Laura Gillian 🩷💜💙
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Books, origami, interpreting, circus, baking, and whatever new hyperfocus grabs my attention this week
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"Safety cameras" has to be one of the most chilling phrases I've heard in local politics. Like "necessary censorship" or "friendly wiretapping."
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-...
Why turning off Seattle's safety cameras will do more harm than good | Editorial
Seattle’s public safety cameras and new Real Time Crime Center are essential, modern-day tools to solve crimes and ensure safety in cities.
www.seattletimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"Safety cameras" has to be one of the most chilling phrases I've heard in local politics. Like "necessary censorship" or "friendly wiretapping."
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-...
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Gung hay Fat Tuesday choy
Erev laissez les bon temps rouler sameach
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Gung hay Fat Tuesday choy
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“Regulating AI” has to involve finding aggressive ways to make this kind of shit stop and if Dems don’t run on that it’s political and social and human malpractice
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
“Regulating AI” has to involve finding aggressive ways to make this kind of shit stop and if Dems don’t run on that it’s political and social and human malpractice
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Gang.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Gang.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
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given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
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I’m going to keep sharing this PSA: although the MMR is usually given at 12 and 18 months, your baby can get a first dose as early as 6 months. They will still need the other two doses, because immunity doesn’t stick at that age, and insurance may not cover it. But it’s protection.
Measles: how does it spread and how can I protect my child?
Measles: how does it spread and how can I protect my child?
A measles outbreak among unvaccinated children in London comes amid a global increase in infections
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I’m going to keep sharing this PSA: although the MMR is usually given at 12 and 18 months, your baby can get a first dose as early as 6 months. They will still need the other two doses, because immunity doesn’t stick at that age, and insurance may not cover it. But it’s protection.
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Proposal: vampire romance is necromantasy
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Proposal: vampire romance is necromantasy
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Taking an anti-vaccination stances against a treatment that saves the life of ONE IN FIVE HUNDRED KIDS and has no verified deaths involving healthy recipients is not just anti-science and anti-logic, it's evil. I have studied this disease too extensively to soften that word.
It's just evil.
It's just evil.
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Taking an anti-vaccination stances against a treatment that saves the life of ONE IN FIVE HUNDRED KIDS and has no verified deaths involving healthy recipients is not just anti-science and anti-logic, it's evil. I have studied this disease too extensively to soften that word.
It's just evil.
It's just evil.
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Most viruses, you catch them, your immune system learns them, locks their details in the control room, and then you can fight them in the future. Measles not only doesn't leave you that data, it blows up the control room. No immune memory for YOU good DAY.
February 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Most viruses, you catch them, your immune system learns them, locks their details in the control room, and then you can fight them in the future. Measles not only doesn't leave you that data, it blows up the control room. No immune memory for YOU good DAY.
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Many diseases, even airborne ones, will fall out of the air in a relatively short period of time. Measles goes for the gold standard, and can remain infectious in the air for HOURS. When there was a case at Disneyland several years ago, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride became a virus hotbox.
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Many diseases, even airborne ones, will fall out of the air in a relatively short period of time. Measles goes for the gold standard, and can remain infectious in the air for HOURS. When there was a case at Disneyland several years ago, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride became a virus hotbox.
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Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
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Someone liked this post which reminded me of this thread.
Sharing again ICYMI and would like to share pronouns with the rest of Bluesky in a way that's easy to see.
Sharing again ICYMI and would like to share pronouns with the rest of Bluesky in a way that's easy to see.
Lots of us used a pronoun labeler on here that has gone away, but there's a new pronoun labeler people are using.
Labelers can be confusing if you haven't used them before (& even if you have). They can be used in different ways.
This thread shows you how to use the pronoun labeler. 🧵
Labelers can be confusing if you haven't used them before (& even if you have). They can be used in different ways.
This thread shows you how to use the pronoun labeler. 🧵
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Someone liked this post which reminded me of this thread.
Sharing again ICYMI and would like to share pronouns with the rest of Bluesky in a way that's easy to see.
Sharing again ICYMI and would like to share pronouns with the rest of Bluesky in a way that's easy to see.
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I have been saying this for 3 years now; it is evident from even a theorerical understanding of these systems' operations. But ppl keep claiming it's not true or not important, or could be patched over, & so I keep hoping each time an "AI" company CEO comes out & admits will be the one that sticks
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I have been saying this for 3 years now; it is evident from even a theorerical understanding of these systems' operations. But ppl keep claiming it's not true or not important, or could be patched over, & so I keep hoping each time an "AI" company CEO comes out & admits will be the one that sticks
I bought a box of fresh lychees and they’re so delicious, but does anyone know of a way to eat them that *doesn’t* make you look like Denethor snacking on tomatoes?
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 AM
I bought a box of fresh lychees and they’re so delicious, but does anyone know of a way to eat them that *doesn’t* make you look like Denethor snacking on tomatoes?
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This is LITERALLY just taking Mike Johnson’s lie and presenting it as fact.
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 6:26 AM
This is LITERALLY just taking Mike Johnson’s lie and presenting it as fact.
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this is why i am laser-focused on paying rent for people right now.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
so many families are in awful positions because ICE’s bullshit has collapsed the already fragile social safety net.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
this is why i am laser-focused on paying rent for people right now.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
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"yeah I'm gonna punch you in the face"
February 14, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"yeah I'm gonna punch you in the face"
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“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
Finally a piece of good news. Let’s keep it that way
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Finally a piece of good news. Let’s keep it that way
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I think the thing that enrages me the most about Musk is that he presents himself as some sci-fi nerd hero doing everything possible to save humanity by going to new planets.
If your plan for saving humanity doesn’t include the people already on earth, you’re just a racist piece of shit.
If your plan for saving humanity doesn’t include the people already on earth, you’re just a racist piece of shit.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I think the thing that enrages me the most about Musk is that he presents himself as some sci-fi nerd hero doing everything possible to save humanity by going to new planets.
If your plan for saving humanity doesn’t include the people already on earth, you’re just a racist piece of shit.
If your plan for saving humanity doesn’t include the people already on earth, you’re just a racist piece of shit.
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Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
I just told my partner he can have as many human partners as he wants, but this is a hard no for me
“72% of American teens have turned to AI for companionship…When you talk thru a fight w/your partner or listen to a friend complain,you strengthen the muscles that form the foundation of human intimacy…How much of our capacity to connect w/other human[s]…atrophies when we don’t have to work at it?”🧪
Opinion | ‘We’re All Polyamorous Now. It’s You, Me and the A.I.’
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
I just told my partner he can have as many human partners as he wants, but this is a hard no for me
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In the US, this doesn't happen. One party can literally shut down the government *every single time it is in power* and at no point is this considered antisocial enough to warrant a snap election to replace them with people who actually want to govern.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
In the US, this doesn't happen. One party can literally shut down the government *every single time it is in power* and at no point is this considered antisocial enough to warrant a snap election to replace them with people who actually want to govern.
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In most parliamentary governments, failure to agree on a budget instantly starts this "nope, fuck you, roll a different character" process.
The game stops, and everyone trying to fuck up the game for everyone else gets threatened with being voted out for someone who *is* willing to cooperate.
The game stops, and everyone trying to fuck up the game for everyone else gets threatened with being voted out for someone who *is* willing to cooperate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In most parliamentary governments, failure to agree on a budget instantly starts this "nope, fuck you, roll a different character" process.
The game stops, and everyone trying to fuck up the game for everyone else gets threatened with being voted out for someone who *is* willing to cooperate.
The game stops, and everyone trying to fuck up the game for everyone else gets threatened with being voted out for someone who *is* willing to cooperate.