Lily
@occultsoup.bsky.social
Wife, mother, cook, reader of esoteric and mundane tomes. Occasional agent of chaos. Queer in every sense of the word. She/They
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nothing of value has been made with it
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
nothing of value has been made with it
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
nothing
but it has led bosses to fire people leading to wrongly done work, messed up universities, wrecked any progress made on climate change goals, so your aunt can get wrong answers to unimportant questions for less than it cost the company to provide them
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"A low-wage job really is homelessness waiting to happen. ...
It's not just that their wages are too low, ... it's also that the jobs themselves have become increasingly volatile and precarious." – @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
It's not just that their wages are too low, ... it's also that the jobs themselves have become increasingly volatile and precarious." – @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Millions of full-time workers are struggling to afford a place to live. Here’s why
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"A low-wage job really is homelessness waiting to happen. ...
It's not just that their wages are too low, ... it's also that the jobs themselves have become increasingly volatile and precarious." – @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
It's not just that their wages are too low, ... it's also that the jobs themselves have become increasingly volatile and precarious." – @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
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during Thanksgiving dinner this year with my wife's extended family her 96 year old Georgia born and raised great-aunt started telling us excitedly about how people in Chicago are blowing whistles when they see ICE agents and make them leave their neighborhood and she just thought it was wonderful
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
during Thanksgiving dinner this year with my wife's extended family her 96 year old Georgia born and raised great-aunt started telling us excitedly about how people in Chicago are blowing whistles when they see ICE agents and make them leave their neighborhood and she just thought it was wonderful
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Gabby was shot in the head in an act of political violence
Her husband retired from military service to care for her
She’s an advocate for gun control and he has been speaking out about disobeying illegal orders
Mike thinks it’s ok to insult both of them
Don’t be like Mike
Her husband retired from military service to care for her
She’s an advocate for gun control and he has been speaking out about disobeying illegal orders
Mike thinks it’s ok to insult both of them
Don’t be like Mike
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Gabby was shot in the head in an act of political violence
Her husband retired from military service to care for her
She’s an advocate for gun control and he has been speaking out about disobeying illegal orders
Mike thinks it’s ok to insult both of them
Don’t be like Mike
Her husband retired from military service to care for her
She’s an advocate for gun control and he has been speaking out about disobeying illegal orders
Mike thinks it’s ok to insult both of them
Don’t be like Mike
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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Today is a good day to remind you that I have lots of cool things for sale through my Etsy shop. LoTR subway maps, landscape drawings, & more.
Like this squirrel, or a grumpy raven! They looks great on a coffee cup, or as a print.
Who doesn't love a Christmas raven?
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
Like this squirrel, or a grumpy raven! They looks great on a coffee cup, or as a print.
Who doesn't love a Christmas raven?
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Today is a good day to remind you that I have lots of cool things for sale through my Etsy shop. LoTR subway maps, landscape drawings, & more.
Like this squirrel, or a grumpy raven! They looks great on a coffee cup, or as a print.
Who doesn't love a Christmas raven?
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
Like this squirrel, or a grumpy raven! They looks great on a coffee cup, or as a print.
Who doesn't love a Christmas raven?
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
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Puffins have returned to Northern Ireland’s Isle of Muck (seriously, that’s its name) for the first time in at least 25 years. Tales of puffins on the island “felt more like folklore,” said nature reserves manager Andy Crory, but now they’re coming back. buff.ly/oBQlH6r
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works'
Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Puffins have returned to Northern Ireland’s Isle of Muck (seriously, that’s its name) for the first time in at least 25 years. Tales of puffins on the island “felt more like folklore,” said nature reserves manager Andy Crory, but now they’re coming back. buff.ly/oBQlH6r
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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if you utilize LLMs you are a class traitor, sorry
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if you utilize LLMs you are a class traitor, sorry
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LMAO WHAT
@emmagf.bsky.social on X: "Ricky Patel, the Special Agent in Charge at Homeland Security Investigations, called Jessica Tisch, the police commissioner, to apologize after there was a confrontation between protesters and the police in Manhattan today, according to a person familiar with the matter."
