Molly from the Creek
@mollyology.bsky.social
Sociologist. Minnesotan. Tired a lot.
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This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.
August 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.
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It would be funny if Satan actually hated everything about heavy metal. The loud music, the guitar solos, the fashion. But he got talked into the project so he had to go to endless meetings and listening sessions and he just wondered if this was all worth it.
September 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It would be funny if Satan actually hated everything about heavy metal. The loud music, the guitar solos, the fashion. But he got talked into the project so he had to go to endless meetings and listening sessions and he just wondered if this was all worth it.
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i need to know what happened
September 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
i need to know what happened
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i know this TIME cover might seem bleak but in my experience this means that AI won’t be allowed in the bathroom within 5-10 years
September 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
i know this TIME cover might seem bleak but in my experience this means that AI won’t be allowed in the bathroom within 5-10 years
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The struggle is real
September 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The struggle is real
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To put a finer point on it: he is right.
September 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
To put a finer point on it: he is right.
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Power to the people! ✊
September 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Power to the people! ✊
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I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims
September 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims
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I don’t even care how sweaty and gross I am, I’m not taking this hoodie off today. This is a protest hoodie.
September 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I don’t even care how sweaty and gross I am, I’m not taking this hoodie off today. This is a protest hoodie.
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Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
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This my favourite comment re the recipe
August 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This my favourite comment re the recipe
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Full text of Mark Carney’s speech yesterday. Here’s a line that few are reporting but that seems crucial: because the US no longer can make—or wants to make—credible commitments, it’s kneecapped its own ability to reach agreements.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
![Our government understood, before many, that America would transform all its commercial relationships. That it would put a series of tariffs on its closest allies and use
economic integration as a weapon. That its signature was
written in pencil. [Last sentence emphasized by poster.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozdrbxl62t6spw75ew3kgegn/bafkreigqyc4df5zcm2qs2udy2wpvnbdoavgqtkm6cyggdj7j72uozsf5gq)
August 23, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Full text of Mark Carney’s speech yesterday. Here’s a line that few are reporting but that seems crucial: because the US no longer can make—or wants to make—credible commitments, it’s kneecapped its own ability to reach agreements.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
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So we know AI helped a negligible number of students. But how many did it harm? I've crunched the raw data provided by the lead researcher, and what I've found is that ~9,500 students using AI studied less than even the *least* studious, non-AI using student.
This should shock the conscience.
This should shock the conscience.
August 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
So we know AI helped a negligible number of students. But how many did it harm? I've crunched the raw data provided by the lead researcher, and what I've found is that ~9,500 students using AI studied less than even the *least* studious, non-AI using student.
This should shock the conscience.
This should shock the conscience.
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EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
August 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
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Again it is insane that we have accepted masked secret police.
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday.
Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
August 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Again it is insane that we have accepted masked secret police.
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If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
August 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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Largely nonviolent movements have toppled many regimes, from Bangladesh last year to most of Eastern Europe in 1989 to... Lots documenting it, including Erica chenoweth.bsky.social's famous work and the Swarthmore archives on nonviolence. Weird how people still assume...
All im saying Jeff, is that holding up signs & peacefulness didnt get rid of bad people throughout history. Weve been trying here & it hasn't worked. Im not advocating for violence, just saying we need different tactics
August 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Largely nonviolent movements have toppled many regimes, from Bangladesh last year to most of Eastern Europe in 1989 to... Lots documenting it, including Erica chenoweth.bsky.social's famous work and the Swarthmore archives on nonviolence. Weird how people still assume...
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New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.
www.wired.com
August 8, 2026 at 10:04 AM
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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Over on Whatever today, I'm talking about "AI" and creativity and how, when it comes to learning creative skills, Generative "AI" is rather like the old "Guitar Hero" game, i.e., a really fun way not to actually learn how to do a creative thing:
whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/g...
whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/g...
Generative “AI”: The Guitar Hero of Creativity
So, you’re a person who has decided to embark on a creative journey of self-expression — to make art, in other words. First off, this is awesome! The universe needs more people making a…
whatever.scalzi.com
August 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Over on Whatever today, I'm talking about "AI" and creativity and how, when it comes to learning creative skills, Generative "AI" is rather like the old "Guitar Hero" game, i.e., a really fun way not to actually learn how to do a creative thing:
whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/g...
whatever.scalzi.com/2026/08/06/g...
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1 in 1,000.
1 in a million.
Can you picture the difference?
Most of us struggle to make sense of risk when it is presented as a statistic. Both just seem ‘rare’.
1 in a million.
Can you picture the difference?
Most of us struggle to make sense of risk when it is presented as a statistic. Both just seem ‘rare’.
August 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
1 in 1,000.
1 in a million.
Can you picture the difference?
Most of us struggle to make sense of risk when it is presented as a statistic. Both just seem ‘rare’.
1 in a million.
Can you picture the difference?
Most of us struggle to make sense of risk when it is presented as a statistic. Both just seem ‘rare’.
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1/ There’s an interesting disconnect in how we judge health risks online. Peptides are a great example of this. Why are some people skeptical of vaccines, but very trusting of peptides that often have less human evidence? Let’s unpack what might be going on here.
July 31, 2026 at 8:46 PM
1/ There’s an interesting disconnect in how we judge health risks online. Peptides are a great example of this. Why are some people skeptical of vaccines, but very trusting of peptides that often have less human evidence? Let’s unpack what might be going on here.
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Nature did a short piece on our preprint about how LLMs will affect the practice of science; my more detailed thread is below.
July 31, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Nature did a short piece on our preprint about how LLMs will affect the practice of science; my more detailed thread is below.