chloe in scranton
@wat3rm370n.bsky.social
Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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chloe in scranton
@wat3rm370n.bsky.social
· Sep 12
My Letter to the Editor was published in the Scranton Times-Tribune.
www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/09/08/l...
www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/09/08/l...
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Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project
Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.
colombiaone.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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in this step in our 100% peer reviewed* solidly scientific methodology you can totally trust in, we ran the data through a fucking roulette wheel. But we used an open-weights roulette wheel so you can spin it in your own lab too!
* by chatbot
* by chatbot
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
in this step in our 100% peer reviewed* solidly scientific methodology you can totally trust in, we ran the data through a fucking roulette wheel. But we used an open-weights roulette wheel so you can spin it in your own lab too!
* by chatbot
* by chatbot
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I have had a shitload of ML people explaining to me how using fucking chatbots as part of their "scientific" methodology is absolutely standard in ML these days. And I fully believe it! Cos the field is completely captured
"The ICLR 2026 team permitted authors and reviewers to use AI tools to polish text, generate experiment codes or analyse results, but mandated disclosure of such uses."
Great example of how policies that allow *any* use of AI in writing and reviewing readily give way to wholesale fabrication.
Great example of how policies that allow *any* use of AI in writing and reviewing readily give way to wholesale fabrication.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I have had a shitload of ML people explaining to me how using fucking chatbots as part of their "scientific" methodology is absolutely standard in ML these days. And I fully believe it! Cos the field is completely captured
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Didn't that guy use the r-word? Who cares about his political instincts even.
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Didn't that guy use the r-word? Who cares about his political instincts even.
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Our economic system doesn’t work if 37% of people on food assistance are working full time. These companies are exploiting and stealing from their workers.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Our economic system doesn’t work if 37% of people on food assistance are working full time. These companies are exploiting and stealing from their workers.
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Vinay Prasad is a liar and an antivaxxer
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Vinay Prasad is a liar and an antivaxxer
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It’s nice that they can put their differences aside to make content, though.
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s nice that they can put their differences aside to make content, though.
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New podcast by me & cartoonist @theletterhack.bsky.social about the psych-out bs in the information space gig economy that thwarts ordinary people trying to do activism around public health, labor & environment. And yes bitching about AI hype will likely feature regularly 😂
psychgrind.substack.com
psychgrind.substack.com
psych grind | Chloe Humbert | Substack
podcast. Click to read psych grind, a Substack publication. Launched 4 days ago.
psychgrind.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New podcast by me & cartoonist @theletterhack.bsky.social about the psych-out bs in the information space gig economy that thwarts ordinary people trying to do activism around public health, labor & environment. And yes bitching about AI hype will likely feature regularly 😂
psychgrind.substack.com
psychgrind.substack.com
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I do Pivot to AI, the daily "what on earth" blog/podcast/YouTube about our wonderful AI bubble, telling people: you are not crazy, the AI nonsense is wrong.
Video: www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI
Podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Blog: pivot-to-ai.com
elevator pitch: “Web 3 Is Going Great, but it’s AI.”
Video: www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI
Podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Blog: pivot-to-ai.com
elevator pitch: “Web 3 Is Going Great, but it’s AI.”
Pivot to AI
Deflating the AI bubble
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I do Pivot to AI, the daily "what on earth" blog/podcast/YouTube about our wonderful AI bubble, telling people: you are not crazy, the AI nonsense is wrong.
Video: www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI
Podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Blog: pivot-to-ai.com
elevator pitch: “Web 3 Is Going Great, but it’s AI.”
Video: www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI
Podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Blog: pivot-to-ai.com
elevator pitch: “Web 3 Is Going Great, but it’s AI.”
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First Substack post! theletterhack.substack.com/p/a-hot-take...
A Hot Take To Start
There are no "Smaller Creators."
theletterhack.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First Substack post! theletterhack.substack.com/p/a-hot-take...
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Trump was set to unveil his health care plan to the public this week, but now plans to delay it after backlash from Republicans in Congress.
“I wasn’t expecting the proposal to be Obamacare-lite. Absolutely not supportive of extending ACA subsidies," one anonymously said. trib.al/zGdWFjK
“I wasn’t expecting the proposal to be Obamacare-lite. Absolutely not supportive of extending ACA subsidies," one anonymously said. trib.al/zGdWFjK
Trump Delays His Health Care Plan After Revolt From Republicans
Republican members of Congress are pissed about the health care plan Donald Trump came up with.
trib.al
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump was set to unveil his health care plan to the public this week, but now plans to delay it after backlash from Republicans in Congress.
