Josephine Stewart
@jostewart.bsky.social
Proofreader/editor for hire, chronic replier, lover of tea and brown liquor. I also do weird art shit. I like to dance. COVID is not over.
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Rip out your Ring doorbell RN, jfc
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Rip out your Ring doorbell RN, jfc
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masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option
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Shut down all of these concentration camps and provide everyone inside with medical care and US citizenship as reparations, if they want it.
One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Shut down all of these concentration camps and provide everyone inside with medical care and US citizenship as reparations, if they want it.
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Good morning! Taxing the wealth of the richest 1% of Americans down to the median wealth of the next-richest 9% ($5.2 million per household) would free up $48 trillion. Redistributing that to the poorest 50% of Americans would give *68 million households* an average of *$700k per household*.
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Good morning! Taxing the wealth of the richest 1% of Americans down to the median wealth of the next-richest 9% ($5.2 million per household) would free up $48 trillion. Redistributing that to the poorest 50% of Americans would give *68 million households* an average of *$700k per household*.
(Québécois French)
Au diable les avocats
YouTube video by Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 1:06 AM
(Québécois French)
I think this is an underrated pick. <3
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I think this is an underrated pick. <3
I can't remember who told me about this website. If it was you, 1) thank you, and 2) you should know that I have joyfully passed the knowledge to many others in the course of my day-to-day affairs.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I can't remember who told me about this website. If it was you, 1) thank you, and 2) you should know that I have joyfully passed the knowledge to many others in the course of my day-to-day affairs.
I am *so glad* I came of age with that term in my vocabulary, and I don't think it ever should have fallen out of fashion.
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I am *so glad* I came of age with that term in my vocabulary, and I don't think it ever should have fallen out of fashion.
Thank you very, very much for adding alley clearance to the response, even if it takes a while! It would be a great thing to keep in mind for future storms.
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Thank you very, very much for adding alley clearance to the response, even if it takes a while! It would be a great thing to keep in mind for future storms.
As a person who is on the whole very chill about bodily functions: 👀!
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
As a person who is on the whole very chill about bodily functions: 👀!
And not a single troublesome thought was had!
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
And not a single troublesome thought was had!
I am on a train, wearing an N95 mask. I am the only person in this car wearing a mask. There are no fewer than five people with really gnarly coughs. It would be so easy for them to protect the people around them, but here we are.
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I am on a train, wearing an N95 mask. I am the only person in this car wearing a mask. There are no fewer than five people with really gnarly coughs. It would be so easy for them to protect the people around them, but here we are.
Friends, if you are even a little bit into the folky end of the music world and even a little bit near anywhere they're going, I think you should go see Ye Vagabonds. Holy hell, what a set. yevagabonds.com/tour
Ye Vagabonds - Tour
Ye Vagabonds - Tour Information
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February 3, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Friends, if you are even a little bit into the folky end of the music world and even a little bit near anywhere they're going, I think you should go see Ye Vagabonds. Holy hell, what a set. yevagabonds.com/tour
This is too cute—where from?!
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
This is too cute—where from?!
I also don't think writing off the industry's staggering negative externalities is an acceptable start. He says that people are "understandably uneasy," lists a host of drawbacks while managing to completely omit both IP theft and climate impact, and then says that rejecting use is "surrender."
February 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I also don't think writing off the industry's staggering negative externalities is an acceptable start. He says that people are "understandably uneasy," lists a host of drawbacks while managing to completely omit both IP theft and climate impact, and then says that rejecting use is "surrender."
"AI" cannot learn for us, and it cannot Do A Politics for us.
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
"AI" cannot learn for us, and it cannot Do A Politics for us.
To echo the post's first commenter, "the syntax here is enormously revealing." I think most of the advantages and goals described as being best accessible via "AI" will be, almost by definition, poorly integrated and poorly implemented if they come from LLMs rather than human understanding.
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
To echo the post's first commenter, "the syntax here is enormously revealing." I think most of the advantages and goals described as being best accessible via "AI" will be, almost by definition, poorly integrated and poorly implemented if they come from LLMs rather than human understanding.
"inhale like a breath of fresh air"
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"inhale like a breath of fresh air"
This horror obscures a previous one. That previous horror—was that normal? What was there before? How does it relate to the previous one, and to those we see coming? We can't capture every detail, but refusing consign present struggles to the fog of "losing track" is one bucket in the brigade. 3/3
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This horror obscures a previous one. That previous horror—was that normal? What was there before? How does it relate to the previous one, and to those we see coming? We can't capture every detail, but refusing consign present struggles to the fog of "losing track" is one bucket in the brigade. 3/3
It's hard to get a fast, accessible picture of what happened four months ago just from the media firehose. The ever-overwriting 24-hr news cycle shreds memory and discernment. 2/3
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
It's hard to get a fast, accessible picture of what happened four months ago just from the media firehose. The ever-overwriting 24-hr news cycle shreds memory and discernment. 2/3
Last repost: Unbreaking.org is a thing I do with my fighty brain cells. I never know if it matters enough, or how much, or to whom, but I have to think that keeping track of events in a durable, intelligible way is meaningful. 1/3
Immigration — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Last repost: Unbreaking.org is a thing I do with my fighty brain cells. I never know if it matters enough, or how much, or to whom, but I have to think that keeping track of events in a durable, intelligible way is meaningful. 1/3
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A thing about this project is that we intentionally work *behind* the news cycle, like gleaners. We wait until we can describe something clearly and then we add that brick to the wall. It’s an unnatural fit for social media, which is kind of the point.
From the killing of Alex Pretti to the detention of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos thousands of miles from home, Minnesota continues to suffer violence at the hands of federal agents. We’ve added more than 30 events to our timeline just this week:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
Immigration — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 AM
A thing about this project is that we intentionally work *behind* the news cycle, like gleaners. We wait until we can describe something clearly and then we add that brick to the wall. It’s an unnatural fit for social media, which is kind of the point.