nathalie
@nathalierayter.bsky.social
Chicago, gardening, quilting, corn dogs, community. Crunch crunch ✨
Loved this talk on AI, creativity, effort, and mess.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
And:
"Before you come up with a 'well actually' response, you can't get mad at people for conflating all these different types of AI when you purposely threw 'em together to build your hype cycle."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
And:
"Before you come up with a 'well actually' response, you can't get mad at people for conflating all these different types of AI when you purposely threw 'em together to build your hype cycle."
Y Oslo - How to draw an orange, Mike Monteiro
YouTube video by Y Oslo
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Loved this talk on AI, creativity, effort, and mess.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
And:
"Before you come up with a 'well actually' response, you can't get mad at people for conflating all these different types of AI when you purposely threw 'em together to build your hype cycle."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
And:
"Before you come up with a 'well actually' response, you can't get mad at people for conflating all these different types of AI when you purposely threw 'em together to build your hype cycle."
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I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra
Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra
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Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
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today, a federal judge ordered the release of 615 people wrongfully abducted by ICE / CBP from june to october (yay!). as if they haven't already been through enough trauma and violence, they each still have to pay a $1500 bond (aka ransom & extortion) (boo!).
donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:
donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
today, a federal judge ordered the release of 615 people wrongfully abducted by ICE / CBP from june to october (yay!). as if they haven't already been through enough trauma and violence, they each still have to pay a $1500 bond (aka ransom & extortion) (boo!).
donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:
donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:
today I remembered that in 2020 I went to go look at a condo open house and the only things the people who lived there had hung on their walls were wedding photos, their ketubah, and this:
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
today I remembered that in 2020 I went to go look at a condo open house and the only things the people who lived there had hung on their walls were wedding photos, their ketubah, and this:
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
recommendation for people looking to cover up their Deathly Hallows tattoos: some interpretation of the horticultural Disease Triangle
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
recommendation for people looking to cover up their Deathly Hallows tattoos: some interpretation of the horticultural Disease Triangle
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Friends don't let friends follow Alt National Park Service. This is so weird and inappropriate!!!
AltNPS's post is full of the same lurid details and breathless dramatization as their previous attempt at ICE raid erotica from a few weeks ago.
Things that AltNPS could not possibly have witnessed, and which aren't reported anywhere else.
Things that AltNPS could not possibly have witnessed, and which aren't reported anywhere else.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Friends don't let friends follow Alt National Park Service. This is so weird and inappropriate!!!
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
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Today is as good a day as ever to permanently deactivate your AirBnB account.
Add the facts that their founder is working for DOGE, the company is on BDS Movement’s pressure list, and how it drives up housing costs by turning prime units into investment properties and its a no brainer.
Add the facts that their founder is working for DOGE, the company is on BDS Movement’s pressure list, and how it drives up housing costs by turning prime units into investment properties and its a no brainer.
Joe Gebbia, a billionaire, is the co-founder of AirBnB, a presidential appointee and a Tesla board member claiming ISIS waited until the last minute to endorse Mamdani.
This is sick.
This is sick.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today is as good a day as ever to permanently deactivate your AirBnB account.
Add the facts that their founder is working for DOGE, the company is on BDS Movement’s pressure list, and how it drives up housing costs by turning prime units into investment properties and its a no brainer.
Add the facts that their founder is working for DOGE, the company is on BDS Movement’s pressure list, and how it drives up housing costs by turning prime units into investment properties and its a no brainer.
