shaz
@slingram.bsky.social
Reader, writer, parent, queer - not in any particular order
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shaz
@slingram.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I would like the horrors to stop and for people to be able to live freely, in a stable environment, with everything they need accessible and with the easy ability to pursue joy and passions.
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Ring has announced a new “Search Party” feature that could eventually bring mass biometric surveillance to our streets. It’s on by default. Shut it off.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's
Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public.In the ad, disguised as a
www.eff.org
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Ring has announced a new “Search Party” feature that could eventually bring mass biometric surveillance to our streets. It’s on by default. Shut it off.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Kansas has passed a bill that would revoke trans people's drivers licenses, forcing them to surrender them for replacements.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
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It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Kansas Legislature Passes Trans Bathroom Bounty, Drivers License Revocations
“They're using very overtly anti-democratic measures to pass all this stuff because they know that it's unpopular.”
www.erininthemorning.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Kansas has passed a bill that would revoke trans people's drivers licenses, forcing them to surrender them for replacements.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It also creates trans bounty hunters that can sue trans people for money.
It goes to the gov, who will veto, but R's can override.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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🚨 If you lose power this weekend and use a portable generator to power your home: Be careful.
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2023 w/ @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2023 w/ @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes.
Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by ...
www.propublica.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
🚨 If you lose power this weekend and use a portable generator to power your home: Be careful.
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2023 w/ @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.
(Published 2023 w/ @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)
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"Riley’s Law states that once someone posts transphobia, they will never post normally again. It’s ironclad."
www.webworm.co/screaminghys...
www.webworm.co/screaminghys...
Why are the anti-vaxxers all anti-trans now?
The anti-vax coalition was adrift for a moment after Covid measures were dropped but now it’s galvanised around genitals.
www.webworm.co
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"Riley’s Law states that once someone posts transphobia, they will never post normally again. It’s ironclad."
www.webworm.co/screaminghys...
www.webworm.co/screaminghys...
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In California, both Dec & Nov-Dec periods were warmest on record--and by a considerable margin, too. The Central Valley, however, was *not* record warm due to the damp chill associated with weeks-long tule fog episodes (making statewide record all the more remarkable!). #CAwx
January 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
In California, both Dec & Nov-Dec periods were warmest on record--and by a considerable margin, too. The Central Valley, however, was *not* record warm due to the damp chill associated with weeks-long tule fog episodes (making statewide record all the more remarkable!). #CAwx
This is probably fine
Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.
January 14, 2026 at 5:39 AM
This is probably fine
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Tonight marked the last broadcast of PBS News Weekend for the foreseeable future. As the show signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W
Highlights from PBS News Weekend as show goes off the air
This Sunday is the final broadcast of PBS News Weekend, at least for the foreseeable future. PBS cancelled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media. As our team signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top storie...
to.pbs.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Tonight marked the last broadcast of PBS News Weekend for the foreseeable future. As the show signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W
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Following a very wet (but also record-warm) December, anomalously warm but (this time) quite dry weather will intensify over the coming days across most of the American West. A strong ridge will shift toward PacNW and strengthen/persist for at least next ~10 days. [Thread] #CAwx
January 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Following a very wet (but also record-warm) December, anomalously warm but (this time) quite dry weather will intensify over the coming days across most of the American West. A strong ridge will shift toward PacNW and strengthen/persist for at least next ~10 days. [Thread] #CAwx
"Don't be a hall monitor"
Next day: homophobic joke
It's not an airport, etc etc, and I want those people to fail too, but I am so tired when it comes to casual homophobia, racism, ableism, sexism from within
Next day: homophobic joke
It's not an airport, etc etc, and I want those people to fail too, but I am so tired when it comes to casual homophobia, racism, ableism, sexism from within
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
"Don't be a hall monitor"
Next day: homophobic joke
It's not an airport, etc etc, and I want those people to fail too, but I am so tired when it comes to casual homophobia, racism, ableism, sexism from within
Next day: homophobic joke
It's not an airport, etc etc, and I want those people to fail too, but I am so tired when it comes to casual homophobia, racism, ableism, sexism from within
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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Hotter heatwaves, heavier rains, stronger storms and bigger wildfires - these are just some of the ways climate change is loading the weather dice against us, putting us all at risk.
All the extreme weather we've had lately isn't anything new, right?
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Hotter heatwaves, heavier rains, stronger storms and bigger wildfires - these are just some of the ways climate change is loading the weather dice against us, putting us all at risk.
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"[OpenAI] is encouraging users to connect their personal medical records and wellness apps, such as Apple Health, Peloton, MyFitnessPal, Weight Watchers, and Function"
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"[OpenAI] is encouraging users to connect their personal medical records and wellness apps, such as Apple Health, Peloton, MyFitnessPal, Weight Watchers, and Function"
Don't do this.
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Still time to get vaccinated
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Still time to get vaccinated
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these marvels (like all marvels) are mere repetitions of the ages
December 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
these marvels (like all marvels) are mere repetitions of the ages
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Merry Cryptmas!
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Merry Cryptmas!
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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47 years of #Arctic sea ice thickness during the month of November... (updated through 2025)
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
47 years of #Arctic sea ice thickness during the month of November... (updated through 2025)
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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Temperatures have warmed across the contiguous United States over the last five decades or so during the months of December through February (a rapidly warming season)...
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Temperatures have warmed across the contiguous United States over the last five decades or so during the months of December through February (a rapidly warming season)...
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
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There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
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Desperately need to see @rhysiedarby.bsky.social narrating this after seeing his Portland show
AI companies: The future of humanoid robots is here
Humanoid robot:
Humanoid robot:
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Desperately need to see @rhysiedarby.bsky.social narrating this after seeing his Portland show
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i saw @rhysiedarby.bsky.social do a very funny set about this exact topic last weekend, and here it is in real life. hope this guy hasn't kidnapped any innocent roombas.
"women don't like the vehicle" is going to be lodged in my brain's neocortex for the rest of my natural life www.wired.com/story/owning...
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i saw @rhysiedarby.bsky.social do a very funny set about this exact topic last weekend, and here it is in real life. hope this guy hasn't kidnapped any innocent roombas.