Eileen Whitener
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here's a list of readings on the myth of job replacement by AI. i might turn this into a blog post as a sort of lesson plan for anyone who wants to use it, but it's just a reminder that every time we see "self-driving" cars or delivery robots, invisibilized workers are always behind the scenes.
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
here's a list of readings on the myth of job replacement by AI. i might turn this into a blog post as a sort of lesson plan for anyone who wants to use it, but it's just a reminder that every time we see "self-driving" cars or delivery robots, invisibilized workers are always behind the scenes.
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
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If flourishing is not mutual, then it's extraction, and we have the right to resist extraction.
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If flourishing is not mutual, then it's extraction, and we have the right to resist extraction.
Erin Reed reports: While the Senate is expected to block the measure, advocates warn the House vote will still have consequences—normalizing criminal penalties for standard medical care and setting the stage for further federal and administrative efforts to restrict transgender healthcare nationwide
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Erin Reed reports: While the Senate is expected to block the measure, advocates warn the House vote will still have consequences—normalizing criminal penalties for standard medical care and setting the stage for further federal and administrative efforts to restrict transgender healthcare nationwide
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Me, going to protest: Unmarked clothing. Closed toe shoes. Tie back hair. Glasses, not contacts. Tell husband when I'll check in.
Me at protest, staring at moms in tie dye waving 🇺🇸 I ❤️ DEMOCRACY 🇺🇸 signs: ...Okay, rural protests are different from protests in Oakland.
Me at protest, staring at moms in tie dye waving 🇺🇸 I ❤️ DEMOCRACY 🇺🇸 signs: ...Okay, rural protests are different from protests in Oakland.
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Me, going to protest: Unmarked clothing. Closed toe shoes. Tie back hair. Glasses, not contacts. Tell husband when I'll check in.
Me at protest, staring at moms in tie dye waving 🇺🇸 I ❤️ DEMOCRACY 🇺🇸 signs: ...Okay, rural protests are different from protests in Oakland.
Me at protest, staring at moms in tie dye waving 🇺🇸 I ❤️ DEMOCRACY 🇺🇸 signs: ...Okay, rural protests are different from protests in Oakland.
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It is Luddite, in the true meaning of the term.
The luddites were a distributed, organized revolutionary movement targeting the use of automation by capitalists to exploit and displace skilled workers.
They weren’t just grumpy about technology
The luddites were a distributed, organized revolutionary movement targeting the use of automation by capitalists to exploit and displace skilled workers.
They weren’t just grumpy about technology
It feels Luddite to say this, but probably the boldest thing a news org can do is have a really draconian policy about AI as a signal to the public. Not anti-tech, but rather to apply journalistic skepticism about the tool itself. Social contract: We won't use this unless it makes the news better.
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It is Luddite, in the true meaning of the term.
The luddites were a distributed, organized revolutionary movement targeting the use of automation by capitalists to exploit and displace skilled workers.
They weren’t just grumpy about technology
The luddites were a distributed, organized revolutionary movement targeting the use of automation by capitalists to exploit and displace skilled workers.
They weren’t just grumpy about technology
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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it can’t be good for our fragile brains to be asking “is this real?” at everything we see
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it can’t be good for our fragile brains to be asking “is this real?” at everything we see
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Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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As the world continues to be a terrible place, I need you all to know that my friend's dinosaur-obsessed one-year-old saw dinosaurs with feathers at the Natural History Museum and now calls them "fluffy rar-rars".
FLUFFY RAR-RARS.
FLUFFY RAR-RARS.
September 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
As the world continues to be a terrible place, I need you all to know that my friend's dinosaur-obsessed one-year-old saw dinosaurs with feathers at the Natural History Museum and now calls them "fluffy rar-rars".
FLUFFY RAR-RARS.
FLUFFY RAR-RARS.
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The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
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I don't really care if the future is short videos. I like words. Words have gotten me this far and I'm gonna stick with 'em for the duration
September 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I don't really care if the future is short videos. I like words. Words have gotten me this far and I'm gonna stick with 'em for the duration
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Good morning, Bluesky.
I highly recommend taking the time, once a month or so, to send someone a fan letter. Not to me (although that’s fine, too). Just reach out to a stranger* and say: “I love your work.” I did it this week & it felt great, sharing my admiration & awe.
*OK to tell a friend, too.
I highly recommend taking the time, once a month or so, to send someone a fan letter. Not to me (although that’s fine, too). Just reach out to a stranger* and say: “I love your work.” I did it this week & it felt great, sharing my admiration & awe.
*OK to tell a friend, too.
August 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning, Bluesky.
I highly recommend taking the time, once a month or so, to send someone a fan letter. Not to me (although that’s fine, too). Just reach out to a stranger* and say: “I love your work.” I did it this week & it felt great, sharing my admiration & awe.
*OK to tell a friend, too.
I highly recommend taking the time, once a month or so, to send someone a fan letter. Not to me (although that’s fine, too). Just reach out to a stranger* and say: “I love your work.” I did it this week & it felt great, sharing my admiration & awe.
*OK to tell a friend, too.
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*breathe in*
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
*breathe in*
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
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our brain is a pattern recognition machine.
but not to feel smarter.
to feel safer.
not a party trick.
survival.
but not to feel smarter.
to feel safer.
not a party trick.
survival.
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
our brain is a pattern recognition machine.
but not to feel smarter.
to feel safer.
not a party trick.
survival.
but not to feel smarter.
to feel safer.
not a party trick.
survival.
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I understand that these are dark times that call for courage. But keep in mind I am just a baby
March 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I understand that these are dark times that call for courage. But keep in mind I am just a baby
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Remember that a character saying something is not exactly the author saying it.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
March 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Remember that a character saying something is not exactly the author saying it.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
It’s always bothered me when a character quote is posted like an interview quote. Uh, that was Satan, not Milton.
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Reassuring everyone that they don't need to worry about the snowball at the top of the hill. It is very small. What is it gonna do, get bigger
March 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Reassuring everyone that they don't need to worry about the snowball at the top of the hill. It is very small. What is it gonna do, get bigger