Rachel Parker
@msraitchetp.bsky.social
Content marketing expert, co-host of PolitiGood podcast. Person who will not suffer fools. Ride or die St. Louis native. Former Los Angeles. Lover of sunshine, roses, St. Louis pizza, and extreme amounts of coffee.
Beato is no stranger to the music industry or YouTube. His take on AI is as good as it gets IMO. His analysis likely applies to other industries with reliable data sets. IDC how you feel about AI, just watch this. Thx.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLy...
The AI Music Race is Over
YouTube video by Rick Beato
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Beato is no stranger to the music industry or YouTube. His take on AI is as good as it gets IMO. His analysis likely applies to other industries with reliable data sets. IDC how you feel about AI, just watch this. Thx.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLy...
We have a president who pressured a motion picture studio into releasing a (probably) terrible film made by a credibly accused sexual predator.
Happy Thanksgiving, America.
Happy Thanksgiving, America.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have a president who pressured a motion picture studio into releasing a (probably) terrible film made by a credibly accused sexual predator.
Happy Thanksgiving, America.
Happy Thanksgiving, America.
Are we all finally learning the lesson that fascists in DC can harm you even if you live in a blue state? Have you learned that voting for a Dem supports not just you but those of us who live in the MAGA middle???
No?
Then please block me. I'm done w/you.
No?
Then please block me. I'm done w/you.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Are we all finally learning the lesson that fascists in DC can harm you even if you live in a blue state? Have you learned that voting for a Dem supports not just you but those of us who live in the MAGA middle???
No?
Then please block me. I'm done w/you.
No?
Then please block me. I'm done w/you.
I am the wrong person to lead--let alone engage in--a conversation about open source AI but please please please if you are such a person maybe start screaming this from the rooftops:
www.wired.com/story/us-nee...
www.wired.com/story/us-nee...
The US Needs an Open Source AI Intervention to Beat China
Depending on foreign-made open models is both a supply chain risk and an innovation problem, experts say.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I am the wrong person to lead--let alone engage in--a conversation about open source AI but please please please if you are such a person maybe start screaming this from the rooftops:
www.wired.com/story/us-nee...
www.wired.com/story/us-nee...
There is a special brand of white supremacy that's still lingering in St. Louis County that makes me want to punch a puppy.
And I really love puppies.
But systemic racism and (literal) provincial AF wanna-be elitism? Not so much.
I'm so sick of it. And it's gonna get worse before it gets better.
And I really love puppies.
But systemic racism and (literal) provincial AF wanna-be elitism? Not so much.
I'm so sick of it. And it's gonna get worse before it gets better.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
There is a special brand of white supremacy that's still lingering in St. Louis County that makes me want to punch a puppy.
And I really love puppies.
But systemic racism and (literal) provincial AF wanna-be elitism? Not so much.
I'm so sick of it. And it's gonna get worse before it gets better.
And I really love puppies.
But systemic racism and (literal) provincial AF wanna-be elitism? Not so much.
I'm so sick of it. And it's gonna get worse before it gets better.
Yeah...this is the literal definition of a surveillance state.
White people? This is coming for you next if you don't show up and vote for candidates who vow to abolish ICE.
White people? This is coming for you next if you don't show up and vote for candidates who vow to abolish ICE.
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Yeah...this is the literal definition of a surveillance state.
White people? This is coming for you next if you don't show up and vote for candidates who vow to abolish ICE.
White people? This is coming for you next if you don't show up and vote for candidates who vow to abolish ICE.
In what I can only imagine is a trend that's about to get worse for newer entrants into the social space (such as it is): I deleted this app from my phone. I stopped using Meta apps on my phone years ago. I'll remain active on Threads for now.
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In what I can only imagine is a trend that's about to get worse for newer entrants into the social space (such as it is): I deleted this app from my phone. I stopped using Meta apps on my phone years ago. I'll remain active on Threads for now.
To all of you who constantly trash "the mainstream media" on this platform: please remind yourselves that it was a Miami Herald journalist who uncovered the extent of Epstein's abuses by interviewing dozens of victims.
Her name: Julie K. Brown.
Her name: Julie K. Brown.
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
To all of you who constantly trash "the mainstream media" on this platform: please remind yourselves that it was a Miami Herald journalist who uncovered the extent of Epstein's abuses by interviewing dozens of victims.
Her name: Julie K. Brown.
Her name: Julie K. Brown.
