Rae Walker
@raewalker.bsky.social
Tired trans nurse who studies A.I. & power
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS no longer a FAAN
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS no longer a FAAN
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
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“But despite OpenAI’s talk of supporting health goals, the company’s terms of service directly state that ChatGPT and other OpenAI services ‘are not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition.’”
ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up
New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot.
arstechnica.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
“But despite OpenAI’s talk of supporting health goals, the company’s terms of service directly state that ChatGPT and other OpenAI services ‘are not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition.’”
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“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency. This granular location information paints a detailed picture of who we are, where we go, and who we spend time with,” Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy project director of @aclu.org's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, said.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency. This granular location information paints a detailed picture of who we are, where we go, and who we spend time with,” Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy project director of @aclu.org's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, said.
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Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
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Local people protested, people raised money and showed up for court support. Local press covered what happened which is how folks on here came to know this happened. Local people didn't abandon her.
They shot an undocumented man here on a busy street in the middle of the day.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
www.cbsnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Local people protested, people raised money and showed up for court support. Local press covered what happened which is how folks on here came to know this happened. Local people didn't abandon her.
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
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Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.
State-sanctioned executions of civilians in broad daylight on U.S. streets.
ICE is straight up shooting people in the face now, then telling bald-faced lies about “violent rioters”, despite multiple eyewitness accounts & videos
DHS account on the left, vs. eyewitness statement on the right:
ICE is straight up shooting people in the face now, then telling bald-faced lies about “violent rioters”, despite multiple eyewitness accounts & videos
DHS account on the left, vs. eyewitness statement on the right:
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
State-sanctioned executions of civilians in broad daylight on U.S. streets.
ICE is straight up shooting people in the face now, then telling bald-faced lies about “violent rioters”, despite multiple eyewitness accounts & videos
DHS account on the left, vs. eyewitness statement on the right:
ICE is straight up shooting people in the face now, then telling bald-faced lies about “violent rioters”, despite multiple eyewitness accounts & videos
DHS account on the left, vs. eyewitness statement on the right:
Weaponization of state-mandated minimum datasets part #92,877,531…
NEW: Starting today, ICE can continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases. Last year, 404 Media and @freedom.press sued DHS for refusing to share a copy of the agreement, which gives the personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients to ICE.
Now, the agreement has been released:
Now, the agreement has been released:
Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data
On Tuesday, ICE was allowed to continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Weaponization of state-mandated minimum datasets part #92,877,531…
I’m no political scientist but it’s my opinion that we should not, under any circumstances, invade Greenland.
Nor should we bomb Venezuela.
Or any other sovereign country against which Congress has not declared war.
And even then, I’m anti-bomb, anti-invasion. It’s all death, greed & empire.
Nor should we bomb Venezuela.
Or any other sovereign country against which Congress has not declared war.
And even then, I’m anti-bomb, anti-invasion. It’s all death, greed & empire.
January 7, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I’m no political scientist but it’s my opinion that we should not, under any circumstances, invade Greenland.
Nor should we bomb Venezuela.
Or any other sovereign country against which Congress has not declared war.
And even then, I’m anti-bomb, anti-invasion. It’s all death, greed & empire.
Nor should we bomb Venezuela.
Or any other sovereign country against which Congress has not declared war.
And even then, I’m anti-bomb, anti-invasion. It’s all death, greed & empire.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
So they created an on-demand CSAM & revenge p*rn bot & rather than shutting it down & putting the makers on trial they’re laughing & ramping up its integration into U.S. government operations…
techpolicy.press/the-us-gover...
techpolicy.press/the-us-gover...
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
So they created an on-demand CSAM & revenge p*rn bot & rather than shutting it down & putting the makers on trial they’re laughing & ramping up its integration into U.S. government operations…
techpolicy.press/the-us-gover...
techpolicy.press/the-us-gover...
Working through (or re-reading) so many great books this winter break…
Thank you @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social (& all the authors whose handles I can’t find on here!)
Thank you @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social (& all the authors whose handles I can’t find on here!)
January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Working through (or re-reading) so many great books this winter break…
Thank you @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social (& all the authors whose handles I can’t find on here!)
Thank you @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social (& all the authors whose handles I can’t find on here!)
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Tech wants to hold two things true: that chatbots are sentient and they are not accountable for them. The opposite should be true. Chatbots are word predicting machines and they should be accountable for them.
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Tech wants to hold two things true: that chatbots are sentient and they are not accountable for them. The opposite should be true. Chatbots are word predicting machines and they should be accountable for them.
Some of my proudest “accomplishments” for 2025 were the things I said “no” to.
I vastly underestimated the peace it would bring me.
I vastly underestimated the peace it would bring me.
January 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Some of my proudest “accomplishments” for 2025 were the things I said “no” to.
I vastly underestimated the peace it would bring me.
I vastly underestimated the peace it would bring me.
