Courtney Wilburn
@cjwilburn.engineering
(she/her) Engineering leader, powerlifter, pun maker, wife, dog mom, lifelong Prince fan. Cautiously optimistic -> near cynic.
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Courtney Wilburn
@cjwilburn.engineering
· May 18
Hello please look at my handsome dog son who is a great model and also perfect.
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
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This is the ultimate “bring back a past I’m nostalgic for without recreating any of the material conditions that made that possible.” Peak MAGA brain.
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is the ultimate “bring back a past I’m nostalgic for without recreating any of the material conditions that made that possible.” Peak MAGA brain.
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there are 8 million real videos and tutorials on how to cook turkey
the need to have somebody put your name at the beginning of it — like "AMY, [continue tutorial that never changes otherwise]" — is a fatal flaw in one's personality
yes, i said it: a FATAL FLAW.
the need to have somebody put your name at the beginning of it — like "AMY, [continue tutorial that never changes otherwise]" — is a fatal flaw in one's personality
yes, i said it: a FATAL FLAW.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
there are 8 million real videos and tutorials on how to cook turkey
the need to have somebody put your name at the beginning of it — like "AMY, [continue tutorial that never changes otherwise]" — is a fatal flaw in one's personality
yes, i said it: a FATAL FLAW.
the need to have somebody put your name at the beginning of it — like "AMY, [continue tutorial that never changes otherwise]" — is a fatal flaw in one's personality
yes, i said it: a FATAL FLAW.
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So we’re just experimenting with AI in criminal cases huh
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So we’re just experimenting with AI in criminal cases huh
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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me in my 20s: i can sleep in a field and it's fine
me in my 40s: i haven't been able to turn my head to the right for 3 days because i stacked my pillows in the wrong order
me in my 40s: i haven't been able to turn my head to the right for 3 days because i stacked my pillows in the wrong order
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
me in my 20s: i can sleep in a field and it's fine
me in my 40s: i haven't been able to turn my head to the right for 3 days because i stacked my pillows in the wrong order
me in my 40s: i haven't been able to turn my head to the right for 3 days because i stacked my pillows in the wrong order
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
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This a Westside Gunn album cover
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This a Westside Gunn album cover
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Jellybean Johnson, a Minneapolis music legend, is dead at 69 years old.
Jellybean Johnson, Minneapolis music legend, dies at 69
Jellybean Johnson, a Minneapolis music legend, is dead at 69 years old.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jellybean Johnson, a Minneapolis music legend, is dead at 69 years old.
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If you give me a white chocolate chip cookie, imma smile and imma eat it. But just know that we ain't friends like we were before. It's different now.
One cookie flavor gotta go…
(chocolate chip, sugar, white chocolate chip, oatmeal rasin)
(chocolate chip, sugar, white chocolate chip, oatmeal rasin)
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you give me a white chocolate chip cookie, imma smile and imma eat it. But just know that we ain't friends like we were before. It's different now.
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"The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards." #purelawlessness apnews.com/article/utah...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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When I coined the term Weaponized unreality and wrote and spoke publicly about the massive network of bad actors radicalizing digital communities this was exactly what I was speaking about exactly what we are seeing in real life now.American fascism needed a weaponized unreality state and built one.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When I coined the term Weaponized unreality and wrote and spoke publicly about the massive network of bad actors radicalizing digital communities this was exactly what I was speaking about exactly what we are seeing in real life now.American fascism needed a weaponized unreality state and built one.
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Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
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Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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The columnists of the NYT thought Trump was good on Diversity while he was making hit list websites for Black women in administrative jobs is what we’d really need to know about America’s commitment to fighting fascism
I think it’s interesting so many people rushed to put this in a partisan framework and it’s why I keep this chart saved.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The columnists of the NYT thought Trump was good on Diversity while he was making hit list websites for Black women in administrative jobs is what we’d really need to know about America’s commitment to fighting fascism
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The only good gov agency account on Bluesky.
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The only good gov agency account on Bluesky.
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
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🎶 and He will raise you up 🎶
🎶on Eagle's wings 🎶
🎶on Eagle's wings 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
🎶 and He will raise you up 🎶
🎶on Eagle's wings 🎶
🎶on Eagle's wings 🎶
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They want us trans people eradicated from public life.
Plus any cis people who don't confirm to their narrow vision of what "correct gender" looks like. I shouldn't have to invoke "it affects cis people too," but that vast majority of bathroom policing targets cis women who look "too masculine."
Plus any cis people who don't confirm to their narrow vision of what "correct gender" looks like. I shouldn't have to invoke "it affects cis people too," but that vast majority of bathroom policing targets cis women who look "too masculine."
22 Nov 2025 -- Leaked, unpublished guidance from U.K.’s Equality & Human Rights Comsn recommends policies excluding trans people from restrooms & single-sex spaces & encouraging others to question those in them suspected of being trans. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trans people banned from single-sex spaces based on their appearances in leaked UK guidance - LGBTQ Nation
"This is a license to discriminate based on looks, plain and simple."
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
They want us trans people eradicated from public life.
Plus any cis people who don't confirm to their narrow vision of what "correct gender" looks like. I shouldn't have to invoke "it affects cis people too," but that vast majority of bathroom policing targets cis women who look "too masculine."
Plus any cis people who don't confirm to their narrow vision of what "correct gender" looks like. I shouldn't have to invoke "it affects cis people too," but that vast majority of bathroom policing targets cis women who look "too masculine."
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"Toner-Rodgers’s illusory success seems in part thanks to the dynamics he has now upset: an academic culture at MIT where high levels of trust, integrity and rigor are all—for better or worse—assumed"
Uh huh, now just who is given the assumption of rigor?
(🎁 link)
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
Uh huh, now just who is given the assumption of rigor?
(🎁 link)
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Toner-Rodgers’s illusory success seems in part thanks to the dynamics he has now upset: an academic culture at MIT where high levels of trust, integrity and rigor are all—for better or worse—assumed"
Uh huh, now just who is given the assumption of rigor?
(🎁 link)
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
Uh huh, now just who is given the assumption of rigor?
(🎁 link)
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
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A potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A potato has been named after Prince.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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me waking up and opening this app
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
me waking up and opening this app