Helen121
@helen121.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Politics, economics, current events. Rarely lighthearted. European Brit. 🕷️💙🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍
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Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
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We got over the "it's never ok to want someone to die" phase in record time. 👍
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We got over the "it's never ok to want someone to die" phase in record time. 👍
This is just ridiculous. Why pay for the course at all it is is just AI generated? Once again, the rich will be able to afford actual teaching, and the poorer will just get AI slop. It will be a 'digital divide' of knowledge.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is just ridiculous. Why pay for the course at all it is is just AI generated? Once again, the rich will be able to afford actual teaching, and the poorer will just get AI slop. It will be a 'digital divide' of knowledge.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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One thing I'd caution against those who say "what my company does can be done entirely with AI... I don't need to pay actual people"...
If that's true, then what are you building that your customers can't just use ChatGPT to get?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
If that's true, then what are you building that your customers can't just use ChatGPT to get?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One thing I'd caution against those who say "what my company does can be done entirely with AI... I don't need to pay actual people"...
If that's true, then what are you building that your customers can't just use ChatGPT to get?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
If that's true, then what are you building that your customers can't just use ChatGPT to get?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Probably won't buy the book, but it's an interesting article about Boris Becker.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Boris Becker: ‘Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying – it’s a real punishment’
Former Wimbledon champion tells Donald McRae about how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the spor...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Probably won't buy the book, but it's an interesting article about Boris Becker.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
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Trump follows up this post by calling for these Democratic lawmakers to be put to death
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trump follows up this post by calling for these Democratic lawmakers to be put to death
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In another world that would be seen as admitting he was giving, or planning to give, illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In another world that would be seen as admitting he was giving, or planning to give, illegal orders.
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He thinks encouragement people to follow the law is treason. All this does is confirm that they’re being given illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
He thinks encouragement people to follow the law is treason. All this does is confirm that they’re being given illegal orders.
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Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
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What an unnecessary, sexist barrier to learning; “attend your scheduled lecture with the prof who treats campus as an place to sexualize junior colleagues and racistly giggle about it with pedophiles, or suffer academically”
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What an unnecessary, sexist barrier to learning; “attend your scheduled lecture with the prof who treats campus as an place to sexualize junior colleagues and racistly giggle about it with pedophiles, or suffer academically”
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Remember back in 2005, when Larry Summers made derogatory comments about women in STEM fields? Thirteen years later, he asked Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly for romantic advice. And this man ran your beloved Harvard.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Remember back in 2005, when Larry Summers made derogatory comments about women in STEM fields? Thirteen years later, he asked Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly for romantic advice. And this man ran your beloved Harvard.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard launches probe into Larry Summers' ties with Epstein, university newspaper reports
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/u....
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/u....
The Crimson: Harvard to open probe into former university president Larry Summers’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein | CNN
Harvard is launching an investigation into former university president Larry Summers’ relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after a trove of emails released last week showed years o...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Harvard launches probe into Larry Summers' ties with Epstein, university newspaper reports
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/u....
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/u....
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yeah and I can't imagine that Rs in semi-safe seats are too happy about getting redrawn after seeing scale of Dem wins in VA-NJ
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
yeah and I can't imagine that Rs in semi-safe seats are too happy about getting redrawn after seeing scale of Dem wins in VA-NJ
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Russian airstrike on Ternopil in western Ukraine kills at least 20, including children
Russian airstrike on Ternopil in western Ukraine kills at least 20
Residential buildings in Ternopil have been badly damaged in Russia's latest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight on Wednesday. The rescue operation is ongoing as people are still being trapped under debris.
www.euronews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Russian airstrike on Ternopil in western Ukraine kills at least 20, including children
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“A prohibition like the Article II Emoluments Clause is nothing more than a parchment barrier — if no one acts on it, then it doesn’t really exist.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“A prohibition like the Article II Emoluments Clause is nothing more than a parchment barrier — if no one acts on it, then it doesn’t really exist.”
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NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
When you think the IDF couldn't sink any lower... they bomb Lebanon with cluster bombs.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When you think the IDF couldn't sink any lower... they bomb Lebanon with cluster bombs.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Netanyahu gives a "hero" welcome to convicted spy arrested for spying on the US government for Israel.
He spend 30 years in jail and now has moved to Israel. He is an "American citizen
He spend 30 years in jail and now has moved to Israel. He is an "American citizen
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Netanyahu gives a "hero" welcome to convicted spy arrested for spying on the US government for Israel.
He spend 30 years in jail and now has moved to Israel. He is an "American citizen
He spend 30 years in jail and now has moved to Israel. He is an "American citizen
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Sneak preview of the fully redacted Epstein files
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sneak preview of the fully redacted Epstein files
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Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility
MAGA’s vision of journalism isn’t even remotely compatible with democracy.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility truthout.org/articles/tru...