Mackenzie (he/his/him)
@catmetamackenzie.bsky.social
Metadata librarian & games enthusiast. Ever learning & growing, views are mine but sometimes I'm wrong.
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"The corporations profiting from AI – including Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and ASML – have a vested interest in maintaining the current hype. Their oligopolistic control over both hardware and software depends on the exaggerated claim that cognitive labor can be fully outsourced to their models"
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"The corporations profiting from AI – including Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and ASML – have a vested interest in maintaining the current hype. Their oligopolistic control over both hardware and software depends on the exaggerated claim that cognitive labor can be fully outsourced to their models"
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While Canadian politicians are still caught up in their AI love affair, panic is rippling through the industry.
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
The AI bubble may be about to burst. Mark Carney must not bail out its Tech Barons ⋆ The Breach
While billionaires bet against the hyped up multi-trillion-dollar AI market, Canada’s government is doubling down
breachmedia.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
While Canadian politicians are still caught up in their AI love affair, panic is rippling through the industry.
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
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A story about Covid, inflation, an industry in crisis and rekindling old friendships:
aftermath.site/board-games-au...
aftermath.site/board-games-au...
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A story about Covid, inflation, an industry in crisis and rekindling old friendships:
aftermath.site/board-games-au...
aftermath.site/board-games-au...
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I've said this before but 99% of complaints about library catalogues are actually complaints about Ex Libris Primo. A whole category of software is being tainted in users' minds because of one shitty product.
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I've said this before but 99% of complaints about library catalogues are actually complaints about Ex Libris Primo. A whole category of software is being tainted in users' minds because of one shitty product.
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This is ostensibly the fault of the library for selecting a (proprietary) discovery layer service that aggregates loads of shitty metadata and algorithmically boosts stuff. We need better metadata for books (and libraries need to be able ingest these locally... by using FLOSS to enable local config)
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is ostensibly the fault of the library for selecting a (proprietary) discovery layer service that aggregates loads of shitty metadata and algorithmically boosts stuff. We need better metadata for books (and libraries need to be able ingest these locally... by using FLOSS to enable local config)
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Another friendly reminder my email is always open for indie ttrpgs who might want some press coverage!
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Another friendly reminder my email is always open for indie ttrpgs who might want some press coverage!
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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This is a great article to keep in mind if the Museum of the City of New York ever comes around demanding your (unpaid) labor, historians, or asking for cash donations.
"The director of the Museum of the City of New York, Stephanie Hill Wilchfort, said she no longer needs to hire copy editors to work on annual reports. [She is turning to AI.]"
This should be embarrassing to admit.
nymag.com/intelligence...
This should be embarrassing to admit.
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is a great article to keep in mind if the Museum of the City of New York ever comes around demanding your (unpaid) labor, historians, or asking for cash donations.
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Another bombshell new report just dropped exposing Canada’s complicity in Israel’s genocide on Gaza.
The authors found hundreds of shipments from Canadian military manufacturers to the U.S. weapons factories that manufacture Israel’s warplanes, bombs and artillery shells.
That’s not all:
The authors found hundreds of shipments from Canadian military manufacturers to the U.S. weapons factories that manufacture Israel’s warplanes, bombs and artillery shells.
That’s not all:
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Another bombshell new report just dropped exposing Canada’s complicity in Israel’s genocide on Gaza.
The authors found hundreds of shipments from Canadian military manufacturers to the U.S. weapons factories that manufacture Israel’s warplanes, bombs and artillery shells.
That’s not all:
The authors found hundreds of shipments from Canadian military manufacturers to the U.S. weapons factories that manufacture Israel’s warplanes, bombs and artillery shells.
That’s not all:
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I'll have a full story and video coming tomorrow about Alberta using the notwithstanding clause on its three anti-trans laws.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'll have a full story and video coming tomorrow about Alberta using the notwithstanding clause on its three anti-trans laws.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
Just know that Danielle Smith said "If you don't become sexually mature, you can't have kids. And that's what we're trying to preserve" during the press briefing on Monday.
