Lara
@kle138.bsky.social
Mom, Seattleite, engaged citizen. Pro-housing, pro-growth. Hopeful. New around here.
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There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There’s room for somebody on the left to wrap themselves in the flag a little & make a point that the right’s rejection of America as a creedal nation—and their ad hoc, ahistorical effort to make it an ethnonationalist project instead—is distinctly *unamerican,* a rejection of the national project.
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Nii oh thing more 2025 than folks canonizing an AI slop pic of a Black persons cultural moment …..
When the actual photo is even better.
( waits to be told it’s not a big deal! )
When the actual photo is even better.
( waits to be told it’s not a big deal! )
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nii oh thing more 2025 than folks canonizing an AI slop pic of a Black persons cultural moment …..
When the actual photo is even better.
( waits to be told it’s not a big deal! )
When the actual photo is even better.
( waits to be told it’s not a big deal! )
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You know who else died of a medical emergency in a detention center?
Anne Frank
Anne Frank
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You know who else died of a medical emergency in a detention center?
Anne Frank
Anne Frank
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I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
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I think fake refs showing up en masse is terrible too, but if that's our issue, we need to look first to reforming existing norms around academic publishing, the usage of references, and peer review.
The AI thing (as @ryancordell.org basically points out) is more a symptom than a cause.
The AI thing (as @ryancordell.org basically points out) is more a symptom than a cause.
December 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I think fake refs showing up en masse is terrible too, but if that's our issue, we need to look first to reforming existing norms around academic publishing, the usage of references, and peer review.
The AI thing (as @ryancordell.org basically points out) is more a symptom than a cause.
The AI thing (as @ryancordell.org basically points out) is more a symptom than a cause.
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the slow death of legitimate, verifiable, reliable knowledge systems
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
the slow death of legitimate, verifiable, reliable knowledge systems
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Next Compact piece: Anthony Joshua only won because of affirmative action bsky.app/profile/chad...
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Next Compact piece: Anthony Joshua only won because of affirmative action bsky.app/profile/chad...
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Trump has always fixated on the Kennedy family because he’s obsessed with pedigree and the respect commanded by old money
But “likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy” is breathtaking
But “likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy” is breathtaking
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump has always fixated on the Kennedy family because he’s obsessed with pedigree and the respect commanded by old money
But “likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy” is breathtaking
But “likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy” is breathtaking
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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This is a good point from Michelle Goldberg. I’d add that in an atomized media landscape, where attention is both critical and dearly bought, there are few incentives for the type of cooler, consensus-based presentations when audiences were both large and stable. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is a good point from Michelle Goldberg. I’d add that in an atomized media landscape, where attention is both critical and dearly bought, there are few incentives for the type of cooler, consensus-based presentations when audiences were both large and stable. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...
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I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
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Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
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For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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The endless number of fully redacted pages will definitely cool the interest and frenzy around the Epstein files
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The endless number of fully redacted pages will definitely cool the interest and frenzy around the Epstein files
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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I wonder how she's feeling about her political career. She sold out everything she once valued, debased herself, placed herself on the side of evil, all in a crude grasp at power, and in return, she got shunted to the side & forgotten. Pathetic, richly deserved, but also, wooooof.
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I wonder how she's feeling about her political career. She sold out everything she once valued, debased herself, placed herself on the side of evil, all in a crude grasp at power, and in return, she got shunted to the side & forgotten. Pathetic, richly deserved, but also, wooooof.
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The DOJ has just released more of the Epstein files. (Not, as Congressionally mandated, all of it). Here's today's tranche: www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
DOJ Disclosures
www.justice.gov
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The DOJ has just released more of the Epstein files. (Not, as Congressionally mandated, all of it). Here's today's tranche: www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
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Elise Stefanik deserves nothing less. An egregiously hollow & cynical person in a profession and political party full of them.
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Elise Stefanik deserves nothing less. An egregiously hollow & cynical person in a profession and political party full of them.
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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well well well. gift link, so you can start spreading the news she’s leaving today.
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
well well well. gift link, so you can start spreading the news she’s leaving today.