Risa
@risachase.bsky.social
Collector and curator of Things I Find Interesting. Currently Crocheting. Join Your Damn Union. she/her
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"What do I think of the Board of Peace? I think it is a colonialist operation: others deciding for the Palestinians."
-Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
-Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
US-led Board of Peace a ‘colonialist operation,’ Cardinal Pizzaballa says - OSV News
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, strongly criticized the U.S.-led Board of Peace, an international body chaired by President Donald Trump to oversee the governance and r...
www.osvnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
"What do I think of the Board of Peace? I think it is a colonialist operation: others deciding for the Palestinians."
-Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
-Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
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Read the original reporting by me and @andrewdeck.bsky.social here:
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
February 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Read the original reporting by me and @andrewdeck.bsky.social here:
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
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A literal DREAM. @imogenheap x @pattiegonia x @bandalooping teamed up to create a new song + music video called 'have you considered?'
February 19, 2026 at 8:51 PM
A literal DREAM. @imogenheap x @pattiegonia x @bandalooping teamed up to create a new song + music video called 'have you considered?'
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just to be clear there is SO MUCH precedent for arresting a senior royal. just not any precedent where it ends well for them
every British historian rn frantically trying to find examples of British royals being arrested that don’t end with their execution
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 AM
just to be clear there is SO MUCH precedent for arresting a senior royal. just not any precedent where it ends well for them
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If this is the expensive version, imagine what’s considered “good enough” for everyone else.
Alpha School, an "AI-powered" private school that costs as much as $65k a year, is generating faulty lesson plans and stealing content from textbooks for training data www.404media.co/students-are...
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that som...
www.404media.co
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
If this is the expensive version, imagine what’s considered “good enough” for everyone else.
Noah Reid, Clark Backo and Carrie-Ann Moss??? I am seated
“Meet the cast of #Yaga the new Crave Original mystery thriller series reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga. Based on the hit play by Kat Sandler, Crave’s first half-hour drama series is officially in production!🎬”
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February 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Noah Reid, Clark Backo and Carrie-Ann Moss??? I am seated
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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I imagine it was extremely disturbing
February 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I imagine it was extremely disturbing
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As someone who has been in arts education an embarrassingly long time, I know there’s always been a lot of tension and animosity between artists who MAKE things and wannabe artists who are desperate TO HAVE MADE a thing. But AI enthusiast culture has really lathered these losers up.
Why tech likes AI and doesn't understand why artists don't
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
As someone who has been in arts education an embarrassingly long time, I know there’s always been a lot of tension and animosity between artists who MAKE things and wannabe artists who are desperate TO HAVE MADE a thing. But AI enthusiast culture has really lathered these losers up.
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.
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Defence has now spent over $26 million on Palantir since 2013. The latest: a $7.6 million contract for the “Cyber Warfare Divison”.
Defence signs biggest ever contract with Palantir for department's 'Cyber Warfare Division'
The one-year, $7.6 million contract for the Cyber Warfare Division brings Defence's spend to more than $26 million on contracts with the controversial Trump-linked company.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Defence has now spent over $26 million on Palantir since 2013. The latest: a $7.6 million contract for the “Cyber Warfare Divison”.
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Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
February 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
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This entire software suite must be destroyed, and wiped off of earth. Utterly dismembered and forgotten. This is patently sick. This will fuck ppl up in so many ways. This is disgusting and wretched.
Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting - Dexerto
Meta has been granted a patent outlining an AI system capable of simulating a user’s activity on social media to post after their death.
www.dexerto.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
This entire software suite must be destroyed, and wiped off of earth. Utterly dismembered and forgotten. This is patently sick. This will fuck ppl up in so many ways. This is disgusting and wretched.
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You deserve relationships in which someone isn't always trying to f*ck you, sexually or otherwise.
February 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
You deserve relationships in which someone isn't always trying to f*ck you, sexually or otherwise.
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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Confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had epibatidine poison in his body when he died in a Siberian prison. The toxin is only produced by wild South American dart frogs, not in captivity. It's a violation of the chemical weapons convention.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say
Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had epibatidine poison in his body when he died in a Siberian prison. The toxin is only produced by wild South American dart frogs, not in captivity. It's a violation of the chemical weapons convention.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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A friend had to work overnight recently because the llm used by the consultants his managers had hired to do sales analytics for rhe year had come back and told them to discontinue their most popular shoes in middle of hiking season because it randomly hallucinated a better selling shoe.
February 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A friend had to work overnight recently because the llm used by the consultants his managers had hired to do sales analytics for rhe year had come back and told them to discontinue their most popular shoes in middle of hiking season because it randomly hallucinated a better selling shoe.
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I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.
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I’ve literally been saying this since I was a teenager:
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I’ve literally been saying this since I was a teenager:
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To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them
February 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM
To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them
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I see the issue. When we said we would replace human workers with machines you assumed the machines would work. That's on you
August 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I see the issue. When we said we would replace human workers with machines you assumed the machines would work. That's on you
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Oh NOOOOOOOO. Did someone scrape their work without permission, credit, nor recompense to create and sell a cheaper knock off of your work and replace and/or devalue your work with that theft? That must SUCK SO MUCH.
Google says its flagship AI chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated by “commercially motivated” actors who are trying to clone it by repeatedly prompting it.
Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini
Google says private companies and researchers are trying to copy Gemini’s capabilities by repeatedly prompting it at scale.
nbcnews.to
February 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Oh NOOOOOOOO. Did someone scrape their work without permission, credit, nor recompense to create and sell a cheaper knock off of your work and replace and/or devalue your work with that theft? That must SUCK SO MUCH.