by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread #KirbyFraming

Printing this out and sending it to every library worker all in on genAI

me? oh yeah, fine. I'm doing great. just sort of left my body for a second to observe the current moment and my place in it from a high angle, sort of like what I imagine you'd see from a spy satellite? but one that can look through time? but yeah, I'll have that report done by the end of the day

for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence hope that helps

Those literal children have more spine than the entirety of elected politicians, from village to federal level.

Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.

A nurse. A 37-year-old man who devoted his time to healing the sick and the injured, who came outside in the cold to protect his neighbors, gunned down in the street by bloodthirsty blackshirts

Question: what do AI companies claim that image models are for? (As opposed to the slop, porn and fascist aesthetics they are actually used for...)

"it’s unclear when or whether Liam will be able to return for his stuffed turtle, his hat, and his W worksheet" sahanjournal.com/education/ic...

One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong: www.404media.co/ices-facial-...

“is this… a yassified jason?” — @tjneer.bsky.social, on seeing Jason X

With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.

Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.

A note from your friendly neighborhood librarian: you are not doing research when you use ChatGPT.

The second hour (11 am - noon) of today's All Sides with Amy Juravich on WOSU will look at union organizing in Central Ohio. Guests will include organizing committee members from Columbus Metropolitan Library United and @dispatchnewsguild.bsky.social Listen live on the radio or on WOSU's website!

This is what happens when libraries partner with/rely on for-profit tech companies. When I posted fantasizing about libraries having police-sized budgets, it means libraries could afford to develop their own open source software and not rely on AI slop machines.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

With the transformative power of generative AI, anyone can commit atrocities at scale. It’s not just autocomplete—it’s being an absolutely vile piece of subhuman filth as a service.

it’s amazing how being a woman shaped object magically transforms factual information into “your views”

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

I can’t bear this

This is the most damning part. ICE shot a young mother. They refused to allow immediate medical assistance for 15 MINUTES. Their cars blocked EMS from the scene. When they shoot you, they want you to bleed out. Sick freaks.

“I became a hater by doing precisely those things AI cannot do: reading and understanding human language; thinking and reasoning about ideas; considering the meaning of my words and their context; loving people, making art, living in my body with its flaws and feelings and life.”

thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"

Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.

i think it’s cool that there’s like 9 different twilight zone episodes about how gambling is addictive and ruins your life

My dear friend Sama'a and her family need all the help we can give. Please consider donating to help her secure food and shelter. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily

2025 recap— - returned to work - beat leukemia - threw a really fun remission birthday party - performed in 3 concerts with CGMC - marched on the boss pretty okay, overall

Him retiring when he did and in this way is still one of my big "this is how to grow up to have integrity" memories and models <3 🐯🛷

So, librarians, do you have a contingency plan for when these goons enter your facility? You might not be able to block access to a public building, but how are you alerting your patrons? Do you have a plan to get them out safely? Because you should.

If you’re looking to ground yourself in a topic with fact-based research, librarians are still your best friends. “There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.” nautil.us/viva-la-libr... #libraries #skybrarians #publibs

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

This strikes me as just a way to let LLM in the door over at SFWA. You do not a survey to craft a no generative AI policy.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

a racehorse named Chat Are We Cooked

I do.

the way people talk about AI is like it's a stalker you ought to be nicer to

being friends with a straight guy is wild— here i am winding down at night by listening to a 3.5 history of a baseball team i didn’t even know the name prior to tonight

Guess i'll post this again

You don't say..... @smartbitches.bsky.social mashable.com/article/how-...

@propublica.org how does using technology built on exploited labor to undermine & replace your workers align with your stated mission? who does this serve? how can you expose the abuse and betrayal of the powerful by embracing the technology they’re forcing on us?

2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.

“Inside a downtown Columbus church on Dec. 18, more than 160 people will be recognized. Their names will be read aloud, a bell rung in each person's honor. They are people who have died in Columbus in 2025 while experiencing homelessness.” www.dispatch.com/story/news/h...

A big congratulations to the workers at Columbus Metropolitan Library for officially starting their union election process today! Having a voice in the workplace will help ensure safe staffing levels, a say in library policies and stronger libraries for their community. bsky.app/profile/oftu...

“There are so many aspects of our work that our staff care about and want to improve, and we haven’t been able to without that collective voice. … We have to hold strong and remember this union is for us, and we are doing this to equalize the power.” matternews.org/community/be...

Workers at @columbuslibrary.bsky.social are forming a union because: “‘Open To All’ means ‘All’. We organize because we all believe in this message and we love the work we do." — Sabrina, Materials Services Associate, Whetstone Branch Take action

"To be clear, the movement to ban books has never been about protecting our children. It’s about censorship, and about controlling ... young people..." Bingo! time.com/7341120/book...