Caitlin Howell
@crahowell.bsky.social
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
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The more people who are denied care and left to die, the more profitable it is for health insurance companies.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
May 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The more people who are denied care and left to die, the more profitable it is for health insurance companies.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
Your reminder that for-profit healthcare isn't healthcare.
It's an exploitation of sick people and transfer of wealth from the working class to the mega-rich.
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gender-affirming care has regret rates significantly below completely uncontroversial interventions like knee replacement surgery
no study will ever tell you differently
let trans people get the care they need
no study will ever tell you differently
let trans people get the care they need
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023.
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
gender-affirming care has regret rates significantly below completely uncontroversial interventions like knee replacement surgery
no study will ever tell you differently
let trans people get the care they need
no study will ever tell you differently
let trans people get the care they need
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You ever just sit and think about how as a society we've decided that the muppets are real people
May 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
You ever just sit and think about how as a society we've decided that the muppets are real people
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the defining statement of Canada, Canadian sovereignty, and a living promise of dignity, fairness, & justice for all. 🇨🇦
@mark-carney.bsky.social said it best — when Pierre Poilievre starts stripping away rights, where does he stop?
@mark-carney.bsky.social said it best — when Pierre Poilievre starts stripping away rights, where does he stop?
April 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the defining statement of Canada, Canadian sovereignty, and a living promise of dignity, fairness, & justice for all. 🇨🇦
@mark-carney.bsky.social said it best — when Pierre Poilievre starts stripping away rights, where does he stop?
@mark-carney.bsky.social said it best — when Pierre Poilievre starts stripping away rights, where does he stop?
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April 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
Wisconsin man who showed up to support an anti-trans bill does something amazing - Queerty
“I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…” “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…”
www.queerty.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
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Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
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I honestly think it would be hilarious if there was one family on White Lotus that was having just the best time, like we get two miserable storylines and then occasionally cut to this family going “We saw three dolphins!”
February 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I honestly think it would be hilarious if there was one family on White Lotus that was having just the best time, like we get two miserable storylines and then occasionally cut to this family going “We saw three dolphins!”
As a joke took someone’s pen, took photos of torturing it in various ways then sent ransom note asking for 3 cents in unmarked bills.
When principal held out photos and said what do we think that is I said “funny”
When he asked what my parents would say I said “who do you think took the photos?”
When principal held out photos and said what do we think that is I said “funny”
When he asked what my parents would say I said “who do you think took the photos?”
February 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
As a joke took someone’s pen, took photos of torturing it in various ways then sent ransom note asking for 3 cents in unmarked bills.
When principal held out photos and said what do we think that is I said “funny”
When he asked what my parents would say I said “who do you think took the photos?”
When principal held out photos and said what do we think that is I said “funny”
When he asked what my parents would say I said “who do you think took the photos?”
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Lesson for this Trump tariff shakedown bullshit is that you can call him up and say "well okay, we'll do [list of things we're already doing], that's a really good idea" and he will take that as a win. It's like putting a blanket over a budgie's cage
February 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Lesson for this Trump tariff shakedown bullshit is that you can call him up and say "well okay, we'll do [list of things we're already doing], that's a really good idea" and he will take that as a win. It's like putting a blanket over a budgie's cage
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The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over
January 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over
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there’s a baseline level of annoyance now in knowing that the worst people on the planet are making obscene amounts of money in the stupidest ways possible
January 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
there’s a baseline level of annoyance now in knowing that the worst people on the planet are making obscene amounts of money in the stupidest ways possible
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The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify.
www.reuters.com/world/us/far...
www.reuters.com/world/us/far...
Far from Hollywood's wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten
Residents say that insurance companies might shortchange less affluent households.
www.reuters.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify.
www.reuters.com/world/us/far...
www.reuters.com/world/us/far...
Spending Christmas morning with my spirit animal: John Malkovich SNL reading of The Night Before Christmas
a man wearing a santa hat says twas the night before christmas while sitting in a chair
ALT: a man wearing a santa hat says twas the night before christmas while sitting in a chair
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Spending Christmas morning with my spirit animal: John Malkovich SNL reading of The Night Before Christmas
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Bakers always say the secret ingredient is love, but I’m pretty sure it’s butter.
December 14, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Bakers always say the secret ingredient is love, but I’m pretty sure it’s butter.
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If a fool and their money are soon parted, how did I just save 80% on a timeshare
December 13, 2024 at 5:49 AM
If a fool and their money are soon parted, how did I just save 80% on a timeshare
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
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With December almost here, it’s just about time for book people to put on their favorite publishing Christmas film, The Holiday, where Jude Law is a book editor with an estate that has a name.
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 PM
With December almost here, it’s just about time for book people to put on their favorite publishing Christmas film, The Holiday, where Jude Law is a book editor with an estate that has a name.
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Reading the article, the group will charge people $5k to run an "AI" spell check on their manuscript, slap some "AI" art on the cover and then shove the book out of the door. It's a vanity press. Who was gullible enough to fund this?
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
November 25, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Reading the article, the group will charge people $5k to run an "AI" spell check on their manuscript, slap some "AI" art on the cover and then shove the book out of the door. It's a vanity press. Who was gullible enough to fund this?