Jewell
@jewellislate.bsky.social
If it's dark and twisted, send it my way. Joy is important even in the bleakest of times - small joys too. Bad at rules. Grumpy old lady, but not old. Self-medicating with books.
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Jewell
@jewellislate.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Come Back Alive Foundation - Charity Organization
One of the top charity organizations who help the Ukraine Army since 2014. Donate via the website - 100% of proceeds go directly to Ukraine Army.
savelife.in.ua
3 years. :-( If you're feeling solidarity and thinking about Ukraine today - please donate to Come Back Alive or Hospice Ukraine, or another Ukrainian cause.
savelife.in.ua/en/
www.hospiceukraine.com
savelife.in.ua/en/
www.hospiceukraine.com
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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An evergreen request: please, consider donating and sharing. While Trump threatens to cut military supplies paid by Europeans, the Ukrainian Armed Forces need your help more than ever.
If you feel the same anger we do, channel it into action.
Donate, share, support fundraisers for anti-Shahed interceptors and FPV drones. Save our lives.
www.sternenkofund.org/en
Donate, share, support fundraisers for anti-Shahed interceptors and FPV drones. Save our lives.
www.sternenkofund.org/en
Sternenko Community Foundation
The Sternenko Community Foundation was established to continuously provide the Ukrainian Defence Forces with drones, primarily FPV, as well as to promote the development of UAV technologies.
www.sternenkofund.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
An evergreen request: please, consider donating and sharing. While Trump threatens to cut military supplies paid by Europeans, the Ukrainian Armed Forces need your help more than ever.
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“It’s not hard to live without a light in your home. It’s hard to live without a light in your heart.”
Heart wrenching report about Ukraine’s blackouts by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Heart wrenching report about Ukraine’s blackouts by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘They decided to kill us with cold’: Ukrainians struggle against Russian assault on power network
Chernihiv residents say they are without power for 14 hours a day as they gather in ‘invincibility points’ to charge up and warm up
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“It’s not hard to live without a light in your home. It’s hard to live without a light in your heart.”
Heart wrenching report about Ukraine’s blackouts by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Heart wrenching report about Ukraine’s blackouts by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I'm not so addicted to this insane drama that I'll actually pay for it.
On the other hand, as an exercise in encouraging people to take out a paid subscription this is a stone cold masterclass.
“Thanks to Bobby, I am now aware of something called felching.”
The collapse of America’s media elite is quite something to watch, isn’t it?
www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
The collapse of America’s media elite is quite something to watch, isn’t it?
www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I'm not so addicted to this insane drama that I'll actually pay for it.
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🕯🇺🇦 Today we honor the memory of millions of Ukrainians whose lives were taken by one of the most terrible tragedies in human history - Holodomor.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🕯🇺🇦 Today we honor the memory of millions of Ukrainians whose lives were taken by one of the most terrible tragedies in human history - Holodomor.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
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Trump has made a choice over the course of the past few months to publicly reward Putin for illegally invading another country and stealing their land, rather than make him an international pariah. Those who say Ukraine needs to accept reality, think what precedent this sets
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Trump has made a choice over the course of the past few months to publicly reward Putin for illegally invading another country and stealing their land, rather than make him an international pariah. Those who say Ukraine needs to accept reality, think what precedent this sets
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yesterday, the Tournament of Books* dropped the 2026 long list. I will now tell you what these books would be about, based on cover and title, if they were romance novels instead of LitFic.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
yesterday, the Tournament of Books* dropped the 2026 long list. I will now tell you what these books would be about, based on cover and title, if they were romance novels instead of LitFic.
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new euphemism for "fact" dropped, today's is "scientific orthodoxy"
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
new euphemism for "fact" dropped, today's is "scientific orthodoxy"
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Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.
I really wish I liked Uncanny. I should like it. I just...don't. :(
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I really wish I liked Uncanny. I should like it. I just...don't. :(
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If we can't assess student learning any more because of AI then we might as well abandon the idea of degree qualifications. The question is whether universities survive that. How many would pay for education without credentials? And that means AI might well also kill public research.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If we can't assess student learning any more because of AI then we might as well abandon the idea of degree qualifications. The question is whether universities survive that. How many would pay for education without credentials? And that means AI might well also kill public research.
