Ms. Elise
@mselise.bsky.social
I'm vaguely an engineer and not vaguely a massive nerd. TERFs not welcome.
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Bobby Nunez was arrested and prosecuted for "brazenly towing an ICE vehicle" according to the U.S. Attorney. He towed the vehicle during the arrest of a TikTok influencer in downtown Los Angeles on August 15th.
After a 4-day trial, he was acquitted! His lawyers were two Deputy Public Defenders. ✊🏼
After a 4-day trial, he was acquitted! His lawyers were two Deputy Public Defenders. ✊🏼
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Bobby Nunez was arrested and prosecuted for "brazenly towing an ICE vehicle" according to the U.S. Attorney. He towed the vehicle during the arrest of a TikTok influencer in downtown Los Angeles on August 15th.
After a 4-day trial, he was acquitted! His lawyers were two Deputy Public Defenders. ✊🏼
After a 4-day trial, he was acquitted! His lawyers were two Deputy Public Defenders. ✊🏼
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Yuanxin is six years old. He sat in a classroom in our neighborhood. His family fled danger seeking safety and were met with state violence and deportation instead. This is a moral failure. Demand accountability. Support local immigrant defense efforts. Refuse to let this happen in silence.
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yuanxin is six years old. He sat in a classroom in our neighborhood. His family fled danger seeking safety and were met with state violence and deportation instead. This is a moral failure. Demand accountability. Support local immigrant defense efforts. Refuse to let this happen in silence.
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If you would think the rule was good, and would not revisit it for someone you don't really know that well, or someone you hate, you should not revisit it because it applies to someone you like.
This feels like an element of fundamental fairness.
This feels like an element of fundamental fairness.
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you would think the rule was good, and would not revisit it for someone you don't really know that well, or someone you hate, you should not revisit it because it applies to someone you like.
This feels like an element of fundamental fairness.
This feels like an element of fundamental fairness.
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If the rule is otherwise good and someone who we all appreciate and respect has their work excluded for a year, them's the breaks.
December 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If the rule is otherwise good and someone who we all appreciate and respect has their work excluded for a year, them's the breaks.
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The rule should not be chosen based on who it excludes.
If the rule means that the output of an entire publishing house, which goes AI-edit forward in 2026, is excluded, the rule is functioning as intended.
If the rule means that the output of an entire publishing house, which goes AI-edit forward in 2026, is excluded, the rule is functioning as intended.
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The rule should not be chosen based on who it excludes.
If the rule means that the output of an entire publishing house, which goes AI-edit forward in 2026, is excluded, the rule is functioning as intended.
If the rule means that the output of an entire publishing house, which goes AI-edit forward in 2026, is excluded, the rule is functioning as intended.
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2) when deciding if a clear rule is a GOOD rule, the absolute last thing you should be doing is crafting a rule and then looking to see if it excludes people you like and respect and frantically redrafting it if it does so that those people are eligible for your contest
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
2) when deciding if a clear rule is a GOOD rule, the absolute last thing you should be doing is crafting a rule and then looking to see if it excludes people you like and respect and frantically redrafting it if it does so that those people are eligible for your contest
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So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
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the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
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responding to “what do you think of Adolph Hitler?” with “I’m in favor of a strong executive” is advanced conservatism. these kids have perfected the craft.
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
responding to “what do you think of Adolph Hitler?” with “I’m in favor of a strong executive” is advanced conservatism. these kids have perfected the craft.
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.
At a Coldplay concert in July, Kristin Cabot appeared on the Jumbotron in the arms of her boss. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most. Now, for first time since that viral moment, Cabot is sharing her side of the story. trib.al/I8tWdU4
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.
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Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
“I will not let this administration come for you”: NY AG Letitia James Vows to Protect Trans Kids
“Your healthcare is still legal and protected, and your doctors cannot cut off your access to gender affirming care based on the administration's reckless proposal.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
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The Hunger Games was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a handbook.
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Hunger Games was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a handbook.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
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I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
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…. I tried looking up what “Eastern Pacific“ means and our media stenography situation is such that they all reported that phrase without asking ANY questions
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
…. I tried looking up what “Eastern Pacific“ means and our media stenography situation is such that they all reported that phrase without asking ANY questions
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The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!!
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!!
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE.
BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.
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Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
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articles like this are aimed at other members of the demographic who feel that wokeness has quashed their job prospects, but As A Woman, it's pretty discouraging to read them and realize how many of my peers might see me as having achieved my own career only by stealing what was rightfully theirs
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
articles like this are aimed at other members of the demographic who feel that wokeness has quashed their job prospects, but As A Woman, it's pretty discouraging to read them and realize how many of my peers might see me as having achieved my own career only by stealing what was rightfully theirs
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I am getting to the end of my grading and desperately need a break. Which means it's that time again...time for EXTRA CREDIT MEMES
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I am getting to the end of my grading and desperately need a break. Which means it's that time again...time for EXTRA CREDIT MEMES