Anne Hedonia
@elephantsaxophone.bsky.social
Companion to two ridiculous rabbits. Dabbler in music, knitting, and drawing
chicago
(formerly baniak on bird site)
chicago
(formerly baniak on bird site)
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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
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I’ll believe it when I hear it from the people who live there.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I’ll believe it when I hear it from the people who live there.
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Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
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My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
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Calling the cops to fight the cops is wack. Everybody the state empowers to walk around with guns is on the same side. Against you.
And here’s the absurdity of calling the police on ICE. You’re calling their backup.
New reporting shows local police are tapping school security cameras and license-plate reader systems to assist federal immigration enforcement, raising serious concerns about student privacy and surveillance.
Read more here:
Read more here:
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Calling the cops to fight the cops is wack. Everybody the state empowers to walk around with guns is on the same side. Against you.
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
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how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
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Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
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“Reasonable discourse” is about doing their PR, marketing and user testing for them .
We aren’t their employees
Hire someone and make them come up with a campaign
“Reasonable” is a bullshit term and it shows that they want a pre approved discourse that they won’t actually rule set for
We aren’t their employees
Hire someone and make them come up with a campaign
“Reasonable” is a bullshit term and it shows that they want a pre approved discourse that they won’t actually rule set for
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 12:50 AM
“Reasonable discourse” is about doing their PR, marketing and user testing for them .
We aren’t their employees
Hire someone and make them come up with a campaign
“Reasonable” is a bullshit term and it shows that they want a pre approved discourse that they won’t actually rule set for
We aren’t their employees
Hire someone and make them come up with a campaign
“Reasonable” is a bullshit term and it shows that they want a pre approved discourse that they won’t actually rule set for
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From over two decades investigating and covering governments...
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is some savvy long game that will eventually lead to real change: 0
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is a massive warning sign: All of them. It's all of them.
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is some savvy long game that will eventually lead to real change: 0
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is a massive warning sign: All of them. It's all of them.
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
From over two decades investigating and covering governments...
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is some savvy long game that will eventually lead to real change: 0
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is a massive warning sign: All of them. It's all of them.
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is some savvy long game that will eventually lead to real change: 0
Cases where a politician moving more conservative is a massive warning sign: All of them. It's all of them.
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After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists.
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists
The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists.
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
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Unrelatedly
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Unrelatedly
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Everyone who praised Barnes’ opportunistic and bigoted book is a fool
Hi @hannahsbee.bsky.social,
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Everyone who praised Barnes’ opportunistic and bigoted book is a fool
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you can always start masking again if you’ve stopped. it’s fine, good actually.
General PSA: there is SO MUCH COVID going around right now. If you are feeling sick, you should test
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
you can always start masking again if you’ve stopped. it’s fine, good actually.
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Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
Chicago's U.S. attorney's office has released evidence from the case against Marimar Martinez, pre-empting her press conference later today.
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol agents say 'time to get aggressive' in footage that contradicts claims against Marimar Martinez
Martinez is expected to announce a new lawsuit stemming from her Oct. 4 shooting by a Border Patrol agent at a press conference Wednesday. Her attorneys say newly released evidence will show an agent ...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
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if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
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Just found out about this
February 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Just found out about this
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Counterpoint: no serious person in the Twin Cities is worried about any meaningful amount of "destruction" by observers/protestors. Get real.
Friends in Minneapolis are very worried about this development. Both in terms of state police's role in arresting protestors and the worry that this could set off the kind of spiral of distrust and destruction that followed George Floyd's murder.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
At Least 50 Arrested After Protests Escalate Outside Minnesota Federal Building
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Counterpoint: no serious person in the Twin Cities is worried about any meaningful amount of "destruction" by observers/protestors. Get real.
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yeah this is just something you get if you're on the ground here. knowing where ICE are at and where they are going is maybe the single most important piece of information to have right now
Shit like this is what I'm talking about. Just the latest example of someone who doesn't know anything about the blockades, understand their purpose, or see their success. I've seen ICE turn around and not enter a neighborhood. I saw it with my own two eyes, on the ground in Minneapolis.
February 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
yeah this is just something you get if you're on the ground here. knowing where ICE are at and where they are going is maybe the single most important piece of information to have right now
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I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
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it's a math problem, which does not have selfhood
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it's a math problem, which does not have selfhood
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THREAD. One of the great propaganda myths of our society is that police spend their time dealing with "violent crime." ICE is no different. "Violence" is a pretext to sell it. Did you know that only 4% of all police time in the U.S. is devoted to "violent crime"?
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
THREAD. One of the great propaganda myths of our society is that police spend their time dealing with "violent crime." ICE is no different. "Violence" is a pretext to sell it. Did you know that only 4% of all police time in the U.S. is devoted to "violent crime"?
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lofi girl has been one of the realest ones in the current slop era of music on youtube
multiple comps with unique art and animations with credits and payments to the artists
multiple comps with unique art and animations with credits and payments to the artists
super bowl ads so ass that even lofi girl has to shout that they're anti-AI now
February 11, 2026 at 6:07 AM
lofi girl has been one of the realest ones in the current slop era of music on youtube
multiple comps with unique art and animations with credits and payments to the artists
multiple comps with unique art and animations with credits and payments to the artists