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
LMAO WHAT
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I think the biggest thing we need to get our head around is that the modern America right uses whatever phrases they think will be most acceptable to conceal a profoundly anti-freedom, authoritarian, racist, sexist and homophobic agenda.
They never really believed in free speech
How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I think the biggest thing we need to get our head around is that the modern America right uses whatever phrases they think will be most acceptable to conceal a profoundly anti-freedom, authoritarian, racist, sexist and homophobic agenda.
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The vibe shift today is, I think, due to the fact that New Yorkers were on the offensive instead of the defensive.
Usually with protests, demonstrators have to defend the space, defend their right to march, etc. They get beat up and pushed around and antagonized into chaos and trauma.
1/
Usually with protests, demonstrators have to defend the space, defend their right to march, etc. They get beat up and pushed around and antagonized into chaos and trauma.
1/
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The vibe shift today is, I think, due to the fact that New Yorkers were on the offensive instead of the defensive.
Usually with protests, demonstrators have to defend the space, defend their right to march, etc. They get beat up and pushed around and antagonized into chaos and trauma.
1/
Usually with protests, demonstrators have to defend the space, defend their right to march, etc. They get beat up and pushed around and antagonized into chaos and trauma.
1/
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Basically: the reason why so many rightwing chuds are pedophiles, is that pedophiles are very, very good at spotting the people they need to both enable and protect them.
They choose a parasocial audience they know they will be able to manipulate into defending them.
They choose a parasocial audience they know they will be able to manipulate into defending them.
June 18, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Basically: the reason why so many rightwing chuds are pedophiles, is that pedophiles are very, very good at spotting the people they need to both enable and protect them.
They choose a parasocial audience they know they will be able to manipulate into defending them.
They choose a parasocial audience they know they will be able to manipulate into defending them.
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I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
medium.com/@randythetoo...
medium.com/@randythetoo...
You’re not supposed to live like this
This is a story about Texas.
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
medium.com/@randythetoo...
medium.com/@randythetoo...
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is this about income tax rates or whether prison rape is actually good
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
is this about income tax rates or whether prison rape is actually good
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I know a lot of footage and commentary is swirling about today but it’s important to convey that the people who gathered outside that ICE garage in lower Manhattan were *so* ten toes down focused.
This person who gets maced and just calmly flips the bird & keeps going is *quintessential.*
This person who gets maced and just calmly flips the bird & keeps going is *quintessential.*
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I know a lot of footage and commentary is swirling about today but it’s important to convey that the people who gathered outside that ICE garage in lower Manhattan were *so* ten toes down focused.
This person who gets maced and just calmly flips the bird & keeps going is *quintessential.*
This person who gets maced and just calmly flips the bird & keeps going is *quintessential.*
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If a student’s reaction to assigned material is “I reject the assigned material outright as a matter of personal belief,” the response should be “we respect your beliefs so much that we’re unenrolling you from this class to make room for a student interested in engaging with the subject.”
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If a student’s reaction to assigned material is “I reject the assigned material outright as a matter of personal belief,” the response should be “we respect your beliefs so much that we’re unenrolling you from this class to make room for a student interested in engaging with the subject.”
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
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saw a woman today wearing a shirt that said:
WARNING
I match energy
so you decide
how we gon act
WARNING
I match energy
so you decide
how we gon act
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
saw a woman today wearing a shirt that said:
WARNING
I match energy
so you decide
how we gon act
WARNING
I match energy
so you decide
how we gon act
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A long time ago someone made the effort to document these two going bananas and I am grateful. Photos from my collection, no date/info.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A long time ago someone made the effort to document these two going bananas and I am grateful. Photos from my collection, no date/info.
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As God is my witness...wait..
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As God is my witness...wait..
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Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.