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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 10m

I have heard the MOST DISGUSTING propaganda ICE employment ads while listening to Pandora. Worse - I was listening to a Pit Bull station where most ads are in Spanish. It's out of control.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

I’ve had the good fortune of missing these ads entirely. I can’t believe our tax dollars are funding this crap.

F*CK ICE‼️

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 10m

I have heard the MOST DISGUSTING propaganda ICE employment ads while listening to Pandora. Worse - I was listening to a Pit Bull station where most ad are in Spanish.

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 13m

So we are back to "locker room" talk, are we? These people are disgusting pigs. Calling people niggers, making insulting stereotypical references to groups of people and cheering on RAPE is NEVER OK. That is NOT just "kid" talk.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 2h

Great news - thank you! Now maybe you can get your buddy Benioff to stop spewing idiocy...

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 2h

Companies are literally forcing the adoption of AI. They will replace entry level employees with AI and have no one left for the senior staff to train to learn the code/products. When a failure occurs, after the senior person has left, AI won't be able to solve it and all hell will break loose.

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 3h

I am not against AI, I am against AI built out irresponsibly, simply to give the average internet use the ability to create a fake video or picture. AI has infinite beneficial uses and can be a massive time-saver, but not everyone needs access for any little thing.

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 3h

Fair point, but agriculture is more important than AI for general public use. Though there is lack of transparency in water usage reporting by many companies. Regardless, they should not be building data centers in water strapped areas. They should also figure out how to use desalinated water.

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 4h

Because everyone knows that beating a woman is not a serious thing, and acceptable in many Republican circles (in fact it is almost a requirement in this administration).

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 4h

Because everyone knows that beating a woman is not a serious thing, and acceptable in many Republican circles (in fact it is almost a requirement in this administration).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 4h

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most

A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

www.bloomberg.com

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 4h

AI is available for use by pretty much anyone. Any time it is used, it leads to cooling. "training GPT-3...required about 700,000 liters of water through direct evaporation—enough to manufacture approximately 370 BMWs or 320 Tesla electric vehicles." news.ucr.edu/articles/202...

Professor’s TED Talk warns of AI’s hidden water costs

While artificial intelligence, or AI, is transforming industries, its environmental impact is often overlooked. Shaolei Ren, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, took to a TED Talk stage last fall in Vienna, Austria, to discuss a hidden consequence of AI’s rapid expansion.

news.ucr.edu

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 4h

I agree that there are other processes that use water. It does not mean that the AI water issue is fake. Data centers are being built in places where water is already scarce with no planning for the consequences. They are also being built at astonishingly fast speeds, and for what?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 23h

This is a very scary bit of information. Think about this - no actual money. Worse, the centers rely on taking advantage of and destroying small communities with pollution (increasing health problems) and use of clean water (creating shortages).

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3d

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 1d

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 23h

It's only murder if it's a fetus or a white male Christian nationalist.

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 23h

It's only murder if it's a fetus or a white male Christian nationalist.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

And those smug assclowns are laughing about it.

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

GO TULSA!!! Moved from Tulsa area to CA 25 years ago because I couldn't take the mindset, and I needed a big city. This makes me so happy and give me hope that maybe things there are finally starting to change!

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

This is what Trump and his regime have created. Emboldening horrible people and encouraging hate. Despicable.

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

This is what Trump and his regime have created. Emboldening horrible people and encouraging hate. Despicable.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

This is simply gross. Delaying a peace deal so that Israel could continue to level Gaza and Trump can take credit? And now, as expected, the deal is already at risk due to an inability to maintain a cease fire...

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 1d

I just hope people are thinking about this. Too many just simply react, and not in a good way, which back fires against attempts to prove that we are not the problem. There is also the issue of bad actors purposefully instigating violence (many unrelated to the cause or planted by the "other side").