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Kate Swist
@kateswist.bsky.social
Digital professional, analog civilian, living & working in Wyoming in a tiny Blue lifeboat bobbing on a raging Red sea. 💙I’m a technology leader working in public education, 20+ of tech experience.
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I'm seeing a lot of Gemini Certified Educators in my social media feeds. This is a good time to think critically about Gemini, how it is developed, and how it could impact (possibly harm) K-12 education. Be careful what you attach your name to.

www.criticalinkling.com/p/gemini-cer...
Before You Become a Gemini Certified Educator
Be careful what you tie your name to.
www.criticalinkling.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Circular deal theory….back in my day this was called floating checks or check kiting.
How The AI Economy Could Collapse
Podcast Episode · Prof G Markets · 09/29/2025 · 55m
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September 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Kirk didn't serve in the military or hold office. The war hero treatment -- half-mast flags, military guard, Air Force Two escort, calls for a statue at the Capitol or to lie in the Rotunda -- shows that for MAGA, service to Trump has become the highest, most honorable form of service.
September 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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September 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Namecheap and Squarespace are enabling a website that far-right extremists are using to target people they feel have said the wrong things about Charlie Kirk’s death.

If you’re looking for more companies to boycott.
I’m officially scared.

Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”

This is putting me in genuine danger.

What the fuck do I do
September 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I live in Wyoming. Does anyone want to help me use the new age verification law to test against Maga friendly websites? I want to engage in some malicious compliance.

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
From Book Bans to Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control the Whole State’s Access to The Internet
If you've read about the sudden appearance of age verification across the internet in the UK and thought it would never happen in the U.S., take note: many politicians want the same or even more stric...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
More fuel to the fire regarding an AI bubble. Adding GPUs also means adding more network capacity on the backplane, more power, etc at the data centers. @edzitron.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
From GPUs to Packets: The Critical Role of Networks in AI Datacenters
Podcast Episode · Telemetry Now · 08/29/2025 · 52m
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September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Trying to use an RSS reader based on the excellent article and podcast from @molly.wiki www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

Here are a few folks I'd love to follow if they'd enable RSS on their websites:
@annaleen.bsky.social
@charleswlogan.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Butterfly & thistle. Cleaned up a bit.
#bloomscrolling
#butterfly
#thistle
July 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Butterfly & thistle. #bloomscrolling
July 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Everyone like this needs to be hounded out of the Democratic Party. These are people who genuinely believe a permanent Trump/GOP trifecta is a better outcome than policy being slightly left of their preferences. They are a major reason why millions of people who agree with Dems don't bother to vote.
July 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🙂
July 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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No it doesn’t! That isn’t true! This is straight up wrong! Good LORD!
June 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.
Attending a Protest
For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountab...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 5/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 4/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming
June 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 3/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming
June 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 2/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming
June 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Mountain wildflowers are starting to bloom. 1/5
#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #wyoming
June 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Well that was REALLY STUPID on the DNC part. Our party NEEDS the young people to vote for us and David was RIGHT about what he said. These old Prima donna dinosaurs like Schumer are going to be the death of our party!!
June 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I have never seen a butterfly actively emerge from a cocoon until today. I do not know what kind of butterfly this is. Any help? #birds
June 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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This is some self-serving "AI is coming for your jobs" nonsense from Dario Amodei. It's all make-believe, presented as some kind of heroic warning to the masses

www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
www.axios.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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In some wars, you want the bullets to win.
June 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM