LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻
@lorifontanes.bsky.social
Writer/educator/community advocate. Cats & catastrophe. More better food 4 all. Bewaring billionaires bearing tech.
as they should 😜
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
as they should 😜
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I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
i mean Star Trek TOS gave us the correct model for this outcome 🤓
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
i mean Star Trek TOS gave us the correct model for this outcome 🤓
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
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Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
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November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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so bummed i missed this!!! stayed up way past midnight because they were calling for snow then but when i saw rain instead, finally went to bed
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
Neige : la butte Montmartre se transforme en terrain de jeu pour les Parisiens
Neige : la butte Montmartre se transforme en terrain de jeu pour les Parisiens
Avec la fine couche de neige tombée dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, des Parisiens se sont amusés à faire de la luge et des batailles de boules de neige aux pieds de la basilique du Sacré-Coeur.
www.lemonde.fr
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
so bummed i missed this!!! stayed up way past midnight because they were calling for snow then but when i saw rain instead, finally went to bed
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
this may be what started the whole discussion in last few days about AI scraping of email 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users
Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs.
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
this may be what started the whole discussion in last few days about AI scraping of email 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@poppyceleste.bsky.social merci for all the likes today!!! 🤗
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@poppyceleste.bsky.social merci for all the likes today!!! 🤗
@helenkennedy.bsky.social highlights important downside (among others) of letting critical functions be privatized & commodified in this way
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
So apparently Google just started scanning your emails with its Gemini AI and if you opt out of this, you lose your (vital to me) categorization of emails as important/promo/etc. I’m kind of stunned at this. After all these years, how do I switch to a new email provider?
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@helenkennedy.bsky.social highlights important downside (among others) of letting critical functions be privatized & commodified in this way
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
wow did they send this AI marketing email to the least likely person to want it
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
wow did they send this AI marketing email to the least likely person to want it
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
how did they get from the North Pole to the UK? oh right they flew of course 🎄🦌🎅
🇬🇧 Reindeer graze in snowy Scottish Highlands
Reindeer graze in the snow in the Scottish Highlands as cars driving through the Cairngorms mountain range stop to look at the animals, part of the UK's only free-ranging herd.
Reindeer graze in the snow in the Scottish Highlands as cars driving through the Cairngorms mountain range stop to look at the animals, part of the UK's only free-ranging herd.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
how did they get from the North Pole to the UK? oh right they flew of course 🎄🦌🎅
yikes! also, does this mean that if you send (or have sent) emails to someone else with a gmail account & they have not opted out, your emails to them will be scraped?
You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
yikes! also, does this mean that if you send (or have sent) emails to someone else with a gmail account & they have not opted out, your emails to them will be scraped?
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November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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i know this looks fake but it is indeed a real pic of the unbelievably gorgeous sky over #Paris a little while ago 🙀
#France #photography #weather
#France #photography #weather
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
i know this looks fake but it is indeed a real pic of the unbelievably gorgeous sky over #Paris a little while ago 🙀
#France #photography #weather
#France #photography #weather
i (briefly) had a magazine editor that asked me to start writing my humor column with SEO keywords
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i (briefly) had a magazine editor that asked me to start writing my humor column with SEO keywords
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
À gauche, c’est Versailles. À droit, c’est pas Versailles.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
À gauche, c’est Versailles. À droit, c’est pas Versailles.
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The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group. n.pr/43HKAat
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group. n.pr/43HKAat
😳
also why does the media keep anthropomorphizing AI? chatbots can’t “recognize” anything
the cited study does this, too,
per the article: “they [chatbots] often fail to recognize when they need to step out of these roles and firmly tell teens to get help” 😳!!!
apple.news/Ae1qWMiESRdi...
also why does the media keep anthropomorphizing AI? chatbots can’t “recognize” anything
the cited study does this, too,
per the article: “they [chatbots] often fail to recognize when they need to step out of these roles and firmly tell teens to get help” 😳!!!
apple.news/Ae1qWMiESRdi...
Teens Seek Mental-Health Help From Chatbots. That’s Dangerous, Says New Study. — The Wall Street Journal
Research from Common Sense Media and Stanford finds ‘systematic failures’ in how chatbots recognize psychiatric conditions
apple.news
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
😳
also why does the media keep anthropomorphizing AI? chatbots can’t “recognize” anything
the cited study does this, too,
per the article: “they [chatbots] often fail to recognize when they need to step out of these roles and firmly tell teens to get help” 😳!!!
apple.news/Ae1qWMiESRdi...
also why does the media keep anthropomorphizing AI? chatbots can’t “recognize” anything
the cited study does this, too,
per the article: “they [chatbots] often fail to recognize when they need to step out of these roles and firmly tell teens to get help” 😳!!!
apple.news/Ae1qWMiESRdi...
as a former vice-chair of a conservation commission/advisory council & a city council member of a coastal city—i applaud your creativity & support your call for regional approaches to stormwater management
also, love that Tom Holland video—why didn’t i think to use it at a council meeting?!!
also, love that Tom Holland video—why didn’t i think to use it at a council meeting?!!
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
as a former vice-chair of a conservation commission/advisory council & a city council member of a coastal city—i applaud your creativity & support your call for regional approaches to stormwater management
also, love that Tom Holland video—why didn’t i think to use it at a council meeting?!!
also, love that Tom Holland video—why didn’t i think to use it at a council meeting?!!
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
PA skeep here. Let me get this straight, the plant could produce enough electricity “to power roughly 800,000 homes, according to the Energy Department” but it’s going to power infrastructure for corporate AI instead 🧐
What could go wrong?
The Trump administration is lending $1 billion to help restart a nuclear plant at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, boosting a project that aims to provide power to Microsoft’s vast network of data centers.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
PA skeep here. Let me get this straight, the plant could produce enough electricity “to power roughly 800,000 homes, according to the Energy Department” but it’s going to power infrastructure for corporate AI instead 🧐
lots of folks here in France ask me if I’m on WhatsApp & here’s yet another reason why i always tell them no way never 😔
By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone numbers” ever—along with profile photos and more.
Read more: wrd.cm/483paGa
Read more: wrd.cm/483paGa
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
lots of folks here in France ask me if I’m on WhatsApp & here’s yet another reason why i always tell them no way never 😔
humans vs AI coin toss: tails humans lose, heads AI wins
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
humans vs AI coin toss: tails humans lose, heads AI wins
huh. i’m not surprised at all 😜
"‘In fact, what’s really surprising is that higher AI literacy brings more overconfidence...We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems – but this was not the case.’"
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance
A study led by Aalto University reveals that when it comes to AI, specifically, LLMs, the Dunning-Kruger Effect doesn’t hold. All users show a significant inability to assess their performance a...
www.eurekalert.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
huh. i’m not surprised at all 😜