Rachel Jacobs
@gwaihirj.bsky.social
Nonbinary leftie. I love my family, my job, board/computer games, and our cats. Will practice Spanish with almost anyone.
There's no earworm like an unprocessed pain earworm.
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There's no earworm like an unprocessed pain earworm.
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In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
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Makes them no better than the rich parents who buy and cheat their child’s way in.
Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Makes them no better than the rich parents who buy and cheat their child’s way in.
Very grim, but valuable, well-written piece on electroshock.
I'm told that my paternal grandfather, an electrician, once quit a job rather than service an electroshock machine. I've always hugely respected him for that.
I'm told that my paternal grandfather, an electrician, once quit a job rather than service an electroshock machine. I've always hugely respected him for that.
Re-floating my big feature on ECT ... A year old now but no less relevant. www.thebeliever.net/a-brilliant-... via @thebeliever.net
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very grim, but valuable, well-written piece on electroshock.
I'm told that my paternal grandfather, an electrician, once quit a job rather than service an electroshock machine. I've always hugely respected him for that.
I'm told that my paternal grandfather, an electrician, once quit a job rather than service an electroshock machine. I've always hugely respected him for that.
Trouble really wanted to go outside. Poor fellow does not understand.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trouble really wanted to go outside. Poor fellow does not understand.
They're speaking from the context of Judaism but boy can this apply to Christianity too.
Judith Plaskow, on how even the philosophers who are like, "of course God doesn't have a body!!!1!! and God doesn't have EMOTIONS! or any human traits!!!!1!!" still INSIST on using male pronouns for God because what other option would there be????
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
They're speaking from the context of Judaism but boy can this apply to Christianity too.
The lovely dilemma of whether to correct someone at work (office setting) who gets your pronouns wrong.
If you do, you're making it all about yourself and interrupting the flow of conversation.
If you don't, then you're not standing up for yourself.
If you do, you're making it all about yourself and interrupting the flow of conversation.
If you don't, then you're not standing up for yourself.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The lovely dilemma of whether to correct someone at work (office setting) who gets your pronouns wrong.
If you do, you're making it all about yourself and interrupting the flow of conversation.
If you don't, then you're not standing up for yourself.
If you do, you're making it all about yourself and interrupting the flow of conversation.
If you don't, then you're not standing up for yourself.
CoPilot/OpenAI etcera trying to take over the internet would be another "fun" one we could anticipate.
aside from Cloudflare and AWS what other internet-breaking single point of failure can we look forward to in the coming weeks
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
CoPilot/OpenAI etcera trying to take over the internet would be another "fun" one we could anticipate.
Companies will get rich over Medicaid work requirements, but everyone else will lose, bigly.
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Companies will get rich over Medicaid work requirements, but everyone else will lose, bigly.
Sounds like we need rapid response teams watching Spanish-speaking churches in everybody's neighborhoods.
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sounds like we need rapid response teams watching Spanish-speaking churches in everybody's neighborhoods.
It's interesting trying to plan for the future when everyone is competing to jump off a cliff.
(taps the sign) (ht @davekarpf.bsky.social )
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's interesting trying to plan for the future when everyone is competing to jump off a cliff.
Whoever makes up the names of technology programs and languages either has a great sense of humor or none.
Thinking of things like like Splunk, Groovy, Ant, "containerization technology"* here
*This is about finding the right lids for leftover containers and no one can convince me otherwise
Thinking of things like like Splunk, Groovy, Ant, "containerization technology"* here
*This is about finding the right lids for leftover containers and no one can convince me otherwise
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Whoever makes up the names of technology programs and languages either has a great sense of humor or none.
Thinking of things like like Splunk, Groovy, Ant, "containerization technology"* here
*This is about finding the right lids for leftover containers and no one can convince me otherwise
Thinking of things like like Splunk, Groovy, Ant, "containerization technology"* here
*This is about finding the right lids for leftover containers and no one can convince me otherwise
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When I talk about the invention of "AI" as an attempt to manifest the Infinite Money God, this is part of what I'm talking about. Private equity achieved the ability to make money without a good or service—AI is the attempt to make money without even customers or employees.
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
When I talk about the invention of "AI" as an attempt to manifest the Infinite Money God, this is part of what I'm talking about. Private equity achieved the ability to make money without a good or service—AI is the attempt to make money without even customers or employees.
If you're not from Chicago and you want to know what it's like here as an occupied city, I recommend this article.
It's true. Utterly true.
That said, if you are an empathic person, I suspect* this is a hard read emotionally.
*I'm really not sure because it's very much our every day.
It's true. Utterly true.
That said, if you are an empathic person, I suspect* this is a hard read emotionally.
*I'm really not sure because it's very much our every day.
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you're not from Chicago and you want to know what it's like here as an occupied city, I recommend this article.
It's true. Utterly true.
That said, if you are an empathic person, I suspect* this is a hard read emotionally.
*I'm really not sure because it's very much our every day.
It's true. Utterly true.
That said, if you are an empathic person, I suspect* this is a hard read emotionally.
*I'm really not sure because it's very much our every day.
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This is nauseating. Be aware of the tactic. Don't let them in. Fuck ICE.
Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.
Unannounced Child "Wellness Checks" by Armed Federal Agents Raise Concerns - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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www.psrmemphis.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is nauseating. Be aware of the tactic. Don't let them in. Fuck ICE.
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New statement from Chuck Schumer:
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
New statement from Chuck Schumer: "Tonight’s results are a repudiation of the Trump agenda. The cruelty, chaos, and greed that define MAGA radicalism and are skyrocketing costs were firmly rejected by the American people." Calls it "a good night for Democrats and our fight to lower costs."
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New statement from Chuck Schumer:
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
“Despite not doing anything useful, and in fact being actively harmful to the process in a number of ways, I am here to take credit for other people’s hard work and risks.”
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Yay for yesterday's election results.
That said, it's the fifth day without food assistance for millions of American children.
That said, it's the fifth day without food assistance for millions of American children.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yay for yesterday's election results.
That said, it's the fifth day without food assistance for millions of American children.
That said, it's the fifth day without food assistance for millions of American children.
I've been arguing so far that the SCOTUS will stop Trump, and so far I've been wrong. But this guy might be right that my time scale was wrong not my argument. Here's hoping.
SCOTUS Will Eventually Stop Trump. Here’s Why!
Quick Analysis and Accompanying In-Depth Report
www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I've been arguing so far that the SCOTUS will stop Trump, and so far I've been wrong. But this guy might be right that my time scale was wrong not my argument. Here's hoping.
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
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maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.
The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...
Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business
The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will n...
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.
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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.