Rebecca 🍉
@aquariuschicken.bsky.social
prod editor in academic pub + travel advisor @flyheart.travel // facilitating pleasure to avoid despair // Taiwanese Am 🏴∞🌈《she/her》
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oh we're big fans! www.coyotemedia.org/whats-behind...
What’s Behind Our Name? A COYOTE That Showed Us How To Howl
Margo St. James’s sex worker advocacy group first coined COYOTE, which stood for Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
oh we're big fans! www.coyotemedia.org/whats-behind...
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it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong
On the one-month anniversary of her passing, we honor the acclaimed disability justice advocate, writer, shit-talker, and friend to so many.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...
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here is said PubLunch story sorry I was so mad I forgot how to find the link
Kindle's New "Ask this Book" Uses Generative AI to Create An In-Book Chatbot - Without Permission or Rights - Publishers Lunch
Authors have been fighting diligently to limit the encroachment of generative AI in courts and in contracts and now there is a new front in those battles as Amazon has quietly helped themselves to tho...
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
here is said PubLunch story sorry I was so mad I forgot how to find the link
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hi, this is super fucked up
New Kindle feature offers instant spoiler-free answers to questions about your books
“Ask this Book” is now available on the Kindle iOS app in the U.S. for thousands of English-language books.
www.aboutamazon.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
hi, this is super fucked up
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The trolling happening on the social media posts of any member of Congress about the shooting at Brown or on the pages of Gifford's and March for our Lives is astonishing. Kids have been killed on their campus yet again, and people are there with their whole names and faces, not bots, mocking them.
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The trolling happening on the social media posts of any member of Congress about the shooting at Brown or on the pages of Gifford's and March for our Lives is astonishing. Kids have been killed on their campus yet again, and people are there with their whole names and faces, not bots, mocking them.
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friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
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When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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my too hot for tv take on section 230 is that it sucks and is bad, but it is unfortunately interpreted in a way that lets the internet work the way it does, and to be clear, the way it works is both stupid and dumb, but the way the fascists want it to work is so much worse.
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
my too hot for tv take on section 230 is that it sucks and is bad, but it is unfortunately interpreted in a way that lets the internet work the way it does, and to be clear, the way it works is both stupid and dumb, but the way the fascists want it to work is so much worse.
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Here,s everything you need to know about data privacy in sex toys and the apps that connect to them. www.wired.com/story/is-you...
Is Your Vibrator Spying on You?
Here,s everything you need to know about data privacy in sex toys and the apps that connect to them.
www.wired.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Here,s everything you need to know about data privacy in sex toys and the apps that connect to them. www.wired.com/story/is-you...
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The LAPD also consistently hurts Angelenos and those who serve them (journalists!) without regard for human dignity + the massive legal costs it creates.
Inside LAPD's nearly $400M settlement crisis that's bankrupting LA
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
lapublicpress.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The LAPD also consistently hurts Angelenos and those who serve them (journalists!) without regard for human dignity + the massive legal costs it creates.
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The LAPD is the only city department that never gets told to find money elsewhere. It has entire, expensive programs that are destroying our environment, our quality of life, without any demonstrable impact on the safety of Angelenos.
Example: The ~$50 mill it burns on helicopters every year.
Example: The ~$50 mill it burns on helicopters every year.
Why the Noise of L.A. Helicopters Never Stops
The L.A.P.D. says it has the largest local airborne law-enforcement unit in the world. A recent audit found little evidence that its choppers deter crime.
www.newyorker.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The LAPD is the only city department that never gets told to find money elsewhere. It has entire, expensive programs that are destroying our environment, our quality of life, without any demonstrable impact on the safety of Angelenos.
Example: The ~$50 mill it burns on helicopters every year.
Example: The ~$50 mill it burns on helicopters every year.
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The mayor's letter asks the City Council to spend money it doesn't have on police recruits that don't exist to solve a problem that is fake.
There is no magic ratio of police officers to residents that will make LA more safe. The unsupported obsession with 10,000 officers is bankrupting us.
There is no magic ratio of police officers to residents that will make LA more safe. The unsupported obsession with 10,000 officers is bankrupting us.
Yesterday, Mayor Karen Bass sent a letter to city council urging them to allocate $4.4 million to hire 410 LAPD officers. I wrote earlier about LAPD going over budget on hiring, w/o permission or identifying $ to cover the overages. Budget/finance committee was not happy.
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The mayor's letter asks the City Council to spend money it doesn't have on police recruits that don't exist to solve a problem that is fake.
There is no magic ratio of police officers to residents that will make LA more safe. The unsupported obsession with 10,000 officers is bankrupting us.
There is no magic ratio of police officers to residents that will make LA more safe. The unsupported obsession with 10,000 officers is bankrupting us.
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Companies can and will exploit multiple regimes of the enclosure of the commons at the same time
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
When I’ve written about Elsa chatbots and Marvel actress deepfakes, people always eagerly respond that Disney will surely sue the AI companies. Didn’t happen. Instead, they joined forces with them. You can’t trust corporate America to do what’s right, not even for them, once they smell money
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Companies can and will exploit multiple regimes of the enclosure of the commons at the same time
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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The Daily Mail article last month where I learned about Bovino’s father killing a 26-year-old woman while driving drunk said he was sentenced to just a year.
This new Chicago Sun-Times article notes he only served four months of that.
This new Chicago Sun-Times article notes he only served four months of that.
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Daily Mail article last month where I learned about Bovino’s father killing a 26-year-old woman while driving drunk said he was sentenced to just a year.
This new Chicago Sun-Times article notes he only served four months of that.
This new Chicago Sun-Times article notes he only served four months of that.
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The part where they wanted to take his picture to see if he was a citizen is them trying to establish an excuse to deport him. They're using AI to check people's photos to match against some database then claiming the AI is always right and docs saying otherwise are forgeries.
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The part where they wanted to take his picture to see if he was a citizen is them trying to establish an excuse to deport him. They're using AI to check people's photos to match against some database then claiming the AI is always right and docs saying otherwise are forgeries.
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This is, of course, the correct response. He would only be required to carry documents under the INA if he wasn’t a citizen. You know this of course, but others may not.
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is, of course, the correct response. He would only be required to carry documents under the INA if he wasn’t a citizen. You know this of course, but others may not.
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It's an unpopular opinion but I don't think it's good to live in a society where men can grab you off the street and there's literally nothing you can do about it
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's an unpopular opinion but I don't think it's good to live in a society where men can grab you off the street and there's literally nothing you can do about it
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This week had more new measles cases than sales of “American Canto”.
Hope the media is proud.
Hope the media is proud.
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It's actually really funny how often I can say, "Oh I have a Cancel Me Daddy episode for that" when I see some loser shit like this video come across my timeline.
youtu.be/qNlW_kjBnTY
youtu.be/qNlW_kjBnTY
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It's actually really funny how often I can say, "Oh I have a Cancel Me Daddy episode for that" when I see some loser shit like this video come across my timeline.
youtu.be/qNlW_kjBnTY
youtu.be/qNlW_kjBnTY
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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This caused most websites to adopt ultra strict moderation guidelines in terms of any content related to sexuality, which in turned killed sex education content, deplatformed hundreds of sex workers, caused loses of income and IMO greatly aided the rise of incel content and the manosphere.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This caused most websites to adopt ultra strict moderation guidelines in terms of any content related to sexuality, which in turned killed sex education content, deplatformed hundreds of sex workers, caused loses of income and IMO greatly aided the rise of incel content and the manosphere.
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They are trying to repeal what allows social media to exist and to retain some semblance of free speech on the internet.
230 allows websites and apps to not be considered publishers for what users post on their platforms, i.e. to not be legally liable for what is said.
230 allows websites and apps to not be considered publishers for what users post on their platforms, i.e. to not be legally liable for what is said.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
They are trying to repeal what allows social media to exist and to retain some semblance of free speech on the internet.
230 allows websites and apps to not be considered publishers for what users post on their platforms, i.e. to not be legally liable for what is said.
230 allows websites and apps to not be considered publishers for what users post on their platforms, i.e. to not be legally liable for what is said.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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“To put it frankly, old white people have a lot of time, and they’re really angry,” Stauss said. “Having somebody that looks like your grandmother out there, shouting ‘shame’ or out there blowing her whistle, is really important.”
They’re the Heat on ICE
Stopping federal agents on Canal Street was just the start: Inside a resistance movement.
nymag.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“To put it frankly, old white people have a lot of time, and they’re really angry,” Stauss said. “Having somebody that looks like your grandmother out there, shouting ‘shame’ or out there blowing her whistle, is really important.”