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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ― Audre Lorde
ChatGPT thinks the present moment is "hyperbole, fiction or satire".
Thinking maybe LLM's are not entirely useless.
Thinking maybe LLM's are not entirely useless.
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ChatGPT thinks the present moment is "hyperbole, fiction or satire".
Thinking maybe LLM's are not entirely useless.
Thinking maybe LLM's are not entirely useless.
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Dem consultants: Too far left! Out of touch!
Typical middle-class mom: I WILL LITERALLY EAT AN ICE AGENT
Typical middle-class mom: I WILL LITERALLY EAT AN ICE AGENT
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dem consultants: Too far left! Out of touch!
Typical middle-class mom: I WILL LITERALLY EAT AN ICE AGENT
Typical middle-class mom: I WILL LITERALLY EAT AN ICE AGENT
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Such good advice.
![December 9, 2025
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
DEC 10
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When G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers asked ChatGPT to fact-check an article for him yesterday, the chatbot couldn’t get its head around modern America. It told him there were “multiple factual impossibilities” in his article, including his statements that “[t]he current Secretary of Defense is a former talk show host for Fox News,” “[t]he Deputy Director of the FBI used to guest-host Sean Hannity’s show,” and “Jeanine Pirro is the U.S. District Attorney for DC.”
“Since none of these statements are true,” it told Morris, “they undermine credibility unless signposted as hyperbole, fiction, or satire.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ya7gfadgypyypiva5pboi6mi/bafkreifptpha5jdrk3v64naiguayjdorei6zkoaa6w6vpdzsmqy7vkngca@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Such good advice.
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The weather isn't stopping us from bringing the noise to our picket. And Chicago, we're just getting started💪
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The weather isn't stopping us from bringing the noise to our picket. And Chicago, we're just getting started💪
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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"Merry" picks persimmons in Visalia CA. Because of the weather-including the rain and fog-she's worked a lot less hours. "Despite working piece rate & going as fast as I can, I barely make min. wage. I'm very worried. I have bills to pay & I'm not working enough hrs." #WeFeedYou
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Merry" picks persimmons in Visalia CA. Because of the weather-including the rain and fog-she's worked a lot less hours. "Despite working piece rate & going as fast as I can, I barely make min. wage. I'm very worried. I have bills to pay & I'm not working enough hrs." #WeFeedYou
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Could you imagine having this in Seattle?
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Could you imagine having this in Seattle?
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426.99 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 08-Dec-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
426.99 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 08-Dec-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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5.000.000.000$ per hour.
That's funny because you always say that sustainable construction (material production), retrofitting insulation, heatpumps, switch to EV's , plant based diets and making neighbourhoods walkable is expensive. It's not, it's just necessary.
That's funny because you always say that sustainable construction (material production), retrofitting insulation, heatpumps, switch to EV's , plant based diets and making neighbourhoods walkable is expensive. It's not, it's just necessary.
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’: UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’ The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn (£3.8bn) of environmental damage...
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’: UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’ The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5bn (£3.8bn) of environmental damage...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
5.000.000.000$ per hour.
That's funny because you always say that sustainable construction (material production), retrofitting insulation, heatpumps, switch to EV's , plant based diets and making neighbourhoods walkable is expensive. It's not, it's just necessary.
That's funny because you always say that sustainable construction (material production), retrofitting insulation, heatpumps, switch to EV's , plant based diets and making neighbourhoods walkable is expensive. It's not, it's just necessary.
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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The direct action group ACT UP was key to the fight against AIDS at the epidemic's height, and its legacy informs present-day activism.
AIDS activist group ACT UP changed the world. Here's why its work still matters today
The direct action group ACT UP was key to the fight against AIDS at the epidemic's height, and its legacy informs present-day activism.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The direct action group ACT UP was key to the fight against AIDS at the epidemic's height, and its legacy informs present-day activism.
