Alissa
@themstems.bsky.social
multimedia maker, meddler + decoder
I seek truth via patterns & examine issues thru the lens of information integrity & tech ethics
billionaires are needy, sucking black holes. 🤗
I seek truth via patterns & examine issues thru the lens of information integrity & tech ethics
billionaires are needy, sucking black holes. 🤗
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Alissa
@themstems.bsky.social
· Feb 3
If nothing else, Elon has made a dramatic demonstration of the fact that as long as billionaires exist, our democracy cannot and does not legitimately exist.
It’s no coincidence that the ai push has a handmaid’s tailesque vibe of the incel forced-birth fascists driving to mandate mating + push themselves onto women so they can conquer, colonize & “continue their legacy” without consent—same mindset, same minds. Essentially… 1/2
December 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s no coincidence that the ai push has a handmaid’s tailesque vibe of the incel forced-birth fascists driving to mandate mating + push themselves onto women so they can conquer, colonize & “continue their legacy” without consent—same mindset, same minds. Essentially… 1/2
The music in this AT&T/iPhone iPhone commercial drives me CRAZY. First commercial I’ve muted in years. I’ve even reactively turned the TV off.
Not saying the musical piece is bad but I’m saying this particular use is torturous—the people who put it in a commercial are psychos.
Not saying the musical piece is bad but I’m saying this particular use is torturous—the people who put it in a commercial are psychos.
August 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The music in this AT&T/iPhone iPhone commercial drives me CRAZY. First commercial I’ve muted in years. I’ve even reactively turned the TV off.
Not saying the musical piece is bad but I’m saying this particular use is torturous—the people who put it in a commercial are psychos.
Not saying the musical piece is bad but I’m saying this particular use is torturous—the people who put it in a commercial are psychos.
I keep seeing people on threads defending ai like this & I don’t actually think it’s a slippery slope.
I think the slope should be slipperier, towards being HIGHLY critical & self-critical of technology, how we are using it & the companies profiting from making us dependent on their products
I think the slope should be slipperier, towards being HIGHLY critical & self-critical of technology, how we are using it & the companies profiting from making us dependent on their products
August 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I keep seeing people on threads defending ai like this & I don’t actually think it’s a slippery slope.
I think the slope should be slipperier, towards being HIGHLY critical & self-critical of technology, how we are using it & the companies profiting from making us dependent on their products
I think the slope should be slipperier, towards being HIGHLY critical & self-critical of technology, how we are using it & the companies profiting from making us dependent on their products
I’m sorry… I think because I feel it’s my duty in this life to study the masses to gather data & contemplate what the fuck is wrong with everyone(& consider solutions!) I ended up lurking on threads more than Bluesky, lately
I’m trying to compliment you & the elevated discourse here 😅
I’m trying to compliment you & the elevated discourse here 😅
August 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m sorry… I think because I feel it’s my duty in this life to study the masses to gather data & contemplate what the fuck is wrong with everyone(& consider solutions!) I ended up lurking on threads more than Bluesky, lately
I’m trying to compliment you & the elevated discourse here 😅
I’m trying to compliment you & the elevated discourse here 😅
This person on threads replied to a sassy post saying ai was making people schizophrenic (prob meant psychosis) & I was like… “this reply is so ai” 🫠
to which they replied with more of it… and I’m sorry but I just can’t with this ChatGPT style 😭
“it’s not ____, it’s ____”
to which they replied with more of it… and I’m sorry but I just can’t with this ChatGPT style 😭
“it’s not ____, it’s ____”
August 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This person on threads replied to a sassy post saying ai was making people schizophrenic (prob meant psychosis) & I was like… “this reply is so ai” 🫠
to which they replied with more of it… and I’m sorry but I just can’t with this ChatGPT style 😭
“it’s not ____, it’s ____”
to which they replied with more of it… and I’m sorry but I just can’t with this ChatGPT style 😭
“it’s not ____, it’s ____”
Over on threads I enter the discourse with The Lonely Men & I assure you they are not looking for solutions—ways to get closer to women.
No, they are looking to complain about women (in theory—I don’t believe they have genuine experience) & they are looking for high-fives from other men.
No, they are looking to complain about women (in theory—I don’t believe they have genuine experience) & they are looking for high-fives from other men.
they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy
August 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Over on threads I enter the discourse with The Lonely Men & I assure you they are not looking for solutions—ways to get closer to women.
No, they are looking to complain about women (in theory—I don’t believe they have genuine experience) & they are looking for high-fives from other men.
No, they are looking to complain about women (in theory—I don’t believe they have genuine experience) & they are looking for high-fives from other men.
Sorry I started posting on threads because you guys already agree with me & there are a lot of noobs over there that never even used Twitter who are still like “wow, I can’t believe that in 2025 Elon suddenly turned out to not be as cool as he seemed,” like years after he made that painfully obvious
June 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Sorry I started posting on threads because you guys already agree with me & there are a lot of noobs over there that never even used Twitter who are still like “wow, I can’t believe that in 2025 Elon suddenly turned out to not be as cool as he seemed,” like years after he made that painfully obvious
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Ha I guess others noted that he was describing himself because I just saw this on threads (with no credit so no clue who did it)
May 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Ha I guess others noted that he was describing himself because I just saw this on threads (with no credit so no clue who did it)
Ok but using his own words: Trump is a criminal, murderous, mentally insane convicted rapist, & incompetent president, who released J6 prisoners on us & is dragging our country to hell with his sick & dangerous ideology… so it’s hard for me to understand him as someone who is against those things
May 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ok but using his own words: Trump is a criminal, murderous, mentally insane convicted rapist, & incompetent president, who released J6 prisoners on us & is dragging our country to hell with his sick & dangerous ideology… so it’s hard for me to understand him as someone who is against those things
Trump looks so weak to anyone with a true understanding of strength.
Nothing screams ‘greatest country in the world’ like deporting brilliant students because one petty man with a brain the size of a pea got his feelings hurt by a university.
May 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Trump looks so weak to anyone with a true understanding of strength.
If you think the Dems are one vote away from *anything* you are STILL not paying attention. My god.
Not even 3 votes.
Imagine whatever it takes you to participate in the next election like they need 50 fuckin seats. If you’re suggesting it’s one, you’re not only wrong, I think you’re a Republican.
Not even 3 votes.
Imagine whatever it takes you to participate in the next election like they need 50 fuckin seats. If you’re suggesting it’s one, you’re not only wrong, I think you’re a Republican.
May 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you think the Dems are one vote away from *anything* you are STILL not paying attention. My god.
Not even 3 votes.
Imagine whatever it takes you to participate in the next election like they need 50 fuckin seats. If you’re suggesting it’s one, you’re not only wrong, I think you’re a Republican.
Not even 3 votes.
Imagine whatever it takes you to participate in the next election like they need 50 fuckin seats. If you’re suggesting it’s one, you’re not only wrong, I think you’re a Republican.
Well yeah, Elon bought a ticket to a smash & grab session. Trump is transactional & has zero connection to anything being smashed or grabbed because he doesn’t care about any of us… so he didn’t give a shit. He evaded trial & gets to play king again. Artful deal.
Seems pretty clear that DOGE wasn’t ever designed to increase efficiency, but to destroy regulators in Musk’s way and gobble up the data of the American public and its government so as to provide Musk market advantage in AI race.
May 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Well yeah, Elon bought a ticket to a smash & grab session. Trump is transactional & has zero connection to anything being smashed or grabbed because he doesn’t care about any of us… so he didn’t give a shit. He evaded trial & gets to play king again. Artful deal.
1/Something I cannot fathom is when people vote or withhold their vote seemingly with the intent of “punishing” a candidate. Like fantasizing about that candidate losing & crying. Teaching them a lesson. They may not “like” the opponent but actually enjoy that aspect of the humiliation.
You freaks:
You freaks:
May 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
1/Something I cannot fathom is when people vote or withhold their vote seemingly with the intent of “punishing” a candidate. Like fantasizing about that candidate losing & crying. Teaching them a lesson. They may not “like” the opponent but actually enjoy that aspect of the humiliation.
You freaks:
You freaks:
I haven’t seen this meme before but I’m having that feeling where I want to take it and smash it like a handful of cake into so many people’s faces
the cause
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I haven’t seen this meme before but I’m having that feeling where I want to take it and smash it like a handful of cake into so many people’s faces
Those with psychology like Trump’s will do shit that doesn’t even help them just because they are seeking proof that they have power & are in control. They want to put their finger on something & push & see movement. They cannot otherwise believe their power.
It’s one reason they are so dangerous.
It’s one reason they are so dangerous.
