Łori J. Williams🧋
@ringtheory.bsky.social
Ex Google SWE, neurospicy, + many other things that fuel me to endure, defend, and call out during the US autocracy.
Self care is a form of resistance, especially among queer and BIPOCs. People don't want us to exist and yet we do.
No LGB without the T
Self care is a form of resistance, especially among queer and BIPOCs. People don't want us to exist and yet we do.
No LGB without the T
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Łori J. Williams🧋
@ringtheory.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death'
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
www.npr.org
The GOP needs to remove Trump immediately.
Trump is calling for the death of American veterans.
Trump is calling for the death of American veterans.
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft breaking that promise is not surprising in the least.
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft breaking that promise is not surprising in the least.
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BUT ARE WOMEN RUINING THE WORKPLACE???
company that creates deepfake CSAM raises $20 billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/t...
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
BUT ARE WOMEN RUINING THE WORKPLACE???
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Why are there so many terrible rich people doing garbage things to the world with their money 😭
company that creates deepfake CSAM raises $20 billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/t...
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Why are there so many terrible rich people doing garbage things to the world with their money 😭
The White House is absolutely lying. The protesters were not peaceful. 5 officers died related to the violent protestors on January 6th.
The GOP is complicit and a disgrace for allowing the lies to go on this long without removing Trump from office.
The GOP is complicit and a disgrace for allowing the lies to go on this long without removing Trump from office.
Sickening — the White House has put up a site about 1/6 painting himself as a hero and Pelosi, The Capitol Police, and Mike Pence as the villains.
An attempt to rewrite history before our eyes.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
An attempt to rewrite history before our eyes.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The White House is absolutely lying. The protesters were not peaceful. 5 officers died related to the violent protestors on January 6th.
The GOP is complicit and a disgrace for allowing the lies to go on this long without removing Trump from office.
The GOP is complicit and a disgrace for allowing the lies to go on this long without removing Trump from office.
So ready to take this monitor off. Difficult showers and *no* baths for the last 2 weeks.
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
So ready to take this monitor off. Difficult showers and *no* baths for the last 2 weeks.
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I don't get why Denmark isn't cancelling the lease on the US military base and ordering them gone by the end of the month. And at this point I'm wondering why all nations aren't doing this, including my own.
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
I don't get why Denmark isn't cancelling the lease on the US military base and ordering them gone by the end of the month. And at this point I'm wondering why all nations aren't doing this, including my own.
Teachers who have non-science based religious beliefs need to LEAVE TRANS KIDS ALONE.
How dare they insert their religion into a kid's home!
How dare they insert their religion into a kid's home!
Teachers have a right to tell parents if their child might be LGBTQ+, federal judge rules
School workers can alert parents if their child has questions about gender, but officials can't order staff to alert parents. It's a confusing new legal landscape.
www.latimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Teachers who have non-science based religious beliefs need to LEAVE TRANS KIDS ALONE.
How dare they insert their religion into a kid's home!
How dare they insert their religion into a kid's home!
I was pretty sure that dudes were going to lie about their height, but I looked at a random profile and dude claims he has an IQ of 140-159 🤣
He is outright lying or took one of those fake online IQ tests that try to trick you into buying something.
He is outright lying or took one of those fake online IQ tests that try to trick you into buying something.
"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 5, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I was pretty sure that dudes were going to lie about their height, but I looked at a random profile and dude claims he has an IQ of 140-159 🤣
He is outright lying or took one of those fake online IQ tests that try to trick you into buying something.
He is outright lying or took one of those fake online IQ tests that try to trick you into buying something.
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So Trump has said he is going to go in and "run" Venezuela and that US companies will have the country's oil reserves divvied up between them. After he kidnapped their president and his wife. That's where we're at, and we're going to maintain normal diplomatic relations with this man?
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
So Trump has said he is going to go in and "run" Venezuela and that US companies will have the country's oil reserves divvied up between them. After he kidnapped their president and his wife. That's where we're at, and we're going to maintain normal diplomatic relations with this man?
Trump wants to be Putin and has declared war for reasons of profiteering. The Republicans are complicit in this crime every day they don't impeach and remove Trump.
What line won't they cross to obtain a white supremacy patriarchy?
What line won't they cross to obtain a white supremacy patriarchy?