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"Julio" is harvesting mandarins in the Fresno CA area. "We're paid $55 per 900lb bin - the same amount as the past few years. This is wrong. The cost of living has gone up. Why haven't our wages? We work hard and deserve to earn enough to feed our families." #WeFeedYou
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Julio" is harvesting mandarins in the Fresno CA area. "We're paid $55 per 900lb bin - the same amount as the past few years. This is wrong. The cost of living has gone up. Why haven't our wages? We work hard and deserve to earn enough to feed our families." #WeFeedYou
' “Citizens can organise and assemble peacefully but they are vulnerable to frequent use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies, including rubber bullets, tear gas and baton charges,” the rating description said.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions
Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ category
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
' “Citizens can organise and assemble peacefully but they are vulnerable to frequent use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies, including rubber bullets, tear gas and baton charges,” the rating description said.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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sex workers have long been OGs in mutual aid & community care so this is not at all surprising
Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
sex workers have long been OGs in mutual aid & community care so this is not at all surprising
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This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
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Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
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this week, congress has agreed to ban trans participation in sports at military academies and the opening bid to fix aca subsidies bans trans care coverage on obamacare exchanges
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
this week, congress has agreed to ban trans participation in sports at military academies and the opening bid to fix aca subsidies bans trans care coverage on obamacare exchanges
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
"Sketches in her possession revealed that she had reanimated Dr. Phil after exhuming the freshly buried remains of a deceased cutthroat and scoundrel, which she then combined with the rotting organs of a door-to-door Amway salesman, several telemarketers, and a disbarred attorney."
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Sketches in her possession revealed that she had reanimated Dr. Phil after exhuming the freshly buried remains of a deceased cutthroat and scoundrel, which she then combined with the rotting organs of a door-to-door Amway salesman, several telemarketers, and a disbarred attorney."
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HUD has withdrawn the Notice of Funding Opportunity for homelessness program announcing the news during a hearing in a lawsuit by @naehomelessness.bsky.social against new rules that preclude low-barrier housing and require agencies to implement discriminatory rules. www.hud.gov/hud-partners...
Continuum of Care Program | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Continuum of Care ProgramOverviewThe Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (24 CFR part 578) is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for eff...
www.hud.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
HUD has withdrawn the Notice of Funding Opportunity for homelessness program announcing the news during a hearing in a lawsuit by @naehomelessness.bsky.social against new rules that preclude low-barrier housing and require agencies to implement discriminatory rules. www.hud.gov/hud-partners...
Bluesky caves. VPN, people.
v1.111 is live today!
We've upgraded our Age Assurance system to comply with upcoming laws in Australia and other regions, and to restore access to people over 18 in Mississippi.
Plus, we fixed some bugs and laid the groundwork for improved "who to follow" suggestions in the near future.
We've upgraded our Age Assurance system to comply with upcoming laws in Australia and other regions, and to restore access to people over 18 in Mississippi.
Plus, we fixed some bugs and laid the groundwork for improved "who to follow" suggestions in the near future.
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Bluesky caves. VPN, people.
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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#OnThisDay in 1984, Robert Jay Mathews, founder of the white-supremacist group The Order, was killed during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island. historylink.org/File/7921
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#OnThisDay in 1984, Robert Jay Mathews, founder of the white-supremacist group The Order, was killed during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island. historylink.org/File/7921
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From The Archives: Why American Hubris Will Never Catch Up To Us
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
From The Archives: Why American Hubris Will Never Catch Up To Us
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A Seattle Times editorial board member had his $3,500 bike stolen, immediately called the King County Prosecutor's Office (because his bike is so expensive, "it's a felony," he noted), then concluded that police need to spend more of their time tracking down bikes stolen and used by homeless people.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A Seattle Times editorial board member had his $3,500 bike stolen, immediately called the King County Prosecutor's Office (because his bike is so expensive, "it's a felony," he noted), then concluded that police need to spend more of their time tracking down bikes stolen and used by homeless people.