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cat-enthusiast, burned-out millennial, book-buyer (and often book-reader), occasional writer
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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Seeing a lot of folks who either don’t know what the usual numbers look like or who didn’t go look at the demographics and methodology and are treating this as a _meh_ data point when anything close to this would be earth-shaking. Believe it when you see it, etc, but these are GOP extinction numbers
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Seeing a lot of folks who either don’t know what the usual numbers look like or who didn’t go look at the demographics and methodology and are treating this as a _meh_ data point when anything close to this would be earth-shaking. Believe it when you see it, etc, but these are GOP extinction numbers
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
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I spent most of my life thinking I was stupid (now I’m “not stupid,” a big mental upgrade) which meant I never assumed I’d understood anything well enough to not try and look up what it means multiple times. From MIT economist Daron Acemoglu to @arif.bsky.social, experts love simple questions
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I spent most of my life thinking I was stupid (now I’m “not stupid,” a big mental upgrade) which meant I never assumed I’d understood anything well enough to not try and look up what it means multiple times. From MIT economist Daron Acemoglu to @arif.bsky.social, experts love simple questions
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The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
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a very good and important response from @slotkin.senate.gov and company in response to Trump's threats. You absolutely cannot allow a would-be authoritarian to know that the surest way to make his opponents back down is to threaten them with violence.
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
a very good and important response from @slotkin.senate.gov and company in response to Trump's threats. You absolutely cannot allow a would-be authoritarian to know that the surest way to make his opponents back down is to threaten them with violence.
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...
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I remember this guy. He was the one on TV two months ago claiming Dems have a culture of condoning violence.
Mike Johnson Justifies Trump Threatening to Execute Democrats
#Trump
#Trump
Mike Johnson Justifies Trump Threatening to Execute Democrats
Republicans are rushing to defend Donald Trump’s extremist ravings.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I remember this guy. He was the one on TV two months ago claiming Dems have a culture of condoning violence.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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When a pedophile looks down on you...
🚨 Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
When a pedophile looks down on you...
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
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If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.
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Lmao literally having a "we're rich" party while they cut SNAP is like cartoon level evil it's like the villain in a Dr. Seuss book
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Lmao literally having a "we're rich" party while they cut SNAP is like cartoon level evil it's like the villain in a Dr. Seuss book
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Here is a point I don’t think is discussed enough: Microsoft stopped discussing their AI revenue as of Q2FY25 (announced in January).
Why? Is the AI revenue not very good? This information is extremely material yet I do not see anybody else who seems concerned.
www.geekwire.com/2025/microso...
Why? Is the AI revenue not very good? This information is extremely material yet I do not see anybody else who seems concerned.
www.geekwire.com/2025/microso...
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Here is a point I don’t think is discussed enough: Microsoft stopped discussing their AI revenue as of Q2FY25 (announced in January).
Why? Is the AI revenue not very good? This information is extremely material yet I do not see anybody else who seems concerned.
www.geekwire.com/2025/microso...
Why? Is the AI revenue not very good? This information is extremely material yet I do not see anybody else who seems concerned.
www.geekwire.com/2025/microso...
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Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr. must resign.
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr. must resign.
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Trump’s "America First" was all a lie. Instead, he rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska, is bailing out Argentina, and is using his power to attack Americans who stand up to him, like Jack Smith and Adam Schiff.
The GOP has completely failed our country.
The GOP has completely failed our country.
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Trump’s "America First" was all a lie. Instead, he rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska, is bailing out Argentina, and is using his power to attack Americans who stand up to him, like Jack Smith and Adam Schiff.
The GOP has completely failed our country.
The GOP has completely failed our country.
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Keep going, good people. Live long enough to see their tribunals.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Keep going, good people. Live long enough to see their tribunals.