Coral, yr Bird Friend
@parodybit.bsky.social
Friendly tech and bird nerd; also a librarian, engineer, & data munger, currently a web dev & systems admin for an academic library. Very caffeinated. 🌶️🧠, chronically ill, immunocompromised. #CovidIsntOver so #MaskUp (banner by beesyjimwax on Tumblr)
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live your life such that millions of people don’t drop everything they’re doing to collectively hope that It Happened at the slimmest of signs
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 AM
live your life such that millions of people don’t drop everything they’re doing to collectively hope that It Happened at the slimmest of signs
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remember: one day you will feel this happy for real
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
remember: one day you will feel this happy for real
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WE SHOULDN'T USE POLLING TO TELL US WHAT OUR VALUES ARE, WE SHOULD USE POLLING TO FURTHER ADVANCE THE CAUSES WE VALUE.
January 21, 2026 at 12:58 AM
WE SHOULDN'T USE POLLING TO TELL US WHAT OUR VALUES ARE, WE SHOULD USE POLLING TO FURTHER ADVANCE THE CAUSES WE VALUE.
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Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
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I think about this a lot: the fact that it's "inconceivable" is a HUGE part of the problem. Hey folks: conceive of it. That's the necessary first step. This fascism is in fact happening, and the whole "I can't imagine" part is stopping a lot of progress in overcoming it.
"The Court finds it inconceivable that the Department of Justice, which holds a duty to faithfully execute the
laws of the United States—even those with which it may have disagreement—would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law."
laws of the United States—even those with which it may have disagreement—would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law."
![Rather stunningly, Ms. Halligan fails to even mention Chief Judge Diaz’s Order, let alone
discuss its impact here. In short, Ms. Halligan has not only ignored Judge Currie’s rulings, she
has also turned a blind eye to an Order from the Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit. The Court
finds it inconceivable that the Department of Justice, which holds a duty to faithfully execute the
laws of the United States even those with which it may have disagreement would
repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law.
In the wise words of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, “[w]e yet cling to the hope that it is not naive to believe our good brethren in the
Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos.” Abrego Garcia v.
Noem,'^o. 25-1404, 2025 WL 1135112, at *3 (4th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreifosp5rvubdinbaeqyixrxrmlsrldbblecdd7xyvq7wbyzypplobi@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I think about this a lot: the fact that it's "inconceivable" is a HUGE part of the problem. Hey folks: conceive of it. That's the necessary first step. This fascism is in fact happening, and the whole "I can't imagine" part is stopping a lot of progress in overcoming it.
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I don't who needs to hear this, but two things can be true: you can have anxiety in general AND a completely rational response to COVID-19 & airborne illnesses that is not an anxiety disorder
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I don't who needs to hear this, but two things can be true: you can have anxiety in general AND a completely rational response to COVID-19 & airborne illnesses that is not an anxiety disorder
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hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
OMG I HAVE TO GO DO THIS
Psst…have you ever fed chickadees at Mendon Ponds Park? ☃️📷❄️ There’s something oddly calming about this tiny goat yoga happening in the palm of your hands. 🐦 Add it to your winter bucket list! #thisisroc #roc #iloveny
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 AM
OMG I HAVE TO GO DO THIS
I love Halloween Cat Pairs (black and orange)
I also have the same cats!!!
Percy and Moss
Percy and Moss
January 21, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I love Halloween Cat Pairs (black and orange)
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My newest creation is Gretchen the Semi-Fiendish Forest Spirit. I designed & hand-sewed her, & I hand-embroidered all her flowers and markings. Gretchen is admittedly fiendish but only when she's on the job protecting her forest from brutes, cads, and other wrongdoers.
jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:28 PM
My newest creation is Gretchen the Semi-Fiendish Forest Spirit. I designed & hand-sewed her, & I hand-embroidered all her flowers and markings. Gretchen is admittedly fiendish but only when she's on the job protecting her forest from brutes, cads, and other wrongdoers.
jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
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Friend’s extremely Minnesota protest sign
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Friend’s extremely Minnesota protest sign
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It's always been abolish ICE.
For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency.
I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.
