Teresa Nazario
teresanazario.bsky.social
Teresa Nazario
@teresanazario.bsky.social
Hang onto joy.
Pinned
“Duran Duran is a democracy.” -Simon Le Bon
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If I had Spotify, I might get a sense of whether music that came out this decade but sounds like it was made 40+ years ago would register as an “age.”
a person is playing a keyboard that says minilab on it
Alt: Two hands play notes on a midi synthesizer keyboard. The left hand reaches for a Macbook laptop, presses a key on the laptop, and returns to the synthesizer.
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I know I'm showing my whole age here but remember that thrill of getting a mixtape from someone? A mix of music that they made just for you?
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
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November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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them: go BIG or go home

me: [walking into my house] way ahead of you
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think at 14, I watched this enough times to memorize it.
Happy Duraniversary to Duran Duran’s tour documentary film, “Sing Blue Silver”. Released this week in 1984. #duraniversary #singbluesilver #duranduran #durandemonium #duraniesunited
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today’s listening: Danses Macabre. #duranduran #thefaint #halloween 🧛🏻‍♀️
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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!! ALERT - Federal investigation into the death of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was marred by significant lapses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Cc...
ALERT: New questions about the review of Jeffrey Epstein's death scene
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Yessssss! 🧛🏻‍♀️ #duranduran

(I still hope for “Late Bar” one day…)
SHADOWS ON YOUR SIDE
23.10.2025

Save here : duran.lnk.to/RrldBS
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:
Don’t Believe What AI Told You I Said
The chatbots are lying about me.
bit.ly
August 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Download these @cpsc.gov bangers while you can. 🇺🇸🎧
July 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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"miffed" is a word that was made expressly to be used about cats.
July 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Can’t wait to sample SoundCloud’s @cpsc.gov inspired mixtape and see just how Safety Now it is. 🦅
July 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions
A majority of the people deported by ICE this year were convicted of traffic or immigration offenses, not violent crimes, according to data obtained by CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Former longtime Justice Department official: "We appear to be driving straight into an abyss... that holds no memory of what democracy is"

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July 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
wapo.st
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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And KCAL News (CBS) is also live:

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/l...
CBS News Los Angeles
Watch our local, live news stream free 24/7.
www.cbsnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Two weeks ago, Ben Schrader - the highly respected chief of the criminal division for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nashville - announced he had resigned.
According to LinkedIn data, that was May 21 - the same day as Abrego Garcia's indictment. 1/2
June 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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June 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM