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"Fly Away" - Ellen Witherite - 1981
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My mother’s film seems sadly relevant these days. A US citizen, she fled Chile in 1973; too many friends were “disappeared” 😔
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And a happy solstice to all.
8,500 at Stonehenge to see the light return.
8,500 at Stonehenge to see the light return.
Thousands welcome winter solstice as Sun rises over Stonehenge
In the northern hemisphere, it's the shortest day and the longest night of the year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
And a happy solstice to all.
8,500 at Stonehenge to see the light return.
8,500 at Stonehenge to see the light return.
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My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
So the “figure out how to use it lest you be left behind” replies about ‘AI’ that have been popping up here strike me as inauthentic but also kind of funny because they grant the point that rather than an automation panacea these technologies are quite difficult to figure out how to use effectively
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
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Especially in academia—where everyone’s job is also to teach and, you know, to educate—this „but you‘ll be left behind!“ declaration (sort-of-threat?) is really misplaced and very annoying. Demonstrate how. Explain why. Reason and persuade. Don’t phrase-beat people over the brow.
My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
So the “figure out how to use it lest you be left behind” replies about ‘AI’ that have been popping up here strike me as inauthentic but also kind of funny because they grant the point that rather than an automation panacea these technologies are quite difficult to figure out how to use effectively
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Especially in academia—where everyone’s job is also to teach and, you know, to educate—this „but you‘ll be left behind!“ declaration (sort-of-threat?) is really misplaced and very annoying. Demonstrate how. Explain why. Reason and persuade. Don’t phrase-beat people over the brow.
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Think of the world we are making with gAI--the increasingly shallow, easily hijacked, superficial ways we are willingly choosing to understand/engage with the world.
And there are actual academics in my comments etc telling me how Im a 15th century monk for refusing to use gAI.
And there are actual academics in my comments etc telling me how Im a 15th century monk for refusing to use gAI.
I've had one go-round.
"Using AI means I don't read papers that aren't relevant."
"Then you aren't learning the field you're in."
"But I'm saving time."
"Saving time isn't helping you learn the discipline."
"But I'm saving time."
"That's not mastering a discipline though."
"But SAVING TIME."
"Using AI means I don't read papers that aren't relevant."
"Then you aren't learning the field you're in."
"But I'm saving time."
"Saving time isn't helping you learn the discipline."
"But I'm saving time."
"That's not mastering a discipline though."
"But SAVING TIME."
What Im appreciating are the AI pushers revealing how they in fact do not understand how reading or research works, especially in fields that are not tech, or CS.
But they also appear to have a great deal of contempt for those fields, and many of us in those fields.
Thats aside from their charm.
But they also appear to have a great deal of contempt for those fields, and many of us in those fields.
Thats aside from their charm.
December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Think of the world we are making with gAI--the increasingly shallow, easily hijacked, superficial ways we are willingly choosing to understand/engage with the world.
And there are actual academics in my comments etc telling me how Im a 15th century monk for refusing to use gAI.
And there are actual academics in my comments etc telling me how Im a 15th century monk for refusing to use gAI.
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I've had one go-round.
"Using AI means I don't read papers that aren't relevant."
"Then you aren't learning the field you're in."
"But I'm saving time."
"Saving time isn't helping you learn the discipline."
"But I'm saving time."
"That's not mastering a discipline though."
"But SAVING TIME."
"Using AI means I don't read papers that aren't relevant."
"Then you aren't learning the field you're in."
"But I'm saving time."
"Saving time isn't helping you learn the discipline."
"But I'm saving time."
"That's not mastering a discipline though."
"But SAVING TIME."
What Im appreciating are the AI pushers revealing how they in fact do not understand how reading or research works, especially in fields that are not tech, or CS.
But they also appear to have a great deal of contempt for those fields, and many of us in those fields.
Thats aside from their charm.
But they also appear to have a great deal of contempt for those fields, and many of us in those fields.
Thats aside from their charm.
December 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I've had one go-round.
"Using AI means I don't read papers that aren't relevant."
"Then you aren't learning the field you're in."
"But I'm saving time."
"Saving time isn't helping you learn the discipline."
"But I'm saving time."
"That's not mastering a discipline though."
"But SAVING TIME."
"Using AI means I don't read papers that aren't relevant."
"Then you aren't learning the field you're in."
"But I'm saving time."
"Saving time isn't helping you learn the discipline."
"But I'm saving time."
"That's not mastering a discipline though."
"But SAVING TIME."
There has never, in the 250+ year history of the United States of America, been a time where someone has "had to apologize for being white."
Ever.
