RI DaSēr K
@sotreu.blacksky.app
"clever, knowing, jaded"
man dem wicked, but mi wickeda dan dem.
he/xē/they
man dem wicked, but mi wickeda dan dem.
he/xē/they
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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THIS IS SO VITAL TO THE ECOSYSTEM OF CREATIVITY
buy art, talk about creative works, boost creator's works and ways to pay them, be passionate about creative works. Reblog that art, tell that writer you love their work, give them money if you are able, make their comms and patreons and such visible to those who can pay if you are unable to.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
THIS IS SO VITAL TO THE ECOSYSTEM OF CREATIVITY
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i know some people wanted this as like a fantasy booking sort of thing, but if anyone genuinely thought new japan was going to get nakamura they were living in a fantasy world
That’s a tough loss for the dumbest Twitter accounts and podcasters in wrestling.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
i know some people wanted this as like a fantasy booking sort of thing, but if anyone genuinely thought new japan was going to get nakamura they were living in a fantasy world
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3:33am EST: Venus in Scorpio quincunx Ceres in Aries. Is there a version of the story that empowers you, rather than keeping you stuck? Could that version be true? Or even partly true? 03°Sc01' D 03°Ar01' R
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
3:33am EST: Venus in Scorpio quincunx Ceres in Aries. Is there a version of the story that empowers you, rather than keeping you stuck? Could that version be true? Or even partly true? 03°Sc01' D 03°Ar01' R
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MAN (the folks at @literaryhub.bsky.social are putting out bangers IMO)
Why the American Revolution Was a World War in All But Name
As a child growing up outside London in the 1980s and 1990s, I learned next to nothing about the American Revolution and its global ripple effects. The subject was conspicuously missing from classr…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
MAN (the folks at @literaryhub.bsky.social are putting out bangers IMO)
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Like, idk shit about shit. I'm gender abstaining bc I'm too slow to read gender theory. But I like listening to people talk about their understanding of themselves. It sucks that dog whistles can sneak up on us like this, but hey this is how we learn
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Like, idk shit about shit. I'm gender abstaining bc I'm too slow to read gender theory. But I like listening to people talk about their understanding of themselves. It sucks that dog whistles can sneak up on us like this, but hey this is how we learn
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Good to know, I would've missed this.
I've listened to folks talking about being raised or socialized as a boy for example, but they got "defective boy" treatment usually. So I've been wondering how folks see their childhood gender and grown gender and how people feel about socializing in general
I've listened to folks talking about being raised or socialized as a boy for example, but they got "defective boy" treatment usually. So I've been wondering how folks see their childhood gender and grown gender and how people feel about socializing in general
Hi I don't know who needs to hear this, but "socialized as male" "socialized as female" is a transphobic dogwhistle
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Good to know, I would've missed this.
I've listened to folks talking about being raised or socialized as a boy for example, but they got "defective boy" treatment usually. So I've been wondering how folks see their childhood gender and grown gender and how people feel about socializing in general
I've listened to folks talking about being raised or socialized as a boy for example, but they got "defective boy" treatment usually. So I've been wondering how folks see their childhood gender and grown gender and how people feel about socializing in general
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We try to give as much insight into how we report our stories and our dealings with tech companies as we can, and the narratives that they push. Meta has become obsessed with telling reporters that its smart glasses are no different than an iPhone. So we wrote this:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We try to give as much insight into how we report our stories and our dealings with tech companies as we can, and the narratives that they push. Meta has become obsessed with telling reporters that its smart glasses are no different than an iPhone. So we wrote this:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
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Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
One of the Greatest Wall Street Investors of All Time Announces Retirement
Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
Hi I don't know who needs to hear this, but "socialized as male" "socialized as female" is a transphobic dogwhistle
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hi I don't know who needs to hear this, but "socialized as male" "socialized as female" is a transphobic dogwhistle
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
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An incredible choice for many reasons, among them that the requirement was first removed to pave the way for *Paul Vallas*
Meisha Ross Porter may stay in NYC. Alex Marrero may stay in Denver.
There is behind the scenes working in Chicago to undo the requirement for a superintendent license so that CPZ, the woman who wanted GardaWorld, can be CEO of chicago public schools.
There is behind the scenes working in Chicago to undo the requirement for a superintendent license so that CPZ, the woman who wanted GardaWorld, can be CEO of chicago public schools.
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
An incredible choice for many reasons, among them that the requirement was first removed to pave the way for *Paul Vallas*
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These platforms can effectively manipulate individual emotions and affect at scale, including influencing behavior.
We we say that they personalize content, but the goal is to persuade.
The only question is, for what purpose? To make us do what?
So it really matters who controls them.
We we say that they personalize content, but the goal is to persuade.
