Livia
@liviagodaert.bsky.social
constantly thinking about arts, culture, and technology // argumentative, antithetical dream girl // PDX → DCA → LHR // she/her // views mine
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If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Lina Khan stans we are SO BACK
For those who don’t know, Lina Khan gave tech bros hell AND her ass to kiss when she was FTC chair. She was busting monopolies left and right. Gave Amazon and Meta the finger too.
This is an EXCELLENT addition to his team.
This is an EXCELLENT addition to his team.
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Lina Khan stans we are SO BACK
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One way that anti-feminism has been conceptually collapsed into a stand-in for all other political grievances is through the feminization of the state, which is cast as a scolding mommy for doing things like requiring milk pasteurization.
he goes on and on about the “feminization” of society and a “maternal surveillance system” and it’s like, are you mad your mom told you to clean your room once?
May 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One way that anti-feminism has been conceptually collapsed into a stand-in for all other political grievances is through the feminization of the state, which is cast as a scolding mommy for doing things like requiring milk pasteurization.
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you're the one who told him he was above the law my guy!! who would have thought that he'd turn around and FLOUT IT bc you gave him permission...a Concept...
BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts responds to inquires after Trump called for a D.C. federal judge who ruled against him to be impeached @courthousenews.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
you're the one who told him he was above the law my guy!! who would have thought that he'd turn around and FLOUT IT bc you gave him permission...a Concept...
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SCOOP: More than 300 FTC blogs published under FTC Chair Lina Khan disappeared this morning. They included posts critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/federa...
www.wired.com/story/federa...
FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies
Business-guidance content published during the Biden administration has been removed from the Federal Trade Commission website.
www.wired.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SCOOP: More than 300 FTC blogs published under FTC Chair Lina Khan disappeared this morning. They included posts critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/federa...
www.wired.com/story/federa...
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You want me to make friends? The thing that killed Julius Caesar?
March 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
You want me to make friends? The thing that killed Julius Caesar?
oh we are in DANGER.
A high-profile network of investors and founders in Silicon Valley are promoting a new moral vision for the tech industry, in which job choices and other decisions are guided not by the pursuit of wealth, but according to Christian values.
Here's what that looks like with @laurengoode.bsky.social:
Here's what that looks like with @laurengoode.bsky.social:
The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’
Is work religion, or is religion work? Both.
www.wired.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
oh we are in DANGER.
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i’m stealing from @mtsw.bsky.social here, but we are seeing — on the national level — a very common red state dynamic. republicans tanking the economy and destroying the most dynamic sectors in order to *produce* a brain drain
March 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
i’m stealing from @mtsw.bsky.social here, but we are seeing — on the national level — a very common red state dynamic. republicans tanking the economy and destroying the most dynamic sectors in order to *produce* a brain drain
don't threaten me with a good time
March 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
don't threaten me with a good time
I mean...I have to google and double check that I'm thinking of a different guy every time he crosses one of my feeds. But maybe that's just me.
Frankly, it’s been strangely comforting to realize that we’re finally at a point when Doug Ford can spent a few weeks on the American radar without anyone asking “Hey, didn’t this guy used to do crack or something?”
March 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I mean...I have to google and double check that I'm thinking of a different guy every time he crosses one of my feeds. But maybe that's just me.
March 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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And I suggest that the United States should seize and nationalize Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink. We can both make suggestions!
BREAKING: Elon Musk suggests the United States should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize "as much as possible."
www.nbcnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And I suggest that the United States should seize and nationalize Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink. We can both make suggestions!
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They should resign, and the very public resignation letter should read “I have no intention of lying about our journalism in order to provide Paramount with a pretext for paying Donald Trump a bribe.” Which is transparently what this is.
Scoop: Incoming Paramount boss Jeff Shell has made it clear to CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and "60 Minutes" boss Bill Owens that they need to get on board with Trump settlement and possible admission of wrongdoing—something sure to raise questions of gun-jumping. www.status.news/p/paramount-...
Shell-Shocked at CBS
As Paramount’s merger with Skydance nears the finish line, CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens have faced escalating pressure to settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit—including from ...
www.status.news
March 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
They should resign, and the very public resignation letter should read “I have no intention of lying about our journalism in order to provide Paramount with a pretext for paying Donald Trump a bribe.” Which is transparently what this is.
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I kind of want the National Weather Service to stop issuing daily forecasts *now,* at the first big wave of cuts, instead of cobbling together a doomed, faulty, jalopy service, that will be easier to cut later.
Lots of systems depend on those forecasts. They need to feel what cuts mean.
Lots of systems depend on those forecasts. They need to feel what cuts mean.
March 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I kind of want the National Weather Service to stop issuing daily forecasts *now,* at the first big wave of cuts, instead of cobbling together a doomed, faulty, jalopy service, that will be easier to cut later.
Lots of systems depend on those forecasts. They need to feel what cuts mean.
Lots of systems depend on those forecasts. They need to feel what cuts mean.
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This is an important point. I already see people quavering over “I have a meeting with the DOGE team,” or “DOGE has asked for this data.”
“Is this coming from *the Secretary?* Can I get in writing that it’s coming from *The Secretary?* *The Secretary* is directing this?” are all valid questions.
“Is this coming from *the Secretary?* Can I get in writing that it’s coming from *The Secretary?* *The Secretary* is directing this?” are all valid questions.
I think it's bad that they're attempting to create what functionally amounts to a dual power structure of political commissars who have power over congressionally approved heads of federal agencies if I'm being for real with you guys.
Musk power grab: the EO Trump signed today puts Musk's DOGE mostly in charge of developing massive downsizing plans for federal agencies, and explicitly gives DOGE approval authority over "all" hiring into career civil service positions
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is an important point. I already see people quavering over “I have a meeting with the DOGE team,” or “DOGE has asked for this data.”
“Is this coming from *the Secretary?* Can I get in writing that it’s coming from *The Secretary?* *The Secretary* is directing this?” are all valid questions.
“Is this coming from *the Secretary?* Can I get in writing that it’s coming from *The Secretary?* *The Secretary* is directing this?” are all valid questions.
there's a very funny thing about being a city girl who's over 25 bc now my criteria for shoes are 1) can I walk in them all day and 2) will they cover my feet bc how are the girls walking all over these nasty streets with their entire feet hanging out 😭
February 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
there's a very funny thing about being a city girl who's over 25 bc now my criteria for shoes are 1) can I walk in them all day and 2) will they cover my feet bc how are the girls walking all over these nasty streets with their entire feet hanging out 😭
what radicalised you?
applicant tracking systems, actually
applicant tracking systems, actually
February 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
what radicalised you?
applicant tracking systems, actually
applicant tracking systems, actually
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we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
February 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
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See now I’m starting to think that these people want a machine to summarize things for them because when a human does it, the human uses words like “no” and “that would hurt people” and “that’s illegal.”
February 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
See now I’m starting to think that these people want a machine to summarize things for them because when a human does it, the human uses words like “no” and “that would hurt people” and “that’s illegal.”
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funny you should mention this, because Elon Musk is on Twitter retweeting posts claiming that he WAS elected
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
funny you should mention this, because Elon Musk is on Twitter retweeting posts claiming that he WAS elected
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NEW: WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.
Pronouns Are Being Forcibly Removed From Government Email Signatures
WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW: WIRED confirmed various automated efforts to remove pronouns from both email and Slack at USAID, the EPA, the GSA, and more.