Clear and Bright
@clearandbright.bsky.social
an American wandering Paris + fleeing twitter + extremely leftist and a raging feminist + disabled + bisexuality as a revolution + #Wellesley #CovidConscious
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This piece from @youngmimayer.bsky.social had me in *shambles* youngmimayer.substack.com/p/soon-yi-pr...
soon yi previn our worthless daughter, you are so pretty i'm going to die
우리 쓸데없는 딸내미 이뻐죽겠내
youngmimayer.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This piece from @youngmimayer.bsky.social had me in *shambles* youngmimayer.substack.com/p/soon-yi-pr...
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How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
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…That "Generative AI" does not tell you the truth, that it doesn't give you facts, & that when its outputs conform to factual reality, it's by fucking happenstance. These systems are not all-in-1 answer production machines, they are collections of stats & regularities spat out via fucking dice rolls
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
…That "Generative AI" does not tell you the truth, that it doesn't give you facts, & that when its outputs conform to factual reality, it's by fucking happenstance. These systems are not all-in-1 answer production machines, they are collections of stats & regularities spat out via fucking dice rolls
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New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
The Art of Haunting
The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
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I keep talking about the SAVE act because its clearly a voter disenfranchisement bill.
And I focus a lot on how it will impact women who have been married because thats the largest demographic that is being targeted
And the pushback from republican men is wild af
And I focus a lot on how it will impact women who have been married because thats the largest demographic that is being targeted
And the pushback from republican men is wild af
February 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I keep talking about the SAVE act because its clearly a voter disenfranchisement bill.
And I focus a lot on how it will impact women who have been married because thats the largest demographic that is being targeted
And the pushback from republican men is wild af
And I focus a lot on how it will impact women who have been married because thats the largest demographic that is being targeted
And the pushback from republican men is wild af
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For #ValentinesDay, I'll be posting #HistoricalHearts. Let's start with this life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century. Photo: Alex Peck.
February 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
For #ValentinesDay, I'll be posting #HistoricalHearts. Let's start with this life-size papier-mâché heart by the French anatomist Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux from the 19th century. Photo: Alex Peck.
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There’s no consumer use case for this. This is just bullshit.
if you remember that facebook was started as a hot or not site built off of violating harvard's privacy policies, many of its actions and products of the last 20 years make sense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
There’s no consumer use case for this. This is just bullshit.
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"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
No you don't.
If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.
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Serious question: did all of the men have a group chat poll about ai this week or something?
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Serious question: did all of the men have a group chat poll about ai this week or something?
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less than 1$ a brother. at these prices, you can't afford not to buy
fyi mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's newest book is 94% off -- only $1.99 -- as an ebook!!!! #medievalsky
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Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe
The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe
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February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
less than 1$ a brother. at these prices, you can't afford not to buy
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Also it has been brought to my attention that I should tell people what I am doing in LOS ANGELES at VINOVORE EAGLE ROCK on FEBRUARY 14 from 1-4PM and the answer is READING FROM MY BOOK
Faking It
From Out of the Binders co-founder Lux Alptraum, a controversial look at women, sex, and lying -- why myths about women's deceit persist, how they came to b...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Also it has been brought to my attention that I should tell people what I am doing in LOS ANGELES at VINOVORE EAGLE ROCK on FEBRUARY 14 from 1-4PM and the answer is READING FROM MY BOOK
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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GenAI outputs a homogenized statistical average of all the stuff that was stolen to train it.
Think about what that does to the aesthetics of a person raised on it, imagine subversive and erotic and queer art made by a person who has only ever known Mcdonalds ads, muzak, and advertising copy.
Think about what that does to the aesthetics of a person raised on it, imagine subversive and erotic and queer art made by a person who has only ever known Mcdonalds ads, muzak, and advertising copy.
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
GenAI outputs a homogenized statistical average of all the stuff that was stolen to train it.
Think about what that does to the aesthetics of a person raised on it, imagine subversive and erotic and queer art made by a person who has only ever known Mcdonalds ads, muzak, and advertising copy.
Think about what that does to the aesthetics of a person raised on it, imagine subversive and erotic and queer art made by a person who has only ever known Mcdonalds ads, muzak, and advertising copy.
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I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
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JUST IMAGINE.
Imagine purchasing a gorgeous, matte Black (not joking btw) vehicle in good faith.
Imagine following every requirement asked of you- including purchasing the extended warranty recommended by the dealership, described confidently as "bumper to bumper" coverage
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
Imagine purchasing a gorgeous, matte Black (not joking btw) vehicle in good faith.
Imagine following every requirement asked of you- including purchasing the extended warranty recommended by the dealership, described confidently as "bumper to bumper" coverage
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Adoption is not social welfare. It is what happens because we *reject* social welfare—because we do *not* help those who need it most. Adoption is a *business*: the business of making affluent people into the parents of less fortunate people’s children.
February 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Adoption is not social welfare. It is what happens because we *reject* social welfare—because we do *not* help those who need it most. Adoption is a *business*: the business of making affluent people into the parents of less fortunate people’s children.
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And here's a wishlist to help Minneapolis make sure that community members get medical care.
Do you want to help Minneapolis out in a different way? Help set up some new street medics so that they can make sure community members are cared for at protests.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
And here's a wishlist to help Minneapolis make sure that community members get medical care.
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If you are looking at 100 whistles and thinking "I don't know that I could give that many away," one of our group members (who is incredibly involved at all levels) has written a guide for how to use whistles as a catalyst to talk to and organize your neighbors.
www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org/help
www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org/help
What to Do
So you want to get involved with the whistle movement.
www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
If you are looking at 100 whistles and thinking "I don't know that I could give that many away," one of our group members (who is incredibly involved at all levels) has written a guide for how to use whistles as a catalyst to talk to and organize your neighbors.
www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org/help
www.riotgrrrlrevolution.org/help
what. the. fuck.
this is gonna decimate sex ed etc communities online.
this is gonna decimate sex ed etc communities online.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
discord.com/press-releas...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
what. the. fuck.
this is gonna decimate sex ed etc communities online.
this is gonna decimate sex ed etc communities online.
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It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
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Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
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Generally speaking, the minute you see the word “Fabio” attached to an article about romance other than as history, you can throw the entire thing into the garbage. It’s a sneer, designed as communication from one person who thinks romance is stupid to another.
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Generally speaking, the minute you see the word “Fabio” attached to an article about romance other than as history, you can throw the entire thing into the garbage. It’s a sneer, designed as communication from one person who thinks romance is stupid to another.