Venezuela accuses US of attacking Caracas as explosions rock capital
Loud noises and low-flying aircraft were heard in the Venezuelan capital and a southern part of the city was without power
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Trump wants to be Putin and has declared war for reasons of profiteering. The Republicans are complicit in this crime every day they don't impeach and remove Trump.
What line won't they cross to obtain a white supremacy patriarchy?
What line won't they cross to obtain a white supremacy patriarchy?
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#ResistanceRoots
Lynn Conway was born on this day in 1938 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She was a computer scientist, electrical engineer and prominent transgender rights activist whose work at IBM and Xerox PARC fundamentally reshaped the architecture of modern computing and the semiconductor industry. /1
Lynn Conway was born on this day in 1938 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She was a computer scientist, electrical engineer and prominent transgender rights activist whose work at IBM and Xerox PARC fundamentally reshaped the architecture of modern computing and the semiconductor industry. /1
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Lynn Conway was born on this day in 1938 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She was a computer scientist, electrical engineer and prominent transgender rights activist whose work at IBM and Xerox PARC fundamentally reshaped the architecture of modern computing and the semiconductor industry. /1
Lynn Conway was born on this day in 1938 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She was a computer scientist, electrical engineer and prominent transgender rights activist whose work at IBM and Xerox PARC fundamentally reshaped the architecture of modern computing and the semiconductor industry. /1
Wow, I'm posty tonight. My ADHD is clearly working hard to avoid Doing The Task.
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Wow, I'm posty tonight. My ADHD is clearly working hard to avoid Doing The Task.
I was going to say a sensory deprivation float tank (because my psoriasis is taken care of with meds so I don't need a $50k light box anymore) but I really like the idea of a food replicator that people have been mentioning.
"Tea, Sun Moon Lake, with brown sugar pearls, light iced."
"Tea, Sun Moon Lake, with brown sugar pearls, light iced."
if you could have one absolutely ridiculous thing in your house, money is no issue, what would you add?
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 AM
I was going to say a sensory deprivation float tank (because my psoriasis is taken care of with meds so I don't need a $50k light box anymore) but I really like the idea of a food replicator that people have been mentioning.
"Tea, Sun Moon Lake, with brown sugar pearls, light iced."
"Tea, Sun Moon Lake, with brown sugar pearls, light iced."
@ericswalwell.bsky.social have you explained yet why you didn't even vote on this bill from the House which discriminatorily will take away puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones from transgender youth while cisgender youth will continue to receive the health benefits?
If you can, call your Senators to oppose H.R. 3492 to protect healthcare for transgender youth.
Reminder, cisgender youth *already* get puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones and have since the 1980s.
If you can't call your senators, write them. Here's some starting text:
Reminder, cisgender youth *already* get puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones and have since the 1980s.
If you can't call your senators, write them. Here's some starting text:
Oppose H.R. 3492 and Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Care
Text SIGN PYWOCP to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 AM
@ericswalwell.bsky.social have you explained yet why you didn't even vote on this bill from the House which discriminatorily will take away puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones from transgender youth while cisgender youth will continue to receive the health benefits?
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the lede in this article is crazy, especially because they contradict it 8 paragraphs later
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 AM
the lede in this article is crazy, especially because they contradict it 8 paragraphs later
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🎶 “Do you remember his pledge to expose sex offenders? It’s since been erased from the agenda, and hidden from the light of day…” 🎶
July 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎶 “Do you remember his pledge to expose sex offenders? It’s since been erased from the agenda, and hidden from the light of day…” 🎶
It's hard to believe but there's actually someone who is anti-Mamdani who quote posted this. The account sounds vaguely anti-Muslim elsewhere because they don't even seem to realize how much hate Mamdani got for being Muslim.
Guess what? If you supported the alcoholic Fox News pundit to become Sec of Defense, the anti-vaccine sexual abuser to become Sec of HHS, the PDFile protector to become AG & the WWE actor Sec of Education, you get to have 0 opinions on anyone Zohran Mamdani has appointed to his Mayoral cabinet.
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's hard to believe but there's actually someone who is anti-Mamdani who quote posted this. The account sounds vaguely anti-Muslim elsewhere because they don't even seem to realize how much hate Mamdani got for being Muslim.
I vaguely thought to myself, "Yeah people are probably celebrating Mamdani's win with going to a rave." Turns out I was right! 😁
Not because it's "cool", but because it *is* celebratory and fun.
