Julie Hsu
juliehsu.bsky.social
Julie Hsu
@juliehsu.bsky.social
Bluenoser living in Vancouver. Friend of the pod.
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Every member of Five Eyes should have stopped communicating with the US as soon as we failed to hold him accountable for the stolen documents at Mar-a-lago. There is a high probability that any information they share with us will be sent directly to Putin.
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Not a peace plan: but a corrupt deal in the tradition of Ribbentrop-Molotov and Yalta.

The definitive piece on this proposal.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Please share. If anyone is to be quoted after Trumps despicable speech, minimizing Jamal Kashoggi's torture and execution, its her.

Thank you.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers

www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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“i’m still required to laugh at my own humiliation”
So exhausting..
September 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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"Democracy is an outdated software system"
Gil Duran on The Nerd Reich
youtu.be/z2W3tmCBEnE?...
Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”
YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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When people have their basic human needs met, it frees up their lives for creativity, ingenuity, and enterprise.

Imagine the potential that could be unlocked if everyone was guaranteed basic shelter and basic income?
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I was literally writing an essay about this I wanted to publish this afternoon but the horrific mass shooting happened, so I decided to get out info on the anti-trans nonsense. So, I saved most of the draft and decided on tomorrow AM. Then I came across this thread. This gentleman's is much better.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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You must, MUST read this!
July 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Media not at all curious whether Trump’s demand for countries to spend a greater share of GDP on defence is just donor service for the arms industry, just as his withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate treaty served the fossil fuel industry. He’s a spiv and a mobster. Why not just say it??
June 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Medicaid activists in wheelchairs were arrested by Capitol police a few hours ago for staging a sit in at the Russell Senate Building. Their protest banner was ripped away and they were restrained by the wrists with zip ties.
June 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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June 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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My recent work has consisted largely of going through dusty archives and reading typed and handwritten documents that mostly aren't on the internet, tromping through the woods to make sense of things, and making connections and novel arguments, none of which AI can do. /thread
There is nearly nothing I do for work that AI can do. And even those very few things that theoretically could be done by AI shouldn't be, because me doing them gives me insight that an AI can't have, and that insight informs my work.
May 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Invasion of the ‘journal snatchers’: the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Invasion of the ‘journal snatchers’: the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue
Study finds dozens of journals that have hiked their fees and started churning out papers after being acquired by small, recently formed companies.
www.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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We remember and reflect on the lives lost.
And, we continue working to ensure this never happens again in our communities.
April 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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No exemptions though for the things poor people buy: inexpensive shoes, clothes, bedding, tableware.
April 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Wondering how all the country-club, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley I-don’t-care-that-he’s-an-insane-criminal-convict-because-he’s-gonna-cut-capital-gains-tax-rates MAGA types are feeling this morning
April 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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My highly sensitive instruments and careful scientific analysis suggests strongly that this planet is cold and dark

apple.news/A-542Th94Sae...
March 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM