EleanorMcKenna
@eleanormckenna.bsky.social
Physician scientist, vaccine enthusiast, mom to two amazing kids and two spoiled dogs, knitter/mender/embroiderer, fan of progressive politics and animal memes.
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WHEEWWWWWWWWWW:
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
WHEEWWWWWWWWWW:
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers . . . We agree that we would rather deplete our natural resources than make our own art or think our own thoughts."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
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Hate kids? Good news!
JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hate kids? Good news!
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We are witnessing a full blown war on science, public health & truth itself.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We are witnessing a full blown war on science, public health & truth itself.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
Let me be clear: Vaccines have prevented more than 1.1 million deaths, 500 million cases of illness & 32 million hospitalizations.
That's a lot of moms and dads who don't have to bury their children.
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I'll say it: against all expectations, the media are covering the Trump censorship story right. They're not pretending it's about Kirk, they're covering Trump as a broad threat to free press and speech, and they're speaking broadly about the stakes.
It can be done!
It can be done!
September 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'll say it: against all expectations, the media are covering the Trump censorship story right. They're not pretending it's about Kirk, they're covering Trump as a broad threat to free press and speech, and they're speaking broadly about the stakes.
It can be done!
It can be done!
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If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly."
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
September 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly."
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
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Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations.
Scott Galloway says Boomers are robbing Gen Z of their future
Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations.
n.pr
August 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations.
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Remember in 2016 when Bill Clinton bumped into Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix, and that story of INSANE IMPROPRIETY dominated the news cycle for a week? Now we have POTUS, VP, AG, and FBI Epstein strategy meetings. www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/p...
Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney Gen...
www.cnn.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Remember in 2016 when Bill Clinton bumped into Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix, and that story of INSANE IMPROPRIETY dominated the news cycle for a week? Now we have POTUS, VP, AG, and FBI Epstein strategy meetings. www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/p...
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My reaction to that completely batshit press briefing by Tulsi Gabbard in which she accused Obama of “treasonous conspiracy” is that whatever is in the Epstein files about Trump must be really really bad
July 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My reaction to that completely batshit press briefing by Tulsi Gabbard in which she accused Obama of “treasonous conspiracy” is that whatever is in the Epstein files about Trump must be really really bad
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Theft is legal now
President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “common sense application” that does not force AI companies to pay for each piece of copyrighted material used in training frontier models, saying that approach is “not doable.”
Trump Says He's 'Getting Rid of Woke' and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech
The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump's newly released AI Action Plan.
www.wired.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Theft is legal now
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The Times, Post, CNN, and Politico all ran stories this weekend or this morning about Trump getting his base back behind him on Epstein. The most prominent source cited to justify this claim _in all four publications_ was Steve Bannon. slate.com/news-and-pol...
All These Stories About Trump Making the Epstein Files a Winning Issue Have a Funny Thing in Common
Is Trump really turning the tables on this one?
slate.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Times, Post, CNN, and Politico all ran stories this weekend or this morning about Trump getting his base back behind him on Epstein. The most prominent source cited to justify this claim _in all four publications_ was Steve Bannon. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Some of the panelists invited by the FDA to discuss SSRIs and pregnancy claimed that antidepressants don't work at all and depression goes away on its own. One suggested that depression was not an illness, but rather a product of “women just naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely.”
FDA panel promotes misinformation on antidepressants during pregnancy, psychiatrists say
Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs. Some claimed, without evidence, that antidepressants don't work at all.
www.nbcnews.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some of the panelists invited by the FDA to discuss SSRIs and pregnancy claimed that antidepressants don't work at all and depression goes away on its own. One suggested that depression was not an illness, but rather a product of “women just naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely.”
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Breaking News: A former Louisville police officer involved in the fatal raid of Breonna Taylor’s home was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison
The sentence was a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, which had requested he serve only one day behind bars.
trib.al
July 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Breaking News: A former Louisville police officer involved in the fatal raid of Breonna Taylor’s home was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
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I was wondering if the President was a gargantuan pedophile, like his good friend Jeffrey Epstein, the man he is withholding documentation about, but now that I have more information about how the FBI felt about MLK in the 1960s, I am no longer interested in whether the sitting President raped kids.
BREAKING: The Trump administration releases thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr., despite his family's opposition.
Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I was wondering if the President was a gargantuan pedophile, like his good friend Jeffrey Epstein, the man he is withholding documentation about, but now that I have more information about how the FBI felt about MLK in the 1960s, I am no longer interested in whether the sitting President raped kids.
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Wow, it's amazing all the different kinds of files they can produce when they want to
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Justice Department has released documents related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-je...
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Justice Department has released documents related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-je...
Pam Bondi grants Hillary Clinton email probe request amid Epstein furor
Pam Bondi greenlit Hillary Clinton email release, praising Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's transparency push.
www.newsweek.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Wow, it's amazing all the different kinds of files they can produce when they want to
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seems like putting a weekend Fox anchor in charge of DoD and a washed up reality competition contestant in charge of the Transportation Dept. while letting a ketamine-addled Nazi fire, en masse, the people who actually know things about the government and make it work was a monumentally bad idea!
UPDATE: Pilot of commercial flight performs ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid mid-air collision with B-52 bomber
A Delta flight turned into a tense and quiet ride for passengers after pilots took evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber.
www.kfyrtv.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
seems like putting a weekend Fox anchor in charge of DoD and a washed up reality competition contestant in charge of the Transportation Dept. while letting a ketamine-addled Nazi fire, en masse, the people who actually know things about the government and make it work was a monumentally bad idea!
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The truth is that MAGAs don't actually oppose welfare—only social welfare. But they LOVE corporate welfare.
They happily let WalMart, Amazon, & Target pay a poverty wage, subsidize them with billions in corporate welfare—all while cutting social welfare for their employees & screaming BOOTSTRAPS!
They happily let WalMart, Amazon, & Target pay a poverty wage, subsidize them with billions in corporate welfare—all while cutting social welfare for their employees & screaming BOOTSTRAPS!
July 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The truth is that MAGAs don't actually oppose welfare—only social welfare. But they LOVE corporate welfare.
They happily let WalMart, Amazon, & Target pay a poverty wage, subsidize them with billions in corporate welfare—all while cutting social welfare for their employees & screaming BOOTSTRAPS!
They happily let WalMart, Amazon, & Target pay a poverty wage, subsidize them with billions in corporate welfare—all while cutting social welfare for their employees & screaming BOOTSTRAPS!
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A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
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The Senate barely passed Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill' today after an all-night circus. But the chaos isn’t just a fluke. It’s the inevitable result of governing through Trump-style campaign tactics. And the result? A bill that is as rotten as the leader who forced his party to ram it through.
The GOP Senate Chose Trump Over The American People—How Big A Price Will They Pay?
When it comes to Trump's 'Big Beautiful' budget bill, the fish rots from the head
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Senate barely passed Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill' today after an all-night circus. But the chaos isn’t just a fluke. It’s the inevitable result of governing through Trump-style campaign tactics. And the result? A bill that is as rotten as the leader who forced his party to ram it through.
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It is not realistic or sustainable for every single government program to constantly promote itself to the public. The clear villain in the DOGE immiseration campaign is the right. We don't need to play into their attacks by implying that we deserve it.
June 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It is not realistic or sustainable for every single government program to constantly promote itself to the public. The clear villain in the DOGE immiseration campaign is the right. We don't need to play into their attacks by implying that we deserve it.
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You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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I hope that I am not right, but I do not think that the GOP fucking over rural areas will result in rural areas blaming the GOP: instead they'll double-down on blaming imaginary cultural enemies and resentment/fantasy about how the cities must be worse.
June 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I hope that I am not right, but I do not think that the GOP fucking over rural areas will result in rural areas blaming the GOP: instead they'll double-down on blaming imaginary cultural enemies and resentment/fantasy about how the cities must be worse.
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Years of conventional wisdom repeated that there was a free speech crisis on college campuses. Slowly, "free speech" became totally denuded of any meaning other than the right of conservatives to speak on college campuses without being protested.
June 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Years of conventional wisdom repeated that there was a free speech crisis on college campuses. Slowly, "free speech" became totally denuded of any meaning other than the right of conservatives to speak on college campuses without being protested.
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The capitalists hated the New Deal because it weakened their grip on the working class, not because it cost them money. Trump's economic fuckery is aimed squarely at hurting and disempowering working people, which entrenches the power of the rich, which they like.
Capitalism is a power structure!
Capitalism is a power structure!
wild that American capital just shrugged at this rather than calling up today's version of Smedley Butler. it's a new century I suppose
Breaking: The US dollar has suffered its worst first half of the year since 1973, as Donald Trump’s trade and economic policies prompt global investors to rethink their exposure to the world’s dominant currency. https://on.ft.com/4ev1ux1
June 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The capitalists hated the New Deal because it weakened their grip on the working class, not because it cost them money. Trump's economic fuckery is aimed squarely at hurting and disempowering working people, which entrenches the power of the rich, which they like.
Capitalism is a power structure!
Capitalism is a power structure!
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"The cumulative effect of tariffs and the budget bill is to make 80% of households less well-off. As someone who’s been observing politics for decades, I’ve never seen anything like this."
On the pod, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social is so good on Trump screwing his voters:
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
On the pod, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social is so good on Trump screwing his voters:
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He’s Screwing Them
As evidence mounts that voters in Trump country are getting hammered by his biggest initiatives, an economist paints a dark picture of just how bad the sum total of these policies will be for working ...
newrepublic.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"The cumulative effect of tariffs and the budget bill is to make 80% of households less well-off. As someone who’s been observing politics for decades, I’ve never seen anything like this."
On the pod, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social is so good on Trump screwing his voters:
newrepublic.com/article/1973...
On the pod, @jaredb-econ.bsky.social is so good on Trump screwing his voters:
newrepublic.com/article/1973...