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Sylvia Wynter's Fireproof Pen🏳️‍⚧️ @bellamyj.blacksky.app · Sep 12
If I was a dick to you online in recent years then I apologize.

I didn't know or understand my own limitations but I'm getting a grasp on them. I allowed social media to shape my engagement with others in really unhealthy ways that made existing issues worse.

Not doing that anymore.
bellamyj.blacksky.app
Me:

My body for no reason:
a blurred image of a room with a window
Alt: Blurred gif of a room spinning.
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
@discord.com if you require me to use an ID or facial anything in any context ever I will absolutely delete my account and never use your software again.

This is a bad policy and doesn't keep people safe.
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 15h
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
Hey! You should avoid getting sick!

Now is not the time to end up at the doctor's office. Not while they're shoving AI into medical billing, approvals, and SURGERY.
histoftech.bsky.social jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 17h
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:12 AM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
Now is DEFINITELY not a time you want to get sick.

You should avoid it to the best of your ability.
baileymcc.bsky.social Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · Oct 6
Nothing makes me feel good like scrolling through multiple TikTok videos of medical school students going through their newly minted AI generated textbooks and making slideshows of all of the errors including completely made up muscles and tendons - can’t wait to age in this hellscape
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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baileymcc.bsky.social
Nothing makes me feel good like scrolling through multiple TikTok videos of medical school students going through their newly minted AI generated textbooks and making slideshows of all of the errors including completely made up muscles and tendons - can’t wait to age in this hellscape
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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histoftech.bsky.social
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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bsonblast.bsky.social
Today's quick update [Feb 9]:

- SAF drone strikes reported in several areas in Blue Nile State.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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sbvee.bsky.social
Morning walk… the low rising sun was catching these succulent leaves just so.

#bloomscrolling #succulents #photography #lookingforthebrightspots
Close up view of a green succulent with concentric petals radiating outward. The sunlight I shining in from the left and the facing green leaves reflect an almost metallic glow.
February 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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tumblesweed.bsky.social
I'm so sad to hear this, but also: what was the brief illness that caused the pulmonary embolism? There's one that specifically causes both the cancer she had and the thing that killed her.
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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itsbabs.bsky.social
this has come up in my life a few times this week so figured everyone may benefit from a reminder that the abbreviation z-i-o was popularized by david duke; you can surely make your point without vernacular coined by him and similarly hateful duke-types.

forward.com/news/377160/...
Anti-Semitism linked to “Zio” can be traced back to the late 1980s, according a 2006 Philologos column in Mosaic magazine, when a student at SUNY Binghamton scrawled “Zionazi racist” and “Kill Kikes” near the campus’ Jewish Student Union — on the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht. “Zio,” however, didn’t become a common anti-Semitic slur until Duke made it famous over the past decade. A search of Duke’s radio archives reveals that “Zio” has been used 359 times in episode descriptions since January 2012, with 17 mentions in 2017. A search of “Zio” on Duke’s website yields 264 pages of results since 2002. Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, Duke posted that “lead bullets are not murderers.The real murders are not the bullets, but the Bullies of the Zio Media …. Guns did not create the horror in that little school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. The Zio masters of the media did. They have devoured the real America. The masters of the media continue to take us down the path of human depravity.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
It's Black History Month! If you'd like to support a Black creator making critical public health content please support my work! There are so few Black podcasters and even fewer in science comms. Making "Public Health is Dead" is a lot of labour I do for free 💚💖💀
www.publichealthisdead.com/support
Support the Show — Public Health is Dead | Podcast
www.publichealthisdead.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
I present for your consideration: www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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itsbabs.bsky.social
so many respirators on olympians faces; just because you’re not a professional athlete doesn’t mean that you n those around you don’t have something worth protecting too.
Australian Winter Olympic athletes (in blue and highlighter green) wearing respirator masks as they board their bus to the Opening Ceremony. a group of american athletes all masking in respirators at a press conference.
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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itsbabs.bsky.social
yea why not start an article about the benefits of mitigation by undermining it
npr 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics Olympic COVID restrictions are gone, but some athletes are still self-quarantining February 9, 20268:02 AM ET By Nathaniel Herz [image: American cross-country skier Jessie Diggins is among the athletes quarantining themselves away from spouses during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP] For most people, if not everyone, the pandemic days of masking are behind us.
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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spicynocajun.bsky.social
Being insecure will block your blessings
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
If this is true then I promise you I don't need @discord.com bad enough to hand over any of this
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Catching #COVID is bad for your heart! I know several suffering heart damage now confirmed from COVID. Please consider wearing a respirator to protect your ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
As long as the Patriots lose I am satisfied.
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
Much like with Covid, I watch a whole lot of my supposedly progressive friends go blank eyed when I mention that his wife, his kids, and an entire plane crew agreed in depositions that he abused his family. Facts apparently do care about your entertainment.
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d
Brad Pitt really did just get away with being a domestic abuser scott free
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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melancholytheclown.bsky.social
I was raised to hate the Patriots and root for anyone playing against them, so even though I'm not watching the game that is what I will be doing in spirit
February 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
It's cold but I am enjoying putting on layers 😶‍🌫️
February 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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gayfabfourfan.bsky.social
“I thought Covid was “over.” Everyone told me it was! They proclaimed these the “post-Covid games. “Why are the athletes taking such “extreme” measures if the pandemic is no longer a cause for concern? Didn’t Biden tell us that Covid ended all the way back in 2022? Didn’t we all move on from this?”
"But Covid is over! Why are you wearing a mask?"
To my absolute surprise this week (and surely to most Olympic athletes’ and Covid-minimizers’ dismay), respirators made a return appearance at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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john-in-chicago.bsky.social
The Giant Amaryllis my sister gave me for Christmas. Needs no water! I might not kill it!

For your #bloomscrolling
Giant Amaryllis Tag on the Giant Amaryllis
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
bellamyj.blacksky.app
The best take I have heard so far about this J Cole album is that it's a J Cole album.

It's fine.
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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hazie.bsky.social
All of the appeals to reason in the form of ‘sick/dead workers can’t work’ re: covid/long covid don’t take into consideration that that is part of the plan.
You & yours are not only fungible but entirely expendable in the eyes of those in power.
#MaskUpFightBack
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM