Jason B. Hirschhorn

byjbh.bsky.social

01 September 2026 18:47

There are a handful of people who have worked diligently to build the general sports ecosystem on Bluesky. One of those is @dennycarter.bsky.social, and he doesn't get enough credit for his efforts. Whether football is your sport or not, Denny has probably affected your enjoyment of the app.

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦

tryangregory.bsky.social

17 August 2026 04:14

Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.

Democracy Now!

democracynow.org

13 August 2026 13:54

"The internet represents hegemonic views. It does not represent [everybody] in the world." AI researcher Timnit Gebru untangles the deceptive nature of large language models like Chat-GPT, and explains how so-called "superintelligence" entrenches societal biases and inequality.

Robert Reich

rbreich.bsky.social

09 August 2026 02:32

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Pookleblinky

pookleblinky.bsky.social

25 July 2026 06:09

LLM's especially appeal to middle managers because their entire job consists of transferring meaningless bullshit from above to below and vice versa. They don't realize it literally makes them obsolete, because if they were able to think that they wouldn't be middle managers.