Jesspooka Kant 🎃
@jessdkant.bsky.social
Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
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Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.
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DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
Thinking about how we had this whole kerfuffle where the word “cisgender” was banned on multiple platforms despite being a statement of fact, but Ohio can just redefine the word “respectful” and the matter is settled. Gaslighting as policy.
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thinking about how we had this whole kerfuffle where the word “cisgender” was banned on multiple platforms despite being a statement of fact, but Ohio can just redefine the word “respectful” and the matter is settled. Gaslighting as policy.
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...
Strange as it sounds, I think many people find a perverse comfort in the idea that the worst possible climate change outcome is not only possible but inevitable. If you believe we’re past the point where any action matters, you don’t have to actually do anything about it.
apnews.com/article/clim...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Strange as it sounds, I think many people find a perverse comfort in the idea that the worst possible climate change outcome is not only possible but inevitable. If you believe we’re past the point where any action matters, you don’t have to actually do anything about it.
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...
Oh look, another reason to drop Spotify. BoycottSpotify.com
So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh look, another reason to drop Spotify. BoycottSpotify.com
“The most dramatic rollback of human rights for trans people in a generation will be covered by a mainstream corporate press that has purged queer journalists from its ranks in a stunningly transparent series of politicized moves over the past month.”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The most dramatic rollback of human rights for trans people in a generation will be covered by a mainstream corporate press that has purged queer journalists from its ranks in a stunningly transparent series of politicized moves over the past month.”
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Cool, so Mike Johnson has already indicated the promised ACA vote is probably not going to happen anyway. Maybe if we get them to pinky promise next time?
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Cool, so Mike Johnson has already indicated the promised ACA vote is probably not going to happen anyway. Maybe if we get them to pinky promise next time?
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Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here's one of the main reasons why I'm 100% sure AI is in a bubble, regardless of any potential "success" it has in the next 6-12 months.
Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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Right now the majority of AI "success" at scale has been found in AI coding tools for software engineers.
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This whole thread but especially this. Layoffs at tech companies are out of control, and have been rising since the start of the bubble. In an uncertain political climate with less regulation, tech jobs will keep shrinking. This is before even going into electricity costs, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This whole thread but especially this. Layoffs at tech companies are out of control, and have been rising since the start of the bubble. In an uncertain political climate with less regulation, tech jobs will keep shrinking. This is before even going into electricity costs, etc.
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Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Interesting choice of words when “hormone therapy” was right there.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Interesting choice of words when “hormone therapy” was right there.
“Footage shows a federal officer in a black vehicle launch the irritant out of their window and into the car of Rafael Veraza, 25, and Evelin Herrera, 24, striking Veraza and their 1-year-old daughter, Arianna Sofia.”
They deployed it from inside the safety of their own vehicle into the other car.
They deployed it from inside the safety of their own vehicle into the other car.
A baby girl was pepper-sprayed in the face by Department of Homeland Security agents as her parents drove her home from a weekend family shopping trip.
Baby Pepper-Sprayed by DHS Thugs During Family Grocery Trip
Parents say an agent fired an irritant from a moving car.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Footage shows a federal officer in a black vehicle launch the irritant out of their window and into the car of Rafael Veraza, 25, and Evelin Herrera, 24, striking Veraza and their 1-year-old daughter, Arianna Sofia.”
They deployed it from inside the safety of their own vehicle into the other car.
They deployed it from inside the safety of their own vehicle into the other car.
Woke up thinking about how everything made so much more sense once I learned that representative democracy was chosen over direct democracy during the framing of the constitution out of a fear that the interests of the poor might actually too strongly dictate policy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Woke up thinking about how everything made so much more sense once I learned that representative democracy was chosen over direct democracy during the framing of the constitution out of a fear that the interests of the poor might actually too strongly dictate policy.
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We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.
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I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
From the Kim Davis petition for cert wherein her attorneys call substantive due process a “legal fiction”
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
From the Kim Davis petition for cert wherein her attorneys call substantive due process a “legal fiction”
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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So foul that this is absolutely what happened. They didn’t even flinch when it came to SNAP, but this threatened to possibly inconvenience them in a couple of weeks.
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So foul that this is absolutely what happened. They didn’t even flinch when it came to SNAP, but this threatened to possibly inconvenience them in a couple of weeks.
Figures that the first significant blow to the Democrats since Tuesday would be dealt by Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Figures that the first significant blow to the Democrats since Tuesday would be dealt by Chuck Schumer.
There is no hell hot enough for the administration demanding clawbacks from SNAP recipients. This is shockingly evil, especially only a few weeks away from a “holiday” where people who have the means will brag about eating so much they have to take off their belts and sleep by 4pm.
I've added this update to my story about the ongoing torture of SNAP recipients:
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
There is no hell hot enough for the administration demanding clawbacks from SNAP recipients. This is shockingly evil, especially only a few weeks away from a “holiday” where people who have the means will brag about eating so much they have to take off their belts and sleep by 4pm.
Okay after using it for a full day I can say: the app is better, the audio quality is phenom, it has albums the other service didn’t, the switch was seamless, and it’s not trying to force AI into everything. Also, I don’t feel a clawing guilt every time I open it so that’s great too. 10/10
Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Okay after using it for a full day I can say: the app is better, the audio quality is phenom, it has albums the other service didn’t, the switch was seamless, and it’s not trying to force AI into everything. Also, I don’t feel a clawing guilt every time I open it so that’s great too. 10/10
I’m morbidly fascinated by the sentiment analysis on the CNN stock futures page. It’s just a horoscope for the dead inside but as a metaphor it’s unbeatable.
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m morbidly fascinated by the sentiment analysis on the CNN stock futures page. It’s just a horoscope for the dead inside but as a metaphor it’s unbeatable.
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“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
I finally had a chance to read the Ohio case prohibiting schools from enforcing anti-bullying policies protecting trans kids. This is a shining example of the two-faced nature of ostensible “free speech” legal groups who never seem to feel the same compulsion to actually sue on behalf of trans kids.
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I finally had a chance to read the Ohio case prohibiting schools from enforcing anti-bullying policies protecting trans kids. This is a shining example of the two-faced nature of ostensible “free speech” legal groups who never seem to feel the same compulsion to actually sue on behalf of trans kids.