Laura Bridgewater
@knit1write2.bsky.social
Biblioholic, fiber enthusiast, and gardening novice. Hoarder of books, yarns, and (apparently) Bluesky accounts. 🤦🏻♀️ Working on Act III. She/her
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The number of times “people as things, that’s where it starts” drifts through my thoughts of late…
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The number of times “people as things, that’s where it starts” drifts through my thoughts of late…
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It is actually so insane that two sides on offer are “old guy who says we read via vibes” and “moral panic fueled policies advocating for state mandated adoption of boxed curricula based on a podcast people listened to once.” The crisis is a crisis. How we respond to the crisis is also a crisis.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It is actually so insane that two sides on offer are “old guy who says we read via vibes” and “moral panic fueled policies advocating for state mandated adoption of boxed curricula based on a podcast people listened to once.” The crisis is a crisis. How we respond to the crisis is also a crisis.
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it seems totally implausible to say that fears about illiteracy are driving book banning but here we are
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
it seems totally implausible to say that fears about illiteracy are driving book banning but here we are
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Of course, Eric Schmidt would think that the only two possible futures are rule by AI or rule through AI.
Trying to incorporate the critiques of the former to push for the latter, as if "deliberation with AI" wasn't precisely the "reproducing the ideology of the status quo"
Trying to incorporate the critiques of the former to push for the latter, as if "deliberation with AI" wasn't precisely the "reproducing the ideology of the status quo"
Opinion | This Is No Way to Rule a Country
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November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Of course, Eric Schmidt would think that the only two possible futures are rule by AI or rule through AI.
Trying to incorporate the critiques of the former to push for the latter, as if "deliberation with AI" wasn't precisely the "reproducing the ideology of the status quo"
Trying to incorporate the critiques of the former to push for the latter, as if "deliberation with AI" wasn't precisely the "reproducing the ideology of the status quo"
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I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
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seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
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Aurora Borealis from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Aurora Borealis from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
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"There's an expectation from everybody that the Dems are always going to swoop in and be the adults in the room and save the Republicans from the disastrous policies that they themselves put forward... It's so outside the realm of possibility to EVER imagine Republicans might do the right thing."
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"There's an expectation from everybody that the Dems are always going to swoop in and be the adults in the room and save the Republicans from the disastrous policies that they themselves put forward... It's so outside the realm of possibility to EVER imagine Republicans might do the right thing."
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California police intervene as ICE agent in plain clothes points gun at woman
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California police intervene as ICE agent in plain clothes points gun at woman
Agent said woman was following and filming him, but officer said he couldn’t assist if no crime was committed
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
California police intervene as ICE agent in plain clothes points gun at woman
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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DeLauro: The president went to the supreme court to deprive kids of food. Unbelievable. And now wants to deny their parents healthcare.
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
DeLauro: The president went to the supreme court to deprive kids of food. Unbelievable. And now wants to deny their parents healthcare.
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I was wondering when Democrats outside the Senate would pick up on that tricky rider. Democrats in the Senate might not have noticed for months.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I was wondering when Democrats outside the Senate would pick up on that tricky rider. Democrats in the Senate might not have noticed for months.
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"This is real-time corruption on full display," Hakeem Jeffries just now on the millions that could go to 8 Republican US Senators in the spending bill.
He decries millions for the "slush fund" while zero dollars go to health care tax credits for 24 million.
He decries millions for the "slush fund" while zero dollars go to health care tax credits for 24 million.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"This is real-time corruption on full display," Hakeem Jeffries just now on the millions that could go to 8 Republican US Senators in the spending bill.
He decries millions for the "slush fund" while zero dollars go to health care tax credits for 24 million.
He decries millions for the "slush fund" while zero dollars go to health care tax credits for 24 million.
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If you're the deviled-egg maker for Thanksgiving, you want to put the eggs on your list now. Older eggs peel better. #thanksgivingTips
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you're the deviled-egg maker for Thanksgiving, you want to put the eggs on your list now. Older eggs peel better. #thanksgivingTips
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This pre-holiday time of year, I REALLY enjoy soliciting recipe tips from community elders. Today’s tip: brown chicken wings to make a richer stock for stuffing. #MedSky
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This pre-holiday time of year, I REALLY enjoy soliciting recipe tips from community elders. Today’s tip: brown chicken wings to make a richer stock for stuffing. #MedSky
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
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They got $30,000 in pay for those 40 days.
179k a year is what they make
179k a year is what they make
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
They got $30,000 in pay for those 40 days.
179k a year is what they make
179k a year is what they make
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McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
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The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
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It’s soooooo good!!! (And I’m quite glad I was able to write in depth about it) decider.com/2025/11/06/n...
Netflix's 'Death By Lightning' is a timely look back at a largely forgotten moment of radical political violence
“It felt so immediate to this current era in which we live,” showrunner Mike Makowsky said. “Not just Garfield as an individual, but also his political moment.”
decider.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It’s soooooo good!!! (And I’m quite glad I was able to write in depth about it) decider.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Uh... AURORA BOREALIS!? AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF DAY, IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?!
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Uh... AURORA BOREALIS!? AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF DAY, IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?!
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived.
Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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It's not out of the realm of possibility that this story would be the first time some readers learn about deportations of people they'd consider to not be ICE targets. And once you chip away at a mental shortcut that predefines how people see the issue, you create pathways to open floodgates.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's not out of the realm of possibility that this story would be the first time some readers learn about deportations of people they'd consider to not be ICE targets. And once you chip away at a mental shortcut that predefines how people see the issue, you create pathways to open floodgates.
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Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.