Jocelyn Leitzinger
@jocelynl.bsky.social
I research movements and markets (renewables, urban ag in Detroit, river conservation in Ireland) & corporate disinformation campaigns. UF & UW alum
Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector
https://linktr.ee/leitzinger
Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector
https://linktr.ee/leitzinger
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ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
I hate Chicago weather, and whatever climate change is doing to it
I went for a hike on Thursday and it was beautiful, sunny, and in the low 60s
I woke up to light snow this morning, a windchill of 21, and a winter storm warning for tonight - up to 18 inches
And then back to 60s by Saturday
I went for a hike on Thursday and it was beautiful, sunny, and in the low 60s
I woke up to light snow this morning, a windchill of 21, and a winter storm warning for tonight - up to 18 inches
And then back to 60s by Saturday
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I hate Chicago weather, and whatever climate change is doing to it
I went for a hike on Thursday and it was beautiful, sunny, and in the low 60s
I woke up to light snow this morning, a windchill of 21, and a winter storm warning for tonight - up to 18 inches
And then back to 60s by Saturday
I went for a hike on Thursday and it was beautiful, sunny, and in the low 60s
I woke up to light snow this morning, a windchill of 21, and a winter storm warning for tonight - up to 18 inches
And then back to 60s by Saturday
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One of the things I learned teaching search literacy is that search sucks because the world wide web doesn't exist anymore. The blogs that held it together with links are paywalled, big publishers paywall and don't link, the platforms users post to don't link. You're left with reddit and Wikipedia.
I need accounts like this to actually link to the story they’re citing. If I have the right link, this strikes me as an overstatement.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
One of the things I learned teaching search literacy is that search sucks because the world wide web doesn't exist anymore. The blogs that held it together with links are paywalled, big publishers paywall and don't link, the platforms users post to don't link. You're left with reddit and Wikipedia.
Just waiting for that bubble to poppety pop pop
Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead
Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed.
A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s rev...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just waiting for that bubble to poppety pop pop
If you made $1 million per year, it would take you 275 years - 3.5 lifetimes - to earn what Elon Musk would make in a SINGLE DAY*
If you made $100,000 per year, it would take 2,750 years - 34 lifetimes - to match Musk's daily compensation
* if all the compensation package requirements are met
If you made $100,000 per year, it would take 2,750 years - 34 lifetimes - to match Musk's daily compensation
* if all the compensation package requirements are met
Elon Musk could earn up to $1 trillion if Tesla hits ambitious goals, more than the GDP of Switzerland or Poland. Critics, including Bernie Sanders and Pope Leo XIV, call the deal “obscene.”
"This is what oligarchy looks like": Musk's $1 trillion deal draws fierce criticism - Salon.com
Even Pope Leo XIV condemned Musk's trillionaire status
www.salon.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you made $1 million per year, it would take you 275 years - 3.5 lifetimes - to earn what Elon Musk would make in a SINGLE DAY*
If you made $100,000 per year, it would take 2,750 years - 34 lifetimes - to match Musk's daily compensation
* if all the compensation package requirements are met
If you made $100,000 per year, it would take 2,750 years - 34 lifetimes - to match Musk's daily compensation
* if all the compensation package requirements are met
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Another tragic loss. How many more before we take substantive action?
Many universities have agreements with OpenAI and offer free accounts to students. There are programs and courses requiring ChatGPT, or other LLM use. All while reports of AI psychosis are growing
Are universities not liable?
Many universities have agreements with OpenAI and offer free accounts to students. There are programs and courses requiring ChatGPT, or other LLM use. All while reports of AI psychosis are growing
Are universities not liable?
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Another tragic loss. How many more before we take substantive action?
Many universities have agreements with OpenAI and offer free accounts to students. There are programs and courses requiring ChatGPT, or other LLM use. All while reports of AI psychosis are growing
Are universities not liable?
Many universities have agreements with OpenAI and offer free accounts to students. There are programs and courses requiring ChatGPT, or other LLM use. All while reports of AI psychosis are growing
Are universities not liable?
We need to demand more of our elected officials
We don't have to settle for politicians who fund genocides & throw trans folks under the bus whenever it's convenient
We don't need to bide our time and wait till things are "safe" - letting the Overton window slide further & further to the right
We don't have to settle for politicians who fund genocides & throw trans folks under the bus whenever it's convenient
We don't need to bide our time and wait till things are "safe" - letting the Overton window slide further & further to the right
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
We need to demand more of our elected officials
We don't have to settle for politicians who fund genocides & throw trans folks under the bus whenever it's convenient
We don't need to bide our time and wait till things are "safe" - letting the Overton window slide further & further to the right
We don't have to settle for politicians who fund genocides & throw trans folks under the bus whenever it's convenient
We don't need to bide our time and wait till things are "safe" - letting the Overton window slide further & further to the right
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I can’t believe I’m saying this but I find the MAGA numbers somewhat relieving.
Not even half of Trump’s voters seem to believe in replacement theory. That’s a lot lower than I imagined.
Not even half of Trump’s voters seem to believe in replacement theory. That’s a lot lower than I imagined.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I find the MAGA numbers somewhat relieving.
Not even half of Trump’s voters seem to believe in replacement theory. That’s a lot lower than I imagined.
Not even half of Trump’s voters seem to believe in replacement theory. That’s a lot lower than I imagined.
