@blakestacey.myatproto.social
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Shameful that our 80+% Democratic House of Representatives is trying to gut our state's climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals - CommonWealth Beacon
The plan reverberating around Beacon Hill, as first reported by CommonWealth Beacon last week, is sure to put lawmakers in a politically difficult position and test their willingness to defend the cli...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Shameful that our 80+% Democratic House of Representatives is trying to gut our state's climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
@nefac.bsky.social I just sent your Executive Director an e-mail per the instructions on your website's contact page. I hope it got through.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@nefac.bsky.social I just sent your Executive Director an e-mail per the instructions on your website's contact page. I hope it got through.
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Could you imagine being so "alpha" that you're salivating at the prospect government telling you what you can and can't watch?
I guess "Choke me daddy" is what conservatives say to politicians controlling access to the internet.
I guess "Choke me daddy" is what conservatives say to politicians controlling access to the internet.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Could you imagine being so "alpha" that you're salivating at the prospect government telling you what you can and can't watch?
I guess "Choke me daddy" is what conservatives say to politicians controlling access to the internet.
I guess "Choke me daddy" is what conservatives say to politicians controlling access to the internet.
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
This darn thing is almost entirely written, and I can't find counsel to finalize the process.
Is anyone other than @techfreedom.org filing an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Meta (SJC-13747)? It looks like there's 1 week before the deadline. As a MA resident, I'd cosign a brief urging the Court not to create a regulatory regime that Meta can survive but small sites can't
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This darn thing is almost entirely written, and I can't find counsel to finalize the process.
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#stopS209 #savespeech #DONOTCOMPLY
CANADIANS! Your Senate Committee is being poisoned by Australia, UK, & Germany's eSafety fatalists into considering S209, a KOSA-like bill
Call your Reps. Tell them to vote NO on it: www.campaignlifecoalition.com/contact-cana...
S209: www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
CANADIANS! Your Senate Committee is being poisoned by Australia, UK, & Germany's eSafety fatalists into considering S209, a KOSA-like bill
Call your Reps. Tell them to vote NO on it: www.campaignlifecoalition.com/contact-cana...
S209: www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
Contact Canada's Senators
www.campaignlifecoalition.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#stopS209 #savespeech #DONOTCOMPLY
CANADIANS! Your Senate Committee is being poisoned by Australia, UK, & Germany's eSafety fatalists into considering S209, a KOSA-like bill
Call your Reps. Tell them to vote NO on it: www.campaignlifecoalition.com/contact-cana...
S209: www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
CANADIANS! Your Senate Committee is being poisoned by Australia, UK, & Germany's eSafety fatalists into considering S209, a KOSA-like bill
Call your Reps. Tell them to vote NO on it: www.campaignlifecoalition.com/contact-cana...
S209: www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...
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Another week of calling begins. Be sure to also include Sammy’s Law – H.R.2657, App Store Accountability Act – S.1586, and Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act – S.836 in your calls.
For Wisconsin users, also call your state Senators about the VPN Ban Bill SB-130 /AB-105.
For Wisconsin users, also call your state Senators about the VPN Ban Bill SB-130 /AB-105.
#SaveSpeech
KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total
You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP
The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Please call DAILY
KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total
You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP
The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Please call DAILY
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Another week of calling begins. Be sure to also include Sammy’s Law – H.R.2657, App Store Accountability Act – S.1586, and Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act – S.836 in your calls.
For Wisconsin users, also call your state Senators about the VPN Ban Bill SB-130 /AB-105.
For Wisconsin users, also call your state Senators about the VPN Ban Bill SB-130 /AB-105.
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The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology — Assigned
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology
www.assignedmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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For those who do not do PHP software development: the arrow points to an annotation which ChatGPT said according to prompt is not to be used. It also points to a code segment which is pure nonsense. It's not merely not doing what it should, it's pure nonsense, PHP will abort with a syntax error.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For those who do not do PHP software development: the arrow points to an annotation which ChatGPT said according to prompt is not to be used. It also points to a code segment which is pure nonsense. It's not merely not doing what it should, it's pure nonsense, PHP will abort with a syntax error.
@techfreedom.org Check your email! :-)
OK, because I was stuck inside due to crummy weather, I wrote 2200 words of amicus brief.
