this in person. The IG issue is very worrisome.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 10d

Yes! An infrastructure upheld by disregard for the value of labor, the environment and equality.

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 11d

“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 13d

Weird & worrisome. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 13d

Louder for the people in the back 🔥

Jillianne Hamilton 🦇 @jilly.ca · 14d

“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement.

YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.

Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 14d

Eben live auf der @bpb.de Fortbildung zum Thema KI erlebt und jetzt absolute Empfehlung an alle, ihren Text zu lesen. Besten Dank an @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social für diese klugen Inputs! www.forschung-und-lehre.de/recht/kuenst...

www.forschung-und-lehre.de

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 15d

🤡s as far as the eye can see (and probably beyond).

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 15d

New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future.

In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 15d

Sanewashing in Aktion.

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 16d

💯👇🏻

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 16d

In den Niederlanden gab es am Wochenende rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen. In den 4 größten Ländern Europas führen rechtsradikale Parteien in den Umfragen. Ich verstehe den Fokus auf das Spektakel, aber der Dauerfokus auf Trump, Kimmel, Kirk scheint mir stark zu vernachlässigen was in Europa passiert.

Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 16d

Recommended reading & the administration in a nutshell: "“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”" nymag.com/intelligence...

Who Really Runs DHS?

Kristi Noem is the face of Trump’s police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle.

nymag.com

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 20d

Langes Gespräch mit @davidsirakov.bsky.social über die Lage im Land - wir freuen uns, wenn ihr reinhört!

Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz @atlantakademie.bsky.social · 20d

Neue Folge von Amerikas Verfassung! Wir sprechen über das Attentat auf Charlie Kirk und seine Folgen sowie über die Arbeit von Kirk & TPUSA. Außerdem gibt es einen Ausblick auf einen möglichen Shutdown - lots of topics & thoughts! www.atlantische-akademie.de/aa-av-38

Sharepic des Podcasts, abgebildet ist der Umriss einer US-Flagge. Oben steht "Podcast Amerikas Verfassung", innerhalb der Flagge "Episode 38. Das Attentat auf Charlie Kirk und seine Folgen".

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 18d

Genau! Zu dem Begriff gibt es auch spannende Analysen, siehe unten: bsky.app/profile/curd...

Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 20d

Periodic reminder that the discursive groundwork of some of today's policies has a long trajectory, often rooted in right-wing activism.

Here's a small study on the floating signifier of "antifa" from 2020.

www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstr...

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Sarah Wagner @sarahwagner13.bsky.social · 18d

Best part of the story is the big companies claiming they are a victim of gatekeeping & saying this decision will cause transatlantic tension. Please look in the mirror on both fronts. 🤡

Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 18d

Big story in the battle between Brussels and Big Tech:

The EU is poised to exclude Meta, Apple, Google and Amazon from a new system to share citizens’ financial data, in the face of Trump’s retaliation threats

@bmoens.bsky.social & @paolatamma.bsky.social with the news

on.ft.com/46tA9Yv

EU to block Big Tech from new financial data sharing system

[FREE TO READ] Germany argues groups such as Apple and Meta are excluded to protect Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’

on.ft.com

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