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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉
@pguist.bsky.social

If this new Pneumonic plague, not to be confused with the bubonic variety, that escaped the bio-lab in Shelekhov Russia a few days ago, starts to spread, this country better shut down ALL international travel, immediately! If not, our government should be held accountable. Quickly and harshly.

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Andy Diggle
@andydiggle.bsky.social

The man who saved the world.

Ed Maibach@maibached.bsky.social

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

sammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Beware, A Mad Wizard
@jhwilliams3.bsky.social

Want some collusion? At the UN on Ai weapon oversight, American and Russian diplomats stripped provisions requiring autonomous weapons to be predictable and reliable — Language removed mandating ethical review — Eliminated requirement for human review of Ai selected military targets before a strike

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Juliet E McKenna
@julietemckenna.bsky.social

Journalists need to stop describing these incidents in terms implying software has agency and intent. It does not. The people who created a faulty and dangerous product are the ones responsible for whatever happens, and must be held to account, with punitive financial penalties for damage done.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds

theguardian.comSharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research findsExclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and misalignment is worsening. Analysis of real-world loss of control incidents involving AI models flagged by businesses and individuals almost doubled in July compared with June, with more than 300 cases in the month, according to the Loss of Control Observatory, which monitors reports made by AI users on the social media platform X. Continue reading...

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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com

"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...

nytimes.comWhat Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
@theserfstv.bsky.social

This is unprecedented accelerationism towards complete climate destruction

Julia Levin@jflevin.bsky.social

1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...

environmentaldefence.caPM Carney proceeding at breakneck pace with West Coast Pipeline - Environmental DefenceStatement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing

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Derf Backderf
@derfbackderf.bsky.social

Harvey & Joyce's adopted daughter Danielle is trying to raise funds to deal with Pekar's raw archive; basically four storage lockers full of notes, outlines, ideas, etc. Note this is not Pekar's comics per se. Those rights have been tied up in court for years. Long, ugly story. Worth backing.

kickstarter.comHis Name was Harvey PekarSaving the legacy of Harvey Pekar:Urgent mission to rescue four full storage units of American Splendor history before its lost forever

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Francesco Francavilla
@ffrancavilla.bsky.social

Not just SAG-AFTRA members- I’d suggest everyone to do this if you haven’t already, specially you artists posting your art on the gram.

SAG-AFTRA@sagaftra.org

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

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Breanne 🇨🇦 💜🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸💜 - part Owner of Canada
@breannewieler.bsky.social

To be clear - Russia is deliberately fueling separatist rhetoric, just like in Donbas Ukraine. We have seen this playbook before. Be smart, Canada! Researchers described Russia's engagement with Alberta separatism as covert; it appears "doctrinal, operational and sustained".

bbc.comUS and Russia fuelling separatist debate in Canada, new report saysResearchers warn that foreign actors are meddling in the Alberta separatist movement in ways that threaten Canada’s "democratic integrity".

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Clover Press
@cloverpress.bsky.social

The Marvel Art of Mike Zeck is now on Kickstarter! The Marvel Art of Mike Zeck collects Zeck's most stunning, most action-packed, and most well-loved Marvel illustrations from Marvel titles like Captain America, Spider-Man, Punisher and more. Back now at: tinyurl.com/ZeckKickstar...

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Stephen R Bissette
@stephenrbissette.bsky.social

It's happening! S.R. BISSETTE'STYRANT® crowdfunder launched now, today—the FIRST 500 BACKERS who pledge for any edition of the book will receive a randomly selected signed art print from my personal archives!

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Sonja Drimmer
@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social

Pleased to be quoted here. This is the first request for a conversation I've accepted from a journalist who emailed me abt AI bc the journalist, Kathryn Palmer, didn't approach me as a stenographer for industry but instead to provide visibility for a movement.We had a great substantive conversation

Critical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue@criticalai-journal.bsky.social

Nice to see colleagues in college writing recognizing that gen AI in the classroom is neither inevitable nor necessarily beneficial--as the research increasingly shows, quite the reverse! www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...