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Marijo Cook
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Nashville teacher
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends

Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think human freedom is the point of conflict here. A human psychotherapist chooses to listen reflectively, and that choice is what really matters. Therein lies the human connection that cannot genuinely be made with a real machine. 1/2
You don't have to become a spiritual dualist to notice how far the ELIZA effect extends! A Turing test only works if you know how to use it. And you can't *prove* we're not machines. (A materialist monist might say that unlike ChatGPT we are the kind of machines that deserve respect as persons.)
one of the things Weizenbaum really nails is that our propensity to believe machine intelligence rivals our own is embedded in a deeper view of humans as being basically machines, that the ELIZA Effect is in part a product of our spiritual and cultural empoverishment... it seems the woke pope agrees
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"These are dangerous times for educators telling the truth. Teachers need to assess their own situations and do what keeps them safe. But those who have enough security — citizenship, union protection, tenure — should use that privilege to teach the truth."
African people and Indigenous people were enslaved, trafficked, and forced into servitude by the colonists. That’s a key truth the Thanksgiving story erases.
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I’m thankful for trans people
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your roast walnut!
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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If we're "giving" and not "taking" this fine Thanksgiving Eve, I'm giving the best thread I've ever written.

It's on brand as "eerily soothing" and features really weird prehistoric creatures.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #OnTheEdge #photographersunited #birding #birds #birdphotography

Young GreatBlue Heron at edge of pond, reflection of GBH at the edge, rock at the edge with shadow of GBH on it, reflection of rock with shadow of GBH at the edge.

Whew, that's a mouthful.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I have a lot of concerns with "we have invented a tool that takes the reading/writing out of desk jobs" given that's 98% of their purpose... but beyond that we're basically inviting children to ruination right? This is "why should I learn division, calculators exist?" but at a foundational level
September 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This:

Dogs don’t bark on parked cars.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Shout out to @nashvillebanner.bsky.social for not just regurgitating Boring TPs

These people are liars. They lie and they think they have a big enough megaphone that it doesn’t matter
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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You can walk away. Before the shame follows you home. #StopICE
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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#RECALL: Outdoor Master Children’s and Youth Helmets; The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a risk of injury or death due to head injury. Get refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Oregon Public Media did a really beautiful mini doc about the first descent of the undammed Klamath River that is worth a watch youtu.be/4FuGuWeAra4?...
First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history
YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!

Now we need help balancing our 2026 budget. Please donate via the link below, and snag some cool stickers to boot!
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Vote, donate, volunteer, show the GOP we're over them.
www.aftynforcongress.com
Aftyn for Congress
FEED KIDS. FIX ROADS. FUND HOSPITALS.
www.aftynforcongress.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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this is mesmerizing
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Cops killed about the same number of Black people in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. 2019 was slightly more.

There was another jump in 2021, setting a new record.

2022 higher than 2021. New record.

2023 higher than 2022. New record.

2024 higher than 2023. All time high.

2025 is back down to 2016.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.

#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Protect gay sheep!
honestly really devastated that i didn’t know about the gay sheep situation
am I even awake right now?
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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People need to understand that RFK isn’t just going to kill people, he’s actively destroying people’s quality of life too. As somebody with chronic illness managed through medical establishment and alternative medicine like herbs and acupuncture, this is important to pay attn to. There is simply-
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Disney animators working with the real-life ‘Lady’ and the real-life ‘Tramp’ for their huge box office hit

LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM