Claire Phillips
@clairephillips.bsky.social
Author, A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of My Mother & Schizophrenia; Lecturer: CalArts, SCI-Arc, UC Irvine
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Vol.1, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books & more
The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Vol.1, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books & more
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Looking forward to moderating New Literary Forms for a New Literary Los Angeles at the #AWP2025 this Thursday, March 27th from 9:00am - 10:15am with authors @stephcha.bsky.social #SesshuFoster @circegirl.bsky.social @audreyshipp.bsky.social Concourse Hall 151, Level One LA Convention Center
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BREAKING: The majority of executives and upper management are totally talentless hacks.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: The majority of executives and upper management are totally talentless hacks.
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the anti-war candidate
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
the anti-war candidate
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With just a friend, a phone, and a few Lego bricks, you can accurately measure the size of our planet. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Measure the Earth’s Radius With Legos
With just a friend, a phone, and a few Lego bricks, you can accurately measure the size of our planet.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
With just a friend, a phone, and a few Lego bricks, you can accurately measure the size of our planet. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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Discuss.
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Discuss.
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"The contention “Me Too went too far” is not exactly bearing up under scrutiny. Rather, a year after Donald Trump’s reelection, we are beset by daily reminders of why Me Too, and feminism more broadly, came to exist in the first place."
Wrote about the backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash there are no waves we are swimming through circular currents and why we’re not on the Faludi style backlash of the right (& center and left’s) dreams: www.thecut.com/article/why-...
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"The contention “Me Too went too far” is not exactly bearing up under scrutiny. Rather, a year after Donald Trump’s reelection, we are beset by daily reminders of why Me Too, and feminism more broadly, came to exist in the first place."
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If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hey everyone,
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hey everyone,
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
I hate asking again, but the movers we hired ripped my family off. Quoted us about $4k then extorted another almost $4k. I’m sick from overwork, will have to miss work to recover and we’re down a lot more than planned.
See quoted posted below for donation links.
Anything helps.
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ICE is arresting husbands & wives at their final green card interviews
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ICE is arresting husbands & wives at their final green card interviews
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
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As gossip and official leaks about a coming war with Venezuela reign in Washington, Defense Department contracting documents reviewed by The Intercept offer one of the most concrete indications of the Pentagon’s plans for operations in Latin America theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As gossip and official leaks about a coming war with Venezuela reign in Washington, Defense Department contracting documents reviewed by The Intercept offer one of the most concrete indications of the Pentagon’s plans for operations in Latin America theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" and “The Last of Us” was detained by ICE at a bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" and “The Last of Us” was detained by ICE at a bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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Hidden, a TikTok-like platform operated by sex workers, is launching as OnlyFans is implementing background checks for performers and expanding beyond adult content. www.wired.com/story/sex-wo...
Sex Workers Built an ‘Anti-OnlyFans’ to Take Control of Their Profits
Hidden, a TikTok-like platform operated by sex workers, is launching as OnlyFans is implementing background checks for performers and expanding beyond adult content.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Hidden, a TikTok-like platform operated by sex workers, is launching as OnlyFans is implementing background checks for performers and expanding beyond adult content. www.wired.com/story/sex-wo...
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HELLO MY PRETTIES, AND WELCOME TO THE INTERNET FOR ANOTHER DAY OF "EAT SLOP OR DIE OF INFORMATION STARVATION"
—Sam Altman toasting Mark Zuckerberg with a 70 year old single malt, in the panopticon red room in the bunker under the lagoon on Billionaire Island, probably
—Sam Altman toasting Mark Zuckerberg with a 70 year old single malt, in the panopticon red room in the bunker under the lagoon on Billionaire Island, probably
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
HELLO MY PRETTIES, AND WELCOME TO THE INTERNET FOR ANOTHER DAY OF "EAT SLOP OR DIE OF INFORMATION STARVATION"
—Sam Altman toasting Mark Zuckerberg with a 70 year old single malt, in the panopticon red room in the bunker under the lagoon on Billionaire Island, probably
—Sam Altman toasting Mark Zuckerberg with a 70 year old single malt, in the panopticon red room in the bunker under the lagoon on Billionaire Island, probably
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14. Hasan: bsky.app/profile/desi...
On this Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for every kind heart that stood with my family.
We still need you, and I’m trying my best to take care of my family. 🦃
If you can support us today with a any amount or a share—it would mean the world to us.🕯
Your kindness keeps my kids safe, warm and hopeful.❤️
We still need you, and I’m trying my best to take care of my family. 🦃
If you can support us today with a any amount or a share—it would mean the world to us.🕯
Your kindness keeps my kids safe, warm and hopeful.❤️
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
14. Hasan: bsky.app/profile/desi...
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Lincoln, Nebraska has a very cool program where landlords get money to upgrade decrepit apartment buildings — including by installing climate-friendly heat pumps! — and they have to keep rents low. Everybody wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @carabuckley.bsky.social
In Nebraska, Makeovers for Buildings That Don’t Price Out the Locals
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Lincoln, Nebraska has a very cool program where landlords get money to upgrade decrepit apartment buildings — including by installing climate-friendly heat pumps! — and they have to keep rents low. Everybody wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @carabuckley.bsky.social
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LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched after attacks on queer storytelling
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched by the Rainbow Project
An archive of LGBTQ+ children's TV shows and films has been launched amid cuts and attacks on queer storytelling.
www.thepinknews.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched after attacks on queer storytelling
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Since this guy came on board, Louisiana has had a record pertussis year, with 2 infant deaths in the state. Now RFK Jr gave him a promotion up to the CDC.
CDC’s new top deputy had ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations amid a flu surge www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Since this guy came on board, Louisiana has had a record pertussis year, with 2 infant deaths in the state. Now RFK Jr gave him a promotion up to the CDC.
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This is horrifying
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is horrifying
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still indispensable. please donate
a year and 11 months of Crips for eSims for Gaza ;-;
waiting for you to see this post, Alice! T_T
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
waiting for you to see this post, Alice! T_T
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
still indispensable. please donate
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It is easy to call Saudi Arabia “the place to be” when you have a return ticket; the women who live its reality do not… 'The lie moves freely; the truth is detained at the border.' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia’s violence against women isn’t culture – it’s policy
WHEN Donald Trump declared that Mohammed Bin Salman had done “incredible things for human rights,” Saudi women could be forgiven for wondering what country he was talking about. But that’s hardly new....
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It is easy to call Saudi Arabia “the place to be” when you have a return ticket; the women who live its reality do not… 'The lie moves freely; the truth is detained at the border.' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...
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New from me, why I’m all in on @raeforla.bsky.social
Why I’m Backing Rev. Rae for Mayor of LA
From coast to coast we have to forge a better politics
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New from me, why I’m all in on @raeforla.bsky.social
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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And this is how you do it. Committed advocacy, data-driven, using one's expertise to amplify *how* a horror unfolds & proceeds go to those affected.
Looking forward to this book.
Looking forward to this book.
I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press
A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza
www.plutobooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And this is how you do it. Committed advocacy, data-driven, using one's expertise to amplify *how* a horror unfolds & proceeds go to those affected.
Looking forward to this book.
Looking forward to this book.