Vera Fang
@verafang.bsky.social
Draw me like one of your french dogs.
Amateur whimsical skedaddler.
TV Producer/Director, total luvvie
Amateur whimsical skedaddler.
TV Producer/Director, total luvvie
How is this a business story? It's the mad ramblings of a deluded arsehole. "Yes dear, sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea as long as my kettle is feeling up to it."
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
How is this a business story? It's the mad ramblings of a deluded arsehole. "Yes dear, sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea as long as my kettle is feeling up to it."
Absolutely this. She's not exactly a winning personality
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Absolutely this. She's not exactly a winning personality
If you say the words "I don't wand anyone to die but..." you are ok with people dying. The end.
Sean Duffy: "If you come to a protest with a 9mm firearm, that's fine believing in the Second Amendment, but you stand on the sidewalk and you hold your sign. You take that 9mm and you start to engage with ICE officers, and then you resist arrest -- listen, I don't want anyone to die, but ... "
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
If you say the words "I don't wand anyone to die but..." you are ok with people dying. The end.
Another load of unemployed TV people incoming...
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Another load of unemployed TV people incoming...
FINALLY some good news.
Maybe they need a really good features producer/director too...
Maybe they need a really good features producer/director too...
January 26, 2026 at 3:18 PM
FINALLY some good news.
Maybe they need a really good features producer/director too...
Maybe they need a really good features producer/director too...
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A useful read for anyone who has been trying to ignore the news from the US. The steps that led to this weekend's killing by US ICE agents. @chrischirp.bsky.social takes you through the last year that led to this.
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The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
A useful read for anyone who has been trying to ignore the news from the US. The steps that led to this weekend's killing by US ICE agents. @chrischirp.bsky.social takes you through the last year that led to this.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Great video - hits the nail on the head.
Help us make hope normal again.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Great video - hits the nail on the head.
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Little Blue Heron are born white allowing them to mingle within flocks of other Egrets for food and protection. Then in their second year they slowly start to turn all blue. Each journey is unique. 🤍💙 1/2 🧵
Stunner! This beautiful bird is a Little Blue Heron that is in the process of molting from the immature white plumage to the mature blue plumage. #birdphotography
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Little Blue Heron are born white allowing them to mingle within flocks of other Egrets for food and protection. Then in their second year they slowly start to turn all blue. Each journey is unique. 🤍💙 1/2 🧵
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
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Ooof
"If the black revolt does not succeed... Americans are going to discover what it is like to live as the black man has been living all these years, in constant terror of violence from the mob & from the police, never certain what rights he can exercise under the law & under the Constitution."
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Ooof
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Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
WOW.
My husband is the son of an Indian immigrant to the UK who came to study in the early sixties. Married a woman from Liverpool. Three British kids. Three British grandkids. And the OG family is well dysfunctional. But even they wouldn't... How does someone like Javid live with himself?
My husband is the son of an Indian immigrant to the UK who came to study in the early sixties. Married a woman from Liverpool. Three British kids. Three British grandkids. And the OG family is well dysfunctional. But even they wouldn't... How does someone like Javid live with himself?
I really understand very little about the current version of reality.
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
WOW.
My husband is the son of an Indian immigrant to the UK who came to study in the early sixties. Married a woman from Liverpool. Three British kids. Three British grandkids. And the OG family is well dysfunctional. But even they wouldn't... How does someone like Javid live with himself?
My husband is the son of an Indian immigrant to the UK who came to study in the early sixties. Married a woman from Liverpool. Three British kids. Three British grandkids. And the OG family is well dysfunctional. But even they wouldn't... How does someone like Javid live with himself?
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This was written by Alex Pretti's friend and sometime girlfriend, and I am in pieces
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January 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This was written by Alex Pretti's friend and sometime girlfriend, and I am in pieces
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Him and his team are EXCEPTIONAL at comms. But also getting shit done. Lots of Gov departments here should watch and learn
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Him and his team are EXCEPTIONAL at comms. But also getting shit done. Lots of Gov departments here should watch and learn
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
That photograph is horrifying and breathtaking
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
That photograph is horrifying and breathtaking
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Mood in Nuuk, Greenland today.
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Mood in Nuuk, Greenland today.
I live in a walkable town. It is fabulous. I walk to the station in 15 minutes to be in London in under half an hour. The market in 2 minutes, nearest supermarket 5 minutes away, the second nearest 6 minutes. All town centre pubs, cafes, shops and restaurants less than 5 minutes. A dream. It's FAB
January 25, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I live in a walkable town. It is fabulous. I walk to the station in 15 minutes to be in London in under half an hour. The market in 2 minutes, nearest supermarket 5 minutes away, the second nearest 6 minutes. All town centre pubs, cafes, shops and restaurants less than 5 minutes. A dream. It's FAB
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My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
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Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to give us hell and have us pay for it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to give us hell and have us pay for it.
for some reason this popped into my head and so everyone else should see it too
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DANSONS LA CAPUCINE - PAROLE DE CHAT
YouTube video by Parole de chat
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January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
for some reason this popped into my head and so everyone else should see it too
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Palantir should be nowhere near any state data. I cannot understand why the government love them so when they are known evil players.
A world where our health records are used to power state-sponsored surveillance and target vulnerable communities isn’t so far away
https://goodlawproject.org/palantir-uses-medical-records-to-target-people-for-ice-in-the-us-will-the-uk-be-next
https://goodlawproject.org/palantir-uses-medical-records-to-target-people-for-ice-in-the-us-will-the-uk-be-next
Palantir uses medical records to target people for ICE in the US – will the UK be next? | Good Law Project
Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS
goodlawproject.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Palantir should be nowhere near any state data. I cannot understand why the government love them so when they are known evil players.