Liz Thurmond
@countmystars.bsky.social
TV/screen/audio writer, copyeditor, witch. Nerdy shit forever. She/her.
http://www.thurmondediting.com
http://www.thurmondediting.com
I know myself well enough and care enough about animals’ comfort and welfare to know I shouldn’t have a longhair cat but I keep thinking how cute it would be for Widget to have a longhaired orange sidekick named Calcifer
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I know myself well enough and care enough about animals’ comfort and welfare to know I shouldn’t have a longhair cat but I keep thinking how cute it would be for Widget to have a longhaired orange sidekick named Calcifer
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The breathtaking, audacious confidence of this passage…
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The breathtaking, audacious confidence of this passage…
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear
@vivaciousvandal.bsky.social consider this your official notice that I told Greg to take a salsa dance class so now you get to pester him to do it
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
@vivaciousvandal.bsky.social consider this your official notice that I told Greg to take a salsa dance class so now you get to pester him to do it
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Olivia Nuzzi seeing this and doing awooga noises, hitting herself over the head with a mallet
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Olivia Nuzzi seeing this and doing awooga noises, hitting herself over the head with a mallet
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Ok so. I would drink the Santa oil. Some people have said they would not. I also assume you get special Santa powers from it, but can not verify that unless you let me drink the Santa oil. Please let me drink the Santa oil. How about you? Drinking it or not?
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ok so. I would drink the Santa oil. Some people have said they would not. I also assume you get special Santa powers from it, but can not verify that unless you let me drink the Santa oil. Please let me drink the Santa oil. How about you? Drinking it or not?
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has made it official. She's running for the US Senate in Texas – while former Rep. Colin Allred ends his own campaign for the US Senate nomination in favor of attempting a House comeback bid.
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has made it official. She's running for the US Senate in Texas – while former Rep. Colin Allred ends his own campaign for the US Senate nomination in favor of attempting a House comeback bid.
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LOT of talk about the male loneliness epidemic, not *enough* talk about the superpowerful beings who are isolated and (ahem) alienated and like to mess with hu-mans on interstellar travels partly just because they can
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
LOT of talk about the male loneliness epidemic, not *enough* talk about the superpowerful beings who are isolated and (ahem) alienated and like to mess with hu-mans on interstellar travels partly just because they can
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Unspeakably powerful intergalactic entities would rather kidnap personnel from a Constellation class starship than get therapy smdh
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Unspeakably powerful intergalactic entities would rather kidnap personnel from a Constellation class starship than get therapy smdh
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If it hasn't been said, I'll say it: No woman of color would ever be defended in this "she's just a smol bean" fashion & many Black, Latina, Asian & Indigenous women have had their lives & careers destroyed for nothing, or for far, far less. Same goes for trans women. These are just fucking facts.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If it hasn't been said, I'll say it: No woman of color would ever be defended in this "she's just a smol bean" fashion & many Black, Latina, Asian & Indigenous women have had their lives & careers destroyed for nothing, or for far, far less. Same goes for trans women. These are just fucking facts.
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a point I feel the need to make about regulation, generally: it’s not that companies will automatically follow the law or that regulatory penalties can always be greater than the benefit of acting illegally
it’s that making something illegal gives employees a greater chance of refusing to do it
it’s that making something illegal gives employees a greater chance of refusing to do it
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
a point I feel the need to make about regulation, generally: it’s not that companies will automatically follow the law or that regulatory penalties can always be greater than the benefit of acting illegally
it’s that making something illegal gives employees a greater chance of refusing to do it
it’s that making something illegal gives employees a greater chance of refusing to do it
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A truly stunning amount of people bleating, “but in this entirely imaginary use case I’ve just contorted past believability, the Torment Nexus could possibly be sort of harmless!”
goddamn debate-me-bro culture is a curse upon us all, innocent and guilty alike
goddamn debate-me-bro culture is a curse upon us all, innocent and guilty alike
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A truly stunning amount of people bleating, “but in this entirely imaginary use case I’ve just contorted past believability, the Torment Nexus could possibly be sort of harmless!”
goddamn debate-me-bro culture is a curse upon us all, innocent and guilty alike
goddamn debate-me-bro culture is a curse upon us all, innocent and guilty alike
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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That is a goddamn MUPPET.
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
That is a goddamn MUPPET.
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Also, and I cannot stress this enough, freelancers, do not keep working if there are overdue invoices.
Had to issue my first stop-work notice for non-payment since the height of covid 😅 Everything's fine
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Also, and I cannot stress this enough, freelancers, do not keep working if there are overdue invoices.
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what defense measures is it able to deploy tho
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
what defense measures is it able to deploy tho
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"AI companies will be paid a portion of the savings from claims they deny or, as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction plan puts it, “compensated based on a share of averted expenditures.”"
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"AI companies will be paid a portion of the savings from claims they deny or, as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction plan puts it, “compensated based on a share of averted expenditures.”"
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it’s understandable that people in a world that has largely moved beyond the average educated person literally believing in a deity or deities have decided to imagine a technological savior to fulfill the role of “make human suffering appear to serve a greater purpose” but AI won’t do that
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
it’s understandable that people in a world that has largely moved beyond the average educated person literally believing in a deity or deities have decided to imagine a technological savior to fulfill the role of “make human suffering appear to serve a greater purpose” but AI won’t do that
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every time i think of the sheryl crow “if it makes you happy it can’t be that bad” i think to myself “that’s COLOSSALLY BAD ADVICE, how much blood do you have on your hands, sheryl crow???”
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
every time i think of the sheryl crow “if it makes you happy it can’t be that bad” i think to myself “that’s COLOSSALLY BAD ADVICE, how much blood do you have on your hands, sheryl crow???”
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Also engaging with technology that isn't actively surveilling you.
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Also engaging with technology that isn't actively surveilling you.
A question for the universe/Los Angeles city services: why the actual fuck is Silver Lake Blvd. as horrifically maintained as it is? I won’t take that route anywhere anymore for fear of it tearing up the suspension on my car. It is THAT BAD.
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A question for the universe/Los Angeles city services: why the actual fuck is Silver Lake Blvd. as horrifically maintained as it is? I won’t take that route anywhere anymore for fear of it tearing up the suspension on my car. It is THAT BAD.
Movies you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Movies you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR or Marvel.
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“Landlords may say ‘smart home’ devices are a tenant convenience. But the reality is, these AI-enabled systems can track patterns of tenant behavior, identify when people are home, and provide landlords with personal information that could be used to push out tenants perceived as too costly.”
ACLU Sues San Francisco Landlords over AI-Powered Surveillance in Tenants' Homes | ACLU of Northern CA
www.aclunc.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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“Good news! Your package has been delivered!”
really?
“Yes!”
where?
“To the label printing area where a label is being printed for it”
really?
“Yes!”
where?
“To the label printing area where a label is being printed for it”
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Good news! Your package has been delivered!”
really?
“Yes!”
where?
“To the label printing area where a label is being printed for it”
really?
“Yes!”
where?
“To the label printing area where a label is being printed for it”