Not because it's "cool", but because it *is* celebratory and fun.
Chants of ‘Tax the Rich’ Fuel a Brooklyn Rave for Mayor Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I vaguely thought to myself, "Yeah people are probably celebrating Mamdani's win with going to a rave." Turns out I was right! 😁
Not because it's "cool", but because it *is* celebratory and fun.
Not because it's "cool", but because it *is* celebratory and fun.
If you can, call your Senators to oppose H.R. 3492 to protect healthcare for transgender youth.
Reminder, cisgender youth *already* get puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones and have since the 1980s.
If you can't call your senators, write them. Here's some starting text:
Reminder, cisgender youth *already* get puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones and have since the 1980s.
If you can't call your senators, write them. Here's some starting text:
Oppose H.R. 3492 and Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Care
Text SIGN PYWOCP to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If you can, call your Senators to oppose H.R. 3492 to protect healthcare for transgender youth.
Reminder, cisgender youth *already* get puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones and have since the 1980s.
If you can't call your senators, write them. Here's some starting text:
Reminder, cisgender youth *already* get puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones and have since the 1980s.
If you can't call your senators, write them. Here's some starting text:
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A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
This is like Google's 3 Respects rebrand. Because they often don't respect the user (Gemini is now tied to previous stand alone Gmail features), don't respect the opportunity to decline contracts with Netanyahu, and c-suite certainly doesn't respect ICs working for them, treating them as disposable.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This is like Google's 3 Respects rebrand. Because they often don't respect the user (Gemini is now tied to previous stand alone Gmail features), don't respect the opportunity to decline contracts with Netanyahu, and c-suite certainly doesn't respect ICs working for them, treating them as disposable.
Some random poster asked me, "Did you even watch the video?" and I replied back to them, "Yeah I did and there was nothing about what they're talking about it. No one was eating animals."
The response was silence as if the poster hadn't even watched it. 🤔
The response was silence as if the poster hadn't even watched it. 🤔
He said they were eating cats and dogs and people voted for him, anyway. Corporations donated, anyway. The media gave cover, anyway. So they've calculated correctly, it would seem.
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Some random poster asked me, "Did you even watch the video?" and I replied back to them, "Yeah I did and there was nothing about what they're talking about it. No one was eating animals."
The response was silence as if the poster hadn't even watched it. 🤔
The response was silence as if the poster hadn't even watched it. 🤔
Journalists should have branded themselves, "Learn when Republicans are trying to control you through lying." Push back on their othering.
Just like when Republicans call educated people elite, push back as "Being able to see through Republican lies."
Just like when Republicans call educated people elite, push back as "Being able to see through Republican lies."
wild to me that journalists got so scared of being called “liberal media” that they spent my entire adult life dismantling their own industry, reputation, and personal moral compasses. now journalism is an explicit arm of corporate fascism and they’re STILL scared of “having lefty bias” accusations.
January 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Journalists should have branded themselves, "Learn when Republicans are trying to control you through lying." Push back on their othering.
Just like when Republicans call educated people elite, push back as "Being able to see through Republican lies."
Just like when Republicans call educated people elite, push back as "Being able to see through Republican lies."
Absolving themselves of responsibility is the goal.
great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes.
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?
January 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Absolving themselves of responsibility is the goal.
I hate the AI that says, "Okay, but first I need to collect why you're calling," and then tries to answer it, errors out, and then *fails* to connect me to a person.
Eventually the info it collects is that it failed to connect to a person and errored out, not that my credit card wasn't accepted.
Eventually the info it collects is that it failed to connect to a person and errored out, not that my credit card wasn't accepted.
Me yelling, "Talk to a pharmacist," over and over as the automated system repeats, "okay, but actually I can help you with most requests. Simply state what you need..."
“Why are Americans mistrustful of AI?” asks the morning briefing thing I’m skimming while I “no” through literally a dozen questions being asked to me by a robot who stands between me and the person I need to talk to to schedule the x-ray that I really, really need
January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I hate the AI that says, "Okay, but first I need to collect why you're calling," and then tries to answer it, errors out, and then *fails* to connect me to a person.
Eventually the info it collects is that it failed to connect to a person and errored out, not that my credit card wasn't accepted.
Eventually the info it collects is that it failed to connect to a person and errored out, not that my credit card wasn't accepted.