Jessica Scott
@jessicascott.net
Writer of spicy military romances, among other things. Writing again after a 5 year drought. Sociologist studying privacy, surveillance, and narrative warfare.
https://jessicascottbooks.com
https://jessicascottbooks.com
Do not do this.
I'm already seeing people on here use AI face tools to try to identify the masked ICE agent in Minneapolis. It's a truly terrible idea and here's why
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Do not do this.
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somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
January 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
somebody at UChicago is feeding preprints to LLMs without authors' consent, in a research study
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
they have the gall to suggest to authors they've opted-in that they volunteer to evaluate the LLMs' suggestions regarding their own work.
lol, lmao even. here is the invite and my reply
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🔒 If an email says “your storage is full” or “account will be deleted”:
Assume it’s phishing
Open the app directly
Check your account status there
Scams use urgency. Always.
Assume it’s phishing
Open the app directly
Check your account status there
Scams use urgency. Always.
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
🔒 If an email says “your storage is full” or “account will be deleted”:
Assume it’s phishing
Open the app directly
Check your account status there
Scams use urgency. Always.
Assume it’s phishing
Open the app directly
Check your account status there
Scams use urgency. Always.
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Oh my burgers gonna be FIRE 🔥
🎥: @mommydes23
January 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Oh my burgers gonna be FIRE 🔥
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“And Zeb’s wife, who did not have to bail him out of jail on an aggravated assault charge that morning started the new year on a good note.”
If fireworks wake up my kid in the next minute, my wife might be bailing me out of jail in the morning
January 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
“And Zeb’s wife, who did not have to bail him out of jail on an aggravated assault charge that morning started the new year on a good note.”
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
Librarians of the world: how do we grab and archive these?
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Librarians of the world: how do we grab and archive these?
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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks 📚 share.google/ac683MasCL9B...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
share.google
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks 📚 share.google/ac683MasCL9B...
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In which Rogers Brubaker, Marion Fourcade & @kjhealy.co comment and Greta Krippner and I reply. Read if you like getting into the theoretical and technical weeds of the relationship between categorization, quantification, and different imaginaries of the relationship between variables and persons.
Comment and Reply: "The Person of the Category"
Editorial Note: In 2023, Rogers Brubaker submitted a comment to Theory and Society on an article that Greta Krippner and Daniel Hirschman had published the year prior in the same journal. Richard Swed...
www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In which Rogers Brubaker, Marion Fourcade & @kjhealy.co comment and Greta Krippner and I reply. Read if you like getting into the theoretical and technical weeds of the relationship between categorization, quantification, and different imaginaries of the relationship between variables and persons.
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“The answer to why this music exists is as simple as that neo-Nazis are no different from other people in the sense that they like to express themselves through music, to go to concerts and to play in bands. White power music creates social cohesion and calls for political struggle”
Great article on @filternyheter.no on the Norwegian neo-Nazi music scene, the neo-Nazi music festival in #Norway on 15 November 2025, German neo-Nazi rapper #Azatro, and international neo-Nazi music networks.
Entirely in Norwegian, but definitely worth translating!
h/t @palnordseth.bsky.social
Entirely in Norwegian, but definitely worth translating!
h/t @palnordseth.bsky.social
Nazi-rocken rører på seg igjen. På kontinentet kan den samle tusenvis av ekstremister til festival - Filter Nyheter
– For høyreekstreme miljøer fungerer musikken som en arena for ideologiske diskusjoner. På den ene siden klassisk høyreekstremisme som feiring av Adolf Hitler og hvit overmakt, på den andre mer modern...
filternyheter.no
December 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The answer to why this music exists is as simple as that neo-Nazis are no different from other people in the sense that they like to express themselves through music, to go to concerts and to play in bands. White power music creates social cohesion and calls for political struggle”
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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📚📜
If you’re looking to ground yourself in a topic with fact-based research, librarians are still your best friends.
“There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.”
nautil.us/viva-la-libr...
#libraries #skybrarians #publibs
“There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.”
nautil.us/viva-la-libr...
#libraries #skybrarians #publibs
Viva la Library!
Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.
nautil.us
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📚📜
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I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
www.404media.co
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
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Today Julia Quinn announced JQ Editions, a historical romance special edition subscription service launching on Kickstarter in January.
This announcement set my whole brain on fire: it's an intersection of several trends happening within romance.
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/juli...
This announcement set my whole brain on fire: it's an intersection of several trends happening within romance.
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/juli...
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Today Julia Quinn announced JQ Editions, a historical romance special edition subscription service launching on Kickstarter in January.
This announcement set my whole brain on fire: it's an intersection of several trends happening within romance.
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/juli...
This announcement set my whole brain on fire: it's an intersection of several trends happening within romance.
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/juli...
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NEW FROM BASH:
ALL OF US VERSUS TECH DYSTOPIA
This is a long read that examines alternative, privacy and security focused, technologies. It examines a bit of the how and why while also giving tips and suggestions.
bigbash.noblogs.org/post/2025/12...
ALL OF US VERSUS TECH DYSTOPIA
This is a long read that examines alternative, privacy and security focused, technologies. It examines a bit of the how and why while also giving tips and suggestions.
bigbash.noblogs.org/post/2025/12...
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
NEW FROM BASH:
ALL OF US VERSUS TECH DYSTOPIA
This is a long read that examines alternative, privacy and security focused, technologies. It examines a bit of the how and why while also giving tips and suggestions.
bigbash.noblogs.org/post/2025/12...
ALL OF US VERSUS TECH DYSTOPIA
This is a long read that examines alternative, privacy and security focused, technologies. It examines a bit of the how and why while also giving tips and suggestions.
bigbash.noblogs.org/post/2025/12...
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they’re a team who journalists, human rights defenders & dissidents can go to if they suspect they've been hacked by mercenary spyware (like NSO Group, Intellexa, or Paragon). in fact, Apple, who’s users get a "threat notification", sends them to Access Now's investigators.
Meet the team that hunts government spyware
For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is how they operate.
techcrunch.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
they’re a team who journalists, human rights defenders & dissidents can go to if they suspect they've been hacked by mercenary spyware (like NSO Group, Intellexa, or Paragon). in fact, Apple, who’s users get a "threat notification", sends them to Access Now's investigators.
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Definitely
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
December 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Definitely
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
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The country’s largest magnesium supplier shut down. Now what?
The country’s largest magnesium supplier shut down. Now what?
What US Magnesium's bankruptcy means for the U.S. supply of a critical mineral -- and the environment.
dlvr.it
December 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The country’s largest magnesium supplier shut down. Now what?
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It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
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If digital platforms use AI to to present search results including news reports and they libel someone through a summarization error - they need to be held accountable as any other publisher would be.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If digital platforms use AI to to present search results including news reports and they libel someone through a summarization error - they need to be held accountable as any other publisher would be.
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Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
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Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM