Laura (she/her)
@findingwild.bsky.social
None of us are free unless all of us are free.
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Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
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Rep. Shaun Scott wants to plug Trump’s cuts with a statewide high earner payroll tax. It could raise 3 billion dollars a year for higher ed, clean energy, SNAP, and more. Conservatives are already shouting that businesses will leave. Advocates say that threat is empty.
Rep. Shaun Scott Wants to Fight Trump Cuts with a Statewide Payroll Tax
Scott introduced a small package of bills to make up for the cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” but the “Well Washington Fund” is the centerpiece. The payroll tax is s...
www.thestranger.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Rep. Shaun Scott wants to plug Trump’s cuts with a statewide high earner payroll tax. It could raise 3 billion dollars a year for higher ed, clean energy, SNAP, and more. Conservatives are already shouting that businesses will leave. Advocates say that threat is empty.
"At that moment, I realized that embroidery is not just an art lesson… but a means of resistance, and an extension of an undying memory, passed from hand to hand, and from heart to heart."
Embroidery of Memory: Gaza's Children Commemorate Yasser Arafat
Stitch by stitch, so that our history remains steadfast in the face of the occupier
donyaingaza.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"At that moment, I realized that embroidery is not just an art lesson… but a means of resistance, and an extension of an undying memory, passed from hand to hand, and from heart to heart."
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My friend @harshawalia.bsky.social was arrested and charged, and another protester was brutalized today in Vancouver at a protest targeting Apple for profiting from death and exploitation in its supply chain. The protesters also called out Apple's support of Friends of the IDF.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My friend @harshawalia.bsky.social was arrested and charged, and another protester was brutalized today in Vancouver at a protest targeting Apple for profiting from death and exploitation in its supply chain. The protesters also called out Apple's support of Friends of the IDF.
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Accountability for Trump and his goons won’t be enough.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Accountability for Trump and his goons won’t be enough.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
Have you reached out to your Congressional Reps yet about co-sponsoring Rep. Tlaib's resolution recognizing the genocide?
Tell Congress: Co-Sponsor H.Res.876 to Recognize Palestinian Genocide
On November 14, 2025, Rep. Tlaib introduced H.Res.876 to recognize the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. This resolution declares that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza based on extens...
actionnetwork.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Have you reached out to your Congressional Reps yet about co-sponsoring Rep. Tlaib's resolution recognizing the genocide?
Please join me in helping the Al-Mawasi Clinic provide life-saving care. Right now, Al-Mawasi Clinic is treating around 2,000 people every day—people who would otherwise go without any care.
Help Al-Mawasi Clinic Provide Life-Saving Care
This is a fundraiser aiming to help treat sick displaced people in Khanyunis, Gaza.
chuffed.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Please join me in helping the Al-Mawasi Clinic provide life-saving care. Right now, Al-Mawasi Clinic is treating around 2,000 people every day—people who would otherwise go without any care.
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I know I worry too much
I know I catastrophize too often
but seeing the headline
“1st human known
to be infected
with H5N5 strain of bird flu
dies,”
go largely ignored
as everyone discusses
their holiday plans
feels like the opening scene
in a movie
about a catastrophic outbreak.
I know I catastrophize too often
but seeing the headline
“1st human known
to be infected
with H5N5 strain of bird flu
dies,”
go largely ignored
as everyone discusses
their holiday plans
feels like the opening scene
in a movie
about a catastrophic outbreak.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I know I worry too much
I know I catastrophize too often
but seeing the headline
“1st human known
to be infected
with H5N5 strain of bird flu
dies,”
go largely ignored
as everyone discusses
their holiday plans
feels like the opening scene
in a movie
about a catastrophic outbreak.
I know I catastrophize too often
but seeing the headline
“1st human known
to be infected
with H5N5 strain of bird flu
dies,”
go largely ignored
as everyone discusses
their holiday plans
feels like the opening scene
in a movie
about a catastrophic outbreak.
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This is the way, #Cascadia
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is the way, #Cascadia
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“No one’s got Novid game like I do
Mask tight, mind right, always saw the right view.
