Rachel Parker
@msraitchetp.bsky.social
Content marketing expert, co-host of PolitiGood podcast. Person who will not suffer fools. Ride or die St. Louis native. Former Los Angeles. Lover of sunshine, roses, St. Louis pizza, and extreme amounts of coffee.
Everyone from full-blown AI skeptics to "it's going to (insert ridiculously overblown hype here) by (insert absurd timeframe)!!!!" hype mongers needs to watch this.
Also, if you haven't watched it? Pls don't comment. Come back and chat when you do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn4O...
Also, if you haven't watched it? Pls don't comment. Come back and chat when you do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn4O...
A.I. Scientists Are Here. But Is Progress Accelerating? | EP 170
YouTube video by Hard Fork
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December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Everyone from full-blown AI skeptics to "it's going to (insert ridiculously overblown hype here) by (insert absurd timeframe)!!!!" hype mongers needs to watch this.
Also, if you haven't watched it? Pls don't comment. Come back and chat when you do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn4O...
Also, if you haven't watched it? Pls don't comment. Come back and chat when you do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn4O...
Here's why it's not always the best idea to file a lawsuit against someone unless you have absolutely no choice: The defendant gets to depose the plaintiff first.
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here's why it's not always the best idea to file a lawsuit against someone unless you have absolutely no choice: The defendant gets to depose the plaintiff first.
That time the great Kathy Bigelow was filming a scene in my building in L.A. and she fawned over my dog while I stood with an idiot smile on my face b/c I couldn't believe I was talking to Kathy Bigelow.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
That time the great Kathy Bigelow was filming a scene in my building in L.A. and she fawned over my dog while I stood with an idiot smile on my face b/c I couldn't believe I was talking to Kathy Bigelow.
From July, but it's something we all need to start paying attention to as we build new relationships and audiences on newer and developing platform technologies.
Meta has cancer and its declining faster than anyone wants to acknowledge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4M...
Meta has cancer and its declining faster than anyone wants to acknowledge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4M...
Why did our friends stop posting on social media? | BBC Global
YouTube video by BBC Global
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December 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From July, but it's something we all need to start paying attention to as we build new relationships and audiences on newer and developing platform technologies.
Meta has cancer and its declining faster than anyone wants to acknowledge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4M...
Meta has cancer and its declining faster than anyone wants to acknowledge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4M...
I didn't think I could make any 2026 search predictions until I f*cked around with Gemini today on what was ultimately a product I knew a lot about. So a bit of recon and a process more about experimentation than recs/discovery.
My prediction: Google will retain search dominance by way of AI.
My prediction: Google will retain search dominance by way of AI.
December 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I didn't think I could make any 2026 search predictions until I f*cked around with Gemini today on what was ultimately a product I knew a lot about. So a bit of recon and a process more about experimentation than recs/discovery.
My prediction: Google will retain search dominance by way of AI.
My prediction: Google will retain search dominance by way of AI.
I'd like once again to thank Missouri voters (especially in St. Louis, the most densely populated region in the state that generates most of our revenue) for not saddling us with this fucking debt.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
What are STAR Bonds? How the Chiefs stadium in Kansas will be funded
The Chiefs promised $4 billion of development in Kansas. Here’s how it will be funded.
www.kansascity.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'd like once again to thank Missouri voters (especially in St. Louis, the most densely populated region in the state that generates most of our revenue) for not saddling us with this fucking debt.
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Rachel Parker
This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
Checked in on some of the profiles I follow (cc @quillmatiq.com) to get a fediverse update today.
Like of COURSE this is what those MF-ers at Meta did. Why wouldn't they do this?
Like of COURSE this is what those MF-ers at Meta did. Why wouldn't they do this?
Threads is effectively shelving their fediverse integration, after it saw marginally little use
Zuck has played the game well, harming both open protocol movements while growing his platform, getting good PR and distracting regulators
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
Zuck has played the game well, harming both open protocol movements while growing his platform, getting good PR and distracting regulators
connectedplaces.online/reports/fedi...
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Checked in on some of the profiles I follow (cc @quillmatiq.com) to get a fediverse update today.
Like of COURSE this is what those MF-ers at Meta did. Why wouldn't they do this?
Like of COURSE this is what those MF-ers at Meta did. Why wouldn't they do this?
As frustrating as I know it is, I'd like to thank Missouri taxpayers for standing up to a billionaire and refusing to fund another stadium w/public funds that we'd never pay for in our lifetimes.
We don't get it right all the time. This time? Nailed it.
We don't get it right all the time. This time? Nailed it.
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As frustrating as I know it is, I'd like to thank Missouri taxpayers for standing up to a billionaire and refusing to fund another stadium w/public funds that we'd never pay for in our lifetimes.
