RJ • Interdisciplinary Digital Strategist
@yesthataunt.bsky.social
Technology. Policy. Social Justice. Menopause.
Dark Humor & Tales from the Liminal Hedges.
Raised by and among Monsters. Yet I Remain.
Follow the Money. Follow the Metadata.
100% Organic Spherical Thinking.
Opinions mine
Dark Humor & Tales from the Liminal Hedges.
Raised by and among Monsters. Yet I Remain.
Follow the Money. Follow the Metadata.
100% Organic Spherical Thinking.
Opinions mine
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Things That Happened Since Last Time I Checked.
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Cell Block Tango 셀 블럭 탱고 (영화 시카고 cicago ost)
YouTube video by jhhihi
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November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
Yours Truly is feeling a little maudlin today.
Part of this is the demand for rest.
Part of this is the demand to Take Care of Business.
Part of this is the demand of grieving.
Part of this is the demand for community & connection during these absolutely banana crackers times.
Part of this is the demand for rest.
Part of this is the demand to Take Care of Business.
Part of this is the demand of grieving.
Part of this is the demand for community & connection during these absolutely banana crackers times.
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Yours Truly is feeling a little maudlin today.
Part of this is the demand for rest.
Part of this is the demand to Take Care of Business.
Part of this is the demand of grieving.
Part of this is the demand for community & connection during these absolutely banana crackers times.
Part of this is the demand for rest.
Part of this is the demand to Take Care of Business.
Part of this is the demand of grieving.
Part of this is the demand for community & connection during these absolutely banana crackers times.
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I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
Oh my Sweet Summer Children, no.
this helps put into words something i’ve been intuiting for a while. and the internet didn’t used to be like this either
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oh my Sweet Summer Children, no.
Yours Truly was This Week's Old when I learned a new set of terms for my lived experience:
Dynamic Disability.
(Consider deleted post was my Cold Open)
Dynamic Disability.
(Consider deleted post was my Cold Open)
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yours Truly was This Week's Old when I learned a new set of terms for my lived experience:
Dynamic Disability.
(Consider deleted post was my Cold Open)
Dynamic Disability.
(Consider deleted post was my Cold Open)
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And just like that, it’s time for bed.
It seems Fendi agrees. We’re both awaiting transport to our sleeping quarters for the evening.
Goodnight, y’all. 🛌😴
It seems Fendi agrees. We’re both awaiting transport to our sleeping quarters for the evening.
Goodnight, y’all. 🛌😴
This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
And just like that, it’s time for bed.
It seems Fendi agrees. We’re both awaiting transport to our sleeping quarters for the evening.
Goodnight, y’all. 🛌😴
It seems Fendi agrees. We’re both awaiting transport to our sleeping quarters for the evening.
Goodnight, y’all. 🛌😴
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Yours Truly is caffeinated + had a good sleep + is avoiding writing awkward scenes in Spec Fic + has Ska queued up + was told to take A Weekend...
So, I have time today.
As usual, this is gonna come out like it's gonna come out.
This right here is an unhinged TL, not The Atlantic.
Yours Truly is caffeinated + had a good sleep + is avoiding writing awkward scenes in Spec Fic + has Ska queued up + was told to take A Weekend...
So, I have time today.
As usual, this is gonna come out like it's gonna come out.
This right here is an unhinged TL, not The Atlantic.
I don’t mean this in like a cynical back-biting way. I’m just increasingly unsure what that would even be. What do the pro-AI-but-not-like-this people want it to be in the world?
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Yours Truly is caffeinated + had a good sleep + is avoiding writing awkward scenes in Spec Fic + has Ska queued up + was told to take A Weekend...
So, I have time today.
As usual, this is gonna come out like it's gonna come out.
This right here is an unhinged TL, not The Atlantic.
Yours Truly is caffeinated + had a good sleep + is avoiding writing awkward scenes in Spec Fic + has Ska queued up + was told to take A Weekend...
So, I have time today.
As usual, this is gonna come out like it's gonna come out.
This right here is an unhinged TL, not The Atlantic.
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
May her memory continue to be a blessing.
I am honored to have known her through her work and may her fierce legacy continue. <3
I am honored to have known her through her work and may her fierce legacy continue. <3
Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice.
#ConnectingGaza
#ConnectingGaza
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
May her memory continue to be a blessing.
I am honored to have known her through her work and may her fierce legacy continue. <3
I am honored to have known her through her work and may her fierce legacy continue. <3
OH BOY HOWDY.
I mean, folks have been hollering about image manipulation and/or extortion for A Hot Minute.* **
* = Once image manipulation software became affordable for individuals.
** = Yours Truly may/may not have done this as a single-instance prank, w/permission ~25 years ago.
I mean, folks have been hollering about image manipulation and/or extortion for A Hot Minute.* **
* = Once image manipulation software became affordable for individuals.
** = Yours Truly may/may not have done this as a single-instance prank, w/permission ~25 years ago.
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
OH BOY HOWDY.
I mean, folks have been hollering about image manipulation and/or extortion for A Hot Minute.* **
* = Once image manipulation software became affordable for individuals.
** = Yours Truly may/may not have done this as a single-instance prank, w/permission ~25 years ago.
I mean, folks have been hollering about image manipulation and/or extortion for A Hot Minute.* **
* = Once image manipulation software became affordable for individuals.
