Skelenaut
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Jonathan Sims - SKELENAUT®
Iowa City, Iowa
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Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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@skelenaut.bsky.social
· Aug 23
If you show me anything A.I. generated, a ghost kills you within a week.
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
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So I didn't see this bc I have the term AI muted lmao, BUT ANYWAYS SURPRISE EVERYONE IT'S LIVE, HERE'S MY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS SHIT AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR WORK FROM SCRAPING AND FIGHTING BACK, also yes I did do the little illustrations
New article our on TrueRef! 🤍
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting Your Work by @torrent-empress.bsky.social
Covering what AI really is, what it's costing us as a society and how you can protect yourself.
Read: trueref.io/blogs/news/w...
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting Your Work by @torrent-empress.bsky.social
Covering what AI really is, what it's costing us as a society and how you can protect yourself.
Read: trueref.io/blogs/news/w...
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting your Work
As the world at large continues to talk about “AI”, creatives from all fields are left scrambling to save their work from companies using it to build data training sets to compete with them. In this a...
trueref.io
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
So I didn't see this bc I have the term AI muted lmao, BUT ANYWAYS SURPRISE EVERYONE IT'S LIVE, HERE'S MY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS SHIT AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR WORK FROM SCRAPING AND FIGHTING BACK, also yes I did do the little illustrations
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This is a good thread on narrative framing. How we talk about technology matters, particularly because hype is one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful weapons
Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is a good thread on narrative framing. How we talk about technology matters, particularly because hype is one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful weapons
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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Noting that more than 100,000 Iowans will see their health insurance premiums double or triple as a result, Nathan Sage, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls have all scorned Senate Democrats for caving on the GOP spending bill last night.
'Spineless, shameful bullshit': Iowa Democratic candidates for Senate oppose funding deal with Republicans - Little Village
As eight Senate Democrats broke with their party on Sunday night to vote for a Republican spending bill that would end the shutdown of the federal government but not restore […]
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Noting that more than 100,000 Iowans will see their health insurance premiums double or triple as a result, Nathan Sage, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls have all scorned Senate Democrats for caving on the GOP spending bill last night.
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Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
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The US withdrawal from WHO could impact the flu shot.
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The US withdrawal from WHO could impact the flu shot.
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
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So... can we get our federal taxes prorated for the large portion of the year we didn't receive any service?
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So... can we get our federal taxes prorated for the large portion of the year we didn't receive any service?
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
So... can we get our federal taxes prorated for the large portion of the year we didn't receive any service?
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So... can we get our federal taxes prorated for the large portion of the year we didn't receive any service?
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
Also, how do we start a campaign to reduce the salaries of Congress? They certainly aren't benefiting us in any way and I don't think they deserve our tax dollars.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
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November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
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www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
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www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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We’re about to live through a big cause/effect obfuscation where OpenAI will claim all these cases are just preexisting conditions coming into contact with their product, and not caused FROM interacting with their product. but I want to reemphasize the problem scope here
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NEW: "The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis." @lmatsakis.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We’re about to live through a big cause/effect obfuscation where OpenAI will claim all these cases are just preexisting conditions coming into contact with their product, and not caused FROM interacting with their product. but I want to reemphasize the problem scope here
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I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...