Amanda Hope
@antisocial-medium.bsky.social
poet. author of The Museum of Resentments. web editor at Tinderbox Poetry. more info at http://www.amandahope.net.
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If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
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We are so excited to host @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social for a reading from their forthcoming anthology The People's Project. Just the two of them would be enough but Tiana Clark, Koritha Mitchell, Imani Perry, AND Jason Silverstein are reading too! Tickets available now!
Thursday, September 11. 7PM Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith, editors of The People's Project, ft. Tiana Clark, Koritha Mitchell, Imani Perry, and Jason Silverstein
Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome poets Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith for the release of the anthology The People's Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward! Anthology contributors Tiana Clark, Koritha Mitchell, Imani Perry, and Jason Silverstein will join for a reading followed by a discussion with Jones and Smith.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We are so excited to host @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social for a reading from their forthcoming anthology The People's Project. Just the two of them would be enough but Tiana Clark, Koritha Mitchell, Imani Perry, AND Jason Silverstein are reading too! Tickets available now!
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Here's the opening poem for my new chapbook MY LITTLE BOOK OF DOMESTIC ANXIETIES.
I'm waiving shipping for anyone who'd like a copy for their Sealey challenge this month!
I'm waiving shipping for anyone who'd like a copy for their Sealey challenge this month!
August 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Here's the opening poem for my new chapbook MY LITTLE BOOK OF DOMESTIC ANXIETIES.
I'm waiving shipping for anyone who'd like a copy for their Sealey challenge this month!
I'm waiving shipping for anyone who'd like a copy for their Sealey challenge this month!
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Blue lives clatter.
August 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Blue lives clatter.
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social It's one of those days when I'm so glad I can find authors on social media because then I can ask important questions, like how do you pronounce Aoving?
I am tearing through The Witch Roads, thank you for it!
I am tearing through The Witch Roads, thank you for it!
July 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social It's one of those days when I'm so glad I can find authors on social media because then I can ask important questions, like how do you pronounce Aoving?
I am tearing through The Witch Roads, thank you for it!
I am tearing through The Witch Roads, thank you for it!
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As a reminder: LLMs are not intelligent beings. You are providing an input to an algorithm that calculates, in a very complicated way, the probability in which words will follow each other in response to your input based on whatever data was used to train the algorithm.
The algorithm doesn't think.
The algorithm doesn't think.
July 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
As a reminder: LLMs are not intelligent beings. You are providing an input to an algorithm that calculates, in a very complicated way, the probability in which words will follow each other in response to your input based on whatever data was used to train the algorithm.
The algorithm doesn't think.
The algorithm doesn't think.
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I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
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"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
I'm going to be honest here, I think AI is going to do so much damage to the usable internet that even after it's inevitably crashes out, it's going to take years to disentangle from every space it's polluted, like digital asbestos it's gonna be time consuming effort and likely expensive venture.
I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
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what would have been possible, what could we each have made, and done, and been, if it hadn’t been taken from us by these wretched men
June 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
what would have been possible, what could we each have made, and done, and been, if it hadn’t been taken from us by these wretched men
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We live on a beautiful planet filled with mostly decent people seeking only the means to lead lives of dignity. It’s an enduring tragedy that our species has to submit to the world-making fantasies of a few craven psychopaths.
June 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We live on a beautiful planet filled with mostly decent people seeking only the means to lead lives of dignity. It’s an enduring tragedy that our species has to submit to the world-making fantasies of a few craven psychopaths.
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I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
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Secret police tend to meet 5 criteria:
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
June 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Secret police tend to meet 5 criteria:
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
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I'm willing to help folks pro bono move from Substack to Buttondown (used them for years).
cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)
cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)
The reason it's really important to leave substack NOW is their relatively new social networking features. Substack is creating a walled garden that you *have* to share with white supremacists.
They want to keep you on substack where all the Nazis are and force you to share your revenue with them.
They want to keep you on substack where all the Nazis are and force you to share your revenue with them.
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm willing to help folks pro bono move from Substack to Buttondown (used them for years).
cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)
cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
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The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.
This thread will dive into its activity.
🧵 1/x.
This thread will dive into its activity.
🧵 1/x.
June 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.
This thread will dive into its activity.
🧵 1/x.
This thread will dive into its activity.
🧵 1/x.
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this is just to say
you assaulted
my Senator
Mr. Padilla
whom I didn’t
even particularly
like before
you did that
Big mistake
you’re in the wrong city
fuck around
and find out
you assaulted
my Senator
Mr. Padilla
whom I didn’t
even particularly
like before
you did that
Big mistake
you’re in the wrong city
fuck around
and find out
June 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
this is just to say
you assaulted
my Senator
Mr. Padilla
whom I didn’t
even particularly
like before
you did that
Big mistake
you’re in the wrong city
fuck around
and find out
you assaulted
my Senator
Mr. Padilla
whom I didn’t
even particularly
like before
you did that
Big mistake
you’re in the wrong city
fuck around
and find out
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Backlash is the only thing that works, here. Without backlash, automated, unstoppable lie generation will seep into and infect every single space that human-created information exists
Wikipedia wanted to use AI summaries at the top of article pages. Editors said please please don't www.404media.co/wikipedia-pa...
Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
“This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” one Wikipedia editor said.
www.404media.co
June 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Backlash is the only thing that works, here. Without backlash, automated, unstoppable lie generation will seep into and infect every single space that human-created information exists
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What a terrible, terrible idea. I have loved the iNaturalist app but won't be using it any more as long as they're doing this. The environmental costs of GenAI are way too high (and that's before you get into the ethical issues!).
Over the next 6 months, iNaturalist will be participating in the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI program to help build tools to improve the identification experience on iNaturalist. Learn more: www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-...
June 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What a terrible, terrible idea. I have loved the iNaturalist app but won't be using it any more as long as they're doing this. The environmental costs of GenAI are way too high (and that's before you get into the ethical issues!).
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You know you can just not use AI, right?
You can make a choice not to be part of this.
Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.
You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.
You can make a choice not to be part of this.
Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.
You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.
June 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You know you can just not use AI, right?
You can make a choice not to be part of this.
Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.
You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.
You can make a choice not to be part of this.
Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.
You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.
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We are so excited to announce our ✨new issue✨ Tinderbox 10.1! Read all the new poems (and new poetry book reviews) right here: tinderboxpoetry.com?utm_source=s...
Tinderbox Poetry Journal
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June 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We are so excited to announce our ✨new issue✨ Tinderbox 10.1! Read all the new poems (and new poetry book reviews) right here: tinderboxpoetry.com?utm_source=s...
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"youth gender medicine is safe, effective, and comparable to other mainstream medical treatments."
The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works.
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"youth gender medicine is safe, effective, and comparable to other mainstream medical treatments."
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Disability is not something to be afraid of. It’ll happen to most of us eventually.
The human body is frail. It breaks down. We age. We get sick. We have accidents. It’s part of life.
It’s not a moral failing.
Engage with us. Learn. We all benefit from disability justice.
The human body is frail. It breaks down. We age. We get sick. We have accidents. It’s part of life.
It’s not a moral failing.
Engage with us. Learn. We all benefit from disability justice.
May 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Disability is not something to be afraid of. It’ll happen to most of us eventually.
The human body is frail. It breaks down. We age. We get sick. We have accidents. It’s part of life.
It’s not a moral failing.
Engage with us. Learn. We all benefit from disability justice.
The human body is frail. It breaks down. We age. We get sick. We have accidents. It’s part of life.
It’s not a moral failing.
Engage with us. Learn. We all benefit from disability justice.
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It would be more truthful if we called AI "pattern-seeking technology" and GenAI "pattern-mimicking technology" but I guess that would break the hype machine that creates the sense of inevitability around it.
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It would be more truthful if we called AI "pattern-seeking technology" and GenAI "pattern-mimicking technology" but I guess that would break the hype machine that creates the sense of inevitability around it.