Erin
@bussear.bsky.social
I’m a motion graphic designer who loves visualizing information, ideas, and concepts.
I truly believe that we learn both better and more if we are having fun doing it.
Accessibility to information and education for ev-er-y-one.
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I truly believe that we learn both better and more if we are having fun doing it.
Accessibility to information and education for ev-er-y-one.
🏳️⚧️ (he/they)
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Join EFF's Rindala Alajaji and Alexis Hancock along with Hana Memon from @GenZforChange.org and Cynthia Conti-Cook from Collaborative Research Center for Resilience for our next EFFecting Change about what we stand to lose as more governments push to age-gate the web. www.eff.org/event/effec...
EFFecting Change: The Human Cost of Online Age Verification
Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for everyone—not just young people. Age-gating laws generally require
www.eff.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Join EFF's Rindala Alajaji and Alexis Hancock along with Hana Memon from @GenZforChange.org and Cynthia Conti-Cook from Collaborative Research Center for Resilience for our next EFFecting Change about what we stand to lose as more governments push to age-gate the web. www.eff.org/event/effec...
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Great time to flip on ABC. Texas vs Baylor in women’s basketball followed by Nebraska vs Texas A&M in women’s volleyball.
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great time to flip on ABC. Texas vs Baylor in women’s basketball followed by Nebraska vs Texas A&M in women’s volleyball.
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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Sorry to put this on the TL, but please do not transcribe this as “sycophant.” He audibly says “syncophant” because he does not really know the word or what it means. To pretend he said a word whose meaning he does not know is carrying water for him. “Syncophant [sic]” is how you transcribe this
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sorry to put this on the TL, but please do not transcribe this as “sycophant.” He audibly says “syncophant” because he does not really know the word or what it means. To pretend he said a word whose meaning he does not know is carrying water for him. “Syncophant [sic]” is how you transcribe this
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On November 13, surrounded by family and listening to Guy Clark songs in the capital of the state on which he left such an enormous mark, David Richards left us at the age of 92.
A memorial essay from Louis Dubose:
A memorial essay from Louis Dubose:
Remembering David Richards, 1933-2025
“If there’s anything good in Texas—academic freedom, labor, voting rights, education, politics—his litigation facilitated it."
www.texasobserver.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On November 13, surrounded by family and listening to Guy Clark songs in the capital of the state on which he left such an enormous mark, David Richards left us at the age of 92.
A memorial essay from Louis Dubose:
A memorial essay from Louis Dubose:
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I'm listening in on Judge McNally's hearing re: discovery shenanigans in Moreno v. Noem (Broadview ICE facility case).
Follow along here!
Follow along here!
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm listening in on Judge McNally's hearing re: discovery shenanigans in Moreno v. Noem (Broadview ICE facility case).
Follow along here!
Follow along here!
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❄️ Mutual Aid + Snowflakes ❄️
Sat, Dec 6 from 12 to 4PM at RAYGUN
Join me this Saturday alongside @demiforillinois.bsky.social & @raygunsite.com as we craft snowflakes and collect aid for our community! All donations will be delivered directly to partners and neighbors who need them.
Sat, Dec 6 from 12 to 4PM at RAYGUN
Join me this Saturday alongside @demiforillinois.bsky.social & @raygunsite.com as we craft snowflakes and collect aid for our community! All donations will be delivered directly to partners and neighbors who need them.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
❄️ Mutual Aid + Snowflakes ❄️
Sat, Dec 6 from 12 to 4PM at RAYGUN
Join me this Saturday alongside @demiforillinois.bsky.social & @raygunsite.com as we craft snowflakes and collect aid for our community! All donations will be delivered directly to partners and neighbors who need them.
Sat, Dec 6 from 12 to 4PM at RAYGUN
Join me this Saturday alongside @demiforillinois.bsky.social & @raygunsite.com as we craft snowflakes and collect aid for our community! All donations will be delivered directly to partners and neighbors who need them.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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New MRI, please.
Trump: "They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven. You want to wash your hands, or like me, you wash your hair. I lather up. There's no water. I won't mention the 3rd item in the bc I always get criticized. If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be owning a McDonalds"
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New MRI, please.
If last night didn’t cause you to have an aneurysm, listening to MSNBC this morning will.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If last night didn’t cause you to have an aneurysm, listening to MSNBC this morning will.
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Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have
www.eff.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
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Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
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"Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon ... While attempting to grab the suspect, authorities believe the agent’s weapon discharged, striking both the suspect and a deputy US marshal.
"Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon ... While attempting to grab the suspect, authorities believe the agent’s weapon discharged, striking both the suspect and a deputy US marshal.
October 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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"Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon ... While attempting to grab the suspect, authorities believe the agent’s weapon discharged, striking both the suspect and a deputy US marshal.
"Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon ... While attempting to grab the suspect, authorities believe the agent’s weapon discharged, striking both the suspect and a deputy US marshal.
What I wouldn’t give for Statler & Waldorf at this point.
Chuck Schumer says "we are going to be fighting everywhere: on TV stations like yours, in the social media"
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What I wouldn’t give for Statler & Waldorf at this point.
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I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
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Against all odds, looks like we’re announcing this tomorrow morning. (No, it’s not Infowars… yet?)
The Onion has made maybe the funniest thing we've ever done and I can't talk about it yet and it is killing me.
September 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Against all odds, looks like we’re announcing this tomorrow morning. (No, it’s not Infowars… yet?)
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The Onion has made maybe the funniest thing we've ever done and I can't talk about it yet and it is killing me.
September 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Onion has made maybe the funniest thing we've ever done and I can't talk about it yet and it is killing me.
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We’ve honestly come so far
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We’ve honestly come so far
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I'm proud to announce $18.4M in grants to EV charging stations across Illinois — funds that Trump was withholding until @ilattygeneral.bsky.social stepped in to restore.
Looking forward to taking another step forward in our efforts to expand our infrastructure and boost our local economies.
Looking forward to taking another step forward in our efforts to expand our infrastructure and boost our local economies.
In May, I joined 16 state AGs in suing the Trump administration for unlawfully halting critical electric vehicle funding. I am pleased NEVI funds have been released and that the money will help construct EV charging stations: tinyurl.com/4jb2d9bc
Gov. Pritzker Announces Awards for New EV Charging Stations
$18.4 million was restored after the Trump Administration unlawfully froze funding
tinyurl.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm proud to announce $18.4M in grants to EV charging stations across Illinois — funds that Trump was withholding until @ilattygeneral.bsky.social stepped in to restore.
Looking forward to taking another step forward in our efforts to expand our infrastructure and boost our local economies.
Looking forward to taking another step forward in our efforts to expand our infrastructure and boost our local economies.
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How it feels to turn your phone off
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How it feels to turn your phone off
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This is actually really funny because this creates a massive new expense for Microsoft for a product that nobody likes. Here's someone describing why they wouldn't pay for Microsoft Copilot from a recent The Information article. They haven't got shit.
www.theinformation.com/articles/mic...
www.theinformation.com/articles/mic...
September 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is actually really funny because this creates a massive new expense for Microsoft for a product that nobody likes. Here's someone describing why they wouldn't pay for Microsoft Copilot from a recent The Information article. They haven't got shit.
www.theinformation.com/articles/mic...
www.theinformation.com/articles/mic...
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i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is
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The day before we found out from the President himself that actually political violence is unacceptable the Supreme Court said it’s legal for masked men to bust your car window and snatch you away from your family for having the wrong skin color.
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The day before we found out from the President himself that actually political violence is unacceptable the Supreme Court said it’s legal for masked men to bust your car window and snatch you away from your family for having the wrong skin color.
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Here's part two of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters. I walk you through why the AI bubble is nothing like the dot-com bubble, the cost of inference is actually going up, and why OpenAI is nothing like Uber.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Here's part two of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters. I walk you through why the AI bubble is nothing like the dot-com bubble, the cost of inference is actually going up, and why OpenAI is nothing like Uber.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline