Jenny Howlet
@jennyhowlet.bsky.social
Owl. Teacher and Learner, grumpy queer, misanthrope, animal lover, disappointed American/ist.
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Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with.
Tech is out of control.
Tech is out of control.
December 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with.
Tech is out of control.
Tech is out of control.
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Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Radical bearded cleric issues new fatwa -->
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That we just keep rolling along with pretending he's not manifestly non compos mentis will be studied by future generations as a kind of mass psychosis.
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
That we just keep rolling along with pretending he's not manifestly non compos mentis will be studied by future generations as a kind of mass psychosis.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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"the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Hope is a fuel. Use it to burn down something terrible.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hope is a fuel. Use it to burn down something terrible.
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Republicans still control the House.
Republicans still control the Senate.
Republicans still control the White House.
This is still their shutdown.
Republicans still control the Senate.
Republicans still control the White House.
This is still their shutdown.
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Republicans still control the House.
Republicans still control the Senate.
Republicans still control the White House.
This is still their shutdown.
Republicans still control the Senate.
Republicans still control the White House.
This is still their shutdown.
If you have Early Voting where you are: go vote! Not just because it's a right AND a privilege AND a responsibility, but because you might get a cool sticker like this!
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you have Early Voting where you are: go vote! Not just because it's a right AND a privilege AND a responsibility, but because you might get a cool sticker like this!
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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Nobody cares about your Myers-Briggs or Enneagram type. You might as well tell me your astrological symbol.
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nobody cares about your Myers-Briggs or Enneagram type. You might as well tell me your astrological symbol.
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They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
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A statement from Tylenol
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A statement from Tylenol
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I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.
September 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I for one am not at all worried that the most powerful people on earth have optimized my society and my brain to be ultra-reliant on the misery machine we keep in our pockets.
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I think it is blatantly unfair that I am going through perimenopause and fascism at the same time
September 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I think it is blatantly unfair that I am going through perimenopause and fascism at the same time
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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Taub’s Law: Big money aligns with fascists early and often.
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Taub’s Law: Big money aligns with fascists early and often.
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making children compatible with robots is not, has not been, has proven not to be, a sound educational aim
September 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
making children compatible with robots is not, has not been, has proven not to be, a sound educational aim