Feral Appalachian witch in Texas 🌞🌻🏳️🌈
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Hikes and crochet.
She/they 🏳️🌈
STEM Librarian
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
She/they 🏳️🌈
STEM Librarian
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
Pinned
How many pride flags can I make this weekend?
I’m still selling them for $10 a piece + $10 shipping. Dm me if’n you want one or a few!
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Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Houlahan: "I'm just continually stunned by the fact the commander in chief, the president, has called for my death. And that's something that should be chilling for everybody, and everybody should be worried about their safety in this nation when the president can yield that sort of statement."
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"When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search."
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search."
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Also crucial from Rep Chrissy Houlahan:
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Also crucial from Rep Chrissy Houlahan:
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
One reason she and other Dems did the video about Trump's illegal orders is that they're hearing from inside the military and intel services of actual live fears that they're being given unlawful commands:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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This is just to say
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is just to say
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
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Will never forget this 21stC version of Nero fiddling while Rome burns: PM David Cameron--who triggered the Brexit vote as a political stunt--*whistling a happy tune* as he literally walks away from the catastrophe he created.
youtu.be/-Gz6mZYxS0A?...
youtu.be/-Gz6mZYxS0A?...
David Cameron sings to himself after announcing resignation date - BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Will never forget this 21stC version of Nero fiddling while Rome burns: PM David Cameron--who triggered the Brexit vote as a political stunt--*whistling a happy tune* as he literally walks away from the catastrophe he created.
youtu.be/-Gz6mZYxS0A?...
youtu.be/-Gz6mZYxS0A?...
It’s a few months off, but start thinking about how to register voters in your area for 2026.
This is just one texting training, I’m sure there will be plenty of others.
This is just one texting training, I’m sure there will be plenty of others.
BYOP Free Texting - Register Democrats in all swing states! · Field Team 6
Welcome to the biggest fight of our lives. Time to join Field Team 6's free BYOP text team - and text millions of unregistered likely Democrats in key swing states to win 10 key elections in 2025, and...
www.mobilize.us
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s a few months off, but start thinking about how to register voters in your area for 2026.
This is just one texting training, I’m sure there will be plenty of others.
This is just one texting training, I’m sure there will be plenty of others.
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J.D. “Baloney Nipples” Vance.
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
J.D. “Baloney Nipples” Vance.
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I want it to be real, because why isn't he wearing an undershirt? What is the stain around his nipple? The answers can't be good, and I like that for him.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I want it to be real, because why isn't he wearing an undershirt? What is the stain around his nipple? The answers can't be good, and I like that for him.
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Even his shirt wears eyeliner
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Even his shirt wears eyeliner
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A brief overview on why the AI Bubble is not just a 'Dot Com' or even just a '2008'; but something existentially threatening to Capitalism.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A brief overview on why the AI Bubble is not just a 'Dot Com' or even just a '2008'; but something existentially threatening to Capitalism.
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Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
Because the problem is my jammy pants.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Because the problem is my jammy pants.
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when your movement is populist AF it is very important that class position be visible at all times
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
when your movement is populist AF it is very important that class position be visible at all times
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We had a ten-year-long debate over using the word “fascism” and the Coast Guard just…tweeted it out.
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We had a ten-year-long debate over using the word “fascism” and the Coast Guard just…tweeted it out.
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Remember when Republicans and corporate media lost their minds over Charlie Kirk's murder, which was allegedly done by Tyler Robinson, and somehow blamed "the left" for their rhetoric?
But Trump outright saying Democrats should be executed is fine.
Cool.
But Trump outright saying Democrats should be executed is fine.
Cool.
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Remember when Republicans and corporate media lost their minds over Charlie Kirk's murder, which was allegedly done by Tyler Robinson, and somehow blamed "the left" for their rhetoric?
But Trump outright saying Democrats should be executed is fine.
Cool.
But Trump outright saying Democrats should be executed is fine.
Cool.
I thought I hated green olives. Turns out it’s just a type of green olive.
This one tho, this one is amazing. Kinda buttery, seems to go well with everything.
It’s amazing. The humble Castelvetrano green olive.
This one tho, this one is amazing. Kinda buttery, seems to go well with everything.
It’s amazing. The humble Castelvetrano green olive.
an olive with a face and the words olive you
Alt: a green olive with a face and the words olive you
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I thought I hated green olives. Turns out it’s just a type of green olive.
This one tho, this one is amazing. Kinda buttery, seems to go well with everything.
It’s amazing. The humble Castelvetrano green olive.
This one tho, this one is amazing. Kinda buttery, seems to go well with everything.
It’s amazing. The humble Castelvetrano green olive.
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Bill Cassidy should be required to have this shit framed and hung where he can see it every time he sits at his desk
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bill Cassidy should be required to have this shit framed and hung where he can see it every time he sits at his desk
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
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Our Green Libraries Conference presentations are now live. We had a stimulating day at Kings Place last month where almost 200 colleagues and speakers came together for this important conference. See presentations and photos from the day: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/green-lib-conference2025
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our Green Libraries Conference presentations are now live. We had a stimulating day at Kings Place last month where almost 200 colleagues and speakers came together for this important conference. See presentations and photos from the day: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/green-lib-conference2025
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
epgn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Mark Epstein: "You know, they used to fly in each other's planes. ... They say Donald was on Jeff's plane like seven times, but... have they checked Donald's flight logs from those days to see how many times Jeffrey was on [Donald Trump's] plane? ...
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Mark Epstein: "You know, they used to fly in each other's planes. ... They say Donald was on Jeff's plane like seven times, but... have they checked Donald's flight logs from those days to see how many times Jeffrey was on [Donald Trump's] plane? ...
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor