@betsythemuffin.bsky.social
Autodidactic to a fault, always. Nolite te bastardes carborundum. Technically not a Hugo Award winner.
Former software developer retraining in green (bio)chemistry. Techno-optimist; hopepunk. Towards partially automated luxury for all.
Former software developer retraining in green (bio)chemistry. Techno-optimist; hopepunk. Towards partially automated luxury for all.
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floor w/ 3- and 4-bedroom homes
this is how you get family-sized homes in urban environments
this is how you get family-sized homes in urban environments
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
floor w/ 3- and 4-bedroom homes
this is how you get family-sized homes in urban environments
this is how you get family-sized homes in urban environments
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their silence is defending in the face of monied interests after having such a long & storied record of specifically targeting consenting adult minority groups 🙈🙉🙊
![Snippet from the 01/26/2026 article titled "Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it" by Elizabeth Lopatto (lopatto.bsky.social).
"It’s a striking reversal. “The industry is no longer willing to self-regulate for something as universally agreed on as the most abhorrent thing out there,” which is CSAM, says Lana Swartz, the author of New Money: How Payment Became Social Media, of the inaction by Stripe and the credit card companies.
[OP HIGHLIGHTED SECTION] Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, and Discover did not return requests for comment. [/OP HIGHLIGHTED SECTION] The US Financial Coalition Against Child Sexual Exploitation — an industry group composed of payments processors, banks, and credit card companies — also did not return a request for comment. On its website, FCACSE brags that “As a result of its efforts, the use of credit cards to purchase child sexual abuse content online has been virtually eliminated globally.”
Except, of course, on X."
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867874/stripe-visa-mastercard-amex-csam-grok?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImdLZUlyaHNwS1UiLCJwIjoiL2FpLWFydGlmaWNpYWwtaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlLzg2Nzg3NC9zdHJpcGUtdmlzYS1tYXN0ZXJjYXJkLWFtZXgtY3NhbS1ncm9rIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5OTU0MTU4LCJpYXQiOjE3Njk1MjIxNTh9.7i8Ih6HbZoIg3Y9r7Y2uJ8RqmvxbkWAgqglPD9GmX4c&utm_medium=gift-link](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r5zm7hhfym4dd5ymmscwe3mi/bafkreicdtfakcsegfpm2cu3enexetp65pcraxzvuqpd63vnq3aptbt5rom@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
their silence is defending in the face of monied interests after having such a long & storied record of specifically targeting consenting adult minority groups 🙈🙉🙊
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I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general
I assume anyone who says this word is probably okay with the n-word, too. Or, more charitably, doesn’t understand why they shouldn’t say it just that saying it would get them in a lot of trouble.
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general
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he’s scared to fucking death of getting booed by the entire stadium on live television
President Donald Trump will not be attending Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., he said in an interview with the New York Post.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 AM
he’s scared to fucking death of getting booed by the entire stadium on live television
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I'm not celebrating Bovino going under the bus because I think it means this is over.
I'm celebrating that we've entered the Shitheads Going Under the Bus era.
God I'm so pumped to trip more of them under it.
I'm celebrating that we've entered the Shitheads Going Under the Bus era.
God I'm so pumped to trip more of them under it.
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I'm not celebrating Bovino going under the bus because I think it means this is over.
I'm celebrating that we've entered the Shitheads Going Under the Bus era.
God I'm so pumped to trip more of them under it.
I'm celebrating that we've entered the Shitheads Going Under the Bus era.
God I'm so pumped to trip more of them under it.
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It could take a generation to recover the talent lost from federal science.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 27, 2026 at 5:52 AM
It could take a generation to recover the talent lost from federal science.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
But it doesn't have to. We should be ready to scale up the Presidential Management Fellowship program to triple what it once was and rebuild U.S. capacity by 2030.
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"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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An enduring Truth about the modern wellness industry that I learn over and over again:
Everything always leads to a supplement shop.
Researching an alt-health trend or personality? If you haven't found the link to the supplement shop you're not done.
Everything always leads to a supplement shop.
Researching an alt-health trend or personality? If you haven't found the link to the supplement shop you're not done.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
An enduring Truth about the modern wellness industry that I learn over and over again:
Everything always leads to a supplement shop.
Researching an alt-health trend or personality? If you haven't found the link to the supplement shop you're not done.
Everything always leads to a supplement shop.
Researching an alt-health trend or personality? If you haven't found the link to the supplement shop you're not done.
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Civil Resistance is risky.
Some who take part will be injured. Some are (as we have seen) likely to die.
It works because the willingness to face that, and keep facing it, demonstrates a moral purpose which cannot be ignored.
It's why Quakers have a moral authority far greater than their numbers.
Some who take part will be injured. Some are (as we have seen) likely to die.
It works because the willingness to face that, and keep facing it, demonstrates a moral purpose which cannot be ignored.
It's why Quakers have a moral authority far greater than their numbers.
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Civil Resistance is risky.
Some who take part will be injured. Some are (as we have seen) likely to die.
It works because the willingness to face that, and keep facing it, demonstrates a moral purpose which cannot be ignored.
It's why Quakers have a moral authority far greater than their numbers.
Some who take part will be injured. Some are (as we have seen) likely to die.
It works because the willingness to face that, and keep facing it, demonstrates a moral purpose which cannot be ignored.
It's why Quakers have a moral authority far greater than their numbers.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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Yeah. For those afraid that there won't be the political will among elected Dems to deal with this problem because not everyone is saying the same words right now, take it from anonymous ICE people: "yeah we're doomed".
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Yeah. For those afraid that there won't be the political will among elected Dems to deal with this problem because not everyone is saying the same words right now, take it from anonymous ICE people: "yeah we're doomed".
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Chris Firger (American, b.1989)
"Trolley on Chestnut," 2025
Acrylic on panel
9 x 12 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Trolley on Chestnut," 2025
Acrylic on panel
9 x 12 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Chris Firger (American, b.1989)
"Trolley on Chestnut," 2025
Acrylic on panel
9 x 12 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Trolley on Chestnut," 2025
Acrylic on panel
9 x 12 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Signal will never message you like this.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.
DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.
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Who takes notes and does the dishes for the revolution is a political matter. Look around you at your organizing meetings. If women are always the ones keeping minutes, assign a man. If women are always volunteering to get shit going, assign some men.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Who takes notes and does the dishes for the revolution is a political matter. Look around you at your organizing meetings. If women are always the ones keeping minutes, assign a man. If women are always volunteering to get shit going, assign some men.
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
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ok good point. consider all but one other option
Grok might be worse, tbh
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 AM
ok good point. consider all but one other option
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don't really want to argue about the ethics of genAI overall right at the moment but if you're giving OpenAI in particular your money please consider literally any other option
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 AM
don't really want to argue about the ethics of genAI overall right at the moment but if you're giving OpenAI in particular your money please consider literally any other option
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Cities are good and we should celebrate them.
Unironically, I think we should do stuff like put the Hollywood sign or Times Square on things like American passports. Make the iconography of urban areas part of our civic religion, as revered and beloved as amber waves of grain.
Unironically, I think we should do stuff like put the Hollywood sign or Times Square on things like American passports. Make the iconography of urban areas part of our civic religion, as revered and beloved as amber waves of grain.
I hate how often people think / talk like "LA" (a place of tens of millions) isn't one of America's heartlands
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Cities are good and we should celebrate them.
Unironically, I think we should do stuff like put the Hollywood sign or Times Square on things like American passports. Make the iconography of urban areas part of our civic religion, as revered and beloved as amber waves of grain.
Unironically, I think we should do stuff like put the Hollywood sign or Times Square on things like American passports. Make the iconography of urban areas part of our civic religion, as revered and beloved as amber waves of grain.
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I cannot think of a better illustration of the utter collapse in talent accessible to the GOP than the fact that the ability to organize a potluck is considered dark sorcery that only someone backed by a dark money billionaire could perform.
B/c *they* can't pull it off w/o insane gobs of money.
B/c *they* can't pull it off w/o insane gobs of money.
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I cannot think of a better illustration of the utter collapse in talent accessible to the GOP than the fact that the ability to organize a potluck is considered dark sorcery that only someone backed by a dark money billionaire could perform.
B/c *they* can't pull it off w/o insane gobs of money.
B/c *they* can't pull it off w/o insane gobs of money.
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Someone *is* bankrolling this, and this sinister individual is best known under the alias of "Jill from the local PTA".
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Someone *is* bankrolling this, and this sinister individual is best known under the alias of "Jill from the local PTA".
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It also betrays a fundamental lack of understanding about sensible risk assessment in organizing.
There are some organizing activities that are so sensitive that yeah, have that conversation offline and put your phone in a Faraday bag.
AND there's some stuff you can do in an unvetted group chat.
There are some organizing activities that are so sensitive that yeah, have that conversation offline and put your phone in a Faraday bag.
AND there's some stuff you can do in an unvetted group chat.
I think it is *incredibly* irresponsible for someone like @stonekettle.bsky.social, with a huge following, to claim that Signal is just as insecure as texts or other public social media.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
It also betrays a fundamental lack of understanding about sensible risk assessment in organizing.
There are some organizing activities that are so sensitive that yeah, have that conversation offline and put your phone in a Faraday bag.
AND there's some stuff you can do in an unvetted group chat.
There are some organizing activities that are so sensitive that yeah, have that conversation offline and put your phone in a Faraday bag.
AND there's some stuff you can do in an unvetted group chat.
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In case you didn’t know, being undocumented in America is a less serious violation than Gonzo here’s trespace.
To use the vernacular, criminal trespass is a misdemeanor. Entering the US undocumented is akin to jaywalking, which is a civil violation with a fine.
FUCK ICE
FUCK TRUMP
To use the vernacular, criminal trespass is a misdemeanor. Entering the US undocumented is akin to jaywalking, which is a civil violation with a fine.
FUCK ICE
FUCK TRUMP
Behaviores Report: 85% goode, 5% trespaced on hellocobber shelve, 10% went behinde tVee twice
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
In case you didn’t know, being undocumented in America is a less serious violation than Gonzo here’s trespace.
To use the vernacular, criminal trespass is a misdemeanor. Entering the US undocumented is akin to jaywalking, which is a civil violation with a fine.
FUCK ICE
FUCK TRUMP
To use the vernacular, criminal trespass is a misdemeanor. Entering the US undocumented is akin to jaywalking, which is a civil violation with a fine.
FUCK ICE
FUCK TRUMP
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ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.