Astrid Bears
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Astrid Bears
@astridbears.bsky.social
· Jul 17
The point, which you seem to have blown by, is that if Dem candidates had the integrity to champion the values of dem voters, they would win more.
Kowtowing to centrists is a losing strategy; it’s time Dems learned it.
I find it impossible to blame *voters* for having courage of their convictions.
Kowtowing to centrists is a losing strategy; it’s time Dems learned it.
I find it impossible to blame *voters* for having courage of their convictions.
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@cnn.com, keep inviting Katie Miller on your shows. Have her on every night with Scott Jennings and Abby Phillip.
Let people listen to her, unfiltered.
Trust me, this is how you own the libs and destroy the woke. Katie is TOTALLY normal and effective, and the majority LOVES her.
I swear!
Let people listen to her, unfiltered.
Trust me, this is how you own the libs and destroy the woke. Katie is TOTALLY normal and effective, and the majority LOVES her.
I swear!
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
@cnn.com, keep inviting Katie Miller on your shows. Have her on every night with Scott Jennings and Abby Phillip.
Let people listen to her, unfiltered.
Trust me, this is how you own the libs and destroy the woke. Katie is TOTALLY normal and effective, and the majority LOVES her.
I swear!
Let people listen to her, unfiltered.
Trust me, this is how you own the libs and destroy the woke. Katie is TOTALLY normal and effective, and the majority LOVES her.
I swear!
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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Honestly, this is it right here.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: yes, my job is 87% vibes and 0% consequences
Managers: yes, I spend half my time managing up and never got proper training to manage down
Workers: only the 27% of the time I waste justifying my job to my boss
GenAI is TPS reports.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: yes, my job is 87% vibes and 0% consequences
Managers: yes, I spend half my time managing up and never got proper training to manage down
Workers: only the 27% of the time I waste justifying my job to my boss
GenAI is TPS reports.
When they make AI manager, do you think it'll be *suspenders* boss or *more flare* boss?
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Honestly, this is it right here.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: yes, my job is 87% vibes and 0% consequences
Managers: yes, I spend half my time managing up and never got proper training to manage down
Workers: only the 27% of the time I waste justifying my job to my boss
GenAI is TPS reports.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: yes, my job is 87% vibes and 0% consequences
Managers: yes, I spend half my time managing up and never got proper training to manage down
Workers: only the 27% of the time I waste justifying my job to my boss
GenAI is TPS reports.
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There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.
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It's very cruel that not only is our generation forced to rent forever, we're increasingly forced to share rentals forever too. If we're being honest, not everyone is cut out for having housemates. Not everyone is even safe to live with in the first place. And I think the cruelest irony of all is...
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
It's very cruel that not only is our generation forced to rent forever, we're increasingly forced to share rentals forever too. If we're being honest, not everyone is cut out for having housemates. Not everyone is even safe to live with in the first place. And I think the cruelest irony of all is...
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
zacklabe.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
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I have been watching this for a while and I keep thinking, “I should get this.“
This pushed me over the edge. It looks super interesting and I hope it will help!
This pushed me over the edge. It looks super interesting and I hope it will help!
me: i should promote that i'm releasing 30 brand-new Anti-Planner PDFs on black friday for $9.95
🧠: probably
me: also if they buy a book they get all 60 PDFs for free
🧠: ok hear me out
me:
🧠: what if you overthink it & don’t post until saturday night
🧠: probably
me: also if they buy a book they get all 60 PDFs for free
🧠: ok hear me out
me:
🧠: what if you overthink it & don’t post until saturday night
All Products | Dani Donovan / Anti-Planner
anti-planner.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I have been watching this for a while and I keep thinking, “I should get this.“
This pushed me over the edge. It looks super interesting and I hope it will help!
This pushed me over the edge. It looks super interesting and I hope it will help!
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In the AI model, if a construction company can't afford the materials to build a house, they should be allowed to just steal all the lumber and hardware. After all, they could never afford to build the house if they had to pay for the materials!!!
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
In the AI model, if a construction company can't afford the materials to build a house, they should be allowed to just steal all the lumber and hardware. After all, they could never afford to build the house if they had to pay for the materials!!!
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Man do I sometimes miss seing these big goofy birds hanging out around the pond in Colorado. They'd sometimes fly over my head in the yard and it was amazing. Very graceful in the sky.
A great blue heron taking flight in a Louisiana swamp. #photography
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Man do I sometimes miss seing these big goofy birds hanging out around the pond in Colorado. They'd sometimes fly over my head in the yard and it was amazing. Very graceful in the sky.
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Almost word for word the complaints of a shipmate in our first professional ethics class at Annapolis. The professors (a civilian and a naval officer) were supremely prepared to answer this, as if they were expecting it. This would've been when Hegseth was in ninth or tenth grade
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
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November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Almost word for word the complaints of a shipmate in our first professional ethics class at Annapolis. The professors (a civilian and a naval officer) were supremely prepared to answer this, as if they were expecting it. This would've been when Hegseth was in ninth or tenth grade
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"what frustrates you the most at work?"
Normal people: when my manager doesn't know what the fuck he is doing
Republicans: *clenches fist* pronouns
Normal people: when my manager doesn't know what the fuck he is doing
Republicans: *clenches fist* pronouns
September 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
"what frustrates you the most at work?"
Normal people: when my manager doesn't know what the fuck he is doing
Republicans: *clenches fist* pronouns
Normal people: when my manager doesn't know what the fuck he is doing
Republicans: *clenches fist* pronouns
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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Btw we already had someone to do 11.7% of work tasks, they were called "a secretary" and the suits decided it was cheaper to make everyone do their own emails and schedules.
But you can add up any number of secretaries and still not get one programmer, or architect, or nurse.
But you can add up any number of secretaries and still not get one programmer, or architect, or nurse.
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Btw we already had someone to do 11.7% of work tasks, they were called "a secretary" and the suits decided it was cheaper to make everyone do their own emails and schedules.
But you can add up any number of secretaries and still not get one programmer, or architect, or nurse.
But you can add up any number of secretaries and still not get one programmer, or architect, or nurse.
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
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Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
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On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
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I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
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So many people who are otherwise so committed to good things are on Substack, which is very nice to bad people, ideas, and lies. My own newsletter was launched on Ghost because the bad news about Substack isn't new.
I am once again telling everyone to get the fuck off Substack leavesubstack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So many people who are otherwise so committed to good things are on Substack, which is very nice to bad people, ideas, and lies. My own newsletter was launched on Ghost because the bad news about Substack isn't new.