** = Yours Truly may/may not have done this as a single-instance prank, w/permission ~25 years ago.
In this US-ian War on Women && our rights to self-determination, anyone of childbearing age is a Conscientious Objector.
When your own country feels hostile, unstable, and unsafe, looking north starts to feel less like a dream and more like a plan. Younger American women are thinking about leaving in record numbers and their top pick is Canada! 🇨🇦
#Canada
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A-cAB9acfQLy...
#Canada
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/A-cAB9acfQLy...
Poll shows more young women want to leave U.S. — their top destination is Canada — The Canadian Press
A record number of younger American women now say they want to leave the Unit
apple.news
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In this US-ian War on Women && our rights to self-determination, anyone of childbearing age is a Conscientious Objector.
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BREAKING: A judge has decided to approve a $7 billion settlement with OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma that requires the Sacklers to pay victims.
Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family
A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
BREAKING: A judge has decided to approve a $7 billion settlement with OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma that requires the Sacklers to pay victims.
ITS...
A Periodic Greetings Post!*
A Periodic Greetings Post!*
a woman in a black dress is walking on a beach next to the ocean .
ALT: a woman in a black dress is walking on a beach next to the ocean .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ITS...
A Periodic Greetings Post!*
A Periodic Greetings Post!*
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Adelita Grijalva has been sworn in to Congress.
Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.
Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Adelita Grijalva has been sworn in to Congress.
Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.
Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Then I suppose he also has a plan to address food deserts + cap margins on store markup + mandate livable wages for the workers there?
Oh.
(a Story Time After the Jump)
Oh.
(a Story Time After the Jump)
When Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves met with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services director “made it clear” that HHS would “favorably” view states that apply for waivers to ban SNAP recipients from buying sugary, processed foods, the governor says.
Reeves Seeks to Ban SNAP Recipients From Sugary Foods
Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods as part of a bid to woo Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Then I suppose he also has a plan to address food deserts + cap margins on store markup + mandate livable wages for the workers there?
Oh.
(a Story Time After the Jump)
Oh.
(a Story Time After the Jump)
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@404media.co is journalist founded and independent, so ya, we can tell meta pr to come back when they have a sound answer for the horrors that are the meta ray-ban glasses:
Today in #404DeepDive: People are modding Meta Ray-Bans to spy on you. Already, there are videos with millions of views of men using the glasses to film massage workers, asking for happy endings. What's Meta's response? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
More here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@404media.co is journalist founded and independent, so ya, we can tell meta pr to come back when they have a sound answer for the horrors that are the meta ray-ban glasses:
* WOOF *
K.O.
K.O.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
* WOOF *
K.O.
K.O.
Yours Truly is putting a pin in this.
I'm not even thru the first ~1000 words && I've had 2 reactions:
1) Sure, you're not a manifesto. *sure jan . gif*
2) Oh hey! It looks like some of the first DARPA maps.
For these folks "Big Brainses", they sure af have zero meta-cognition or irony meter.
I'm not even thru the first ~1000 words && I've had 2 reactions:
1) Sure, you're not a manifesto. *sure jan . gif*
2) Oh hey! It looks like some of the first DARPA maps.
For these folks "Big Brainses", they sure af have zero meta-cognition or irony meter.
You can read the whole thing on his website. thenetworkstate.com
The Network State
Technology has enabled us to start new companies, new communities, and new currencies. But can we use it to start new cities, or even new countries? This book explains how to build the successor to th...
thenetworkstate.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yours Truly is putting a pin in this.
I'm not even thru the first ~1000 words && I've had 2 reactions:
1) Sure, you're not a manifesto. *sure jan . gif*
2) Oh hey! It looks like some of the first DARPA maps.
For these folks "Big Brainses", they sure af have zero meta-cognition or irony meter.
I'm not even thru the first ~1000 words && I've had 2 reactions:
1) Sure, you're not a manifesto. *sure jan . gif*
2) Oh hey! It looks like some of the first DARPA maps.
For these folks "Big Brainses", they sure af have zero meta-cognition or irony meter.
Blockity Blockity Boop!
Yours Truly is amused at the number of pr0n bots / romance scams that cross this here timeline.
I realize that beyond an avatar + how I write && what I write about, I might sound/read a certain way.
Those actions of yours are a voluminous testament to your assumptions.
Yours Truly is amused at the number of pr0n bots / romance scams that cross this here timeline.
I realize that beyond an avatar + how I write && what I write about, I might sound/read a certain way.
Those actions of yours are a voluminous testament to your assumptions.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Blockity Blockity Boop!
Yours Truly is amused at the number of pr0n bots / romance scams that cross this here timeline.
I realize that beyond an avatar + how I write && what I write about, I might sound/read a certain way.
Those actions of yours are a voluminous testament to your assumptions.
Yours Truly is amused at the number of pr0n bots / romance scams that cross this here timeline.
I realize that beyond an avatar + how I write && what I write about, I might sound/read a certain way.
Those actions of yours are a voluminous testament to your assumptions.
I mean, have we learned *nothing* since the original tech bubble burst?
I will argue this goes back ten years, not five.
I will argue this goes back ten years, not five.
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I mean, have we learned *nothing* since the original tech bubble burst?
I will argue this goes back ten years, not five.
I will argue this goes back ten years, not five.
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"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs