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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 10h

Reading the news today and this eleven-year-old joke from The Onion is apparently now reality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoSl...

GOP Maintains Solid Hold On Youth That Already Look Like Old Men

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 14h

You're talking about a brand and a product that is already amassing a significant number of stories about how it exacerbates users' mental health challenges; demonstrating an awareness & intentional product design can only increase brand trust in a skeptical market, yes?

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 14h

I would love to know why, in the wake of the news about Meta being cool with its chatbots grooming children and Grok's whole history, OpenAI did not see an easy & obvious PR win by leading with the announcement that their planned sexting feature had stringent anti-abuse guardrails.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 15h

Missing from Altman's statement is any mention of how/whether OpenAI plans to put in safeguards to prevent generating CSAM.

The Verge @theverge.com · 17h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 15h

It looks like "revulsion at genocide" is a woke value now, as is "respecting basic human dignity" or "experiencing consequences for hate speech."

My sky-high expectations!

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 21h

Remember the rhyme:

"If it's on the inter-net
eventually bricked it will get"

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 17h

Is anyone really surprised by this?

"Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape."

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

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 17h

I am very grouchy about gift guides because I think they're often out of touch and unrealistic relative to holiday spending, so applause to retailer Kohl's for their plan to introduce gift guides by price point for budget-sensitive shoppers: corporate.kohls.com/news/kohls-m...

Kohl's Corporate

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (Oct. 9, 2025)— Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) is focusing on what matters most to customers this season: making gift-giving easier and more meaningful. Featuring beloved national and only-...

corporate.kohls.com

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19h

The Washington Post’s daily circulation has fallen below 100,000. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 21h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

it probably was streamed -- he went after MSFT several times during the briefing and the subsequent coverage was MSFT replying all, " ... unclear why he said all that stuff but okay?"

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

Mary, were you at the Dreamforce post-keynote press event last year where he kept talking and talking in the press room?

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

And with the news that kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, it is high time we started getting in the habit of treating cognitive habits with the same seriousness we treat vaping or ultraprocessed foods or never taking a walk:

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

www.npr.org

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sharing this anecdote because one thing some schools do not do well (IMO) is teach kids why it's good to develop a strategic approach to cognitive habits. We do a much better job as a society & within societal institutions of showing cause and effect for physical health habits.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

I went through the rest of my schooling with the attitude that just because I *could* remember something didn't meant I *needed to* remember it.

But I also learned that knowing how to quickly remember things & quickly access remembered knowledge often helps one understand or analyze new things.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

The second Einstein anecdote was how Einstein never bothered to remember his own phone number, reasoning that he could always look up that information & use his brain for things not easily found in other information collections.

This approach blew Kid Me away: Treating memory as a finite resource!

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

One textbook featured an article about Einstein and it had two memorable anecdotes:

The first: Einstein used a stroll on a beach with a friend to explain his theory of surface tension (the sand and the ocean's water being a perfect example of his theory of forces of attraction between particles).

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

In elementary school, I was the kind of kid who always finished her work early & would remain quiet in class by reading the rest of the textbook. I had learned we never read every story or chapter in class so I figured it was the only way I'd ever *really* finish the book.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is one of the things the "blue hair is an insult" crowd doesn't understand. To people who are status and hierarchy-oriented, being indifferent to other people's perceptions of you is incomprehensible. Whereas to the folks with the background you're describing, it's a day ending in Y.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 3d

We are watching this alleged Role Model person on SNL and I simply cannot take him seriously because he dances like Jimmy Junior from Bog’s Burger and there’s no Zeke to hype him up.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4d

The beatings will continue until morale improves

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 4d

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 4d

This happened after the "DON'T DO THAT" judicial ruling handed down yesterday, in case you're wondering how well that whole checks-and-balances thing is working out.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 4d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 5d

Extremely prepared for kale salad desk lunch today.

A bowl of kale salad accompanied by a small green box of Oral B dental floss

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