@alliegoodell.bsky.social
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
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3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
August 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
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if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
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Exactly how many talks, policy papers, interviews, and reports do you think are out there warning about precisely this likelihood? Because I know it's a lot more than a few.
"‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds"
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
"‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds"
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
'We Acted Too Quickly': Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds
Automating jobs isn’t the panacea for all companies, and 55% admit they have made a mistake, a new survey finds.
www.techrepublic.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Exactly how many talks, policy papers, interviews, and reports do you think are out there warning about precisely this likelihood? Because I know it's a lot more than a few.
"‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds"
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
"‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds"
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
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Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
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Non-binary includes people who are masc-presenting, folks. So don't be so fucking shocked when someone who could pass as a cis man turns up to your "women and non-binary" events.
Non-binary doesn't equal woman-lite.
Non-binary doesn't equal woman-lite.
May 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Non-binary includes people who are masc-presenting, folks. So don't be so fucking shocked when someone who could pass as a cis man turns up to your "women and non-binary" events.
Non-binary doesn't equal woman-lite.
Non-binary doesn't equal woman-lite.
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Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
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Welp. Been bad about it, but time to start masking in public again.
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Welp. Been bad about it, but time to start masking in public again.
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“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
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He’s in 3rd grade. Same age as my son.
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
He’s in 3rd grade. Same age as my son.
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE knocked on the wrong door.
No crime. No reason.
He was handcuffed. Detained.
He’s 8 years old.
This should shatter you.
It should enrage you.
No matter your politics, NO ONE should be okay with this.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Lotta floor votes happening next week...
⚠️ House vote on HR 22 the SAVE Act to disenfranchise millions of Americans
⚠️ House vote on SJ Res 18 to roll back a limit on overdraft fees
⚠️ House vote on HR 1526 the No Rogue Rulings Act aimed at punishing judges for ruling against Trump
🔥📞🔥 5calls.org
⚠️ House vote on HR 22 the SAVE Act to disenfranchise millions of Americans
⚠️ House vote on SJ Res 18 to roll back a limit on overdraft fees
⚠️ House vote on HR 1526 the No Rogue Rulings Act aimed at punishing judges for ruling against Trump
🔥📞🔥 5calls.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lotta floor votes happening next week...
⚠️ House vote on HR 22 the SAVE Act to disenfranchise millions of Americans
⚠️ House vote on SJ Res 18 to roll back a limit on overdraft fees
⚠️ House vote on HR 1526 the No Rogue Rulings Act aimed at punishing judges for ruling against Trump
🔥📞🔥 5calls.org
⚠️ House vote on HR 22 the SAVE Act to disenfranchise millions of Americans
⚠️ House vote on SJ Res 18 to roll back a limit on overdraft fees
⚠️ House vote on HR 1526 the No Rogue Rulings Act aimed at punishing judges for ruling against Trump
🔥📞🔥 5calls.org
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March 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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‘I had to use AI for this because I couldn’t do it otherwise’
Then you couldn’t do it? Big whoop. I can’t do surgery or build a house or draw anything better than a stickman. So I would ASK SOMEONE WHO CAN AND THEN PAY THEM. OR LEARN HOW?! Stop short cutting life, you dork. It’s embarrassing 😬
Then you couldn’t do it? Big whoop. I can’t do surgery or build a house or draw anything better than a stickman. So I would ASK SOMEONE WHO CAN AND THEN PAY THEM. OR LEARN HOW?! Stop short cutting life, you dork. It’s embarrassing 😬
March 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
‘I had to use AI for this because I couldn’t do it otherwise’
Then you couldn’t do it? Big whoop. I can’t do surgery or build a house or draw anything better than a stickman. So I would ASK SOMEONE WHO CAN AND THEN PAY THEM. OR LEARN HOW?! Stop short cutting life, you dork. It’s embarrassing 😬
Then you couldn’t do it? Big whoop. I can’t do surgery or build a house or draw anything better than a stickman. So I would ASK SOMEONE WHO CAN AND THEN PAY THEM. OR LEARN HOW?! Stop short cutting life, you dork. It’s embarrassing 😬
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Remember when we were all gaslit the first time they bombed a hospital? Now they’re at it all the time and there’s silence from many of our governments.
"An Al Jazeera correspondent was waiting to go live when the medical complex was hit"
Israel bombed Nasser hospital overnight. Another war crime.
Israel bombed Nasser hospital overnight. Another war crime.
March 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Remember when we were all gaslit the first time they bombed a hospital? Now they’re at it all the time and there’s silence from many of our governments.
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Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
March 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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I saw someone argue that LLMs are useful for "getting over writer's block" and I hate to tell y'all this, but outsourcing things like "having discipline" to a robot is (like all AI tools for writing) going to make you actively worse at the craft.
March 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I saw someone argue that LLMs are useful for "getting over writer's block" and I hate to tell y'all this, but outsourcing things like "having discipline" to a robot is (like all AI tools for writing) going to make you actively worse at the craft.
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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
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If it was done in defiance of a judges order the technical term for that is "illegal" which means it's not an arrest and deportation - which require those conducting it to at least presume they are acting within the law - but a kidnapping and human trafficking
Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If it was done in defiance of a judges order the technical term for that is "illegal" which means it's not an arrest and deportation - which require those conducting it to at least presume they are acting within the law - but a kidnapping and human trafficking
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PSA: library resources!
There's hoopla, too, for audio books. Our local library uses Libby, which also does ebooks.
I just downloaded Kanopy and Mango to try. 🤘
There's hoopla, too, for audio books. Our local library uses Libby, which also does ebooks.
I just downloaded Kanopy and Mango to try. 🤘
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
PSA: library resources!
There's hoopla, too, for audio books. Our local library uses Libby, which also does ebooks.
I just downloaded Kanopy and Mango to try. 🤘
There's hoopla, too, for audio books. Our local library uses Libby, which also does ebooks.
I just downloaded Kanopy and Mango to try. 🤘
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these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
March 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
these are the names of young Black men who were "found dead" after the Ferguson uprising following the murder of Michael Brown in 2014. Edward Crawford Jr. is in the famous image below. his death was ruled a suicide.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
our gov't is not new to silencing activists. the least we can do is remember them.
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It's dire, folks.
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's dire, folks.
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How cool would it be if Elon had a vision that said "your firstborn daughter will bring down your empire" and he tried to avoid having daughters and that's why he's insane now
March 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
How cool would it be if Elon had a vision that said "your firstborn daughter will bring down your empire" and he tried to avoid having daughters and that's why he's insane now