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Abbie Richards

@abbierichards.bsky.social

I research and create educational videos about misinformation, propaganda, climate change, and sometimes (unfortunately) AI

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Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · last wk.

The thing about Seth Moulton is that there is not a thing he actually believes. The man will say whatever he *thinks* will get him votes. That's why he's suddenly on the abolish ICE train now that he's running for Senate. All of this makes him very susceptible to these sorts of moral panics.

Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social · last wk.

Since Congressman Seth Moulton keeps falling for manufactured right wing moral panics…. I just have to assume he’s not very bright.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."
Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Early DHS spin (via Fox News) is that the person shot repeatedly by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis was armed -- note that open carrying firearms is legal with a permit and notably, they are not (yet at least) claiming that the person fired or even brandished a gun, just had one.

Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It's already so weird that the people obsessed with creating all-purpose AI to be their personal slave are also obsessed with said personal slave being conscious of its enslavement. But explicitly arguing that it'll be conscious but that shouldn't affect how you treat it is actually evil.

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Matt Cameron@mattcameron.bsky.social · 10mo ago

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."
Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Update: the Guardian has added two paragraphs addressing animal agriculture's role in driving soy production. I can't find a note regarding the edit on the article. I like the guardian (and am a subscriber) but that was an interesting choice. The original archived version: archive.ph/kR7GV

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Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The fact that this article on soy causing deforestation doesn't cover how all that soy is being used is a wild media failure. The vast majority (70-80%) is being fed to animals. It's not the "world's taste for soya" it's the world's taste for meat. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Abbie Richards@abbierichards.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The fact that this article on soy causing deforestation doesn't cover how all that soy is being used is a wild media failure. The vast majority (70-80%) is being fed to animals. It's not the "world's taste for soya" it's the world's taste for meat. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

theguardian.com