Paula Wirth
@paulawirth.bsky.social
Creative artist & content/community/tech Swiss army knife, in Oakland, CA. Pro-DEI, libraries, democracy, LGBTQ+, immigrant rights, vaccines, human intelligence.
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NO SPAM unless canned.
🖋️🎨🐕🐈📚🌈🦄
Art @theplayfulbrush.bsky.social
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
Pantone Color of the Year 2026, Cloud Dancer, AKA "God, grant me the confidence of a mediocre white man" (Sarah Hagi)
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Pantone Color of the Year 2026, Cloud Dancer, AKA "God, grant me the confidence of a mediocre white man" (Sarah Hagi)
The comments... Thanks for not disappointing, Bluesky fam!
pantone just named landlord white the color of the year 2026, WE NEED TO BUILD HOUSES
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The comments... Thanks for not disappointing, Bluesky fam!
"Maybe DEI is really over."
Pantone for the pasty.
Pantone for the pasty.
And the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year Is… White?
Maybe DEI is really over.
www.vanityfair.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Maybe DEI is really over."
Pantone for the pasty.
Pantone for the pasty.
COVID, Flu, Colds, and Bedbugs must love this place...
Not to mention all the sounds of snoring, phone calls, and fapping...
Not to mention all the sounds of snoring, phone calls, and fapping...
Exclusive: S.F. ‘sleeping pods' startup buys downtown building for 400-bed megadorm
The new Market Street building features more than 10 times the capacity of the Mint Plaza building that features dormitory-style housing for adults in San Francisco.
www.yahoo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
COVID, Flu, Colds, and Bedbugs must love this place...
Not to mention all the sounds of snoring, phone calls, and fapping...
Not to mention all the sounds of snoring, phone calls, and fapping...
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A quick tip: AI is notably bad at menorahs.
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A quick tip: AI is notably bad at menorahs.
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
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One point that may have been lost: I’ve never seen this ad before.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
Listening to Mexican folk music on Youtube and they're running this horrible ad urging people to self-deport.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
Fuck you Kristi Noem, and fuck you Google for taking her money.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One point that may have been lost: I’ve never seen this ad before.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it.
Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy.
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Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not trying to burst any bubbles; but Spotify is over.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
They are airing ICE recruitment ads, the CEO has been investing in military/AI tech, they barely pay their artists; sometimes a percentage of a cent per stream, they promote “fake/AI artist” playlists, and there’s major concerns about data use.
Week is going like... pbfcomics.com/comics/youll... by @pbfcomics.bsky.social
You’ll Be OK
The Perry Bible Fellowship
pbfcomics.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Week is going like... pbfcomics.com/comics/youll... by @pbfcomics.bsky.social
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"When a female AFP reporter changed her settings to male, LinkedIn's analytics data showed the reach of multiple posts spiked compared to a week earlier."
Women don fake mustaches in LinkedIn 'gender bias' fight
Flipping their gender setting to "male" and even posting photos with fake mustaches, a growing number of women on LinkedIn have posed a provocative challenge to what they allege is an algorithmic bias...
www.france24.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"When a female AFP reporter changed her settings to male, LinkedIn's analytics data showed the reach of multiple posts spiked compared to a week earlier."
Now this is a party I would want to be invited to!
If you're wondering what the prices are:
Historic Streetcars = $496 for 2 hours + $248/hr for additional hours
Vintage Streetcars = $740 for 2 hours + $370/hr for additional hours
All Cable Cars (max capacity 40 people) = $958 for 2 hours + $479/hr for additional hours
Historic Streetcars = $496 for 2 hours + $248/hr for additional hours
Vintage Streetcars = $740 for 2 hours + $370/hr for additional hours
All Cable Cars (max capacity 40 people) = $958 for 2 hours + $479/hr for additional hours
In San Francisco you can charter one of the antique streetcars with several dozen of your friends and have a pretty wild party on board.
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Now this is a party I would want to be invited to!
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This Giving Tuesday, support Palo Alto City Library and fund vital needs with a one-time or recurring tax-deductible donation.
fopal.org/donate-now
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#givingtuesday #paloalto
fopal.org/donate-now
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#givingtuesday #paloalto
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This Giving Tuesday, support Palo Alto City Library and fund vital needs with a one-time or recurring tax-deductible donation.
fopal.org/donate-now
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#givingtuesday #paloalto
fopal.org/donate-now
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#givingtuesday #paloalto
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A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days.
#Trump
#Trump
A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days.
When Emmanuel Gonzalez walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October, Houston Police called ICE instead of reuniting them.
By� Leslie Rangel, The Barbed Wire,� for The 19th
Maria Garcia ...
www.dailykos.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days.
#Trump
#Trump
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Canadian TV show mocks Donald Trump.
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Canadian TV show mocks Donald Trump.
I don’t know about y’all, but I really enjoy blocking hateful (MAGA) accounts on Bluesky. I only wish the button was bigger, flashier, and right next to the Follow button…
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I don’t know about y’all, but I really enjoy blocking hateful (MAGA) accounts on Bluesky. I only wish the button was bigger, flashier, and right next to the Follow button…
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These Pervert Glasses for Perverts make me feel like a pervert
“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
These Pervert Glasses for Perverts make me feel like a pervert
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Product marketers are extra thirsty this year. Companies have each sent 2 or more emails or texts already today... let's see how many by tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Product marketers are extra thirsty this year. Companies have each sent 2 or more emails or texts already today... let's see how many by tomorrow.
“The main aim is concentration of power and destruction of all checks against power,” said Daron Acemoglu, Nobel laureate in economics and MIT professor.
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The main aim is concentration of power and destruction of all checks against power,” said Daron Acemoglu, Nobel laureate in economics and MIT professor.
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
“Retribution is just one of the tools.”
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The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Wow, the Safeway in Lafayette, CA is so fancy. And the staff are so nice, especially in the cheese department! Such a difference from the ones in my area of Oakland, where everything is locked up and there are few staff.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wow, the Safeway in Lafayette, CA is so fancy. And the staff are so nice, especially in the cheese department! Such a difference from the ones in my area of Oakland, where everything is locked up and there are few staff.
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There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
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 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is no such thing as unskilled labor.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
Looking for a reference, say on what an animal actually looks like, without endless slop? Try Slop Evader.
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looking for a reference, say on what an animal actually looks like, without endless slop? Try Slop Evader.