Maggie
@maggiedegroot.bsky.social
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
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Some Chicagoans have pooled money in their neighborhoods or through local organizations while others have simply bought out taco stands or tamale vendors.
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown to give them a 'day without fear'
Some Chicagoans have pooled money in their neighborhoods or through local organizations while others have simply bought out taco stands or tamale vendors.
nbcnews.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Some Chicagoans have pooled money in their neighborhoods or through local organizations while others have simply bought out taco stands or tamale vendors.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Don’t forget to set your clocks aside tonight. Forget them in the back of the sock drawer. Box them unlabeled in the attic for ten unopened years. Hit snooze and bury them twelve feet deep in the backyard.
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Don’t forget to set your clocks aside tonight. Forget them in the back of the sock drawer. Box them unlabeled in the attic for ten unopened years. Hit snooze and bury them twelve feet deep in the backyard.
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Realizing I am the Debbie Downer at work 😇😇😇
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Realizing I am the Debbie Downer at work 😇😇😇
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Ira Madison III recently experienced an apartment fire and now has to do the work of rebuilding his life. If can toss him a few dollars, there is a GoFundMe gofund.me/b33e69b96
Donate to Help Ira rebuild after apartment fire, organized by Ira Madison
On September 20, I lost everything I owned in a devastating apartment fire. Thankful… Ira Madison needs your support for Help Ira rebuild after apartment fire
gofund.me
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ira Madison III recently experienced an apartment fire and now has to do the work of rebuilding his life. If can toss him a few dollars, there is a GoFundMe gofund.me/b33e69b96
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BREAKING: Robert Redford, magnetic Hollywood icon known for his roles in classics like ‘All the President’s Men,’ dies at 89.
Robert Redford, magnetic Hollywood icon and Sundance founder, dies at 89
Redford was best known as a go-to leading man of the late 1960s and 1970s, instantly recognizable for his windswept hair and widely beloved for his easy charisma.
nbcnews.to
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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your brush with fame is hunting you like a monster in a horror movie. hope you can outrun it! www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now
Your 15 minutes of fame may be more unpleasant than you ever imagined.
www.theverge.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
your brush with fame is hunting you like a monster in a horror movie. hope you can outrun it! www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
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Still not over this story by @eminietfeld.bsky.social –– absolute must read not least for the fact that...
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Still not over this story by @eminietfeld.bsky.social –– absolute must read not least for the fact that...
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
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an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening
August 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening
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Two million people are being threatened with forced starvation in #Palestine, as the US government continues to support ongoing ethnic-cleansing.
We've created a list of on-the-ground mutual aid groups in #Gaza that you can support, amplify, and follow. itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-o...
We've created a list of on-the-ground mutual aid groups in #Gaza that you can support, amplify, and follow. itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-o...
Your Guide on How to Support Mutual Aid Groups in Palestine as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
As we speak, up to two million people in Gaza are being threatened with starvation, as the state of Israel, backed by the US government, continues to blockade humanitarian aid into Gaza, attack basic ...
itsgoingdown.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Two million people are being threatened with forced starvation in #Palestine, as the US government continues to support ongoing ethnic-cleansing.
We've created a list of on-the-ground mutual aid groups in #Gaza that you can support, amplify, and follow. itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-o...
We've created a list of on-the-ground mutual aid groups in #Gaza that you can support, amplify, and follow. itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-o...
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devastating, but important reporting from @justcalma.bsky.social this morning
www.theverge.com/features/611...
www.theverge.com/features/611...
The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it
The US wants to manufacture chips again — but there’s a dark, overlooked history.
www.theverge.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
devastating, but important reporting from @justcalma.bsky.social this morning
www.theverge.com/features/611...
www.theverge.com/features/611...
Please do not bring back "sheroes"
February 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Please do not bring back "sheroes"
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I'm sorry I was so weird the other night that's how I am every night
February 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I'm sorry I was so weird the other night that's how I am every night