We don't get it right all the time. This time? Nailed it.
We don't get it right all the time. This time? Nailed it.
And I'll add: Bad for business.
Shameful.
CBS News EIC Bari Weiss had concerns about the CECOT piece, I’m told. The network decided to hold the segment pending, among other things, comment or an interview with White House officials next year…
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And I'll add: Bad for business.
Innovation requires feedback cycles and truth telling.
When you have a company culture that doesn't value true innovation and instead pumps the ego of its C-suite exclusively, you won't go the distance.
Zuck and company can't innovate. Gravity comes for everyone.
When you have a company culture that doesn't value true innovation and instead pumps the ego of its C-suite exclusively, you won't go the distance.
Zuck and company can't innovate. Gravity comes for everyone.
Time to escalate my calls: I think something is rotten at Meta, and they are in trouble
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Innovation requires feedback cycles and truth telling.
When you have a company culture that doesn't value true innovation and instead pumps the ego of its C-suite exclusively, you won't go the distance.
Zuck and company can't innovate. Gravity comes for everyone.
When you have a company culture that doesn't value true innovation and instead pumps the ego of its C-suite exclusively, you won't go the distance.
Zuck and company can't innovate. Gravity comes for everyone.
This is a great pilot program that could hopefully result in more affordable homes in St. Louis. The city is using ARPA funds to complete the project, btw.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Plan approved to build new homes in north St. Louis
The St. Louis Development Corporation approved a plan Thursday to build at least 10 modular homes in one north St. Louis neighborhood damaged by the May 16 tornado.
www.yahoo.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is a great pilot program that could hopefully result in more affordable homes in St. Louis. The city is using ARPA funds to complete the project, btw.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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I'm going to dine out on this paragraph (from the Variety story today re: her dumb town halls no one will watch) for a month. Girl they ran chia pet ads like it was the fourth hour of the Today Show...a real face flop for prime time.
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I'm going to dine out on this paragraph (from the Variety story today re: her dumb town halls no one will watch) for a month. Girl they ran chia pet ads like it was the fourth hour of the Today Show...a real face flop for prime time.
Broadly speaking--and it's really evident on this platform--people on the left who are the loudest about AI intervention don't understand it.
An uninformed public will never be in a position to demand regulation at scale. See also the rise of apps and tech mergers in the '10s.
Do better, Lefties.
An uninformed public will never be in a position to demand regulation at scale. See also the rise of apps and tech mergers in the '10s.
Do better, Lefties.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Broadly speaking--and it's really evident on this platform--people on the left who are the loudest about AI intervention don't understand it.
An uninformed public will never be in a position to demand regulation at scale. See also the rise of apps and tech mergers in the '10s.
Do better, Lefties.
An uninformed public will never be in a position to demand regulation at scale. See also the rise of apps and tech mergers in the '10s.
Do better, Lefties.
My guess is that it will make the Kirk town hall look like a ratings bonanza.
It will be interesting to see what mass market there is for a televised version of the NYT op-ed pages.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My guess is that it will make the Kirk town hall look like a ratings bonanza.
Trump's disintegration into a dithering war hawk--while the America First isolationists who put all of their faith in him can't do anything to stop him--is the most logical evolution of a party that made up reasons to go to war in Iraq.
Where is Rand Paul's (for example) outrage, y'all??????
Where is Rand Paul's (for example) outrage, y'all??????
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Trump's disintegration into a dithering war hawk--while the America First isolationists who put all of their faith in him can't do anything to stop him--is the most logical evolution of a party that made up reasons to go to war in Iraq.
Where is Rand Paul's (for example) outrage, y'all??????
Where is Rand Paul's (for example) outrage, y'all??????
Trump's COVID revenge tour is going to kill more people. What kind of venal piece of shit who has sworn to protect people...sorry. I can't finish that sentence.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump's COVID revenge tour is going to kill more people. What kind of venal piece of shit who has sworn to protect people...sorry. I can't finish that sentence.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
Dear progressives of Bluesky: Stop shit talking paywalls for journalism.
You've learned nothing.
Signed,
Me*
*A person who pays for good journalist because w/out it, we'll all die.
You've learned nothing.
Signed,
Me*
*A person who pays for good journalist because w/out it, we'll all die.
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dear progressives of Bluesky: Stop shit talking paywalls for journalism.
You've learned nothing.
Signed,
Me*
*A person who pays for good journalist because w/out it, we'll all die.
You've learned nothing.
Signed,
Me*
*A person who pays for good journalist because w/out it, we'll all die.
