ElderKat
@elderkat.bsky.social
Old person and future Luddite - assuming tech keeps going the way it is.
**REALLY PISSED** that I don't get to have a nice boring old age!
NO LLMs or "kings" for me!
**REALLY PISSED** that I don't get to have a nice boring old age!
NO LLMs or "kings" for me!
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Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
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This! 👇
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This! 👇
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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I want ask you if freedom is important to you? Then I want to ask you to repost this video & across your socials & ask your followers the same thing.
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I want ask you if freedom is important to you? Then I want to ask you to repost this video & across your socials & ask your followers the same thing.
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
Because they aren't just detaining undocumented people. They are also detaining permanent residents & citizens & you could be next.
#ICELawlessness
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OH!
Written by Epstein in 2018 to someone who was influencing international policy and cabinet positions under Trump 1.0, but definitely relevant to today.
"Venezuela. More oil reserves than Saudi"
drive.google.com/file/d/1TdwP...
"Venezuela. More oil reserves than Saudi"
drive.google.com/file/d/1TdwP...
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
OH!
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Prices aren't coming down. Trump lied. They started going up as soon as he took the wheel.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Prices aren't coming down. Trump lied. They started going up as soon as he took the wheel.
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Video: In Committee on Rules, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) "Defends Amendment Blocking Jan. 6 Payout" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/wedn...
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Video: In Committee on Rules, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) "Defends Amendment Blocking Jan. 6 Payout" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/wedn...
The Last Word On Nothing | Why AAAS won’t be using AI to write press releases anytime soon
www.lastwordonnothing.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I am SO ANGRY with my senator!!!!
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I am SO ANGRY with my senator!!!!
Excellent translation of poli-speak:
"And rather than explain to these very real constituents that Republicans have sidelined us completely and created an authoritarian regime, I nodded and said, OK, you probably know more about it than I do."
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Excellent translation of poli-speak:
and NOW the chief fiend is demanding(?why?) that the states who have stepped up in place of his axis-of-evil to claw back *that* aid!
MAGA snapshot of the day:
What says Trump administration more than hungry people waiting in a cold rain at a food bank?
What says Trump administration more than hungry people waiting in a cold rain at a food bank?
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
and NOW the chief fiend is demanding(?why?) that the states who have stepped up in place of his axis-of-evil to claw back *that* aid!
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just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important
The Department of Homeland Security: “hide behind the First Amendment”
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important
Another piece of good news to see this morning.
Next week may be shit again, but this morning is good and I welcome it!
Next week may be shit again, but this morning is good and I welcome it!
The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Another piece of good news to see this morning.
Next week may be shit again, but this morning is good and I welcome it!
Next week may be shit again, but this morning is good and I welcome it!
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I hate it here.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I hate it here.
Well said!
@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Well said!
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This morning’s hype anthem
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This morning’s hype anthem
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“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
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Trump just told this “I ended 8 wars” lie 🤥 again, so here’s the truth in case anyone cares 👇🏽
October 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump just told this “I ended 8 wars” lie 🤥 again, so here’s the truth in case anyone cares 👇🏽
Supporting No Kings day because I hope we re-claim the USA which is actually governed by law (yes, often imperfect, but always in work toward “better”) instead of the mass of lies, personal agendas and pettiness we currently suffer under.
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Supporting No Kings day because I hope we re-claim the USA which is actually governed by law (yes, often imperfect, but always in work toward “better”) instead of the mass of lies, personal agendas and pettiness we currently suffer under.
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.