Paula
@notsoencrypted.bsky.social
I love people & learning anything & everything. Love your neighbor as yourself. she/her but they/them is fine too. Expat Minnesotan in Wisconsin. aka Sha. ADD. Struggling with life. Avatar: @lullindo
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1
Three of Brooms linocut from 2023 (I think these guys are like 3"x4"?)
#printmaking #art #artsky #traditionalart #witchsky
Three of Brooms linocut from 2023 (I think these guys are like 3"x4"?)
#printmaking #art #artsky #traditionalart #witchsky
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1
Three of Brooms linocut from 2023 (I think these guys are like 3"x4"?)
#printmaking #art #artsky #traditionalart #witchsky
Three of Brooms linocut from 2023 (I think these guys are like 3"x4"?)
#printmaking #art #artsky #traditionalart #witchsky
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NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Politicians love to talk about "kids safety" until you ask them to do something that would actually keep kids safe like fund housing, healthcare, education, outdoor spaces, arts programs, etc.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
That's because most of them use "safety" as a euphemism for surveillance, control and domination.
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*charges into room*
I HATE TABLETOP SIMULATOR WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUN
*breaks furniture*
*leaves quietly*
I HATE TABLETOP SIMULATOR WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUN
*breaks furniture*
*leaves quietly*
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
*charges into room*
I HATE TABLETOP SIMULATOR WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUN
*breaks furniture*
*leaves quietly*
I HATE TABLETOP SIMULATOR WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUN
*breaks furniture*
*leaves quietly*
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International #adoptees, like me, who were brought to this country had zero choice in their citizenship status. Some of us, whose adoptive parents didn’t do the paperwork, have been deported already. And citizens like me are at risk due to this racist regime. 🥚
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
International #adoptees, like me, who were brought to this country had zero choice in their citizenship status. Some of us, whose adoptive parents didn’t do the paperwork, have been deported already. And citizens like me are at risk due to this racist regime. 🥚
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Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers...
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
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Reminder that early Fortnite stole dance choreography from people of color and only responded when they were publicly called out or sued. That team has been telling the world who they are pretty consistently for a long time. We need to listen.
SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Reminder that early Fortnite stole dance choreography from people of color and only responded when they were publicly called out or sued. That team has been telling the world who they are pretty consistently for a long time. We need to listen.
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And schools. And healthcare. And housing. And...
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And schools. And healthcare. And housing. And...
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What happens when you play a new game with your birb, and she doesn’t want it to stop.
(Angry budgie noises)
(Angry budgie noises)
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What happens when you play a new game with your birb, and she doesn’t want it to stop.
(Angry budgie noises)
(Angry budgie noises)
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⚠️Be careful out there!⚠️
The Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation is advising people to delay travel plans if possible.
The main highways are either partially covered or completely covered, creating hazardous travel conditions.
The Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation is advising people to delay travel plans if possible.
The main highways are either partially covered or completely covered, creating hazardous travel conditions.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
⚠️Be careful out there!⚠️
The Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation is advising people to delay travel plans if possible.
The main highways are either partially covered or completely covered, creating hazardous travel conditions.
The Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation is advising people to delay travel plans if possible.
The main highways are either partially covered or completely covered, creating hazardous travel conditions.
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
Being a light sleeper sucks so much. I couldn't fall asleep until an hour & a half past bedtime, & then I've been woken up about every hour since then by my pets. Mostly the lab snoring, even after I switched bedrooms, but then also the cat being mad about closed doors (to block the snores).
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Being a light sleeper sucks so much. I couldn't fall asleep until an hour & a half past bedtime, & then I've been woken up about every hour since then by my pets. Mostly the lab snoring, even after I switched bedrooms, but then also the cat being mad about closed doors (to block the snores).
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this
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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
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Site in Kenya reveals 300,000 years of uninterrupted toolmaking. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,300 stone tools spanning 2.44 to 2.75 million years, showing that early hominins taught and replicated the same techniques across roughly 10,000 generations. buff.ly/zQvktxJ
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Advanced 2.5 Million-Year-Old Tools May Rewrite Human History
Early humans crafted the same tools for hundreds of thousands of years, offering an unprecedented glimpse of a continuous tradition that may push back the origins of technology.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Site in Kenya reveals 300,000 years of uninterrupted toolmaking. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,300 stone tools spanning 2.44 to 2.75 million years, showing that early hominins taught and replicated the same techniques across roughly 10,000 generations. buff.ly/zQvktxJ
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Racism is at the heart of all of this anti-immigration bullshit (& I do not use that word lightly here). It infuriates me on such a deep level. I'm not perfect; I make mistakes a lot. But I cannot abide the open & wanton hatred displayed by my government & its highest members (& their advisors).
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Racism is at the heart of all of this anti-immigration bullshit (& I do not use that word lightly here). It infuriates me on such a deep level. I'm not perfect; I make mistakes a lot. But I cannot abide the open & wanton hatred displayed by my government & its highest members (& their advisors).
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
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I’m not sure what my kitchen helper is trying to tell me… it seems to be related to the turkey that just came out of the oven but I can’t be sure.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I’m not sure what my kitchen helper is trying to tell me… it seems to be related to the turkey that just came out of the oven but I can’t be sure.
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
I'm curious. For folks in the USA who do Thanksgiving, what time of day do you serve your big meal?
For me, it's always a ~noon thing. At my mom's, it was so we could munch on leftovers for the rest of the day. With my other family, it was so people could get back home without driving in the dark.
For me, it's always a ~noon thing. At my mom's, it was so we could munch on leftovers for the rest of the day. With my other family, it was so people could get back home without driving in the dark.
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm curious. For folks in the USA who do Thanksgiving, what time of day do you serve your big meal?
For me, it's always a ~noon thing. At my mom's, it was so we could munch on leftovers for the rest of the day. With my other family, it was so people could get back home without driving in the dark.
For me, it's always a ~noon thing. At my mom's, it was so we could munch on leftovers for the rest of the day. With my other family, it was so people could get back home without driving in the dark.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.