Melissa Lee ☮️⚛️
@sweetlyvoiced.bsky.social
T1D since 1990. Patient advocate, diabetes tech & industry, singing music video parodies, grammar geek, mom, teacher, instructional designer.
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First starter pack: diabetes online community (Dsky?) Let me know if there’s someone I should add.
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Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
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I would like it to slow down until data centers don't create an energy crunch paid for by residential consumers, bleed entire communities dry of water resources, or contribute to global warming. There's no current ethical way to use AI even before answering questions on their actual usefulness.
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I would like it to slow down until data centers don't create an energy crunch paid for by residential consumers, bleed entire communities dry of water resources, or contribute to global warming. There's no current ethical way to use AI even before answering questions on their actual usefulness.
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Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
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Reminds me of when I was having so much trouble with my mic, I figure it was just me being incapable of learning/making it work & considered stopping making videos entirely
Turns out the mic was broken & would never sound right. Poor tools do make it hard to make things even by the best artists
Turns out the mic was broken & would never sound right. Poor tools do make it hard to make things even by the best artists
September 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reminds me of when I was having so much trouble with my mic, I figure it was just me being incapable of learning/making it work & considered stopping making videos entirely
Turns out the mic was broken & would never sound right. Poor tools do make it hard to make things even by the best artists
Turns out the mic was broken & would never sound right. Poor tools do make it hard to make things even by the best artists
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Just spoke with my CDC sources.
They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
September 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just spoke with my CDC sources.
They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
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If you're conversant in the lingua franca of the online right, you know the helicopter emojis the official White House account is using here are a reference to the Pinochet dictatorship's practice of flying people above the ocean and dropping them to disappear them.
That's what they're threatening.
That's what they're threatening.
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you're conversant in the lingua franca of the online right, you know the helicopter emojis the official White House account is using here are a reference to the Pinochet dictatorship's practice of flying people above the ocean and dropping them to disappear them.
That's what they're threatening.
That's what they're threatening.
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if the Biden Irrelevancy had one clear lesson it's that you can't retake democracy from those who would destroy it and then spend years slow-rolling the arrests of those responsible while failing to explicitly change the rules to keep them from power
Something I wonder about for real is what comes after this, whenever that is. Because it can't be this again, right? Like if this is what the presidency is now then we can't ever have another president
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
if the Biden Irrelevancy had one clear lesson it's that you can't retake democracy from those who would destroy it and then spend years slow-rolling the arrests of those responsible while failing to explicitly change the rules to keep them from power
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surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
September 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
surely we can come up with something better for 7 billion people than being lorded over by a bunch of plundering elderly murder and torture enthusiasts who whisper to each other about printing spare organs so they can immiserate others in perpetuity
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No, it's not only the US who will suffer from RFK Jr cancelling vaccine research.
1️⃣ You can't just instantly teleport research projects. Cancelling US projects slows global progress.
2️⃣ Preventing pandemics will always be a group project. The US is letting the team down & putting the world at risk.
1️⃣ You can't just instantly teleport research projects. Cancelling US projects slows global progress.
2️⃣ Preventing pandemics will always be a group project. The US is letting the team down & putting the world at risk.
August 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
No, it's not only the US who will suffer from RFK Jr cancelling vaccine research.
1️⃣ You can't just instantly teleport research projects. Cancelling US projects slows global progress.
2️⃣ Preventing pandemics will always be a group project. The US is letting the team down & putting the world at risk.
1️⃣ You can't just instantly teleport research projects. Cancelling US projects slows global progress.
2️⃣ Preventing pandemics will always be a group project. The US is letting the team down & putting the world at risk.
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I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.
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That's the tragic thing isn't it; if there is ever a Democratic administration again, they will piously govern strictly within the traditional limits, do nothing to prevent future governments going rogue, and then the next Republican administration will do it all over again.
June 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
That's the tragic thing isn't it; if there is ever a Democratic administration again, they will piously govern strictly within the traditional limits, do nothing to prevent future governments going rogue, and then the next Republican administration will do it all over again.
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A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
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This is just so much more stupid than the last time. Note, the last time was very stupid.
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is just so much more stupid than the last time. Note, the last time was very stupid.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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It is 1991. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.
It is 2003. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.
It is 2025. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq th
It is 2003. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.
It is 2025. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq th
June 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It is 1991. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.
It is 2003. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.
It is 2025. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq th
It is 2003. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region.
It is 2025. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq th
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the political lesson everyone should take from Iraq is that you will regret being in favor of this sooner or later and the earlier you were against it the better off you’ll be
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
June 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
the political lesson everyone should take from Iraq is that you will regret being in favor of this sooner or later and the earlier you were against it the better off you’ll be
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
ignore the media frenzy and stake your position now, it’s the right thing to do and it’s the ambitious thing to do too
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So Miller attacked LA because Musk stole his wife and Trump is bombing Iran because no one came to his birthday party. Men are too emotional to lead.
June 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So Miller attacked LA because Musk stole his wife and Trump is bombing Iran because no one came to his birthday party. Men are too emotional to lead.
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NEW: Data shows that as of June 15, fully 30% of all people arrested by ICE and sent to detention had NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
June 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NEW: Data shows that as of June 15, fully 30% of all people arrested by ICE and sent to detention had NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
11,763 people in detention as of last Sunday had no criminal record and were arrested inside the country by ICE -- an increase of 4,000 people in two weeks!
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Just a reminder that generative AI is theft of labor and intellectual property, uses vast amounts of energy/ water, provides at best mediocre results (if not outright lies or misinformation), actually affects your ability to think over time (mind duh), and is in general a really fucking bad idea.
June 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Just a reminder that generative AI is theft of labor and intellectual property, uses vast amounts of energy/ water, provides at best mediocre results (if not outright lies or misinformation), actually affects your ability to think over time (mind duh), and is in general a really fucking bad idea.
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is it banana tell me it's banana
June 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
is it banana tell me it's banana