For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency.
I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It's always been abolish ICE.
For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency.
I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.
For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency.
I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.
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Trump promised to deport 100 million people.
There are only 52 million foreign-born people in the US.
Only 14 million of them lack documentation.
There are only 52 million foreign-born people in the US.
Only 14 million of them lack documentation.
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Trump promised to deport 100 million people.
There are only 52 million foreign-born people in the US.
Only 14 million of them lack documentation.
There are only 52 million foreign-born people in the US.
Only 14 million of them lack documentation.
I'm too cranky for social media
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I'm too cranky for social media
OK, Podcast Who Doesn't Know About Alt Text, Apparently (quoting a Redditor): the thing is, I'm able to separate "the Russian government" from "every single citizen of Russia" in my head, and I kind of expect people in other countries to also be able to do that about Americans. #subtoot
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
OK, Podcast Who Doesn't Know About Alt Text, Apparently (quoting a Redditor): the thing is, I'm able to separate "the Russian government" from "every single citizen of Russia" in my head, and I kind of expect people in other countries to also be able to do that about Americans. #subtoot
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AI is just creating crunchy jpegs of copyrighted work and is trying to hide that fact by calling these machines "learning" machines instead of what they actually are: mediocre plagiarism machines. A xerox machine that doesn't work.
AI doesn't "learn" like a human, it makes copies of books, art, music, and videos. Which could be a big problem for Silicon Valley. My latest investigation for the The Atlantic presents research that the AI industry has been trying to keep hidden. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
AI is just creating crunchy jpegs of copyrighted work and is trying to hide that fact by calling these machines "learning" machines instead of what they actually are: mediocre plagiarism machines. A xerox machine that doesn't work.
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Three years on, the AI pushers and fetishists who mocked and sneered at people who worried about mass automation, and told people to ‘learn to code’ etc etc seem to be worried about their particular pet Frankenstein’s monster’s long term survival
Microsoft CEO says AI “risks becoming a speculative bubble unless its use spreads beyond big tech companies and wealthy economies.” Brother you’re the one building this dogshit, we’re three years and hundreds of billions in, how have you not worked it out?
www.ft.com/content/2a29...
www.ft.com/content/2a29...
January 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Three years on, the AI pushers and fetishists who mocked and sneered at people who worried about mass automation, and told people to ‘learn to code’ etc etc seem to be worried about their particular pet Frankenstein’s monster’s long term survival
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Just wanna make it clear for folks:
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Just wanna make it clear for folks:
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
The same way Civil Rights protestors has hoses and dogs set on them? They're causing these life-changing injuries on purpose. They want to scare you off the streets.
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If you think this technology isn’t eventually being used on you, you’re kidding yourself. Either we smash it or destroys us.
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
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CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
January 19, 2026 at 4:46 AM
If you think this technology isn’t eventually being used on you, you’re kidding yourself. Either we smash it or destroys us.
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The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
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"but the bottom of the toast is the side that hits your tongue first! it should be the side that is less toasted!" okay sounds like you are bad at toasting bread. maybe work on that before you try to upend the natural order with false proclamations
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"but the bottom of the toast is the side that hits your tongue first! it should be the side that is less toasted!" okay sounds like you are bad at toasting bread. maybe work on that before you try to upend the natural order with false proclamations
We can't build a new and better world until we value and share work equally, even work that is unglamorous, especially the care work that sustains our bodies and our households.
(Image and alt text both courtesy of @[email protected] on Mastodon)
(Image and alt text both courtesy of @[email protected] on Mastodon)
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We can't build a new and better world until we value and share work equally, even work that is unglamorous, especially the care work that sustains our bodies and our households.
(Image and alt text both courtesy of @[email protected] on Mastodon)
(Image and alt text both courtesy of @[email protected] on Mastodon)
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you cannot fix "hallucinations" in LLMs. the whole thing is a hallucination.
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 PM
you cannot fix "hallucinations" in LLMs. the whole thing is a hallucination.
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museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
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pelcan Mouth perfec t size for put baby in to n\ap!
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
pelcan Mouth perfec t size for put baby in to n\ap!