TXDede & MinkaTXDoggess
@txdede.bsky.social
Mom, educator, ally, resister, dog lover
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"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
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AI is bad tho........
i’m very okay with having the conversations about, say, blatant lack of safeguards in some models. but it’s very evident that a bulk of conversations around this topic are merely trying to paint AI as bad instead of addressing the real problems
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
AI is bad tho........
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(This thread brought to you by the person who spent the two hours after it manually scheduling and sending invites to his crew for MAGFest 2026 pre-event sessions)
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
(This thread brought to you by the person who spent the two hours after it manually scheduling and sending invites to his crew for MAGFest 2026 pre-event sessions)
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Oh and all y’all FOSS devs? Standards other than “ics files” exist. “Download, import, export, upload” is not “sync”
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Oh and all y’all FOSS devs? Standards other than “ics files” exist. “Download, import, export, upload” is not “sync”
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Dear productivity app developers : if you say “calendar sync is supported” and the only ACTUAL thing I can connect to is Google Calendar, that NOT calendar sync, that’s google sync.
Brought to you by a very very frustrated person who wants that feature but does NOT want Google.
Brought to you by a very very frustrated person who wants that feature but does NOT want Google.
December 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Dear productivity app developers : if you say “calendar sync is supported” and the only ACTUAL thing I can connect to is Google Calendar, that NOT calendar sync, that’s google sync.
Brought to you by a very very frustrated person who wants that feature but does NOT want Google.
Brought to you by a very very frustrated person who wants that feature but does NOT want Google.
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The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
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Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
December 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
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The rare event of snow at Joshua Tree National Park, December 2019
#Scape #Nature #Landscape #NationalParks #California
#Scape #Nature #Landscape #NationalParks #California
December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The rare event of snow at Joshua Tree National Park, December 2019
#Scape #Nature #Landscape #NationalParks #California
#Scape #Nature #Landscape #NationalParks #California
Minka’s Evening Report:
This is my last night here at my cousins. Makes me a little sad. But I’m going home tomorrow and that makes me happy! I’ll miss sneaking their food, though, even though Mom says it makes me have stinky farts. Later, frens!
This is my last night here at my cousins. Makes me a little sad. But I’m going home tomorrow and that makes me happy! I’ll miss sneaking their food, though, even though Mom says it makes me have stinky farts. Later, frens!
December 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Minka’s Evening Report:
This is my last night here at my cousins. Makes me a little sad. But I’m going home tomorrow and that makes me happy! I’ll miss sneaking their food, though, even though Mom says it makes me have stinky farts. Later, frens!
This is my last night here at my cousins. Makes me a little sad. But I’m going home tomorrow and that makes me happy! I’ll miss sneaking their food, though, even though Mom says it makes me have stinky farts. Later, frens!
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History repeats. America’s best scientists and researchers are starting to flee abroad because of fascism at home. Cutting research funding is making it worse.
Too few Americans realize how the US has been a net beneficiary of “brain drain” from other countries for decades. This made America great.
Too few Americans realize how the US has been a net beneficiary of “brain drain” from other countries for decades. This made America great.
December 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
History repeats. America’s best scientists and researchers are starting to flee abroad because of fascism at home. Cutting research funding is making it worse.
Too few Americans realize how the US has been a net beneficiary of “brain drain” from other countries for decades. This made America great.
Too few Americans realize how the US has been a net beneficiary of “brain drain” from other countries for decades. This made America great.
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He thinks only white people create things. What he doesn’t get is WASPs don’t accept Jews either. Tokens get spent, Stephen
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
He thinks only white people create things. What he doesn’t get is WASPs don’t accept Jews either. Tokens get spent, Stephen
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Von Braun would *almost* be a perfect role model for Miller, but von Braun actually had talents outside of being a piece of shit, whereas that’s the absolute core of Miller’s being.
December 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Von Braun would *almost* be a perfect role model for Miller, but von Braun actually had talents outside of being a piece of shit, whereas that’s the absolute core of Miller’s being.
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Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...
December 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...
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Dunmannifestin
This is a fave because I'm digging the mirrored movement of heavenly aurora and swirling mists.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Lake #BestOf #EastCoastKin #Nightscape #Landscape #Bucketlist #PureNZ #Scape
This is a fave because I'm digging the mirrored movement of heavenly aurora and swirling mists.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Lake #BestOf #EastCoastKin #Nightscape #Landscape #Bucketlist #PureNZ #Scape
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Dunmannifestin
This is a fave because I'm digging the mirrored movement of heavenly aurora and swirling mists.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Lake #BestOf #EastCoastKin #Nightscape #Landscape #Bucketlist #PureNZ #Scape
This is a fave because I'm digging the mirrored movement of heavenly aurora and swirling mists.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Aurora #Lake #BestOf #EastCoastKin #Nightscape #Landscape #Bucketlist #PureNZ #Scape
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I can never get over the ego trip of billionaires when they threaten to leave a state. It's not like they're out every day shopping at Mom 'n' Pop stores to inject money into their respective state economies. Threatening to relocate your individual residence elsewhere isn't really that menacing.
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I can never get over the ego trip of billionaires when they threaten to leave a state. It's not like they're out every day shopping at Mom 'n' Pop stores to inject money into their respective state economies. Threatening to relocate your individual residence elsewhere isn't really that menacing.
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How much for him to leave the planet?
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
How much for him to leave the planet?
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to start, tax labor and capital at the same rate
December 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
to start, tax labor and capital at the same rate
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The fact that $250k puts one on the top 10% is a sign of a screwed up society forcing the majority into poverty, not that one earns too much. The same is true of $2 million.
You have no idea, even after an example, of the things for which people use their income. Taking it from them bc you 1/
You have no idea, even after an example, of the things for which people use their income. Taking it from them bc you 1/
December 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The fact that $250k puts one on the top 10% is a sign of a screwed up society forcing the majority into poverty, not that one earns too much. The same is true of $2 million.
You have no idea, even after an example, of the things for which people use their income. Taking it from them bc you 1/
You have no idea, even after an example, of the things for which people use their income. Taking it from them bc you 1/
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Peter Thiel says he’ll leave California if they pass a 1% wealth tax on billionaires for five years. So… how much would it take to make him leave the U.S.?
December 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Peter Thiel says he’ll leave California if they pass a 1% wealth tax on billionaires for five years. So… how much would it take to make him leave the U.S.?
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2025 has been a shit fucking year. There is only one thing that can make it better. IFKYK
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
2025 has been a shit fucking year. There is only one thing that can make it better. IFKYK
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🇺🇸 Trump: Putin wants Ukraine to succeed.
And Zelensky’s reaction…
And Zelensky’s reaction…
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🇺🇸 Trump: Putin wants Ukraine to succeed.
And Zelensky’s reaction…
And Zelensky’s reaction…
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A Message to MAGA Idiots....
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A Message to MAGA Idiots....
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Do they know that we can read the redactions of the files, and that it's Elon’s fault that we can? 🤣
December 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Do they know that we can read the redactions of the files, and that it's Elon’s fault that we can? 🤣
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Starting your "research" with ChatGPT is like filling the foundations of your house with cotton candy or building your menu around radium.
I just read this line and I am going to SCREAM: "When used as a starting point rather than a substitute for research, [AI] can expand access to knowledge for authors without institutional resources."
EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR "RESEARCH" BUT IT'S NOT??? IT LIES??
EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR "RESEARCH" BUT IT'S NOT??? IT LIES??
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Starting your "research" with ChatGPT is like filling the foundations of your house with cotton candy or building your menu around radium.