Dr. S.A. Applin
@anthropunk.bsky.social
Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company.
People are wanting non-digital unique items. This map store delivers. Also, maybe they want to GTFO o' Dodge and they need a non-traceable way to travel...
I just did $1,002 in in-person sales this weekend. That's more than the Map Center has ever made in a single weekend while I've been the owner. I had hundreds of folks come through and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
Doing my damnedest working through the weekend and making progress.
Doing my damnedest working through the weekend and making progress.
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
People are wanting non-digital unique items. This map store delivers. Also, maybe they want to GTFO o' Dodge and they need a non-traceable way to travel...
This doesn't add up: humans will be impoverished for decades more with no feasible means to earn a living because AI took their jobs. So, they *could* live longer with these treatments, but since they will have no money to afford healthcare, they *won't* live longer. So moot. This is winning?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This doesn't add up: humans will be impoverished for decades more with no feasible means to earn a living because AI took their jobs. So, they *could* live longer with these treatments, but since they will have no money to afford healthcare, they *won't* live longer. So moot. This is winning?
Or, they could just make cars we could repair ourselves.
a huge reason the auto industry cannot hire all the mechanics they need is lack of access to the technical education anyone needs to become an automotive technician! cost of this education & failure by corporations to train workers - also a huge factor.
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Or, they could just make cars we could repair ourselves.
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
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“There are about 1,000 of us.”
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“There are about 1,000 of us.”
And by "glue," it's Mommy/Nanny/Slave work.
Last repost: I see brilliant women in tech, if they remain in tech, get promoted into product/project management roles after being in dev roles because they were doing the organizational work of their male peers and acting as glue. They end up as PM or leave, bc their dev work suffers.
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
And by "glue," it's Mommy/Nanny/Slave work.
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every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
What is wrong with people? Seriously. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Bay Area 'public treasure' has been destroyed in overnight theft
Volunteers were heartbroken and "quite discouraged."
www.sfgate.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
What is wrong with people? Seriously. www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
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We bought into the "post scarcity" narrative because digital tech feels so magic and ethereal but we need to get back to an understanding of the material costs and effects of those systems. They are not very post-scarce in reality.
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We bought into the "post scarcity" narrative because digital tech feels so magic and ethereal but we need to get back to an understanding of the material costs and effects of those systems. They are not very post-scarce in reality.
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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A federal jury in California ruled Friday that Apple must pay medical device maker Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology.
Jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M for patent infringement | TechCrunch
A federal jury in California ruled Friday that Apple must pay medical device maker Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology.
techcrunch.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's like watching Hoarders, but the Billionaire version
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's like watching Hoarders, but the Billionaire version
OH FFS, just STOP IT, MIT. Stop. Quantifying. Every. Cell. Of. The. Human. Body. We already have sensors. They're built in. They already tell us how hot the sun is, how tight our skin is, how warm or cold or "moist" it is. Just STOP IT.
Skinsight is “a Bluetooth-equipped sensor patch that sticks to the skin and works with a mobile app, tracking skin tightness, UV exposure, temperature and moisture.”
MIT researchers and beauty brand Amorepacific made a wearable patch that analyzes skin aging
The patch works with an AI-powered app that estimates how certain factors may contribute to skin aging, and recommends a skin care routine accordingly.
www.engadget.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
OH FFS, just STOP IT, MIT. Stop. Quantifying. Every. Cell. Of. The. Human. Body. We already have sensors. They're built in. They already tell us how hot the sun is, how tight our skin is, how warm or cold or "moist" it is. Just STOP IT.
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Chat, is "the rich are doing the 'fox' hunts again where the fox is a person" a recession indicator www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Chat, is "the rich are doing the 'fox' hunts again where the fox is a person" a recession indicator www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We have a book chapter on this in Symbolic #Interaction and #AI: Chapter 4: External #Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI - Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" - pre-order now for 12/1/2025 ship: tinyurl.com/tsmtasab
Also on Amazon.
Also on Amazon.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We have a book chapter on this in Symbolic #Interaction and #AI: Chapter 4: External #Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI - Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" - pre-order now for 12/1/2025 ship: tinyurl.com/tsmtasab
Also on Amazon.
Also on Amazon.
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15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Everything about this story is awesome. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Everything about this story is awesome. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
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so I was a judge at a student pitch contest the other day and many projects featured "ai-powered" products with obscure benefits. the winner was an affordable invisible fence for cows being already tested with idaho farmers. we're still more impressed by stuff that solve real problems than by hype.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
so I was a judge at a student pitch contest the other day and many projects featured "ai-powered" products with obscure benefits. the winner was an affordable invisible fence for cows being already tested with idaho farmers. we're still more impressed by stuff that solve real problems than by hype.
We have a book chapter on this in Symbolic #Interaction and #AI: Chapter 4: External #Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI - Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" - pre-order now for 12/1/2025 ship: tinyurl.com/tsmtasab
Also on Amazon.
Also on Amazon.
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
We have a book chapter on this in Symbolic #Interaction and #AI: Chapter 4: External #Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI - Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" - pre-order now for 12/1/2025 ship: tinyurl.com/tsmtasab
Also on Amazon.
Also on Amazon.
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Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
We have a book chapter on this in Symbolic #Interaction and #AI: Chapter 4: External #Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI - Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" - pre-order now for 12/1/2025 ship: tinyurl.com/tsmtasab
Also on Amazon.
Also on Amazon.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We have a book chapter on this in Symbolic #Interaction and #AI: Chapter 4: External #Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI - Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" - pre-order now for 12/1/2025 ship: tinyurl.com/tsmtasab
Also on Amazon.
Also on Amazon.
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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“data show an increase of 10% in submissions & 23% in funded projects from female applicants with the lottery-first approach compared to a previously used procedure. Additionally, the lottery-first approach was estimated to have 68% lower economic costs compared to single-stage peer review approach”
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line - Nature Communications
The authors show evidence from a German funding line that a lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among fund...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“data show an increase of 10% in submissions & 23% in funded projects from female applicants with the lottery-first approach compared to a previously used procedure. Additionally, the lottery-first approach was estimated to have 68% lower economic costs compared to single-stage peer review approach”
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Public bodies should always be transparent and disclose if a generative AI tool is used in any public document, even if the output from such tools has been assessed by their staff. In such a disclosure, specific details about the tools should also be mentioned for transparency.
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Public bodies should always be transparent and disclose if a generative AI tool is used in any public document, even if the output from such tools has been assessed by their staff. In such a disclosure, specific details about the tools should also be mentioned for transparency.