Love how regular folks in Chicago are organizing to keep their neighbors safe
I drove Plume to the vet this morning & when I went through an industrial area, there were people stationed on corners watching with their whistles ready. And know-your-rights yard signs are all over the neighborhoods
I drove Plume to the vet this morning & when I went through an industrial area, there were people stationed on corners watching with their whistles ready. And know-your-rights yard signs are all over the neighborhoods
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Love how regular folks in Chicago are organizing to keep their neighbors safe
I drove Plume to the vet this morning & when I went through an industrial area, there were people stationed on corners watching with their whistles ready. And know-your-rights yard signs are all over the neighborhoods
I drove Plume to the vet this morning & when I went through an industrial area, there were people stationed on corners watching with their whistles ready. And know-your-rights yard signs are all over the neighborhoods
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.
Me, watching all the wealthy & racist folks crash out over Mayor Mamdani's historic win
Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF
Alt: Bill Hader Eating Popcorn GIF
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Me, watching all the wealthy & racist folks crash out over Mayor Mamdani's historic win
What a shellacking!
Taxing the rich, rebuilding our tattered social safety net, prioritizing everyday people over elites - it's all terribly popular, and it wins elections
If Dem leadership want to fix their popularity issue, they'll embrace Mamdani and his policies. Corporations can't vote
Taxing the rich, rebuilding our tattered social safety net, prioritizing everyday people over elites - it's all terribly popular, and it wins elections
If Dem leadership want to fix their popularity issue, they'll embrace Mamdani and his policies. Corporations can't vote
With the race called for Zohran, lets check in on how its going, the only borough Cuomo won a majority in is Staten Island. Mamdani won everywhere else
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What a shellacking!
Taxing the rich, rebuilding our tattered social safety net, prioritizing everyday people over elites - it's all terribly popular, and it wins elections
If Dem leadership want to fix their popularity issue, they'll embrace Mamdani and his policies. Corporations can't vote
Taxing the rich, rebuilding our tattered social safety net, prioritizing everyday people over elites - it's all terribly popular, and it wins elections
If Dem leadership want to fix their popularity issue, they'll embrace Mamdani and his policies. Corporations can't vote
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All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
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Now in Judge Gettleman's courtroom in Chicago, waiting for the morning hearing on this case - which alleges the Broadview, IL ICE facility is a "black hole" where detainees are deprived of legal counsel and subject to inhumane treatment - to begin.
Update: District Judge Robert Gettleman told the govt to return the immigration detainee plaintiffs in this lawsuit to IL by 4pm yesterday, as they had already been moved out of state.
I finally got word the plaintiffs were back in IL at ~7:45 am. A hearing in the case is set for 9:30 am today.
I finally got word the plaintiffs were back in IL at ~7:45 am. A hearing in the case is set for 9:30 am today.
"You have no rights in here."
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now in Judge Gettleman's courtroom in Chicago, waiting for the morning hearing on this case - which alleges the Broadview, IL ICE facility is a "black hole" where detainees are deprived of legal counsel and subject to inhumane treatment - to begin.
Wild that it took so long for the media to finally cover this incident. There were rumors going around various social media platforms that this was "AI" because there was no media coverage
Glad that her story is finally getting told - and that she's pursuing it in the courts
Glad that her story is finally getting told - and that she's pursuing it in the courts
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Wild that it took so long for the media to finally cover this incident. There were rumors going around various social media platforms that this was "AI" because there was no media coverage
Glad that her story is finally getting told - and that she's pursuing it in the courts
Glad that her story is finally getting told - and that she's pursuing it in the courts
That feeling when you're having two different conversations:
Me: 🔵 Jocelyn 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Hungry
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume 🔵 Friend
Plume: 🟢 Salmon
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Treat
Me: Fine, you win
Me: 🔵 Jocelyn 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Hungry
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume 🔵 Friend
Plume: 🟢 Salmon
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Treat
Me: Fine, you win
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
That feeling when you're having two different conversations:
Me: 🔵 Jocelyn 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Hungry
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume 🔵 Friend
Plume: 🟢 Salmon
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Treat
Me: Fine, you win
Me: 🔵 Jocelyn 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Hungry
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume 🔵 Friend
Plume: 🟢 Salmon
Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume
Plume: 🟢 Treat
Me: Fine, you win
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It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
This is why independent and nonprofit media is so important - we can't trust corporations to pursue anything other than their own interests
This is a huge loss for us all - Teen Vogue has been an excellent source of hard hitting journalism
This is a huge loss for us all - Teen Vogue has been an excellent source of hard hitting journalism
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is why independent and nonprofit media is so important - we can't trust corporations to pursue anything other than their own interests
This is a huge loss for us all - Teen Vogue has been an excellent source of hard hitting journalism
This is a huge loss for us all - Teen Vogue has been an excellent source of hard hitting journalism
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
We don't have money for SNAP benefits, but we do have money to troll the dems
I'd say it reads like a bunch of middle schoolers tried to make a burn page, but I think they'd actually do a better job
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
I'd say it reads like a bunch of middle schoolers tried to make a burn page, but I think they'd actually do a better job
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We don't have money for SNAP benefits, but we do have money to troll the dems
I'd say it reads like a bunch of middle schoolers tried to make a burn page, but I think they'd actually do a better job
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
I'd say it reads like a bunch of middle schoolers tried to make a burn page, but I think they'd actually do a better job
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/