I'm asking you to re-examine the critical and historic work of the Julie K. Brown and how she spent years exposing Epstein. Starting...here.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Prosecutors, including future Trump labor secretary Alexander Acosta, cut Epstein an extraordinary...
www.miamiherald.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm asking you to re-examine the critical and historic work of the Julie K. Brown and how she spent years exposing Epstein. Starting...here.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
Only during a Trump administration do the home pages of national and international newspapers become one long trigger warning.
I really hope you all are doing okay.
Also holy shit this story.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I really hope you all are doing okay.
Also holy shit this story.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Only during a Trump administration do the home pages of national and international newspapers become one long trigger warning.
I really hope you all are doing okay.
Also holy shit this story.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I really hope you all are doing okay.
Also holy shit this story.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Maybe we need to accept that social platforms at scale peaked and it's time to make different choices in terms of how we connect and communicate w/each other.
Unless we want to continue eating at the same restaurant that serves terrible food and complaining about how bad it is in the restaurant?
Unless we want to continue eating at the same restaurant that serves terrible food and complaining about how bad it is in the restaurant?
at a freakin minimum the censors should disclose this detail about their chilling, de-platforming choices
Bluesky should really specify whether a suspension is temporary or permanent.
@pfrazee.com @aaron.bsky.team
@pfrazee.com @aaron.bsky.team
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Maybe we need to accept that social platforms at scale peaked and it's time to make different choices in terms of how we connect and communicate w/each other.
Unless we want to continue eating at the same restaurant that serves terrible food and complaining about how bad it is in the restaurant?
Unless we want to continue eating at the same restaurant that serves terrible food and complaining about how bad it is in the restaurant?
Hey, Team. I'm starting to realize the problem with this platform is that there just aren't enough people using it. I would love to see some DAU graphs for the last quarter.
I am losing hope that spending my time on here is remotely constructive or has a future.
Welcome your thoughts.
I am losing hope that spending my time on here is remotely constructive or has a future.
Welcome your thoughts.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hey, Team. I'm starting to realize the problem with this platform is that there just aren't enough people using it. I would love to see some DAU graphs for the last quarter.
I am losing hope that spending my time on here is remotely constructive or has a future.
Welcome your thoughts.
I am losing hope that spending my time on here is remotely constructive or has a future.
Welcome your thoughts.
No, but we'll for sure ask how much time you spent in hair and make up this morning, because honestly who wears a bandana like that unless it's staged, my girl?
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
No, but we'll for sure ask how much time you spent in hair and make up this morning, because honestly who wears a bandana like that unless it's staged, my girl?
This is what happens when you don't have a good caucus leader who makes you shit yourself if you go against them.
So, if they're afraid of Schumer and this is what he wanted: We need new leadership.
If they're NOT afraid of Schumer and he wasn't able to lead: We need new leadership.
So, if they're afraid of Schumer and this is what he wanted: We need new leadership.
If they're NOT afraid of Schumer and he wasn't able to lead: We need new leadership.
Eight Dems voted with GOP to end the shutdown, but there were more ready to call it quits.
They just didn't wanna take the heat for it.
“There were a lot more than eight that were really happy that the eight of us voted … the way we did,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), one of those 8, said Monday.
They just didn't wanna take the heat for it.
“There were a lot more than eight that were really happy that the eight of us voted … the way we did,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), one of those 8, said Monday.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is what happens when you don't have a good caucus leader who makes you shit yourself if you go against them.
So, if they're afraid of Schumer and this is what he wanted: We need new leadership.
If they're NOT afraid of Schumer and he wasn't able to lead: We need new leadership.
So, if they're afraid of Schumer and this is what he wanted: We need new leadership.
If they're NOT afraid of Schumer and he wasn't able to lead: We need new leadership.
However you feel today, rage posting/doom scrolling helps exactly zero people. We're all in agreement here. Unless you're a journalist posting breaking news, take a day. Take two. Take the week. This place isn't going anywhere.
Give yourself a break. Things are hard enough. Marathon not a sprint.
Give yourself a break. Things are hard enough. Marathon not a sprint.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
However you feel today, rage posting/doom scrolling helps exactly zero people. We're all in agreement here. Unless you're a journalist posting breaking news, take a day. Take two. Take the week. This place isn't going anywhere.
Give yourself a break. Things are hard enough. Marathon not a sprint.
Give yourself a break. Things are hard enough. Marathon not a sprint.
I didn't know I needed to read this today...but I'm so glad I did. Thanks for posting, @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
“I did this because, in ways you might think I’d have outgrown by now, I’m a fucking idiot.”
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I didn't know I needed to read this today...but I'm so glad I did. Thanks for posting, @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
This chyron is as dumb as anything CNN could ever come up with, because the clarity of Newsom here is what we should all be taking in. On our toes, not on our heels. That was the Democratic Party of old. Trump expected us to write an oped.
This is what showing up to a gun fight w/a gun looks like.
This is what showing up to a gun fight w/a gun looks like.
GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : "I support independent redistricting, but you can't do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back. You can't unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This chyron is as dumb as anything CNN could ever come up with, because the clarity of Newsom here is what we should all be taking in. On our toes, not on our heels. That was the Democratic Party of old. Trump expected us to write an oped.
This is what showing up to a gun fight w/a gun looks like.
This is what showing up to a gun fight w/a gun looks like.
I know that many of you will decry this as mere political stunt. Here's what I have to say to that.
Good. No, not good. Great. It's fucking great.
IDC how you feel about the guy. He's the right person to go in lieu of our cowardly POTUS. No notes.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Good. No, not good. Great. It's fucking great.
IDC how you feel about the guy. He's the right person to go in lieu of our cowardly POTUS. No notes.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Fresh off redistricting win, Newsom to head to climate talks in Brazil
The California governor is coming off a political victory that solidified him as one of Democrats’ most prominent retorts to President Donald Trump.
www.politico.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I know that many of you will decry this as mere political stunt. Here's what I have to say to that.
Good. No, not good. Great. It's fucking great.
IDC how you feel about the guy. He's the right person to go in lieu of our cowardly POTUS. No notes.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Good. No, not good. Great. It's fucking great.
IDC how you feel about the guy. He's the right person to go in lieu of our cowardly POTUS. No notes.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
It's great to see this stupid movement not just die on the vine but turn into actual dust.
Mom’s for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's great to see this stupid movement not just die on the vine but turn into actual dust.
If Missouri conservatives paid more attention to politics and understood how important role the SOS in fair elections, not only would Hoskins not have this gig, but they would prefer it to be nonpartisan.
And it should be.
The guy would sell out his mother if it meant making Trump happy.
And it should be.
The guy would sell out his mother if it meant making Trump happy.
If Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map makes it to the ballot next year, Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants to tell voters it “better reflects statewide voting patterns” and replaces a “gerrymandered” version that “protects incumbent politicians.” #moleg #mogov
Referendum backers reject ballot title for vote on gerrymandered Missouri congressional map • Missouri Independent
If Missourians vote on the gerrymandered congressional map, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants the ballot to say it “reflects statewide voting patterns.”
missouriindependent.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If Missouri conservatives paid more attention to politics and understood how important role the SOS in fair elections, not only would Hoskins not have this gig, but they would prefer it to be nonpartisan.
And it should be.
The guy would sell out his mother if it meant making Trump happy.
And it should be.
The guy would sell out his mother if it meant making Trump happy.
This me.
I’ve been on a ~journey~ with social media lately, in part linked to burnout and my own serious concerns about how it‘s harming our information ecosystem and therefore the human race.
But I have to say that at times like this, Bluesky’s ability to surface important news is now unmatched.
But I have to say that at times like this, Bluesky’s ability to surface important news is now unmatched.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This me.
I had no idea…what’s good, Mississippi?????
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I had no idea…what’s good, Mississippi?????
It’s been a long while since it was this delightful to scroll the headlines.
Fucking well done NY, CA, VA, PA (!!!!!), ME and NYC BABY!!!
Fucking well done NY, CA, VA, PA (!!!!!), ME and NYC BABY!!!
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It’s been a long while since it was this delightful to scroll the headlines.
Fucking well done NY, CA, VA, PA (!!!!!), ME and NYC BABY!!!
Fucking well done NY, CA, VA, PA (!!!!!), ME and NYC BABY!!!
Two questions.
One: see below.
Two: Does anyone get any engagement on here or is your feed a ghost town like mine?
One: see below.
Two: Does anyone get any engagement on here or is your feed a ghost town like mine?
Someone pls tell me succinctly about the sudden beef re: this platform's moderation policies? I have limited time and just haven't been paying attention to the comings and goings.
FWIW: I think social is a dying medium, but maybe that's just me. I've posted before about "old mall vibes".
FWIW: I think social is a dying medium, but maybe that's just me. I've posted before about "old mall vibes".
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Two questions.
One: see below.
Two: Does anyone get any engagement on here or is your feed a ghost town like mine?
One: see below.
Two: Does anyone get any engagement on here or is your feed a ghost town like mine?