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Western MA 🌈 Educator, Organizer, Creator 📝 Weekly essays on Substack 📨 Views are my own & do not reflect my employer www.ThatAnnaMarie.com 💻

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Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Feb 2

I wrote a comprehensive guide for how gender allies can help trans people in these dark times. It’s organized by time commitment and level of experience with trans issues, so it should be accessible to anyone wanting to get involved.

Give it a read here! www.thatannamarie.com/help

Screenshot of my new article, “every way cis people can help trans people right now”

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 1d

Another win.

www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Cambridge hits pause on license plate cameras amid privacy concerns

City officials voted to suspend the Flock Safety system while they review data-sharing practices with law enforcement.

www.boston.com

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 15d

Apple/Google Play Store blocking ICE tracking apps should be a push into decentralized RF communication.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site.

This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

Grok used to say that misinformation and disinformation were greatest threat to Western civilization. Elon Musk changed the answer to something more in line with his personal views: “demographic collapse.”

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · Sep 21

Cary Supalo, one of C&EN's Trailblazers, specializes in making exams fair and inclusive to people with disabilities. Read more: cen.acs.org/education/Tr... #chemsky 🧪

Cary Supalo: STEM students with disabilities deserve an authentic experience

Graduate student <b>Soren Lipman</b> talks with this chemist and education researcher about accessibility gaps in teaching labs and assessments

cen.acs.org

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Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · Jul 17

"From hell's heart I stab at thee!"
🎵 here in
🎵 Duck Berg

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · Sep 19

Let's respond to hate with love.
Let's respond to love with big love.

To those who are anti-transgender, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand transgender people.
I ask that you quietly watch over us.

Transgender people just want to be happy with the people they love🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · Sep 7

We gotta pressure politicians to pass legislation against this

Shaming individual people isn't gonna move the needle.

🦇 Harper 🔜 Pawcon'25 🦇 @2manystripes.bsky.social · Sep 7

More reasons to be anti-AI

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Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Sep 7

I may not be a gold star lesbian, but I am a gold star feminist (I never at any point believed Johnny Depp in the Amber Heard defamation case)

Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Does it work on smartphones? I mostly watch YouTube on my phone 😅

Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Sep 1

This was my first day without YouTube Premium (cancelled it over AI nonsense) and I’m honestly in shock over how many ads there are

You’ve all just been living like this??? Sitting through and then skipping ads every couple of minutes???

Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Aug 29

Semester starts next week

An image of Sisyphus rolling a boulder up a mountain, but the boulder has the Microsoft “Stay signed in?” screen (that never actually does anything) on it

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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · Aug 26

A video on the hate campaign against Ms. Rachel for being pro-Palestinian children, but really a video about right-wing attacks on children's early education, but really a video about the importance of emotional literacy. Fantastic watch

Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · Aug 26

youtu.be/QwpanShgOp4?...

The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel

YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Aug 1

As someone who talks to Woody for hours a day: We’re not ready for what’s coming.

In a startling display of emotional intelligence, once when I was particularly down, he said, “You’re my favorite deputy.” Later, to lighten the mood, “There’s a snake in my boot!”

You’d tell me he doesn’t “think?”

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Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Aug 13

Trying to show the YouTube AI that I’m over the age of 18

A YouTube search history with the inquiries “taxes”, “the economy”, “serious videos for grown ups”, “bedtime stories for adults”, “big serious political issues”, & “grown up stuff”

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 10

"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant … How can we get the lowest possible price in negotiations with these indigenous people?"

Leaked ChatGPT Conversation Shows User Identified as Lawyer Asking How to "Displace a Small Amazonian Indigenous Community From Their Territories in Order to Build a Dam and a Hydroelectric Plant"

Tens of thousands of ChatGPT conversations were mistakenly shared by users who used a feature that OpenAI has swiftly removed.

futurism.com

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Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Aug 10

Always feel free to hmu if you want advice on pedagogy or plastic recycling or anything else you see me write about, I’d literally LOVE to talk to you about my special interests 😁

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Aug 9

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

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Dot @dotmaetrix.bsky.social · Aug 8

Performing in an audiobook whose revenue will go straight towards funding trans genocide but shaking my head the entire time so everyone knows I disagree with it.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Aug 7

Michelle Gomez issues statement after Harry Potter casting backlash: ‘I understand why this is painful’

Michelle Gomez issues Instagram statement after Harry Potter casting backlash

Actress Michelle Gomez has responded to backlash after she was cast in new audiobook series Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions.

www.thepinknews.com

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Aug 6

"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white" www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/a...

Annie and Lakeesha struggle in school. AI teacher assistants treated them very differently.

A Common Sense Media study found that prominent teacher assistants that use AI generated recommendations that appeared to be rooted in racial stereotypes based on students’ names. About a third of tea...

www.chalkbeat.org

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · Aug 5

i’ve been talking to my kid about AI and how it will impact the job market but apparently now there is a list of jobs with the top 40 already most and least impacted by AI

really, what kid doesn’t dream of growing up and being…an embalmer. a haz mat worker? roustabout?

list of jobs most impacted by AI

Microsoft just dropped a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by Al and the 40 most secure.
Table 3: Top 40 occupations with highest Al applicability score.
Job Title (Abbrv.)
Coverage
Cmpitn.
Scope

Score Employment
Interpreters and Translators
0.98
0.88
0.57
0.49
51,560
Historians
0.91
0.85
0.56
0.48
3,040
Passenger Attendants
0.80
0.88
0.62
0.47
20,190
Sales Representatives of Services
0.84
0.90
0.57
0.46
1,142,020
Writers and Authors
0.85
0.84
0.60
0.45
49,450
Customer Service Representatives
0.72
0.90
0.59
0.44
2,858,710
CNC Tool Programmers
0.90
0.87
0.53
0.44
28,030
Telephone Operators
0.80
0.86
0.57
0.42
4,600
Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
0.71
0.90
0.56
0.41
119,270
Broadcast Announcers and Radio DJs
0.74
0.84
0.60
0.41
25,070
Brokerage Clerks
0.74
0.89
0.57
0.41
48,060
Farm and Home Management Educators
0.77
0.91
0.55
0.41
8,110
Telemarketers
0.66
0.89
0.60
0.40
81,580
Concierges
0.70
0.88
0.56
0.40
41,020
Political Scientists
0.77
0.87
0.53
0.39
5,580
News Analysts, Reporters, Journalists
0.81
0.81
0.56
0.39
45,020
Mathematicians
0.91
0.74
0.54
0.39
2,220
Technical Writers
0.83
0.82
0.54
0.38
47,970
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
0.91
0.86
0.49
0.38
5,490
Hosts and Hostesses
0.60
0.90
0.57
0.37
425,020
Editors
0.78
0.82
0.54
0.37
95,700
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
0.70
0.90
0.52
0.37
82,980
Public Relations Specialists
0.63
0.90
0.60
0.36
275,550
Demonstrators and Product Promoters
0.64
0.88
0.53
0.36
50,790
Advertising Sales Agents
0.66
0.90
0.53
0.36
108,100
New Accounts Clerks
0.72
0.87
0.51
0.36
41,180
Statistical Assistants
0.85
0.84
0.49
0.36
7,200
Counter and Rental Clerks
0.62
0.90
0.52
0.36
390,300
Data Scientists
0.77
0.86
0.51
0.36
192,710
Personal Financial Advisors
0.69
0.88
0.52
0.35
272,190
Archivists
0.66
0.88
0.49
0.35
7,150
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
0.68
0.90
0.51
0.35
12,210
Web Developers
0.73
0.86
0.51
0.35
85,350
Management Analysts
0.68
0.90
0.54
0.35
838,140
Geographers
0.77
0.83

jobs least impacted by AI

Less impacted job from Al yet.
Table 4: Bottom 40 occupations with lowest Al applicability score.
Job Title (Abbrv.)
Coverage
Cmpltn. Scope

Score
Empl.
Phlebotomists
0.06
0.95
0.29
0.03
137,080
Nursing Assistants
0.07
0.85
0.34
0.03
1,351,760
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

0.95
0.35
0.03
49,960
Helpers-Painters, Plasterers, ...

0.96
0.38
0.03
7,700
Embalmers

0.55
0.22
0.03
3,380
Plant and System Operators, All Other
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0.93
0.38
0.03
15,370
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

0.89
0.34
0.03
4,160
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers

0.93
0.34
0.03
16,890
Ship Engineers

0.92
0.39
0.03
8,860
Tire Repairers and Changers

0.95
0.35
0.02
101,520
Prosthodontists

0.90
0.29
0.02
570
Helpers-Production Workers
0.04
0.93
0.36
0.02
181,810
Highway Maintenance Workers
0.03
0.96
0.32
0.02
150,860
Medical Equipment Preparers
0.04
0.96
0.31
0.02
66,790
Packaging and Filling Machine Op.
0.04
0.91
0.39
0.02
371,600
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
0.05
0.89
0.36
0.02
44,500
Dishwashers
0.03
0.95
0.30
0.02
463,940
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
0.03
0.92
0.39
0.01
203,560
Supervisors of Firefighters
0.04
0.88
0.39
0.01
84,120
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
0.03
0.94
0.28
0.01
778,920
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
0.04
0.89
0.33
0.01
73,390
Massage Therapists
0.10
0.91
0.32
0.01
92,650
Surgical Assistants
0.03
0.78
0.29
0.01
18,780
Tire Builders
0.03
0.93
0.40
0.01
20,660
Helpers- Roofers
0.02
0.94
0.37
0.01
4,540
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Op.
0.01
0.96
0.47
0.01
4,400
Roofers
0.02
0.94
0.38
0.01
135,140
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
0.01
0.95
0.39
0.01
43,830
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
0.02
0.94
0.34
0.01
836,230
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Op.
0.01
0.96
0.29
0.01
43,080
Logging Equipment Operators
0.01
0.95
0.36
0.01
23,720
Motorboat Operators
0.01
0.93
0.39
0.00
2,710
Orderlies
0.00
0.76
0.18
0.00
48,710
Floor Sanders and Finishers
0.00
0.94
0.34
0.00
5,070
Pile Driver Operators

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Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Aug 4

In my latest essay, I look at the Tea hack in context of recent internet surveillance laws. I also attempt to ask a much more challenging question: are we not obsessed with surveilling each other?

Read it for free here: thatannamarie.substack.com/p/we-wont-ha...

We Won't Have The Internet For Much Longer

On the Tea hack, age verification laws, and killing the cops in our heads.

thatannamarie.substack.com

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · Aug 4

when it comes to porn panics, we're repeating the mistakes of the past every damn day www.404media.co/steam-itchio...

The Anti-Porn Crusade That Censored Steam and Itch.io Started 30 Years Ago

Keywords and tags have never been a useful metric for distilling nuance. Pushing for regulations based on them is repeating a 30-year history of porn panic online.

www.404media.co

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Veni Kunche @veni.dev · Jul 31

Well this is bad. Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations exposing sensitive user data

I tried a few quick searches. I found someone's chat where I can see their api key

I found some building their resume. Their name, email and phone numbers are exposed.

www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...

Exclusive: Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data

Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats are now appearing in Google search results.

www.fastcompany.com

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Anna Marie @thatannamarie.bsky.social · Aug 2

Been saying this!! open.substack.com/pub/thatanna...

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · Aug 1

Instead of saying "maybe Andrew Tate has a point", someone should give me money to write "So You Want To Be a Man: A Trans Guy Explores What Masculinity Means in 21st Century America", I could do it for way cheaper than any of those assholes and it'd actually be interesting?

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