Arditi d Popolo
@arditidpopolo.bsky.social
Intellectual lightweight. Aspiring sciura. erstwhile never was. lawyer. TCK. she/her. dream big. have a plan. stay out of trouble. fight like hell. eppur bisogna ardir.
A friend complained that men on dating sites are using ChatGPT to message and are sloppy about deleting prompts. I had two thoughts:
1. What is he going to do when he’s on a real date?
2. This is like the worst remake of Cyrano de Bergerac ever.
1. What is he going to do when he’s on a real date?
2. This is like the worst remake of Cyrano de Bergerac ever.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A friend complained that men on dating sites are using ChatGPT to message and are sloppy about deleting prompts. I had two thoughts:
1. What is he going to do when he’s on a real date?
2. This is like the worst remake of Cyrano de Bergerac ever.
1. What is he going to do when he’s on a real date?
2. This is like the worst remake of Cyrano de Bergerac ever.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
Does anyone have a worthy cause to donate floor length gowns tags still on for two and only worn once for the other two?
Was thinking high school kids and maybe military spouses.
Was thinking high school kids and maybe military spouses.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Does anyone have a worthy cause to donate floor length gowns tags still on for two and only worn once for the other two?
Was thinking high school kids and maybe military spouses.
Was thinking high school kids and maybe military spouses.
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every night we gather 'round our nightmare rectangles
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
every night we gather 'round our nightmare rectangles
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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This isn’t very hard, folks.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This isn’t very hard, folks.
I love this city
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I love this city
I feel attacked
Aries: Is this the best you can do? Seriously?
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I feel attacked
Seen around town
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Seen around town
This directive will not age well when this period of cruelty comes to a close.
"The Trump administration told states on Saturday to 'immediately undo' any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply."
"The Trump administration told states on Saturday to 'immediately undo' any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply."
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This directive will not age well when this period of cruelty comes to a close.
"The Trump administration told states on Saturday to 'immediately undo' any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply."
"The Trump administration told states on Saturday to 'immediately undo' any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply."
Is this a series? Surely too long even for the New Yorker long essay.
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Is this a series? Surely too long even for the New Yorker long essay.
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“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”
I’m One of the Clergy ICE Assaulted. They Treat Immigrants Worse
I learned the hard way that my clerical collar doesn’t offer much protection from ICE. But immigrants have no protection at all.
sojo.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”
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Saw my old pair partner on Friday. She was RIFed a few months ago and is really not in a good space.
Some life experiences create a bond where you do your best to care for each other for life.
We teammates are working to support her.
Anyway - check on those you care about.
Some life experiences create a bond where you do your best to care for each other for life.
We teammates are working to support her.
Anyway - check on those you care about.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Saw my old pair partner on Friday. She was RIFed a few months ago and is really not in a good space.
Some life experiences create a bond where you do your best to care for each other for life.
We teammates are working to support her.
Anyway - check on those you care about.
Some life experiences create a bond where you do your best to care for each other for life.
We teammates are working to support her.
Anyway - check on those you care about.
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Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
I’m really tired of mediocre white men.
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’m really tired of mediocre white men.
She was using the tools available to her to make it more difficult for conservatives on the Court to delay access to food indefinitely. See the unusual amount of detail in the order. The cost of that was a delay of a few days. To muster more popular support by nudging the First Cir to act quickly.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
She was using the tools available to her to make it more difficult for conservatives on the Court to delay access to food indefinitely. See the unusual amount of detail in the order. The cost of that was a delay of a few days. To muster more popular support by nudging the First Cir to act quickly.
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
I don’t use ChatGPT or any LLM. I do study them. But I wouldn’t use them.
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don’t use ChatGPT or any LLM. I do study them. But I wouldn’t use them.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Sometimes I think that the advice I’m giving is obvious that it is basic strategy and nothing special despite what my colleagues say and then I come to social media and see posts.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sometimes I think that the advice I’m giving is obvious that it is basic strategy and nothing special despite what my colleagues say and then I come to social media and see posts.
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begging people to actually read the story about Ketanji Brown Jackson issuing the SNAP administrative stay before ranting about the Supreme Court Did It Again
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
begging people to actually read the story about Ketanji Brown Jackson issuing the SNAP administrative stay before ranting about the Supreme Court Did It Again