Rachel G. 🐈⬛ she/they
@nonnero667.bsky.social
🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ Saint Louis
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The worst part about Missouri Department of Revenue having to rebut AI generated fake news is knowing Missouri offers incentives to build data centers to accommodate AI generating fake news.
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
The worst part about Missouri Department of Revenue having to rebut AI generated fake news is knowing Missouri offers incentives to build data centers to accommodate AI generating fake news.
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Gov. Mike Kehoe is touting conservative voodoo economist Arthur Laffer, Sam Brownback’s tax architect. | Opinion
Missouri ‘difficult budget year’ echoes disastrous Kansas ‘tax experiment’ | Opinion
Gov. Mike Kehoe is touting conservative voodoo economist Arthur Laffer, Sam Brownback’s tax architect. | Opinion
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January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Gov. Mike Kehoe is touting conservative voodoo economist Arthur Laffer, Sam Brownback’s tax architect. | Opinion
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk consistently lie about London's supposed descent into lawlessness. The homicide rate in the UK capital is the lowest since records began, at 1.1 per 100,000. That compares to 2.8 in New York, 3.2 in Berlin, 10.5 in Houston, 11.7 in Chicago and 12.3 in Philadelphia.
Police chief calls London ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low
Mark Rowley rejects claims the UK capital has descended into lawlessness
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk consistently lie about London's supposed descent into lawlessness. The homicide rate in the UK capital is the lowest since records began, at 1.1 per 100,000. That compares to 2.8 in New York, 3.2 in Berlin, 10.5 in Houston, 11.7 in Chicago and 12.3 in Philadelphia.
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Scientists are trained and conditioned to assume good faith and recognize that we, ourselves, might always be wrong. The "professional" response to gibberish is polite disagreement, or to ignore it. This is exploited by people who are willing to lie. Maybe we need to say "Fuck you, liar!" more.
This is also what’s happening in science: break the social contract between science, the public, and the govt and extract the value for the billionaires.
THIS is why @standupforscience.bsky.social is fighting for more than a flat budget. We are fighting for science for the public’s good.
THIS is why @standupforscience.bsky.social is fighting for more than a flat budget. We are fighting for science for the public’s good.
Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Scientists are trained and conditioned to assume good faith and recognize that we, ourselves, might always be wrong. The "professional" response to gibberish is polite disagreement, or to ignore it. This is exploited by people who are willing to lie. Maybe we need to say "Fuck you, liar!" more.
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A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
A Disturbing Pattern Has Emerged In Trump's Second Term — And It's Playing Out With Renee Good
“How else do you justify shooting a stay-at-home mom with stuffed animals in her car?” the attorney for one woman who survived a federal agent’s gunfire told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
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I've been shouting about this since Google first floated the idea of LLMs as a replacement for search in 2021. Synthetic text is not a suitable tool for information access!
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
/fin (for now)
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
/fin (for now)
Information literacy and chatbots as search
By Emily This post started off as a thread I wrote and posted across social media on Sunday evening. I'm reproducing the thread (lightly edited) first and...
buttondown.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I've been shouting about this since Google first floated the idea of LLMs as a replacement for search in 2021. Synthetic text is not a suitable tool for information access!
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
/fin (for now)
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
/fin (for now)
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But not Missouri, not St. Louis City. The City, in particular, loves to feed the Police to Feds surveillance pipeline with neighborhood and developer based tax district funded security cameras. They were specifically exempted from regulation by Alders.
Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers • Missouri Independent
Many left-leaning states and cities are trying to protect their residents’ personal information amid the immigration crackdown. But a growing number of conservative lawmakers also want to curb the use...
missouriindependent.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
But not Missouri, not St. Louis City. The City, in particular, loves to feed the Police to Feds surveillance pipeline with neighborhood and developer based tax district funded security cameras. They were specifically exempted from regulation by Alders.
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Family seeks answers after ICE deported man to Costa Rica in vegetative state www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Family seeks answers after ICE deported man to Costa Rica in vegetative state
Exclusive: Before Randall Gamboa Esquivel died, his health had deteriorated badly while he was in ICE custody
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Family seeks answers after ICE deported man to Costa Rica in vegetative state www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
If only people on cable news and the big newspapers were calling ICE Nazis. No, we are saying they are murderers and the ‘media’ tells us to shut up.
