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jess leigh unrein
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reading, writing, cats, crafts, and software. they/them. chicago.

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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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We keep seeing startups who want to replace something valuable (therapy, counseling, tutoring, artistic expression) with some tech bullshit under the banner of democratization. But why do we need to invest so much in bad tech that doesn't work instead of just giving people access to what they need?
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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“What am I going to do, go back to my Zoom call when people across the street are being denied their constitutional rights?”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Tear gas everywhere.
September 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"How you die does not redeem how you lived." 👏🏼
September 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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OK, not even getting into the ethics or the existential issues around AI: Have some goddamn self-respect. If you're a writer and you do this I don't know how you look at yourself, but I know exactly how I look at you.
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Business Insider and the Bots
The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.
www.status.news
September 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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it is theorized that, by the end of this calendar year,, a working iphone 5se will have developed basic theory of mind and a vast unspeakable yearning to return to the sea
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Pretty common thing I get told when I point out an accessibility fail: "They mean well, so give them a break."

Unfortunately, that's not how this works. Accessibility is about what is and isn't, not what's intended. Giving people breaks for half-assing accessibility just normalizes inaccessibility.
September 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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i guess the only thing left is to make them correct to be fucking scared
August 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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i was going to make a joke about the real cause of autism but i can't get past being sad that there is a mainstream political philosophy that thinks having people like me around is so much of a problem they're willing to start sacrificing children to ward against us
August 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Ahaha "I can't vibe my way through debugging"
is AI real life
is it just fantasy
caught up in the hype
no escape from reality
August 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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What I see happening before my eyes is newsrooms being stripped so bare the few who remain have no choice but to try to do a team’s worth of work alone by using AI tools for speed, making accuracy (and ethics) the collateral…for a job that’s about informing the masses and speaking truth to power.
August 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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okay friends i have updated the fantasy guy generator and there's a LOT more motivations on there and a lot of them are fucked up now! aguy.makeup/fantasy/ #norabots
Make Up A Fantasy Guy
aguy.makeup
August 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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People will call a white nationalist teen edgelord "Big Balls" with a straight face before they'll respect a trans persons name or pronouns
August 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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it is really funny that Elon Musk can't even win an argument on the website he owns with the AI he owns as arbitrator
THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTINGGG
August 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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there are SO many open domain images out there, spare yourself the embarrassment of goofy ass slop! here's computer: openverse.org/search?q=com...
August 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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i have compiled a list of free image resources inspired by our conversation about this last week. livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Big Bad Voodoo Uncle
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Prince Regents of Leon
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Squirrel Seed Zippers
August 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Slightly diminish a band: We Are the Working Group
Slightly diminish a band: About as Good as Ezra
August 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Slightly diminish a band

Squirrel Seed Zippers
Slightly diminish a band: thankful dead
Slightly diminish a band: Pewter Zepplin
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Dull Eyes
Slightly diminish a band: Counting Sparrows
Slightly diminish a band: Pewter Zepplin
August 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Slightly diminish a band: Counting Sparrows
Slightly diminish a band: Pewter Zepplin
August 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Slightly diminish a band:

Regular Head Todd and the Monsters
Slightly diminish a band: Mumbling Heads
Slightly diminish a band: Counting Sparrows
August 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Slightly diminish a band: Mumbling Heads
Slightly diminish a band: Counting Sparrows
Slightly diminish a band: Pewter Zepplin
August 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM