WiL
@willishmood.bsky.social
Thinking on how media technology is used to harm or help in everyday life.
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When you are able, do good to people who need help.
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When you are able, do good to people who need help.
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$1.5T for the military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
$1.5T for the military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
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The people who haven’t seen Sinners because they “don’t do horror,” I wonder how many of them will readily watch films about enslavement
If you watched films about enslavement and didn’t see horror, I have **questions**
If you watched films about enslavement and didn’t see horror, I have **questions**
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The people who haven’t seen Sinners because they “don’t do horror,” I wonder how many of them will readily watch films about enslavement
If you watched films about enslavement and didn’t see horror, I have **questions**
If you watched films about enslavement and didn’t see horror, I have **questions**
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
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“History teaches, but it has no pupils.”
—Antonio Gramsci
—Antonio Gramsci
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
“History teaches, but it has no pupils.”
—Antonio Gramsci
—Antonio Gramsci
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(1/2) In this moment, this second, I want you to recognize how we Black Americans are not the same as our White counterparts: As White people begin to protest the death of one of their own you will not hear us call the protesters "thugs," or buy into spurious stories of theft and wanton destruction.
Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests reut.rs/4pwqKHe
Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests
Civil liberties and migrant-rights groups called for nationwide rallies on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of an activist in Minnesota by a U.S. immigration agent, as state authorities opened their own investigation of the killing.
reut.rs
January 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
(1/2) In this moment, this second, I want you to recognize how we Black Americans are not the same as our White counterparts: As White people begin to protest the death of one of their own you will not hear us call the protesters "thugs," or buy into spurious stories of theft and wanton destruction.
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Like, follow, and share if you love libraries!
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Like, follow, and share if you love libraries!
And designed and implemented by people and institutions who genuinely care about the wellbeing of people.
"You know what the biggest problem of pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong Direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and
writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." (Joanna Maciejewska [@AuthorJMac] 2024)
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writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." (Joanna Maciejewska [@AuthorJMac] 2024)
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December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And designed and implemented by people and institutions who genuinely care about the wellbeing of people.
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Important publication (by @ginnybraun.bsky.social and co-authors) to add to any critical AI reading list.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...
journals.sagepub.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Important publication (by @ginnybraun.bsky.social and co-authors) to add to any critical AI reading list.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
QTP with a gif of one of your favourite Christmas movies! 🎄
December 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
QTP with a gif of one of your favourite Christmas movies! 🎄
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Just thought yall should know that “Spotify Wrapped” was created by a Black woman named Jewel Ham without giving her credit!
December 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Just thought yall should know that “Spotify Wrapped” was created by a Black woman named Jewel Ham without giving her credit!
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This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have never wanted to cry so much right now, and yet my tears won't let me...
a cartoon character is standing in the rain with his eyes closed .
Alt: a cartoon character is standing in the rain with his eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I have never wanted to cry so much right now, and yet my tears won't let me...
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Are you good at self-trust without external validation?
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Are you good at self-trust without external validation?
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The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project that features a collection of over 5000 books written by Black women & Black non-binary writers, a free store, a period pantry, a Reading Club, and more
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
The Free Black Women's Library
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Free Black Women’s Library is a social art project that features a collection of over 5000 books written by Black women & Black non-binary writers, a free store, a period pantry, a Reading Club, and more
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
Read more on how to support literacy power
www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/new-page
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“With or without papers, we keep building power.”
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
Siembra NC | About Us
Join Siembra in the fight against ICE, abusive employers and landlords, discrimination and criminalization of the Latinx community in North Carolina.
www.siembranc.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“With or without papers, we keep building power.”
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
Siembra NC was born in 2017 in response to Trump’s war on immigrants and the gap in support and resources for the broader Latine community in North Carolina.
Read more about supporting Siembra
www.siembranc.org/about-us
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A basic lesson that bad managers never get?
We all have to make tough choices sometimes, but the people working under you will forever remember if your way of coping with that burden is to make crude jokes at the expense of the people your tough choices impact. They'll know you'd do it to them too.
We all have to make tough choices sometimes, but the people working under you will forever remember if your way of coping with that burden is to make crude jokes at the expense of the people your tough choices impact. They'll know you'd do it to them too.
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A basic lesson that bad managers never get?
We all have to make tough choices sometimes, but the people working under you will forever remember if your way of coping with that burden is to make crude jokes at the expense of the people your tough choices impact. They'll know you'd do it to them too.
We all have to make tough choices sometimes, but the people working under you will forever remember if your way of coping with that burden is to make crude jokes at the expense of the people your tough choices impact. They'll know you'd do it to them too.
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Trump: “Affordability is a Democrat scam.”
While he sits in his gold-plated cabinet room surrounded by millionaires and billionaires, he tells you to stop whining about grocery prices and health care costs.
While he sits in his gold-plated cabinet room surrounded by millionaires and billionaires, he tells you to stop whining about grocery prices and health care costs.
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump: “Affordability is a Democrat scam.”
While he sits in his gold-plated cabinet room surrounded by millionaires and billionaires, he tells you to stop whining about grocery prices and health care costs.
While he sits in his gold-plated cabinet room surrounded by millionaires and billionaires, he tells you to stop whining about grocery prices and health care costs.
Wth... Yet another reason why the USA refers to the United Scammers of America. 😞
"Uncle Sam has yet to acknowledge any federal liability" for the Flint water crisis ... "but he's in line for a cut from the civil settlement fund."
Via @paulegan4.bsky.social / @freep.com
Via @paulegan4.bsky.social / @freep.com
As Flint residents wait on $626.25M settlement, IRS also wants a cut
Because it is classified as a trust, settlement fund earnings such as interest are taxable by the Internal Revenue Service at a maximum rate of 37%.
www.freep.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wth... Yet another reason why the USA refers to the United Scammers of America. 😞
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Got my first pass pages!!! It’s coming!
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Got my first pass pages!!! It’s coming!