forcing AI developers to move past "generative AI is for replacing people" is good actually
forcing AI developers to move past "generative AI is for replacing people" is good actually
More of THIS!
This is ESSENTIAL!
@mayor.nyc.gov
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Jennifer @JenYetAgain@beige.party in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US. Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM Boosted by 968: Favourited by 1324:
mom theyโre roasting the US economy on mastodon again
Hey, just make art instead, man.
Digital artwork with a square aspect ratio. It features six highly stylized lionesses in a pride circling a slain male lion. The male is shown from top-down view while the females are shown from a side view. The lionesses have mandala patterns in their fur. The dead male lion appears skinny and old. The style is similar to a vintage print on textured paper. The color themes are gold and red. The bottom right contains the artist's signature and the the word "yong-gi" which is a Korean word for courage.
I feel a strange need to repost this art. Sometimes art needs reposting y'know? Like this art. Did you know lionesses sometimes take out their males when the pride is under intense pressure? Apparently bees, ants, & termites do this too. #art
Available as a print! www.inprnt.com/gallery/pala...
Looking for one myself and I found it
gofund.me/28925aa7f
New ๐ง art incoming - Finishing my latest this afternoon.
Meanwhileโฆ
I made this mosaic a few years ago, but applies today more than ever. #GoodTrouble
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Ian McKellen performs โThe Strangersโ Caseโ speech from โSir Thomas Moreโ on Colbert.
David Bowie as Philip Jeffries from fire walk with me
Me in June 2024 trying to tell everyone that OpenAI was going to run out of money
I'm not very online (anymore, thank fuck) but I give BSKY a cursory look (as a Mpls local). I was taken aback by the snide comments/subtweets/etc. about you. _That's_ what sticks out as weird to me, rather than anything you've posted. _If I were more online I'd understand_ <-- that's the problem
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
Bold text reading 'CANCEL CHATGPT EDU.' with a red banner stating 'INVEST IN HUMANS' over a dark board background.
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.
linktr.ee/twincitieste...
A digital art drawing with a cat in three different modes with accompanying text: "rest, regulate, resistโ. Inspired by the political situation that has been unfolding in the US - protests, murders of civilians in the streets by ICE/CBP agents, and the rising fascism thatโs been taking hold here. Itโs a lot to process. Thereโs a lot of important news happening, and the term โdoomscrollingโ feels trivializing in the face of a situation that is unfolding on peopleโs doorsteps right now. Yes, itโs very important to stay aware and informed. BUT - itโs also important to be aware of the impact that prolonged acute stress can have on the nervous system. Itโs a health hazard in itself, and can result in long term heath problems, including chronic illnesses such as me/cfs. (Ask me how I knowโฆ ๐) So, itโs absolutely crucial during this time to take care of yourself and, as much as possible, not get fully swept away in the stress of current events, as scary, nerve-wracking, infuriating, dangerous, and immediate as they are. Self care is not selfish. We need you at your best. #art #illustration #politics #protest #minnesota #minneapolis #iceout
Recharge. Stay hydrated. Eat a healthy snack. Breathe. Embrace moments of joy wherever you can find them.
Prolonged stress can have long term health consequences. Self care is not selfish - itโs empowering.
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Minneapolis, when the whistles blew.
Drawing of the 5-year old captured by ICE in Minnesota with the quote: โThe children are always ours, every single one of themโ -James Baldwin
#Minnesota
I sang the whole thing in my head to the melody of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ๐
THANK YOU for coming out to see us!
๐Our country was violently attacked just over five years ago, and America deserves to finally hear and see the "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" and "powerful evidence" Jack Smith obtained against the traitor who perpetrated this homegrown terror, Donald J. Trump.
On Jan. 22 they will.
Lee Sangsoo | South Korea, b. 1983
Siamese Cat, undated
Resin sculpture
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Iberian Lynx Cat by #artist BORDALO II. Made of plastic waste in Lisbon, Portugal.
#sculptor #art
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In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
YUP. Check out this essay on the theme: shalashashka.substack.com/p/the-archit...
An infographic titled โHow To Write Alt Textโ featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads โA capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybaraโs head.โ Credit to Puzzle agency, original information from Veronica With Four Eyes and veroniiiica dot com
Iโm glad so many people have found my โcapybara methodโ for how to write alt text and image descriptions helpful! However, I know conflicting access needs exist and not everyone can write their own #AltText, so hereโs an ongoing thread of tools that can help. Inclusion in thread โ endorsement
I just saw someone yell โtheyโre just using it to generate ideas!โ
And
I hate to say it
But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleaguesโ work to give you ideas
Quit.