Jill Harrington
@jillithe.bsky.social
Cantankerous tech animator for games.
Currently at Motive, previously at Bioware, formerly at Blizzard, formerly-formerly at Turbine Games.
She/her. My opinions do not represent those of my employer. 🇨🇦
Currently at Motive, previously at Bioware, formerly at Blizzard, formerly-formerly at Turbine Games.
She/her. My opinions do not represent those of my employer. 🇨🇦
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Another woman killed by an abortion ban.
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another woman killed by an abortion ban.
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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You’ve been asking and we finally have… NEW MERCH!! Order now on exactlyrightstore.com and order by 12/14 if you’re planning on gifting for the holidays!!
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You’ve been asking and we finally have… NEW MERCH!! Order now on exactlyrightstore.com and order by 12/14 if you’re planning on gifting for the holidays!!
This could not be more disgusting. Claiming that the most important thing the government needs to be doing is preventing families from deciding on their own health care, endangering kids with abusive parents, and inspecting kids' genitalia so some kids can't play sports at all.
Doing this two days before TDoR is particularly vile.
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause for the second time in less than a month in this case to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This could not be more disgusting. Claiming that the most important thing the government needs to be doing is preventing families from deciding on their own health care, endangering kids with abusive parents, and inspecting kids' genitalia so some kids can't play sports at all.
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The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is further evidence of their populist approach to policymaking.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
Our research team has been studying polarization in Alberta for the past 5 years.
I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the elite-level divisions are not so much left-vs-right, but pluralist vs populist.+
I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the elite-level divisions are not so much left-vs-right, but pluralist vs populist.+
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is further evidence of their populist approach to policymaking.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
Pluralists -- whether progressives committed to minority rights or libertarians prizing checks & balances on government power -- must stand together against this over-reach.
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First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
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I hope this reaches you.
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I hope this reaches you.
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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I'm sure the IRS will be super forgiving if you file your tax return with a bunch of lies on it because the LLM hallucinated you having a ton of writeoffs and dependents and are actually owed a $3 million refund.
Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million a year for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax
Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus annual deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.
www.cnbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm sure the IRS will be super forgiving if you file your tax return with a bunch of lies on it because the LLM hallucinated you having a ton of writeoffs and dependents and are actually owed a $3 million refund.
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
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Fuck this dude. Literally making excuses for murdering and dismembering a journalist in an embassy.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fuck this dude. Literally making excuses for murdering and dismembering a journalist in an embassy.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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are you also as sick of seeing AI generated posters/flyers/etc in public as I am? I made some Big stickers about it and will be selling packs of them at future shows 🫶
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
are you also as sick of seeing AI generated posters/flyers/etc in public as I am? I made some Big stickers about it and will be selling packs of them at future shows 🫶
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Whatever else may be said about these times, this is not a meek nation acquiescing to this Administration's most violent and authoritarian expression of state power. And it's notable that this is the strongest card Trump is playing.
Hiding in the woods like bitches
People from North Carolina don’t play; they’ll find out about North Carolina very soon.
People from North Carolina don’t play; they’ll find out about North Carolina very soon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Whatever else may be said about these times, this is not a meek nation acquiescing to this Administration's most violent and authoritarian expression of state power. And it's notable that this is the strongest card Trump is playing.
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ponied up for a month of newspapers.com, went right to the New York Daily News and quickly found this gem from Feb 16, 1936.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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To Alberta’s trans community, and especially our trans youth: it’s deplorable that our government is abusing the notwithstanding clause to harm you.
We see you. You are beautiful and precious, and we are fighting/donating/protesting for you, and sending you all our love & support.
🩷🤍🩵 💜💛🤍🖤
We see you. You are beautiful and precious, and we are fighting/donating/protesting for you, and sending you all our love & support.
🩷🤍🩵 💜💛🤍🖤
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
To Alberta’s trans community, and especially our trans youth: it’s deplorable that our government is abusing the notwithstanding clause to harm you.
We see you. You are beautiful and precious, and we are fighting/donating/protesting for you, and sending you all our love & support.
🩷🤍🩵 💜💛🤍🖤
We see you. You are beautiful and precious, and we are fighting/donating/protesting for you, and sending you all our love & support.
🩷🤍🩵 💜💛🤍🖤
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and also, surprise! our stories became harder hitting because companies and powerful people have nothing to hold over our heads or to revoke from us or to threaten us with. perhaps big media will learn this one day
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
and also, surprise! our stories became harder hitting because companies and powerful people have nothing to hold over our heads or to revoke from us or to threaten us with. perhaps big media will learn this one day
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1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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The Los Angeles Evening Post-Record
October 12,1911
October 12,1911
October 12, 2024 at 8:02 AM
The Los Angeles Evening Post-Record
October 12,1911
October 12,1911
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The Tribune ( San Luis Obispo) Saturday, November 9,1918
November 9, 2024 at 11:45 AM
The Tribune ( San Luis Obispo) Saturday, November 9,1918