WELKER: How do you justify an enforcement strategy that's making so many people feel less safe?
HOMAN: Because of the false media reports & members of Congress comparing ICE to terrorists
W: But these are protesters saying it
HOMAN: Because they're looking at media reports saying ICE are Nazis
HOMAN: Because of the false media reports & members of Congress comparing ICE to terrorists
W: But these are protesters saying it
HOMAN: Because they're looking at media reports saying ICE are Nazis
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
If only people on cable news and the big newspapers were calling ICE Nazis. No, we are saying they are murderers and the ‘media’ tells us to shut up.
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In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
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Not enough people have appreciated this example of useless campaign finance laws. There are contribution limits for candidates but candidates can have PACs w/o contribution limits.
These impotent laws have enabled strong bonds between electeds & corporate welfare recipients/lobbyists in St. Louis.
These impotent laws have enabled strong bonds between electeds & corporate welfare recipients/lobbyists in St. Louis.
St. Louis City Mayor's A Brighter Future for Cara Spencer PAC has reported $46,116.90 in in-kind donations from Union Station for event
Photos of Spencer and other electeds at grand opening for Union Station Ferris Wheel 😠 paid for by public school children via tax abatement
Photos of Spencer and other electeds at grand opening for Union Station Ferris Wheel 😠 paid for by public school children via tax abatement
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Not enough people have appreciated this example of useless campaign finance laws. There are contribution limits for candidates but candidates can have PACs w/o contribution limits.
These impotent laws have enabled strong bonds between electeds & corporate welfare recipients/lobbyists in St. Louis.
These impotent laws have enabled strong bonds between electeds & corporate welfare recipients/lobbyists in St. Louis.
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In 2021, Hannah Goetz’s pharmacy began filling her tacrolimus prescription with a generic made by Accord.
What she didn’t know: An FDA-commissioned study concluded months earlier that Accord’s generic was not equivalent to the brand drug.
What she didn’t know: An FDA-commissioned study concluded months earlier that Accord’s generic was not equivalent to the brand drug.
Fighting for Breath: The FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk
Lung transplant patient Hannah Goetz’s life depended on the generic version of the critical drug tacrolimus. It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication — but the FDA doesn’t always ...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
In 2021, Hannah Goetz’s pharmacy began filling her tacrolimus prescription with a generic made by Accord.
What she didn’t know: An FDA-commissioned study concluded months earlier that Accord’s generic was not equivalent to the brand drug.
What she didn’t know: An FDA-commissioned study concluded months earlier that Accord’s generic was not equivalent to the brand drug.
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More than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents, according to a report from our friends at @propublica.org.
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
More than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents, according to a report from our friends at @propublica.org.
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Officials still searching for several monkeys loose in north St. Louis
YouTube video by KSDK News
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January 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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To bring in the New Year, here's a proposal for external regulation of academic publishing, through a voluntary system of journal certification to the ISO 9001 quality management standard. 🧪 #ResearchIntegrity (1/2) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
To bring in the New Year, here's a proposal for external regulation of academic publishing, through a voluntary system of journal certification to the ISO 9001 quality management standard. 🧪 #ResearchIntegrity (1/2) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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One might wonder if Collective Shout (the ""grassroots"" anti-porn group that got MC and Visa to crack down on NSFW material on Itch, Gumroad, Ko-fi, Patreon, etc) would care about Grok being able to generate child porn on demand. Haha, no, they dont care at all and haven't said anything. funny, huh
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
One might wonder if Collective Shout (the ""grassroots"" anti-porn group that got MC and Visa to crack down on NSFW material on Itch, Gumroad, Ko-fi, Patreon, etc) would care about Grok being able to generate child porn on demand. Haha, no, they dont care at all and haven't said anything. funny, huh
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The Trump premises its offer to "buy" Greenland by paying $10k to each Greenlander on complete ignorance of what Denmark now pays every Greenlander (which is a huge multiple of the Trump offer).
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The Trump premises its offer to "buy" Greenland by paying $10k to each Greenlander on complete ignorance of what Denmark now pays every Greenlander (which is a huge multiple of the Trump offer).
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The developer behind a proposed data center at the former Armory in Midtown St. Louis has not answered a required 44-question city survey more than three months after receiving it.
Questions on Armory data center’s scope, environmental impact remain unanswered months later
Months later, the developers behind the proposed data center at the Armory in Midtown St. Louis have yet to answer city-required questions on the project.
www.stlpr.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The developer behind a proposed data center at the former Armory in Midtown St. Louis has not answered a required 44-question city survey more than three months after receiving it.
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A Better STL pac filed Limited Activity for January MEC report and also amended its original filing but I can't tell the difference. Someone with better eyes should have a look.
www.mec.mo.gov/mec/Campaign...
www.mec.mo.gov/mec/Campaign...
A Better STL 🧐
And by STL, note the St. Louis County address
Patrick Lynn runs legal money laundries (pacs) usually associated with ballot issues run by Kelley Group, Show Me Victories 💰
And by STL, note the St. Louis County address
Patrick Lynn runs legal money laundries (pacs) usually associated with ballot issues run by Kelley Group, Show Me Victories 💰
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
A Better STL pac filed Limited Activity for January MEC report and also amended its original filing but I can't tell the difference. Someone with better eyes should have a look.
www.mec.mo.gov/mec/Campaign...
www.mec.mo.gov/mec/Campaign...
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“Earth’s Greatest Enemy is at its most chilling not when it simply chronicles the environmental destruction wrought by the military, but when it captures the extraordinary ideological orientation of its leadership toward the planet.”
The US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination
Abby Martin’s new documentary feature, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, takes stock of the US war machine’s environmental damage, tracing a devastating landscape of destruction from poisoned military bases to ...
jacobin.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Earth’s Greatest Enemy is at its most chilling not when it simply chronicles the environmental destruction wrought by the military, but when it captures the extraordinary ideological orientation of its leadership toward the planet.”
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Never forget that this imperial savagery is bipartisan. The Democratic Party incubated Trump’s brand of global fascism. When you protect torturers and war criminals, lawlessness and genocide become the status quo
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Never forget that this imperial savagery is bipartisan. The Democratic Party incubated Trump’s brand of global fascism. When you protect torturers and war criminals, lawlessness and genocide become the status quo
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Here is a template letter, with alt text for copy-pasting, to send to your state AG, or tweak to send to your reps, etc. It will take two minutes. Find their contact here: www.naag.org/find-my-ag/
![Dear [AG],
I'm curious what [State] is doing to combat this pervasive sexual harassment and abuse of primarily women and children:
https://defector.com/whos-responsible-for-elon-musks-idiot-chatbot-producing-on-demand-child-sexual-abuse-material
https://futurism.com/future-society/grok-violence-women
The industrial-scale generation and distribution of revenge porn and CSAM on Twitter/X is blatantly criminal by all involved, and in violation of both state and federal law.
I hope to see serious charges announced against Elon, Twitter/X management, Grok developers, and any individual users publicly sharing images of [State] residents. Anything less is tacit approval to continue this monstrous, illegal spree.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qnjqnno3fftf2wj4xfkxpt32/bafkreiefbqpox4q2s4vgdigpitfmoh73yxeljh6cogy3x2mmnesqeeqzri@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Here is a template letter, with alt text for copy-pasting, to send to your state AG, or tweak to send to your reps, etc. It will take two minutes. Find their contact here: www.naag.org/find-my-ag/
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an amendment that would've banned this activity specifically passed the House unanimously a few years ago and then mysteriously vanished during backroom talks between Dem & Rep leaders
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
an amendment that would've banned this activity specifically passed the House unanimously a few years ago and then mysteriously vanished during backroom talks between Dem & Rep leaders
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ICE's killing of unarmed American citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis today has NSPM-7 written all over it, as well as a related Pam Bondi memo ordering feds to see any interference of ICE agents as a terrorist threat:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
ICE Kills American Woman in Minneapolis
Trump decries “radical left;” homeland security screams “domestic terror”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ICE's killing of unarmed American citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis today has NSPM-7 written all over it, as well as a related Pam Bondi memo ordering feds to see any interference of ICE agents as a terrorist threat:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-kills-...