Sydney on the streets, Reira in the (character) sheets
@setsunamh.bsky.social
Artist, author, Kingdom Hearts fan, crippling impostor syndrome.
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Remember if it was capable of “revolutionizing” art, film or music - it would’ve produced something of cultural value already.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember if it was capable of “revolutionizing” art, film or music - it would’ve produced something of cultural value already.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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TAPPING
THE
SIGN
(The sign is Charlotte’s post which I will always endorse because please get off substack)
THE
SIGN
(The sign is Charlotte’s post which I will always endorse because please get off substack)
I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
TAPPING
THE
SIGN
(The sign is Charlotte’s post which I will always endorse because please get off substack)
THE
SIGN
(The sign is Charlotte’s post which I will always endorse because please get off substack)
Signal boosts are a great way to support self-published authors, hint hint 😉
It's Small Business/Self Published Saturday!
A dark fantasy escape from holiday stress: The Dark Temptation has demonic contracts, magical fights, and a healthy dose of spice to keep you warm. Just be sure to complete your bargain before your existence is erased. 😈
#booksky 💙📚🪐
srdawn.com/books
A dark fantasy escape from holiday stress: The Dark Temptation has demonic contracts, magical fights, and a healthy dose of spice to keep you warm. Just be sure to complete your bargain before your existence is erased. 😈
#booksky 💙📚🪐
srdawn.com/books
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Signal boosts are a great way to support self-published authors, hint hint 😉
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Shop small for Black Friday/Small Business Saturday! Why not get you some dice? You get pretty math rocks, and I get to pay vet bills and buy bird food! I may discontinue preorder items in December so get em now! Items not on preorder are ready to go and many are one-offs. Plus all are on sale!
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Shop small for Black Friday/Small Business Saturday! Why not get you some dice? You get pretty math rocks, and I get to pay vet bills and buy bird food! I may discontinue preorder items in December so get em now! Items not on preorder are ready to go and many are one-offs. Plus all are on sale!
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
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Please try to tell your faves you enjoy their work. A lot of people are bold enough to be openly negative or mean while positive people react quietly. Lurking is ofc okay but I think it’s good to try and be openly encouraging from time to time🥹❤️
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please try to tell your faves you enjoy their work. A lot of people are bold enough to be openly negative or mean while positive people react quietly. Lurking is ofc okay but I think it’s good to try and be openly encouraging from time to time🥹❤️
I finally got the Kpop Demon Hunters dice up! The photos don't do them justice. It shows up so much better irl, but both have elements that show up under UV. Particularly the Saja Boys ones that have patterns only under blacklight!
I have one set of each ready to go and after that it's preorders!
I have one set of each ready to go and after that it's preorders!
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
imagine what we could be doing if the federal government wasn't actively trying to throttle the growth of this industry
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What happens when one no longer desires even desire? What is it not even want wanting?
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What happens when one no longer desires even desire? What is it not even want wanting?
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I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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It's my birthday today! ☺️
If you could spare a repost, it would be much appreciated!
If you could spare a repost, it would be much appreciated!
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It's my birthday today! ☺️
If you could spare a repost, it would be much appreciated!
If you could spare a repost, it would be much appreciated!
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“The makers of AI…want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“The makers of AI…want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again. They want to create a new kind of mind, so they can force it into mindless servitude. Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
House eyeing AI preemption in NDAA, Scalise says
House Republican leaders are searching for a legislative vehicle they could attach language to that would effectively ban state regulation of artificial intelligence.
punchbowl.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
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It is being normalized. Just not how they want us to believe.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is being normalized. Just not how they want us to believe.
My sweet baby is gone, and I already miss him so much. I love you, sweet boy.
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My sweet baby is gone, and I already miss him so much. I love you, sweet boy.
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.