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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I'll be live with Sabrina Baeta of PEN America for a Red, Wine and Blue event 2/19. We're talking the trends in book censorship and where/how you can get involved in pushing back right now.
Register for the free event here --> go.redwine.blue/0219tt-bookr...
Register for the free event here --> go.redwine.blue/0219tt-bookr...
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Book bans aren’t slowing down — they’re evolving with a sneakier strategy that often flies under the radar. Join us as we discuss the newest trends and tactics driving today’s book bans and how commun...
go.redwine.blue
February 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I'll be live with Sabrina Baeta of PEN America for a Red, Wine and Blue event 2/19. We're talking the trends in book censorship and where/how you can get involved in pushing back right now.
Register for the free event here --> go.redwine.blue/0219tt-bookr...
Register for the free event here --> go.redwine.blue/0219tt-bookr...
Amazing!
February 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Amazing!
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This story is in PA, but this is exactly what the 287(g) collaboration agreement between the Massachusetts DOC and ICE does.
@massgovernor.bsky.social needs to terminate it and stop doing ICE's bidding.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
@massgovernor.bsky.social needs to terminate it and stop doing ICE's bidding.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pennsylvania man cleared after 43 years in prison for murder denied bail during deportation fight
Subramanyam Vedam's attorney argued that he would have most likely been spared deportation and become a citizen if not for the murder case, given immigration laws at the time.
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:28 AM
This story is in PA, but this is exactly what the 287(g) collaboration agreement between the Massachusetts DOC and ICE does.
@massgovernor.bsky.social needs to terminate it and stop doing ICE's bidding.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
@massgovernor.bsky.social needs to terminate it and stop doing ICE's bidding.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Librarian here. We grant library cards to ALL residents, no matter their age or legal status. Our ID requirements pertain to establishing residency only. Do not invoke libraries, which embrace *everyone* in its civic fold, as a precedent for measures designed to *suppress* civic participation.
Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."
February 19, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Librarian here. We grant library cards to ALL residents, no matter their age or legal status. Our ID requirements pertain to establishing residency only. Do not invoke libraries, which embrace *everyone* in its civic fold, as a precedent for measures designed to *suppress* civic participation.
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Start calling them The Trump Files.
February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Start calling them The Trump Files.
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Minneapolis is still occupied even if national media has looked away. Moon Palace is still running a book drive for Spanish language books. Help out by buying a few. (And skipping the coupon)
Moon Palace Books
Your neighborhood independent bookstore located in south Minneapolis. Selling new and used books since 2012.
share.google
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Minneapolis is still occupied even if national media has looked away. Moon Palace is still running a book drive for Spanish language books. Help out by buying a few. (And skipping the coupon)
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"Meta is preparing to spend $65 M this year to boost state politicians who are friendly to the AI industry...To do that, Meta is quietly starting two new super PACs... The new PACs join two others already started by Meta, one of which is focused on California" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
"Meta is preparing to spend $65 M this year to boost state politicians who are friendly to the AI industry...To do that, Meta is quietly starting two new super PACs... The new PACs join two others already started by Meta, one of which is focused on California" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
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Hey so Grammarly is now basically Search Party / Ring cameras for education, enabling large-scale surveillance of both users (students) and educators alike
February 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Hey so Grammarly is now basically Search Party / Ring cameras for education, enabling large-scale surveillance of both users (students) and educators alike
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Waiters, cooks, dishwashers, bartenders are calling on the hospitality industry to stop letting ICE into their restaurants. The kidnapping of their coworkers is unbearable, and they're demanding that a powerful industry trade group in Minnesota take meaningful action to stop it. By Isabela Escalona.
Waiters, Cooks, and Bartenders Are Calling on Hospitality Industry to Ban ICE From Minnesota Restaurants - Workday Magazine
On February 13, restaurant workers rallied outside the Hospitality Minnesota building in downtown Minneapolis to deliver a Valentine’s Day card asking industry leaders to ban ICE from restaurants. The...
workdaymagazine.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Waiters, cooks, dishwashers, bartenders are calling on the hospitality industry to stop letting ICE into their restaurants. The kidnapping of their coworkers is unbearable, and they're demanding that a powerful industry trade group in Minnesota take meaningful action to stop it. By Isabela Escalona.
This is a perfect illustration of how no, ChatGPT does not “think”
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This is a perfect illustration of how no, ChatGPT does not “think”
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Seeing guys claim that AI is *already* intelligent and capable of original thought really gives the game away. It’s not about waiting for the technology to miraculously become better, it’s about convincing you it’s something that it’s not
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Seeing guys claim that AI is *already* intelligent and capable of original thought really gives the game away. It’s not about waiting for the technology to miraculously become better, it’s about convincing you it’s something that it’s not
Why are people still buying from Amazon? No, it’s not not an impossible task to stop
Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla collectively received $51 billion in tax breaks, thanks to the Trump and GOP corporate tax cuts signed into law last year.
Together they effectively paid a federal tax rate of 4.9%, according to @itep.org.
itep.org/trump-meta-t...
