Lynne Ann Morse
@morselya.bsky.social
Married, SF fan, cat lover, canine compatible, serial crafter, oft-time repeater of others' bon mots & borrowed wisdom.
It's okay - you don't have to follow me. I'm unlikely to follow back. Don't worry about unfollowing, either: not everyone's cup of tea
It's okay - you don't have to follow me. I'm unlikely to follow back. Don't worry about unfollowing, either: not everyone's cup of tea
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Also, your reps are unpersuadable until they aren't. See the Epstein file vote.
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Also, your reps are unpersuadable until they aren't. See the Epstein file vote.
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And here we go...
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
And here we go...
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Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of The Dragon's Path (The Dagger and the Coin series Book 1), by @abraham.bsky.social, which I have, have read, have given away before, and have enjoyed, and if I were in a saner mood, I'd wax prosaic about it. I'm not. It's a good book. Read it.
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of The Dragon's Path (The Dagger and the Coin series Book 1), by @abraham.bsky.social, which I have, have read, have given away before, and have enjoyed, and if I were in a saner mood, I'd wax prosaic about it. I'm not. It's a good book. Read it.
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Ex-JAG here—the proper move was to get arrested.
That way when the court-martial comes around and asks him “what did you do in response to this obviously illegal order” he could’ve said “I went to the brig rather than follow it” and he would’ve been exonerated.
Now? Well, now he won’t. War crime.
That way when the court-martial comes around and asks him “what did you do in response to this obviously illegal order” he could’ve said “I went to the brig rather than follow it” and he would’ve been exonerated.
Now? Well, now he won’t. War crime.
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Go do something nice for a friend or neighbor today. Nothing you tweet or do will have any impact on the mess, but that will make you feel better. Build community.
January 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Go do something nice for a friend or neighbor today. Nothing you tweet or do will have any impact on the mess, but that will make you feel better. Build community.
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it is sort of important for people to remember that Putin did in fact try to do this exact kind of Cheeky Lil’ Armed Kidnapping maneuver on Zelenskyy in 2022, and it did in fact fail miserably
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
it is sort of important for people to remember that Putin did in fact try to do this exact kind of Cheeky Lil’ Armed Kidnapping maneuver on Zelenskyy in 2022, and it did in fact fail miserably
Oh wow! #TimelineCleanser
My boyfriend and I have been messing around with cyanotype chemicals this week and decided to develop some of my old glass plate negatives. 🐈
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Oh wow! #TimelineCleanser
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French news bulletin speaking with very well-informed commentators speculating (with apparently good evidence) that regime change in Caracas is step one to getting the oil supply to Cuba cut off by its replacement, with the aim of toppling the Cuban government: Rubio’s long term political project.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
French news bulletin speaking with very well-informed commentators speculating (with apparently good evidence) that regime change in Caracas is step one to getting the oil supply to Cuba cut off by its replacement, with the aim of toppling the Cuban government: Rubio’s long term political project.
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What we've got NOW and the investor-bilking class calls "AI" is nowhere close to consciousness; it's just statistics driven pattern-matching, and the LLMs are spicy autocomplete on steroids.
We don't know how consciousness works. We can't even define what it is. And Sam Altman's pants are on fire.
We don't know how consciousness works. We can't even define what it is. And Sam Altman's pants are on fire.
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
What we've got NOW and the investor-bilking class calls "AI" is nowhere close to consciousness; it's just statistics driven pattern-matching, and the LLMs are spicy autocomplete on steroids.
We don't know how consciousness works. We can't even define what it is. And Sam Altman's pants are on fire.
We don't know how consciousness works. We can't even define what it is. And Sam Altman's pants are on fire.
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Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.
cybernews.com/security/inv...
cybernews.com/security/inv...
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
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New York Times *not* backing U.S. interventionism? Well I’ll be.
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
New York Times *not* backing U.S. interventionism? Well I’ll be.
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It's not hard to have songs longer than 10 mins.
It's not a musical flex.
The reason most songs are short is radio play. The DJs and radio MCs soft-pressured record companies for shorter songs.
Bohemian Rhapsody is rumoured to have run to 15 mins in first draft.
Jesus...these people.
It's not a musical flex.
The reason most songs are short is radio play. The DJs and radio MCs soft-pressured record companies for shorter songs.
Bohemian Rhapsody is rumoured to have run to 15 mins in first draft.
Jesus...these people.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It's not hard to have songs longer than 10 mins.
It's not a musical flex.
The reason most songs are short is radio play. The DJs and radio MCs soft-pressured record companies for shorter songs.
Bohemian Rhapsody is rumoured to have run to 15 mins in first draft.
Jesus...these people.
It's not a musical flex.
The reason most songs are short is radio play. The DJs and radio MCs soft-pressured record companies for shorter songs.
Bohemian Rhapsody is rumoured to have run to 15 mins in first draft.
Jesus...these people.
I feel some more knitting coming in my future.
A LOT MORE knitting.
(If, for a bonus my will would like to settle on *first* winding up some new skeins for the project I would really like to see finished first? That would be nice?)
A LOT MORE knitting.
(If, for a bonus my will would like to settle on *first* winding up some new skeins for the project I would really like to see finished first? That would be nice?)
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I feel some more knitting coming in my future.
A LOT MORE knitting.
(If, for a bonus my will would like to settle on *first* winding up some new skeins for the project I would really like to see finished first? That would be nice?)
A LOT MORE knitting.
(If, for a bonus my will would like to settle on *first* winding up some new skeins for the project I would really like to see finished first? That would be nice?)
First full day back in Belgium, and...
it's snowing!
It was doing a few indecisive flurries earlier in the day, but now the cloud cover and falling snow has turned the living room dark enough for me to need a light on!
it's snowing!
It was doing a few indecisive flurries earlier in the day, but now the cloud cover and falling snow has turned the living room dark enough for me to need a light on!
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
First full day back in Belgium, and...
it's snowing!
It was doing a few indecisive flurries earlier in the day, but now the cloud cover and falling snow has turned the living room dark enough for me to need a light on!
it's snowing!
It was doing a few indecisive flurries earlier in the day, but now the cloud cover and falling snow has turned the living room dark enough for me to need a light on!
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the entire world can and should sanction us just as severely as we sanctioned Russia until this administration is removed from power and imprisoned
the United States is a rogue state
the United States is a rogue state
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
the entire world can and should sanction us just as severely as we sanctioned Russia until this administration is removed from power and imprisoned
the United States is a rogue state
the United States is a rogue state
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I want all of yall to notice the outright complicity or even active participation from these corporations in this attack on Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I want all of yall to notice the outright complicity or even active participation from these corporations in this attack on Venezuela.
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If you’re struggling right now, know that you’re not alone.
It’s ok if everything feels like it’s too much.
It’s ok if you can’t show up the way you want to.
It’s ok if you have to unplug, disappear, retreat or take a break.
Self care is resistance.
It’s ok if everything feels like it’s too much.
It’s ok if you can’t show up the way you want to.
It’s ok if you have to unplug, disappear, retreat or take a break.
Self care is resistance.
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
If you’re struggling right now, know that you’re not alone.
It’s ok if everything feels like it’s too much.
It’s ok if you can’t show up the way you want to.
It’s ok if you have to unplug, disappear, retreat or take a break.
Self care is resistance.
It’s ok if everything feels like it’s too much.
It’s ok if you can’t show up the way you want to.
It’s ok if you have to unplug, disappear, retreat or take a break.
Self care is resistance.
Yes, please - THIS!!
OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Yes, please - THIS!!
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Yeah, how about 'No, Nadella. If it bothers you, I like it.'
And you're going to sit there with a shit-eating grin on your face and call AI 'cognitive amplifier'?
Get the fuck out, Nadella.
And you're going to sit there with a shit-eating grin on your face and call AI 'cognitive amplifier'?
Get the fuck out, Nadella.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Yeah, how about 'No, Nadella. If it bothers you, I like it.'
And you're going to sit there with a shit-eating grin on your face and call AI 'cognitive amplifier'?
Get the fuck out, Nadella.
And you're going to sit there with a shit-eating grin on your face and call AI 'cognitive amplifier'?
Get the fuck out, Nadella.
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UK folk might like to watch Michael Palin's Venezuela travelogue on Channel 5's catch up service for some background round about now, or read his accompanying book.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
UK folk might like to watch Michael Palin's Venezuela travelogue on Channel 5's catch up service for some background round about now, or read his accompanying book.
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It's a toughy arguing with such folks. TESCREAL bubbles tend to be as sealed and durable as a Dyson Sphere and just as connected to reality.
January 3, 2026 at 1:08 AM
It's a toughy arguing with such folks. TESCREAL bubbles tend to be as sealed and durable as a Dyson Sphere and just as connected to reality.
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I re-posted this because it's so tempting and easy to focus on Trump, as the outrageous figurehead of the project. But he wouldn't be there if people hadn't voted for him: this is their fault and their responsibility too.
Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I re-posted this because it's so tempting and easy to focus on Trump, as the outrageous figurehead of the project. But he wouldn't be there if people hadn't voted for him: this is their fault and their responsibility too.
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BREAKING: Explosions have been heard and smoke is rising over the Venezuelan capital, according to Al Jazeera correspondent, as tensions with the US spiral. Parts of the city’s south, near a major military base, have reportedly lost power aje.io/pv5l3e
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 AM
BREAKING: Explosions have been heard and smoke is rising over the Venezuelan capital, according to Al Jazeera correspondent, as tensions with the US spiral. Parts of the city’s south, near a major military base, have reportedly lost power aje.io/pv5l3e