Are they really closing the archive, or actually selling it off, piece by piece, to the highest bidders?
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Are they really closing the archive, or actually selling it off, piece by piece, to the highest bidders?
Caught the Stranger Things finale at an @8pm sold-out showing.
Whatever the critics say about it (& I’m sure there will be plenty)— as the lights came up there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Audience cheered & clapped & sobbed
What a terrific experience to share
Thanks for a great ride 💜
Whatever the critics say about it (& I’m sure there will be plenty)— as the lights came up there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Audience cheered & clapped & sobbed
What a terrific experience to share
Thanks for a great ride 💜
a red sign that says stranger things 3 on a black background
Alt: a red sign that says stranger things 5 on a black background
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Caught the Stranger Things finale at an @8pm sold-out showing.
Whatever the critics say about it (& I’m sure there will be plenty)— as the lights came up there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Audience cheered & clapped & sobbed
What a terrific experience to share
Thanks for a great ride 💜
Whatever the critics say about it (& I’m sure there will be plenty)— as the lights came up there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
Audience cheered & clapped & sobbed
What a terrific experience to share
Thanks for a great ride 💜
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a neat (and scary) survey into AI "companions" and kids www.aura.com/reports/stat...
"nearly half of the time kids and teens use AI, it is
for companionship, and when they do, the themes of discussion are primarily sexual, romantic, and violent."
"nearly half of the time kids and teens use AI, it is
for companionship, and when they do, the themes of discussion are primarily sexual, romantic, and violent."
December 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
a neat (and scary) survey into AI "companions" and kids www.aura.com/reports/stat...
"nearly half of the time kids and teens use AI, it is
for companionship, and when they do, the themes of discussion are primarily sexual, romantic, and violent."
"nearly half of the time kids and teens use AI, it is
for companionship, and when they do, the themes of discussion are primarily sexual, romantic, and violent."
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As an educator, I have a mandatory reporting duty to alert my school if I suspect a student is a victim of abuse, manipulation, and/or harassment. What happens when ChatGPT is the perpetrator?
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
As an educator, I have a mandatory reporting duty to alert my school if I suspect a student is a victim of abuse, manipulation, and/or harassment. What happens when ChatGPT is the perpetrator?
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
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23andMe’s bankruptcy is more than a failed biotech story, write Zeena Nisar, Gregory Shelby, and Amr Yakout. It reveals deep cracks in how the United States governs genomic data — exposing the the nation to serious privacy and national security risks.
The 23andMe Collapse Exposes the Cracks in Genomic Data Governance | TechPolicy.Press
Zeena Nisar, Gregory Shelby, and Amr Yakout discuss 23andMe’s bankruptcy and the insecurity of US genomic data.
buff.ly
December 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
23andMe’s bankruptcy is more than a failed biotech story, write Zeena Nisar, Gregory Shelby, and Amr Yakout. It reveals deep cracks in how the United States governs genomic data — exposing the the nation to serious privacy and national security risks.
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Mirrored here for when that gets taken down: archive.org/details/3mam...
Inside Cecot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://bsky.app/profile/jasonparis.bsky.social/post/3mam565pyes24
archive.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Mirrored here for when that gets taken down: archive.org/details/3mam...
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Some PCP’s “say Care Connect is eroding the in-person option. They argue that instead of spending a chunk of the network’s $400 million pledge to shore up primary care on AI, the network should use more of its funds to attract and increase pay for primary care staffers.”
Your next primary care doctor could be online only with an AI partner
The primary care provider shortage is a national problem, and it’s particularly acute in Massachusetts. Some medical groups, including the state’s largest hospital network, Mass General Brigham, are t...
www.wbur.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some PCP’s “say Care Connect is eroding the in-person option. They argue that instead of spending a chunk of the network’s $400 million pledge to shore up primary care on AI, the network should use more of its funds to attract and increase pay for primary care staffers.”
Oh you know, just a typical Sunday in Western Mass, attending a Drunk Opera History performance of the Messiah.
Vegan butternut bisque & beers on hand at the Iron Horse.
Audience is probably ~80-90% retirees with full scores in their hands. Delightful.
Vegan butternut bisque & beers on hand at the Iron Horse.
Audience is probably ~80-90% retirees with full scores in their hands. Delightful.
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh you know, just a typical Sunday in Western Mass, attending a Drunk Opera History performance of the Messiah.
Vegan butternut bisque & beers on hand at the Iron Horse.
Audience is probably ~80-90% retirees with full scores in their hands. Delightful.
Vegan butternut bisque & beers on hand at the Iron Horse.
Audience is probably ~80-90% retirees with full scores in their hands. Delightful.
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“Once an AI pathology tool had identified a person’s race, they became overly-obsessed with finding previous analyses that fit that particular identifier.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Once an AI pathology tool had identified a person’s race, they became overly-obsessed with finding previous analyses that fit that particular identifier.”