morticia betternut
@moorebetter.bsky.social
employee. ghost. mother. queen of hell.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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I mean, you could cancel Paramount and support @pbs.org instead.
Did you know that for $5/month, you can get PBS Passport, a service that unlocks the vastness of the @pbs.org libraries?
Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.
Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.
Getting started with PBS Passport
PBS Passport is a member benefit from participating PBS stations that gives eligible donors and supporters extended access to an on-demand library of quality public television programming online. If ...
help.pbs.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I mean, you could cancel Paramount and support @pbs.org instead.
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IT'S. NOT. A. BITTER. DISPUTE.
It's a one-sided authoritarian assault on a private institution. What are we doing here, and what is journalism, anyway?
It's a one-sided authoritarian assault on a private institution. What are we doing here, and what is journalism, anyway?
Looks like Harvard could potentially cave to the Trump administration.
And of course, race and diversity would be the first casualty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...
And of course, race and diversity would be the first casualty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...
Harvard and Trump Restart Talks to Potentially End Bitter Dispute
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
IT'S. NOT. A. BITTER. DISPUTE.
It's a one-sided authoritarian assault on a private institution. What are we doing here, and what is journalism, anyway?
It's a one-sided authoritarian assault on a private institution. What are we doing here, and what is journalism, anyway?
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When you call your senators, tell them the part that strips trans people of gender affirming care in the BBB is section 71117.
They can only pretend they don't know for so long. Call and point section 71117 out to them.
Show your senators YOU give a shit about trans people.
They can only pretend they don't know for so long. Call and point section 71117 out to them.
Show your senators YOU give a shit about trans people.
Hmmm... seems bad that Senate Dems are pretending not to know anything about this specific provision in the bill when asked by @ericmgarcia.bsky.social... Seems like coordinated faux ignorance.
June 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
When you call your senators, tell them the part that strips trans people of gender affirming care in the BBB is section 71117.
They can only pretend they don't know for so long. Call and point section 71117 out to them.
Show your senators YOU give a shit about trans people.
They can only pretend they don't know for so long. Call and point section 71117 out to them.
Show your senators YOU give a shit about trans people.
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The most important statement from today’s hearings.
May 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The most important statement from today’s hearings.
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23. National Weather Service scrambling to re-fill positions vacated by DOGE (May 14, 2025)
NOAA is scrambling to fill 155 vacancies at the National Weather Service, I reported earlier in Morning Energy. Dems are drawing attention to the openings, calling NOAA's pleas an admission that Trump's cuts leave the nation unprepared for storms.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Democrats raise alarms as National Weather Service races to fill jobs ahead of hurricane season
Internal documents reviewed by POLITICO revealed a range of open positions, from a lead meteorologist role in Fairbanks, Alaska, to meteorologist-in-charge at the NWS office in Lake Charles, Louisiana...
www.politico.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
23. National Weather Service scrambling to re-fill positions vacated by DOGE (May 14, 2025)
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These monsters are anti-life.
To hell with them and anyone who voted for them.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To hell with them and anyone who voted for them.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
These monsters are anti-life.
To hell with them and anyone who voted for them.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To hell with them and anyone who voted for them.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I would be better if we didn't pump explosive gases under our streets to heat our homes. Because, sometimes those just randomly explode. Like in Poughkeepsie, Saturday afternoon.
midhudsonnews.com/2025/04/20/w...
midhudsonnews.com/2025/04/20/w...
Woman and kids narrowly escape death in Poughkeepsie (VIDEO) - Mid Hudson News
POUGHKEEPSIE – A woman and two young children are lucky to be alive after the Academy Street sidewalk they were on exploded just inches behind them. The blast sent large slabs of the sidewalk into th...
midhudsonnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I would be better if we didn't pump explosive gases under our streets to heat our homes. Because, sometimes those just randomly explode. Like in Poughkeepsie, Saturday afternoon.
midhudsonnews.com/2025/04/20/w...
midhudsonnews.com/2025/04/20/w...
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Bro really said "we have nothing to lose but our chains"
April 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Bro really said "we have nothing to lose but our chains"
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Very useful tool that maps and displays the volume of climate disinformation being produced by key players on various social sites
www.tortoisemedia.com/hot-air-expl...
www.tortoisemedia.com/hot-air-expl...
April 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Very useful tool that maps and displays the volume of climate disinformation being produced by key players on various social sites
www.tortoisemedia.com/hot-air-expl...
www.tortoisemedia.com/hot-air-expl...
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An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.
National Park Services removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage | CNN
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump a...
www.cnn.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.
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he has never been to a grocery store
Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
April 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
he has never been to a grocery store
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In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
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It's a death cult after all to the soul crushing tune of It's a Small World crashes through my brain on repeat.
The HHS has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.
nyti.ms/4cfOtqc
nyti.ms/4cfOtqc
Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services (Gift Article)
States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
nyti.ms
March 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's a death cult after all to the soul crushing tune of It's a Small World crashes through my brain on repeat.
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The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
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The sheer stupidity in the name of efficiency is endless. This program would have rehabilitated and preserved existing affordable housing, which this country desperately needs and something this administration claims it supports. This is what waste looks like.
www.housingwire.com/articles/hud...
www.housingwire.com/articles/hud...
HUD reportedly axes Biden-era green retrofit program
The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program is reportedly being shuttered by the Trump administration, leaving certain funds in limbo.
www.housingwire.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The sheer stupidity in the name of efficiency is endless. This program would have rehabilitated and preserved existing affordable housing, which this country desperately needs and something this administration claims it supports. This is what waste looks like.
www.housingwire.com/articles/hud...
www.housingwire.com/articles/hud...
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huge W
EPA announces that it is unfreezing $7 Billion in "Solar For All" grants that were authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act. In these dark times, we'll take all the good news we can get! 1/ www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/05/u...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unfreezes $7 billion Solar for All grant program
The announcement comes after the EPA instantly froze the funds last month.
www.pv-magazine.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
huge W
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Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
March 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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A senior official with the USAID in an email warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths -- only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed on leave reut.rs/4kl8K18
USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development in an email on Sunday warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths -- only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed on leave.
reut.rs
March 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A senior official with the USAID in an email warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths -- only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed on leave reut.rs/4kl8K18