@sk8rbelle.bsky.social
Scottish Swedish mother of Indigenous, German, & Jewish children, Grandmother of MultiCultural grandchildren, in long-term recovery. Reader of books, Poet, 👩🏼🌾,💃🏻♍️😻🐦⬛ Creativity. WildWoman. ScarClan. Embracing Wisdom of the Crone. 🎼Faun, Shaboozey, Emancipator
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The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was reportedly engaged in a nasty years-long custody battle with the White House press secretary’s brother before she was detained by Immigration and Customs enforcement last month. trib.al/HFADetv
Karoline Leavitt’s Brother Had Grim Custody Fight With ICE-Arrested Ex
ICE arrested Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, in November.
trib.al
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was reportedly engaged in a nasty years-long custody battle with the White House press secretary’s brother before she was detained by Immigration and Customs enforcement last month. trib.al/HFADetv
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This is your periodic reminder that Rogers satellite cell service also uses Starlink.
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is your periodic reminder that Rogers satellite cell service also uses Starlink.
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In shift from political norms, Russia praises new US national security strategy
In shift from political norms, Russia praises new US national security strategy
Strategy declares Western Hemisphere to be Washington’s zone of influence
www.irishtimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In shift from political norms, Russia praises new US national security strategy
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Here are 12 notable works of independent journalism on state violence in Trump's America that you may have missed from the past 7 days.
Barbara Rodriguez's "Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation." December 5, 2025.
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Barbara Rodriguez's "Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation." December 5, 2025.
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"A federal advisory panel with power over vaccine policy has voted to stop recommending a universal newborn shot to prevent the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver disease."
"It will [..] endanger children and increase risk of death for millions."
#USA #Healthcare
"It will [..] endanger children and increase risk of death for millions."
#USA #Healthcare
Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation
Parents appear to be able to continue to get the hep B vaccine for their kids, but this major shakeup could cause confusion among families and logistical barriers for health providers.
19thnews.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here are 12 notable works of independent journalism on state violence in Trump's America that you may have missed from the past 7 days.
Barbara Rodriguez's "Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation." December 5, 2025.
1/12 🧵
Barbara Rodriguez's "Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation." December 5, 2025.
1/12 🧵
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We can have AI students take AI classes from AI professors and charge them in crypto bucks and maybe we can keep this shit away from the rest of us who want to have human interactions.
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We can have AI students take AI classes from AI professors and charge them in crypto bucks and maybe we can keep this shit away from the rest of us who want to have human interactions.
No AI here, just actual human people singing about love
I watched
Spiderhead
last night. So among others, This is stuck in my head. 💘💘💘
youtu.be/vjzscuZa5UY?...
Spiderhead
last night. So among others, This is stuck in my head. 💘💘💘
youtu.be/vjzscuZa5UY?...
Poco Crazy Love (Original Video) HQ
YouTube video by W103WWRW
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
No AI here, just actual human people singing about love
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In 2024 I helped lead the advocacy for a comprehensive update to our gun safety laws in MA. The legislation includes a host of important measures such as regulating ghost guns and creating data dashboards to understand the impact of firearms in MA. Now the gun lobby is trying to repeal the law… 1/
Vote Yes: Protect MA Gun Safety Law in 2026
Vote Yes in 2026 to protect Massachusetts’ new gun safety laws… Keep communities safes
www.yesforasafema.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In 2024 I helped lead the advocacy for a comprehensive update to our gun safety laws in MA. The legislation includes a host of important measures such as regulating ghost guns and creating data dashboards to understand the impact of firearms in MA. Now the gun lobby is trying to repeal the law… 1/
Happy Sunday. I’ve got some reading to do.
It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Sunday. I’ve got some reading to do.
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easily @tante.cc's
@tante.cc I've read this post like 5 times over the last few days. so fucking good!
tante.cc/2025/04/15/t...
tante.cc/2025/04/15/t...
These are not the same
After sharing Ed Zitron’s latest piece called “OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry” I got a few responses arguing in a similar way: People agree that “AI” and especially “generative AI” is ...
tante.cc
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
easily @tante.cc's
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Mandatory
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Mandatory
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“Automating decisions gives power away.” I appreciated that and your other insights in this piece -
mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-decision...
mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-decision...
The Decision Not to Decide
Interfaces, and design of all kinds, exercise decision-making. Decision making is a form of power. What, then, is generative AI for design?
mail.cyberneticforests.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Automating decisions gives power away.” I appreciated that and your other insights in this piece -
mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-decision...
mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-decision...
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Oh, also this Tom Krell post on "AI psychosis" - so good!
howtodresswell.substack.com/p/i-guess-il...
howtodresswell.substack.com/p/i-guess-il...
i guess i'll weigh in on ai psychosis
i saw a tweet #1: AI psychosis, noopolitics, and the collapse of care: can we reckon as a global society with what can only be described as “a psychological and social disaster whose overriding conseq...
howtodresswell.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Oh, also this Tom Krell post on "AI psychosis" - so good!
howtodresswell.substack.com/p/i-guess-il...
howtodresswell.substack.com/p/i-guess-il...
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Yours on AI and neurodiversity! mail.cyberneticforests.com/untitled-2/
Colors and Numbers
I don't identify as neurodivergent, per se, though I’m what’s called a synesthete, which sounds like I am trying to be fancy. Synesthesia is a bit of a superpower – music seems to be much cooler for m...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yours on AI and neurodiversity! mail.cyberneticforests.com/untitled-2/
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I shared this reflection on slop with a bunch of folks. Feels like a tipping point of sorts. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
A Tool That Crushes Creativity
AI slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I shared this reflection on slop with a bunch of folks. Feels like a tipping point of sorts. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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I keep this bookmarked to share with anyone who’s on the fence.
Nobel laureates and AI developers call for ‘red lines’ on AI
Experts are calling for international agreements as the United Nations meets, but they face an uphill battle turning words into action
www.transformernews.ai
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I keep this bookmarked to share with anyone who’s on the fence.
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Hi Eryk, apologies for the shameless self-plug, but my research report outlining the harms that AI will inflict on learning in schools and other education institutions may be of interest:
www.smf.co.uk/publications...
www.smf.co.uk/publications...
EducAItion, educAItion, educAItion: Could Generative Artificial Intelligence pose a risk to educational standards? - Social Market Foundation.
Could Generative Artificial Intelligence pose a risk to educational standards? SMF Senior Fellow Tom Richmond explores.
www.smf.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hi Eryk, apologies for the shameless self-plug, but my research report outlining the harms that AI will inflict on learning in schools and other education institutions may be of interest:
www.smf.co.uk/publications...
www.smf.co.uk/publications...
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I think there are some reasonable criticisms of it, but I still found the "normal technology" paper a useful addition to the conversation. knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
AI as Normal Technology
knightcolumbia.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think there are some reasonable criticisms of it, but I still found the "normal technology" paper a useful addition to the conversation. knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...
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Thank you everyone for the recommendations! Bookmarked a bunch - winter holidays will entail lots of reading it seems ❄️
I recently shared this article with one of my students who’s toying with some AI agent-related research ideas:
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
I recently shared this article with one of my students who’s toying with some AI agent-related research ideas:
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Thank you everyone for the recommendations! Bookmarked a bunch - winter holidays will entail lots of reading it seems ❄️
I recently shared this article with one of my students who’s toying with some AI agent-related research ideas:
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
I recently shared this article with one of my students who’s toying with some AI agent-related research ideas:
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
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- This "n+1" editorial: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
- That Gareth Watkins piece that Olivier Jutel already posted.
- That Gareth Watkins piece that Olivier Jutel already posted.
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
- This "n+1" editorial: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
- That Gareth Watkins piece that Olivier Jutel already posted.
- That Gareth Watkins piece that Olivier Jutel already posted.
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Here’s a good look at some deep, long-term implications.
We wrote a book about AI, Class, and Capitalism!
*Why We Fear AI* argues that, fundamentally, AI is a tool of class war from above, a tool for surveillance, labor control, and wage depression. Get it from your local bookstore if you can!
A quick 🧵1/4
*Why We Fear AI* argues that, fundamentally, AI is a tool of class war from above, a tool for surveillance, labor control, and wage depression. Get it from your local bookstore if you can!
A quick 🧵1/4
Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares
On the Interpretation of Nightmares
bookshop.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Here’s a good look at some deep, long-term implications.
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Can't believe I forgot this paper (which I had a small part in) but credit to lead author @borhane.bsky.social for wrangling a very wide cast of experts to argue that "AGI" makes no sense as a goal for AI research and to come to a consensus on the reasons why not. arxiv.org/html/2502.03...
Stop treating ‘AGI’ as the north-star goal of AI research
arxiv.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Can't believe I forgot this paper (which I had a small part in) but credit to lead author @borhane.bsky.social for wrangling a very wide cast of experts to argue that "AGI" makes no sense as a goal for AI research and to come to a consensus on the reasons why not. arxiv.org/html/2502.03...