Kristen Stieffel
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Instacart uses AI to to set different prices for the same groceries. #MakeThePriceRight
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Investigate Instacart’s AI pricing of groceries
Investigate Instacart’s AI pricing of groceries
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December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Instacart uses AI to to set different prices for the same groceries. #MakeThePriceRight
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Their response to the video by Sen. Kelly et al shows that Trump and Hegseth are crap politicians. A clever politician would say, “Of *course* soldiers may disobey unlawful orders.” The outrage blows any cover of plausible deniability they might claim when, God willing, they’re held accountable.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Their response to the video by Sen. Kelly et al shows that Trump and Hegseth are crap politicians. A clever politician would say, “Of *course* soldiers may disobey unlawful orders.” The outrage blows any cover of plausible deniability they might claim when, God willing, they’re held accountable.
This thread, y’all … but especially this part.
Some of you might be tempted to say “women are nurturers by nature” and let me just tell you: no we’re not. Our girlhoods are simply an apprenticeship in putting ourselves last. We are conditioned from birth to base our worth in how well we care take rather than achieve our own goals. It’s shit!
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This thread, y’all … but especially this part.
Post a movie set where you are from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Post a movie set where you are from.
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The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.
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this has got to be one of the best things the onion has done in years
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
this has got to be one of the best things the onion has done in years
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I need everyone who uses AI to generate art & text to notice what Vince Gilligan says here. You're surrendering your brain, your creativity, the divine spark within you to a machine. Someday you'll wake up and find you're no longer capable of writing or thinking. And for what?
![["When your selling point is: 'This thing is great, it'll write your high school essays for you, it'll create your artwork for you if you're an artist, so you don't have to actually learn how to draw and paint anymore ... You don't ever need to learn how to read a map or use a compass ... this this will wipe your butt for you.' What's left to live for? The creative spark in human beings - it's one of the most precious, wonderful things we have. What is more important than being creative?'"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiazbvzipuugud3dfrlmwalqxgfkzqkm6hhhnc4deh22bwaxnmz5p4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I need everyone who uses AI to generate art & text to notice what Vince Gilligan says here. You're surrendering your brain, your creativity, the divine spark within you to a machine. Someday you'll wake up and find you're no longer capable of writing or thinking. And for what?
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Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.
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Book Marketing scammers use Artificial Intelligence to appeal to authors’ egos. Read my exposé at rodraglin.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
#bookmarketingscams #artificialintelligence #authorsbeware
#bookmarketingscams #artificialintelligence #authorsbeware
Exposing book marketing scammers.
Book Marketing scammers use Artificial Intelligence to appeal to authors’ egos. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a huge impact on books and writing. From suggesting edits to improve an author…
rodraglin.wordpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Book Marketing scammers use Artificial Intelligence to appeal to authors’ egos. Read my exposé at rodraglin.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
#bookmarketingscams #artificialintelligence #authorsbeware
#bookmarketingscams #artificialintelligence #authorsbeware
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"Republicans could end this right now. They are choosing to make this shutdown an issue where they pit the sick against the hungry. The reality is, this is a false choice. Prior to this moment, we've been able to afford both the ACA subsidies and SNAP benefits."
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Republicans could end this right now. They are choosing to make this shutdown an issue where they pit the sick against the hungry. The reality is, this is a false choice. Prior to this moment, we've been able to afford both the ACA subsidies and SNAP benefits."
Journalists need to do better, but most of them won’t because their outlets are owned by pro-authoritarian oligarchs. Reframing the question this way is a great response to bad questions.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Journalists need to do better, but most of them won’t because their outlets are owned by pro-authoritarian oligarchs. Reframing the question this way is a great response to bad questions.
I have never loved Lawrence O’Donnell more than I do right now. This takedown, calling out Epstein, Trump, and the entire royal family all at once is sheer brilliance. #AbolishTheMonarchy #NoKings anywhere
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Lawrence: Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files
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October 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I have never loved Lawrence O’Donnell more than I do right now. This takedown, calling out Epstein, Trump, and the entire royal family all at once is sheer brilliance. #AbolishTheMonarchy #NoKings anywhere
youtu.be/vRkq8xa2DKQ?...
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
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Federal Workers are not getting paid & Trump is cutting off SNAP. We have to come together & take care of our community. We’ve Organized a few spots where you can drop off non-perishable goods. AFGE will help get these items to federal workers in Central Florida. Please help out if you can 👇🏾
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Federal Workers are not getting paid & Trump is cutting off SNAP. We have to come together & take care of our community. We’ve Organized a few spots where you can drop off non-perishable goods. AFGE will help get these items to federal workers in Central Florida. Please help out if you can 👇🏾
This thread, y’all… but especially this part:
(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This thread, y’all… but especially this part:
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Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
October 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
812,000 Arizonans don't have a representative right now because Republicans refuse to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The GOP must stop playing games with our democracy.
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
812,000 Arizonans don't have a representative right now because Republicans refuse to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The GOP must stop playing games with our democracy.
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Norms & duct tape. That's all the Republic has turned out to be, because the laws & the Constitution do not enforce themselves. There are about 30 people in Washington who can fix this. We should stop giving them free passes all day every day & laser-focus on getting them to do their damn jobs.
It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Norms & duct tape. That's all the Republic has turned out to be, because the laws & the Constitution do not enforce themselves. There are about 30 people in Washington who can fix this. We should stop giving them free passes all day every day & laser-focus on getting them to do their damn jobs.
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If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
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Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
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They don't think they're public servants.
They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms
They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
They don't think they're public servants.
They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms
They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms
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October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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“I saw a video on the internet” is now at the same epistemic and moral level as “A kid at school told me”. Adjust your priors accordingly.
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“I saw a video on the internet” is now at the same epistemic and moral level as “A kid at school told me”. Adjust your priors accordingly.