Emilie Lhote
@emlhote.bsky.social
UX Research and strategic comms. Ex-Twitter 1.0, ex-Spotify. I gravitate to the random. I swing with the non-sequential.
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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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Don't believe the hype. Trump hasn't ordered the Smithsonian to do anything. "The President exercises no control over the Smithsonian." 32 Op. OLC at 62. He's merely directed VP Vance, as *one of 17* board members, to "seek[] to remove improper ideology."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Don't believe the hype. Trump hasn't ordered the Smithsonian to do anything. "The President exercises no control over the Smithsonian." 32 Op. OLC at 62. He's merely directed VP Vance, as *one of 17* board members, to "seek[] to remove improper ideology."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
March 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
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Let’s be clear:
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
March 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Let’s be clear:
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
Is it recency bias or is Musk literally paying MAGA nuts to drive all these Teslas around DC???
March 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Is it recency bias or is Musk literally paying MAGA nuts to drive all these Teslas around DC???
So Meta is gonna make more money off my book than I ever did. Got it…
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So Meta is gonna make more money off my book than I ever did. Got it…
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Seems to me that one answer to "we have run out of data to steal" could be to pay people to make stuff and use it with their consent
AI companies, running out of the conventional training data sets, may be forced to shift away from big, all-purpose LLMs to smaller, more specialized models (Nicola Jones/Nature)
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December 14, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Seems to me that one answer to "we have run out of data to steal" could be to pay people to make stuff and use it with their consent
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Touching to have Spotify celebrate the 1-year anniversary of my layoff by demonstrating that they could not, in fact, still do Wrapped just as well without me.
December 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Touching to have Spotify celebrate the 1-year anniversary of my layoff by demonstrating that they could not, in fact, still do Wrapped just as well without me.
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If anyone asks me what I’m thankful for this year they’re getting socked in the gut.
November 26, 2024 at 12:38 PM
If anyone asks me what I’m thankful for this year they’re getting socked in the gut.
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November 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 AM
“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys
@roxanegay.bsky.social’s masterful mic drop on this dismal disaster of a world
“We must refuse to participate in a mass delusion. We must refuse to accept that the ignorance on display is a congenital condition rather than a choice. All of us should refuse to pretend that any of this is normal and that these voters are just woefully misunderstood.” 🎯,
@roxanegay.bsky.social.
@roxanegay.bsky.social.
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:19 PM
@roxanegay.bsky.social’s masterful mic drop on this dismal disaster of a world
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the lib narrative that many republicans are worried about trump’s cabinet choices is so funny to me. they do not care as long as they can do tax cuts, deregulation, and other ghoulish right-wing stuff.
November 17, 2024 at 5:41 PM
the lib narrative that many republicans are worried about trump’s cabinet choices is so funny to me. they do not care as long as they can do tax cuts, deregulation, and other ghoulish right-wing stuff.
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how many more studies and how much more evidence do we need in order to realise that AI systems are inherently biased and discriminatory in many subtle ways before we can get the use of AI for hiring banned
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW
www.geekwire.com
November 1, 2024 at 6:43 PM
how many more studies and how much more evidence do we need in order to realise that AI systems are inherently biased and discriminatory in many subtle ways before we can get the use of AI for hiring banned
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...
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If you're wondering how Trump won, this is the only article you need to read. "Today, the right-wing media sets the news agenda in this country." newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
Why Does No One
Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:09 PM
If you're wondering how Trump won, this is the only article you need to read. "Today, the right-wing media sets the news agenda in this country." newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
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I keep hearing that every incumbent party has lost power in recent elections worldwide but that's not true at all. Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena won the presidency in Mexico with even bigger margins (30+ points) than AMLO. She did it with leftist populism so I guess that doesn't count.
November 15, 2024 at 2:05 AM
I keep hearing that every incumbent party has lost power in recent elections worldwide but that's not true at all. Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena won the presidency in Mexico with even bigger margins (30+ points) than AMLO. She did it with leftist populism so I guess that doesn't count.
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Calling fascists stupid is part of what gives them their strength, because we underestimate them & take them less seriously.
This was true with many authoritarians who were seen as clowns. But it’s true on a broader level too: the far right has learned to perfect appearing less savvy than they are.
This was true with many authoritarians who were seen as clowns. But it’s true on a broader level too: the far right has learned to perfect appearing less savvy than they are.
November 14, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Calling fascists stupid is part of what gives them their strength, because we underestimate them & take them less seriously.
This was true with many authoritarians who were seen as clowns. But it’s true on a broader level too: the far right has learned to perfect appearing less savvy than they are.
This was true with many authoritarians who were seen as clowns. But it’s true on a broader level too: the far right has learned to perfect appearing less savvy than they are.
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France knows how to deal with fascists:
“The Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen.”
“The Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen.”
Marine Le Pen: prosecutor recommends jail and 5 year ban from public office in EU embezzlement trial
Request from Paris prosecutor threatens to undermine the National Rally leader’s efforts to polish image ahead of 2027 elections
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:24 AM
France knows how to deal with fascists:
“The Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen.”
“The Paris prosecutor on has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen.”
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An extraordinary moment. Guardian to stop publishing on Twitter www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:38 PM
An extraordinary moment. Guardian to stop publishing on Twitter www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Trump is a billionaire. Elon, the guy funding him and running his propaganda network is a billionaire man child.
Dems, I'm begging you, start demonizing billionaires like they do immigrants and trans people. We need a leftist populism that makes people hate the very concept of billionaires.
Dems, I'm begging you, start demonizing billionaires like they do immigrants and trans people. We need a leftist populism that makes people hate the very concept of billionaires.
November 13, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Trump is a billionaire. Elon, the guy funding him and running his propaganda network is a billionaire man child.
Dems, I'm begging you, start demonizing billionaires like they do immigrants and trans people. We need a leftist populism that makes people hate the very concept of billionaires.
Dems, I'm begging you, start demonizing billionaires like they do immigrants and trans people. We need a leftist populism that makes people hate the very concept of billionaires.
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Time to find your new friends who will keep you critically informed about different aspects of the tech industry.
Add the critical tech starter pack to your following deck!
Add the critical tech starter pack to your following deck!
November 10, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Time to find your new friends who will keep you critically informed about different aspects of the tech industry.
Add the critical tech starter pack to your following deck!
Add the critical tech starter pack to your following deck!
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We don't know who's going to win tomorrow. But we do know that Elon Musk will promote false claims of voter fraud to tens of millions of people — and that X will be a central clearinghouse for conspiracy theories in the days ahead www.platformer.news/x-election-e...
November 5, 2024 at 1:14 AM
We don't know who's going to win tomorrow. But we do know that Elon Musk will promote false claims of voter fraud to tens of millions of people — and that X will be a central clearinghouse for conspiracy theories in the days ahead www.platformer.news/x-election-e...
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Abolish the electoral college.
November 6, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Abolish the electoral college.
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I salute E. Jean Carroll and Stormy Daniels for being braver than all three branches of our government.
May 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
I salute E. Jean Carroll and Stormy Daniels for being braver than all three branches of our government.