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in particular the recall petition for the education minister in Calgary would be a high-profile blow to the government if it reached the signature threshold. Here's a website for that specific petition. If you live in his riding you could make a difference recallnicolaides.ca
Recall Nicolaides
recallnicolaides.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
in particular the recall petition for the education minister in Calgary would be a high-profile blow to the government if it reached the signature threshold. Here's a website for that specific petition. If you live in his riding you could make a difference recallnicolaides.ca
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if you're in alberta, check out this website where they're organizing recall petitions for every single MLA who voted to override the labor rights of the teachers' union. get involved if you can operationtotalrecall.ca
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
if you're in alberta, check out this website where they're organizing recall petitions for every single MLA who voted to override the labor rights of the teachers' union. get involved if you can operationtotalrecall.ca
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i grew up in Alberta 💔 I always knew it as a stunningly beautiful landscape full of the friendliest people, ruled by a dynasty of corrupt conservatives. but it feels like they're entering a new stage toward fascism with recent actions like this bill & the crushing of the teachers' union
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
i grew up in Alberta 💔 I always knew it as a stunningly beautiful landscape full of the friendliest people, ruled by a dynasty of corrupt conservatives. but it feels like they're entering a new stage toward fascism with recent actions like this bill & the crushing of the teachers' union
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Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
* data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social
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we just have to decide that anything less is unacceptable
and it is
and it is
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
we just have to decide that anything less is unacceptable
and it is
and it is
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with how cheaply we can ensure people are fed & housed is compared to how much waste is generated by retail therapy
this is literally true
we can and should feed everybody actually
all the time
there is no excuse for people not to have a roof and 4 walls
we just have to decide it, at this point
this is literally true
we can and should feed everybody actually
all the time
there is no excuse for people not to have a roof and 4 walls
we just have to decide it, at this point
we should feed everybody actually
all the time
there is no reason for anyone to be hungry and/or homeless
all the time
there is no reason for anyone to be hungry and/or homeless
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
with how cheaply we can ensure people are fed & housed is compared to how much waste is generated by retail therapy
this is literally true
we can and should feed everybody actually
all the time
there is no excuse for people not to have a roof and 4 walls
we just have to decide it, at this point
this is literally true
we can and should feed everybody actually
all the time
there is no excuse for people not to have a roof and 4 walls
we just have to decide it, at this point
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Trans rights are human rights, even if Alberta is using the notwithstanding clause yet again to try and claim otherwise.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trans rights are human rights, even if Alberta is using the notwithstanding clause yet again to try and claim otherwise.
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People have accused my macro photos of being AI which is such a bummer. Like yeah man bugs and crabs are weird but they really do act like that. That’s why nature is cool. AI has ruined weird little guy photography.
The amount of people I see harassing real artists and even wildlife photographers with accusations of AI is genuinely disheartening, and sadly this is just the beginning
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
People have accused my macro photos of being AI which is such a bummer. Like yeah man bugs and crabs are weird but they really do act like that. That’s why nature is cool. AI has ruined weird little guy photography.
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so uh.... indentured servitude is bad. we can get them transpiration to flee with 100 people donating $10.
so uh.... indentured servitude is bad. we can get them transpiration to flee with 100 people donating $10.
Hi.
I'm Greg, and odds are, you know me. If you don't know me, you've received this from someone who knows me, and who you trust. My wife is Jen. Same deal, lol.
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I'm Greg, and odds are, you know me. If you don't know me, you've received this from someone who knows me, and who you trust. My wife is Jen. Same deal, lol.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-fam...
Donate to Help a Family Escape Indentured Servitude, organized by Gregory Del Duca
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I'm Greg, and odds are, you know me. If you don't know me, you… Gregory Del Duca needs your support for Help a Family Escape Indentured Servitude
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November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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so uh.... indentured servitude is bad. we can get them transpiration to flee with 100 people donating $10.
so uh.... indentured servitude is bad. we can get them transpiration to flee with 100 people donating $10.
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A reminder that for every billion dollars made on PC gaming, Newell pockets $300m.
He keeps out of the public eye better than some billionaires, but he is still a libertarian billionaire, and billionaires should not exist.
He keeps out of the public eye better than some billionaires, but he is still a libertarian billionaire, and billionaires should not exist.
Gabe Newell Just Bought a New $500 Million Yacht With a Basketball Court and '15 Gaming Stations'
insider-gaming.com/gabe-newell-...
insider-gaming.com/gabe-newell-...
Gabe Newell Just Bought a New $500 Million Yacht With a Basketball Court and '15 Gaming Stations'
Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Valve, just took receipt of a $500 million yacht with a staggering amount of equipment on board.
insider-gaming.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A reminder that for every billion dollars made on PC gaming, Newell pockets $300m.
He keeps out of the public eye better than some billionaires, but he is still a libertarian billionaire, and billionaires should not exist.
He keeps out of the public eye better than some billionaires, but he is still a libertarian billionaire, and billionaires should not exist.
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/ The old masters aren't alive to advocate for themselves yet their reach extends beyond time. There is a cultural diffusion that happens with art for the better. But AI isn't contributing to it, nor is it creating anything new. If anything, it keeps it stagnant. It is parasitic and paralyzing.
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
/ The old masters aren't alive to advocate for themselves yet their reach extends beyond time. There is a cultural diffusion that happens with art for the better. But AI isn't contributing to it, nor is it creating anything new. If anything, it keeps it stagnant. It is parasitic and paralyzing.
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Part of a dialogue with a professor re: AI. This argument is particularly weak to me, b/c art as a creative act is supposed to be collaborative. If someone said I inspired them/their style, I'd be beyond flattered. If they stole from me after I said to not use my art, then that is f'd up and wrong /
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Part of a dialogue with a professor re: AI. This argument is particularly weak to me, b/c art as a creative act is supposed to be collaborative. If someone said I inspired them/their style, I'd be beyond flattered. If they stole from me after I said to not use my art, then that is f'd up and wrong /
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Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
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Execs are trying to muddy the waters around Gen-AI as a ‘push against all AI’ because they hear the unified dissent and they want to crush it via division. Don’t let them. Say it louder. Every time you see a statement like this, push back harder. Let them know you see them exactly for who they are.
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Execs are trying to muddy the waters around Gen-AI as a ‘push against all AI’ because they hear the unified dissent and they want to crush it via division. Don’t let them. Say it louder. Every time you see a statement like this, push back harder. Let them know you see them exactly for who they are.