Lauren Woolsey
@cgsunit.bsky.social
Earthling, she/her, teacher of science, reader of books, player of board games, and more. Avatar by Corinne Roberts :) These days, I post a lot about how AI sucks, see zines and info at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
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Today's the day for my anti-AI zine volume 2: "Human Perspectives on the Latest AI Hype Cycle" 🎉
Enjoy the fruits of my focus these past few months and learn from many great people!
Scanned zine to print your own and the full text and references are available at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Enjoy the fruits of my focus these past few months and learn from many great people!
Scanned zine to print your own and the full text and references are available at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Volume 3 in this series is called "What Does "AI" Actually Mean? Definition and Synonyms" and is now available at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI!
A nice article by a local journalist I spoke with last week about 3I/ATLAS: Our Interstellar Visitor medium.com/@forestphoto...
3I/ATLAS: Our Interstellar Visitor
For centuries, the night sky has sparked wonder in the hearts of humankind. Rather it be ancient star watchers drawing constellations in…
medium.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A nice article by a local journalist I spoke with last week about 3I/ATLAS: Our Interstellar Visitor medium.com/@forestphoto...
Agree 100% with Judah here, and also this headline is even more ridiculous since I've just watched Glass Onion again after watching the newest KO.
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Agree 100% with Judah here, and also this headline is even more ridiculous since I've just watched Glass Onion again after watching the newest KO.
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"All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change."
Christmas with Octavia Butler www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/22/o...
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change."
Christmas with Octavia Butler www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/22/o...
Octavia Butler on the Meaning of God
On change, the measure of intelligence, the courage to take responsibility for our own lives.
www.themarginalian.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change."
Christmas with Octavia Butler www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/22/o...
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change."
Christmas with Octavia Butler www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/22/o...
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The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.
Merry Christmas Eve, celebrated last night by finally watching Wake Up Dead Man!
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Merry Christmas Eve, celebrated last night by finally watching Wake Up Dead Man!
Pettiest? The moments of my life when I judge people the most are when folks automatically take 2 (or even 3!) paper towels right away to dry their hands with, and then ball them up half dry in the trash. What about using just 1 and taking maybe 5 more seconds of your life to use the corners of it?
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Pettiest? The moments of my life when I judge people the most are when folks automatically take 2 (or even 3!) paper towels right away to dry their hands with, and then ball them up half dry in the trash. What about using just 1 and taking maybe 5 more seconds of your life to use the corners of it?
Part of my thread of More Everything Forever by Adam Becker. Congrats @adambecker.bsky.social for being on "Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025" list!
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Part of my thread of More Everything Forever by Adam Becker. Congrats @adambecker.bsky.social for being on "Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025" list!
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Here’s the thing: we don’t have to use AI. And every day we don’t, you preserve skills that other ppl are progressively losing.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Here’s the thing: we don’t have to use AI. And every day we don’t, you preserve skills that other ppl are progressively losing.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
We are also keep the tech bros from making money on this garbage.
And it’s eating them alive that they can’t coerce us.
We have the power to ruin them.
Finally getting around to reading Leaves of Grass (1892 Edition) by Walt Whitman.
Resist much, obey little.
Resist much, obey little.
December 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Finally getting around to reading Leaves of Grass (1892 Edition) by Walt Whitman.
Resist much, obey little.
Resist much, obey little.
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I was talking to a colleague on Friday and he said, oh, I didn’t know you wrote a book?? and clearly I have not been obnoxious enough anout this. So: I wrote a book. Some people thought it was good. You should read it
www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
From Climate Catastrophes to Space Romance––Scientific American’s Favorite Science Books of the Year
Scientific American unveils its first-ever best fiction and nonfiction books of the year, spotlighting stories that blend science, imagination and unforgettable voices.
www.scientificamerican.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I was talking to a colleague on Friday and he said, oh, I didn’t know you wrote a book?? and clearly I have not been obnoxious enough anout this. So: I wrote a book. Some people thought it was good. You should read it
www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
Happy winter solstice! On this, the shortest day, I am thankful for my partners, my family, and my community. May the new year bring us the light we need as we plant our seeds in darkness.
