The Sightseer
@thesightseer.com
Adventure traveler ⛵️ with an occasional joy for photography 📷 & constant craving to see the world🌏. ✈ #Travel #Wanderlust
Currently In: NorCal SMF
Currently In: NorCal SMF
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November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Being in marketing and advertising, I have a front row seat to AI in advertising and its creeping me out. I pretty much assume every graphic and every tv ad is made with AI now, even (or especially) simple ones. I can't even post man-made ones without a platform trying to force AI versions on us.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Being in marketing and advertising, I have a front row seat to AI in advertising and its creeping me out. I pretty much assume every graphic and every tv ad is made with AI now, even (or especially) simple ones. I can't even post man-made ones without a platform trying to force AI versions on us.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is the most horrifying development, but I can't say I didnt see it coming. I will NEVER exit my vehicle for a traffic stop. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the most horrifying development, but I can't say I didnt see it coming. I will NEVER exit my vehicle for a traffic stop. apnews.com/article/immi...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Now that so-so tickets are $600-800 and up for NCAA March Madness, something I used to love doing every year is now out-of-budget. They are running a "sale" ($30 off) for the first time I have ever noticed, so I cant be the only one.
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Now that so-so tickets are $600-800 and up for NCAA March Madness, something I used to love doing every year is now out-of-budget. They are running a "sale" ($30 off) for the first time I have ever noticed, so I cant be the only one.
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NEW: Last night, a federal judge issued a permanent block on the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NEW: Last night, a federal judge issued a permanent block on the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
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If AI can't distinguish between a Doritos bag and a gun, it can't be trusted to police our communities.
Gun-Toting Police Swarm, Handcuff Young Black Man After AI Mistakes Doritos Bag For a Gun | ACLU
Deploying AI in inappropriate ways can and does get people hurt
www.aclu.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If AI can't distinguish between a Doritos bag and a gun, it can't be trusted to police our communities.
Found this useful tool @blocksky.app for mass blocking.
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Found this useful tool @blocksky.app for mass blocking.
Just got the latest flyer from our local butcher. Beef in bulk (half a cow) is up almost double from just 3 1/2 years ago.
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just got the latest flyer from our local butcher. Beef in bulk (half a cow) is up almost double from just 3 1/2 years ago.
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The surge of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area and threats to send the National Guard to SF are flagrant abuses of power intended to instill fear, target political opponents, and chill dissent.
We all have constitutional rights when interacting with federal agents. Know your rights:👇🏾
We all have constitutional rights when interacting with federal agents. Know your rights:👇🏾
ACLU NorCal Condemns the Escalating Federal Force in Bay Area Cities, Advises Residents to Know Their Rights | ACLU of Northern CA
www.aclunc.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The surge of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area and threats to send the National Guard to SF are flagrant abuses of power intended to instill fear, target political opponents, and chill dissent.
We all have constitutional rights when interacting with federal agents. Know your rights:👇🏾
We all have constitutional rights when interacting with federal agents. Know your rights:👇🏾
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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Block these accounts for your safety and sanity.
Here’s the list. Block, & pass it on: bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Block these accounts for your safety and sanity.
So the State of California website is unavailable (well, the www part at least) and I gotta wonder-- is it because they put up their OWN note about the failure of the President & Congress (like the fed websites blaming the Dems for the shutdown)
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So the State of California website is unavailable (well, the www part at least) and I gotta wonder-- is it because they put up their OWN note about the failure of the President & Congress (like the fed websites blaming the Dems for the shutdown)
Just saw the 2026 tax brackets and not gonna lie, they are seriously fucking with my outlook on life.
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Just saw the 2026 tax brackets and not gonna lie, they are seriously fucking with my outlook on life.
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine
by @jakescottMD
A call to develop separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to replace the combined MMR shot is not backed by evidence. Here are the facts.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
by @jakescottMD
A call to develop separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to replace the combined MMR shot is not backed by evidence. Here are the facts.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine
by @jakescottMD
A call to develop separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to replace the combined MMR shot is not backed by evidence. Here are the facts.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
by @jakescottMD
A call to develop separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to replace the combined MMR shot is not backed by evidence. Here are the facts.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Big Data #fail. I just got mail at my California home addressed to a Michigander who an entity I am associated with bought property FROM. i.e. the data link aint linking right (its not the first time I've seen this type of big data error, but the most inexplicably erroneous)
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Big Data #fail. I just got mail at my California home addressed to a Michigander who an entity I am associated with bought property FROM. i.e. the data link aint linking right (its not the first time I've seen this type of big data error, but the most inexplicably erroneous)
I don't know when they added this disgusting messaging and abuse of power, but as someone who keeps up health topics for a client site, I can tell you these pages were NOT on the CDC back in February.
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I don't know when they added this disgusting messaging and abuse of power, but as someone who keeps up health topics for a client site, I can tell you these pages were NOT on the CDC back in February.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Grateful to be a Californian. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
September 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Grateful to be a Californian. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/03/c...
I can't even. Not today
September 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I can't even. Not today
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I have been trying my best to alter my language based on locality. This is really no different from speaking a foreign language or dialect when you're in a country or region that generally speaks another language than your default. In California, any of these words are OK, in Michigan, nearly NONE.
The rhetoric of the Democrats could be their downfall if they don't take note of how people REALLY want their politicians to speak. https://www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-something-i-said
Third Way
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August 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I have been trying my best to alter my language based on locality. This is really no different from speaking a foreign language or dialect when you're in a country or region that generally speaks another language than your default. In California, any of these words are OK, in Michigan, nearly NONE.