April 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Those with psychology like Trump’s will do shit that doesn’t even help them just because they are seeking proof that they have power & are in control. They want to put their finger on something & push & see movement. They cannot otherwise believe their power.
It’s one reason they are so dangerous.
It’s one reason they are so dangerous.
Trump tries to fuck over everyone that works for him. He wants to create the illusion that it’s an honor just to have the opportunity to work for him. His narcissism means he does not want consensual, mutually beneficial relationships. He must feel he is in control. You’re weak. You’re begging.
April 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump tries to fuck over everyone that works for him. He wants to create the illusion that it’s an honor just to have the opportunity to work for him. His narcissism means he does not want consensual, mutually beneficial relationships. He must feel he is in control. You’re weak. You’re begging.
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It's been orthodoxy among antivaxxers for decades that better hygiene made polio magically go away, the vaccine being introduced at the exact same time was just a coincidence.
Grim news from Joe Rogan world: Joe is getting into polio vaccine skepticism, and just had a guest who said polio wasn't that big a deal. Not good!
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's been orthodoxy among antivaxxers for decades that better hygiene made polio magically go away, the vaccine being introduced at the exact same time was just a coincidence.
This guy was joking his way thru the 2016 general election as if this was not completely predictable if Trump had enough time in office
Which the press did not feel he did so they helped him have another round. He just really wanted to be able to write posts like this. Witness something “important”
Which the press did not feel he did so they helped him have another round. He just really wanted to be able to write posts like this. Witness something “important”
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This guy was joking his way thru the 2016 general election as if this was not completely predictable if Trump had enough time in office
Which the press did not feel he did so they helped him have another round. He just really wanted to be able to write posts like this. Witness something “important”
Which the press did not feel he did so they helped him have another round. He just really wanted to be able to write posts like this. Witness something “important”
And it’s not just that… the rules are unclear & incessantly changing, in the hands of an elderly, mush-brained narcissist who is unfamiliar with his own executive orders, & his drug-addled billionaire blood boy or whatever Elon’s position is.
It’s a complete shit show. Enter at your own HIGH risk.
It’s a complete shit show. Enter at your own HIGH risk.
The US is scheduled to co-host the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. Why would thousands of international athletes and millions of fans from around the world come to a country where tourists, asylum seekers, and visa holders are being disappeared to foreign prisons?
March 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
And it’s not just that… the rules are unclear & incessantly changing, in the hands of an elderly, mush-brained narcissist who is unfamiliar with his own executive orders, & his drug-addled billionaire blood boy or whatever Elon’s position is.
It’s a complete shit show. Enter at your own HIGH risk.
It’s a complete shit show. Enter at your own HIGH risk.
Something I wrote about before Trump first term, is how narcissists will feel around in your mind & your belongings, until you react like NO DON’T TOUCH THAT! THAT’S IMPORTANT!
And then they will target whatever it is to control you. Touch. Threaten. Take & hide. Withhold. Hurt. Destroy. 1/2
And then they will target whatever it is to control you. Touch. Threaten. Take & hide. Withhold. Hurt. Destroy. 1/2
March 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Something I wrote about before Trump first term, is how narcissists will feel around in your mind & your belongings, until you react like NO DON’T TOUCH THAT! THAT’S IMPORTANT!
And then they will target whatever it is to control you. Touch. Threaten. Take & hide. Withhold. Hurt. Destroy. 1/2
And then they will target whatever it is to control you. Touch. Threaten. Take & hide. Withhold. Hurt. Destroy. 1/2
One of my earliest posts on here (in Jan) was about how I’d gone to make sure an Elon tweet I saw shared was real, & ended up having to scroll foreverrrr to just get thru one day.
I once imagined this graph in my mind. It was satisfying & disturbing to see it.
I once imagined this graph in my mind. It was satisfying & disturbing to see it.
Posting fed his need for attention but also trapped him in a loop that accelerated his derangement and exposed his ignorance and naivete. It's crazy to have a diagram of your descent into madness
March 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
One of my earliest posts on here (in Jan) was about how I’d gone to make sure an Elon tweet I saw shared was real, & ended up having to scroll foreverrrr to just get thru one day.
I once imagined this graph in my mind. It was satisfying & disturbing to see it.
I once imagined this graph in my mind. It was satisfying & disturbing to see it.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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collaborators love to say they don't have a choice. you always have a choice.
March 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
collaborators love to say they don't have a choice. you always have a choice.