israel is helping muslims get elected in the U.S. and i think that’s great
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this is the literacy crisis, what the hell kinds of puns are they teaching our children
the harold’s chicken shack family schism is the protestant reformation of the 21st century
weird, because bill parker loved nothing more than a lil wiretap, civil liberties be damned!
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 5d agoLAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
There is in fact a good article making precisely this argument. doi.org/10.1080/1462...
Florence Ashley@floralashes.bsky.social · last wk.I feel like the essentialization of Israelis as the pinnacle of colonization and cultural theft by people who are overwhelmingly white Americans functions to displace their own responsibility for colonialism and cultural theft.
new: officials are building a $7 million “trauma-informed” visitation center at the cook county jail, part of at least $400 million in projects planned at the jail over the next decade. it’s supposed to make for a more “humane” experience—but it’ll do little to address the dismal conditions at ccj.
The Cook County jail’s new $7 million visitation center
Cook County wants to create an oasis inside the infamous jail. But the renovation will do little to address the harm of incarceration itself
chicagoreader.com
seems like a great gambit for denying liability for any of the harmful stuff that has unfolded from chatgpt!
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
And another thing: im not mad. Please don't put it in the oral tradition that im mad
Content will never make you feel as alive as does this holy trinity of “yet agains”
“Ouugh I’m feeling politically homeless” okay well I’ve got your home right here (McDonald’s Play Place and the ball pit specifically)
one of the joys of my life is telling my friends' kids that they are my favorite of their siblings lol
If you would like to also help fund food & drinks for the ongoing Corey Ruiz vigil, it can be sent to: Paypal: @JazzmanB1 Venmo: @Jazzman-Brown-1 I live in Madison & organized food for protests w/ Jazzman in 2020. This is a real person doing real hands-on work to take care of a grieving community
If you are not in Madison and would like to donate I will post a thread of things to support, first and foremost this GoFundMe for Corey Ruiz’s family. www.gofundme.com/f/justice-fo...
Donate to Justice for Corey: Telling His Story, organized by Antonio Lopez
Our beloved Corey was murdered in the street by a Madison Police Department officer… Antonio Lopez needs your support for Justice for Corey: Telling His Story
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center for american progress (2021): "Trans inclusive policies "which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide." Center for american progress in (2026): "restrictions may be appropriate under some circumstances"
it definitely cools my interest reading in wired's latest series of home runs
Hanaa’ Tameez@hanaatameez.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: At least five media companies are using algorithmic pricing to decide how much news subscribers should pay. If you've been told that your news subscription price was determined by an algorithm using your personal data, please take the survey at the end: www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/this...
why is the is the only remaining functioning executive agency
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 2w agoCPSC, through the Department of Justice on behalf of the United States, today filed an imminent hazard action under Section 12 of the Consumer Product Safety Act against the manufacturer and seller of certain Lakkzoom immersion water heaters.
more people need to read bion on group relations
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2w agothe stancil mob is a dark instance in group psychology, since their belief is a) it is legitimate for them to attack him on any terms, including outright falsehoods and physical caricatures and b) any attempt by him to refute this or fight back is illegitimate and proof he's evil
as a fact-checker this is so so clear in my daily work. sthg else i’ve noticed is that sometimes, when i try to look for a search result in books, the “books” tab is JUST NOT THERE. completely inconsistent, can’t figure out why it’s happening, but more & more frequent
kate conger@kateconger.com · 2w agoI wrote about what's happening to the web now that everything is A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...
Yeah he got the diagnosis right but pulled punches, intent on making the wrong prescription. Historically, only radical actions have countered fascism. There’s no reason to assume we have found some other, heretofore hidden way to do that through incrementalism and sloganeering.
Milo Baynes and the New Frontier of the Great Society@milobaynes.bsky.social · 2w agoMills’ “lesson one” for beating the NCGOP — whose populist authoritarianism is the Big Bad for all those paragraphs— is the power of the base. Just NOT TOO MUCH. Gotta (apparently) avoid those unnamed “controversial policies” & “transformational agendas”. Seek bipartisan comity w/ the boogeymen!
the more bullshit i read about how AI is used & whether it “matters” if we know that were interacting with machines, the more i think that pretty soon we’ll start talking about a human right to human interaction
the original devourer of the Girl Dinner was of course the noble Ploughman but some of you aren’t ready to have that conversation
recently read a piece that interviewed gambling addicts. one admitted that he fantasized about killing himself AND HIS WIFE and it occurred to me that having a male partner who gambles probably raises the risk of family annihilation 🙃
Dissent Magazine@dissentmag.bsky.social · 3w agoMore than a quarter of American adults have a daily gambling habit, 42 percent of bettors have said they spend more than they should, and a majority of men ages eighteen to forty-nine have an active account with an online sportsbook.
i have reached peak “adjuncts don’t get paid in the summer” situation, please keep me in mind for any editorial, research, or fact-checking work you hear about or need! more details on my website or upon request!
The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...
Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing
A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.
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This is why Dems are reluctant to run on retribution, despite its popularity. They want the power he accrued and the surveillance infrastructure he formalized. Period.
so you're apparently not supposed to use single-hose portable ACs during air quality “events” but it’s also 95 degrees???????