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy winter solstice! On this, the shortest day, I am thankful for my partners, my family, and my community. May the new year bring us the light we need as we plant our seeds in darkness.
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
"Sacredness appears in those moments when life overflows its banks-when we see the vast, variegated, and infinite network of life and being we each are part of."
Adam Frank, quoted by Roshi Joan Halifax in Not Too Late, climate essay collection edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua
Adam Frank, quoted by Roshi Joan Halifax in Not Too Late, climate essay collection edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua
December 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Sacredness appears in those moments when life overflows its banks-when we see the vast, variegated, and infinite network of life and being we each are part of."
Adam Frank, quoted by Roshi Joan Halifax in Not Too Late, climate essay collection edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua
Adam Frank, quoted by Roshi Joan Halifax in Not Too Late, climate essay collection edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua
This quote from @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social is in my recent free one-page zine v3 called "What Does 'AI' Actually Mean? Definition and Synonyms" (and Emily Bender is also cited in v2 and v3!)
Zine: padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Zine: padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This quote from @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social is in my recent free one-page zine v3 called "What Does 'AI' Actually Mean? Definition and Synonyms" (and Emily Bender is also cited in v2 and v3!)
Zine: padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Zine: padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI
Paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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**walks back in the room like Columbo**
Here's the thing. This isn't about trusting the voters or some other buck-passing bullshit.
It's about what SFWA and who we want to be as an institution and its members. What do we, as a whole, value?
Spoiler alert: it's not thievery machines.
Here's the thing. This isn't about trusting the voters or some other buck-passing bullshit.
It's about what SFWA and who we want to be as an institution and its members. What do we, as a whole, value?
Spoiler alert: it's not thievery machines.
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
**walks back in the room like Columbo**
Here's the thing. This isn't about trusting the voters or some other buck-passing bullshit.
It's about what SFWA and who we want to be as an institution and its members. What do we, as a whole, value?
Spoiler alert: it's not thievery machines.
Here's the thing. This isn't about trusting the voters or some other buck-passing bullshit.
It's about what SFWA and who we want to be as an institution and its members. What do we, as a whole, value?
Spoiler alert: it's not thievery machines.
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"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 12:24 PM
"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!
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I love learning better and more precise wording. This afternoon's discovery is from Anna Mills and Nate Angell, and their paper I missed from February.
"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."
"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."
Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations
There is a deep disorder in the discourse of generative artificial intelligence (AI). When AI seems to make things up or distort reality — adding extra fingers
papers.ssrn.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I love learning better and more precise wording. This afternoon's discovery is from Anna Mills and Nate Angell, and their paper I missed from February.
"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."
"Using mirage instead of hallucination enables us to stop anthropomorphizing AI and see the incongruities it generates for what they really are."
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We instead let the excess of billionaires brute force the technology to scales and use cases it could never responsibly support. They've poisoned the well so deep I don't think trust could ever be re-established.
December 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We instead let the excess of billionaires brute force the technology to scales and use cases it could never responsibly support. They've poisoned the well so deep I don't think trust could ever be re-established.
Yes BUT it is a marketing decision by NWS to tout its new ML algorithms in an era where AI means everything and nothing. It carries so much baggage as a term and so much connection to billionaire bullshit with the tech company shenanigans going on. It's a choice to use that term. A bad choice IMO.
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Yes BUT it is a marketing decision by NWS to tout its new ML algorithms in an era where AI means everything and nothing. It carries so much baggage as a term and so much connection to billionaire bullshit with the tech company shenanigans going on. It's a choice to use that term. A bad choice IMO.
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I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Moon over Chicago 💖
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Moon over Chicago 💖
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.