Sacha Judd
@sachajudd.com
Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
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Curating the Curators: Cates Holderness
Throughout this year I’ve been thinking more and more about what discovery looks like in a post-search era. One of the most interesting things, for me, about...
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All year I've been thinking about what discovery looks like in a post-search era. I love that we now often look to great human curators. So I'm starting a new series interviewing some of my favourites! First up @cates.bsky.social from @garbageday.email
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give jacob tierney all the awards. heated rivalry is a perfect six hours of television 🏒
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
give jacob tierney all the awards. heated rivalry is a perfect six hours of television 🏒
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This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a great example of how genAI steals from us all on multiple levels. It's stolen a promotional spot for real books and authors, it's stolen a job from an actual journalist who could have compiled this, it's stolen an opportunity for parents to be recommended good NZ books for their kids
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Omg Chris Nolan really made him design and build a nuclear bomh
July 8, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Omg Chris Nolan really made him design and build a nuclear bomh
enjoying christmas the same way i did at age ten
December 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
enjoying christmas the same way i did at age ten
my sister smashing it on the fandom related gifts
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
my sister smashing it on the fandom related gifts
sorry but any steve rogers who goes back in time knowing bucky is a prisoner of hydra and instead of moving heaven and earth to free him moves to the midwest and knocks up peggy is no captain america of mine. keep it
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
sorry but any steve rogers who goes back in time knowing bucky is a prisoner of hydra and instead of moving heaven and earth to free him moves to the midwest and knocks up peggy is no captain america of mine. keep it
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Many of you will have started your christmas breaks, but trust me, this 30mins is worth it. @sachajudd.com's closing from #FFConf is now live. It's not your usual nostalgia/look at what it was, but real meaty inspiration as to what we can do now. Treat yourself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-s...
8. The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web / Sacha Judd / FFConf 2025
YouTube video by Remy Sharp
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December 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Many of you will have started your christmas breaks, but trust me, this 30mins is worth it. @sachajudd.com's closing from #FFConf is now live. It's not your usual nostalgia/look at what it was, but real meaty inspiration as to what we can do now. Treat yourself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-s...
i did not WANT to have to spend my break writing a heated rivalry essay but AS IT TURNS OUT…
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i did not WANT to have to spend my break writing a heated rivalry essay but AS IT TURNS OUT…
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“As it turns out” is absolutely killing me here
December 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“As it turns out” is absolutely killing me here
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please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
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New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
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“Back in June, medical researchers discovered a similar racial bias in large language model (LLM) psychiatric diagnostic tools. In that case, results showed AI tools often proposed “inferior treatment” plans for Black patients whenever their race was explicitly known.”
Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models
www.nature.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Back in June, medical researchers discovered a similar racial bias in large language model (LLM) psychiatric diagnostic tools. In that case, results showed AI tools often proposed “inferior treatment” plans for Black patients whenever their race was explicitly known.”
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Browsing the web is still awesome because I started with this fanciful, wildly expensive ($31) can of calamari I saw while shopping:
(tinned fish has taken the best graphic design mantle from weed products)
(tinned fish has taken the best graphic design mantle from weed products)
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Browsing the web is still awesome because I started with this fanciful, wildly expensive ($31) can of calamari I saw while shopping:
(tinned fish has taken the best graphic design mantle from weed products)
(tinned fish has taken the best graphic design mantle from weed products)
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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 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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...
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I love alt text. Not only does it make images accessible, I be having fun with the descriptions. Extra space for my lil jokes
December 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I love alt text. Not only does it make images accessible, I be having fun with the descriptions. Extra space for my lil jokes
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drop your knives out rankings 👀 🕵️♂️
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
drop your knives out rankings 👀 🕵️♂️
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"AI citations often point to nothing. They’re citations to the idea of a citation. References to the concept of research. Footnotes in a dream." Excellent, useful article.
"How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian" HT @tjowens.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"AI citations often point to nothing. They’re citations to the idea of a citation. References to the concept of research. Footnotes in a dream." Excellent, useful article.
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If you want to watch it with an audience @virgcatt.bsky.social you can for free at the end of Feb.
Movies in Parks: The Princess Bride
A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
If you want to watch it with an audience @virgcatt.bsky.social you can for free at the end of Feb.
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"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
Amazing piece from @joannastern.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
"There’s a future where we’re not all trapped between either swiping and scrolling til our eyes bleed, or not having social media at all. But we have to decide that’s what we want and do something about it."
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the obsession index
It’s now been almost a full year since I started writing this email to you regularly (wild that I’ve kept it up tbh). But rather than boring everyone with...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"There’s a future where we’re not all trapped between either swiping and scrolling til our eyes bleed, or not having social media at all. But we have to decide that’s what we want and do something about it."
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i just found out americans don’t have christmas crackers and now i don’t know what to do with myself. this is possibly worse than when i found out they don’t butter their sandwiches.
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
i just found out americans don’t have christmas crackers and now i don’t know what to do with myself. this is possibly worse than when i found out they don’t butter their sandwiches.
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"Just in the nick of time, New Zealand’s trans youth—and the people who love them and care for them—can breathe a sigh of relief" 🥰
This is the heart of it. Everyone who knows and loves a trans kid knows how vital—as in literally life-saving—this injunction feels (and will hopefully continue to be)
This is the heart of it. Everyone who knows and loves a trans kid knows how vital—as in literally life-saving—this injunction feels (and will hopefully continue to be)
While we were busy with the US Congress, major international news on trans healthcare.
A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.
The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.
Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.
The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.
Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
Victory in New Zealand, For Now—Injunction Brings Puberty Blocker Ban to a Screeching Halt
The High Court asserted that, contrary to wild speculation by anti-trans establishments, puberty blockers are largely safe and reversible.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Just in the nick of time, New Zealand’s trans youth—and the people who love them and care for them—can breathe a sigh of relief" 🥰
This is the heart of it. Everyone who knows and loves a trans kid knows how vital—as in literally life-saving—this injunction feels (and will hopefully continue to be)
This is the heart of it. Everyone who knows and loves a trans kid knows how vital—as in literally life-saving—this injunction feels (and will hopefully continue to be)