Kit Garcia
@kitsunegarcia.bsky.social
An info-dump as well as a place to showcase my gecko (Biscotti) and my music.
Block the #datacenters from being built in areas struggling with enough water for their residents, as is. #waterconservation #watershortage #TaylorTexas #ATX
It was supposed to be a park. Instead, this property in Taylor is being turned into a data center.
Neighbors that live near a proposed data center project in Taylor have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop all commercial development and construction on the site.
www.kut.org
September 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Block the #datacenters from being built in areas struggling with enough water for their residents, as is. #waterconservation #watershortage #TaylorTexas #ATX
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I'm not 100% sure if we're going to keep these in the shop going forward (I'm considering my various licensing fees going into next year!) but for now we still have a few of these amazingly fun deep sea creature coasters!
Grab them before they vanish, and get a deal!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
Grab them before they vanish, and get a deal!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
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Central Park's lost Budgerigar continues to thrive in her usual area, near West Drive from 81st to 85th Street, aided by warm weather that is expected to continue over the next week. 🦜 💛
September 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Central Park's lost Budgerigar continues to thrive in her usual area, near West Drive from 81st to 85th Street, aided by warm weather that is expected to continue over the next week. 🦜 💛
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Ah ok here's a fun tip I ran across by accident, hopefully it still works
if your algorithm starts going conservative, watch Tasting History by Max Miller. it's like algorithmic bug spray for fascism
www.youtube.com/@TastingHist...
if your algorithm starts going conservative, watch Tasting History by Max Miller. it's like algorithmic bug spray for fascism
www.youtube.com/@TastingHist...
Tasting History with Max Miller
Click for more Tasting History
Every Tuesday, I show you how to make a different historic dish while exploring the history surrounding it.
Subscribe and join me as we Taste a bit of History.
Order t...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ah ok here's a fun tip I ran across by accident, hopefully it still works
if your algorithm starts going conservative, watch Tasting History by Max Miller. it's like algorithmic bug spray for fascism
www.youtube.com/@TastingHist...
if your algorithm starts going conservative, watch Tasting History by Max Miller. it's like algorithmic bug spray for fascism
www.youtube.com/@TastingHist...
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Blessings upon these folks (and their kin such as cashiers who stop people from buying large numbers of gift cards) and their efforts
NEW: Bitcoin ATMs are facilitating scams across the country. In Idaho, where there are no laws regulating the machines, I spoke to store clerks who have been stopping scams as a last line of defense.
www.inc.com/sam-blum/cry...
www.inc.com/sam-blum/cry...
How Bitcoin ATMs Are Helping Scammers Steal Millions
As Bitcoin ATMs spread unchecked, gas station employees are becoming the unlikely the last line of defense against crypto fraud.
www.inc.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Blessings upon these folks (and their kin such as cashiers who stop people from buying large numbers of gift cards) and their efforts
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Another great thread where rah shares and people chime in with good experience/suggests or Qs about managing things.
🧵 for extra.... 📌 Travel--emergency plane exit prep
🧵 for extra.... 📌 Travel--emergency plane exit prep
If you are flying, your ID/wallet and a 24 hour supply of only any medications you absolutely can't survive without for 24 hours should be in your pocket or a bag *securely fastened* to your person with nothing loose, sharp, and no straps able to catch on things.
September 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Another great thread where rah shares and people chime in with good experience/suggests or Qs about managing things.
🧵 for extra.... 📌 Travel--emergency plane exit prep
🧵 for extra.... 📌 Travel--emergency plane exit prep
Hank Green gets his butt handed to him by knitters for his misogynistic post about the physics of knitting. #knitting #knitters #hankgreen #physics #misogyny
Hank Green has ticked off knitters??? What happened??
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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September 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hank Green gets his butt handed to him by knitters for his misogynistic post about the physics of knitting. #knitting #knitters #hankgreen #physics #misogyny
The Dragon Wagon Driver
YouTube video by Bridget Ilene Delaney
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September 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
People are roasting the new Austin city logo harder than the #crackerbarrel rebranding. Maybe because we paid a million dollars for it? It's seriously an expensive eyesore. #austintx #uglylogo Petition here: www.change.org/p/let-austin...
