@maryinthegarden.bsky.social
In cruel times, deliberate kindness is an act of resistance. 🇳🇿
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Understand consent, my friends. Governments govern by the consent of the governed. Consent should not be given thoughtlessly.
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Criminal hackers have figured out how to turn the artificial intelligence programs proliferating on most computers against users to devastating effect, say cybersecurity experts who express deepening concerns about their ability to fend off cyberattacks.
Artificial intelligence ushers in a golden age of hacking, experts say
Hackers are using AI’s immense capabilities to find ways into more networks -- and turn their victims’ AI against them.
wapo.st
September 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Criminal hackers have figured out how to turn the artificial intelligence programs proliferating on most computers against users to devastating effect, say cybersecurity experts who express deepening concerns about their ability to fend off cyberattacks.
Here, too. 😥
They aren’t trying to erase history because they’re embarrassed by it. They’re trying to erase history because it’s their current playbook.
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here, too. 😥
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“Within a century, some scientists predict, the twice-daily high tide alone will inundate more than 90 percent of the country’s capital, the island of Funafuti, as well as Tuvalu’s only airport.”
A Special ‘Climate’ Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast. (Gift Article)
Nearly half the citizens of the tiny Pacific Island nation have already applied in a lottery for Australian visas amid an existential threat from global warming and sea-level rise.
buff.ly
June 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Within a century, some scientists predict, the twice-daily high tide alone will inundate more than 90 percent of the country’s capital, the island of Funafuti, as well as Tuvalu’s only airport.”
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Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Folks always ask me how they can make a difference.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online.
Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.
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Tusk is really rising to the occasion www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
March 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Tusk is really rising to the occasion www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
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Oh, and the digital flower garden is just #bloomscrolling #flowerreport and the gardening feed on Bluesky- it’s relaxing when you’ve had too much news☺️
March 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Oh, and the digital flower garden is just #bloomscrolling #flowerreport and the gardening feed on Bluesky- it’s relaxing when you’ve had too much news☺️
Seems apt.
STILL SO ANGRY ABOUT FRIDAY EVEN THOUGH I’VE HAD MY SAY!
March 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Seems apt.
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As a chronically anxious perfectionist, I always feel that I come up short, that I could & should do more & be better. I've always envied my husband who just *does not* do this. Last night, (after 15 years of marriage), he explained his secret: "It's "W.A.R"" he said, "Wins Above Replacement." 🧵
March 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As a chronically anxious perfectionist, I always feel that I come up short, that I could & should do more & be better. I've always envied my husband who just *does not* do this. Last night, (after 15 years of marriage), he explained his secret: "It's "W.A.R"" he said, "Wins Above Replacement." 🧵
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Tesla dealership in Rocklin, CA. A red district.
It’s happening, folks.
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It’s happening, folks.
✌️💙
March 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tesla dealership in Rocklin, CA. A red district.
It’s happening, folks.
✌️💙
It’s happening, folks.
✌️💙
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Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right.
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right.
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Confirmed to be an unvaxxed child.
We have to talk about the foreign influence campaigns around vaccines.
Hostile intelligence agencies — and their useful idiots in the US — are convincing the “do your own research” crowd to kill their children to own the libs.
We have to talk about the foreign influence campaigns around vaccines.
Hostile intelligence agencies — and their useful idiots in the US — are convincing the “do your own research” crowd to kill their children to own the libs.
KCBD - Officials have confirmed a person infected with measles died at a Lubbock hospital, the first since the outbreak began in late January. www.kcbd.com/2025/02/26/f...
First measles death reported in West Texas outbreak
Officials have confirmed a person infected with measles died at a Lubbock hospital, the first since the outbreak began in late January.
www.kcbd.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Confirmed to be an unvaxxed child.
We have to talk about the foreign influence campaigns around vaccines.
Hostile intelligence agencies — and their useful idiots in the US — are convincing the “do your own research” crowd to kill their children to own the libs.
We have to talk about the foreign influence campaigns around vaccines.
Hostile intelligence agencies — and their useful idiots in the US — are convincing the “do your own research” crowd to kill their children to own the libs.
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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Army Choir surrounded the MAGA hierarchy dining in White House East Room to sing "Do You Hear The People Sing"
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
February 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Main thing I'm taking from the German election result is that Musk and Vance support for the AfD made no positive difference whatsoever.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
February 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Main thing I'm taking from the German election result is that Musk and Vance support for the AfD made no positive difference whatsoever.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
Good. At least the #UK seems to have remembered the Budapest Memorandum.
Ukraine war briefing: Volodymyr Zelenskyy praises Keir Starmer for pledge of ‘ironclad support’
Ukraine war briefing: Volodymyr Zelenskyy praises Keir Starmer for pledge of ‘ironclad support’
British prime minister insists Ukraine must be ‘at the heart of any negotiations’ on a peace deal. What we know on day 1,096Europe live: latest news on the Ukraine war
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Good. At least the #UK seems to have remembered the Budapest Memorandum.
Accountability may yet save the US.
Republican confronted in heated town hall over Trump's job cuts, Elon Musk
Republican confronted in heated town hall over Trump's job cuts, Elon Musk
www.newsweek.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Accountability may yet save the US.
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Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.
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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I think so, yes. The GOP is getting absolutely hammered by their constituents at town halls back home.
It’s going to be interesting to see if they have any more of a backbone when they get back to DC. It doesn’t take many Republican defectors to completely change the calculus in DC.
It’s going to be interesting to see if they have any more of a backbone when they get back to DC. It doesn’t take many Republican defectors to completely change the calculus in DC.
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I think so, yes. The GOP is getting absolutely hammered by their constituents at town halls back home.
It’s going to be interesting to see if they have any more of a backbone when they get back to DC. It doesn’t take many Republican defectors to completely change the calculus in DC.
It’s going to be interesting to see if they have any more of a backbone when they get back to DC. It doesn’t take many Republican defectors to completely change the calculus in DC.
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“So Elon Musk killed this program for disabled kids (illegally) because it included the word ‘transition.’ It helps them to transition from high school to work.”
H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.
H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.
February 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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It's always worth paying attention to Theda Skocpol: newrepublic.com/article/1905...
How to Take Heart From What Really Worked in the First Resistance
Marches and lawsuits are fine, but the real wins over MAGA last time were powered by grassroots activists pushing from thousands of districts across the country.
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's always worth paying attention to Theda Skocpol: newrepublic.com/article/1905...
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National needs to take responsibility for the job cuts and hiring freeze they’ve imposed and admit it’s putting people in danger. If a hospital needs a cancer specialist, they shouldn’t have to wait around for National’s sign-off while patients suffer.
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
National needs to take responsibility for the job cuts and hiring freeze they’ve imposed and admit it’s putting people in danger. If a hospital needs a cancer specialist, they shouldn’t have to wait around for National’s sign-off while patients suffer.
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Ok that made me laugh
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Ok that made me laugh
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A piece about today’s negotiations, but also very much a piece about how hard Ukraine has fought for their sovereignty & territory. I sure hope we defend them against Russia’s land grab.
Marco Rubio Is Walking into a Trap
Ukraine still has an opportunity to win the war—if the Trump administration will let it.
www.thebulwark.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A piece about today’s negotiations, but also very much a piece about how hard Ukraine has fought for their sovereignty & territory. I sure hope we defend them against Russia’s land grab.