This is naked white supremacy. Why? Because whiteness is, and has always been, the hegemon.
Ever.
This is naked white supremacy. Why? Because whiteness is, and has always been, the hegemon.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
every step of human creation
is discovery
is expression
is connection
if it wasn’t created by humans with intent at every part of the process, it’s not art
and if it’s not art
why on earth would i have even an iota of interest in it?
is discovery
is expression
is connection
if it wasn’t created by humans with intent at every part of the process, it’s not art
and if it’s not art
why on earth would i have even an iota of interest in it?
December 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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Ai continues to make our lives harder and also electricity more expensive
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ai continues to make our lives harder and also electricity more expensive
💯💯💯
I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
Is there a way to get this mind-numbing Co-Pilot shit off Microsoft Word?
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
💯💯💯
How refreshing!
Truthfully, I find the same with my in-person students in classes (community college)
Truthfully, I find the same with my in-person students in classes (community college)
I had a cool day hanging out with @leevgaines.bsky.social , a freelance reporter for @npr.org! She shadowed me and spoke to many of my students about AI. The full story will come out in January, but please go watch Lee’s TikTok here! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJ1WUu/
December 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
How refreshing!
Truthfully, I find the same with my in-person students in classes (community college)
Truthfully, I find the same with my in-person students in classes (community college)
😤 😮💨 😢
At a deeper level, they're drowning higher education in AI to buy the next generation of elites. To rot their brains in AI slop disguised as "research". To accelerate transition to a post-human economy. Don't forget, for them we are Homo economicus, so "post-human economy" means "post-human world".
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
😤 😮💨 😢
Why am I not surprised?
“In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data.”
#AIisracist
“In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data.”
#AIisracist
I already commented that this shows how to hide deep evils behind shallow goods. I want to expand on this a bit. What are the deeper evils not shown here?
I spent a couple of years on a human research ethics committee in Sydney. One of the things I learned (and why I left) is … 🧵
I spent a couple of years on a human research ethics committee in Sydney. One of the things I learned (and why I left) is … 🧵
Color me shocked.
December 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Why am I not surprised?
“In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data.”
#AIisracist
“In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data.”
#AIisracist
Technology: a tool of conservatism
This confirms Weizenbaum’s contention that technology in general is a profoundly conservative force. It is deployed to prop up existing power structures and prevent meaningful change.
In this sense, AI is the quintessential technology of conservatism. It is the past mashed up and sold as new.
In this sense, AI is the quintessential technology of conservatism. It is the past mashed up and sold as new.
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Technology: a tool of conservatism
Here we are 😢
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Here we are 😢
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This administration is murdering people in detention, in boats, and through willful removal of services (USAID etc.) 😢
December 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This administration is murdering people in detention, in boats, and through willful removal of services (USAID etc.) 😢
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Project 2025 in action 😡
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Project 2025 in action 😡
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Trump is a racist, and so are his policies.
But the cruelty here is the fact that we continue to support international #adoption. 80% of children in orphanages have at least one living parent. All of them have extended family. It's cruel to separate these children from their families.
But the cruelty here is the fact that we continue to support international #adoption. 80% of children in orphanages have at least one living parent. All of them have extended family. It's cruel to separate these children from their families.
Trump's "travel ban" now includes international adoption.
Just unbelieveable cruelty for both potential US parents and parentless chidlren around the world.
Just evil f------ in every way
Just unbelieveable cruelty for both potential US parents and parentless chidlren around the world.
Just evil f------ in every way
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Trump is a racist, and so are his policies.
But the cruelty here is the fact that we continue to support international #adoption. 80% of children in orphanages have at least one living parent. All of them have extended family. It's cruel to separate these children from their families.
But the cruelty here is the fact that we continue to support international #adoption. 80% of children in orphanages have at least one living parent. All of them have extended family. It's cruel to separate these children from their families.
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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!
“The idea of AI produced art or music is in some sense of culmination of the dead weight of existing intellectual production over the living.”
I wrote about AI and the myth of technological determinism.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2025/12/livi...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2025/12/livi...
Living in Uncanny Valley: On the Forces and Relations of Production of AI
www.unemployednegativity.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“The idea of AI produced art or music is in some sense of culmination of the dead weight of existing intellectual production over the living.”
😢
Billionaires are okay bleeding money into AI right now because their larger goal is scrubbing humanity of any creative impulse or critical thinking abilities. They also want to develop AI weapons systems. That's the endgame.
More more more
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
😢
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Help this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen I can’t stop watching Kyrie Irving vs the robot 😭😭😭
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Help this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen I can’t stop watching Kyrie Irving vs the robot 😭😭😭