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This is a nice story about the civic/social infrastructure that came out of Mamdani's campaign
Now I want to see the @resnikoff.bsky.social take on it
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Now I want to see the @resnikoff.bsky.social take on it
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a nice story about the civic/social infrastructure that came out of Mamdani's campaign
Now I want to see the @resnikoff.bsky.social take on it
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Now I want to see the @resnikoff.bsky.social take on it
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Illinois now is the time to try for a progressive tax again
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Illinois now is the time to try for a progressive tax again
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This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
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This article is really great bc it's about an org everyone knows but seems so boring we forget about it (Common Crawl) and turns out they're doing something extremely shady, AND the guy in charge keeps saying the most damning things to a reporter www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
The web archive Common Crawl has been quietly funneling paywalled articles to AI companies—and lying to publishers about it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This article is really great bc it's about an org everyone knows but seems so boring we forget about it (Common Crawl) and turns out they're doing something extremely shady, AND the guy in charge keeps saying the most damning things to a reporter www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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IDK what that means going fwd but it is a Very Big Deal that people with a lot of wealth and political power suddenly feel a personal stake in this issue
It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/
It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
IDK what that means going fwd but it is a Very Big Deal that people with a lot of wealth and political power suddenly feel a personal stake in this issue
It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/
It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/
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I have already heard/seen a huge difference. Ppl usually proud of being neutral/apolitical saying THIS is new and bad and different
It's not and they're wrong but what IS different (and possibly very good) is their awareness and engagement and willingness to be publicly identified with opposition
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It's not and they're wrong but what IS different (and possibly very good) is their awareness and engagement and willingness to be publicly identified with opposition
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October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have already heard/seen a huge difference. Ppl usually proud of being neutral/apolitical saying THIS is new and bad and different
It's not and they're wrong but what IS different (and possibly very good) is their awareness and engagement and willingness to be publicly identified with opposition
+
It's not and they're wrong but what IS different (and possibly very good) is their awareness and engagement and willingness to be publicly identified with opposition
+
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For most white people, the ICE surge existed only on social media - IF that
Not in their social networks, not within miles of many
It's different now. Lincoln Park is densely-populated and a many (most?) white people in Chicago know someone who lives near where fed agents gassed the neighborhood +
Not in their social networks, not within miles of many
It's different now. Lincoln Park is densely-populated and a many (most?) white people in Chicago know someone who lives near where fed agents gassed the neighborhood +
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For most white people, the ICE surge existed only on social media - IF that
Not in their social networks, not within miles of many
It's different now. Lincoln Park is densely-populated and a many (most?) white people in Chicago know someone who lives near where fed agents gassed the neighborhood +
Not in their social networks, not within miles of many
It's different now. Lincoln Park is densely-populated and a many (most?) white people in Chicago know someone who lives near where fed agents gassed the neighborhood +
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Most ppl know that Chicago (home of modern urban segregation) is a very segregated place but I don't think most outside Chicago (+many Chicagoans!) understand how the *distances* involved and *depth* of segregation mean most white ppl have ZERO visibility into many Black and Latine neighborhoods
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October 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Most ppl know that Chicago (home of modern urban segregation) is a very segregated place but I don't think most outside Chicago (+many Chicagoans!) understand how the *distances* involved and *depth* of segregation mean most white ppl have ZERO visibility into many Black and Latine neighborhoods
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Feds are also on the ground in Avondale/northwest side: instagram.com/p/DQPEgcSEWDl/
October 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Feds are also on the ground in Avondale/northwest side: instagram.com/p/DQPEgcSEWDl/
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If this pisses you off:
1. Figure out how you can actively support a rapid response network
2. Get 5 of your privileged friends to actively support a rapid response network
3. Donate to @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
1. Figure out how you can actively support a rapid response network
2. Get 5 of your privileged friends to actively support a rapid response network
3. Donate to @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If this pisses you off:
1. Figure out how you can actively support a rapid response network
2. Get 5 of your privileged friends to actively support a rapid response network
3. Donate to @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
1. Figure out how you can actively support a rapid response network
2. Get 5 of your privileged friends to actively support a rapid response network
3. Donate to @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
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One list to block all the Reich ministries.
Here’s a list: bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One list to block all the Reich ministries.
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sherman, for the love of god!
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
sherman, for the love of god!