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Les 28 points du plan, tels que révélés par Axios, constituent un paquet d'humiliations et d'entraves à la souveraineté et au développement de l'Ukraine.
Mais le 23e point est particulièrement injuste: il ne reconnaît pas que Kyiv a gagné la bataille pour la mer Noire. 1/
Mais le 23e point est particulièrement injuste: il ne reconnaît pas que Kyiv a gagné la bataille pour la mer Noire. 1/
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Les 28 points du plan, tels que révélés par Axios, constituent un paquet d'humiliations et d'entraves à la souveraineté et au développement de l'Ukraine.
Mais le 23e point est particulièrement injuste: il ne reconnaît pas que Kyiv a gagné la bataille pour la mer Noire. 1/
Mais le 23e point est particulièrement injuste: il ne reconnaît pas que Kyiv a gagné la bataille pour la mer Noire. 1/
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À l’instant, Zelensky publie une adresse vidéo, qualifiant le moment de « plus difficile de notre histoire. La pression sur l’Ukraine atteint actuellement son paroxysme. L’Ukraine a à faire un choix crucial: soit perdre sa dignité, soit perdre un allié essentiel. 1/
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
À l’instant, Zelensky publie une adresse vidéo, qualifiant le moment de « plus difficile de notre histoire. La pression sur l’Ukraine atteint actuellement son paroxysme. L’Ukraine a à faire un choix crucial: soit perdre sa dignité, soit perdre un allié essentiel. 1/
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My post on Russia and its role in the rise of the radical right across Europe.
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My post on Russia and its role in the rise of the radical right across Europe.
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
samf.substack.com/p/russia-and...
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❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
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Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
Hope everyone remembers this shit next time the US wants any form of help from "allies."
⚡️ US threatening to cut intelligence, weapons to pressure Ukraine into new peace deal, Reuters reports.
Washington is pushing Kyiv to approve the framework of the deal by Nov. 27, coinciding with the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
Washington is pushing Kyiv to approve the framework of the deal by Nov. 27, coinciding with the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
US threatening to cut intelligence, weapons to pressure Ukraine into new peace deal, Reuters reports
Washington is pushing Kyiv to approve the framework of the deal by Nov. 27, coinciding with the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, one of the sources told Reuters.
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hope everyone remembers this shit next time the US wants any form of help from "allies."
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will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Love a bright winter day but also wish the sun would not show up the cobwebs quite so badly.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Love a bright winter day but also wish the sun would not show up the cobwebs quite so badly.
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Good afternoon.
It is always, always time for witches.
It is always, always time for witches.
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good afternoon.
It is always, always time for witches.
It is always, always time for witches.
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
I dislike having AI crap forced on me. What's wrong with at least having a proper choice?
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I dislike having AI crap forced on me. What's wrong with at least having a proper choice?
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FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
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A Russian drone struck a UN World Food Programme warehouse in Dnipro, destroying over 10,000 food packages meant for frontline civilians
People in these areas depend on humanitarian aid when shops close and supply chains collapse under sustained Russian attacks
📷Suspilne Dnipro
People in these areas depend on humanitarian aid when shops close and supply chains collapse under sustained Russian attacks
📷Suspilne Dnipro
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A Russian drone struck a UN World Food Programme warehouse in Dnipro, destroying over 10,000 food packages meant for frontline civilians
People in these areas depend on humanitarian aid when shops close and supply chains collapse under sustained Russian attacks
📷Suspilne Dnipro
People in these areas depend on humanitarian aid when shops close and supply chains collapse under sustained Russian attacks
📷Suspilne Dnipro
Everything is better when Jakob appears. "Cute little hamster who won't stop eating her babies" indeed. #TheArchers
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Everything is better when Jakob appears. "Cute little hamster who won't stop eating her babies" indeed. #TheArchers