Sigrid Peterson
@sigridpeterson.bsky.social
Writer, editor, illustrator and designer. St. Louis, MO by way of Madison, WI.
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She’s acting as a sort of beard, so the company can maintain the grift that these systems have or will develop personhood and that ethical considerations are in some way central to its business model
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
She’s acting as a sort of beard, so the company can maintain the grift that these systems have or will develop personhood and that ethical considerations are in some way central to its business model
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What can you do with a history degree?
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What can you do with a history degree?
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There seems to be a fundamental misconception about journalists and the First Amendment. You don't get 1A rights in exchange for being accurate and impartial. The ideal of journalistic neutrality was inconceivable to the founders. Journalism in the 1780s was partisan! And they still protected it!
January 31, 2026 at 12:46 PM
There seems to be a fundamental misconception about journalists and the First Amendment. You don't get 1A rights in exchange for being accurate and impartial. The ideal of journalistic neutrality was inconceivable to the founders. Journalism in the 1780s was partisan! And they still protected it!
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Many people are asking "why don't other politicians do this" and the answer is BECAUSE they don't want you to understand this shit and they want you to just trust they know what they're doing when they're secretly fuck you over. Look at the funding bill!
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Many people are asking "why don't other politicians do this" and the answer is BECAUSE they don't want you to understand this shit and they want you to just trust they know what they're doing when they're secretly fuck you over. Look at the funding bill!
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The reported shooting Saturday morning is the third such incident in the city this month.
Federal agents reportedly shoot man on Nicollet Ave. in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents reportedly shot a man on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis Saturday morning.
sahanjournal.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The reported shooting Saturday morning is the third such incident in the city this month.
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We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
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EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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Pasadena knows.
April 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Pasadena knows.
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March 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
This is great.
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is great.
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Hats off to @elotroalex.bsky.social for creating this map of abductions of students by ICE.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hats off to @elotroalex.bsky.social for creating this map of abductions of students by ICE.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
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We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
ICE arrests WA farmworker activist in Sedro-Woolley
Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez, 25, has organized on behalf of farmworkers' rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old.
www.seattletimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
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I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
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March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
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So classy and smart
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
So classy and smart
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lmao what the fuck
"For twenty-five years, I was contracted to produce three articles a year, long ones, typically ten thousand words. For this, my peak salary was $498,141. That’s not a misprint—$498,141, or more than $166,000 per story."
ahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah yalereview.org/article/burr...
ahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah yalereview.org/article/burr...
Bryan Burrough on Graydon Carter and Vanity Fair’s Golden Era
Lavish budgets, high-society gossip, and headline-making journalism— Vanity Fair under Graydon Carter was the last great magazine empire. Bryan Burrough…
yalereview.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
lmao what the fuck
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America, watch and learn.
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
America, watch and learn.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.
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Tomorrow morning, 8AM, Prospect Park West & President St, if you're mad at Schumer let's show it.
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tomorrow morning, 8AM, Prospect Park West & President St, if you're mad at Schumer let's show it.
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The Democratic Party is led by the politician equivalent of the dad who went out for cigarettes and never came back
March 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Democratic Party is led by the politician equivalent of the dad who went out for cigarettes and never came back
"How do I successfully resist my authoritarian government and keep both loved ones, friends, and strangers safe and alive?"
If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question
If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question
Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podcast, explains the secret to happiness — and why knowing your personality type can help you make better decisions about what can bring you more joy.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"How do I successfully resist my authoritarian government and keep both loved ones, friends, and strangers safe and alive?"