The only question is, for what purpose? To make us do what?
So it really matters who controls them.
The history and science behind why we're all vulnerable to brainwashing
We tend to associate “brainwashing” with cults and hostages, but author and science historian Rebecca Lemov says it can happen to anyone. Her new book “The Instability of Truth" explores the history a...
www.wbur.org
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
These platforms can effectively manipulate individual emotions and affect at scale, including influencing behavior.
We we say that they personalize content, but the goal is to persuade.
The only question is, for what purpose? To make us do what?
So it really matters who controls them.
We we say that they personalize content, but the goal is to persuade.
The only question is, for what purpose? To make us do what?
So it really matters who controls them.
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I went to a book festival panel called "Weapons of Persuasion: The Forces Trying to Control Us".
omg
It had historian Rebecca Lemov (The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion) & tech reporter Emily Baker-White (Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok).
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omg
It had historian Rebecca Lemov (The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion) & tech reporter Emily Baker-White (Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok).
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October 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I went to a book festival panel called "Weapons of Persuasion: The Forces Trying to Control Us".
omg
It had historian Rebecca Lemov (The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion) & tech reporter Emily Baker-White (Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok).
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omg
It had historian Rebecca Lemov (The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion) & tech reporter Emily Baker-White (Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok).
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That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating
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One thing I love about healthcare in the US is how expensive and useless it is.
Truly the ultimate in conspicuous consumption.
Truly the ultimate in conspicuous consumption.
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
One thing I love about healthcare in the US is how expensive and useless it is.
Truly the ultimate in conspicuous consumption.
Truly the ultimate in conspicuous consumption.
Stuff like this you gotta place within the wider context of how universities historically worked to legitimize and launder really sketch technology for centuries now
That's the only way it starts to make sense
That's the only way it starts to make sense
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Stuff like this you gotta place within the wider context of how universities historically worked to legitimize and launder really sketch technology for centuries now
That's the only way it starts to make sense
That's the only way it starts to make sense
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This kind of announcement may help explain why so many people are using LLMs to flood preprints servers with papers about AI
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This kind of announcement may help explain why so many people are using LLMs to flood preprints servers with papers about AI
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Is anyone still doubting who wants this generative AI bullshit, and what they want it for?
“When Sora finished generating those videos it sent us notifications like ‘Your choke scene just went live, brace for chaos,’ and ‘Yikes, intense choke scene, watch responsibly.’”
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Is anyone still doubting who wants this generative AI bullshit, and what they want it for?
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For Steve McQueen's 3rd Norton Lecture, during Meshell Ndegeocello's performance (more like musical remarks)— after her presentation on the evolution of bass in Black music with sample clips and audience participation— she played a few seconds of the bass riff from this song and I almost hollered! 🎶
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For Steve McQueen's 3rd Norton Lecture, during Meshell Ndegeocello's performance (more like musical remarks)— after her presentation on the evolution of bass in Black music with sample clips and audience participation— she played a few seconds of the bass riff from this song and I almost hollered! 🎶
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“Covid isn’t that bad” No, noo not at all, it’s not that bad, I’m just using a asthma inhalator for the first time in my life after literally never needing one and needing one only now 5 fcking years after getting Covid cause it decided to make my body deteriorate invisibly. But it’s not bad. No.
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Covid isn’t that bad” No, noo not at all, it’s not that bad, I’m just using a asthma inhalator for the first time in my life after literally never needing one and needing one only now 5 fcking years after getting Covid cause it decided to make my body deteriorate invisibly. But it’s not bad. No.
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"If William Faulkner imagined what Callie Barr saw happening to her children.. he could never have said,
'If we have reached that point...'
.. Faulkner would have accepted that there's never been a time in this desperate nation's history [when this was not true].
This is not breaking news."
'If we have reached that point...'
.. Faulkner would have accepted that there's never been a time in this desperate nation's history [when this was not true].
This is not breaking news."
September 18, 2024 at 12:50 PM
"If William Faulkner imagined what Callie Barr saw happening to her children.. he could never have said,
'If we have reached that point...'
.. Faulkner would have accepted that there's never been a time in this desperate nation's history [when this was not true].
This is not breaking news."
'If we have reached that point...'
.. Faulkner would have accepted that there's never been a time in this desperate nation's history [when this was not true].
This is not breaking news."
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"After white men with no devotion or fidelity to Emmett Till tortured and shot him in the head, Faulkner wrote,
If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don't deserve to survive, and probably won't."
If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don't deserve to survive, and probably won't."
September 18, 2024 at 12:36 PM
"After white men with no devotion or fidelity to Emmett Till tortured and shot him in the head, Faulkner wrote,
If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don't deserve to survive, and probably won't."
If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don't deserve to survive, and probably won't."