Bertilla
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Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
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Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
This is NEW today. AOC sent this 11 am. Friday morning.
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
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Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
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Gov workers aren’t lazy—we’re the ones fixing broken tax records, tracking down missing payments, and helping people when they need it most. The system works because we do.
Read how one IRS worker spent 13 years making things right.
🔗 wethebuilders.org/posts/we-are-the-helpers
#WeArePublicService
Read how one IRS worker spent 13 years making things right.
🔗 wethebuilders.org/posts/we-are-the-helpers
#WeArePublicService
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Gov workers aren’t lazy—we’re the ones fixing broken tax records, tracking down missing payments, and helping people when they need it most. The system works because we do.
Read how one IRS worker spent 13 years making things right.
🔗 wethebuilders.org/posts/we-are-the-helpers
#WeArePublicService
Read how one IRS worker spent 13 years making things right.
🔗 wethebuilders.org/posts/we-are-the-helpers
#WeArePublicService
Agree. 💯
TSA Union Workers: You Should All Walk Off The Job
TSA Union Workers: You Should All Walk Off The Job
The union contract the TSA fought so hard for has just been declared null and void by the fed. You have to fight this and go on strike.
www.jalopnik.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Agree. 💯
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
Thank you for reporting the value of the IRS! We're not the bad guys. We make sure that everyone pays their fair share.
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Thank you for reporting the value of the IRS! We're not the bad guys. We make sure that everyone pays their fair share.
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
Every. Single. Entity.
Here is a hard truth.
The Government is not perfectly efficient. It has waste, it has fraud, it has abuse...
The same as virtually every single other entity, public or private, that exits.
A large majority of Federal workers continually work to improve things and make them more efficient...
The Government is not perfectly efficient. It has waste, it has fraud, it has abuse...
The same as virtually every single other entity, public or private, that exits.
A large majority of Federal workers continually work to improve things and make them more efficient...
March 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Every. Single. Entity.
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Really? Oregon Trail has entered the chat? 😵💫
You guys. As a member of the Oregon Trail generation, I just.
Dysentery cases on the rise in the Portland area: 40 new cases reported in January alone
Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.
www.usatoday.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Really? Oregon Trail has entered the chat? 😵💫
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ― Elie Wiesel
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ― Elie Wiesel
I'm already so tired.
I spent the weekend working on my 5 bullet points. I spent the last two weeks backfilling for my teammate who had been extraordinary since he joined last March! What else must I do.
What we can do.
I spent the weekend working on my 5 bullet points. I spent the last two weeks backfilling for my teammate who had been extraordinary since he joined last March! What else must I do.
What we can do.
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
February 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm already so tired.
I spent the weekend working on my 5 bullet points. I spent the last two weeks backfilling for my teammate who had been extraordinary since he joined last March! What else must I do.
What we can do.
I spent the weekend working on my 5 bullet points. I spent the last two weeks backfilling for my teammate who had been extraordinary since he joined last March! What else must I do.
What we can do.
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Some updated info from members of our coalition. Not organized by us, but @theonecalledjai.bsky.social and The People’s Union. We all have to amplify each others work to be successful ✊
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some updated info from members of our coalition. Not organized by us, but @theonecalledjai.bsky.social and The People’s Union. We all have to amplify each others work to be successful ✊
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Light morning jab.
February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Light morning jab.
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We can do this! February 28, 2025
February 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We can do this! February 28, 2025
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What the actual … at the end, 47 says “if you believe that, it’s ok with me.”
WHAT WAS THAT??!!
WHAT WAS THAT??!!
The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
February 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What the actual … at the end, 47 says “if you believe that, it’s ok with me.”
WHAT WAS THAT??!!
WHAT WAS THAT??!!
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So, uh, we definitely underestimated the $18M approx. waste for the OPM email... yikes.
We also had to have multiple meetings about it today. Well more than the “only 5 minutes” that Musk claimed.
February 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
So, uh, we definitely underestimated the $18M approx. waste for the OPM email... yikes.
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New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including:
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
February 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including:
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
February 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Hate to rehash this, but it’s important context for why federal workers got an OPM e-mail on Saturday demanding “five bullets” by Monday night.
Real leaders prepare their people for change.
Insincere leaders announce workplace policy changes *on the weekend* w/ less than one business day to enact.
Real leaders prepare their people for change.
Insincere leaders announce workplace policy changes *on the weekend* w/ less than one business day to enact.
Russell Vought: Trump’s office of management and budget head who wants federal workers to be ‘in trauma’
Russell Vought: Trump’s office of management and budget head who wants federal workers to be ‘in trauma’
The Christian nationalist expressed that the government should be brought to heel by a powerful executive branch
If federal employees are feeling traumatized right now, Russell Vought, the new head of the office of management and budget (OMB), probably…
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hate to rehash this, but it’s important context for why federal workers got an OPM e-mail on Saturday demanding “five bullets” by Monday night.
Real leaders prepare their people for change.
Insincere leaders announce workplace policy changes *on the weekend* w/ less than one business day to enact.
Real leaders prepare their people for change.
Insincere leaders announce workplace policy changes *on the weekend* w/ less than one business day to enact.
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THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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If everyone sets up an automated email to send one minute before the deadline this shit will get a whole lot funnier
February 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
If everyone sets up an automated email to send one minute before the deadline this shit will get a whole lot funnier
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When you respond with your 5 items, I highly recommend you send it with a read receipt.
This will both give you documentation and bog down their email.
Also, not sure what happens if you realize you have an error and send more than one or non-government emails respond….😉
This will both give you documentation and bog down their email.
Also, not sure what happens if you realize you have an error and send more than one or non-government emails respond….😉
February 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When you respond with your 5 items, I highly recommend you send it with a read receipt.
This will both give you documentation and bog down their email.
Also, not sure what happens if you realize you have an error and send more than one or non-government emails respond….😉
This will both give you documentation and bog down their email.
Also, not sure what happens if you realize you have an error and send more than one or non-government emails respond….😉