Marie-Claude Verdier
@mariecverdier.bsky.social
Autrice, traductrice, scénariste
De la science fiction mais pas que
De la science fiction mais pas que
Avec le salon du livre qui se termine et Noël qui arrive, cet article est de saison. Des livres pour Noël, oui, des livres cheaps vendus à la pharmacie, à l'épicerie, et qu'on achète parce que c'est facile, c'est comme de se faire scammer son histoire du soir, je trouve ça déroutant.
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Avec le salon du livre qui se termine et Noël qui arrive, cet article est de saison. Des livres pour Noël, oui, des livres cheaps vendus à la pharmacie, à l'épicerie, et qu'on achète parce que c'est facile, c'est comme de se faire scammer son histoire du soir, je trouve ça déroutant.
Le journalists Paris Marx nous fournit une liste à ne pas envoyer au Père Noël.
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Le journalists Paris Marx nous fournit une liste à ne pas envoyer au Père Noël.
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Even the tech bros are getting nervous. But it will be the rest of us who feel the pain when the AI bubble bursts. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports.
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
AI boom? Or AI bust? Are even the broligarchs admitting AI is a bubble?
Peter Thiel is panic-dumping stock. Sam Altman is getting twitchy in interviews. The world is waking up to a trillion dollar emperor with no clothes, writes Carole Cadwalladr
www.thenerve.news
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Even the tech bros are getting nervous. But it will be the rest of us who feel the pain when the AI bubble bursts. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports.
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
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Some of you point out that the big players have used various tricks to keep their own $ safe. True.
That's why we need to think about how to prosecute them for fraud.
Those bubble-inflating claims - AI will cure all disease! end climate change! double lifespans! - are essentially Theranos X 1000.
That's why we need to think about how to prosecute them for fraud.
Those bubble-inflating claims - AI will cure all disease! end climate change! double lifespans! - are essentially Theranos X 1000.
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Some of you point out that the big players have used various tricks to keep their own $ safe. True.
That's why we need to think about how to prosecute them for fraud.
Those bubble-inflating claims - AI will cure all disease! end climate change! double lifespans! - are essentially Theranos X 1000.
That's why we need to think about how to prosecute them for fraud.
Those bubble-inflating claims - AI will cure all disease! end climate change! double lifespans! - are essentially Theranos X 1000.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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This is a MUST READ:
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a MUST READ:
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Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...
@canadianhammer.bsky.social hey I'm very ltp. I am intrigued, where do you suggest one starts with this universe?
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@canadianhammer.bsky.social hey I'm very ltp. I am intrigued, where do you suggest one starts with this universe?
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Uber lance un programme où ses chauffeurs pourront annoter des données pour les IA pendant leurs pauses. L'ubérisation de l'ubérisation? «Is this good news? Will workers earn more? Don’t celebrate yet. Data work is performed globally, and no one has become wealthy from it.»
AI, Uber, and the Great Digital Labor Convergence | Antonio A. Casilli
On October 16, 2025, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that drivers can now perform data annotation and content uploading tasks during downtime. After testing in India, the app is launching a pilot...
www.casilli.fr
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Uber lance un programme où ses chauffeurs pourront annoter des données pour les IA pendant leurs pauses. L'ubérisation de l'ubérisation? «Is this good news? Will workers earn more? Don’t celebrate yet. Data work is performed globally, and no one has become wealthy from it.»
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Hey @zackpolanski.bsky.social I hear you are talking to Laura Kuenssberg tomorrow morning?
Can you ask her why this story is being exposed by a 3-week-old-old outlet @thenerve.news & not the BBC?? 🤔
Can you ask her why this story is being exposed by a 3-week-old-old outlet @thenerve.news & not the BBC?? 🤔
NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
1/
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hey @zackpolanski.bsky.social I hear you are talking to Laura Kuenssberg tomorrow morning?
Can you ask her why this story is being exposed by a 3-week-old-old outlet @thenerve.news & not the BBC?? 🤔
Can you ask her why this story is being exposed by a 3-week-old-old outlet @thenerve.news & not the BBC?? 🤔
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Erik Prince, Blackwater founder
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe founder
Jared Leto, actor
Sophia, simply getting a driving lesson
Just some of the thousands of people in 100 countries we discovered were targeted by phone-tracking tech sold by a firm called First Wap:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe founder
Jared Leto, actor
Sophia, simply getting a driving lesson
Just some of the thousands of people in 100 countries we discovered were targeted by phone-tracking tech sold by a firm called First Wap:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Erik Prince, Blackwater founder
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe founder
Jared Leto, actor
Sophia, simply getting a driving lesson
Just some of the thousands of people in 100 countries we discovered were targeted by phone-tracking tech sold by a firm called First Wap:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe founder
Jared Leto, actor
Sophia, simply getting a driving lesson
Just some of the thousands of people in 100 countries we discovered were targeted by phone-tracking tech sold by a firm called First Wap:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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An absolutely terrifying SCOOP from @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social revealing that everything from inflight browsing data to military communications are being beamed unencrypted from satellites all the time
www.wired.com/story/satell...
www.wired.com/story/satell...
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
An absolutely terrifying SCOOP from @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social revealing that everything from inflight browsing data to military communications are being beamed unencrypted from satellites all the time
www.wired.com/story/satell...
www.wired.com/story/satell...
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Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
Hegseth puts us all at risk
Why put all the American commanders in one room?
snyder.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
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If it wasn’t already clear the direction AI policy was going under Mark Carney and Evan Solomon, this task force makes it clear.
The inclusion of the chair of Build Canada, whose members openly pushed for a Canadian DOGE and Poilievre government earlier this year, is just one of many examples.
The inclusion of the chair of Build Canada, whose members openly pushed for a Canadian DOGE and Poilievre government earlier this year, is just one of many examples.
If there was truly any conviction for the public interest, members of the AI Strategy Task Force would resign in protest for the configuration of their group.
Government of Canada launches AI Strategy Task Force and public engagement on the development of the next AI strategy - Canada.ca
Public feedback and stakeholder engagement will inform strategy for Canada to be an AI leader
www.canada.ca
September 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If it wasn’t already clear the direction AI policy was going under Mark Carney and Evan Solomon, this task force makes it clear.
The inclusion of the chair of Build Canada, whose members openly pushed for a Canadian DOGE and Poilievre government earlier this year, is just one of many examples.
The inclusion of the chair of Build Canada, whose members openly pushed for a Canadian DOGE and Poilievre government earlier this year, is just one of many examples.
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This could be Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, they have exactly the same perspective and hope
“.. Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)”
(via @yarotrof.bsky.social)
(via @yarotrof.bsky.social)
September 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This could be Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, they have exactly the same perspective and hope
So thrilled!
⭐Show spotlight: Centaur Theatre in Partnership with Talisman Theatre Presents SEEKER⭐
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Make sure you don't miss this incredible play by subscribing 👉 centaurtheatre.com/prices-subsc...
🎭Learn more about our last show of the upcoming season.
Make sure you don't miss this incredible play by subscribing 👉 centaurtheatre.com/prices-subsc...
July 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So thrilled!
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Still too soon to say how it plays out, but at this moment there's a case to be made that Big Tech and GOP leaders overplayed their hand on the AI moratorium. The boldness of the 10-year ban mobilized a big and angry coalition against it, where a more modest proposal might just have slipped through.
In a stunning reversal, the Senate voted 99-1 this morning to strip from Trump's big bill a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations.
Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium
A GOP-led bid to stop states from regulating AI collapsed after a deal to save it fell through.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Still too soon to say how it plays out, but at this moment there's a case to be made that Big Tech and GOP leaders overplayed their hand on the AI moratorium. The boldness of the 10-year ban mobilized a big and angry coalition against it, where a more modest proposal might just have slipped through.
Back from Tadoussac with this wonderful lady for the English translation of Seeker at the Glassco Residency. Thanks to PWM. The results will be shown at @centaurtheatre.bsky.social in coproduction with Talisman Theatre next spring!
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Back from Tadoussac with this wonderful lady for the English translation of Seeker at the Glassco Residency. Thanks to PWM. The results will be shown at @centaurtheatre.bsky.social in coproduction with Talisman Theatre next spring!
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L’actuel directeur artistique du Théâtre Denise-Pelletier est décédé vendredi à l’âge de 69 ans
L’homme de théâtre Claude Poissant est décédé
www.ledevoir.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
L’actuel directeur artistique du Théâtre Denise-Pelletier est décédé vendredi à l’âge de 69 ans
So excited to be part of Centaur's new season with my play Seeker!
🦋 Season Launch!
🎟️ Subscriptions are now open—lock in a full year of inspiring theatre and exclusive perks here: centaurtheatre.com/prices-subsc...
🎟️ Subscriptions are now open—lock in a full year of inspiring theatre and exclusive perks here: centaurtheatre.com/prices-subsc...
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
So excited to be part of Centaur's new season with my play Seeker!
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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How cool is this. Voyager 1 is coasting in interstellar space, more than 48 years & 25 billion miles from Earth. Its back-up manoeuvring thrusters failed more than 2 decades ago. But @NASAJPL have GOT THEM WORKING AGAIN!!!! www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to the probe went offline for upgrades.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
May 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
How cool is this. Voyager 1 is coasting in interstellar space, more than 48 years & 25 billion miles from Earth. Its back-up manoeuvring thrusters failed more than 2 decades ago. But @NASAJPL have GOT THEM WORKING AGAIN!!!! www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...