@fightforthefuture.org
@eff.org
@cdt.org
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
@jmiers230.bsky.social
@fightforthefuture.org
@eff.org
@cdt.org
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
@jmiers230.bsky.social
Is anyone other than @techfreedom.org filing an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Meta (SJC-13747)? It looks like there's 1 week before the deadline. As a MA resident, I'd cosign a brief urging the Court not to create a regulatory regime that Meta can survive but small sites can't
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@techfreedom.org Check your email! :-)
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"I'm so, so tired of ads for Ozempic, Viagra, and AI garbage, please give me something else"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"I'm so, so tired of ads for Ozempic, Viagra, and AI garbage, please give me something else"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
A finger on the monkey's paw curls
"Draft Kings is your number one destination for every sport!"
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Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
"You ever get to thinking about the end-credits alter egos of Daria characters, misremember the Cenobite Priest drawing as having been of Jane instead of Trent, and have a whole story just unfold for you? No, then, that's only me? Well."
archiveofourown.org/works/609779...
archiveofourown.org/works/609779...
The Hellbound Brain - Blake C Stacey (BlakeStacey) - Daria (Cartoon) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"You ever get to thinking about the end-credits alter egos of Daria characters, misremember the Cenobite Priest drawing as having been of Jane instead of Trent, and have a whole story just unfold for you? No, then, that's only me? Well."
archiveofourown.org/works/609779...
archiveofourown.org/works/609779...
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#BOSTON: Queer & trans youth, parents & orgs will testify at the Boston City Council hearing on Protecting Life-Saving Online Resources for Marginalized Communities in response to censorship bills like KOSA & attacks on Section 230.
RSVP: FFTF.Link/BostonHearing
#LGBTQ #KOSA #Section230
RSVP: FFTF.Link/BostonHearing
#LGBTQ #KOSA #Section230
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#BOSTON: Queer & trans youth, parents & orgs will testify at the Boston City Council hearing on Protecting Life-Saving Online Resources for Marginalized Communities in response to censorship bills like KOSA & attacks on Section 230.
RSVP: FFTF.Link/BostonHearing
#LGBTQ #KOSA #Section230
RSVP: FFTF.Link/BostonHearing
#LGBTQ #KOSA #Section230
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How much lead do you have to ingest to think you can sell voters on your victory of creating new convoluted HSAs to replace (and, likely, be less than) what used to be a couple button clicks on the ACA marketplace website? Nobody asked for this and nobody will like it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
How much lead do you have to ingest to think you can sell voters on your victory of creating new convoluted HSAs to replace (and, likely, be less than) what used to be a couple button clicks on the ACA marketplace website? Nobody asked for this and nobody will like it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
OK, because I was stuck inside due to crummy weather, I wrote 2200 words of amicus brief.
@fightforthefuture.org
@eff.org
@cdt.org
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
@jmiers230.bsky.social
@fightforthefuture.org
@eff.org
@cdt.org
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
@jmiers230.bsky.social
Is anyone other than @techfreedom.org filing an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Meta (SJC-13747)? It looks like there's 1 week before the deadline. As a MA resident, I'd cosign a brief urging the Court not to create a regulatory regime that Meta can survive but small sites can't
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
OK, because I was stuck inside due to crummy weather, I wrote 2200 words of amicus brief.
@fightforthefuture.org
@eff.org
@cdt.org
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
@jmiers230.bsky.social
@fightforthefuture.org
@eff.org
@cdt.org
@ericgoldman.bsky.social
@jmiers230.bsky.social
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🙊
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🙊
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An older lady at this hotel just mistook me for the pool’s towel girl. I AM standing near the towels. I am also soaking wet, wearing a wetsuit, standing next to a surfboard, and guzzling water. I handed her a towel & then asked where my tip is. She laughed & wandered off.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
An older lady at this hotel just mistook me for the pool’s towel girl. I AM standing near the towels. I am also soaking wet, wearing a wetsuit, standing next to a surfboard, and guzzling water. I handed her a towel & then asked where my tip is. She laughed & wandered off.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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Meanwhile, my school is actually ENCOURAGING us to use it. They want me to use it for lesson planning. They want me to use it for WRITING NARRATIVE COMMENTS on report cards! How insulting that I would use the cheatbot because I can't reflect on my students' progress and provide individual feedback.
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Meanwhile, my school is actually ENCOURAGING us to use it. They want me to use it for lesson planning. They want me to use it for WRITING NARRATIVE COMMENTS on report cards! How insulting that I would use the cheatbot because I can't reflect on my students' progress and provide individual feedback.
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I know this is an "old man yells at cloud" moment, but compared to the work I was getting a few years ago, my students are producing mush, and their ability to apply facts to new problems is much worse. Even with search engines, you had to actually process the info. I want out.
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I know this is an "old man yells at cloud" moment, but compared to the work I was getting a few years ago, my students are producing mush, and their ability to apply facts to new problems is much worse. Even with search engines, you had to actually process the info. I want out.