“I wasn’t expecting the proposal to be Obamacare-lite. Absolutely not supportive of extending ACA subsidies," one anonymously said. trib.al/zGdWFjK
“I wasn’t expecting the proposal to be Obamacare-lite. Absolutely not supportive of extending ACA subsidies," one anonymously said. trib.al/zGdWFjK
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Those are made at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory in Rochester, NY (formerly known as the Hickey Freeman factory before they offshored production). This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Those are made at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory in Rochester, NY (formerly known as the Hickey Freeman factory before they offshored production). This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
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NEW: There’s this annoying assumption that while oligarchy may explain many bad trends in our society, it somehow has nothing to do with the housing crisis.
This argument is amplified by movements bankrolled by oligarchs - even as reams of data prove it is a flagrant lie.
This argument is amplified by movements bankrolled by oligarchs - even as reams of data prove it is a flagrant lie.
Pay No Attention To Oligarchs Raising Your Rent
A brief look at the absurd idea that billionaires and corporations have nothing to do with America's housing crisis.
sirota.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEW: There’s this annoying assumption that while oligarchy may explain many bad trends in our society, it somehow has nothing to do with the housing crisis.
This argument is amplified by movements bankrolled by oligarchs - even as reams of data prove it is a flagrant lie.
This argument is amplified by movements bankrolled by oligarchs - even as reams of data prove it is a flagrant lie.
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Activists and disability advocates have been discussing this poverty line issue for years and getting ignored apparently!! Why is it revelatory when a conservative finally decides there's a problem???!!!
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Activists and disability advocates have been discussing this poverty line issue for years and getting ignored apparently!! Why is it revelatory when a conservative finally decides there's a problem???!!!
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Chatbots can't be therapists, once more this time with feeling.
Write your reps, because apparently many are only hearing from AI tech company PR propagandists.
chloehumbert.substack.com/p/chatbots-c...
Write your reps, because apparently many are only hearing from AI tech company PR propagandists.
chloehumbert.substack.com/p/chatbots-c...
the innovation never stops
pitchbook.com/news/article...
“I know, one day, I will be in court defending my choices.”
pitchbook.com/news/article...
“I know, one day, I will be in court defending my choices.”
Inside Sunflower’s AI-fueled quest to become the Duolingo of sobriety - PitchBook
Can an AI-powered cartoon bee named Sam be an effective sobriety sponsor? Sunflower wants to find out.
pitchbook.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Chatbots can't be therapists, once more this time with feeling.
Write your reps, because apparently many are only hearing from AI tech company PR propagandists.
chloehumbert.substack.com/p/chatbots-c...
Write your reps, because apparently many are only hearing from AI tech company PR propagandists.
chloehumbert.substack.com/p/chatbots-c...
When someone is writing about people who were in the Jeffrey Epstein emails, I can't help but notice that some of them keep repeating that Jeffrey Epstein was guilty of pimping and they keep repeating that buzzword "pimping", when Jeffrey Epstein was in fact charged for the sex trafficking.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When someone is writing about people who were in the Jeffrey Epstein emails, I can't help but notice that some of them keep repeating that Jeffrey Epstein was guilty of pimping and they keep repeating that buzzword "pimping", when Jeffrey Epstein was in fact charged for the sex trafficking.
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Seattle's incoming mayor is pushing a pro-housing-supply policy that rejects the Abundance movement's exclusive focus on enriching private real estate moguls.
Abundance folks don't talk about direct public investment because it won't enrich their oligarch boosters.
boltsmag.org/progressives...
Abundance folks don't talk about direct public investment because it won't enrich their oligarch boosters.
boltsmag.org/progressives...
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Seattle's incoming mayor is pushing a pro-housing-supply policy that rejects the Abundance movement's exclusive focus on enriching private real estate moguls.
Abundance folks don't talk about direct public investment because it won't enrich their oligarch boosters.
boltsmag.org/progressives...
Abundance folks don't talk about direct public investment because it won't enrich their oligarch boosters.
boltsmag.org/progressives...
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Love love love how everything is made to rely on cloud services with no possible way to run them offline so they just turn into e-waste even though they still work fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Love love love how everything is made to rely on cloud services with no possible way to run them offline so they just turn into e-waste even though they still work fine
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There is no evidence that these devices improve any measure of health whatsoever, and a lot of what they track is nonvalidated nonsense that can actually make people unwell.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is no evidence that these devices improve any measure of health whatsoever, and a lot of what they track is nonvalidated nonsense that can actually make people unwell.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
This is pretty universal among people I know. Behind people's backs of course, in chat groups and forums and DMs we're all groaning flinching and cringing at this stuff.
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 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is pretty universal among people I know. Behind people's backs of course, in chat groups and forums and DMs we're all groaning flinching and cringing at this stuff.
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THIS IS WHAT ABUNDANCE LOOKS LIKE (ABUNDANCE BROS 2025 VISION ACHIEVED)
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.
Data centers’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing — while DC relaxes air pollution limits.
politi.co
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
THIS IS WHAT ABUNDANCE LOOKS LIKE (ABUNDANCE BROS 2025 VISION ACHIEVED)
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh