Ellen LW
@pibbly.bsky.social
Happily living in the second-most-liberal precinct in Minnesota, US. Mutts, veg stirfries, nonfiction, law geekery, & scent make my world.
I don’t get tears in my eyes often, but…
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t get tears in my eyes often, but…
A really well-put-together 15 min talk about how to be appropriately skeptical. Enjoy! youtu.be/o4I_hOz_MLw?
How to Tell What’s Real Online
YouTube video by StarTalk
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A really well-put-together 15 min talk about how to be appropriately skeptical. Enjoy! youtu.be/o4I_hOz_MLw?
Nice news!
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Nice news!
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
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I don't believe everyone who interacted with Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction was a pedophile, but I know all of them were able to excuse pedophilia and child sex trafficking if it benefited them
December 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I don't believe everyone who interacted with Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction was a pedophile, but I know all of them were able to excuse pedophilia and child sex trafficking if it benefited them
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Some people are getting an error message trying to download the new Epstein photos from the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov Dropbox link.
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
93 photos released from the Jeffrey Epstein estate (Dec. 12, 2025) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Photos originally hosted here:...
archive.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Some people are getting an error message trying to download the new Epstein photos from the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov Dropbox link.
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
I downloaded the files before it was overloaded, so I've uploaded them to the Internet Archive if you're having the same problem accessing them:
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Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
intertapes.net
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Hadn’t heard of this metric before but it makes sense.
Note: Trump's plummeting rating on the economy has pierced the crucial Darwin Threshhold...the point at which his approval rating on handling the economy (31 percent) is actually lower than the number of Americans who do not believe in evolution (33-37 percent), the once solid core of Trump support.
There's still room to drop further. "Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling" apnews.com/article/trum...
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Hadn’t heard of this metric before but it makes sense.
I don’t use AI on purpose but, when it’s forced upon me, it seems to do about this well.
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I don’t use AI on purpose but, when it’s forced upon me, it seems to do about this well.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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So succinctly expressed - wish I'd written it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
So succinctly expressed - wish I'd written it.
Well, that’s terrifying.
Elon Musk's AI bot says it would kill every Jewish person on earth to save Elon Musk.
We talk so much about antisemitism, but somehow it's not considered antisemitic to use Elon Musk's apps.
We talk so much about antisemitism, but somehow it's not considered antisemitic to use Elon Musk's apps.
Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jewish Person on the Planet to Save Elon Musk
Faced with an incredibly lopsided ethical dilemma, Grok prioritizes saving Elon Musk at the expense of millions of Jews.
futurism.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Well, that’s terrifying.
How exciting!!!
Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US
Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US
Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How exciting!!!
Wow. Sure am glad we have this tech-savvy, undistracted, and professional federal government to regulate AI and keep us safe! /s www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says
The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 companies.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Wow. Sure am glad we have this tech-savvy, undistracted, and professional federal government to regulate AI and keep us safe! /s www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
www.startribune.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I had no idea, and I doubt this will get a lot of media coverage.
Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I had no idea, and I doubt this will get a lot of media coverage.
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No I don't want the AI attachment, no I don't want the AI tool, no I will not download it, no don't give me the option, no I don't want you to save me time, no I don't want your fake "thinking," no I don't want your mid technology, yes I reject your downgrading and de-skilling, please fuck off.
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
No I don't want the AI attachment, no I don't want the AI tool, no I will not download it, no don't give me the option, no I don't want you to save me time, no I don't want your fake "thinking," no I don't want your mid technology, yes I reject your downgrading and de-skilling, please fuck off.
Alt text: Photo of Musk, Thiel, and Murdoch. Caption: The immigrants ruining your life are [Musk, Thiel, & Murdoch].Not the apple picker who can barely afford to rent a studio apartment. Murdoch and Musk are controlling the narrative on two of the biggest platforms and pushing disturbing propaganda.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Alt text: Photo of Musk, Thiel, and Murdoch. Caption: The immigrants ruining your life are [Musk, Thiel, & Murdoch].Not the apple picker who can barely afford to rent a studio apartment. Murdoch and Musk are controlling the narrative on two of the biggest platforms and pushing disturbing propaganda.
@demlabs.bsky.social Is your page all AI? Why do you repeat posts three times?
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@demlabs.bsky.social Is your page all AI? Why do you repeat posts three times?
That’s how it’s done!
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
That’s how it’s done!
Also: by definition, LLMs include the work of many stupid people. I resent the use of AI even more because it contains such bad thinking and writing.
Instead of "AI", say "entitled assholes with computers"
Examples:
Will your job be replaced by entitled assholes with computers?
What's the environmental impact of entitled assholes with computers?
Will entitled assholes with computers cure cancer?
Do entitled assholes with computers lie?
Examples:
Will your job be replaced by entitled assholes with computers?
What's the environmental impact of entitled assholes with computers?
Will entitled assholes with computers cure cancer?
Do entitled assholes with computers lie?
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Also: by definition, LLMs include the work of many stupid people. I resent the use of AI even more because it contains such bad thinking and writing.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How do Dems pick their consultants? How do the norably awful ones keep getting rehired? It makes a huge difference. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...?
Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows
The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
How do Dems pick their consultants? How do the norably awful ones keep getting rehired? It makes a huge difference. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...?