Meli ✨
@wayofthelotus.bsky.social
Backyard Gardener, Botanist, Native Planter in Zone 8b/9a, Collector of Tarot, Witch, Amateur Artist, Mother of Teens, Surviving in the Southeastern US 🌈
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And also, just like all fucking generative AI, this is just massive, scaled-up theft. This woman is functionally stealing money out of the KU pool from authors who are writing and publishing their own original works USING A TOOL that was itself built on stolen works.
February 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
And also, just like all fucking generative AI, this is just massive, scaled-up theft. This woman is functionally stealing money out of the KU pool from authors who are writing and publishing their own original works USING A TOOL that was itself built on stolen works.
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fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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Like, it's just really easy to see that I am not going to be able to keep up with the LITERAL REST OF THE WORLD in output. Even without AI.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
February 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Like, it's just really easy to see that I am not going to be able to keep up with the LITERAL REST OF THE WORLD in output. Even without AI.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
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🚨 Recent court decisions should make it clear how vitally important JUDGES are.
Coming up:
3/03: Arkansas SC: John Adams
4/07: Wisconsin SC: Chris Taylor
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--Nothing goes to me
Donate today!
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Coming up:
3/03: Arkansas SC: John Adams
4/07: Wisconsin SC: Chris Taylor
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--Nothing goes to me
Donate today!
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February 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🚨 Recent court decisions should make it clear how vitally important JUDGES are.
Coming up:
3/03: Arkansas SC: John Adams
4/07: Wisconsin SC: Chris Taylor
--Donations go directly to the candidates
--Nothing goes to me
Donate today!
secure.actblue.com/donate/state...
Coming up:
3/03: Arkansas SC: John Adams
4/07: Wisconsin SC: Chris Taylor
--Donations go directly to the candidates
--Nothing goes to me
Donate today!
secure.actblue.com/donate/state...
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South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace used to make her staffers go on late-night booze runs, clean her house, and boost her on forums discussing the “hottest women in Congress”—and that was all before things got really bad. trib.al/gVTEOdV
February 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace used to make her staffers go on late-night booze runs, clean her house, and boost her on forums discussing the “hottest women in Congress”—and that was all before things got really bad. trib.al/gVTEOdV
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I am sure nurses will listen to Trump’s HHS, the administration has done nothing to further radicalize the profession lately
As the CDC removes vaccines from its childhood schedule, vaccination rates decline and measles spreads, parents are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe — including, in some cases, by limiting their activities or seeking vaccinations early. I talked to a number of them. Gift link:
Parents Navigate a Fracturing Vaccine Landscape
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I am sure nurses will listen to Trump’s HHS, the administration has done nothing to further radicalize the profession lately
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Kavanaugh asks if the states that *allow* trans athletes are violating the constitutional protection of womens sports. Hurst says his argument doesn't allow them to impose their rules on those states.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Kavanaugh asks if the states that *allow* trans athletes are violating the constitutional protection of womens sports. Hurst says his argument doesn't allow them to impose their rules on those states.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
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The Supreme Court's Republican appointees should think long and hard about the way in which they encouraged this behavior on the shadow docket — despite Justice Kavanaugh's belated attempt to clean it up months later.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The Supreme Court's Republican appointees should think long and hard about the way in which they encouraged this behavior on the shadow docket — despite Justice Kavanaugh's belated attempt to clean it up months later.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
This, of course, is a further step into lawlessness. But, the go-ahead was key.
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The right-wingers at SCOTUS today argue that merely allowing a trans girl to compete in sports is a great harm because we must "protect women."
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The right-wingers at SCOTUS today argue that merely allowing a trans girl to compete in sports is a great harm because we must "protect women."
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
But a woman exercising her First Amendment rights is a smug ....
These people don't respect women 1/10th as much as any trans woman I know does.
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just. brutal.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
just. brutal.
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This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
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The UK's age verification rollout has been chaotic. “What we are really doing is building surveillance infrastructure around accessing information online,” EFF’s Paige Collings told @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/age-verific...
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discrimination.
techpolicy.press
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The UK's age verification rollout has been chaotic. “What we are really doing is building surveillance infrastructure around accessing information online,” EFF’s Paige Collings told @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/age-verific...
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and now the D.C. appeals court has "upheld" the transgender troops ban. not sure it's breaking through how horrific this particular moment has been www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
and now the D.C. appeals court has "upheld" the transgender troops ban. not sure it's breaking through how horrific this particular moment has been www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
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You can mock people for thinking the leopards would dine elsewhere but it is unequivocally good that the demo that reeeeeally helped put trump back in the wh is seeing what is happening and apparently reacting accordingly
For the first time in nearly two decades of our surveys of U.S. Latinos, most say they think the situation of Hispanics in this country has worsened in the last year. And about a third of Latinos say they have considered leaving the country in the last six months. www.pewresearch.org/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You can mock people for thinking the leopards would dine elsewhere but it is unequivocally good that the demo that reeeeeally helped put trump back in the wh is seeing what is happening and apparently reacting accordingly
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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We've known that It's The Supreme Court, Stupid for many years, but enough people didn't listen, so here we are. @chrisgeidner.bsky.social of Law Dork chrisgeidner.substack.com join me today to talk SCOTUS & more 3ET/12PT youtu.be/SQYHKknx-PA, nicolesandler.com, nicolesandler.substack.com, pod too
It's the Supreme Court, Stupid with Law Dork's Chris Geidener - Nicole Sandler Show - 12-9-25
YouTube video by Nicole Sandler
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December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We've known that It's The Supreme Court, Stupid for many years, but enough people didn't listen, so here we are. @chrisgeidner.bsky.social of Law Dork chrisgeidner.substack.com join me today to talk SCOTUS & more 3ET/12PT youtu.be/SQYHKknx-PA, nicolesandler.com, nicolesandler.substack.com, pod too
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Donald Trump’s presidency has been great for rich people and corporations – but not the small business owners who are facing rising costs and are forced to lay off their workers to try to keep their doors open.
For small businesses hit by soaring costs, layoffs are painful and personal
Lacie Carroll-Marsh had to lay off 17 of her 31 employees this year: “We have Christmases together. And it hurts. There’s tears on both sides.”
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Donald Trump’s presidency has been great for rich people and corporations – but not the small business owners who are facing rising costs and are forced to lay off their workers to try to keep their doors open.
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New Jersey legislators moved Monday to put state health officials in charge of vaccine guidance, after the CDC's controversial reversal on hepatitis B shots.
via @newjerseymonitor.com
via @newjerseymonitor.com
CDC vaccine reversal spurs NJ legislators to act
A panel of New Jersey lawmakers advanced legislation Monday that would give state health officials — instead of the feds — the final word on immunization schedules and recommendations in the Garden…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New Jersey legislators moved Monday to put state health officials in charge of vaccine guidance, after the CDC's controversial reversal on hepatitis B shots.
via @newjerseymonitor.com
via @newjerseymonitor.com
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Four years after Poplarville’s main post office closed due to structural damage—and months after federal officials said construction on a new facility would begin—no work has started at the site.
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Poplarville Delivered False Promises on Post Office Plans, Residents Say
Four years after Poplarville’s main post office closed due to structural damage, no work has started to build a new site despite a federal commitment.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Four years after Poplarville’s main post office closed due to structural damage—and months after federal officials said construction on a new facility would begin—no work has started at the site.
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