Lori
@loridak.bsky.social
Gardener, forager, creative, parent, partner, art therapist. Sometimes I make art. Hopeful universalist. Activism>doomerism. Focusing on my locus of control. No hate, but I unfollow furry content.
I make typos.
I make typos.
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The crisis isn’t refugees. It’s not that one person committed one tragic crime and killed one other person. The crisis isn’t that America’s 250-year old history of hosting immigrants turned out to be a mistake.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
The crisis is that STEPHEN MILLER, a hateful little maggot, controls the government.
I read this and assumed it was mostly sarcasm/satire. It is, right? Like, we do live in a society where we have to agree on the rules, but obvs, it's not lame if a judge found someone not guilty (and we should have juries)
Dude grandma made her choice - just like every suffragette and apartheid protestor. Judges won't save her, but it'd be lame civil disobedience if they did! Society isn't a superhero story - we all have to agree on the rules or we don't live in one. It's not about influence, it's about cooperation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I read this and assumed it was mostly sarcasm/satire. It is, right? Like, we do live in a society where we have to agree on the rules, but obvs, it's not lame if a judge found someone not guilty (and we should have juries)
I'm not nesting, I'm just obsessively sorting out and washing all the baby clothes. Just a baby clothes goblin over here, nothing to see...
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm not nesting, I'm just obsessively sorting out and washing all the baby clothes. Just a baby clothes goblin over here, nothing to see...
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It used to be the case that a mission of forming young people for leadership was understood to be exclusively aimed at boys. That's no longer true. Hegseth wants to get back something that can't be restored—the culture-wide assumption that power and influence should belong only to (white) men.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It used to be the case that a mission of forming young people for leadership was understood to be exclusively aimed at boys. That's no longer true. Hegseth wants to get back something that can't be restored—the culture-wide assumption that power and influence should belong only to (white) men.
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(4/4) Human rights are universal. They are not tools for political convenience. They do not bend to ideology. And no administration can claim that equality, safety, and dignity are anything but fundamental rights. The world is watching. And history will remember where we stood.
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
(4/4) Human rights are universal. They are not tools for political convenience. They do not bend to ideology. And no administration can claim that equality, safety, and dignity are anything but fundamental rights. The world is watching. And history will remember where we stood.
I supported the dems through a thoroughly depressing stint as the opposition party, but if they bail out the AI companies, I think that's it, I'm done.
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I supported the dems through a thoroughly depressing stint as the opposition party, but if they bail out the AI companies, I think that's it, I'm done.
I guess I'm just wondering if there will be any substantial fallout from the exposure of all those maga accounts as foreign influencers, or if we'll all forget next week and right wing normies like my parents will never even know
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I guess I'm just wondering if there will be any substantial fallout from the exposure of all those maga accounts as foreign influencers, or if we'll all forget next week and right wing normies like my parents will never even know
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(I do not think they should be bailed out)
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
(I do not think they should be bailed out)
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*They* can't afford to go back.
*We* can't afford to not barbecue them on sight.
*We* can't afford to not barbecue them on sight.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
*They* can't afford to go back.
*We* can't afford to not barbecue them on sight.
*We* can't afford to not barbecue them on sight.
The world would be a much better place if more people felt empowered to tell the men in their lives to stop being such disgusting selfish pigs
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The world would be a much better place if more people felt empowered to tell the men in their lives to stop being such disgusting selfish pigs
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More than 1 in 4 physicians surveyed by the AMA in December said that prior authorization had led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. And 8% responded that prior authorization led to a disability, birth defect, or death. #RSNA25
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late. - KFF Health News
Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer c...
kffhealthnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
More than 1 in 4 physicians surveyed by the AMA in December said that prior authorization had led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. And 8% responded that prior authorization led to a disability, birth defect, or death. #RSNA25
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Miller must really be concerned that he's gonna lose his shadow presidency.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Miller must really be concerned that he's gonna lose his shadow presidency.
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
Does anyone else have a bag of gift bags? It saves me so much money to reuse them.
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Does anyone else have a bag of gift bags? It saves me so much money to reuse them.
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As the people quoted in the article pointed out, ICE has no idea whom they are really looking for. No probable cause whatsoever.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As the people quoted in the article pointed out, ICE has no idea whom they are really looking for. No probable cause whatsoever.
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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"When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search."
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search."
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
And this is why i grow my own. Lol
discovering there aren't enough herbs for the Thanksgiving dinner when it's too late to run to the store? Problematic sage gap
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
And this is why i grow my own. Lol
I think we can all agree that some (particularly conservative) pastors are absolute psychopaths.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I think we can all agree that some (particularly conservative) pastors are absolute psychopaths.
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I've been deeply troubled by this discussion, but I can't hold back on something we already know: in both sexes, but especially girls, sexual maturity occurs much earlier than cognitive maturity
"what they look like" to another party is an invitation to abuse & exploitation
minds matter most
"what they look like" to another party is an invitation to abuse & exploitation
minds matter most
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've been deeply troubled by this discussion, but I can't hold back on something we already know: in both sexes, but especially girls, sexual maturity occurs much earlier than cognitive maturity
"what they look like" to another party is an invitation to abuse & exploitation
minds matter most
"what they look like" to another party is an invitation to abuse & exploitation
minds matter most
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Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
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If you're splitting hairs about the age of the people you sexually exploit I'm assuming you are a predator
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you're splitting hairs about the age of the people you sexually exploit I'm assuming you are a predator