Lisa Sawyer
@lgsawyer.bsky.social
Marketing professional, Mom, and someone that wants to make the world a better place for all.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.
HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.
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Burn it all to the ground and buy up the land and water and minerals at rock bottom prices.
This a fire sale for the oligarchy.
How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…
This a fire sale for the oligarchy.
How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…
April 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Burn it all to the ground and buy up the land and water and minerals at rock bottom prices.
This a fire sale for the oligarchy.
How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…
This a fire sale for the oligarchy.
How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…
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Good lord.
Google is now serving up NHL "news" from a "reporter" who has "written" 79 articles today alone.
The "articles" are pretty clearly AI-generated.
Google is now serving up NHL "news" from a "reporter" who has "written" 79 articles today alone.
The "articles" are pretty clearly AI-generated.
June 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Good lord.
Google is now serving up NHL "news" from a "reporter" who has "written" 79 articles today alone.
The "articles" are pretty clearly AI-generated.
Google is now serving up NHL "news" from a "reporter" who has "written" 79 articles today alone.
The "articles" are pretty clearly AI-generated.
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need some adult supervision at the New York Times
June 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
need some adult supervision at the New York Times
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BIG UPDATE: The new changes in the Senate version of BBB that will cut funding for Medicaid do not apply to Medicaid non-expansion states, per sources familiar.
In those 10 states (WI, WY, KS, TX, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL), provider taxes and state-directed payments will be frozen at current levels.
In those 10 states (WI, WY, KS, TX, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL), provider taxes and state-directed payments will be frozen at current levels.
June 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
BIG UPDATE: The new changes in the Senate version of BBB that will cut funding for Medicaid do not apply to Medicaid non-expansion states, per sources familiar.
In those 10 states (WI, WY, KS, TX, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL), provider taxes and state-directed payments will be frozen at current levels.
In those 10 states (WI, WY, KS, TX, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL), provider taxes and state-directed payments will be frozen at current levels.
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I'm so freaking proud of my Senator, @vanhollen.senate.gov!
Thank you, sir, for understanding the assignment and standing up for the Constitution!
Thank you, sir, for understanding the assignment and standing up for the Constitution!
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm so freaking proud of my Senator, @vanhollen.senate.gov!
Thank you, sir, for understanding the assignment and standing up for the Constitution!
Thank you, sir, for understanding the assignment and standing up for the Constitution!
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@resistrebelrevolt.net
Senator Chris Murphy lays out why Trump's insane tariffs are "a tool to collapse our Democracy"
Senator Chris Murphy lays out why Trump's insane tariffs are "a tool to collapse our Democracy"
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
@resistrebelrevolt.net
Senator Chris Murphy lays out why Trump's insane tariffs are "a tool to collapse our Democracy"
Senator Chris Murphy lays out why Trump's insane tariffs are "a tool to collapse our Democracy"
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ProPublica’s investigative reporters rely on a careful playbook for finding waste, fraud and abuse within government agencies.
It bears little resemblance to the approach deployed by DOGE against the Social Security Administration or USAID.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
It bears little resemblance to the approach deployed by DOGE against the Social Security Administration or USAID.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse
While investigative journalists immerse themselves in minutiae to identify waste and fraud, Elon Musk’s team has taken a chainsaw approach to spending based on cursory examinations. That might help…
propub.li
April 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
ProPublica’s investigative reporters rely on a careful playbook for finding waste, fraud and abuse within government agencies.
It bears little resemblance to the approach deployed by DOGE against the Social Security Administration or USAID.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
It bears little resemblance to the approach deployed by DOGE against the Social Security Administration or USAID.
By @sengelberg.bsky.social
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“State data shows nearly 90% of students enrolled in Ohio’s voucher program this year are not low-income qualified, a dramatic turnabout from the program’s stated initial purpose.”
Ohio school voucher program: Data shows nearly 90% of participants are not low-income
It’s a dramatic turnabout from the program’s stated initial purpose.
www.wkbn.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“State data shows nearly 90% of students enrolled in Ohio’s voucher program this year are not low-income qualified, a dramatic turnabout from the program’s stated initial purpose.”
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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
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Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can’t make this up.
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BREAKING: The head of the $42 billion federal BEAD program that aims to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept.
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
March 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
BREAKING: The head of the $42 billion federal BEAD program that aims to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept.
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
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The judge who sentenced former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters called her a "charlatan" and told her he was "convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You’re as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen."
DOJ to review Tina Peters’ election conspiracy case for “abuses of the criminal justice process”
Federal officials said the review will evaluate whether Peters’ prosecution was “oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate government objectiv…
www.denverpost.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The judge who sentenced former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters called her a "charlatan" and told her he was "convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You’re as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen."
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As a Firefox user--I am typing this in the Windows version of that browser--I'm glad to see Mozilla showing itself willing to steal good ideas from other browsers. But that nonprofit's dependence on Google search-default payments, a subsidy it wants U.S. courts to leave alone, remains problematic.
Mozilla’s new message: We’re the only browser not backed by billionaires
Mozilla's new CEO outlines coming browser features and her hopes for regulatory action.
www.fastcompany.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As a Firefox user--I am typing this in the Windows version of that browser--I'm glad to see Mozilla showing itself willing to steal good ideas from other browsers. But that nonprofit's dependence on Google search-default payments, a subsidy it wants U.S. courts to leave alone, remains problematic.
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No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”