Tracy J.
@craftyjackson.bsky.social
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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hey so don't like a lot of companies use Gmail and stuff for like regular communication about business matters? don't millions of people get sensitive legal documentation through gmail? how isn't this the most illegal thing you can do LMAO
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
hey so don't like a lot of companies use Gmail and stuff for like regular communication about business matters? don't millions of people get sensitive legal documentation through gmail? how isn't this the most illegal thing you can do LMAO
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In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Randolph County Public Library (NC) may see their board of directors removed and replaced. Why? Because they elected to keep CALL ME MAX on shelves after it was challenged.
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
Randolph County Commissioner confirms effort to 'reorganize' library board of trustees
This comes a few weeks after the trustees voted to keep the book Call Me Max, about a transgender child, in the children’s section after a community member requested it be removed or relocated.
www.wfdd.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Randolph County Public Library (NC) may see their board of directors removed and replaced. Why? Because they elected to keep CALL ME MAX on shelves after it was challenged.
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
Potential meeting is TONIGHT.
www.wfdd.org/politics-gov...
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the news is hard to scroll through. everything is brutal and ugly and cruel. will try to do something to help someone today. and tomorrow. and again and again. will try to make myself a counter to my own nagging despair.
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
the news is hard to scroll through. everything is brutal and ugly and cruel. will try to do something to help someone today. and tomorrow. and again and again. will try to make myself a counter to my own nagging despair.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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Weird how "everyone gets human rights" and "we don't fund genocide" and "absolutely no Nazi tattoos" are called "purity tests" by the people who aren't getting targeted by the bigotry they're minimizing, amirite
You cannot defeat authoritarianism with purity tests. If you are actively working to splinter a unified front against authoritarianism, you are the problem.
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Weird how "everyone gets human rights" and "we don't fund genocide" and "absolutely no Nazi tattoos" are called "purity tests" by the people who aren't getting targeted by the bigotry they're minimizing, amirite
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here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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"Every morning that I have breath, I stay rooted in possibility and I choose to act. And I remember that doing so doesn't preclude feeling burdened or needing relief."
- @prisonculture.bsky.social
- @prisonculture.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Every morning that I have breath, I stay rooted in possibility and I choose to act. And I remember that doing so doesn't preclude feeling burdened or needing relief."
- @prisonculture.bsky.social
- @prisonculture.bsky.social
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my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)
Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)
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ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this
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who's gonna start the dumb appliances and small electronics company and make a killing? i do not want screens, bluetooth, internet, wifi, NOTHING.
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
who's gonna start the dumb appliances and small electronics company and make a killing? i do not want screens, bluetooth, internet, wifi, NOTHING.
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and like the larger authoritarian project, the insistence that it all has to be treated politely is part of how it is normalized to a lot of people that are mostly looking for social cues as to how they're supposed to navigate the world
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
and like the larger authoritarian project, the insistence that it all has to be treated politely is part of how it is normalized to a lot of people that are mostly looking for social cues as to how they're supposed to navigate the world