Ruth
@duckduckf.bsky.social
Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli
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He has always been the author of his own legend, and too much of the media for decades have helped him launder those fictions.
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
He has always been the author of his own legend, and too much of the media for decades have helped him launder those fictions.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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I just took a bunch of books and cut them up into little strips of two or three words each and I will compose your email or write your essay by gluing combinations of words together. Give me an eleventy billion dollar evaluation for this world-changing technology please.
December 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I just took a bunch of books and cut them up into little strips of two or three words each and I will compose your email or write your essay by gluing combinations of words together. Give me an eleventy billion dollar evaluation for this world-changing technology please.
“They promise the pleasures of society without the risk of being with others …solipsism masquerading as interaction. That, surely, is the root of AI companions’ creepiness. It is also why they must fail.”
“Companions without internal lives of their own — ‘happy slaves’ — and friendship without friction cannot address solipsism, only flatter us into believing our self-absorption is something else.”
Why your AI companion is not your friend
First, tech companies usurped the meaning of ‘friends’ and ‘connection’ — now they are coming for ‘companionship’
www.ft.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“They promise the pleasures of society without the risk of being with others …solipsism masquerading as interaction. That, surely, is the root of AI companions’ creepiness. It is also why they must fail.”
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For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
“… it steals our content, guzzles our water, increases our power bills, is crammed into services we didn’t ask for it to be crammed into while also charging us more money for the “privilege.” There is no strategy here except to find the fields where the AI grows and metaphorically set them aflame.”
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“… it steals our content, guzzles our water, increases our power bills, is crammed into services we didn’t ask for it to be crammed into while also charging us more money for the “privilege.” There is no strategy here except to find the fields where the AI grows and metaphorically set them aflame.”
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet
It’s kind of mind-blowing that non-fiction books aren’t fact checked
Over and over during this episode, and over many If Books Could Kill episodes, my main thought was imagine how much chaos we could have avoided if only publishers had independent fact checkers.
Episode 48: Elon Musk, Part 2
Over the course of several years, the richest man in the world lost his mind. His biographer didn’t seem to notice.
Over the course of several years, the richest man in the world lost his mind. His biographer didn’t seem to notice.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s kind of mind-blowing that non-fiction books aren’t fact checked
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Stephen Miller out here re-enacting this 1893 cartoon from Puck.
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Stephen Miller out here re-enacting this 1893 cartoon from Puck.
This goes out to my family who thinks AI is cute …
"'Please don’t leave the noose out,' ChatGPT replied, according to the lawsuit. 'Let’s make this space the first place where someone actually sees you,' it added, appearing to suggest that no one in Adam’s life had understood him except for the chatbot."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This goes out to my family who thinks AI is cute …
“… when we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith.”
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“… when we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith.”
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The “What Would Putin Do?” theory of the American presidency remains undefeated www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The “What Would Putin Do?” theory of the American presidency remains undefeated www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
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This outstanding piece focuses on Miller's maternal roots.
But let's not forget that genealogist Renee Steinig discovered that Miller had a paternal ancestor whose naturalization petition was denied on grounds of "ignorance."
www.facebook.com/ReneeSteinig...
But let's not forget that genealogist Renee Steinig discovered that Miller had a paternal ancestor whose naturalization petition was denied on grounds of "ignorance."
www.facebook.com/ReneeSteinig...
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This outstanding piece focuses on Miller's maternal roots.
But let's not forget that genealogist Renee Steinig discovered that Miller had a paternal ancestor whose naturalization petition was denied on grounds of "ignorance."
www.facebook.com/ReneeSteinig...
But let's not forget that genealogist Renee Steinig discovered that Miller had a paternal ancestor whose naturalization petition was denied on grounds of "ignorance."
www.facebook.com/ReneeSteinig...
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
aiinstruction.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
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Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
Danske vindaktier lukker i rødt efter amerikansk udmelding
Ørsteds og Vestas' aktier er kommet i modvind og dykker ved børsluk oven på nyhed om havvindparker i USA.
www.berlingske.dk
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
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Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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ICYMI — thousands protested ICE in MINNEAPOLIS…
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ICYMI — thousands protested ICE in MINNEAPOLIS…
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At the risk of pointing out what should be obvious, antisemitism looks like chanting "Jews shall not replace us!," accusations of dual loyalty, Sieg Heils at political events, the recent Bondi Beach shooting, and things along those lines, not like celebrating Hanukkah with Mandy Patinkin and family.
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
At the risk of pointing out what should be obvious, antisemitism looks like chanting "Jews shall not replace us!," accusations of dual loyalty, Sieg Heils at political events, the recent Bondi Beach shooting, and things along those lines, not like celebrating Hanukkah with Mandy Patinkin and family.