Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social
Lover of gorgonzola. Playwright. Producer. Photographer. Defrocked programmer. Occasional adjunct. Cat person.
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Ah yes, the Trump/COVID approach. If we don't measure it, it's not there.
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Ah yes, the Trump/COVID approach. If we don't measure it, it's not there.
Is he an idiot, or does he just play one online?
This post Elon Musk reposted is not only pure eugenics, but it's also entirely unscientific: decades of research has found executions have had no meaningful deterrent effect on crime rates, and some research shows that public executions lead to an increase in crime.
musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Is he an idiot, or does he just play one online?
Brilliant.
Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
This is the way.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Brilliant.
What happened in 2010? Citizens United.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
What happened in 2010? Citizens United.
They're out of control.
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They're out of control.
The US loses $5.7b income in addition to our citizens paying the tariffs.
More tourists are escaping the drama and are visiting Canada for friendlier crossing and more adventures.
"International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom." www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
"International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom." www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Canadians are shunning U.S. travel — and reaping the rewards | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive politics, tariffs and heightened border security have helped drive a decline in international tourism spending in the U.S. Meanwhile, polls and industry experts ...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The US loses $5.7b income in addition to our citizens paying the tariffs.
Don't use chatbots to check other chatbots. Any of them can be compromised.
LEFT: Grok lying about what the Dems said
RIGHT: Chat GPT fact-checking Grok on what the Dems actually said
Bottom Line: Elon is building a weapon of mass disinformation and right wing propaganda in Memphis
RIGHT: Chat GPT fact-checking Grok on what the Dems actually said
Bottom Line: Elon is building a weapon of mass disinformation and right wing propaganda in Memphis
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Don't use chatbots to check other chatbots. Any of them can be compromised.
What a coincidence!
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What a coincidence!
Late freeze means less snowpack and less water stored.
first freeze arriving later and later across the US - especially in Reno... this causes pests to persist longer than normal, and causes water problems. www.kunr.org/local-storie...
Reno sets a new record for its first freeze
Reno set a new record when it comes to the latest first freeze. The previous record was set back on Nov. 16, 2016. This year the city recorded its first freeze on Nov. 19.
www.kunr.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Late freeze means less snowpack and less water stored.
😅😅😅
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
😅😅😅
Reposted by Mity Cheese
@callie99.bsky.social It really needs the "this is fine" dog overlaid on this
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@callie99.bsky.social It really needs the "this is fine" dog overlaid on this
You know, in case they're friendly Nazis.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
You know, in case they're friendly Nazis.
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
Are you going to tell me that folks in the 1300s didn't walk enough?
Are you going to tell me that folks in the 1300s didn't walk enough?
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
Are you going to tell me that folks in the 1300s didn't walk enough?
Are you going to tell me that folks in the 1300s didn't walk enough?
OFFS
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
OFFS
The case that migration into the US from Mexico was triggered by the green revolution in the 1940s and NAFTA in the 1990s.
What Most Americans Don’t Know About NAFTA’s Wreckage South of the Border
How U.S. trade policy gutted Mexico’s rural economy, erased 7,000 years of sustainable farming, and fueled mass migration north.
conradkottak.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The case that migration into the US from Mexico was triggered by the green revolution in the 1940s and NAFTA in the 1990s.
For this, new server farms are built and your electricity rates are going up.
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
For this, new server farms are built and your electricity rates are going up.
Reposted by Mity Cheese
Three #NASAWebb discoveries in ONE! Webb shows there are FOUR dust shells (only one was previously seen), allowing researchers to narrow the stars’ orbit of one another to a LONG 190 years. Plus, they confirmed a third star is part of the “party”: https://bit.ly/4n1tpas 🔭 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Three #NASAWebb discoveries in ONE! Webb shows there are FOUR dust shells (only one was previously seen), allowing researchers to narrow the stars’ orbit of one another to a LONG 190 years. Plus, they confirmed a third star is part of the “party”: https://bit.ly/4n1tpas 🔭 🧪
Things happen. -- DJT
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Things happen. -- DJT
Corporate America today.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Corporate America today.
Writers! To arms!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Writers! To arms!
The pen is mightier than the LLM?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The pen is mightier than the LLM?
Musk is such a pile of shit.
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Musk is such a pile of shit.
During his 2016 presidential campaign, former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who won the title at age 19 while Trump was a co-owner of the organization, claimed that Trump threatened to take away her title after she gained weight.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
During his 2016 presidential campaign, former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who won the title at age 19 while Trump was a co-owner of the organization, claimed that Trump threatened to take away her title after she gained weight.
After many years of a made-up War on Christmas, we're finally going to have a real one.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
After many years of a made-up War on Christmas, we're finally going to have a real one.
In other news, Trump to rename the San Andreas to Biden's Fault.
It's literally true. Remember when Biden called in airstrikes on the Western Kansas beef processing plants?
Brooke Rollins on the Omaha Steaks CEO saying beef prices could rise to $10/pound: "We are suffering from the last administration's literal war on cattle."
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In other news, Trump to rename the San Andreas to Biden's Fault.