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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · Jul 30

Check out this new series by AJE untangles on the "war on truth". It looks at the transformative impact of mis and disinformation in the digital age. This episode, called "Why are lies thriving?", includes interviews with myself Hossein Derakshan and Claire Wardle
youtube.com/watch?v=yw_P...

Why are lies thriving? | Al Jazeera Untangles

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 6h

*'But it’s not just the slop. It’s also the scams. “At its most innocuous, #AI generated content without watermarking and metadata accelerates the #enshittification of the internet and tricks people with inflammatory content,”'
www.404media.co/sora-2-water... 🔓 archive.is/RqM6k #disinformation

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d

So is it a slop machine? Yes. Yes, I think it is.

But it's more than that. Sora can also bring your favorite fringe ideas to life... like chemtrails!

(this is seriously maybe the video I'm most proud of so far...)

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 6h

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Fonoptikon - Δυστοπία

YouTube video by Fonoptikon

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 9h

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 7h

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Director James Cameron says the Terminator plot ''not science fiction anymore''

#ABC730 #Australia #ABCNews www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #science #AI

'Not sci-fi anymore': James Cameron's AI warning

The Hollywood director has been present in the film space for many years but the emergence of AI and its power has him somewhat scared for the future.

www.abc.net.au

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 13h

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On hope, courage, and action 🐒🌿🕊️ with Jane Goodall

Podcast Episode · WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? · 10/07/2025 · 35m

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Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 13h

So long, coal

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Ian Gaston Photography @iangaston.bsky.social · Feb 7

The intricate details of a small section of decaying oak at twilight.

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 15h

''There's so many problems in our world, so much negativity. Don't worry about the darkness — turn on the light and the darkness automatically goes.'' —David Lynch

(Photo by Gérard Rancinan)

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 1d

In 2021, I was a guest on Jane Goodall’s podcast. Today, I’m re-airing that conversation to share her voice, her wisdom, her abundant soft power, with you.

🐒 🌿🕊️ Listen here (wherever you get your pods): www.getitright.earth/podcast

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d

Well gang, it's happened: OpenAI has built a platform filled exclusively with fake, AI content.

I've been playing with it for a few days, and I think it's safe to say we're basically kissing reality goodbye.

Here's the story: www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

And some thoughts 🧵

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

🎧🙈 youtu.be/BSulACythMk

Fonoptikon - They Live

YouTube video by Fonoptikon

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

I may need a disclaimer 🙊

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

its the psychopathy, no wait, sorry I just mean misogyny and racism my bad..

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

as the 'customer' in turn assists the A.I. to learn; stealing the 'customers' labour; bettering the tools held by tech-monopolies that then profit without paying the 'user' an honest wage.

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

link for others with the same issue, apparently its also on Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/mu/podcast/4...

425. The Oxymorons of Green Capitalism (ft. Thea Riofrancos)

Podcast Episode · This Machine Kills · 29/09/2025 · 1h 36m

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

can't listen to it as I'm not a member of spotify. Some alternatives: Navidrome, Deezer.

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

you are aware Hickel's 'field' is literally all about distribution, no?

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

worsened in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 08/09.

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

precisely this.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 2d

And absolutely staggering inequalities between countries, with rich countries causing most of the ecological overshoot and poorer countries suffering most of the ecological shortfall.

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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 12d

The Barred Owl — with quiet wisdom in its eyes, a presence that nourishes the soul.

#birds #owl #nature #wildlife #photography

A close-up of an owl with dark eyes, a yellow beak, and brown-and-white barred feathers. Photographed in Simsbury, Connecticut.

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Sam @sfsutcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.

What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.

Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.

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