If you read this article (and you should) and your first thought is "Wow, Wiles comes across great!" then you're also the kind of person who watched Wolf of Wall Street and missed the part where a director indicted a culture of greed.
Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you read this article (and you should) and your first thought is "Wow, Wiles comes across great!" then you're also the kind of person who watched Wolf of Wall Street and missed the part where a director indicted a culture of greed.
We need bipartisan Republicans who are ready to do something about gun safety in this country.
And they need a base that demands it from them.
And they need a base that demands it from them.
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We need bipartisan Republicans who are ready to do something about gun safety in this country.
And they need a base that demands it from them.
And they need a base that demands it from them.
The thing I knew would happen is happening. Advertisers already have to deal with brand safety on Insta (and have made that deal w that devil).
Why deal with even more brand safety exposure and buy ads on a sagging network only to appear next to an actual fascist?
Brands are sick of this BS.
Why deal with even more brand safety exposure and buy ads on a sagging network only to appear next to an actual fascist?
Brands are sick of this BS.
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The thing I knew would happen is happening. Advertisers already have to deal with brand safety on Insta (and have made that deal w that devil).
Why deal with even more brand safety exposure and buy ads on a sagging network only to appear next to an actual fascist?
Brands are sick of this BS.
Why deal with even more brand safety exposure and buy ads on a sagging network only to appear next to an actual fascist?
Brands are sick of this BS.
This is classic A-list Hollywood. Go on strike, fight the good fight, make the Netflix battle all about the integrity of your art form.
Fine. But?
Accept 6-figure checks f/a deeply censorious regime that commissioned the 2018 murder of a journalist?
Uhhhh?
contrarian.substack.com/p/hollywood-...
Fine. But?
Accept 6-figure checks f/a deeply censorious regime that commissioned the 2018 murder of a journalist?
Uhhhh?
contrarian.substack.com/p/hollywood-...
Hollywood Stars Flock to Saudi Film Festival
Everyone has a price
contrarian.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is classic A-list Hollywood. Go on strike, fight the good fight, make the Netflix battle all about the integrity of your art form.
Fine. But?
Accept 6-figure checks f/a deeply censorious regime that commissioned the 2018 murder of a journalist?
Uhhhh?
contrarian.substack.com/p/hollywood-...
Fine. But?
Accept 6-figure checks f/a deeply censorious regime that commissioned the 2018 murder of a journalist?
Uhhhh?
contrarian.substack.com/p/hollywood-...
Does someone want to tell him the whole thing about state's rights and how that's the driving force of the dark money that undergirds his entire stupid party?
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws
The order creates a Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass “onerous” legislation.
www.wired.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Does someone want to tell him the whole thing about state's rights and how that's the driving force of the dark money that undergirds his entire stupid party?
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Predatory sociopaths like RFK Jr don't just think they're thirst traps. They need *you* to tell them they are. RFK Jr and Trump are exactly the same. You always have to fold "predator" into your calculus of both. Constantly parading their fake manhood in front of us for validation.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
Saladino: "The goal here is not for people to get sweaty in airports. Nobody wants to be sitting next to somebody smelling on an airplane. But ... "
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Predatory sociopaths like RFK Jr don't just think they're thirst traps. They need *you* to tell them they are. RFK Jr and Trump are exactly the same. You always have to fold "predator" into your calculus of both. Constantly parading their fake manhood in front of us for validation.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
Exactly. Precisely. 1,000%. Totally.
If Hunter Biden had blown his nose in a Fox News bathroom w/a tissue an ambassador from the UK or France handed him, they would have lost their shit for four years.
Nearly $30B in foreign assets to buy up a media conglomerate? Sure. NBD. Why not?
If Hunter Biden had blown his nose in a Fox News bathroom w/a tissue an ambassador from the UK or France handed him, they would have lost their shit for four years.
Nearly $30B in foreign assets to buy up a media conglomerate? Sure. NBD. Why not?
Imagine if Hunter Biden tried a hostile takeover of Fox News using foreign funding to get more favorable coverage of his dad. The Trump family is the most corrupt administration in US history.
Christ on a cracker. Can we please just play the "if this were the Biden admin?" game long enough to digest how corrupt this is? Please?
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Exactly. Precisely. 1,000%. Totally.
If Hunter Biden had blown his nose in a Fox News bathroom w/a tissue an ambassador from the UK or France handed him, they would have lost their shit for four years.
Nearly $30B in foreign assets to buy up a media conglomerate? Sure. NBD. Why not?
If Hunter Biden had blown his nose in a Fox News bathroom w/a tissue an ambassador from the UK or France handed him, they would have lost their shit for four years.
Nearly $30B in foreign assets to buy up a media conglomerate? Sure. NBD. Why not?