You raw-dogged the air like it was harmless on cue
Now you’re shocked the virus did exactly what I knew.” #COVID
Mask tight, mind right, always saw the right view.
You raw-dogged the air like it was harmless on cue
Now you’re shocked the virus did exactly what I knew.” #COVID
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“No one’s got Novid game like I do
Mask tight, mind right, always saw the right view.
You raw-dogged the air like it was harmless on cue
Now you’re shocked the virus did exactly what I knew.” #COVID
Mask tight, mind right, always saw the right view.
You raw-dogged the air like it was harmless on cue
Now you’re shocked the virus did exactly what I knew.” #COVID
As someone who enjoys the investigative reporting at @dropsitenews.com , I don't understand the internet hate towards Ryan Grim. Is there background I'm missing?
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
As someone who enjoys the investigative reporting at @dropsitenews.com , I don't understand the internet hate towards Ryan Grim. Is there background I'm missing?
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Thank you to everyone who stepped up for this yesterday. Just $400 more will save Majd's leg and free him from the awful pain he's in, giving his family hope. Please contribute if you can. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help @gorangligovic.bsky.social 🍉
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Thank you to everyone who stepped up for this yesterday. Just $400 more will save Majd's leg and free him from the awful pain he's in, giving his family hope. Please contribute if you can. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help @gorangligovic.bsky.social 🍉
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Whoa, am I missing out on something here?
YouTube's reach in the US is astounding. It's used by:
62% of kids under 2 (as reported by parents)
84% of kids 2-4 (as reported by parents)
89% of kids 5-12 (as reported by parents)
90% of teens 13-17
95% of adults 18-29
92% of adults 30-49
85% of adults 50-64
64% of adults 65+
62% of kids under 2 (as reported by parents)
84% of kids 2-4 (as reported by parents)
89% of kids 5-12 (as reported by parents)
90% of teens 13-17
95% of adults 18-29
92% of adults 30-49
85% of adults 50-64
64% of adults 65+
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Whoa, am I missing out on something here?
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social Hi John, would KUOW be interested in a story about how Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections is refusing to enforce tree protection code on a Tier 2 Gary Oak tree (which there are less than 200 of in Seattle) which the city's arborists gave protected status to?
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social Hi John, would KUOW be interested in a story about how Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections is refusing to enforce tree protection code on a Tier 2 Gary Oak tree (which there are less than 200 of in Seattle) which the city's arborists gave protected status to?
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Want to speak up for the Freedom to Read and get the press to pay attention? Here are quick, effective tips.
Your voice matters. And when the press hears it, the public does too.
Keep showing up, keep speaking out, and keep defending the right to read.
#FreedomToRead #BookCensorship #PressFreedom
Your voice matters. And when the press hears it, the public does too.
Keep showing up, keep speaking out, and keep defending the right to read.
#FreedomToRead #BookCensorship #PressFreedom
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Want to speak up for the Freedom to Read and get the press to pay attention? Here are quick, effective tips.
Your voice matters. And when the press hears it, the public does too.
Keep showing up, keep speaking out, and keep defending the right to read.
#FreedomToRead #BookCensorship #PressFreedom
Your voice matters. And when the press hears it, the public does too.
Keep showing up, keep speaking out, and keep defending the right to read.
#FreedomToRead #BookCensorship #PressFreedom
Here is something we can all do! www.lifelineforpalestine.com
Zk (@4Palestine) / UpScrolled
http://LifelineforPalestine.com ✍🏼
share.upscrolled.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Here is something we can all do! www.lifelineforpalestine.com
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
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I urge you to support their boycott and picket lines. If you are able, please contribute to their strike fund at the link in my bio. This is your city.
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I urge you to support their boycott and picket lines. If you are able, please contribute to their strike fund at the link in my bio. This is your city.
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If you want to help with the flooding you could maybe pick one person on this list (I’ll quote tweet the bottom of it in the next post so not everyone picks the first few families) and maybe champion them- you could message them if you like or just make a post/ send it in the group chat etc
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you want to help with the flooding you could maybe pick one person on this list (I’ll quote tweet the bottom of it in the next post so not everyone picks the first few families) and maybe champion them- you could message them if you like or just make a post/ send it in the group chat etc
