yvette
@smallyew.bsky.social
Former science journalist. MFA, BSJ, no $$. She/they.
Lake Effect Snow come throughhh
Mail truck stuck in the snow. Second truck arrives and is also stuck. There is 12" of wet snow on the ground.
I love Cleveland [genuine]
Mail truck stuck in the snow. Second truck arrives and is also stuck. There is 12" of wet snow on the ground.
I love Cleveland [genuine]
January 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Lake Effect Snow come throughhh
Mail truck stuck in the snow. Second truck arrives and is also stuck. There is 12" of wet snow on the ground.
I love Cleveland [genuine]
Mail truck stuck in the snow. Second truck arrives and is also stuck. There is 12" of wet snow on the ground.
I love Cleveland [genuine]
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A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
Ohio doesn't know who the fuck Vivek Ramaswamy is, or whence he came. They can't spell his last name. He is not of them.
Assuming no ratfuckery, he'll have a hard time winning.
Assuming no ratfuckery, he'll have a hard time winning.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ohio doesn't know who the fuck Vivek Ramaswamy is, or whence he came. They can't spell his last name. He is not of them.
Assuming no ratfuckery, he'll have a hard time winning.
Assuming no ratfuckery, he'll have a hard time winning.
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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
My luggage somehow always makes its connections. Luggage gets to take shortcuts while I stumble through the terminal, trying to go up the down escalator.
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My luggage somehow always makes its connections. Luggage gets to take shortcuts while I stumble through the terminal, trying to go up the down escalator.
Why do I persist in trying to dress cute for the airport. Three missed connections later I look like I went through a blender on low speed.
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Why do I persist in trying to dress cute for the airport. Three missed connections later I look like I went through a blender on low speed.
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The Yarvinite fanbois nicknamed their movement as "Endarkenment" for a reason.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Yarvinite fanbois nicknamed their movement as "Endarkenment" for a reason.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
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This is why I get irrationally angry when folks get smug about literacy et al ..
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is why I get irrationally angry when folks get smug about literacy et al ..
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
Day before Thanksgiving, the power is out.
Following the ongoing winter storm across the Upper Midwest, another storm system is forecast to impact parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes with wintry weather this weekend. Keep an eye on the forecast and check weather.gov for more information. ❄️
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Day before Thanksgiving, the power is out.
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My book is out and it’s about the power of archive and voice and my fellow fellows are dope as hell in it
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My book is out and it’s about the power of archive and voice and my fellow fellows are dope as hell in it
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
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The days of keeping it cute and professional while Trump and the rest of his party say and do whatever they feel like are over.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The days of keeping it cute and professional while Trump and the rest of his party say and do whatever they feel like are over.
Am I watching JD Vance do a dry run for a divorce?
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Am I watching JD Vance do a dry run for a divorce?
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Aye man, DHS took a TikTok that featured a group of black kids sendingn a message to Iran, edited to make it look like they were threatening ICE, then posted that TikTok on their twitter profile and basically federally doxxed them. Like, essentially put a hit out on them…
I wish this was a lie.
I wish this was a lie.
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Aye man, DHS took a TikTok that featured a group of black kids sendingn a message to Iran, edited to make it look like they were threatening ICE, then posted that TikTok on their twitter profile and basically federally doxxed them. Like, essentially put a hit out on them…
I wish this was a lie.
I wish this was a lie.
It literally is the Milkshake Duck Noble Prize.
There is a whole category of Milkshake Duck Nobel Prize winners
The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats
October 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It literally is the Milkshake Duck Noble Prize.
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
So on the nose, it seems intentional. Motto of the "centrist."
Shut up! Change nothing!
Shut up! Change nothing!
Saw this sign at an estate sale over the weekend. What the fuck does this even mean? This is the stupidest political attitude I've ever heard of
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
So on the nose, it seems intentional. Motto of the "centrist."
Shut up! Change nothing!
Shut up! Change nothing!
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Cooking Korean-style steak, supposed to be in Virginia, but living with my parents instead. In Cleveland. I l love my city, but all of my luggage, my whole life, was sent to Virginia and I am here. All of this is on my mind, as I mistake Worcestershire sauce for soy sauce.
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Cooking Korean-style steak, supposed to be in Virginia, but living with my parents instead. In Cleveland. I l love my city, but all of my luggage, my whole life, was sent to Virginia and I am here. All of this is on my mind, as I mistake Worcestershire sauce for soy sauce.
There needs to be an equivalent of “touch grass” for people like Klein.
👇🎯 The polite way to say what this conversation reveals is that Coates is operating on a totally different moral plane & Klein is only vaguely able/willing to grasp that difference.
September 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
There needs to be an equivalent of “touch grass” for people like Klein.
The official explanation for MH370 will never sit right with me. It feels like convicting someone of murder without producing the body.
September 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The official explanation for MH370 will never sit right with me. It feels like convicting someone of murder without producing the body.
Just spent two hours reading about Curtis Yarvin and the Dark Enlightenment movement, and...wish I hadn't.
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just spent two hours reading about Curtis Yarvin and the Dark Enlightenment movement, and...wish I hadn't.
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Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives