Jacks Salazar
@jackiessalazarr.bsky.social
she/they, 20s, trying my best
COVID-conscious, anti-AI, pro-knowledge
freelance author-illustrator in progress
art-for-fun acc @jatsaro.bsky.social
tags: #jackswrites
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COVID-conscious, anti-AI, pro-knowledge
freelance author-illustrator in progress
art-for-fun acc @jatsaro.bsky.social
tags: #jackswrites
views are my own
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The Israeli Pink-washing Agenda — Necessary Behavior
As we close off Pride Month, you may be lulled into a false sense of security when seeing advertisements of LGBTQ-friendly venues in Israel — but you may not know about the deeper connection between p...
necessarybehavior.com
Latest for Necessary Behavior, and it’s a heavy one.
Closed off Pride Month talking about Zionism and its intrinsic connection to pink-washing—and how it all serves an Islamophobic agenda.
You can read at the link:
necessarybehavior.com/the-israeli-...
Thank you for your support!
#jackswrites
Closed off Pride Month talking about Zionism and its intrinsic connection to pink-washing—and how it all serves an Islamophobic agenda.
You can read at the link:
necessarybehavior.com/the-israeli-...
Thank you for your support!
#jackswrites
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Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.
www.404media.co
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
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We can, and should, deplore Charlie Kirk's murder, without whitewashing who he was. ttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
www.thenation.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We can, and should, deplore Charlie Kirk's murder, without whitewashing who he was. ttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/
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edition.cnn.com/2025/08/06/u...
This is harmful
Conversion therapy is harmful
Stop this awful practice now
This is harmful
Conversion therapy is harmful
Stop this awful practice now
‘God, please fix me’: Inside the dangerous resurgence of ‘ex-gay’ conversion therapy | CNN
More than half of US states ban the discredited and harmful practice of conversion therapy for gay people. But former practitioners say it’s making a comeback.
edition.cnn.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
edition.cnn.com/2025/08/06/u...
This is harmful
Conversion therapy is harmful
Stop this awful practice now
This is harmful
Conversion therapy is harmful
Stop this awful practice now
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If you're outraged, good. But don't stop there. Donate. Volunteer. Show up. Speak out. Allyship without action is just optics.
July 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you're outraged, good. But don't stop there. Donate. Volunteer. Show up. Speak out. Allyship without action is just optics.
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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NPR and PBS received ~$85 million last year in federal funding.
Trump’s golf trips will cost taxpayers over $100 million this year.
Republicans think kids learning to read is wasteful spending and indoctrination, while giving a blank check to their cult leader to golf isn’t.
Trump’s golf trips will cost taxpayers over $100 million this year.
Republicans think kids learning to read is wasteful spending and indoctrination, while giving a blank check to their cult leader to golf isn’t.
July 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NPR and PBS received ~$85 million last year in federal funding.
Trump’s golf trips will cost taxpayers over $100 million this year.
Republicans think kids learning to read is wasteful spending and indoctrination, while giving a blank check to their cult leader to golf isn’t.
Trump’s golf trips will cost taxpayers over $100 million this year.
Republicans think kids learning to read is wasteful spending and indoctrination, while giving a blank check to their cult leader to golf isn’t.
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“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” said Trump adviser Russell Vought. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down."
(Published Oct. 2024 w/ @documented.net)
(Published Oct. 2024 w/ @documented.net)
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” said Trump adviser Russell Vought. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down."
(Published Oct. 2024 w/ @documented.net)
(Published Oct. 2024 w/ @documented.net)
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha says he’s been suspended from Substack, a platform where white supremacists publish without issue. I can’t recall this happening to any prominent writers in the past.
July 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha says he’s been suspended from Substack, a platform where white supremacists publish without issue. I can’t recall this happening to any prominent writers in the past.
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should a brown man be mayor? We asked a eugenicist
July 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
should a brown man be mayor? We asked a eugenicist
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The richest country in the world can afford Medicaid.
The richest country in the world can afford food assistance.
There’s no reason for the cruel and dehumanizing cuts in this big bill.
It’s fascism. It’s cruelty for cruelty’s sake. It’s a cull to accelerate ethnic cleansing.
The richest country in the world can afford food assistance.
There’s no reason for the cruel and dehumanizing cuts in this big bill.
It’s fascism. It’s cruelty for cruelty’s sake. It’s a cull to accelerate ethnic cleansing.
July 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The richest country in the world can afford Medicaid.
The richest country in the world can afford food assistance.
There’s no reason for the cruel and dehumanizing cuts in this big bill.
It’s fascism. It’s cruelty for cruelty’s sake. It’s a cull to accelerate ethnic cleansing.
The richest country in the world can afford food assistance.
There’s no reason for the cruel and dehumanizing cuts in this big bill.
It’s fascism. It’s cruelty for cruelty’s sake. It’s a cull to accelerate ethnic cleansing.
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Trump once again raised his “controversial” (read: illegal) plot to widen the net of targets in his massive deportation scheme.
“‘The Homegrowns Will Be Next,’ is one of the more chilling authoritarian phrases I have heard."
https://trib.al/JPp1bU9
“‘The Homegrowns Will Be Next,’ is one of the more chilling authoritarian phrases I have heard."
https://trib.al/JPp1bU9
Why Trump’s Renewed Threat to Deport Citizens Is So Terrifying: Expert
An expert warned that Donald Trump bringing back the threat is a clear sign of his rapid descent into authoritarianism.
