Cait 🐸
@caitesq.bsky.social
Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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Agridi, Greece (📸 : Jason Mavrommatis).
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Agridi, Greece (📸 : Jason Mavrommatis).
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As I’ve said several times, you could replace anyone in the current cabinet with either member of the Insane Clown Posse and we’d be better off
Whoop whoop
Whoop whoop
I’d prefer anyone else, really. Bam Margera, Sabrina Carpenter, Jordan Balfort, basically any other living American would be better
In a more sensible and serious world, Mark Kelly would take Pete Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense, Tom Nichols argues: theatln.tc/mUn2pxoh
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As I’ve said several times, you could replace anyone in the current cabinet with either member of the Insane Clown Posse and we’d be better off
Whoop whoop
Whoop whoop
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
Periodic reminder that states routinely hang on to money from old bank accounts, unclaimed insurance, uncashed checks, security deposits, etc. If you're home with family this week, check to see if there's money your relatives can claim! States have individual sites but this is a good place to start.
MissingMoney.com | Search for Unclaimed Property
missingmoney.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Periodic reminder that states routinely hang on to money from old bank accounts, unclaimed insurance, uncashed checks, security deposits, etc. If you're home with family this week, check to see if there's money your relatives can claim! States have individual sites but this is a good place to start.
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The Trump administration’s cuts to AIDS funding will result in roughly 3 million additional deaths over the next five years.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Trump administration’s cuts to AIDS funding will result in roughly 3 million additional deaths over the next five years.
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Caring about and remembering other human beings is just too woke for the GOP, which, not coincidentally, did its very best to usher them into the grave.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Caring about and remembering other human beings is just too woke for the GOP, which, not coincidentally, did its very best to usher them into the grave.
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Cutting Medicaid will destabilize our healthcare infrastructure — the most vulnerable will be forced off their coverage, people with insurance will have to pay more, and everyone in between will face hospital closures and a weakened healthcare system. This is a lose-lose situation. #impeachthequack
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cutting Medicaid will destabilize our healthcare infrastructure — the most vulnerable will be forced off their coverage, people with insurance will have to pay more, and everyone in between will face hospital closures and a weakened healthcare system. This is a lose-lose situation. #impeachthequack
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Big news today: Chris Duncan, who spent decades on Louisiana's death row on 'junk science' until his conviction was overturned this spring, is being released today.
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Big news today: Chris Duncan, who spent decades on Louisiana's death row on 'junk science' until his conviction was overturned this spring, is being released today.
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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ICYMI: The Trump admin will begin charging foreign tourists a $100 fee to visit the most popular national parks, in an "America First" approach to public lands.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Visitors at National Parks
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICYMI: The Trump admin will begin charging foreign tourists a $100 fee to visit the most popular national parks, in an "America First" approach to public lands.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas
Gilberto Escamilla had stolen more than $1.2 million worth of fajitas over the course of approximately nine years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NINE YEAR FAJITA HEIST
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
(technically nine year fajita fraud scheme but I'm counting this as a heist because it's funny enough)
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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A great annual moment in Midtown Manhattan is seeing all of the band members, cheerleaders, drum majors & flag teams walking around in their school swag in the days before the big Thanksgiving parade.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A great annual moment in Midtown Manhattan is seeing all of the band members, cheerleaders, drum majors & flag teams walking around in their school swag in the days before the big Thanksgiving parade.
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For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
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For non-lawyers: this is the largest sanction against an attorney for frivolous conduct that I've ever heard of*. When attorneys are sanctioned $10-$20k is a big deal. This is a MASSIVE deal.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For non-lawyers: this is the largest sanction against an attorney for frivolous conduct that I've ever heard of*. When attorneys are sanctioned $10-$20k is a big deal. This is a MASSIVE deal.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
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Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
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This was eye-opening for me.
Really just fantastic reporting by @matinastevis.bsky.social today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
She Tried to Leave America. She Entered an Immigration Hall of Mirrors.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This was eye-opening for me.
It's a little alarming that this article about bad AI summaries begins with Bloomberg's AI summary of its own article
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It's a little alarming that this article about bad AI summaries begins with Bloomberg's AI summary of its own article
Earlier today, I needed to find articles about an event from the 1990s. A few years ago, Google would have been pretty good at this. Now the results are full of slop websites and YouTube videos promising me the REAL story about what happened. Guys, I just need a contemporaneous magazine article
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Earlier today, I needed to find articles about an event from the 1990s. A few years ago, Google would have been pretty good at this. Now the results are full of slop websites and YouTube videos promising me the REAL story about what happened. Guys, I just need a contemporaneous magazine article
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Just one of the many ways in which being an above-replacement-level lawyer means knowing what arguments not to make
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just one of the many ways in which being an above-replacement-level lawyer means knowing what arguments not to make
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$36 donation from a reader from Illinois.
$196 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going?
paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
$196 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going?
paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
$36 donation from a reader from Illinois.
$196 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going?
paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
$196 raised tonite. Can we keep the momentum going?
paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...