Sign the Petition
Let Austinites Decide: Stop the $1.1M City Logo Change!
www.change.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
People are roasting the new Austin city logo harder than the #crackerbarrel rebranding. Maybe because we paid a million dollars for it? It's seriously an expensive eyesore. #austintx #uglylogo Petition here: www.change.org/p/let-austin...
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August 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.
www.engadget.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
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A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vazquez Garcia found what seemed to be a “smart” smoke and vape detection gadget in his school called the Halo 3C. He discovered it monitored much more than just smoke.
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug
A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.
www.wired.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vazquez Garcia found what seemed to be a “smart” smoke and vape detection gadget in his school called the Halo 3C. He discovered it monitored much more than just smoke.
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Gerrymandering is one of their many tools to silence our voices.
They use the law to make our vote meaningless so they can stay in power forever.
This is fascism.
They use the law to make our vote meaningless so they can stay in power forever.
This is fascism.
Gerrymandering undermines the power of marginalized communities by manipulating district boundaries to weaken their collective voice. For Black, Latino, Indigenous, immigrant, low-income, and other disenfranchised groups, this often means remaining unheard in the places where decisions are made.
August 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Gerrymandering is one of their many tools to silence our voices.
They use the law to make our vote meaningless so they can stay in power forever.
This is fascism.
They use the law to make our vote meaningless so they can stay in power forever.
This is fascism.
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So apparently, it may turn out that The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere wasn’t entirely made in AI and Google threw the VFX crew under the bus by claiming it was all done by artificial intelligence.
If true, then fucking yikes.
If true, then fucking yikes.
August 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
So apparently, it may turn out that The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere wasn’t entirely made in AI and Google threw the VFX crew under the bus by claiming it was all done by artificial intelligence.
If true, then fucking yikes.
If true, then fucking yikes.
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Many contractor workers often end up in contract work specifically because they need flexibility in their lives, whether it's raising kids, caring for older family members, managing chronic illnesses, etc. And we have to pay MORE taxes for the flexibility we need to work.
Seriously CAN WE TALK ABOUT TAXES ON AUTHORS & OTHER CONTRACT WORKERS THO
I cannot describe the rage I feel when the guy trying to inspire pity for the billionaires refers to the rich giving a horrific "15%" of their yearly income in taxes when as a self-employed author I was often paying fucking 30%.
August 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Many contractor workers often end up in contract work specifically because they need flexibility in their lives, whether it's raising kids, caring for older family members, managing chronic illnesses, etc. And we have to pay MORE taxes for the flexibility we need to work.
I'm reading #thenewmenopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver. #GenX aren't taking the set backs from #menopause from previous generations lightly. This explains why the #HRT scare from the late 90's/early 2K was a scam and what new options are on the table now.
August 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm reading #thenewmenopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver. #GenX aren't taking the set backs from #menopause from previous generations lightly. This explains why the #HRT scare from the late 90's/early 2K was a scam and what new options are on the table now.
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Tech bailout underway. Taxpayer money being stolen.
🚨 OpenAI lands a $200M contract with the U.S. Defense Department to develop advanced AI tools for national security and warfighting.
It’s the first DoD contract for OpenAI, announced months after teaming up with Anduril for “national security missions.”
#AI #OpenAI #Defense #NationalSecurity #DoD
It’s the first DoD contract for OpenAI, announced months after teaming up with Anduril for “national security missions.”
#AI #OpenAI #Defense #NationalSecurity #DoD
June 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tech bailout underway. Taxpayer money being stolen.
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A dangerous provision is being considered by the Senate that would prevent states from regulating AI for ten years with no federal alternative.
We must tell Congress to oppose this ten year ban on AI regulation immediately.
We must tell Congress to oppose this ten year ban on AI regulation immediately.
Congress: Oppose The 10-Year Ban on AI Regulation
A provision slipped into the reconciliation bill to ban all state-level AI regulations for 10 years. Urge Congress to oppose this ban immediately.
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/congress-oppose-10-year-ban-ai-regulation?initm[…]-na-nat-na-racialjustice-artificalintelligence-privacyandtech
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A dangerous provision is being considered by the Senate that would prevent states from regulating AI for ten years with no federal alternative.
We must tell Congress to oppose this ten year ban on AI regulation immediately.
We must tell Congress to oppose this ten year ban on AI regulation immediately.