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@blovessummer.blog
she/her #AroAce #RelationshipAnarchist #Naarm #parkrun #vegan #TotalLiberation #ECE #AspiringBunMum
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I used this as a framing example in a recent talk I gave about the "librarian's dividend" which is my probably-far-too-positive spin on this absolute garbage fire -- that at least maybe we're forced into more appreciation and value for the people and institutions who help us evaluate information.
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I used this as a framing example in a recent talk I gave about the "librarian's dividend" which is my probably-far-too-positive spin on this absolute garbage fire -- that at least maybe we're forced into more appreciation and value for the people and institutions who help us evaluate information.
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I guarantee it's a disaster waiting to happen. A social media ban for kids was never the answer, a less toxic social media environment is the answer. We are all responsible for how dangerous social media has become and we are all responsible for solving the problem
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I guarantee it's a disaster waiting to happen. A social media ban for kids was never the answer, a less toxic social media environment is the answer. We are all responsible for how dangerous social media has become and we are all responsible for solving the problem
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Me before becoming a CS professor: "with tightly scoped and heavily regulated use-cases, it's worth developing an extremely limited form of AI"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Me before becoming a CS professor: "with tightly scoped and heavily regulated use-cases, it's worth developing an extremely limited form of AI"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
Me after 3 years as a CS professor: "we have to destroy all AI of any and every kind immediately and ban any future development work of any kind"
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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calling it now, the “look for the helpers” of 2k26 is “look for the anarchists”
….A thousand liberal moms and grandpas being trained by a couple communists and anarchists they don’t know are communists and anarchists lolllll
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
calling it now, the “look for the helpers” of 2k26 is “look for the anarchists”
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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We should not be using this in schools
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We should not be using this in schools
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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People wanting somewhere to sit and enjoy their lives that doesn’t rely on owning private property isn’t the problem with SLV
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
People wanting somewhere to sit and enjoy their lives that doesn’t rely on owning private property isn’t the problem with SLV
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She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
People think this is about whether she helped RFK's campaign but it's really about whether she helped Trump's. She was helping her boyfriend (or whatever the fuck he was) get a role in the Trump administration while writing about the election.
bsky.app/profile/mich...
bsky.app/profile/mich...
And she covered Trump's campaign while her lover was negotiating for a role in his administration!
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
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One problem with all the “AGI” discourse is that “AGI” isn’t actually defined.
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
dair_institute - Twitch
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
twitch.tv
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
One problem with all the “AGI” discourse is that “AGI” isn’t actually defined.
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
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AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.
A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.
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What are you up to now, Lee Lin Chin? Iconic newsreader at SBS, resigned 2018. We miss you.
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
What are you up to now, Lee Lin Chin? Iconic newsreader at SBS, resigned 2018. We miss you.
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A writing group accountability friend said the way that she is resisting AI is to slow down when reading, and not give into the pressure to continually skim the written word.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A writing group accountability friend said the way that she is resisting AI is to slow down when reading, and not give into the pressure to continually skim the written word.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
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Americas president is 34 time convicted rapist, pedofile and fraudster, also a bankrupt swindler the increasing basis is hard to ignore along with the white AND Jewish supremacists,
Why are we allowing the Albanese govt increasing closeness to them? We are not powerless. Why do we act like we are?
Why are we allowing the Albanese govt increasing closeness to them? We are not powerless. Why do we act like we are?
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Americas president is 34 time convicted rapist, pedofile and fraudster, also a bankrupt swindler the increasing basis is hard to ignore along with the white AND Jewish supremacists,
Why are we allowing the Albanese govt increasing closeness to them? We are not powerless. Why do we act like we are?
Why are we allowing the Albanese govt increasing closeness to them? We are not powerless. Why do we act like we are?
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I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
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Australians have no bill of rights
But they do have 400 NEW Laws in the last 24 months.
And each state has created up to 20 000 new jobs for law enforcement and increased domestic weapon and surveillance tech budgets.
I dunno guys
Smells like fascism.
But they do have 400 NEW Laws in the last 24 months.
And each state has created up to 20 000 new jobs for law enforcement and increased domestic weapon and surveillance tech budgets.
I dunno guys
Smells like fascism.
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Australians have no bill of rights
But they do have 400 NEW Laws in the last 24 months.
And each state has created up to 20 000 new jobs for law enforcement and increased domestic weapon and surveillance tech budgets.
I dunno guys
Smells like fascism.
But they do have 400 NEW Laws in the last 24 months.
And each state has created up to 20 000 new jobs for law enforcement and increased domestic weapon and surveillance tech budgets.
I dunno guys
Smells like fascism.
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ICE would not be able to carry out its enforcement regime without Amazon’s computing capacity. As internal documents make clear, without continued access to Amazon’s services “DHS and CBP would experience catastrophic, nation-wide outage impacts.”
This Black Friday Weekend, Skip Amazon
The e-commerce giant is powering ICE’s deportation raids while profiting handsomely from Trump administration contracts.
inequality.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
ICE would not be able to carry out its enforcement regime without Amazon’s computing capacity. As internal documents make clear, without continued access to Amazon’s services “DHS and CBP would experience catastrophic, nation-wide outage impacts.”
Also, I know this is based on the US but this applies equally to the nonsense the govt here is pulling over the NDIS
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Also, I know this is based on the US but this applies equally to the nonsense the govt here is pulling over the NDIS
Exactly… so so much yes to this
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Exactly… so so much yes to this
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We are glad to see @sanders.senate.gov pushing back against the tech broligarchy, but we wish he would base his arguments on reality rather than Hinton's fantasies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We are glad to see @sanders.senate.gov pushing back against the tech broligarchy, but we wish he would base his arguments on reality rather than Hinton's fantasies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
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i am glad to see ai hater becoming a mainstream position
"In a very short timeframe, AI has become the high-fructose corn syrup of the digital realm: It’s now in everything, even if you don’t want it there." www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
i am glad to see ai hater becoming a mainstream position
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Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?