Hillary Rettig (she / her)
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Author of Productivity is Power and other works that examine productivity from a social justice perspective. Underproductivity = disempowerment; laziness, etc., are symptoms, not causes. www.hillaryrettigproductivity.com for free articles and downloads.
Turkeys were my favorite animal when I volunteered at a farm sanctuary. So much personality, so social, so funny. I live for the day we don't destroy these remarkable beings' lives for a meal.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Turkeys were my favorite animal when I volunteered at a farm sanctuary. So much personality, so social, so funny. I live for the day we don't destroy these remarkable beings' lives for a meal.
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Join us in our gratitude.
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Join us in our gratitude.
This is the point. There will always be mistakes and excesses, but you shouldn't ever let the govt get between people and their doctors.
Vaccines are different, a legitimate public health concern. Unvaccinated people are a clear threat to others.
Vaccines are different, a legitimate public health concern. Unvaccinated people are a clear threat to others.
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is the point. There will always be mistakes and excesses, but you shouldn't ever let the govt get between people and their doctors.
Vaccines are different, a legitimate public health concern. Unvaccinated people are a clear threat to others.
Vaccines are different, a legitimate public health concern. Unvaccinated people are a clear threat to others.
Reminder that we might never have had a Trump presidency at all had Hillary Clinton not promoted his campaign for coverage by her friends in the media. She did that bc she thought he'd be easiest to beat--and then lost to him. (Source: Podesta papers. )
So much for women supporting women.
So much for women supporting women.
Great piece on Trump's 'Quiet, piggy' moment. This phrase could be the new shorthand way to explain how abusers silence their victims. Keep quiet or be punished cruelly.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...
Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Reminder that we might never have had a Trump presidency at all had Hillary Clinton not promoted his campaign for coverage by her friends in the media. She did that bc she thought he'd be easiest to beat--and then lost to him. (Source: Podesta papers. )
So much for women supporting women.
So much for women supporting women.
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“Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic and start seeing it as fragile,” said Adio Dinika... “In my experience it’s always people who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic and start seeing it as fragile,” said Adio Dinika... “In my experience it’s always people who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.”
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13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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the only thing musk should be remembered for
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the only thing musk should be remembered for
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She is muzzled 👺She was already incarcerated. Animal slavery is unscrupulously vile. Heinous animal abuse. #EndAnimalExploitation #LiveVegan find your better self ✌️
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
She is muzzled 👺She was already incarcerated. Animal slavery is unscrupulously vile. Heinous animal abuse. #EndAnimalExploitation #LiveVegan find your better self ✌️
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Oh let’s do this everywhere… Amazon, Target, Walmart…
Everyone but Costco💙
Everyone but Costco💙
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Oh let’s do this everywhere… Amazon, Target, Walmart…
Everyone but Costco💙
Everyone but Costco💙
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I've never gotten over this. Ever. We marked the first year after his murder with a "play-in" event in Chicago. I had the idea for this and I have never forgotten him. You can see some of the photos from the event here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I've never gotten over this. Ever. We marked the first year after his murder with a "play-in" event in Chicago. I had the idea for this and I have never forgotten him. You can see some of the photos from the event here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
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Fighting against Trump isn’t enough. It's time for Democrats to show America what they're fighting FOR — and embrace the fresh, new voices leading the way. Watch. https://youtu.be/Uzc57eD3cWI?si=65LK4EXG7o-_BtmU
What Democrats SHOULD Be Doing
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Fighting against Trump isn’t enough. It's time for Democrats to show America what they're fighting FOR — and embrace the fresh, new voices leading the way. Watch. https://youtu.be/Uzc57eD3cWI?si=65LK4EXG7o-_BtmU
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Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
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Mercilessly & endlessly:
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Mercilessly & endlessly:
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A polar bear behind bars imprisoned 💔With a fake scenery in the back. Zoos are sad horrible places where animals are deprived from normal natural lives. This has nothing to do with species conservation. #BanZoos #DontBuyATicket
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A polar bear behind bars imprisoned 💔With a fake scenery in the back. Zoos are sad horrible places where animals are deprived from normal natural lives. This has nothing to do with species conservation. #BanZoos #DontBuyATicket
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Withholding our own tax dollars from us. Intolerable.
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Withholding our own tax dollars from us. Intolerable.
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According to my very rough calculations, based on the NYC precinct map, orthodox Jews in Borough Park and surrounding areas were responsible for at least 100,000 votes for Cuomo, around a quarter of his total. Fundamentalism is really a plague.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
According to my very rough calculations, based on the NYC precinct map, orthodox Jews in Borough Park and surrounding areas were responsible for at least 100,000 votes for Cuomo, around a quarter of his total. Fundamentalism is really a plague.
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it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
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The last several years have convinced me that what zombie apocalypse stories are really missing to emphasize their realism is granola moms and twitter bros screaming YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO as they sprint outside and hug the nearest zombie while filming with a selfie stick
The Man told me not to put the plastic bag over my head but I don't listen to The Man do youfg hrey hwy is weveythiung fuzzy hhlkaalll ofh a usujddre
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The last several years have convinced me that what zombie apocalypse stories are really missing to emphasize their realism is granola moms and twitter bros screaming YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO as they sprint outside and hug the nearest zombie while filming with a selfie stick