Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž

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Science fiction writer. Chemist. Ally. Pay creatives. F$&k ICE. F$&@ gen AI. http://www.areidjohnson.com https://www.instagram.com/a.reidjohnsonauthor

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shut the fuck up meatball man

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Raise your hand if you are an Arab scientist. πŸ‘‹πŸ½ I say this with all the disrespect intended. Fuck you.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Honestly several things are depressing about ai but the two that stand out are the eagerness of people to outsource thought because cognitive effort is uncomfortable, and the casualness with which people use the shiny, easy thing knowing it's bad for climate change

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

Happy International Pronouns Day! Using the right pronouns is essential to respect people & can help trans people feel seen. Declaring pronouns can create a safe place & can avoid making assumptions. Remember, for some people, pronouns, like gender, aren’t fixed. #InternationalPronounsDay

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Since I’ve never once used Chatgpt or anything similar…easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Let me know where I need to sign up to shut down data centers please.

Sara β€œBlade” Reine@smreine.bsky.social

lol. Lmao, even.

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

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The Press Secretary served half a Scaramucci??? Well done, Katie…whatever your name was…

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

Welcome to #TransTuesday! There is NO ethical consumption of Harry Potter Not the books, movies, or tv show. Not licensed games or merch. Not fanfic. Not even pirated. EVERY bit keeps the franchise alive and enables JKR's transphobia If you truly care about trans people, you need to let it die

tillystranstuesdays.comTERFs, PART 3: NO ETHICAL CONSUMPTION OF HARRY POTTER - Tilly's Trans TuesdaysWelcome to Trans Tuesday! This is what it all comes down to, for trans people and the cis folks who actually care about us. Listen up, and show it to every cis person you know who does not get it. Her...

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Replying to @bcnjake.bsky.social

AI advocates talk about the need for β€œethical AI use,” but the fact that it’s all built on theft poisons the whole enterprise. It doesn’t matter how many ethical guardrails you put in place now; the whole thing is built on comical levels of theft. It’s fruit of the poison tree.

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative.

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GenAI is plunder, pass it on (a comic)

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

Asking my students whether helium is an isomer of dihydrogen and refusing to tell them what I think. #TheGiftOfWonder

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.

Hannah Vardit@hannahvardit.bsky.social

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, β€œhey man that’s not funny” or β€œwow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as β€œUnites States.”

Adam Reid Johnson πŸ”΅βŒπŸ‘‘β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€πŸ©΅πŸ©·πŸ–€πŸ€Ž reposted

2003: whatever you do, don't source your research from Wikipedia. 2026: Wikipedia is the safest online source to start general research from.