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if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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Local journalism matters:
1. In 2020, investigators accuse a Connecticut DMV employee of using his position to garner steep discounts on cars he bought from a towing company.
2. State doesn't act.
3. @ctmirror.org and @propublica.org report it.
4. Employee fired.
1. In 2020, investigators accuse a Connecticut DMV employee of using his position to garner steep discounts on cars he bought from a towing company.
2. State doesn't act.
3. @ctmirror.org and @propublica.org report it.
4. Employee fired.
Connecticut DMV Fires Employee Who Made Thousands Selling Towed Cars
Investigators found the longtime employee traded favors with a towing company to purchase vehicles at a steep discount, according to a termination letter.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Local journalism matters:
1. In 2020, investigators accuse a Connecticut DMV employee of using his position to garner steep discounts on cars he bought from a towing company.
2. State doesn't act.
3. @ctmirror.org and @propublica.org report it.
4. Employee fired.
1. In 2020, investigators accuse a Connecticut DMV employee of using his position to garner steep discounts on cars he bought from a towing company.
2. State doesn't act.
3. @ctmirror.org and @propublica.org report it.
4. Employee fired.
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Sleeper issue around the data center boom: cooling water used for Amazon's server farms in Eastern Oregon creates major groundwater contamination issue, poisoning local drinking water. thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
thefern.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sleeper issue around the data center boom: cooling water used for Amazon's server farms in Eastern Oregon creates major groundwater contamination issue, poisoning local drinking water. thefern.org/2025/11/the-...
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Taq polymerase, and enzyme that makes PCR and much of modern biomedical research possible, was discovered because a scientist was interested in bacteria in hot springs bitesizebio.com/1953/the-taq...
And yeah, more "pointless" science and less abducting my neighbors with my tax dollars please
And yeah, more "pointless" science and less abducting my neighbors with my tax dollars please
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Taq polymerase, and enzyme that makes PCR and much of modern biomedical research possible, was discovered because a scientist was interested in bacteria in hot springs bitesizebio.com/1953/the-taq...
And yeah, more "pointless" science and less abducting my neighbors with my tax dollars please
And yeah, more "pointless" science and less abducting my neighbors with my tax dollars please
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and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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Smells like treason to me
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Smells like treason to me
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Also as gently as possible?
White women specifically need to retire
“We know too much about folks lives “ first off it comes from Michelle Goldberg whose casual racism gets whitewashed
Also .. if marginalized people could get yall to act before we knew this stuff? We wouldn’t need to know
White women specifically need to retire
“We know too much about folks lives “ first off it comes from Michelle Goldberg whose casual racism gets whitewashed
Also .. if marginalized people could get yall to act before we knew this stuff? We wouldn’t need to know
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Also as gently as possible?
White women specifically need to retire
“We know too much about folks lives “ first off it comes from Michelle Goldberg whose casual racism gets whitewashed
Also .. if marginalized people could get yall to act before we knew this stuff? We wouldn’t need to know
White women specifically need to retire
“We know too much about folks lives “ first off it comes from Michelle Goldberg whose casual racism gets whitewashed
Also .. if marginalized people could get yall to act before we knew this stuff? We wouldn’t need to know
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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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The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher, Among Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
Mother Fletcher's legacy will live on as the epitome of honor, courage, strength, and resilience in the face of violent terrorism, white supremacy, and cowardice
www.qasimrashid.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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Thread.
For the [ast few years I've been editing the short fiction for Star Ship Sofa, a venerable SF (not F/H) podcast. It's a small joint, and I've turned it primarily into a reprint market as we can afford only $50 per story.
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
I've also turned it into a reprint market because writers need money fast. 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thread.
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The first legislators arrested for inspecting these spaces were Black legislators from New Jersey
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The first legislators arrested for inspecting these spaces were Black legislators from New Jersey
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
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Really proud of my colleagues for launching this new series at @coyotemedia.org -- First Aid Kit, a set of pieces that help you be safer, healthier, and more helpful in your community.
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Really proud of my colleagues for launching this new series at @coyotemedia.org -- First Aid Kit, a set of pieces that help you be safer, healthier, and more helpful in your community.
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
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"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
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Does Trump know he’s doing a terrible job? Hard to say; his admin is busy hiding and deleting the data that would show it. Health, climate, labor, and civil rights data are being axed to obscure facts and dodge accountability.
Follow the data purge here:
Follow the data purge here:
Trump’s War on Public Data | Revolving Door Project
History of Government Data Collection Government data collection in the U.S. dates back to the founding era. The Constitution mandates a population census every ten years to determine congressional re...
therevolvingdoorproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Does Trump know he’s doing a terrible job? Hard to say; his admin is busy hiding and deleting the data that would show it. Health, climate, labor, and civil rights data are being axed to obscure facts and dodge accountability.
Follow the data purge here:
Follow the data purge here:
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🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Notice the sleight of hand in the last post below where Sacks talks about AI’s contribution to GDP *growth* while hoping people will misinterpret it as total GDP.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Notice the sleight of hand in the last post below where Sacks talks about AI’s contribution to GDP *growth* while hoping people will misinterpret it as total GDP.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM