Sara K Joiner
@skjoiner.bsky.social
MG/YA author • librarian • ace
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Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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the fury i feel is indescribable.
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
the fury i feel is indescribable.
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Let’s go!!!!!
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Let’s go!!!!!
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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I have absolutely no interest in middle ground or compromise on any human rights, for roughly the same reasons that I have absolutely no interest in allowing a leopard to eat only *part* of my face.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I have absolutely no interest in middle ground or compromise on any human rights, for roughly the same reasons that I have absolutely no interest in allowing a leopard to eat only *part* of my face.
RIP Pauline Collins
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
RIP Pauline Collins
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I'm starting to feel that if I briskly walked into the Louvre wearing a workman's jumpsuit and pulling my own hand truck, I could walk out with the Winged Victory of Samothrace for my own sculpture garden.
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm starting to feel that if I briskly walked into the Louvre wearing a workman's jumpsuit and pulling my own hand truck, I could walk out with the Winged Victory of Samothrace for my own sculpture garden.
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
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Oct 31st - Best. Bike ride. Ever.
📽️📅 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
📽️📅 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Oct 31st - Best. Bike ride. Ever.
📽️📅 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
📽️📅 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Really enjoyed FRANKENSTEIN. It was gorgeous to look at on the big screen.
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Really enjoyed FRANKENSTEIN. It was gorgeous to look at on the big screen.
Seeing FRANKENSTEIN! In the theater thanks to Cinema Center!
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Seeing FRANKENSTEIN! In the theater thanks to Cinema Center!
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A reminder that if you see someone shoplifting food at a supermarket, YOU DIDN’T SEE A DAMN THING.
Here is a comprehensive list of why people on SNAP, are on SNAP:
1. They need food assistance.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
1. They need food assistance.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A reminder that if you see someone shoplifting food at a supermarket, YOU DIDN’T SEE A DAMN THING.
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Here is a comprehensive list of why people on SNAP, are on SNAP:
1. They need food assistance.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
1. They need food assistance.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Here is a comprehensive list of why people on SNAP, are on SNAP:
1. They need food assistance.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
1. They need food assistance.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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It's important to remember three things: one, Tylenol doesn't cause autism; two, autism is not a bad thing, certainly not bad enough to sue anyone over; and three, the only reason they're doing this is so they can avoid doing things that might actually *help* people.
BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Tylenol makers for alleged links to autism. @rosaflores.bsky.social has the latest.
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's important to remember three things: one, Tylenol doesn't cause autism; two, autism is not a bad thing, certainly not bad enough to sue anyone over; and three, the only reason they're doing this is so they can avoid doing things that might actually *help* people.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
RIP June Lockhart
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
RIP June Lockhart
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FDR Memorial, Washington DC.
-RIP East Wing-
-RIP East Wing-
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
FDR Memorial, Washington DC.
-RIP East Wing-
-RIP East Wing-