Becky Vesey
@beckyvesey.bsky.social
You probably know me by another name.
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"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
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Marriage equality does not exist for everyone until disabled people can marry without losing their benefits.
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Marriage equality does not exist for everyone until disabled people can marry without losing their benefits.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
See also that often referenced study about frontal lobe development ... they ended the experiment when the participants were 25, even though there was no sign that the frontal lobe development was stopping. Only the *tracking* stopped.
I Am Lucifer, the Devil, AMA
"Which of your many accomplishments are you most proud of?"
The idea that once your body is done growing, so is your mind.
"Wait, when is our minds done growing?"
You were never meant to be done growing, learning, examining. But you could be persuaded to give it up.
"Which of your many accomplishments are you most proud of?"
The idea that once your body is done growing, so is your mind.
"Wait, when is our minds done growing?"
You were never meant to be done growing, learning, examining. But you could be persuaded to give it up.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
See also that often referenced study about frontal lobe development ... they ended the experiment when the participants were 25, even though there was no sign that the frontal lobe development was stopping. Only the *tracking* stopped.
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#photography
Tintern Abbey, Wales 🏴
Tintern Abbey, Wales 🏴
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#photography
Tintern Abbey, Wales 🏴
Tintern Abbey, Wales 🏴
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
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If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.
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Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.
As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.
www.health.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.
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reminder to all my trans friends that a man who campaigned with this much support and love for us just destroyed the most machine politician to ever exist in spite of all odds. turns out vocally caring about us is a winning strategy!!
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
reminder to all my trans friends that a man who campaigned with this much support and love for us just destroyed the most machine politician to ever exist in spite of all odds. turns out vocally caring about us is a winning strategy!!
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
GOPs this election night, looking at their losses:
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
GOPs this election night, looking at their losses:
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*taps sign*
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
He'll make a great mayor
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
*taps sign*
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Trump declares that Republicans have lost the shutdown. Absolutely zero reason for Dems to cave at this point
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump declares that Republicans have lost the shutdown. Absolutely zero reason for Dems to cave at this point
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i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Celebrating tonight’s results by going out and getting really vaxxed
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Celebrating tonight’s results by going out and getting really vaxxed
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Come for the populist candidate, stay for the fact that he fills the democratic establishment with a deep sense of powerlessness and a gnawing sensation that they've become irrelevant
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Come for the populist candidate, stay for the fact that he fills the democratic establishment with a deep sense of powerlessness and a gnawing sensation that they've become irrelevant
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Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
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tl:dr: call your Democrats in the Senate and tell them to NOT cave in.
Any "bipartisan negotiation" that leads to Democrats caving now will kill a LOT of people before it's all done.
tl:dr: call your Democrats in the Senate and tell them to NOT cave in.
Any "bipartisan negotiation" that leads to Democrats caving now will kill a LOT of people before it's all done.
This is incredibly important:
we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself
and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats
we must be relentless, we must not shut up
we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself
and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats
we must be relentless, we must not shut up
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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tl:dr: call your Democrats in the Senate and tell them to NOT cave in.
Any "bipartisan negotiation" that leads to Democrats caving now will kill a LOT of people before it's all done.
tl:dr: call your Democrats in the Senate and tell them to NOT cave in.
Any "bipartisan negotiation" that leads to Democrats caving now will kill a LOT of people before it's all done.
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It's weird that for almost all of the history of chocolate, it was paired with chili peppers and almost no one does this anymore.
People forgot, or just never learned, how good the combination is.
Sprinkle some cayenne into your hot cocoa, see for yourself.
People forgot, or just never learned, how good the combination is.
Sprinkle some cayenne into your hot cocoa, see for yourself.
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It's weird that for almost all of the history of chocolate, it was paired with chili peppers and almost no one does this anymore.
People forgot, or just never learned, how good the combination is.
Sprinkle some cayenne into your hot cocoa, see for yourself.
People forgot, or just never learned, how good the combination is.
Sprinkle some cayenne into your hot cocoa, see for yourself.
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It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
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What’s missing here is that they *aren’t* offering a modified price to SNAP customers, because there are no SNAP customers right now. You’re offering a discount to customers who happen to be in possession of a particular worthless plastic coupon.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What’s missing here is that they *aren’t* offering a modified price to SNAP customers, because there are no SNAP customers right now. You’re offering a discount to customers who happen to be in possession of a particular worthless plastic coupon.