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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

I wrote about AI art and why I philosophically refuse to use generative AI regardless of its potential utility, but it's actually about mortality and authoritarianism and book clubs and Bowling Alone. (I resisted an extended metaphor about curling, you're welcome / I'm sorry.)

choosing friction

In 2018, legal scholar Tim Wu wrote in the New York Times that: Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all desti...

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 12h

All seven obstetrician-gynecologists at Kamloops hospital resign

“It is fairly unprecedented for an entire group of physicians to depart, but with the state of obstetrics in our community…we see no viable way forward.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Seven OB/GYNs at B.C. hospital resign, citing unsafe workloads, lack of support

Years of challenges have made the situation untenable, doctors say in letter obtained by The Globe

www.theglobeandmail.com

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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 21h

My expectation is Israel will push the boundaries on the ceasefire to see how many Palestinians they can kill in any given day without US censure, knowing that every death will push Hamas to strike back which Trump and Netanyahu would see as the official breach and thus commit to total annihilation.

onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

israel has already broken the ceasefire

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 22h

humiliation fetish

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

thanks Sam 🥰🥰

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

Thanks for reading Tim!!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. 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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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

good morning I'm pretty happy with this essay and would love for you to read it

jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

I wrote about AI art and why I philosophically refuse to use generative AI regardless of its potential utility, but it's actually about mortality and authoritarianism and book clubs and Bowling Alone. (I resisted an extended metaphor about curling, you're welcome / I'm sorry.)

choosing friction

In 2018, legal scholar Tim Wu wrote in the New York Times that: Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all desti...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

"To put that in perspective: 97,000 is the sort of figure you’d expect to see from a mid-size regional paper like The Minnesota Star Tribune or The Seattle Times. Not from a globally recognized newsroom with multiple Pulitzers to its name"

average paid daily circulation hasnt been <100K in 55 years

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. 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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Shannon Ellery Hubbell @brundlefly.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/nation-s-ind...

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately

WASHINGTON—Affirming the importance of traditions like Columbus Day to other Americans, the nation’s 573 federally recognized Indian nations released a joint statement Monday confirming they don’t nee...

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

thank you Sean!!

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

i am going to try to give a framework of my own understanding which laypeople can understand.

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 1d

yeah - I was impressed by the token-prediction as being as powerful as it is, but there's more going on than that and I don't really follow it any more.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

I actually read the wikipedia page for curling to make I wasn’t misrepresenting how the act of sweeping interacted with friction and then cut all 300 words, something something kill your darlings

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 1d

aw thank you johnny!!

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

For months we followed what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.

"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

www.404media.co

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 1d

I've run 5 Kickstarter campaigns (!) in the last calendar year and I support @kickstarterunited.org! Here's a form for creators to add their signatures to a petition in support of their strike action towards a fair contract.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Creator Petition In Support of Kickstarter United Workers on Strike

If you are a creator on the Kickstarter platform - you are probably aware that we, Kickstarter United (OPEIU Local 153), are on strike. For more information about us and why we are striking, please vi...

docs.google.com

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

I wrote about AI art and why I philosophically refuse to use generative AI regardless of its potential utility, but it's actually about mortality and authoritarianism and book clubs and Bowling Alone. (I resisted an extended metaphor about curling, you're welcome / I'm sorry.)

choosing friction

In 2018, legal scholar Tim Wu wrote in the New York Times that: Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all desti...

phirephoenix.com

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 3d

that’s a huge bummer

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 3d

unsubscribed with extreme prejudice from a newsletter that migrated from buttondown TO substack in the year of our lord 2025. I have some sympathy for folks who started on substack years ago and haven’t pulled the trigger on leaving, but going there on purpose???? now???? peace be with you I’m out.

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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social · 5d

Really loved this conversation, please give it a listen!

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 7d

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy!

hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...

The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)

How austerity and privatization have killed state capacity

hatchetmedia.substack.com

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 6d

wow they got mary magdalene

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 6d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 7d

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