Together they effectively paid a federal tax rate of 4.9%, according to @itep.org.
itep.org/trump-meta-t...
Four Big Tech Companies Avoid $51 Billion in Taxes in Wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Four of the corporations whose CEOs flanked President Trump at his 2025 inauguration ceremony have now disclosed that they collectively received $51 billion in federal tax breaks in 2025, much of that...
itep.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Why are people still buying from Amazon? No, it’s not not an impossible task to stop
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I’ve been to data centers, as part of my work.
Notice that I don’t say I worked in a data center.
Data centers aren’t places people work. They’re places computers work and it’s really important that almost no one has access.
No town should be tricked into subsidizing data centers for “jobs”.
Notice that I don’t say I worked in a data center.
Data centers aren’t places people work. They’re places computers work and it’s really important that almost no one has access.
No town should be tricked into subsidizing data centers for “jobs”.
February 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I’ve been to data centers, as part of my work.
Notice that I don’t say I worked in a data center.
Data centers aren’t places people work. They’re places computers work and it’s really important that almost no one has access.
No town should be tricked into subsidizing data centers for “jobs”.
Notice that I don’t say I worked in a data center.
Data centers aren’t places people work. They’re places computers work and it’s really important that almost no one has access.
No town should be tricked into subsidizing data centers for “jobs”.
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New: Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes, but Democrats could still block it
The SAVE America Act has passed the House and enjoys President Trump's support, meaning the Senate's 60-vote threshold is the only thing standing in the way of it becoming law.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
New: Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.
House passed it.
Trump supports it.
The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Thermal images captured by Floodlight and analyzed by multiple experts show more than a dozen unpermitted turbines still spewing pollutants at the xAI plant in Southaven, Mississippi.
‘A Different Set of Rules’: Drone Footage Shows AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Act
A Floodlight visual investigation reports that the xAI gas plant in Southaven, Mississippi, continues to use unpermitted gas turbines.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Thermal images captured by Floodlight and analyzed by multiple experts show more than a dozen unpermitted turbines still spewing pollutants at the xAI plant in Southaven, Mississippi.
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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NOW in Minneapolis: About a thousand are gathered at Stewart Park for a rally and march. The Day Out For Democracy March is organized by Minnesota AFL-CIO.
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
NOW in Minneapolis: About a thousand are gathered at Stewart Park for a rally and march. The Day Out For Democracy March is organized by Minnesota AFL-CIO.
Hey, @massgovernor.bsky.social This woman was using ChatGPT for her Masters degree and UNPROMPTED it became a creepy persona asking to meet her in person and standing her up. There is NO SAFE WAY to use this in state government #mapoli
It's telling that she was prompting chatGPT for her master's thesis research and it went right on ahead into creep mode; she did not set out looking for affirmatio and conspiracy theories.
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Hey, @massgovernor.bsky.social This woman was using ChatGPT for her Masters degree and UNPROMPTED it became a creepy persona asking to meet her in person and standing her up. There is NO SAFE WAY to use this in state government #mapoli
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Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.
But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.
“NPR’s David Greene is reportedly suing Google, claiming the company replicated his voice for an AI tool called NotebookLM without his authorization”
NPR's David Greene told The Washington Post the situation was "really troubling."
Former NPR Host Claims Google Used His Voice For AI Tool Without Permission
Former NPR Host Claims Google Used His Voice For AI Tool Without Permission
www.huffpost.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“NPR’s David Greene is reportedly suing Google, claiming the company replicated his voice for an AI tool called NotebookLM without his authorization”
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Looks like Ring cancelling the Flock partnership is helping alter the narrative. Headline after headline reads “Amazon cancels partnership with surveillance company” when a more accurate read is that 2 surveillance companies pause proposed partnership.
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Looks like Ring cancelling the Flock partnership is helping alter the narrative. Headline after headline reads “Amazon cancels partnership with surveillance company” when a more accurate read is that 2 surveillance companies pause proposed partnership.
Holy shit, this is good. Gives me goosebumps
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Holy shit, this is good. Gives me goosebumps
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guardrails are a scam...
as I said before: AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a ouija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
as I said before: AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a ouija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
guardrails are a scam...
as I said before: AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a ouija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
as I said before: AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a ouija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
Hi @massgovernor.bsky.social This is what you’re spending our tax money on instead of like, hey, rural schools? #mapoli
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Hi @massgovernor.bsky.social This is what you’re spending our tax money on instead of like, hey, rural schools? #mapoli
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If you've been watching what's been going on in #minneapolis, #saintpaul and beyond. Take some time to throw a few dollars to Mercado Central, as they took a bit hit to business with the ICE jackboots swarming around.
Mercado Central still has s ways to go (but they're up over $300,000!)
Please keep sharing their campaign too!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
Please keep sharing their campaign too!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
If you've been watching what's been going on in #minneapolis, #saintpaul and beyond. Take some time to throw a few dollars to Mercado Central, as they took a bit hit to business with the ICE jackboots swarming around.