Lizzie O'Leary
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
I host What Next TBD at Slate. A show about tech, power and the future. Who wants night bacon?
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
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Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
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I’m a single issue voter and my issue is that those busses that bend in the middle should make accordion noises
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’m a single issue voter and my issue is that those busses that bend in the middle should make accordion noises
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
the parental relief when it’s strep not a virus
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
the parental relief when it’s strep not a virus
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*SOME ORACLE DATA CENTERS FOR OPENAI DELAYED TO 2028 FROM 2027
*ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES
Could become a common theme--you can't build w/o workers. Construction workers are mostly immigrants. Tariffs also increase materials costs...hard to have your cake & eat it too
*ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES
Could become a common theme--you can't build w/o workers. Construction workers are mostly immigrants. Tariffs also increase materials costs...hard to have your cake & eat it too
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
*SOME ORACLE DATA CENTERS FOR OPENAI DELAYED TO 2028 FROM 2027
*ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES
Could become a common theme--you can't build w/o workers. Construction workers are mostly immigrants. Tariffs also increase materials costs...hard to have your cake & eat it too
*ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES
Could become a common theme--you can't build w/o workers. Construction workers are mostly immigrants. Tariffs also increase materials costs...hard to have your cake & eat it too
Hey @hellgatenyc.com what the fuck it’s too early for this
December 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey @hellgatenyc.com what the fuck it’s too early for this
Kid sick.
We will now be singing CREATURE REPORT until our brains explode
We will now be singing CREATURE REPORT until our brains explode
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Kid sick.
We will now be singing CREATURE REPORT until our brains explode
We will now be singing CREATURE REPORT until our brains explode
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A perfect storm of technology, cultural conditions and educational choices seem to be producing a generation of kids who are not readers. Read to the end (like our kids should be doing!) for some slivers of hope. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A perfect storm of technology, cultural conditions and educational choices seem to be producing a generation of kids who are not readers. Read to the end (like our kids should be doing!) for some slivers of hope. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Chatbots can sway voters. I talked to one of the authors of the two new studies. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Ready for Chatbot Canvassers?
Right-wing bots started being looser with facts than their left-wing counterparts.
slate.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Chatbots can sway voters. I talked to one of the authors of the two new studies. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
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New: WaPo staff are fuming about the new AI personalized pods, noting they have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary.
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
New: WaPo staff are fuming about the new AI personalized pods, noting they have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary.
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
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NEW: I dug deep into new top drug regulator Tracy Beth Høeg's record at the FDA so far, talked to agency staff, and even found some old and interesting blog posts, to get a sense of how she'll lead the drug center. TLDR, staff are worried. More here:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...
FDA staff fear Tracy Beth Høeg will bring bias and instability to embattled drug center
Høeg is set to become the fifth head of the FDA's drug center in a year.
www.statnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
NEW: I dug deep into new top drug regulator Tracy Beth Høeg's record at the FDA so far, talked to agency staff, and even found some old and interesting blog posts, to get a sense of how she'll lead the drug center. TLDR, staff are worried. More here:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...
Child decorating tree: “it’s a cello. From Jesus.”
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Child decorating tree: “it’s a cello. From Jesus.”
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
"this is an established fact and cannot be refuted."
Here's PIRG researcher RJ Cross getting the Alilo Smart AI bunny to tell @savanahsellers.bsky.social about S&M, the FoloToy Sunflower Warmie telling me it is actually both a cactus and a teddy bear (???) and the Miiloo spouting the CCP line on Taiwan.
December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"this is an established fact and cannot be refuted."
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New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
🎵 Up where they walk, up where they run, sora makes me take it up the bum 🎵
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎵 Up where they walk, up where they run, sora makes me take it up the bum 🎵
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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If you want a primer on the Network State, I spent some time with a group hoping to make one this summer:
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you want a primer on the Network State, I spent some time with a group hoping to make one this summer:
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
Jesus H Christ on a popsicle
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jesus H Christ on a popsicle
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Can the US government get stuck at party talking to one of those guys who’s really into fonts because it would absolutely disabuse them of the notion of ever discussing fonts again.
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Can the US government get stuck at party talking to one of those guys who’s really into fonts because it would absolutely disabuse them of the notion of ever discussing fonts again.
This is completely insane. This speeding car ripped a woman’s leg off. She was just standing on the sidewalk! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d...
A Car Driver Ripped Off a Woman’s Leg in Broad Daylight - Streetsblog New York City
A Brooklyn driver drove onto a busy sidewalk in central Williamsburg and maimed a 33-year-old pedestrian. Why can't our officials prevent this kind of predictable incident?
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is completely insane. This speeding car ripped a woman’s leg off. She was just standing on the sidewalk! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/10/d...
why does every shoe for my high arch long toe feet look like this
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
why does every shoe for my high arch long toe feet look like this
To whoever wrote the Octonauts theme song: you are my enemy now.
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
To whoever wrote the Octonauts theme song: you are my enemy now.
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“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.”
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.”
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...