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump once again raised his “controversial” (read: illegal) plot to widen the net of targets in his massive deportation scheme.
“‘The Homegrowns Will Be Next,’ is one of the more chilling authoritarian phrases I have heard."
https://trib.al/JPp1bU9
“‘The Homegrowns Will Be Next,’ is one of the more chilling authoritarian phrases I have heard."
https://trib.al/JPp1bU9
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Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials theonion.com/researc...
July 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials theonion.com/researc...
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If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
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Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class
July 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Riley: Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class
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As someone who did molecular simulations in undergrad and grad school, I’m telling you now that a computer cannot fucking know about drug interactions.
What's the worst that could happen?
RFK Jr. Says AI Will Approve New Drugs at FDA 'Very, Very Quickly'
gizmodo.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As someone who did molecular simulations in undergrad and grad school, I’m telling you now that a computer cannot fucking know about drug interactions.
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It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
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Mushroom Cloud Hopefully Nothing Major
theonion.com/mushroo...
theonion.com/mushroo...
July 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mushroom Cloud Hopefully Nothing Major
theonion.com/mushroo...
theonion.com/mushroo...
Latest for Necessary Behavior, and it’s a heavy one.
Closed off Pride Month talking about Zionism and its intrinsic connection to pink-washing—and how it all serves an Islamophobic agenda.
You can read at the link:
necessarybehavior.com/the-israeli-...
Thank you for your support!
#jackswrites
Closed off Pride Month talking about Zionism and its intrinsic connection to pink-washing—and how it all serves an Islamophobic agenda.
You can read at the link:
necessarybehavior.com/the-israeli-...
Thank you for your support!
#jackswrites
The Israeli Pink-washing Agenda — Necessary Behavior
As we close off Pride Month, you may be lulled into a false sense of security when seeing advertisements of LGBTQ-friendly venues in Israel — but you may not know about the deeper connection between p...
necessarybehavior.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Latest for Necessary Behavior, and it’s a heavy one.
Closed off Pride Month talking about Zionism and its intrinsic connection to pink-washing—and how it all serves an Islamophobic agenda.
You can read at the link:
necessarybehavior.com/the-israeli-...
Thank you for your support!
#jackswrites
Closed off Pride Month talking about Zionism and its intrinsic connection to pink-washing—and how it all serves an Islamophobic agenda.
You can read at the link:
necessarybehavior.com/the-israeli-...
Thank you for your support!
#jackswrites
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It’s never too late to start masking again.
Covid isn’t over. Measles is spreading rapidly. We’ve got anti-vaxxers in charge if public health.
There’s a huge community of support here if you want to learn more about respirators.
You won’t be the lone masker, I promise!
Covid isn’t over. Measles is spreading rapidly. We’ve got anti-vaxxers in charge if public health.
There’s a huge community of support here if you want to learn more about respirators.
You won’t be the lone masker, I promise!
June 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It’s never too late to start masking again.
Covid isn’t over. Measles is spreading rapidly. We’ve got anti-vaxxers in charge if public health.
There’s a huge community of support here if you want to learn more about respirators.
You won’t be the lone masker, I promise!
Covid isn’t over. Measles is spreading rapidly. We’ve got anti-vaxxers in charge if public health.
There’s a huge community of support here if you want to learn more about respirators.
You won’t be the lone masker, I promise!
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Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
Urgent! Every Dollar Counts!
We grow science with words, and are the only Asian American-run science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 by the end of the month to stay afloat. Please…
fundrazr.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
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turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...
Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country
Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.
prospect.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...
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"I had to write up 170 incidents in a little over a year, and I was struggling mightily with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. Since I wasn’t able to care for myself, I couldn’t take care of my team or the community’s library kids."
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Children’s Institute 2025: Spreading Library Joy: PW Talks with Mychal Threets
The PBS Kids’ “resident librarian” and TikTok sensation is adding a picture book to his resume, I’m So Happy You’re Here! A Celebration of Library Joy, illustrated by Lorraine Nam.
www.publishersweekly.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"I had to write up 170 incidents in a little over a year, and I was struggling mightily with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. Since I wasn’t able to care for myself, I couldn’t take care of my team or the community’s library kids."
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and people say this website is dying
June 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
and people say this website is dying
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If you want to make America healthy again, start with
Universal health & UBI
Masks in healthcare
Clean air & water
Affordable housing & food
Guaranteed education
Paid time off
Affordable child care
When we accept that caring for one another is essential for health & happiness, we all benefit
Universal health & UBI
Masks in healthcare
Clean air & water
Affordable housing & food
Guaranteed education
Paid time off
Affordable child care
When we accept that caring for one another is essential for health & happiness, we all benefit
June 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
If you want to make America healthy again, start with
Universal health & UBI
Masks in healthcare
Clean air & water
Affordable housing & food
Guaranteed education
Paid time off
Affordable child care
When we accept that caring for one another is essential for health & happiness, we all benefit
Universal health & UBI
Masks in healthcare
Clean air & water
Affordable housing & food
Guaranteed education
Paid time off
Affordable child care
When we accept that caring for one another is essential for health & happiness, we all benefit
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.